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{{short description|Association football based in Kochi, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox football club
| clubname = FC Kochin
| image = Fc kochin.png
| image_size = 200px
| fullname = Football Club Kochin<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/transfers2004.html|title=Season ending transfers 2004|website=Indianfootball.de|access-date=22 February 2021|archive-date=15 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315065920/http://www.indianfootball.de/transfers2004.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
| short name = FCK
| nickname = ''The Elephants''<ref>[https://books.google.co.in/books?id=GR-4AQAAQBAJ&pg=PT124&lpg=PT124&dq=fc+Kochin+coca+cola&source=bl&ots=Jg_c-eDVnR&sig=ACfU3U0ANtojBFv2w_nWjTF3ALyCZ9MB_w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwii-ZO0urLyAhXcgtgFHTExD7cQ6AF6BAgSEAI#v=onepage&q=fc%20Kochin%20coca%20cola&f=false Soccer in South Asia: Empire, Nation, Diaspora] edited by Paul Dimeo, James Mills. ''books.google.co.in''. Retrieved 15 August 2021</ref>
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| dissolved = {{start date and age|df=yes|2004}}
| ground = [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi|Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium]]
| capacity = 60,000
| league = [[National Football League (India)|National Football League]]
| website = http://www.fckochin.in/
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'''Football Club Kochin''' was an [[India]]n [[association football]] club based in [[Kochi (India)|Kochi]], [[Kerala]].<ref>[https://m.rediff.com/sports/1998/feb/07a.htm FC Kochin blazes new trails] ''Rediff.com''. Retrieved 15 August 2021</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/team/soccer/fc-kochin/1704/|title=FC Kochin football club archive|website=globalsportsarchive.com|access-date=13 March 2021|archive-date=22 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422180628/https://globalsportsarchive.com/team/soccer/fc-kochin/1704/|url-status=live}}</ref> In the 1990s, it was the only football club from Kerala to play in the [[National Football League (India)|National Football League]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-nova.com/2020/05/30/glorytales-of-indian-football-fc-kochin-im-vijayan-and-their-amazing-success-story/|title=Glorytales of Indian Football: FC Kochin, IM Vijayan and their amazing success story|access-date=22 February 2021|website=sports-nova.com|archive-date=14 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714105924/https://www.sports-nova.com/2020/05/30/glorytales-of-indian-football-fc-kochin-im-vijayan-and-their-amazing-success-story/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[https://fckochi.tripod.com/Pnl98-99.htm Coca Cola National League 98/99 Articles] ''fckochi.tripod.com''. Retrieved 15 August 2021</ref> FC Kochin played at the [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]] in [[Kaloor]], [[Kochi]]. They have also competed in [[Kerala Premier League]] under license from [[Kerala Football Association]] (KFA), until their dissolvent in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thebridge.in/featured/look-back-dysfunctional-clubs-past-decade-indian-football/|title=A look back into the dysfunctional clubs in the past decade of Indian football|website=The Bridge|access-date=26 March 2021|archive-date=12 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512070750/https://thebridge.in/featured/look-back-dysfunctional-clubs-past-decade-indian-football|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/india00.html India 1999/00] ''RSSSF''. Retrieved 17 August 2021</ref>

==History==
===Formation and journey===
Football Club Kochin was founded in 1997,<ref>[http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/indiafound.html India - List of Foundation Dates] ''RSSSF''. Retrieved 17 August 2021</ref> with aims to develop the structure of [[association football]] in the state of [[Kerala]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Indian Football: Legends from the 'football mad' state of Kerala {{!}} Goal.com|url=https://www.goal.com/en-in/lists/indian-football-legends-kerala-vijayan/hqt8lhaa0df21fa8rarnr86gw|access-date=2021-01-04|website=www.goal.com|archive-date=14 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714110001/https://www.goal.com/en-in/lists/indian-football-legends-kerala-vijayan/hqt8lhaa0df21fa8rarnr86gw|url-status=live}}</ref> Paul Varghese is the chief Patron behind the making of the club and K.J.Varoo was the first Manager.

