FC Kochin

F.C. Kochin
എഫ് സി കൊച്ചിൻ

Full name

Football Club Kochi

Founded

90's

Dissolved

2004

Ground

Kaloor International Stadium, Kerala

Capacity

60,000

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

F.C Kochin was a football club based in Kochi, Kerala, India. It was the first professional football club in India. In the 1990s, it was the only Kerala football club in the National Football League. FC Kochin played at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kaloor, kochi.

Home stadium

The Kaloor Stadium

Ground Name Jawaharlal Nehru International stadium. Also or formerly known as Kaloor International stadium

Achievements

FC Kochin had contributed substantially to the advancement of Kerala football within its short span.^[1]^[2] The most prestigious achievement for FC Kochin was winning the Durand Cup in New Delhi in 1997. FC Kochin had also put up a consistent performance in the National Football League till relegation in 2002.

Kit manufacturers and Shirt sponsors

Period	Kit Manufacturer	Shirt Sponsor
1998–2002	Reebok	Kalyani Black Label

Withdrawal

With reduced sponsorship money after declining performance, and with Indian Football Federation failing to pay the dues to the club, it faced a financial crunch.^[3] Unpaid salaries and exodus of good players led to a low performance of the club in the top league. The club finished at 11th position in 2001–02 season and got relegated to Second Division. The club played Second Division twice, but failed to get promoted to Premier Division. The club could never resurrect itself after that.^[4]^[5]

References

↑ Archived 2 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
↑ "The Club The Team". Retrieved 23 May 2016.
↑ "FC Kochin – An Obituary". sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
↑ "Lessons from the rise and fall of FC Kochi". Times of India. 14 June 2003. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
↑ "The final whistle". India Today. 6 May 2002. Retrieved 23 May 2016.

Durand Cup winners

1888–1900	Royal Scots Fusiliers (1888) Highland Light Infantry (1889) Highland Light Infantry (1890) King's Own Scottish Borderers (1891) King's Own Scottish Borderers (1892) Highland Light Infantry (1893) Highland Light Infantry (1894) Highland Light Infantry (1895) Somerset Light Infantry (1896) Black Watch (1897) Black Watch (1898) Black Watch (1899) South Wales Borderers (1900)

1901–1920	South Wales Borderers (1901) Hampshire Regiment (1902) Royal Irish Rifles (1903) North Staffordshire Regiment (1904) Royal Dragoons (1905) Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (1906) Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (1907) Lancashire Fusiliers (1908) Lancashire Fusiliers (1909) Royal Scots (1910) Black Watch (1911) Royal Scots (1912) Lancashire Fusiliers (1913) Not held (1914) Not held (1915) Not held (1916) Not held (1917) Not held (1918) Not held (1919) Black Watch (1920)

1921–1940	Worcestershire Regiment (1921) Lancashire Fusiliers (1922) Cheshire Regiment (1923) Worcestershire Regiment (1924) Sherwood Foresters (1925) Durham Light Infantry (1926) York & Lancaster Regiment (1927) Sherwood Foresters (1928) York & Lancaster Regiment (1929) York & Lancaster Regiment (1930) Devonshire Regiment (1931) King's Shropshire Light Infantry (1932) King's Shropshire Light Infantry (1933) Royal Signals (1934) Border Regiment (1935) Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (1936) Border Regiment (1937) South Wales Borderers (1938) Not held (1939) Mohammedan Sporting Club (1940)

1941–1960	Not held (1941) Not held (1942) Not held (1943) Not held (1944) Not held (1945) Not held (1946) Not held (1947) Not held (1948) Not held (1949) Hyderabad City Police (1950) East Bengal (1951) East Bengal (1952) Mohun Bagan (1953) Hyderabad City Police (1954) Madras Regimental Centre (1955) East Bengal (1956) Hyderabad City Police (1957) Madras Regimental Centre (1958) Mohun Bagan (1959) Mohun Bagan and East Bengal (1960)

1961–1980	Andhra Pradesh Police (1961) Not held (1962) Mohun Bagan (1963) Mohun Bagan (1964) Mohun Bagan (1965) Gorkha Brigade (1966) East Bengal (1967) Border Security Force (1968) Gorkha Brigade (1969) East Bengal (1970) Border Security Force (1971) East Bengal (1972) Border Security Force (1973) Mohun Bagan (1974) Border Security Force (1975) Border Security Force and JCT Mills (1976) Mohun Bagan (1977) East Bengal (1978) Mohun Bagan (1979) Mohun Bagan (1980)

1981–2000	Border Security Force (1981) Mohun Bagan and East Bengal (1982) JCT Mills (1983) Mohun Bagan (1984) Mohun Bagan (1985) Mohun Bagan (1986) JCT Mills (1987) Border Security Force (1988) East Bengal (1989) East Bengal (1990) East Bengal (1991) JCT Mills (1992) East Bengal (1993) Mohun Bagan (1994) East Bengal (1995) JCT Mills (1996) FC Kochin (1997) Mahindra & Mahindra (1998) Salgaocar Sports Club (1999) Mohun Bagan (2000)

2001–present	Mahindra United (2001-02) East Bengal (2002-03) Salgaocar Sports Club (2003-04) Army XI (2005) Dempo Sports Club (2006) Churchill Brothers SC (2007) Mahindra United (2008) Churchill Brothers SC (2009) Prayag United S.C. (2010) Churchill Brothers SC (2011) Air India (2012) Mohammedan Sporting Club (2013) Salgaocar Sports Club (2014)

Notes: The tournament was not held from 1914-19 (due to WWI), in 1939 (due to WWII), from 1941-49 (due to WWII and Partition) and in 1962 (due to 1962 War)

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