Karnataka football team

Karnataka
ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಕಾಲ್ಚೆಂಡು ತಂಡ

Full name	Karnataka football team
Founded	1941
Ground	Bangalore Football Stadium
Capacity	8,000
Owner	Karnataka State Football Association
Head coach	Ravi Babu Raju
League	Santosh Trophy
2022–23	Champions
Home colours Away colours

The Karnataka football team (Kannada: ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಕಾಲ್ಚೆಂಡು ತಂಡ, romanized: Karnaṭaka kaalchenḍu tanḍa) is an Indian football team representing Karnataka in Indian state football competitions including the Santosh Trophy.

They have appeared in the Santosh Trophy finals 9 times, and have won the trophy 4 times. Prior to 1972, the team competed as Mysore football team. During the 1969 Asian Champion Club Tournament (which is now known as AFC Champions League), they reached the semifinals (then known as Mysore State).

Squad

Current squad

The following 22 players were called up prior to the 2022–23 Santosh Trophy

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 10 FW IND Ankith P 22 GK IND Srijith R. 23 GK IND Kevin Koshy 1 GK IND Satyajit Bordoloi 2 DF IND M. Sunil Kumar 3 DF IND Robin Yadav 4 DF IND Nikhil G. 5 DF IND Manoj Swamy Kannan 6 MF IND F Lalremtluanga 9 MF IND Kamalesh P 14 DF IND Johnson A

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF IND Shajan Franklin 8 MF IND Bekey Oram 7 MF IND Karthik Govind Swamy (C) 17 FW IND Rajaganapathy K 18 DF IND Prashanth Kalinga 19 DF IND Pradison Mariyadasan 11 FW IND Abhishek Shankar Powar 12 FW IND Shelton Paul M. 16 FW IND Jacob John Kattokaren 20 DF IND Satish Kumar M R 24 MF IND Appu

Honours

• Santosh Trophy
  • Winners (5): 1946–47, 1952–53, 1967–68, 1968–69, 2022–23
  • Runners-up (5): 1953–54, 1955–56, 1962–63, 1970–71, 1975–76
• National Games
  • Bronze medal (1): 1997
• B.C. Roy Trophy
  • Winners (4): 1962–63, 1978–79, 1991–92, 2002–03
  • Runners-up (3): 1965–66, 1971–72, 2003–04
• Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy
  • Winners (2): 1978–79, 1986–87
  • Runners-up (2): 1981, 2009–10
• M. Dutta Ray Trophy
  • Runners-up (1): 1992

Performance in AFC competitions

• Asian Champion Club Tournament (now AFC Champions League)
  • Fourth place: 1969 (as Mysore State)