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{{Short description|Football club (1944–1959)}}
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| founded = 1944
| dissolved = 1959
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| owner = Hyderabad Football Association
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| league = [[Santosh Trophy]]
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The '''Hyderabad football team''' was an Indian domestic football team representing the state of [[Hyderabad State (1948–1956)|Hyderabad]]. The team played in the [[Santosh Trophy]] from [[1944–45 Santosh Trophy|1944–45]] season until the 1959 season.

== Hyderabad Football Association ==
The sports federation was formed in 1939 as the Hyderabad Football Association under the initiative of the first secretary [[Syed Mohammad Hadi]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.siasat.com/hyderabads-rainbow-man-hadi-played-multiple-sports-at-national-and-international-levels-2098714/ |title=Hyderabad's Rainbow Man Hadi played multiple sports at national and international levels |website=siasat.com |publisher=The Siasat Daily |location=Hyderabad |date=26 February 2021 |first=Minhaj |last=Adnan |access-date=1 March 2023 |archive-date=1 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301204433/https://www.siasat.com/hyderabads-rainbow-man-hadi-played-multiple-sports-at-national-and-international-levels-2098714/ }}</ref> [[Malik Ghulam Muhammad|Ghulam Muhammad]] was elected the first President of HFA and in 1942 Hadi became the President with [[Syed Abdul Rahim]] becoming the secretary.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://khelnow.com/football/isl-2019-20-hyderabad-football-history |title=Hyderabad Football: Retracing the city's rich legacy in the sport |first=Neil |last=Talnikar |website=khelnow.com |date=1 November 2019 |access-date=1 March 2023 |archive-date=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501003445/https://khelnow.com/football/isl-2019-20-hyderabad-football-history }}</ref>

In 1959, under the auspices of the then AIFF vice-president Shiv Kumar Lal, the Andhra and Hyderabad Football Associations were merged to form the [[Andhra Pradesh Football Association]].<ref name="hyd">{{cite book |author=Kausik Bandyopadhyay |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uuYJEAAAQBAJ&q=Shiv+Kumar+Lal+aiff |title=Scoring Off the Field: Football Culture in Bengal, 1911–80 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |date=29 November 2020 |isbn=9781000084054 |access-date=1 March 2023 |archive-date=7 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307064545/https://books.google.com/books?id=uuYJEAAAQBAJ&q=Shiv+Kumar+Lal+aiff |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14660970500106410?journalCode=fsas20 |title=Regionalism and club domination: Growth of rival centres of footballing excellence |publisher=Taylor & Francis |date=6 August 2006 |access-date=1 March 2023 |archive-date=1 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301202832/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14660970500106410?journalCode=fsas20 |journal=Soccer & Society |volume=6:2–3 |issue=2–3 |pages=227–256 |doi=10.1080/14660970500106410 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

==History==
They have appeared in the Santosh Trophy finals 4 times, and have won the trophy twice. The team competed as Hyderabad football team until 1959, when the Hyderabad Football Association was merged with the [[Andhra Football Association]] to establish the combined team as [[Andhra Pradesh football team]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Santosh Trophy Winners|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/indiasantoshhist.html|website=RSSSF}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14660970500106410?journalCode=fsas20 |title=Regionalism and club domination: Growth of rival centres of footballing excellence |journal=Soccer & Society |date=6 August 2006 |volume=6 |issue=2–3 |pages=227–256 |doi=10.1080/14660970500106410 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

==Notable players==
Hyderabad football team was one of the major state teams of [[Football in India|Indian football]] during the 1950s and produced some of the country's finest footballers such as [[Sayed Khwaja Aziz-ud-Din]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Quadrangular Football: India's Win|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sMw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4159%2C1770595|access-date=18 September 2022|work=[[The Indian Express]]|date=25 October 1953|location=Rangoon, Burma|page=9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513054108/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sMw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4159%2C1770595|archive-date=13 May 2022}}</ref> [[Muhammad Noor]],<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/no/muhammad-noor-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418114224/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/no/muhammad-noor-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Muhammad Noor Olympic Results |access-date=14 October 2018}}</ref> [[Anthony Patrick]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/former-international-footballer-anthony-patrick-passes-away/articleshow/5849395.cms |title=Former international footballer Anthony Patrick passes away |work=The TImes of India |date=23 April 2010 |access-date=28 October 2021 |archive-date=28 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028201336/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/former-international-footballer-anthony-patrick-passes-away/articleshow/5849395.cms }}</ref> and [[Syed Shahid Hakim]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Syed Shahid Hakim, a Rome 1960 Olympian, dies at 82|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/indian-footballer-olympics-syed-shahid-hakim-died|access-date=24 August 2021|website=Olympics.com|archive-date=24 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824080303/https://olympics.com/en/news/indian-footballer-olympics-syed-shahid-hakim-died}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=22 August 2021|title=SS Hakim, 1960 Rome Olympian and national football coach, dies aged 82|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/syed-shahid-hakim-1960-rome-olympian-death-7465301/|access-date=24 August 2021|website=The Indian Express|language=en|archive-date=24 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824080153/https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/syed-shahid-hakim-1960-rome-olympian-death-7465301/}}</ref>

==Honours==
===State===
* '''[[Santosh Trophy]]'''<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/indiasantoshhist.html List of Santosh Trophy Finals]</ref>
** Winners (2): 1956–57, 1957–58
** Runners-up (2): 1949–50, 1950–51

===Others===
; '''Hyderabad FA'''
* '''[[DCM Trophy]]'''
** Runners-up (1): 1954

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Santosh Trophy}}

[[Category:Football clubs in Hyderabad]]
[[Category:Santosh Trophy teams]]

Hyderabad football team - Revision history

Ronny14Z58 at 13:12, 30 June 2025