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| manager  = [[Dharmaraj Ravanan]]
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The '''Tamil Nadu football team''' is an Indian [[association football|football]] team representing [[Tamil Nadu]] in the [[Santosh Trophy]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/association/518|title=Tamil Nadu Football Association}}</ref> They have appeared in the Santosh Trophy finals twice, in 1972–73 and 2012, and have never won. Tamil Nadu team reached Semi-finals of the Santosh Trophy in the year 2009,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Football |first1=DC |title=The pain of 2009 in Santosh Trophy |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140121/sports-football/article/pain-2009-santosh-trophy |publisher=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Roy |first1=Anshuman |title=Goa oust TN, fans lose temper |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sport/goa-oust-tn-fans-lose-temper/cid/622257 |publisher=The Telegraph}}</ref> where they lost to the Goa football team. Prior to 1972, the team competed as '''Madras'''.
The '''Tamil Nadu football team''', also earlier the '''Madras football team''', is an Indian [[association football|football]] team representing [[Tamil Nadu]] in Indian state football competitions including the [[Santosh Trophy]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/association/518|title=Tamil Nadu Football Association}}</ref> They have appeared in the Santosh Trophy finals twice, in 1972–73 and 2012, and have never won. Tamil Nadu team reached semi-finals of the Santosh Trophy in 2009,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Football |first1=DC |title=The pain of 2009 in Santosh Trophy |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140121/sports-football/article/pain-2009-santosh-trophy |publisher=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Roy |first1=Anshuman |title=Goa oust TN, fans lose temper |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/goa-oust-tn-fans-lose-temper/cid/622257 |publisher=The Telegraph}}</ref> where they lost to Goa. Prior to 1972, the team competed as ''Madras''.


==Tamil Nadu Squad==
==Squad==
The team selected for 2021
The team selected for 2024
Santosh Trophy;<ref>{{cite news |last1=Correspondent |first1=Special |title=Tamil Nadu team for Santhosh Trophy |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/tamil-nadu-team-for-santhosh-trophy/article4386741.ece |work=The Hindu}}</ref>
Santosh Trophy;


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! Name
! Name
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| Manager
 
| {{Flagicon|India}} Orlando Rayan<ref>http://footballnewsindia.in/tamil-nadu-announces-santosh-trophy-squad/</ref>
| Head coach
|{{Flagicon|India}}[[Dharmaraj Ravanan]]
|-
|-
| Head Coach
| Assistant coach
|{{Flagicon|India}} D. Sekaran
|{{Flagicon|India}} Agastin
|-
|-
| Assistant Coach
| Physio
|{{Flagicon|India}} Unni (SAI)
| {{Flagicon|India}} Kamesh
|}
|}


===Player history===
===Player history===
Some of the former Tamil Nadu state football players are [[Samson Gunapandian]], [[Simon Sundararaj]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Frederick |first1=Prince |title=Memories of Madras – Football's field day |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/memories-of-madras-footballs-field-day/article1769696.ece |work=The Hindu |date=April 2011}}</ref> [[J. Krishnaswamy]], [[Raman Vijayan]], [[Syed Sabir Pasha]], [[Kalia Kulothungan]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rayan |first1=Stan |work=[[The Hindu]] |title=Raw diamonds from the seashore |date=2005-11-19 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2005/11/19/stories/2005111903110400.htm}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> [[Robin Charles Raja]], [[V. Soundararajan]], P.M. Radhakrishnan, P. Nageshwara Rao,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chronicle |first1=Deccan |title=Players from yesteryear return to football's heyday |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/141028/nation-current-affairs/article/players-yesteryear-return-football%E2%80%99s-heyday}}</ref> M. Thangaraj,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Thiagarajan |first1=Shantha |title=When Ooty had a 'dribbler par excellence' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/when-ooty-had-a-dribbler-par-excellence/articleshow/64819976.cms |issue=July 2018 |work=The Times Of India}}</ref> Gandhi (RBI), Edwin Ross (Winger), D'Cruz (ICF), Orlando Rayen, A.U. Celestine (Goal Keeper), P.V. Sriramulu, A. Satyanarayanan, Guna Singh, Koshy, Kumar, Thomas, Arumaiyanayagam, Thanikachalam, Chandran Jeypal, Dhanapathy, Gurunathan, Viswanathan, and Rajamanickam (Goal Keeper).<ref>{{cite news|last1=Metro Plus Chennai|first1=The Hindu|title=Memories of a different era|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/09/26/stories/2002092600150400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030914020823/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/09/26/stories/2002092600150400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 September 2003|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=26 September 2002}}</ref>
Some of the former Tamil Nadu state football players are S. Grand Durai Pandian (Chennai Customs)(Striker), [[Samson Gunapandian]], [[Simon Sundararaj]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Frederick |first1=Prince |title=Memories of Madras – Football's field day |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/memories-of-madras-footballs-field-day/article1769696.ece |work=The Hindu |date=April 2011}}</ref> [[J. Krishnaswamy]], [[Raman Vijayan]], [[Syed Sabir Pasha]], [[Kalia Kulothungan]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rayan |first1=Stan |work=[[The Hindu]] |title=Raw diamonds from the seashore |date=2005-11-19 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2005/11/19/stories/2005111903110400.htm}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> [[Robin Charles Raja]], [[V. Soundararajan]], P.M. Radhakrishnan, P. Nageshwara Rao,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chronicle |first1=Deccan |title=Players from yesteryear return to football's heyday |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/141028/nation-current-affairs/article/players-yesteryear-return-football%E2%80%99s-heyday}}</ref> M. Thangaraj,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Thiagarajan |first1=Shantha |title=When Ooty had a 'dribbler par excellence' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/when-ooty-had-a-dribbler-par-excellence/articleshow/64819976.cms |issue=July 2018 |work=The Times Of India}}</ref> Gandhi (RBI), Edwin Ross (Winger), D'Cruz (ICF), Orlando Rayen, A.U. Celestine (Goal Keeper), P.V. Sriramulu, A. Satyanarayanan, Guna Singh, Koshy, Kumar, Thomas, Arumaiyanayagam, Thanikachalam, Chandran Jeypal, Dhanapathy, Gurunathan, Viswanathan, and Rajamanickam (Goal Keeper).<ref>{{cite news|last1=Metro Plus Chennai|first1=The Hindu|title=Memories of a different era|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/09/26/stories/2002092600150400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030914020823/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/09/26/stories/2002092600150400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 September 2003|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=26 September 2002}}</ref>


