Английская Википедия:Gokulam Kerala FC

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Gokulam Kerala Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Kozhikode, Kerala. Founded in 2017, the club competes in I-League, the second tier of Indian football league system. They won 2020–21 I-League to become the first ever club from Kerala to do so, and became the first team to defend the league title in 2021–22. Gokulam is also the first and so far the only club from the state to qualify for a continental competition, AFC Cup, in 2022.

Nicknamed Malabarians, Gokulam Kerala represents the state of Kerala, predominantly its Malabar region. Affiliated with Kerala Football Association (KFA), club's reserve team competes in Kerala Premier League, and clinched titles in 2017–18, and 2020–21. They also won the 129th edition of the Durand Cup becoming one of the only two sides from Kerala that has won this competition. Women's section of the club participates in Indian Women's League.

History

Formation and early years (2017–2020)

Gokulam Kerala was founded in January 2017. The club then went on to participate in Awes Cup in Goa, in which they finished the campaign as runners-up. On 20 September, after the second round of bidding invitations, the bid evaluation committee decided to award Sree Gokulam Group the right to field their team in the Hero I-League 2017–18 season onwards from Calicut, Kerala. Although the club did not have a good beginning, they went on to defeat clubs like East Bengal, Mohun Bagan and Minerva Punjab by the end of the season. Gokulam Kerala hired Spaniard Fernando Santiago Varela as head coach in March 2018.

On 15 March 2018, Gokulam played the Super Cup qualifiers against North East United FC and was qualified with a 2-goal victory. In the pre-quarterfinals of the Super Cup on 1 April 2018, they were leading against Bengaluru by 0–1 until 60 minutes with a goal scored by the striker Henry Kisekka but Bengaluru scored a stoppage time goal which led to a defeat of 2–1.

Gokulam in 2019, for the first time went abroad and participated at the 2019 Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup in Bangladesh, where they qualified for the Semi-finals after finishing 2nd in Group B. Gokulam finished as semifinalist after losing 3–2 to Chittagong Abahani. Gokulam Kerala won their maiden title under the coaching of Fernando Santiago Varela, the 129th edition of the Durand Cup on 24 August 2019, defeating Mohun Bagan 2–1 in Kolkata.

2020–present

Gokulam Kerala won the 2020–21 I-League by defeating TRAU FC in the final game. With 29 points from 15 games, they qualified for the 2022 AFC Cup group stage.

In April 2021, Gokulam Kerala emerged as the champions of the 2020–21 Kerala Premier League, defeating KSEB FC 2–1 at the Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium. They began their 2021–22 I-League season on 26 December with 1–0 win against Churchill Brothers. They later thrashed Real Kashmir by 5–1.

After back to back wins in both the group and championship stages, the club clinched I-League title again in 2021–22 season, defeating Mohammedan Sporting 2–1 in the final game at the Salt Lake Stadium on 14 May, and became the first club in fifteen years to defend a national league title.

At the 2022 AFC Cup group-stage opener, the club achieved a historic 4–2 win against Indian Super League side ATK Mohun Bagan. Later, they were defeated 1–0 by Maldivian side Maziya S&RC, 1–2 by Bangladeshi side Bashundhara Kings respectively, and knocked out of the tournament. On July 5, the club officially announced that they roped in former Cameroonian international Richard Towa as new head coach. Due to not maintaining good form in league marches, the club parted ways with Towa and roped in Spanish manager Francesc Bonet in place of him.

In April 2023, the club took part in 3rd edition of Indian Super Cup.

Stadiums

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Fans of Gokulam Kerala at the EMS Stadium during an I-League match in 2017

EMS Stadium, located in the heart of Calicut, is used as home ground of Gokulam Kerala. West stand is the largest block that can accommodate most spectators, while the capacity of the stadium is limited to 50,000.

The club also used Kottappadi Stadium in Malappuram for training purposes. Malappuram District Sports Complex Stadium previously served as club's home venue for matches of Kerala Premier League. In May 2023, Kozhikode Municipal Corporation decided not to renew the contract for matches at the EMS Stadium.