[[File:IM..Vijayan.jpg|thumb|200px|Former [[India national football team|India]] captain [[I. M. Vijayan]] had two successful stints with FC Kochin during 1997–98 and 1999–01 seasons.<ref>[https://www.sports-nova.com/2020/05/30/glorytales-of-indian-football-fc-kochin-im-vijayan-and-their-amazing-success-story/ Glorytales of Indian Football: FC Kochin, IM Vijayan and their amazing success story] ''sports-nova.com''. Retrieved 15 August 2021</ref>]]
M.P.Kurian was the founder cum chairman of the '''FC Kochin Trust''' and Mr. M.K.Joseph was the founder cum chairman of the '''FC Kochin Limited Company'''. These organisations played a key role behind the development of the club during the late 1990s. After the fall of [[Kerala Police|Kerala Police FC]], FC Kochin filled the void of Kerala Football.<ref name="indiafooty">{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/sport/story/20020506-first-indian-professional-football-club-fc-kochin-faces-closure-as-players-migrate-795344-2002-05-06|title=First Indian professional football club FC Kochin faces closure as players migrate|access-date=22 February 2021|website=India Today|archive-date=6 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200906103103/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/sport/story/20020506-first-indian-professional-football-club-fc-kochin-faces-closure-as-players-migrate-795344-2002-05-06|url-status=live}}</ref>

FC Kochin was unique because of promoting modern footballing infrastructure. It's considered as the first professional club in [[India]], whose motto was ''"a new approach to the game"''.<ref name="indiafooty"/>

The development of FC Kochin lit a spark in Kerala, with the football-mad people embracing the club with open arms.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/indian-football-kerala-quick-rise-swift-fall-fc-kochin/h6ht5as4fe8717soazw007d2v|title=Down the memory lane: The quick rise and swift fall of FC Kochin|website=Goal.com|access-date=22 February 2021|archive-date=14 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714105921/https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/indian-football-kerala-quick-rise-swift-fall-fc-kochin/h6ht5as4fe8717soazw007d2v|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Durand victory===
FC Kochin began their 1997 [[Durand Cup]] campaign by beating seven times Durand champion, [[Border Security Force]] by 2{{endash}}1. In the next match, they thrashed Kolkata giant, [[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]] by 5{{endash}}0 with Vijayan scoring his first hat-trick for Kochin followed by goals from Raman Vijayan and B.Deepu. They went into the knock-out of their first Durand Cup as group-topper which attracted many Keralites settled in the capital to watch their match. In the semifinal, they locked horns with the then best team, [[JCT FC]].

In the final, they emerged as champions in the prestigious tournament, defeating [[Mohun Bagan AC]] under captaincy of [[Jo Paul Ancheri]].<ref>[http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/indiadurandcuphist.html List of Durand Cup tournament winners and runner-ups] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729142839/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/indiadurandcuphist.html |date=29 July 2014 }} ''RSSSF''. Retrieved 7 May 2021</ref> [[India national football team|India]] star [[I. M. Vijayan]] also led the team later. Foreign players like [[Mykola Shevchenko]] of Ukraine,<ref>{{cite web|title=Season ending Transfers 2000:|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/transfers2000.html|website=IndianFootball.de|access-date=8 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Shevchenko joins Churchill Brothers as coach|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/i-league/shevchenko-joins-churchill-brothers-as-coach/articleshow/61626885.cms|access-date=2 December 2017|work=Times of India|date=13 November 2017}}</ref> [[Josiah Seton]] of Liberia, Obinna Winners Onyia of Benin and Ali Abubakkar of Ghana were included in the squad for both the [[Durand Cup]] and NFL of 1997.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/nflteams/2001-02/fckochin.html|title=FC Kochin team list|website=Indianfootball.de|access-date=22 February 2021|archive-date=13 February 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020213231539/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/nflteams/2001-02/fckochin.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Scissors Cup====
In 1997, FC Kochin participated in the [[Scissors Cup]] and reached to the final, that held in [[Kerala]]. The final, against Bahraini side [[Riffa SC|West Riffa club]], turned out to be a damp squib with the game abandoned due to a power cut in the stadium. The Bahraini team were adjudged winners after a coin toss.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/indian-football-kerala-quick-rise-swift-fall-fc-kochin/h6ht5as4fe8717soazw007d2v|title=Down the memory lane: The quick rise and swift fall of FC Kochin|website=Goal.com|access-date=15 August 2021}}</ref>

===NFL 1998===
In the coming years they were not able to replicate the form they showed in their first season, although they managed to come fourth in the national football league in 1998. The next three seasons saw them finishing sixth,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/india99.html#nfl1|title=India 1998/99|website=Rsssf.com|access-date=28 February 2021|archive-date=11 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611102350/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/india99.html#nfl1|url-status=live}}</ref> fourth and fourth again in the [[National Football League (India)|National Football League]]. This was the time when FC Kochin was coached by [[T.K. Chathunni]], one of the best football coaches in India.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/news/ie/daily/19991208/isp08032.html
|title = FC Kochin rope in coach Chathunni
|publisher = Indian Express
|access-date = 2014-01-28
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140219071340/http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/news/ie/daily/19991208/isp08032.html
|archive-date = 2014-02-19
}}</ref>

