Kerala football team

**Kerala Football Team**
**കേരള ഫുട്ബോൾ ടീം**
Full name	Kerala Football Team
Founded	1948
Ground	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi
Capacity	60,000
Owner	Kerala Football Association
League	Santosh Trophy
Website	Club website
	Current season

The Kerala football team (Malayalam: കേരള ഫുട്ബോൾ ടീം) is an Indian football team representing Kerala in the Santosh Trophy. They have appeared in the Santosh Trophy finals 13 times, and have won the trophy 6 times.

They have qualified for the final rounds of 69th Santosh Trophy (2015) but lost to Services in the semi-final. The 2017 edition they lost to Goa in the semi final at Bambolim Athletic Stadium which is better than their 2016 result. Kerala won their latest Santhosh Trophy on 1 April 2018 against West Bengal with a score of 2-2, which ended in penalty shootout where Kerala won 4-2.they did not lose a single game on their way to the finals

Kerala football team is led by Rahul Raj in the 2018-19 season.The head coach is S N Balan. Some squad names haven't been updated.

Team squad

The following 20 players were called up prior to the 2018 Santosh Trophy^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	IND	Victor Manjilla
—	GK	IND	Mithun V
—	DF	IND	Lijo
—	DF	IND	Rahul Raj (captain)
—	DF	IND	Sreerag
—	DF	IND	Sheriff
—	MF	IND	Inthi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	IND	Srikuttan
—	MF	IND	Jijo
—	MF	IND	Rahul KP
—	MF	IND	Parakottil Muhammed
—	MF	IND	Seesan Selvan (captain)
—	FW	IND	Sahal Abdul Samad
—	FW	IND	Sajith Paulose
—	FW	IND	Joby Justin
—	FW	IND	Afdal V K

References

^ https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/kerala-name-20-member-squad-for-south-zone-santosh-trophy-qualifiers
^ "Santosh Trophy 2018: Kerala announce 20-man squad". Sportskeeda. 8 January 2018. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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[1] ttps://www.sportskeeda.com/football/kerala-name-20-member-squad-for-south-zone-santosh-trophy-qualifiers

[2] "Santosh Trophy 2018: Kerala announce 20-man squad". Sportskeeda. 8 January 2018. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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