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{{Infobox football tournament
|name=Kerala State Club Football Championship
|organisers=[[Kerala Football Association]]
|founded=1970
|abolished=2017
|current champions=[[SBI Kerala (football team)|SBI Kerala]] (5th title)
|most successful team=[[Travancore Titanium Products|Titanium FC]] (10 titles)
|region=[[Kerala]], [[India]]
}}

'''Kerala State Club Football Championship''' was one of the most prestigious [[association football|football]] tournaments organised by [[Kerala Football Association]]. Founded in 1970, it was a favourite competition for [[football in Kerala]] until the late 2000s.

==History==
The inaugural tournament was won by AGORC, (Accountant General's Office Recreation Club) or commonly known as AG's Office team, by beating [[Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore|FACT Aluva]].

===Premier Tyres and formation of Titanium XI===
[[Apollo Tyres|Premier Tyres]], [[Ernakulam]] reached its glory days during the 1970s, which produced prominent footballers like Xavier Pious, KP Sethumadhavan, Victor Manjila, Muhammed Basheer and PP Prasannan.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chatterjee|first=Sayan|date=2021-02-11|title=Remembering Xavier Pius, one of India’s most aesthetically pleasing strikers|url=https://thebridge.in/featured/remembering-xavier-pius-indias-aesthetically-pleasing-strikers/|access-date=2021-09-05|website=thebridge.in|language=en|archive-date=5 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905120717/https://thebridge.in/featured/remembering-xavier-pius-indias-aesthetically-pleasing-strikers/|url-status=live}}</ref> Premier Tyres were later acquired by Apollo Tyres and club was shut.

Formed in 1972, [[Travancore Titanium Products|Titanium XI]] produced some of the finest footballers during this period. Najumuddin and Thomas Sebastian were some of the great players who represented the club during its early years.<ref>{{Cite news|title=For TTPL, football and volleyball teams are a distant dream|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2020/feb/20/for-ttpl-football-and-volleyball-teams-are-a-distant-dream-2105866.html|first=Ramu|last=R|date=20 February 2020|access-date=2022-08-01|newspaper=The New Indian Express|archive-date=5 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905120718/https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2020/feb/20/for-ttpl-football-and-volleyball-teams-are-a-distant-dream-2105866.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Formation of Kerala Police and glory days of Titanium XI===
In 1984, the then Kerala Director General of Police (DGP) took initiative and formed [[Kerala Police Football Team]]. The Kerala Police team of the mid-80s had several names who went on to make a mark in Indian football such as [[V. P. Sathyan]], [[U. Sharaf Ali]], [[I. M. Vijayan]], and Rajendran Kaladharan. The team, which trained at the Police Training College in Trivandrum, had a new signing soon after it was put together in the form of [[C. V. Pappachan]], who had impressed manager Abdul Kareem with his displays, initially for the [[Calicut University]] team.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Down the memory lane: The magnificent Kerala Police of the 1980-90s {{!}} Goal.com|url=https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/indian-football-kerala-police-federation-cup/1ljikndkrvf0c1glbrfuh9ujnb|access-date=2021-09-05|website=www.goal.com|archive-date=5 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905120722/https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/indian-football-kerala-police-federation-cup/1ljikndkrvf0c1glbrfuh9ujnb|url-status=live}}</ref>

Titanium XI became champions in two consecutive seasons, 1989 and 1990.

===Battle between Titanium XI and Kerala Police===
While Titanium XI became back-to-back champions in 1992, 1993 and 1994, Kerala Police became champions in 1995, resisting Titanium XI.<ref>{{Cite web|title=For TTPL, football and volleyball teams are a distant dream|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2020/feb/20/for-ttpl-football-and-volleyball-teams-are-a-distant-dream-2105866.html|access-date=2021-09-05|website=The New Indian Express|archive-date=5 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905120718/https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2020/feb/20/for-ttpl-football-and-volleyball-teams-are-a-distant-dream-2105866.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===2000s===
Titanium XI, Kerala Police and [[SBI Kerala (football team)|SBI Kerala]] were the three most consistent and successful teams during this era.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Staff|date=2006-04-05|title=Top six teams for Kerala Football League|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india-reg05.html#kera/Kerala|access-date=2021-09-05|website=www.oneindia.com|language=en|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430225834/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/india-reg05.html#kera/Kerala|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Scrapping of tournament===
Not all teams in the [[Kerala Premier League]] took part in the State Club Football Championship, which led to scrapping the tournament in 2017.<ref name=Goal1>{{Cite web|title=All you need to know about the league structure in Kerala {{!}} Goal.com|url=https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/all-you-need-to-know-league-structure-in-kerala-football/1smg39dpbggjb1ojjhpnu8htgy|access-date=2021-09-05|website=www.goal.com|archive-date=5 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905120718/https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/all-you-need-to-know-league-structure-in-kerala-football/1smg39dpbggjb1ojjhpnu8htgy|url-status=live}}</ref>
{{Quote box
| quote = "We place less importance for the State Club Football Championship and are looking to organise a Super Cup involving best teams from the KPL soon."
| source = Anilkumar, secretary of the Kerala Football Association
| align = left
}}
{{clear}}