==Home stadium==
{{Main|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)}}
[[File:Kaloor.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The Kaloor Stadium before renovation, home of FC Kochin until 2004]]

FC Kochin used the [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)|Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium]] also known as ''Kaloor Stadium'', for their home matches in both of the [[National Football League (India)]] and [[Kerala Premier League]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cochinsquare.com/first-soccer-city-in-kochi/ |title=First Soccer City in Kochi | Kochi Cochin News |publisher=Cochinsquare.com |date=30 April 2010 |access-date=14 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918230844/http://www.cochinsquare.com/first-soccer-city-in-kochi/ |archive-date=18 September 2010 }}</ref> The stadium has a capacity of 60,000 spectators.
[[File:Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi).jpg|thumb|right|250px|The stadium on a matchday]]

==Achievements==
FC Kochin had contributed substantially to the advancement of [[Sports in Kerala|Kerala football]] within its short span.<ref>[http://www.fckochin.com/Club.htm FC Kochin official website] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002012756/http://www.fckochin.com/Club.htm |date=2 October 2008 }}</ref><ref name="club">{{cite web|url=http://www.fckochin.in/the_club_the_team.html|title=The Club The Team|access-date=23 May 2016|archive-date=22 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160622134535/http://fckochin.in/the_club_the_team.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The most prestigious achievement for FC Kochin was winning the [[Durand Cup]] in New Delhi in 1997. In that year, they clinched [[Kerala Premier League|Kerala State Football League]] title, defeating [[SBI Kerala (football team)|State Bank of Travancore]].<ref>[http://www.indianfootball.de/data/kscl.html List of Champions of the Kerala State Club Football Championship] ''Indianfootball.de''. Retrieved 17 August 2021</ref>

FC Kochin had also put up a consistent performance in the [[National Football League (India)|National Football League]],<ref>[https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-miscellaneous/tp-others/fc-kochin-maintains-unbeaten-record/article27921154.ece FC Kochin maintain their unbeaten run in the NFL] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714105959/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-miscellaneous/tp-others/fc-kochin-maintains-unbeaten-record/article27921154.ece |date=14 July 2021 }} ''The Hindu''. Retrieved 24 March 2021</ref> until their relegation in [[2001–02 Indian National Football League|2002]].

==Rivalries==
FC Kochin shared rivalries predominantly with Kerala-based clubs [[Kerala Police|Kerala Police FC]], FC Kochin, [[Travancore Titanium Products|Titanium XI]] and [[Quartz FC|Quartz Calicut]], whom they faced in domestic and regional tournaments.<ref>[https://www.goal.com/en-in/amp/news/indian-football-kerala-police-federation-cup/1ljikndkrvf0c1glbrfuh9ujnb Down the memory lane: The magnificent Kerala Police of the 1980-90s] ''Goal.com''. Retrieved 16 August 2021</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Indian Football: Legends from the 'football mad' state of Kerala {{!}} Goal.com|url=https://www.goal.com/en-in/lists/indian-football-legends-kerala-vijayan/hqt8lhaa0df21fa8rarnr86gw|access-date=2021-01-04|website=www.goal.com}}</ref><ref name=sevens>{{Cite news|author=Rayson P. Tennyson|title=How Kerala shrunk football to make it its own|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/keralas-small-football-in-sevens-heaven/articleshow/70905729.cms|access-date=2021-01-04|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=3 September 2019}}</ref>

==Kit manufacturers and Shirt sponsors==
''The official sponsors of FC Kochin<ref>[http://www.fckochin.in/sponsors.html Official sponsors] ''fckochin.in''. Retrieved 15 August 2021</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin-left:1em;float:center"
|-
!Period
!Kit Manufacturer
!Shirt Sponsor
!Back Sponsor
!Other sponsors
|-
| 1998–2002
| [[Reebok]]
| [[United Breweries Group|Kalyani Black Label]]
| [[Kingfisher]]
| [[Pepsi]],<ref>[http://www.indianfootball.de/news/m199805.html News for the month of May: 1998] ''indianfootball.de''. Retrieved 15 August 2021</ref><br/>Hi-Power,<br/>[[Coca-Cola]]
|}