Simon Sundararaj from Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu scored the last Indian goal at the Olympics, in Rome in 1960.<ref>{{cite news |last1=RS |first1=Prasad |title=Meet the footballer who scored India's last Olympic goal |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/rio-2016-olympics/india-in-olympics-2016/miscellaneous/Meet-the-footballer-who-scored-Indias-last-Olympic-goal/articleshow/53392275.cms |work=The Times of India}}</ref>
Simon Sundararaj from Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu scored the last Indian goal at the Olympics, in Rome in 1960.<ref>{{cite news |last1=RS |first1=Prasad |title=Meet the footballer who scored India's last Olympic goal |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/rio-2016-olympics/india-in-olympics-2016/miscellaneous/Meet-the-footballer-who-scored-Indias-last-Olympic-goal/articleshow/53392275.cms |work=The Times of India}}</ref>


Most of these former players were employees of State or Central government institutions. [[All India Football Federation]] and [[Tamil Nadu Football Association]] were coordinating these players participation at the National level. In the past, to attend preparatory camps to get selected for the Indian national football team, it was difficult for these players to obtain leave from the institutions in which they were employed.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Week |first1=Sports |title=Who cares for the players? |date=September 1, 1974 |publisher=Khalid Ansari |location=Bombay |page=236 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.98099/page/n235}}</ref> Some Tamil Nadu football players use their football talent and achievements to get jobs in Government institutions like Southern Railways, Indian Bank, and Chennai Customs.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hore |first1=Abhishek |title=Leading scorer Riju mulls EB option |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/leading-scorer-riju-mulls-eb-option/story-ENzWscaC2o8Vlz1Nl3e98H.html |publisher=Hindustan Times}}</ref>
Most of these former players were employees of State or Central government institutions. [[All India Football Federation]] and [[Tamil Nadu Football Association]] were coordinating these players participation at the National level. In the past, to attend preparatory camps to get selected for the [[India national football team]], it was difficult for these players to obtain leave from the institutions in which they were employed.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Week |first1=Sports |title=Who cares for the players? |date=September 1, 1974 |publisher=Khalid Ansari |location=Bombay |page=236 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.98099/page/n235}}</ref> Some Tamil Nadu football players use their football talent and achievements to get jobs in Government institutions like Southern Railways, Indian Bank, and Chennai Customs.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hore |first1=Abhishek |title=Leading scorer Riju mulls EB option |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/leading-scorer-riju-mulls-eb-option/story-ENzWscaC2o8Vlz1Nl3e98H.html |publisher=Hindustan Times}}</ref>


The following is an incomplete list of '''Tamil Nadu footballers'''.
The following is a complete list of '''Tamil Nadu footballers'''.


* [[Dhanpal Ganesh]]
* [[Dhanpal Ganesh]]
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* [[Sinivasan Pandiyan]]
* [[Sinivasan Pandiyan]]
* [[Alexander Romario Jesuraj]]
* [[Alexander Romario Jesuraj]]
* [[C.Swaminathan]]


==Honours==
==Honours==
* '''[[Santosh Trophy]]'''
===State (senior)===
* '''[[Santosh Trophy]]'''<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/indiasantoshhist.html List of Santosh Trophy Finals]</ref>
** Runners-up (2): 1972–73, [[2011–12 Santosh Trophy|2011–12]]
** Runners-up (2): 1972–73, [[2011–12 Santosh Trophy|2011–12]]


*'''[[Football at the National Games of India|National Games]]'''
** Silver medal (1): [[2007 National Games of India|2007]]
** Bronze medal (1): 2002
===State (youth)===
* '''[[Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy]]'''
* '''[[Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy]]'''
** '''Winners (1):''' 1985–86
** Winners (1): 1985–86
** Runners-up (1): 1999–2000
** Runners-up (1): 1999–2000
* '''[[M. Dutta Ray Trophy]]'''
** Runners-up (2): 2004, 2007


