Kerala Police (football team)

Kerala Police FC

Full name	Kerala Police Football Club
Short name	KPFC KP
Founded	1984;40 years ago (1984)
Ground	Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium [1]
Capacity	25,000
League	Kerala Premier League
Home colours Away colours

Kerala Police Football Club is an Indian institutional semi-professional football team based in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, that competes in the Kerala Premier League, fifth tier of Indian football league system. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} It is the first and only team from Kerala to win India's top domestic cup competition.

History

In 1984, the then Kerala Director General of Police (DGP) thought it would be a good idea to form a football team for the police department. He not only realized the potential of the talent pool available in the state, but also wanted to bring in a positive image of the people when thinking of the department. ^[6]

Kerala Police Football Team is governed by the Kerala Police and has won the Federation Cup twice. In 1996-97 they participated in the inaugural edition of National Football League. In 1998 they took part in the first edition of NFL 2nd Division. Over the years they played several times in the Federation Cup and Durand Cup. In 2014-15 they reached the final of Kerala Premier League, but were defeated by SBT. In 2019-20 they reached the league semifinal.

Honours

• Federation Cup ^[7]
  • Winners (2): 1990, 1991
• Kerala State Club Football Championship
  • Winners (6): 1985, 1987,1995, 1998, 2014, 2016
  • Runners-up (5): 1990, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2013
• Mohan Kumar Mangalam Football Tournament
  • Winners (1): 2017 ^{[8] [9]}
• DCM Trophy
  • Runners-up (1): 1954
• Scissors Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 1993

Statistics and records

Season	KPL
2013–14	Group stage
2014–15	Final
2015–16	Group stage
2016–17	Group stage
2017–18	Group stage
2018–19	Pulled out
2019–20	Semifinal
2020–21	Group stage
2021–22	Group stage
2022–23	Group stage
2023–24	Semi Finals

Key

• Pos. = Position in league
• Attendance/G = Average league attendance

See also

• Football in Kerala
• List of football clubs in India

References

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7. "From the history book, roll of honour". the-aiff.com. All India Football Federation. 10 January 2015. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
8. "Marwad beats Akola 3-0 on third day at MKM Football". udaipurtimes.com (in Hindi). 2017-01-24. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
9. PIFA. "PIFA men reach semi finals of MKM tournament, Udaipur. | PIFA | Premier India Football Academy | The Best Indian Football Academy". Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-02.