Karnataka football team

Karnataka
ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಕಾಲ್ಚೆಂಡು ತಂಡ

Full name	Karnataka football team
Founded	1941; 84 years ago (1941) (as Mysore football team)
Ground	Bangalore Football Stadium
Capacity	8,000
Owner	Karnataka State Football Association
Head coach	Ravi Babu Raju
League	Santosh Trophy
2024–25	Group stage
Home colours Away colours

The Karnataka football team (Kannada: ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಕಾಲ್ಚೆಂಡು ತಂಡ, romanized: Karnaṭaka kaalchenḍu tanḍa), also earlier the Mysore football team, is an Indian football team representing Karnataka in Indian state football competitions including the Santosh Trophy.[1]

They have appeared in the Santosh Trophy finals 9 times, and have won the trophy 4 times. Prior to 1972, the team competed as Mysore.[2] During the 1969 Asian Champion Club Tournament (which is now known as AFC Champions League), they reached the semifinals (then known as Mysore State).[3]

Squad

Current squad

The following 22 players were called up prior to the 2022–23 Santosh Trophy

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 10 FW  IND Ankith P 22 GK  IND Srijith R. 23 GK  IND Kevin Koshy 1 GK  IND Satyajit Bordoloi 2 DF  IND M. Sunil Kumar 3 DF  IND Robin Yadav 4 DF  IND Nikhil G. 5 DF  IND Manoj Swamy Kannan 6 MF  IND F Lalremtluanga 9 MF  IND Kamalesh P 14 DF  IND Johnson A

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  IND Shajan Franklin 8 MF  IND Bekey Oram 7 MF  IND Karthik Govind Swamy (C) 17 FW  IND Rajaganapathy K 18 DF  IND Prashanth Kalinga 19 DF  IND Pradison Mariyadasan 11 FW  IND Abhishek Shankar Powar 12 FW  IND Shelton Paul M. 16 FW  IND Jacob John Kattokaren 20 DF  IND Satish Kumar M R 24 MF  IND Appu

Honours

State (senior)

• Santosh Trophy
  • Winners (5): 1946–47, 1952–53, 1967–68, 1968–69, 2022–23
  • Runners-up (5): 1953–54, 1955–56, 1962–63, 1970–71, 1975–76

• National Games
  • Bronze medal (1): 1997

State (youth)

• Swami Vivekananda NFC
  • Runners-up (1): 2023–24[4]

• B.C. Roy Trophy
  • Winners (4): 1962–63, 1978–79, 1991–92, 2002–03
  • Runners-up (3): 1965–66, 1971–72, 2003–04

• Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy
  • Winners (2): 1978–79, 1986–87
  • Runners-up (2): 1981, 2009–10

• M. Dutta Ray Trophy
  • Runners-up (1): 1992

Performance in AFC competitions

See also: Asian Club Championship and AFC Champions League records and statistics

• Asian Champion Club Tournament (now AFC Champions League)
  • Fourth place: 1969[5] (as Mysore State)

References

1. "Karnataka State Football Association".
2. "Santosh Trophy Winners". RSSSF.
3. Ghosh, Soumo (22 September 2021). "The Last Goal – Remembering Cristiano Junior". the-aiff.com. New Delhi: All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
4. "Delhi crowned inaugural Swami Vivekananda U-20 Men's NFC champions on penalties". AIFF. 22 May 2024.
5. Mukherjee, Soham; Easwar, Nisanth V (1 April 2020). "How have Indian clubs fared in AFC Champions League and AFC Cup?". goal.com. Goal. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.