Kickstart FC

Kickstart

Full name	Kickstart Football Club Karnataka
Founded	9 July 2016;8 years ago (9 July 2016) [1]
Owner	Shekar Rajan Laxman Bhattarai
Head coach	Aslam Ahmed Khan
League	I-League 3 BDFA Super Division
Website	www.kickstartfc.com
Home colours Away colours

Active departments of Kickstart FC
Football (Men's)	Football (Women's)

Kickstart Football Club is an Indian professional football club from Karnataka. Their women's team participate in Indian Women's League and the men's side competes in the BDFA Super Division. ^{[2] [3]} The club was nominated for I-League 2 in 2019 and 2021 but didn't make it to the final list approved by the AIFF. ^[4]

History

Kickstart FC was founded on 9 July 2016 by Shekar Rajan and Laxman Bhattarai to develop grassroot level football in Karnataka. In 2019–20 Santosh Trophy, 10 players from Kickstart FC played for senior state team of Karnataka, the most of any football club in India.^{[ citation needed ]} In 2020–21 and 2021–22 season, Kickstart were the runners up of BDFA Super Division and were nominated for 2nd Division I-League.^{[ citation needed ]} In 2023, the club participated in Stafford Challenge Cup. ^[5]

Later in 2023, the club secured participation in the newly formed I-League 3. ^[6]

Men's team

Technical staff

Title	Name
Chairman	Shekar Rajan
CEO	Laxman Bhattarai
Head coach	Aslam Ahmed Khan
Assistant coach	Raghu Kumar M Kalidasan K
Team manager	Saravana D

Current squad

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 1 GK   IND Kabir Toufik 2 DF   IND Aibiang Mame Nongneng 3 DF   IND Harikrishnan M 9 FW   IND Alocious Muthayyan 10 FW   IND Abhishekh Shankar Powar 12 DF   IND Johnson A 15 MF   IND Sheltohn Paul 17 MF   IND Vijay Nagappan 18 FW   IND Pangambam Naoba Meitei 25 DF   IND Michael Regin

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 MF   IND Khanngam Horam 30 FW   IND Alister Anthony 6 DF   IND Evan Thapa — MF   IND Solaimalai — DF   IND Ganesan — FW   IND Shelton Nickson — MF   IND Ajay A — DF   IND Arvind Babu — FW   IND Lijo K — GK   IND Manikandan M

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
2016–2020	—	—
2021–present	SIX5SIX [7] [8]

Honours

Domestic league

• BDFA Super Division
  • Runners-up (2): 2019–20, 2020–21

Cup

• Puttaiah Memorial Cup
  • Winners (1): 2022
• All-India Football Tournament Kolhapur
  • Runners-up (1): 2022

Affiliated clubs

• VV SBC (2021—present) ^[9]
• Tottenham Hotspur (2023—present) ^[10]

References

1. "Kickstart FC announce BDFA Super Division team on day of second anniversary". mykhel.com. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
2. "FC Bengaluru United retain BDFA Super Division League title". aninews.in. Asian News International (ANI). 6 January 2022. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
3. "FC Bengaluru retain Super Division crown". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. The Times of India. 7 January 2022. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
4. "Karnataka Women's League: Kickstart FC Beat Parikrma FC to Strengthen Hold on Top Spot". News18. 8 December 2019. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
5. "THE HISTORY: STAFFORD CHALLENGE CUP – KARNATAKA". ksfa.in. Bengaluru: Karnataka State Football Association. Archived from the original on 24 February 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
6. "Rangdajied start with huge win on Third Division League debut". highlandpost.com. Shillong: The Highland Post. HP News Service. 13 November 2023. Archived from the original on 14 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
7. "Six5SixSport Instagram Post". Archived from the original on 24 December 2021.
8. "Kickstart FC General Sponsors". Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
9. "Kickstart Foundation - Giving wings to aspiring footballers from underprivileged section of Bengaluru | Goal.com". goal.com. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
10. Tottenham Hotspur (@Spurs_India) (28 November 2023). "Tottenham Hotspur's Global Football Development team are proud to announce a new partnership with Kickstart FC to support the development of local players and coaches in Bangalore #SpursInIndia". X (formerly Twitter). Archived from the original on 30 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.

External links

• Kickstart FC on Twitter
• Kickstart FC on Facebook
• Kickstart FC at Sofascore
• Kickstart FC at the-aiff.com (AIFF)
• Kickstart FC at Global Sports Archive