Kovalam Football Club

Kovalam FC
Full name	Kovalam Football Club
Founded	2009; 17 years ago
Ground	M. V. Higher Secondary School Ground
Owner	Thayil Mathew Ebin Rose
Head coach	Ebin Rose
League	Kerala Premier League
Website	Club website

Kovalam Football Club (often abbreviated as Kovalam FC) is an Indian professional football club based in Kovalam neighbourhood of Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala.^[1] They compete in Kerala Premier League.

History[edit | edit source]

Kovalam Football Club was founded in 2009 by Ebin Rose, a former Santhosh Trophy player for Kerala, and PJ Mathew, an ex-army personnel and footballer.^[2] The club holds the unique distinction of being the first team from Kerala playing under-15 I-League.^[3] They first participated in 2018-19 KPL, since then they are an integral part of Kerala Premier League.^[4] It is also the first club from the state to have its own football specific stadium and residential academy.

Milestones[edit | edit source]

 2009 Starts the club

 2012 Starts the academy

 2014 First Kerala club to receive academy accreditation

 2015 First Kerala club to play in U15 I-League

 2018 Foundations for residential academy

 2018 Participated in Kerala Premier League

 2019 Builds football stadium and hostel

 2020 Beats Kerala Blasters in KPL

 2020 Fully-functional residential academy

Jersey sponsors[edit | edit source]

Period	Sponsor
2020–present	Federal Bank

Stadium[edit | edit source]

Kovalam FC has its own stadium behind the M. V. Higher Secondary School, Arumanoor.^[5]

Squad[edit | edit source]

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	Sabari Das
—		IND	Samson
—		IND	Abhijith EM
—		IND	Anandhu
—		IND	Kanish
—		IND	Sherin Jerome
—		IND	Muhammed Ameen
—		IND	Haris
—		IND	Subin
—		IND	Salman


No.	Nation	Player
—	IND	Alvin David
—	IND	Ajith
—	IND	Anthony
—	IND	Simson
—	IND	Stevin
—	IND	Atheesh
—	IND	Unais
—	IND	Sajith
—	IND	Vivek
—	IND	Rimson

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Jul 22, TNN / Updated; 2016; Ist, 08:16. "A platform for promising football prodigies | Thiruvananthapuram News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-08-29. {{cite web}}: |first1= has generic name (help); |last2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
↑ "Football in his heart". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
↑ "50 Teams To Participate In U-16 Youth League | Hero I-League". Retrieved 2021-08-29.
↑ "Kerala Premier League 2018-19 gets the ball rolling with 11 teams | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
↑ "Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram to become a global football hub". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2021-08-29.

[1] Jul 22, TNN / Updated; 2016; Ist, 08:16. "A platform for promising football prodigies | Thiruvananthapuram News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-08-29. {{cite web}}: |first1= has generic name (help); |last2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[2] "Football in his heart". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2021-08-29.

[3] "50 Teams To Participate In U-16 Youth League | Hero I-League". Retrieved 2021-08-29.

[4] "Kerala Premier League 2018-19 gets the ball rolling with 11 teams | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2021-08-29.

[5] "Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram to become a global football hub". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2021-08-29.

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