Kovalam Football Club (often abbreviated as Kovalam FC) is an Indian professional football club based in Kovalam, neighbourhood of Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala.[1] They compete in the Kerala Premier League.

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Kovalam FC

Full name	Kovalam Football Club
Founded	2009; 13 years ago (2009)
Ground	M. V. Higher Secondary School Ground
Owner	Thayil Mathew Ebin Rose
Head coach	Ebin Rose
League	Kerala Premier League
Website	Club website

History

Kovalam Football Club was founded in 2009 by Ebin Rose, a former Santhosh Trophy player for Kerala, and PJ Mathew, an ex-army personnel and footballer.[2] The club holds the unique distinction of being the first team from Kerala playing under-15 I-League.[3] They first participated in 2018-19 KPL, since then they are an integral part of Kerala Premier League.[4] It is also the first club from the state to have its own football specific stadium and residential academy.

Milestones

• 2009 Starts the club
• 2012 Starts the academy
• 2014 First Kerala club to receive academy accreditation
• 2015 First Kerala club to play in U15 I-League
• 2018 Foundations for residential academy
• 2018 Participated in Kerala Premier League
• 2019 Builds football stadium and hostel
• 2020 Beats Kerala Blasters in KPL
• 2020 Fully-functional residential academy

Jersey sponsors

Stadium

Kovalam FC has its own stadium behind the M. V. Higher Secondary School, Arumanoor.[5]

Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  IND Ajith Raju — GK  IND Sabari Das —  IND Samson —  IND Abhijith EM —  IND Anandhu —  IND Kanish —  IND Sherin Jerome —  IND Muhammed Ameen —  IND Haris —  IND Subin —  IND Salman

No. Pos. Nation Player —  IND Alvin David —  IND Anthony —  IND Simson —  IND Stevin —  IND Atheesh —  IND Unais —  IND Sajith —  IND Vivek —  IND Rimson

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