Supporters

Kerala is a state known for its passionate football fans. Football in Northern Kerala (known as Malabar Coastal Region) has arguably one of the most passionate fanbase in the state. "GKFC Battalia" is one of the largest supporters' group of Gokulam Kerala FC. Another noted supporters' group of the club named "GKFC Ultras" is also in existence.

Rivalry

Rivalry with Kolkata clubs

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An I-League encounter between Gokulam Kerala and Mohun Bagan at the EMS Stadium in 2019

Gokulam Kerala is known for pathbreaking the Kolkata clubs, Mohun Bagan, East Bengal and Mohammedan in some major matches in I-League and Durand Cup. Gokulam Kerala won the 2019 Durand Cup by defeating East Bengal in the semi-final and Mohun Bagan in the final. They also defeated Mohammedan in the deciding last match of 2021–22 I-League to clinch their consecutive league title. Both the states, Kerala and West Bengal, are two dominant powerhouses of Indian Football.

Rivalry with Kerala United

Gokulam Kerala enjoys an on-field rivalry with another Kozhikode based side Kerala United (previously Quartz Calicut). The first match between the two teams took place in the group stage of 2017–18 Kerala Premier League, where Quartz Calicut were winners.

After the purchase of Kerala united FC by the owners of Sheffield United, the first match took place in 2020–21 Kerala Premier League semifinal. The match ended goalless and Gokulam won 4–2 on penalties.

Results

Date	Competition	Venue	Score	Kerala United FC scorers	Gokulam Kerala scorers	Attendance
19 April 2021	2020–21 Kerala Premier League	Maharaja's College Stadium, Ernakulam	0–0
3 June 2018	2017–18 Kerala Premier League	Municipal Corporation Stadium, Thrissur	0–2		Brian Umony, Arjun Jayaraj
10 May 2018	2017–18 Kerala Premier League	EMS Stadium, Calicut	0–2		Mohamed Salah, Usman Ashik
25 April 2018	2017–18 Kerala Premier League	EMS Stadium, Calicut	3–2	Emmanuel Aidoo	Sushanth Mathew, Mama

Rivalry with Kerala Blasters

For the first time in history, Gokulam Kerala faced Kerala Blasters in the "Kerala Derby" at group stage of the 132nd edition of Durand Cup on 13 August 2023, in which they defeated the ISL side by 4–3.

Crest, colours & kits

Crest

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Theyyam is a popular ritual form of worship in North Kerala

The club crest incorporates elements from historical Theyyam, a famous ritual art form that originated in northern Kerala. It encompasses dance, mime and music. The crest was unveiled in January 2017, by chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and football legend I. M. Vijayan.

Colours

During the early days they used yellow and red coloured home kit. From 2018–19 season onwards, maroon was used as primary colour for home kit.

Kit evolution

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Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit manufacturer	Main sponsor	Back sponsor	Chest sponsor	Sleeve sponsor
2017–2018	Kaizen Sports	Aachi Group
2018–2019		Aqualine PVC Pipes
2019–2020		Sree Gokulam Group	CSB Bank	Gokulam	Gokulam Madinah
2020–2021	SEGA				Federal Bank
2021–2023		CSB Bank	Sree Gokulam Group	Federal Bank	Multiple
2023–present	Do's

Honours

Domestic

League

• I-League
  • Champions (2): 2020–21, 2021–22
• Kerala Premier League
  • Champions (2): 2017–18, 2020–21
  • Runners-up (3): 2018–19, 2019–20, 2022–23
• Kerala State Club Championship
  • Runners-up (1): 2016–17

Cup

• Durand Cup
  • Champions (1): 2019
• Bodousa Cup
  • Champions (1): 2019
• AWES Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2017

Invitational

• Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup
  • Semi-finals (1): 2019

Technical staff

Current technical staff

Role	Name
Head coach	Шаблон:Flagicon Domingo Oramas
Assistant coach	Шаблон:Flagicon Cristian Rodriguez
Goalkeeping coach	Шаблон:Flagicon Sandip Nandy
Strength and conditioning coach	Шаблон:Flagicon Cristian Rodriguez
Team manager	Шаблон:Flagicon Aravind A. R.

