Kickstart FC

Kickstart FC is an Indian professional football club from Karnataka. Their women's team participate in Indian Women's League. 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
1 GK  IND Deepak Saravanan
1 GK  IND Jayanth Kumar
— DF  IND Harpreet Singh
— DF  IND Kiran Das
— DF  IND John Peter
— DF  IND Prashanth Kalinga
— DF  IND Siju S
— DF  IND Vishal Kumar
— DF  IND Keith Raymond Stephen
—  IND K Sudheer
—  IND Solaimalai
— MF  NGA Lucky Kelechukwa
— MF  IND Shajan Franklin
— MF  IND Ajay Alex Antona Y
— MF  IND Rahul Yadav
— MF  IND Karthik Govindaswamy
— FW  IND Magesh Selva
— FW  IND Nikhil Raj
— FW  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.

Current players
As of 15 April 2022[11]

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  IND Maibam Linthoingambi Devi
2 DF  IND Nganbam Sweety Devi
3 DF  IND Wangkhem Linthoingambi Devi
4 DF  IND Phanjoubam Nirmala Devi
5 DF  IND Kangabam Anita Devi
6 MF  IND Thingbaijam Babysana Devi
7 FW  IND Irom Prameshwori Devi
8 MF  IND Sushmita Lepcha
9 MF  IND Phijam Anjali Chanu
10 MF  IND Kshetrimayum Margaret Devi (Captain)
11 FW  IND Asem Roja Devi
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 FW  IND Yangoijam Kiranbala Chanu
13 DF  IND Yumlembam Pakpi Devi
14 MF  IND Laishram Bibicha Devi
18 MF  IND Vunglawmching
21 GK  IND Yendrembam Yaiphabi Devi
22 DF  IND Mayangmayum Achoubi
24 GK  IND Aiswarya A
25 MF  IND Sibani Sharma
55 FW  IND Samundeeswari
99 FW  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
  • VV SBC (2021—present)[12]

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. "Hero Indian Women's League Squad". AIFF. Archived from the original on 15 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  12. "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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