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Gokulam Kerala Women

Full name	Gokulam Kerala Football Club Women
Nickname(s)	Malabarians
Short name	GKFC
Founded	January 2018; 7 years ago (2018-01)
Ground	Malappuram District Sports Complex Stadium
Capacity	30,000
Owner	Sree Gokulam Group
President	V. C. Praveen
Head coach	Vacant
League	Indian Women's League Kerala Women's League
2023–24	IWL, 2nd of 7 KWL, Champions
Website	gokulamkeralafc.com
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Gokulam Kerala FC Women is an Indian women's football section of Gokulam Kerala FC. They participated in Indian Women's League (IWL), the premier women's football league in India. They won the first IWL In 2019–20. They then retained the title in 2021–22 and 2022–23. In 2021, they became the first club to represent India in AFC Women's Club Championship.

Crest

The club logo incorporates elements from historical Theyyam, a famous ritual art form that originated in northern Kerala. It encompasses dance, mime and music.

Stadium

Gokulam Kerala Women played most of its home matches at the EMS Stadium, which is located in the heart of Calicut. The current home ground of Gokulam Kerala is Malappuram District Sports Complex Stadium, after allegations surfaced that the corporation authorities were not happy with the state of the EMS Stadium under GKFC's maintenance.

Supporters

Kerala is a state known for its passionate football fans. Football in Northern Kerala (known as Malabar Coastal Region) has arguably one of the most passionate fanbase in the state. "GKFC Battalia" is one of the largest supporters' group of Gokulam Kerala FC. Another noted supporters' group of the club is named "GKFC Ultras".

Technical staff

As of 8 December 2023

Position	Name
Head coach
Assistant coach
Team manager	Kevin Kishorem

Squad (2023)

As of 30 September 2023

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  IND Thounaojam Kritina Devi 3 DF  IND Manju Baby 4 DF  IND Dhurga P. 5 DF  IND C. Reshma 6 MF  IND Martina Thokchom 7 MF  IND Nongmaithem Ratanbala Devi 8 MF  IND Priyadharshini S. 10 FW  UGA Fazila Ikwaput 11 FW  IND Manasa K. 12 MF  IND Asem Roja Devi 13 DF  KEN Phoeby Okech 15 MF  IND Soniya Jose 17 MF  IND Muskan Subba

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  IND Harmilan Kaur 21 FW  IND Harshika Jain 23 GK  IND Baby Lalchhandami 26 DF  IND Shubhangi Singh 28 FW  IND R. Dharshini Devi 31 GK  IND Sowmiya Narayanasamy 55 DF  IND Alexiba P. Samson 66 DF  IND Hemam Shilky Devi 99 GK  IND Payal Basude — FW  IND Sumati Kumari — MF  IND Jyoti Chouhan — FW  IND Heigrujam Daya Devi — DF  IND Th Sahena

Reserves

As of 29 December 2023

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  IND Greeshma M. P. 33 GK  IND Angel Maria T. S. — DF  IND Akanya K. 24 DF  IND Pinki Kashyap — MF  IND Ajusha Sharin P. M.

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  IND Devananda C. K. 32 MF  IND Gopika A. — FW  IND Arathy P. M.

Coaching history

Dates	Name	Ref
2017–2020	Priya P. V.
2021–2022	Anthony Andrews
2022	Priya P. V.
2022–2024	Anthony Andrews

Club captains

List of Gokulam Kerala Women's Football Team captains since its establishment.

Period	Name
2017–18	Anita Rawat
2019–20	Michel Castanha
2021–22	Aditi Chauhan
2022–23	Loitongbam Ashalata Devi
2023–24	Grace Dangmei

Seasons

As of 24 March 2024

Season	Indian Women's League									KWL	AFC Championship	League Top Scorer
	Tier	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos			Name(s)	Goals
2017–18	1	6	1	1	4	6	12	4	5th	DNP	–	Fazila Ikwaput	5
2018–19	1	6	5	0	1	18	5	15	Semi Finals	DNP	–	Anju Tamang	5
2019–20	1	7	7	0	0	34	4	15	Champions	DNP	–	Sabitra Bhandari	16
2020–21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	NA	DNP	3rd
2021–22	1	11	11	0	0	66	4	33	Champions	Champions	DNP	Elshaddai Acheampong	20
2022–23	1	10	8	2	0	64	7	26	Champions	Runners Up	GS	Sabitra Bhandari	29
2023–24	1	12	9	2	1	33	5	29	Runners Up	Champions	DNQ	Fazila Ikwaput	13

Performance in AFC competitions

AFC Women's Club Championship

Winner of the 2020–21 Indian Women's League season would originally get the chance to participate in 2021 edition of AFC Women's Club Championship. As a backup, if the season is unable to complete, defending champions of 2019–20 season, Gokulam Kerala FC, will qualify for the event. Later, on 15 July 2021, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) nominated Gokulam Kerala to represent India in the AFC Women's Club Championship 2020–21 pilot tournament.

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Score	Position	Top scorer
2021	AFC Women's Club Championship	Round-robin	Amman	1–2		Elshaddai Achempong (2 goals)
			Shahrdari Sirjan	0–1
			Bunyodkor	3–1
2022	AFC Women's Club Championship	Group stage	Sogdiyona Jizzak	Match abandoned due to FIFA ban on AIFF
			Bam Khatoon
2023	AFC Women's Club Championship	Group stage	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–7	GS (2nd)	Veronica Appiah (3 goals)
			Hualien	1–1
			Bangkok	4–3

Honours

Continental

• AFC Women's Club Championship
  • Third place (1): 2021

Domestic

• Indian Women's League
  • Champions (3): 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23
• Kerala Women's League
  • Champions (2): 2021–22, 2023–24
  • Runners-up (1): 2022–23

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External links

• Gokulam Kerala FC on Twitter

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