Notable players

Шаблон:Category see also The following Gokulam Kerala players have been capped at full international level. Years in brackets indicate their spells at the club.

Шаблон:Flagicon Lelo Mbele (2017) Шаблон:Flagicon Mahmood Al-Ajmi (2017–2018) Шаблон:Flagicon Musa Mudde (2017–2018) Шаблон:Flagicon Francis Ambané (2017–2018) Шаблон:Flagicon Faysal Shayesteh (2017–2018) Шаблон:Flagicon Lê Văn Tân (2018) Шаблон:Flagicon Brian Umony (2018) Шаблон:Flagicon Antonio German (2018–2019) Шаблон:Flagicon Fabien Vorbe (2018–2019)

Шаблон:Flagicon Henry Kisekka (2018–2020) Шаблон:Flagicon Andre Ettienne (2018–2020) Шаблон:Flagicon Marcus Joseph (2018–2020) Шаблон:Flagicon Nathaniel García (2019–2020) Шаблон:Flagicon Zohib Islam Amiri (2019–2020) Шаблон:Flagicon Atuheire Kipson (2020) Шаблон:Flagicon Saliou Guindo (2020) Шаблон:Flagicon Mohamed Awal (2020–2021) Шаблон:Flagicon Sharif Mukhammad (2020–2022) Шаблон:Flagicon Chisom Chikatara (2021–2022)

Шаблон:Flagicon Aminou Bouba (2021–) Шаблон:Flagicon Jourdaine Fletcher (2022) Шаблон:Flagicon David Simbo (2022) Шаблон:Flagicon Ahmed Waseem Razeek (2022) Шаблон:Flagicon Farshad Noor (2022–2023) Шаблон:Flagicon Eldar Moldozhunusov (2023) Шаблон:Flagicon Komron Tursunov (2023–)

Managerial history

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Fernando Santiago Varela gave Gokulam Kerala their first major title, Durand Cup in 2019.

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Vincenzo Alberto Annese, Most successful head coach of Gokulam Kerala. He had won two I-League titles consecutively in two seasons, 2020–21 and 2021–22.

Head coach's record

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win%	Ref.
Bino George	Шаблон:IND	8 October 2017	26 February 2019
Gift Raikhan	Шаблон:IND	26 February 2019	1 July 2019
Fernando Santiago Varela	Шаблон:ESP	1 July 2019	16 June 2020
Vincenzo Alberto Annese	Шаблон:ITA	19 August 2020	1 June 2022
Richard Towa	Шаблон:CMR	5 July 2022	22 December 2022
Francesc Bonet	Шаблон:ESP	27 December 2022	31 May 2023
Domingo Oramas	Шаблон:ESP	June 2023	present

Statistics and records

Season statistics

Season	Шаблон:Abbr	Шаблон:Abbr	Шаблон:Abbr	Шаблон:Abbr	Шаблон:Abbr	Шаблон:Abbr	Шаблон:Abbr	Шаблон:Abbr	Шаблон:Abbr	Super Cup	Durand Cup	AFC Cup
2017–18	I-League	7	18	6	3	9	17	23	21	Round of 16	–	–
2018–19	I-League	10	20	3	8	9	25	33	17	DNP	–	DNQ
2019–20	I-League	5	15	6	4	5	20	19	22	CancelledШаблон:Efn	Champions	DNQ
2020–21	I-League	1	15	9	2	4	31	17	29	CancelledШаблон:Efn	CancelledШаблон:Efn	DNQ
2021–22	I-League	1	18	13	4	1	44	15	43	Cancelled	Quarter-finals	Group Stage
2022–23	I-League	3	22	12	3	7	26	14	39	Group Stage	DNP	DNQ
2023–24	I-League	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Group Stage	Quarter-finals	DNQ