==References==
==References==
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{{Santosh Trophy teams}}
{{Indian state football teams}}
{{Football in India}}
{{Football in Tamil Nadu}}


[[Category:Football in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Football in Tamil Nadu]]

Latest revision as of 23:44, 16 December 2025

Tamil Nadu
File:Tamil Nadu Football Association.jpg
Full nameTamil Nadu football team
Founded1941; 85 years ago (1941)
(as Madras football team)
GroundJawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai)
Capacity40,000
OwnerTamil Nadu Football Association
Head coachDharmaraj Ravanan
LeagueSantosh Trophy
2024–25Final round

The Tamil Nadu football team, also earlier the Madras football team, is an Indian football team representing Tamil Nadu in Indian state football competitions including the Santosh Trophy.[1] They have appeared in the Santosh Trophy finals twice, in 1972–73 and 2012, and have never won. Tamil Nadu team reached semi-finals of the Santosh Trophy in 2009,[2][3] where they lost to Goa. Prior to 1972, the team competed as Madras.

Squad[edit | edit source]

The team selected for 2024 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
24 GK India IND Mohanraj K
1 GK India IND Murugan V
3 DF India IND Henry Joseph
14 DF India IND Henry Stalin
5 DF India IND Hari Krishnan
46 DF India IND Karthick Thirumalai
4 DF India IND Boobalan
3 DF India IND Karthik
21 MF India IND Ganesan
16 MF India IND Sinivasan Pandiyan
13 MF India IND Mayakkannan
38 MF India IND Mohammed Musharaf
25 MF India IND Jockson dhas
10 MF India IND Suraj Kumar
— MF India IND Dinesh
14 FW India IND Alexander Romario Jesuraj
16 FW India IND Vineeth Kumar
9 FW India IND Nandha Kumar
47 FW India IND Devdath S
7 FW India IND Prakadeswaran S

Coaching staff[edit | edit source]

Position Name
Head coach IndiaDharmaraj Ravanan
Assistant coach India Agastin
Physio India Kamesh

Player history[edit | edit source]

Some of the former Tamil Nadu state football players are S. Grand Durai Pandian (Chennai Customs)(Striker), Samson Gunapandian, Simon Sundararaj,[4] J. Krishnaswamy, Raman Vijayan, Syed Sabir Pasha, Kalia Kulothungan,[5] Robin Charles Raja, V. Soundararajan, P.M. Radhakrishnan, P. Nageshwara Rao,[6] M. Thangaraj,[7] Gandhi (RBI), Edwin Ross (Winger), D'Cruz (ICF), Orlando Rayen, A.U. Celestine (Goal Keeper), P.V. Sriramulu, A. Satyanarayanan, Guna Singh, Koshy, Kumar, Thomas, Arumaiyanayagam, Thanikachalam, Chandran Jeypal, Dhanapathy, Gurunathan, Viswanathan, and Rajamanickam (Goal Keeper).[8]

Simon Sundararaj from Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu scored the last Indian goal at the Olympics, in Rome in 1960.[9]

Most of these former players were employees of State or Central government institutions. All India Football Federation and Tamil Nadu Football Association were coordinating these players participation at the National level. In the past, to attend preparatory camps to get selected for the India national football team, it was difficult for these players to obtain leave from the institutions in which they were employed.[10] Some Tamil Nadu football players use their football talent and achievements to get jobs in Government institutions like Southern Railways, Indian Bank, and Chennai Customs.[11]

The following is a complete list of Tamil Nadu footballers.

Honours[edit | edit source]

State (senior)[edit | edit source]

State (youth)[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Tamil Nadu Football Association".
  2. ↑ Football, DC. "The pain of 2009 in Santosh Trophy". Deccan Chronicle.
  3. ↑ Roy, Anshuman. "Goa oust TN, fans lose temper". The Telegraph.
  4. ↑ Frederick, Prince (April 2011). "Memories of Madras – Football's field day". The Hindu.
  5. ↑ Rayan, Stan (19 November 2005). "Raw diamonds from the seashore". The Hindu.[dead link]
  6. ↑ Chronicle, Deccan. "Players from yesteryear return to football's heyday".
  7. ↑ Thiagarajan, Shantha. "When Ooty had a 'dribbler par excellence'". The Times Of India. No. July 2018.
  8. ↑ Metro Plus Chennai, The Hindu (26 September 2002). "Memories of a different era". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 14 September 2003.
  9. ↑ RS, Prasad. "Meet the footballer who scored India's last Olympic goal". The Times of India.
  10. ↑ Week, Sports (1 September 1974). Who cares for the players?. Bombay: Khalid Ansari. p. 236.
  11. ↑ Hore, Abhishek. "Leading scorer Riju mulls EB option". Hindustan Times.
  12. ↑ Krishnaswamy, Karthik. "A happy homecoming for stars". The Hindu.
  13. ↑ Raghu, T.N. "Sudhakar will be TN's key man". Deccan Chronicle.
  14. ↑ List of Santosh Trophy Finals

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