==Past internationals==
This list comprises Indian and foreign footballers, who played for FC Kochin (between 1997 and 2004) in the [[National Football League (India)|National Football League of India]] and also represented their respective countries before or after joining the club.
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[I. M. Vijayan]] (1997—1998), (1999—2001)<ref name="Sportstar">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/tss/tss2647/stories/20031122002804700.htm|title=A down to earth footballer|date=22 November 2003|publisher=Sportstar|access-date=16 October 2011|archive-date=15 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130915045201/http://www.hindu.com/tss/tss2647/stories/20031122002804700.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{Flagicon|BER}} [[Keith Jennings (soccer)|Keith Jennings]] (1998—2000)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2008/roster/6188091.html|title=2008 Hogges roster|access-date=14 February 2021|website=www.uslsoccer.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610202303/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2008/roster/6188091.html|archive-date=10 June 2011}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|NGR}} [[Friday Elahor]] (1997—1998)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/22758/Friday_Elahor.html|title=Elahor, Friday|access-date=22 February 2021|website=National Football Teams|archive-date=29 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029071656/https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/22758/Friday_Elahor.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|LBR}} [[Pewou Bestman]] (2001—2002)
* {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Mykola Shevchenko]] (1997)
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Mahesh Gawli]] (1998—1999)
* {{flagicon|LBR}} [[Eugene Gray]] (1999—2001)<ref>[http://www.indianfootball.de/transfers1999.html Season ending transfers 1999] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217030450/http://www.indianfootball.de/transfers1999.html |date=17 February 2020 }} IndianFootball.Com</ref>
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Noel Wilson]] (1998—2000)<ref>{{Cite web |title=SUFC rope in Wilson as team mentor |work=Deccan Herald |date=5 March 2013 |access-date=15 April 2021 |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/316716/sufc-rope-wilson-team-mentor.html |archive-date=15 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415071137/https://www.deccanherald.com/content/316716/sufc-rope-wilson-team-mentor.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|BEN}} Obinna Winners Onyia (1997—1998)
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Jo Paul Ancheri]] (1997—1998), (1999—2001)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/3119/Jo_Paul_Ancheri.html|title=Ancheri, Jo Paul|website=National-Football-Teams|access-date=22 February 2021|archive-date=18 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418185120/https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/3119/Jo_Paul_Ancheri.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|LBR}} [[Sunday Seah]] (1999—2001)<ref>{{cite web|title=Sunday is a double delight|url=http://www.hindu.com/2001/03/10/stories/0710044n.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411021103/http://www.hindu.com/2001/03/10/stories/0710044n.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 11, 2013|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=March 10, 2001}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[C. V. Pappachan]] (1998—1999)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mukherjee|first=Kumar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gLqBAAAAMAAJ&pgis=1|title=The story of football|publisher=Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India|year=2002|isbn=978-81-230-0782-3|access-date=18 April 2021|archive-date=18 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418133207/https://books.google.com/books?id=gLqBAAAAMAAJ&pgis=1|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|LBR}} Isaac Tondo (1999—2000)<ref>[https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/3821/Isaac_Tondo.html Isaac Tondo player profile and statistics] ''national-football-teams.com''. Retrieved 7 September 2021</ref>

==Honours==
===League===
* '''[[Kerala Premier League|Kerala State Football League]]'''
**Champions (2): 1998–99, 1999–00<ref name="indiafooty"/>
**Runners-up (1): 2003–04<ref>[http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/india-keralachamp.html India - List of Kerala League Champions] ''RSSSF''. Retrieved 17 August 2021</ref>

===Cup===
[[File:Durand Cup.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Durand Cup]] trophy, won by FC Kochin on one occasion (in 1997).]]
* '''[[Durand Cup]]'''
**Champions (1): 1997<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/durandcup.html|title=List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Durand Cup|access-date=22 February 2021|website=Indianfootball.de|archive-date=27 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627235237/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/durandcup.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/durand-cup-2019-gokulam-kerala-fc-fc-kochin-im-vijayan-joe-paul-ancheri/article29310022.ece|title=When two Durand champions got together|access-date=22 February 2021|website=sportstar.thehindu.com|archive-date=25 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125002253/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/durand-cup-2019-gokulam-kerala-fc-fc-kochin-im-vijayan-joe-paul-ancheri/article29310022.ece|url-status=live}}</ref>
* '''[[IFA Shield]]'''{{efn|Fourth oldest club competition, organized by the [[Indian Football Association|IFA (W.B.)]] and played between local clubs of [[West Bengal]] and other invited ones.}}
**Runners-up (1): 1997<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/ifashield.html|title=List of Winners/Runners-Up of the IFA-Shield:|website=indianfootball.de|language=en|access-date=20 February 2021|archive-date=30 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130083403/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/ifashield.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/india-ifahist.html|title=India - List of IFA Shield Finals|website=Rsssf.com|access-date=20 February 2021|archive-date=31 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031142319/http://rsssf.com/tablesi/india-ifahist.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* '''[[Kerala Football Association|Kerala State Championship]]'''
**Champions (1): 1997
* '''All India Central Revenue Cup'''
**Champions (1): 1999
* '''Central Railway Open'''
**Champions (1): 1997<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iloveindia.com/sports/football/clubs/fc-kochin.html|title=FC Kochin|access-date=22 February 2021|website=iloveindia.com|archive-date=18 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718235900/http://www.iloveindia.com/sports/football/clubs/fc-kochin.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* '''Scissors Cup'''
**Runners-up (1): 1997<ref>[http://www.indianfootball.de/data/scissorscup.html List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Scissors Cup: Kerala] ''indianfootball.de''. Retrieved 15 August 2021</ref><ref>[http://www.jctfootball.com/aboutUs/recordsAndStats/listofWinners/scissorsCupListOfWinners.aspx?a=5 List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Scissors Cup] ''jctfootball.com''. Retrieved 15 August 2021</ref>
* '''Mcdowell's Cup'''
**Runners-up (1): 1997<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/mcdowellscup.html|title=List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Mcdowell's Cup|website=indianfootball.de|access-date=23 July 2021}}</ref>

