Kovalam Football Club (often abbreviated as Kovalam FC) is an Indian professional football club based in

Kovalam Kovalam is a region in the city of Trivandrum, around 13 km southwest of the city center, whose beaches are a tourist destination. Etymology Kovalam means "coconut grove," after the coconut trees which are common there. History Kovala ...

, neighbourhood of Thiruvananthapuram District,

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

. They compete in the

Kerala Premier League Kerala Premier League is a state-level top football league organized by the Kerala Football Association and played in the state of Kerala, India. For sponsorship reasons it is officially known as the Scoreline Kerala Premier League. Structur ...

History

Kovalam Football Club was founded in 2009 by Ebin Rose, a former

Santhosh Trophy The Santosh Trophy, officially known as Hero Senior Men's National Football Championship due to sponsorship ties with Hero MotoCorp, is a state football leagues in India, state-level association football, football competition contested by the L ...

player for Kerala, and PJ Mathew, an ex-army personnel and footballer. The club holds the unique distinction of being the first team from Kerala playing under-15 I-League. They first participated in 2018-19 KPL, since then they are an integral part of

. 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.

Squad

References

{{Football in Kerala Football clubs in Kerala Kerala Premier League