Kickstart FC is an Indian professional

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club from

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

. Their women's team participate in

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. Men's side competes in the BDFA Super division. Kickstart FC was nominated for

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in 2019 and 2021 but didn't make it to the final list approved by the AIFF.

History

KickstartFC was founded on 9 July 2016 by Shekar Rajan and Laxman Bhattarai to develop grassroot level football in Karnataka. In 2019–20

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, 10 players from KickstartFC played for senior state team of Karnataka, most of any football club in India. In 2020–21 and 2021–22 season, Kickstart were the runners up of BDFA Super Division and were nominated for 2nd Division I-League. The club in 2023, participated in Stafford Challenge Cup.

Technical staff

Players

Current Team

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Women's team

Kickstart FC women's team won the Karnataka Women's League three times continuously in 2018–19, 2019–20 and 2029–21, which is the top division women's premier football league in Karnataka. They have qualified for

twice. In 2019–20 IWL, they finished 3rd in the group stage. They qualified again in 2021-22 where they finished 3rd in the league table, behind eventual champions Gokulam Kerala and

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. Kickstart FC directly qualified for 2022–23 IWL as

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decided to give direct entry to top 4 teams from 2021-22 season.

Current players

Honours

Domestic league

Bangalore Super Division The Bangalore Football League is organised by the Bangalore District Football Association (BDFA), which is affiliated to the Karnataka State Football Association (KSFA) as a ladder-based State football leagues in India, state football competitio ...

**Runners-up (2): 2019–20,

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Cup

*Puttaiah Memorial Cup **Winners (1): 2022 *All-India Football Tournament Kolhapur **Runners-up (1): 2022

Women's team

**Runners-up (1):

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* Karnataka Women's League **Champions (4): 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23

Affiliated clubs

* VV SBC (2021—present)

References

External links

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