The Telangana football team is an Indian

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team representing

Telangana Telangana (; , ) is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian subcontinent, Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India b ...

in Indian state football competitions including the

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. The team was first created in 2014. They debuted during the

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season.

Hyderabad

They have appeared in the Santosh Trophy finals 4 times, and have won the trophy twice. Until 1959, the team competed as Hyderabad football team when the Hyderabad Football Association was merged with the

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to establish the combined team.

Honours

State

; Hyderabad *

List of Santosh Trophy Finals
/ref> ** Winners (2): 1956–57, 1957–58 ** Runners-up (2): 1949–50, 1950–51

Others

; Hyderabad FA *

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** Runners-up (1): 1954

References

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Hyderabad

Honours

State

Others

See also

References