Full name | Calicut Football Club |
---|---|
Nickname(s) | The Beacons |
Short name | CFC |
Founded | May 2024 |
Ground | EMS Stadium |
Capacity | 50,000 |
Owner | Futurepoint Sports and Entertainment PVT.LTD |
Chairman | VK Mathews |
Head coach | Ian Gillan |
League | Super League Kerala |
Website | https://www.calicutfootballclub.com/index.html |
Calicut Football Club is an Indian professional franchise football club based in the city of Kozhikode, Kerala, that competes in the Super League Kerala. The club was founded in May 2024. [1] [2]
Under coach Ian Gillan , Calicut hosted and draw the first match of the SLK. They won the 2024 Super League Kerala, beating Forca Kochi FC 2–1 in the final They finished top of the table on the regular season .
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
|
|
Position | Name |
---|---|
Head coach | Ian Gillan [4] |
Assistant coach | Biby Thomas |
Goalkeeping coach | Dipankar Choudhury |
Strength & conditioning coach | Nikhil Das Kunhiraman Bhuvanadasan |
Physio | Sayyid Ahammed Nasal Gifri PK |
Performance Analyst | Abhinadan Mohanta |
Masseur | Bijesh P |
Position | Name |
---|---|
Chief executive officer | Korath Mathew |
Team manager | Jibu Gibson |
Assistant team manager | Said Ibnu Haris M |
Kit manager | Akhil Razy A |
Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win% | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ian Gillan | Australia | 30 July 2024 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 58.33 | ||
Rank | Player | Goals |
---|---|---|
1 | Kervens Belfort | 5 |
2 | Gani Nigam | 4 |
3 | Muhammed Riyas | 3 |
4 | Britto P. M. | 2 |
John Kennedy | ||
Richard Osei | ||
5 | Thoi Singh | 1 |
Resende | ||
Abdul Hakku | ||
Ernest Barfo |
Rank | Player | Assists |
---|---|---|
1 | Britto P. M. | 3 |
Gani Nigam | ||
Ernest Barfo | ||
2 | Abdul Hakku | 2 |
The Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium, also locally known as Kaloor Stadium, is a football stadium in Kochi, Kerala, India.Initially, it had a capacity 80,000 to 100,000 spectators, which was limited since 2017 for the Indian Super League (ISL), after it hosted 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup under FIFA security guidelines. It is the home ground of the ISL club Kerala Blasters FC. The stadium is touted to have hosted one of the loudest audiences for association football matches in the world.
Khangebam Thoi Singh is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Calicut FC in the Super League Kerala.
Kervens Fils Belfort is a Haitian professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Super League Kerala club Calicut FC.
Kerala United Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Malappuram, Kerala, that competes in I-League 3, fourth tier of the Indian football league system.
Forca Goa is an Indian professional football club based in Fatorda, Goa, that competes in the Indian Super League (ISL), the top flight of Indian football. The club was established on 26 August 2014. Nicknamed as Gaurs, the club plays their home matches at the Fatorda Stadium in Margao.
Kerala Blasters Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Blasters, is an Indian professional football club based in Kochi, Kerala, that competes in the Indian Super League (ISL), the top tier of football in India. The club was established in May 2014 during the inaugural season of the ISL.
Abdul Hakku Nediyodath, also known as Hakku, is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Super League Kerala club Calicut FC.
Gokulam Kerala Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Kozhikode, Kerala. Founded in 2017, the club competes in the I-League, the second tier of Indian football league system. They won the 2020–21 I-League title to become the first 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.
Ian Andrew Gillan is a Scottish-born Australian football coach who holds a UEFA Pro license. He currently works with the Super League Kerala club Calicut FC.
Kerala Blasters Football Club Reserves and Academy, also known as Kerala Blasters B, are the reserve team and academy of the Kochi based Indian Super League club Kerala Blasters. The reserve team of the Blasters most recently competed in the Kerala Premier League, the top division of Kerala football and the RF Development League. The club's youth system also called as KBFC Young Blasters consists of three teams, Under-17, Under-15 and Under-13 age groups that competes in their respective age divisions of the Youth League. The youth teams of the Blasters has previously played in the Elite League, the top tier of the youth football system in India.
Britto P.M. is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Super League Kerala club Calicut FC. He also worked in the Indian Navy.
Gani Nigam is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a winger.
Gokulam Kerala FC Women is an Indian women's football section of Gokulam Kerala FC. They participated in Indian Women's League (IWL), the premier women's football league in India. They won the first IWL In 2019–20. They then retained the title in 2021–22 and 2022–23. In 2021, they became the first club to represent India in AFC Women's Club Championship.
Rafael dos Santos Resende, commonly known as Rafael Resende, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Auda.
Thahir Zaman Kolochalil is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Super League Kerala club Calicut FC.
Richard Osei Agyemang is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Super League Kerala club Calicut FC.
Ernest Barfo, is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Calicut FC.
Jijo Joseph Tutu is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Super League Kerala club Calicut FC.
Forca Kochi Football Club, also known as Kochi Forca, is a professional franchise football club based in Kochi, Kerala, India, participating in the Super League Kerala. The club was founded in May 2024.
The 2024 Mahindra Super League Kerala was the inaugural season of the Super League Kerala, a men's professional franchise football league in Kerala, India. It is organised by the Kerala Football Association, Scoreline Sports and the Unifed Football Sports Development Pvt. Ltd. It features 6 clubs and holds matches at four venues across Kerala. The inaugural season kicked off on September 7, 2024.