Karnataka football team

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

Karnataka
ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಕಾಲ್ಚೆಂಡು ತಂಡ

Full name	Karnataka Football Team
Founded	1946
Ground	Bangalore Football Stadium
Capacity	8,000
Owner	Karnataka State Football Association
Head coach	Ravi Babu Raju
League	Santosh Trophy

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 football team.^[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).

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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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

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

Honours

• Santosh Trophy
  • Winners (4): 1946–47, 1952–53, 1967–68, 1968–69
  • Runners-up (5): 1953–54, 1955–56, 1962–63, 1970–71, 1975–76

• National Games
  • Bronze medal (1): 1997

• 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

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^[3] (as Mysore State)

References

1. "Karnataka State Football Association".
2. "Santosh Trophy Winners". RSSSF.
3. Mukherjee, Soham; Easwar, Nisanth V (1 April 2020). . goal.com. Goal. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)