Karnataka football team

Karnataka
ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಕಾಲ್ಚೆಂಡು ತಂಡ
Full name	Karnataka football team
Founded	1941; 83 years ago; (as Mysore football team)
Ground	Bangalore Football Stadium
Capacity	8,000
Owner	Karnataka State Football Association
Head coach	Ravi Babu Raju
League	Santosh Trophy
2024–25	Group stage
Home colours	Away colours

The Karnataka football team (Kannada: ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಕಾಲ್ಚೆಂಡು ತಂಡ, romanized: Karnaṭaka kaalchenḍu tanḍa), also earlier the Mysore football team, is an Indian football team representing Karnataka in Indian state football competitions including the Santosh Trophy.^[1]

They have appeared in the Santosh Trophy finals 9 times, and have won the trophy 4 times. Prior to 1972, the team competed as Mysore.^[2] During the 1969 Asian Champion Club Tournament (which is now known as AFC Champions League), they reached the semifinals (then known as Mysore State).^[3]

Squad

Current squad

The following 22 players were called up prior to the 2022–23 Santosh Trophy

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
10	FW	IND	Ankith P
22	GK	IND	Srijith R.
23	GK	IND	Kevin Koshy
1	GK	IND	Satyajit Bordoloi
2	DF	IND	M. Sunil Kumar
3	DF	IND	Robin Yadav
4	DF	IND	Nikhil G.
5	DF	IND	Manoj Swamy Kannan
6	MF	IND	F Lalremtluanga
9	MF	IND	Kamalesh P
14	DF	IND	Johnson A


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	IND	Shajan Franklin
8	MF	IND	Bekey Oram
7	MF	IND	Karthik Govind Swamy (C)
17	FW	IND	Rajaganapathy K
18	DF	IND	Prashanth Kalinga
19	DF	IND	Pradison Mariyadasan
11	FW	IND	Abhishek Shankar Powar
12	FW	IND	Shelton Paul M.
16	FW	IND	Jacob John Kattokaren
20	DF	IND	Satish Kumar M R
24	MF	IND	Appu

Honours

State (senior)

Santosh Trophy
- Winners (5): 1946–47, 1952–53, 1967–68, 1968–69, 2022–23
- Runners-up (5): 1953–54, 1955–56, 1962–63, 1970–71, 1975–76

National Games
- Bronze medal (1): 1997

State (youth)

Swami Vivekananda NFC
- Runners-up (1): 2023–24^[4]

B.C. Roy Trophy
- Winners (4): 1962–63, 1978–79, 1991–92, 2002–03
- Runners-up (3): 1965–66, 1971–72, 2003–04

Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy
- Winners (2): 1978–79, 1986–87
- Runners-up (2): 1981, 2009–10

M. Dutta Ray Trophy
- Runners-up (1): 1992

Performance in AFC competitions

Asian Champion Club Tournament (now AFC Champions League)
- Fourth place: 1969^[5] (as Mysore State)

References

^ "Karnataka State Football Association".
^ "Santosh Trophy Winners". RSSSF.
^ Ghosh, Soumo (22 September 2021). "The Last Goal – Remembering Cristiano Junior". the-aiff.com. New Delhi: All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
^ "Delhi crowned inaugural Swami Vivekananda U-20 Men's NFC champions on penalties". AIFF. 22 May 2024.
^ Mukherjee, Soham; Easwar, Nisanth V (1 April 2020). "How have Indian clubs fared in AFC Champions League and AFC Cup?". goal.com. Goal. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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[1] "Karnataka State Football Association".

[2] "Santosh Trophy Winners". RSSSF.

[3] Ghosh, Soumo (22 September 2021). "The Last Goal – Remembering Cristiano Junior". the-aiff.com. New Delhi: All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2023.

[4] "Delhi crowned inaugural Swami Vivekananda U-20 Men's NFC champions on penalties". AIFF. 22 May 2024.

[5] Mukherjee, Soham; Easwar, Nisanth V (1 April 2020). "How have Indian clubs fared in AFC Champions League and AFC Cup?". goal.com. Goal. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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Seasons	1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Qualifiers	1999–00 2008–09 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2021–22
Group stage	2021–22 2022–23
Finals	2017 2018 2019
Teams	Andaman and Nicobar Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chandigarh Chhattisgarh Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu Delhi Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Ladakh Lakshadweep Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Odisha Pondicherry Punjab Railways Rajasthan Services Sikkim Tamil Nadu Telangana Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal