Pondicherry football team

Pondicherry
Full name	Pondicherry football team
Ground	Indira Gandhi Sports Stadium
Owner	Pondicherry Football Association
Head coach	Titus Lakshmanan Raman
League	Santosh Trophy
2024–25	Group stage
Home colours	Away colours

Last updated September 29, 2025

The Pondicherry football team is an Indian football team representing Puducherry in Indian state football competitions including the Santosh Trophy. They have never won the trophy.^[1]

Squad

The following 22 players were called for the 2022–23 Santosh Trophy.^[2]

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	Judson J
2	DF	IND	Abdul Rehan Q
15	DF	IND	Ajeesh Thadeus
20	DF	IND	L Tamilarasan
7	MF	IND	Asalam Amanulla
10	MF	IND	Lettin Joy Amaladasan
13	MF	IND	Ganesh B
18	MF	IND	Austin Jijo
19	MF	IND	Arunprasath
16	MF	IND	P Bharathkumar
17	FW	IND	Sunith Mon P S


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—		IND	Prabukumar Bharath
—		IND	R Milen
—		IND	Deepak S
—		IND	Thalirvendhan
—		IND	Beera George Mission
11	DF	IND	Rajesh Kanna G
12	MF	IND	Srinath
—		IND	Abinath
22	GK	IND	Nedumaran
—		IND	Srijayakumar
—		IND	Pranav Sankar Cj

References

↑ "Pondicherry Football Association". AIFF. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
↑ "76th National Football Championship for Hero Santosh Trophy 2022-23". www.the-aiff.com. All India Football Federation.

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[1] "Pondicherry Football Association". AIFF. Retrieved 26 January 2016.

[2] "76th National Football Championship for Hero Santosh Trophy 2022-23". www.the-aiff.com. All India Football Federation.

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