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{{Short description|Indian semi-professional association football club based in Kochi}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2018}}
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| founded = {{Start date and age|2010}}
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| owner = Golden Threads
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| mgrtitle = Head coach
| manager = Shiju Rajan
| league = [[Kerala Premier League]]
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'''Golden Threads Football Club''' is an Indian professional [[association football|football]] club based in [[Kochi]], [[Kerala]], that plays in the [[Kerala Premier League]], the top league of [[football in Kerala]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/kerala-premier-league-football/article66157240.ece|title=Kerala Premier League to begin on November 24|website=thehindu.com|publisher=[[The Hindu]]|location=Kochi|first=Stan|last=Rayan|date=19 November 2022|access-date=19 March 2023|archive-date=15 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215033910/https://www.thehindu.com/sport/kerala-premier-league-football/article66157240.ece}}</ref> They have also played in the [[I-League 2|I-League Second Division]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/Golden-Threads-stun-SBT/article16625398.ece|title=Golden Threads stun SBT|website=[[The Hindu]]|date=27 March 2010|access-date=30 October 2020|archive-date=2 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102225023/https://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/Golden-Threads-stun-SBT/article16625398.ece|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://the-aiff.com/pages/tournament/tournament-fixtures.php?tournamentdetail=15&sub_tournamentdetail=16 |title=The AIFF |access-date=2012-04-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321202234/http://www.the-aiff.com/pages/tournament/tournament-fixtures.php?tournamentdetail=15&sub_tournamentdetail=16 |archive-date=2012-03-21 }}</ref>

==History==
Golden Threads Football Club were formed on 10 April 2010, in [[Ernakulam]], to compete in the [[Kerala Premier League]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=jomit |title=50 ലക്ഷം വേണം, സ്പോണ്‍സര്‍മാരില്ല; ഐ ലീഗ് പ്രവേശനം വഴിമുട്ടി ഗോള്‍ഡൻ ത്രഡ്‌സ് |url=https://www.asianetnews.com/football-sports/kerala-premier-league-champions-golden-threads-fc-need-sponsor-to-participate-in-i-league-rguh1b |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd |language=ml |archive-date=19 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819060531/https://www.asianetnews.com/football-sports/kerala-premier-league-champions-golden-threads-fc-need-sponsor-to-participate-in-i-league-rguh1b |url-status=live }}</ref> After achieving success in the regional league, they got the chance to play in the national level competition, [[I-League 2|ONGC I-League Division 2]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/i-league-division-2-group-a-fixtures-revised-again|title=I-League Division 2: Group A Fixtures Revised Again|access-date=30 October 2020|archive-date=2 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102071345/https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/i-league-division-2-group-a-fixtures-revised-again|url-status=live}}</ref>

They have won the Cochin Premier League multiple times.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/golden-threads-fc-assured-of-cpl-title-459426.html|title=Golden threads FC assured of CPL title|date=27 March 2012|access-date=30 October 2020|archive-date=5 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201105080454/https://www.news18.com/news/india/golden-threads-fc-assured-of-cpl-title-459426.html|url-status=live}}</ref> They won the [[2021–22 Kerala Premier League]] after defeating [[Kerala State Electricity Board|KSEB]] in the final, and again qualified for the I-League 2nd Division.<ref>{{Cite web |title=KPL: Golden Threads emerge champions |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/football/2022/04/10/kpl-final-golden-threads-fc-emerge-champions.html |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=OnManorama |archive-date=19 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819060308/https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/football/2022/04/10/kpl-final-golden-threads-fc-emerge-champions.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Statistics and records==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Season
! [[Kerala Premier League|KPL]]
! [[I-League 2]]
|-
|align=center| [[2010 I-League 2nd Division|2010]]
| align="center" | -
|align=center| Group stage
|-
|align=center| [[2011 I-League 2nd Division|2011]]
| align="center" | -
|align=center| Group stage
|-
|align=center| [[2012 I-League 2nd Division|2012]]
| align="center" | -
|align=center| Group stage
|-
| align="center" | 2013–14
| align="center" | Group Stage
| align="center" | DNQ
|-
| align="center" | 2018–19
| align="center" | Group stage
| align="center" | DNQ
|-
| align="center" | 2019–20
| align="center" | DNP
| align="center" | DNP
|-
| align="center" | 2020–21
| align="center" | Group stage
| align="center" |
|-
| align="center" | 2021–22
| align="center" | Champions
| align="center" |
|-
| align="center" | 2022–23
| align="center" | Group stage
| align="center" |
|}

==Honours==
===League===
* '''[[Kerala Premier League]]'''
**Champions (1): [[2021–22 Kerala Premier League|2021–22]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Football in Kerala}}

[[Category:Football clubs in Kerala]]
[[Category:Football clubs in Kochi]]
[[Category:Association football clubs established in 2010]]
[[Category:2010 establishments in Kerala]]
[[Category:I-League 2 clubs]]

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PamKirsch2959552 at 02:40, 22 October 2025