==Withdrawal==
With reduced sponsorship money after declining performance, and with [[All India Football Federation|Indian Football Federation]] failing to pay the dues to the club, it faced a financial crunch.<ref name="crunch">{{cite web|url=http://www.sportskeeda.com/football/fc-kochin-an-obituary|title=FC Kochin – An Obituary|publisher=sportskeeda.com|access-date=23 May 2016|archive-date=22 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522185058/http://www.sportskeeda.com/football/fc-kochin-an-obituary|url-status=live}}</ref> 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 Indian National Football League|2001–02]] season and got relegated to Second Division. The club played Second Division twice, but failed to get promoted to [[National Football League (India)|Premier Division]]. The club could never resurrect itself after that.<ref name="lessons">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/23560.cms|title=Lessons from the rise and fall of FC Kochi|publisher=Times of India|date=14 June 2003|access-date=23 May 2016|archive-date=22 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522185746/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/23560.cms|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="final">{{cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/first-indian-professional-football-club-fc-kochin-faces-closure-as-players-migrate/1/219886.html|title=The final whistle|publisher=India Today|date=6 May 2002|access-date=23 May 2016|archive-date=17 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717065437/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/first-indian-professional-football-club-fc-kochin-faces-closure-as-players-migrate/1/219886.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Managerial history==
*{{flagicon|IND}} A.M. Sreedharan (1997–1999)<ref>[http://www.indianfootball.de/transfers1998.html Season Ending Transfers In Indian Football: 1998] ''indianfootball.de''. Retrieved 29 July 2021</ref>
*{{flagicon|IND}} K. Bharathan (1999)<ref>[http://www.indianfootball.de/transfers1999.html Season Ending Transfers In Indian Football: 1999] ''indianfootball.de''. Retrieved 29 July 2021</ref>
*{{flagicon|IND}} [[T.K. Chathunni]] (1999–2001)<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/news/ie/daily/19991208/isp08032.html
|title = FC Kochin rope in coach Chathunni
|publisher = Indian Express
|access-date = 2014-01-28
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140219071340/http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/news/ie/daily/19991208/isp08032.html
|archive-date = 2014-02-19
}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|IND}} A.M. Sreedharan (2000–2001)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indianfootball.de/features/interview/interview52.html|title=IndianFootball.com Interview: A.M. SREEDHARAN|access-date=15 August 2021|website=indianfootball.de}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|IND}} T.A. Jaffar (2001)<ref>[https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2010/aug/26/kochi-to-get-a-new-professional-football-club-181383.amp Kochi to get a new professional football club] ''newindianexpress.com''. Retrieved 15 August 2021</ref>
*{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Karel Stromšík]] (2001–2002)<ref>[http://www.indianfootball.de/transfers2001.html Season Ending Transfers In Indian Football: 2001] ''indianfootball.de''. Retrieved 29 July 2021</ref>

==See also==
* [[:Category:FC Kochin players|FC Kochin players]]
* [[Sports in Kerala]]
* [[History of Indian football]]
* [[List of football clubs in India|List of football clubs in Kerala]]
* [[:Category:Defunct football clubs in India|Defunct football clubs in India]]
==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
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{{Durand winners}}

==External links==
* [http://www.fckochin.in/ Football Club Kochin] at ''fckochin.in''
* [https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/fc-kochin/ Football Club Kochin] at ''Worldfootball.net''

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FC Kochin - Revision history

>Billjones94 at 15:58, 8 October 2021