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{{Short description|Indian association football club}}
{{Distinguish|Club Eagles}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2016}}
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| clubname = Eagles F.C. <br /> ഈഗിൾസ് എഫ്.സി.
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| image = Eagles FC Kerala.jpg
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| fullname = Eagles Football Club
| nickname = ''Ernakulam Eagles''<ref>[https://m.facebook.com/EaglesFCKerala/ Eagles Football Club Kerala] ''Facebook''. Retrieved 12 March 2021</ref>
| founded = {{start date and age|2010}}
| ground = [[Maharaja College Stadium]]
| capacity = 25,000
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| league = [[Kerala Premier League]]
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'''Eagles Football Club''' is an Indian professional [[association football|football]] club based in [[Kochi]], [[Kerala]], that competes in the [[Kerala Premier League]].

==History==
The original Ernakulam Eagles was formed in 1955 in [[Kochi]] by a group of football loving students of St. Albert’s High School and NJ Joseph, their mathematics teacher and an ardent sports loving businessman.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://footballkerala.com/2011/03/25/2011-i-league-2-eagles-fc-team-profile/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=26 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110424200304/http://footballkerala.com/2011/03/25/2011-i-league-2-eagles-fc-team-profile/ |archive-date=24 April 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Varghese Chelatt, then manager of the school, became the first President of the club while an Imbayi Mather became secretary.

Ernakulam Eagles were active until the late 1990s, but professional commitments of its members made the administration of the club difficult. They then folded the club due to those reasons.

The team then announced their second coming in October 2010 as Kochi Eagles Football Club and made it clear that they have great plans to make history in keeping with their lineage. The team is now owned by Ziqitza Sports Management Pvt Ltd.

Eagles F.C. entered into an agreement with [[Reading F.C.]] in April 2013 where Reading would send coaches and identify players for training at the Madejski Stadium in Reading. The aim is to identify young talent from Kochi in the age group around 13 and take at least one of the best to play in the Premier League by 2018. Reading officials have assured Eagles FC that if Eagles enters the first division they would pump in money into the club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-29/top-stories/38903423_1_shaffi-mather-kmi-mather-reading-football-club|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616050239/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-29/top-stories/38903423_1_shaffi-mather-kmi-mather-reading-football-club|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 June 2013|website=[[The Times of India]]|title=News: India News, Latest Bollywood News, Sports News, Business & Political News, National & International News|access-date=28 April 2018}}</ref>

Eagles FC Kerala got an entry into Federation Cup 2014 after Langsning FC pulled out of the campaign. Eagles were pitted in Group A against the likes of defending I-League champions Churchill Brothers, runners up Pune FC and Kolkata based United SC. The underdogs<ref name=THTProfessional>{{cite web|last=George|first=Joseph|title= Eagles FC Kerala Look To Spring A Surprise Or Two In The Federation Cup|url=http://www.thehardtackle.com/2014/can-eagles-fc-kerala-spring-a-surprise-or-two-in-the-federation-cup/|work=The Hard Tackle|date=13 January 2014|access-date=13 January 2014}}</ref> performed admirably in group stages. Eagles FC drew their match against Pune FC by 1–1 and then defeated United SC by 2 goals to 1. Eventually Eagles FC Kerala finished second in group stages ahead of Pune FC and United SC.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/eagles-fc-finishes-on-a-high/article5598093.ece|title=Eagles FC finishes on a high|first=Stan|last=Rayan|newspaper=The Hindu|date=20 January 2014|publisher=|access-date=28 April 2018|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>

==Home stadium==
{{Main|Maharaja's College Stadium}}
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| stadium_name = Maharaja's College Stadium
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| fullname = Maharaja's College Stadium
| location = [[Kochi, India|Kochi]], [[India]]
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| tenants = [[Maharaja's College, Ernakulam|Maharajas College Team]]<br />RFC Kochi<br />Eagles F.C.
| seating_capacity = 15,000<ref>http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/ground/58229.html {{Bare URL inline|date=November 2021}}</ref>
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==Honours==
*'''[[Kerala Premier League]]'''
**Champions (1): [[2013–14 Kerala Premier League|2013–14]]<ref>{{cite web|first=Hans|last=Schöggl|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/india-keralachamp.html|title=India - List of Kerala League Champions|website=rsssf.com|publisher=[[RSSSF|Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]]|access-date=17 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817160849/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/india-keralachamp.html|archive-date=17 August 2021}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Football in India}}

[[Category:Association football clubs established in 2010]]
[[Category:2010 establishments in Kerala]]
[[Category:Football clubs in Kerala]]
[[Category:Football clubs in Kochi]]

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