Gokulam Kerala FC Reserves and Academy

Gokulam Kerala FC Reserves and Academy (Gokulam Kerala FC B) is the reserve team of Gokulam Kerala, that competes in Kerala Premier League.^[4][5] They won the Kerala Premier League title in 2017–18^[6][7] and 2020–21 and were runners-up in 2018–19, 2019–20 and 2022–23.

Gokulam Kerala Reserves

Full name	Gokulam Kerala Football Club Reserves and Academy[1]
Nickname(s)	The Malabarians[2]
Short name	GKFC
Founded	January 2017; 7 years ago (2017-01) (as Gokulam FC)[3]
Ground	EMS Stadium
Capacity	50,000
Owner	Sree Gokulam Group
President	V. C. Praveen
Head coach	Baiju GS
League	Kerala Premier League
Website	www.gokulamkeralafc.com
Home colours Away colours

Reserve team squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  IND Sujith M 2 DF  IND Muhammed Jiyad 3 DF  IND Laishram Singh Johnson 4 DF  IND Lastborn Mawphniang 7 MF  IND Muhammed Basith 8 MF  IND Bibin Boban 10 MF  IND Aman Gaikwad 13 MF  IND Vasim Javed 15 DF  IND Muhammed Bilal 16 DF  IND Shuhail MA 22 MF  IND Aman Rasheed

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  IND Raysudheen — FW  IND Stalin Stephen — FW  IND Abdulla KS — FW  IND Nandhu Krishna — MF  IND Fabeel TP — DF  IND Naveen Das — MF  IND Yashin Malik

Technical staff

Current technical staff

Role	Name
Head coach	Baiju GS
Assistant coach	Wahid Sali
Goalkeeping coach	Fysal Bappu
Strength and conditioning coach	Shaheen Usman

Statistics and records

Season	KPL
2016—17	Semi Finals
2017—18	Champions
2018—19	Runner-up
2019—20	Runner-up
2020—21	Champions
2021—22	Group Stage
2022—23	Runner-up
2023—24	Group Stage

Top scorer by season

As of 19 March 2022

Season	Player	Goals
2016-17	V P Suhair	5
2017-18	V P Suhair &Usman Ashik	4
2018-19	Christian Sabah	6
2019–20	Emil Benny	6
2020–21	Saliou Guindo	8
2021–22	Lalrinzuala Lalbiaknia	3
2022–23	Samuel Mensah Koney	10
2023–24	Shijin Thadhayouse	8

Participations

As of 16 November 2024

Year	Tournament	Result	Organizer
2019	Bodousa Cup	Champions	Bodousa Sports Club, Assam
2019	Independence Day Cup	Champions	Nowgong Sports Association, Assam
2019	Mayor's Cup	Runners Up	Corporation, Thiruvananthapuram
2023	Stafford Challenge Cup	Group Stage	Karnataka State Football Association
2024	Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup	TBD	Sikkim Football Association

Honours

League

• Kerala Premier League
  • Champions (2): 2017–18, 2020–21^[8][9]
  • Runners-up (3): 2018–19, 2019–20, 2022–23

Cup

• Bodousa Cup
  • Champions (1): 2019^[10]
• Independence Day Cup
  • Champions (1): 2019^[11]
• Mayors Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2019
• All India Governor's Gold Cup
  • TBD: 2024

References

1. Gokulam Kerala Football Club: history, stats and archive globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
2. "Hero I-League 2020-21 team profile: Gokulam Kerala". footballexpress.in. 8 January 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
3. India - List of Foundation Dates. RSSSF. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
4. Rayan, Stan (19 November 2022). "Kerala Premier League to begin on November 24". thehindu.com. Kochi: The Hindu. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
5. "Kerala Premier League: Kerala United crowned champions". onmanorama.com. Wayanad. 19 March 2023. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
6. Sen, Debayen (20 September 2017). "Kerala's Gokulam FC get direct entry into I-League". espn.in. ESPN India. Retrieved 28 November 2017. 2000 and in 2020–21
7. Kerala Premier League 2017–18 Final Archived 22 October 2021 at the Wayback Machine Kerala Football Association. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
8. Sen, Debayen (20 September 2017). "Kerala's Gokulam FC get direct entry into I-League". espn.in. ESPN India. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
9. Kerala Premier League 2017–18 Final Archived 22 October 2021 at the Wayback Machine Kerala Football Association. Retrieved 27 February 2021
10. "11th Bodousa Cup: Durand Cup Winners Gokulam Kerala FC Beat Former I-League Champions Minerva Punjab In Nerve-Wrecking Final". outlookindia.com. Outlook India. 4 October 2019. Archived from the original on 24 October 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
11. "Gokulam Kerala lift 71st Independence Day Cup". assamtribune.com. Assam Tribune. Archived from the original on 25 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.