Gokulam Kerala F.C.

Gokulam Kerala Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Calicut, Kerala. The club has competed as a member of I-League under license from All India Football Federation (AIFF). Gokulam FC is the current champions in Durand Cup. They also run a team in the Indian Women's League called Gokulam Kerala FC (women) .

Active departments of Gokulam Kerala FC
Football (Men's) Football (Women's)
This article is about the men's football club. For the women's football club, see Gokulam Kerala FC (women).

Gokulam Kerala FC
Full nameGokulam Kerala Football
Nickname(s)Malabarians
Short nameGKFC
FoundedJanuary 2017 (2017-01) (as Gokulam FC)
GroundEMS Corporation Stadium, Calicut
Capacity50,000
OwnerSree Gokulam Group
ChairmanGokulam Gopalan
ManagerVacant
LeagueI-League
2018–199th
WebsiteClub website

History

On 20 September, after the second round of bidding invitations, the Bid Evaluation Committee decided to award the Sree Gokulam Group the right to field their team in the Hero I-League 2017–18 season onward from Kozhikode, Kerala . Although the club did not have a good beginning as it was their first I-league season, they went on to defeat big clubs in the I-league like East Bengal , Mohun Bagan and Minerva Punjab by the end of the season. They came to be known as the giant killers of the season. Gokulam Kerala FC hired Spaniard Fernando Andres Santiago Valera as head coach in March 2018.[1]

Gokulam Kerala played against ISL club NorthEast United in the first ever Super Cup qualifiers. On 15 March 2018 Gokulam played the Super Cup qualifiers against North East United FC and qualified with a 2-goal victory. In the pre-quarter finals of the super cup they were leading Bengaluru FC 1–0 until 60 minutes with a goal by their striker Henry Kisekka but Bengaluru won 2–1.

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors
Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2017—2019 Kaizen Sports Aachi Group
2018—2019 Aqualine PVC Pipes
2019—present Gokulam

Stadium
Main article: EMS Stadium
EMS Stadium on a matchday

Gokulam Kerala FC played all its home matches in the EMS Stadium which was located in the heart of the Calicut city. The West stand was the largest and could accommodate the maximum 1,00,000 of people.1,00,000 people watch on stadium

Support

GKFC Battalia (Malabarians) is the official supporters of Gokulam Kerala F.C. Gokulam Kerala FC battallia was formed to support Gokulam Kerala FC. Their tremendous support lead them to be known as Malabarians.

Crest
Theyyam is a popular ritual form of worship in Kerala

The club logo incorporates elements from historical Theyyam, a famous ritual art form that originated in North Kerala. It encompasses dance, mime and music.

Broadcasting

On October 24, 2018, Gokulam Kerala FC signed an exclusive deal with local television channel Flowers. Gokulam Kerala FC home matches are televised on Flowers Channel. Due to issues with Star Sports Network, the broadcast was halted. I-League is telecasted live on Star Sports 3 and Hotstar.

Former Players
Main article: List of Gokulam Kerala F.C. players

Current Squad

First-team squad
As of 28 November 2019[2]

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Ubaid CK
2 DF Naocha singh
3 DF Ashok Singh
5 DF Andre Ettienne (vice-captain)
8 MF Nathaniel Garcia
10 FW Marcus Joseph (captain)
11 FW Atuheire Kipson
12 MF Mohammad Rashid
13 DF Dharmaraj Ravanan
14 FW Malemngamba Meitei
15 DF Mohamed Salah
No. Position Player
16 FW Salman K
22 MF Shibil Muhammed
23 MF Nicholas Fernandes
24 DF Jestin George
25 DF Mayakannan
29 FW Lalromawia
31 FW Henry Kisekka
32 FW Jithin MS
33 GK Ajmal PA
- FW Ngangom Ronald Singh

Other player on contract

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

No. Position Player
- MF Shameel
- MF Thahir Zaman
- DF Jasim
- DF Febin
- MF Alphin
No. Position Player
- MF Mahin
- FW Shreyas Sathyan
- FW Rajesh S

Club captains
Period Name
2017–2018 Sushanth Mathew
2018–2019 Musa Mudde
2019 Daniel Addo
2019– Marcus Joseph

Statistics and records
Daniel Addo is Gokulam Kerala all-time Most appearances.

