Gokulam Kerala FC
Gokulam Kerala Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Kozhikode, Kerala. Founded in 2017, the club competes in the I-League, the second tier of Indian football league system. They won the 2020–21 I-League title to become the first ever club from Kerala to do so, and became the first team to defend the league title in 2021–22. Gokulam is also the first and so far the only club from the state to qualify for a continental competition, AFC Cup, in 2022.
| Full name | Gokulam Kerala Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Malabarians | ||
| Short name | GKFC | ||
| Founded | January 2017 (as Gokulam FC) | ||
| Ground | EMS Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 35,000 | ||
| Owner | Sree Gokulam Group | ||
| President | V. C. Praveen | ||
| Head coach | Antonio Rueda Fernández | ||
| League | I-League | ||
| 2023–24 | I-League, 3rd of 13 | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Nicknamed Malabarians, Gokulam Kerala represents the state of Kerala, predominantly its Malabar region. Affiliated with Kerala Football Association (KFA), club's reserve team competes in Kerala Premier League, and clinched titles in 2017–18, and 2020–21. They also won the 129th edition of the Durand Cup, becoming one of only two sides from Kerala that has won the competition. The women's section of the club participates in the Indian Women's League.