Andhra Pradesh football team

Andhra Pradesh
Full name	Andhra Pradesh football team
Founded	1953;71 years ago; (as Andhra football team)
Ground	Various
Owner	Andhra Pradesh Football Association
Head coach	Santhosh Kiran
League	Santosh Trophy
2023–24	Group stage
Home colours	Away colours

Last updated March 15, 2024

The Andhra Pradesh football team is an Indian football team representing Andhra Pradesh in Indian state football competitions including the Santosh Trophy.

History

The team has appeared in the Santosh Trophy finals twice, winning the trophy once. Prior to 1959, the team competed as Andhra football team. The Hyderabad Football Association merged with the Andhra Football Association to establish the combined team.^[1]^[2]

They have failed to qualify for the final rounds of 69th Santosh Trophy (2015).^[3]

Current squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	IND	Sirvisetti Krishna Chaitanya
4	DF	IND	Y Tharun Kumar Reddy
6	DF	IND	Jammula Vinay
7	MF	IND	Khaleel Shaik
8	MF	IND	Kandikatla Anil
9	MF	IND	Beemagouni Pavangoud
10	FW	IND	Chenna Ashok Chakravarthi
11	MF	IND	Sabbavarapu Ganesh Kumar
12	DF	IND	Manedi Venkata Naga Manikanta
13	DF	IND	Kuppili Nivaskumar


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
26	GK	IND	Koppisetti Ajay Kumar
—		IND	Gurajala Narendra
—		IND	Inti Pavan
—		IND	Thottempudi Baburao
—	FW	IND	Kalaparthy Sravanth Kumar
—		IND	Nammi Murari
—		IND	Bommadi Nagaraju
—		IND	Boggu Surendra
—	DF	IND	Bathula Prem Teja
—	MF	IND	Gondiparla Arun Kumar

^[4]^[5]

Honours

State

Andhra Pradesh

Santosh Trophy ^[6]
- Winners (1): 1965–66
- Runners-up (1): 1963–64
B.C. Roy Trophy
- Winners (2): 1965–66, 1975–76
- Runners-up (6): 1964–65, 1967–68, 1972–73, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1992–93
Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy
- Runners-up (1): 1994–95

Others

Andhra Pradesh

Sait Nagjee Football Tournament
- Runners-up (4): 1962, 1967, 1976, 1977

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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