Kickstart FC

Kickstart FC is an Indian professional football club from Karnataka. Their women's team participate in Indian Women's League and the men's side competes in the BDFA Super division.[2][3] Kickstart FC was nominated for I-League 2nd Division in 2019 and 2021 but didn't make it to the final list approved by the AIFF.[4]

Kickstart FC
Full nameKickstart Football Club Karnataka
Founded9 July 2016 (9 July 2016)[1]
OwnerShekar Rajan
Laxman Bhattarai
WebsiteClub website
Active departments of Kickstart FC
Football (Women's) Football (Men's)

History

KickstartFC was founded on 9 July 2016 by Shekar Rajan and Laxman Bhattarai to develop grassroot level football in Karnataka. In 2019–20 Santosh Trophy, 10 players from KickstartFC played for senior state team of Karnataka, most of any football club in India. In 2020–21 and 2021–22 season, Kickstart were the runners up of BDFA Super Division and were nominated for 2nd Division I-League. The club in 2023, participated in Stafford Challenge Cup.[5]

Technical staff
Title Name
Chairman Shekar Rajan
CEO Laxman Bhattarai
Head coach Raghu Kumar M., Kalidasan K.
Manager Saravana D.

Players

Current Team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK India IND Deepak Saravanan
— GK India IND Jayanth Kumar
— DF India IND Harpreet Singh
— DF India IND Kiran Das
— DF India IND John Peter
— DF India IND Prashanth Kalinga
— DF India IND Siju S
— DF India IND Vishal Kumar
— DF India IND Keith Raymond Stephen
— India IND K Sudheer
No. Pos. Nation Player
— India IND Solaimalai
— MF Nigeria NGA Lucky Kelechukwa
— MF India IND Shajan Franklin
— MF India IND Ajay Alex Antona Y
— MF India IND Rahul Yadav
— MF India IND Karthik Govindaswamy
— FW India IND Magesh Selva
— FW India IND Nikhil Raj
— FW Nigeria NGA Princewill Olariche

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors
Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2016–2020 — —
2021–present SIX5SIX[6][7]

Women's team

Kickstart FC women's team won the Karnataka Women's League three times continuously in 2018–19, 2019–20 and 2029–21,[8] which is the top division women's premier football league in Karnataka.[9][10]

They have qualified for Indian Women's League twice. In 2019–20 IWL, they finished 3rd in the group stage. They qualified again in 2021-22 where they finished 3rd in the league table, behind eventual champions Gokulam Kerala and Sethu FC.

Kickstart FC directly qualified for 2022–23 IWL as AIFF decided to give direct entry to top 4 teams from 2021-22 season.[11]

Current players
As of 15 April 2022[12]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK India IND Maibam Linthoingambi Devi
2 DF India IND Yumlembam Pakpi Devi
3 DF India IND Wangkhem Linthoingambi Devi
4 DF India IND Soniya Rana
5 DF India IND Astam Oraon
6 MF India IND Lisham Babina Devi
7 MF Nepal   NEP Renuka Nagarkote
8 MF Nepal   NEP Saru Limbu
9 MF India IND Anita Kumari
10 FW Kenya KEN Kioko Elizabeth Katungwa
11 FW India IND Laishram Rejiya Devi
12 MF India IND Sibani Sharma
13 MF India IND Ipham Romina Begum
14 MF India IND Laishram Bibicha Devi
15 DF India IND Sushmita Lepcha
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF India IND Shubhangi Singh
17 DF India IND Dalima Chhibber (Captain)
18 MF India IND Bijeya Laishram
19 MF India IND Tania Kanti
20 FW India IND Oinam Babita Devi
21 GK India IND Moirangthem Monalisha Devi
22 MF India IND Sonia Marak
23 FW India IND Devneta Roy
24 GK India IND Aiswarya A
29 DF India IND Aruna Bag
31 FW India IND Aarushi Santhosh
32 MF India IND Yumnam Laxmi Devi
33 DF India IND Shanglakpam Banti Sharma
55 DF India IND Sarita Yumnam
99 FW India IND Kaviya Pakkirisamy

Honours

Domestic league

Cup
  • Puttaiah Memorial Cup
    • Winners (1): 2022
  • All-India Football Tournament Kolhapur
    • Runners-up (1): 2022

Women's team

Affiliated clubs
  • Netherlands VV SBC (2021—present)[15]

References
  1. "Kickstart FC announce BDFA Super Division team on day of second anniversary". mykhel.com. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  2. "FC Bengaluru United retain BDFA Super Division League title". aninews.in. Asian News International (ANI). 6 January 2022. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  3. "FC Bengaluru retain Super Division crown". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. The Times of India. 7 January 2022. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  4. "Karnataka Women's League: Kickstart FC Beat Parikrma FC to Strengthen Hold on Top Spot". News18. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  5. "THE HISTORY: STAFFORD CHALLENGE CUP – KARNATAKA". ksfa.in. Bengaluru: Karnataka State Football Association. Archived from the original on 24 February 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  6. "Six5SixSport Instagram Post". Archived from the original on 24 December 2021.
  7. "Kickstart FC General Sponsors". Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  8. "Kickstart FC Win Karnataka Women's League to Qualify for Indian Women's League". News18. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  9. Scroll Staff. "IWL 2020: Kickstart FC see off Kolhapur City, Sandhiya's hat-trick powers Sethu to big victory". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  10. Achal, Ashwin. "Indian Women's League: Kickstart FC beats Baroda FC in opener". Sportstar. Archived from the original on 23 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  11. "KICKSTART FC ANNOUNCE THEIR SQUAD FOR HERO IWL 2023". 90ndstoppage.wordpress.com. 90ndstop Page. 26 April 2023. Archived from the original on 26 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  12. "Hero Indian Women's League Squad". AIFF. Archived from the original on 15 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  13. "Indian Women's League 2023: Gokulam Kerala thrash Kickstart FC 5–0 to win third consecutive title". sportstar.thehindu.com. Chennai: Sportstar. 21 May 2023. Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  14. "Gokulam Kerala steamroll Kickstart to complete hat-trick of Hero IWL titles". the-aiff.com. All India Football Federation. 21 May 2023. Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  15. "Kickstart Foundation - Giving wings to aspiring footballers from underprivileged seciton of Bengaluru | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.


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