Most appearances

Name	Period	I-League	Super Cup	Durand Cup	IFA Shield	Others	AFC Cup	Appearances
Шаблон:Flagicon Aminou Bouba	2021-	48	07	08	05	01Шаблон:Efn	03	72
Шаблон:Flagicon Sreekuttan VS	2021–	53	07	04	00	01Шаблон:Efn	03	68
Шаблон:Flagicon Thahir Zaman	2021–2023	43	04	00	03	01Шаблон:Efn	03	54
Шаблон:Flagicon Muhammed Rashid	2017–2022	35	01	05	03	04Шаблон:Efn	00	48
Шаблон:Flagicon Noufal PN	2022-	37	06	04	00	01Шаблон:Efn	00	48
Шаблон:Flagicon Rishad PP	2021–	32	02	04	03	00	03	44
Шаблон:Flagicon Emil Benny	2020-2022	32	00	03	05	00	03	43
Шаблон:Flagicon Sharif Mukhammad	2020-2022	30	00	04	03	00	03	40
Шаблон:Flagicon Arjun Jayaraj	2017–2019,2022-	37	02	01	00	00	00	40
Шаблон:Flagicon Mohammed Irshad	2017–2018, 2019–2020	29	01	04	01	04Шаблон:Efn	00	39
Шаблон:Flagicon Mohammed Jassim	2021–2023	29	04	03	01	01Шаблон:Efn	01	39

Club captains

Period	Name
2017–2018	Шаблон:Flagicon Sushanth Mathew
2018–2019	Шаблон:Flagicon Musa Mudde
2019	Шаблон:Flagicon Daniel Addo
2019–2020	Шаблон:Flagicon Marcus Joseph
2020–2021	Шаблон:Flagicon Mohamed Awal
2021–2022	Шаблон:Flagicon Sharif Mukhammad
2022–2023	Шаблон:Flagicon Aminou Bouba
2023–	Шаблон:Flagicon Álex Sánchez

Top scorers

Top scorers record
#	Player	Career	I-League	Super Cup	Durand Cup	IFA Shield	Sheikh Kamal Cup	AFC Cup	Total
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Marcus Joseph	2019–2020	14	0	11	0	1	0	26
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Álex Sánchez	2023-	16	1	0	0	0	0	17
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Henry Kisekka	2017–2018, 2019–2020	9	3	1	0	3	0	16
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Denny Antwi	2020-2021	11	0	0	4	0	0	15
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Luka Majcen	2022	13	0	0	0	0	2	15
5	Шаблон:Flagicon Jourdaine Fletcher	2022	9	0	0	0	0	1	10

Performance in AFC competitions

• AFC Cup: 1 appearance

2022: Group Stage

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Score	Position	Top scorer
2022	AFC Cup	Group D	Шаблон:Flagicon ATK Mohun Bagan	4–2	4th in Group stage	Шаблон:Flagicon Luka Majcen Шаблон:Small
			Шаблон:Flagicon Maziya S&RC	0–1
			Шаблон:Flagicon Bashundhara Kings	1–2

Affiliated club(s)

The following club is currently affiliated with Gokulam Kerala FC:

• Шаблон:Flagicon Viva Chennai FC (2018–present)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Aspire FC (2022–present)

See also

• List of football clubs in Kerala
• Football in Kerala

Further reading

Bibliography

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Other sources

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External links

Official

• Gokulam Kerala FC (official website)
• Шаблон:Twitter
• Шаблон:Facebook
• Шаблон:Instagram

Others

• Gokulam Kerala FC at Soccerway
• Gokulam Kerala FC at GSA
• Gokulam Kerala FC at ESPN
• Gokulam Kerala FC at Eleven Sports
• Gokulam Kerala FC at WorldFootball.net
• Gokulam Kerala FC at the-AIFF.com