RKM Football Academy

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RKM Football Academy
RKM Football Academy.svg
Full name Ramakrishna Mission Football Academy
Short nameRKMFA
Founded2017;7 years ago (2017)
GroundRamakrishna Mission Sports Complex
Capacity1,000
League I-League 3
Chhattisgarh State Men's Football League Championship

Ramakrishna Mission Football Academy derived as RKM FA is an Indian professional football club and academy based in Narainpur, Chhattisgarh. It is also the first football club from the state to participate in the U17 Youth Cup and the I-League 2. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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History

RKM Football Academy became the champion of the inaugural season of Chattisgarh State Men's Club Championship and qualified for the 2022–23 I-League 2 [7] They retained their title as the champion of the Chattisgarh State Men's Club Championship in 2023 and qualified for the inaugural season of I-League 3

Stadium

RKM FA Played their home matches in Ramkrishna mission ground Narainpur

Players

First-team squad

As of 19 August 2023

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of India.svg  IND Ayan Bhattacharya
2 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Munnaram Karma
3 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Dinesh Nureti
4 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Manoj Kumar Dorpa
5 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Suresh Kumar Dhruv(captain)
6 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Sanjay Halder
7 FW Flag of India.svg  IND Abhijit Pramanik
8 FW Flag of India.svg  IND Jaypal Singh Sirka
11 FW Flag of India.svg  IND Amit Nag
12 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Sursingh Nureti
13 FW Flag of India.svg  IND Anil Kumar Potai
14 FW Flag of India.svg  IND Manoj Kumar Lekam
15 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Akhilesh Kumar Uikey
16 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Prakash Potai
17 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Somnath Das
18 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Baldev Karanga
19 FW Flag of India.svg  IND Rajesh Kumar Korram
20 FW Flag of India.svg  IND Ankur Nureti
22 FW Flag of India.svg  IND Shankar Salam
No.Pos.NationPlayer
23 FW Flag of India.svg  IND Lalboilen Kilong
24 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Manish Kumar Kowachi
25 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Shashikant Kumeti
26 FW Flag of India.svg  IND Debjit Basak
27 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Sayif Ali Mullick
28 FW Flag of India.svg  IND Sudip Sarma Sarkar
29 GK Flag of India.svg  IND Debajyoti Singh
30 GK Flag of India.svg  IND Rakesh Bahadur
GK Flag of India.svg  IND Tirath Das Vaishnav
GK Flag of India.svg  IND Shyamsingh Nureti
DF Flag of India.svg  IND Rajuram Karanga
DF Flag of India.svg  IND Pilesh Kumar Uikey
DF Flag of India.svg  IND Ramesh Kumar Nureti
MF Flag of India.svg  IND Mehatar Korrm
MF Flag of India.svg  IND Wacham Venkateshwar
MF Flag of India.svg  IND Sukhdev Varda
MF Flag of India.svg  IND Nitesh Kumar Karanga
FW Flag of India.svg  IND Dhan Singh Korram

Honours

Domestic leagues

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