==Results==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Winners (number of titles)
!Runners-up
|-
| align="center" |1970
|'''AGORC, Thiruvananthapuram'''
|'''FACT, Alwaye'''
|-
| align="center" |1971
|'''Tournament not held'''
|
|-
| align="center" |1972
|[[Apollo Tyres|'''Premier Tyres, Ernakulam''']] (1)
|'''AGORC, Thiruvananthapuram'''
|-
| align="center" |1973
|[[Travancore Titanium Products|Titanium XI]] (1)
|'''Spirit Youth Club'''
|-
| align="center" |1974
|'''Tournament not held'''
|
|-
| align="center" |1975
|'''N/A'''
|
|-
| align="center" |1976
|[[Apollo Tyres|'''Premier Tyres, Ernakulam''']] (2)
|[[Travancore Titanium Products|'''Titanium XI''']]
|-
| align="center" |1977
|[[Apollo Tyres|'''Premier Tyres, Kalamassery''']]
|'''Customs & Central Excise'''
|-
| align="center" |1978
|[[Travancore Titanium Products|'''Titanium XI''']] (2)
|[[Apollo Tyres|'''Premier Tyres, Kalamassery''']]
|-
|1979
|'''N/A'''
|
|-
|1980
|'''N/A'''
|
|-
|1981
|'''N/A'''
|
|-
|1982
|'''Kochin Port Trust'''
|[[Apollo Tyres|'''Premier Tyres, Ernakulam''']]
|-
|1983
|'''Central Excise RC'''
|'''Lucky Star Club'''
|-
|1984
|[[Kerala State Road Transport Corporation|'''KSRTC''']] (1)
|[[Travancore Titanium Products|'''Titanium XI''']]
|-
|1985
|[[Kerala State Road Transport Corporation|'''KSRTC''']] (2)
|[[Travancore Titanium Products|'''Titanium XI''']]
|-
|1986
|[[Kerala State Road Transport Corporation|'''KSRTC''']] (3)
|[[Travancore Titanium Products|'''Titanium XI''']]
|-
|1987
|[[Kerala Police]] (1)
|'''Central Excise RC'''
|-
|1988
|'''[[Kerala Police]] (2)'''
|[[Travancore Titanium Products|'''Titanium XI''']]
|-
|1989
|[[Travancore Titanium Products|'''Titanium XI''']] (3)
|[[Kerala State Road Transport Corporation|KSRTC]]
|-
|1990
|[[Travancore Titanium Products|'''Titanium XI''']] (4)
|'''[[Kerala Police]]'''
|-
|1991
|[[Keltron|Keltron FC]]
|[[Kerala State Road Transport Corporation|'''KSRTC''']]
|-
|1992
|[[Travancore Titanium Products|'''Titanium XI''']] (5)
|[[Keltron|'''Keltron FC''']]
|-
|1993
|[[Travancore Titanium Products|'''Titanium XI''']] (6)
|'''[[Kerala Police]]'''
|-
|1994
|[[Travancore Titanium Products|'''Titanium XI''']] (7)
|'''[[Kerala Police]]'''
|-
|1995
|'''[[Kerala Police]] (3)'''
|'''Titanium XI'''
|-
|1996
|[[State Bank of Travancore (football club)|'''State Bank of Travancore''']] (1)
|'''[[Kerala Police]]'''
|-
|1997
|[[FC Kochin]]
|[[State Bank of Travancore (football club)|'''State Bank of Travancore''']]
|-
|1998
|'''[[Kerala Police]] (4)'''
|[[Keltron|'''Keltron FC''']]
|-
|1999
|'''[[KSEB]]'''
|'''Central Excise RC'''
|-
|2000
|[[Travancore Titanium Products|'''Titanium XI''']] (8)
|[[KSEB]]
|-
|2001
|'''Tournament not held'''
|
|-
|2002
|[[State Bank of Travancore (football club)|'''State Bank of Travancore''']] (2)
|[[Travancore Titanium Products|'''Titanium XI''']]
|-
|2003
|'''Tournament not held'''
|
|-
|2004
|[[Travancore Titanium Products|'''Titanium XI''']] (9)
| -
|-
|2005
|[[Travancore Titanium Products|'''Titanium XI''']] (10)
|[[Viva Kerala]]
|-
|2006
|[[KSEB]] (1)
|[[State Bank of Travancore (football club)|State Bank of Travancore]]
|-
|2007
|'''Tournament not held'''
|
|-
|2008
|[[State Bank of Travancore (football club)|'''State Bank of Travancore''']] (3)
|[[Travancore Titanium Products|'''Titanium XI''']]
|-
|2009
|'''- unknown -'''
|
|-
|2010
|[[Josco FC]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=10 January 2011|first=Biju Babu|last=Cyriac|title=Josco FC won the NI David memorial Kerala state club football championship. In the final, Josco FC defeated State Bank of Travancore 3-0.|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/josco-fc-won-the-ni-david-memorial-kerala-state-club-football-championship-in-the-final-josco-fc-defeated-state-bank-of-travancore-3-0-/articleshow/7254633.cms|access-date=2021-09-05|website=The Times of India|language=en|archive-date=5 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905141619/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/josco-fc-won-the-ni-david-memorial-kerala-state-club-football-championship-in-the-final-josco-fc-defeated-state-bank-of-travancore-3-0-/articleshow/7254633.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>
|[[State Bank of Travancore (football club)|State Bank of Travancore]]
|-
|2011
|'''[[KSEB]] (2)'''
|[[Golden Threads FC]]
|-
|2012
|'''AGORC, Thiruvananthapuram'''<ref>{{Cite news|last=Chandran|first=M. R. Praveen|date=2012-12-21|title=AG’s Office is a force to reckon with|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/ags-office-is-a-force-to-reckon-with/article4226289.ece|access-date=2021-09-05|issn=0971-751X|archive-date=8 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208110030/https://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/ags-office-is-a-force-to-reckon-with/article4226289.ece|url-status=live}}</ref>
|[[State Bank of Travancore (football club)|State Bank of Travancore]]
|-
|2013
|'''[[Kerala Police]] (5)'''
|[[State Bank of Travancore (football club)|State Bank of Travancore]]
|-
|2014
|'''[[Kerala Police]] (6)'''
|[[Eagles F.C.]]
|-
|2015
|[[State Bank of Travancore (football club)|'''State Bank of Travancore''']] (4)
|'''AGORC, Thiruvananthapuram'''
|-
|2016
|'''[[Kerala Police]] (7)'''<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-04-18|title=Kerala U-21 Football Team aims for Santosh Trophy as Kerala Premier League kicks off|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kerala-u-21-football-team-aims-santosh-trophy-kerala-premier-league-kicks-41783|access-date=2021-09-05|website=The News Minute|language=en|archive-date=5 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905122220/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kerala-u-21-football-team-aims-santosh-trophy-kerala-premier-league-kicks-41783|url-status=live}}</ref>
|[[KSEB]]
|-
|2017
|[[State Bank of Travancore (football club)|'''State Bank of Travancore''']] (5)
|[[Gokulam Kerala FC]]
|}