Most Appearances
Name Period I-League Super Cup Durand Cup Sheikh Kamal Cup Appearances
Mohammed Irshad 2017–2018, 2019– 29 01 05 04 39
Daniel Addo 2017–2019 36 02 38
Muhammed Rashid 2017– 27 01 04 04 36
Arjun Jayaraj 2017–2019 30 02 32
Marcus Joseph 2019– 17 05 03 25

Top scorers
  Still active team players are highlighted
Top scorers record
# Player Career I-League Super Cup Durand Cup Sheikh Kamal Cup Total
1 Marcus Joseph 2019–12011124
2 Henry Kisekka 2017–2018, 2019–931316

Season Analysis
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GF GA Pts. Federation Cup/Super Cup Durand Cup AFC Champions League AFC Cup
2017–18 I League 7 18 6 3 9 17 23 21 Round 16 DNP DNQ DNQ
2018–19 I League 10 20 3 8 9 25 33 17 DNP DNP DNQ DNQ
2019–20 I League 5 15 6 4 5 20 19 22 Cancelled[note 1] Champions
  1. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown the I-League matches were cancelled after 14 March 2020, and Gokulam Kerala were positioned 5th in the points table after 15 match. The Super Cup wasn't also held for the lockdown and Durand Cup was promoted to the de-facto league cup.

Honours & Titles
The Durand Cup trophy won by Gokulam Kerala for the first time in 2019

League

Cups
Champions (1) -2019

South Asia
Semifinals(1) -2019

Domestic

League
Champions (1) - 2017–18[3]
Runners-up(1) -2018-19
  • Kerala State Club Championship
Runners-up (1) - 2016–17[4]

Reserve team
  • Bodousa Cup
Champions (1) -2019
  • Independence Day Cup
Champions (1) -2019[5]
  • Mayors Cup
Runners-up - 2019

Women's team
Champions - 2020[6]

Academy team
  • International cup of joy
Champions U-13(1) - 2018
  • Luca Soccer Cup
Champions -2019

Technical staff

Current technical staff
As of 18 June 2020
Position Name
Head Coach Vacant
Technical Director Bino George
Goalkeeping Coach Fysal K Bappu
Fitness and conditioning Coach Djair Miranda Garcia
Reserve Team coach shajirudheen
Academy coach (under-18) Baiju
Academy coach (under-15) Suneer V P
Academy coach (under-13) Shareef khan
Academy Manager Aslam Shafi

Club staff
Position Name
Team Manager Rajah Rizwan
Marketing Manager & Grassroots Development Mizpha Richards
Physiotherapist fahis A P
Performance Analyst Sai guhan
Kit & Equipment Manager Shamnad M
Operations Head Unni Krishnan
Operations executive Aslam Shafi
Media manager Kevin
Media executive Mishal nelson

Head Coach's Record
As of 16 June 2020
NameNationalityFromToPWDLGFGAWin%
Bino George  India 8 October 2017 26 February 2019 40 10 11 19 45 58 025.00
Gift Raikhan  India 26 February 2019 01 July 2019 3 1 0 2 4 6 033.33
Fernando Santiago Varela  Spain 01 July 2019 16 June 2020 20 11 4 5 25 10 055.00

See also
  • Kozhikode Quartz

References
  1. "Spanish head coach for Gokulam Kerala FC". OnManorama.
  2. "9 Keralites in Gokulam Kerala FC squad for Durand Cup". Mathrubhumi.
  3. Sen, Debayen. "Kerala's Gokulam FC get direct entry into I-League". espn.in. ESPN India. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  4. Tennyson, Rayson (12 April 2017). "Future tense for state club champs, SBI Kerala". The Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  5. "Gokulam Kerala lift 71st Independence Day Cup". assamtribune.com. Assam Tribune. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  6. "Gokulam Kerala crowned new Hero IWL champions after thrilling finale". AIFF. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
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