==Records==
{| class="wikitable"
!Club
!Wins
!First final won
!Last final won
!Runners-up
!Last final lost
!Total final appearances
|-
|[[Travancore Titanium Products|'''Titanium XI''']]
|10
|1973
|2005
|8
|2008
|18
|-
|'''[[Kerala Police]]'''
|7
|1987
|2016
|4
|1996
|11
|-
|[[State Bank of Travancore (football club)|'''State Bank of Travancore''']]
|5
|1996
|2017
|4
|2006
|9
|-
|'''[[KSEB]]'''
|3
|1999
|2011
|2
|2016
|5
|-
|[[Kerala State Road Transport Corporation|'''KSRTC''']]
|3
|1984
|1986
|2
|1991
|5
|-
|[[Apollo Tyres|'''Premier Tyres, Ernakulam''']]
|2
|1972
|1976
|1
|1982
|3
|-
|'''Central Excise RC'''
|1
|1983
|1983
|2
|1999
|3
|-
|[[Keltron|'''Keltron FC''']]
|1
|1991
|1991
|2
|1998
|3
|-
|'''AGORC, Thiruvananthapuram'''
|2
|1970
|2012
|2
|2015
|2
|-
|[[Apollo Tyres|'''Premier Tyres, Kalamassery''']]
|1
|1977
|1977
|1
|1978
|2
|-
|[[FC Kochin]]
|1
|1997
|1997
|-
|-
|1
|-
|'''Kochin Port Trust'''
|1
|1982
|1982
|-
|-
|1
|-
|[[Josco FC]]
|1
|2010
|2010
|-
|-
|1
|-
|[[Gokulam Kerala FC]]
|-
|-
|-
|1
|2017
|1
|-
|[[Viva Kerala]]
|-
|-
|-
|1
|2005
|1
|-
|'''Lucky Star Club - Kannur'''
|-
|-
|-
|1
|1983
|1
|-
|'''Customs & Central Excise'''
|-
|-
|-
|1
|1977
|1
|-
|'''Spirit Youth Club - Kannur'''
|-
|-
|-
|1
|1973
|1
|-
|'''FACT, Alwaye'''
|-
|-
|-
|1
|1970
|1
|}

==See also==
* [[All India Sevens Football]]
* [[Indian football league system]]
* [[Indian State Leagues|State leagues]]
* [[Kerala Super League|Super League Kerala]]
* [[Kerala Premier League]]
* [[Malabar Premier League]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Football in India}}
{{Football in Kerala}}

[[Category:Football cup competitions in India]]
[[Category:Football in Kerala]]
[[Category:1970 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Defunct football competitions in India]]

Kerala State Club Football Championship - Revision history

WilhelminaBoswel at 14:31, 20 November 2025