Gokulam Kerala FC Reserves and Academy

Gokulam Kerala FC Reserves and Academy (Gokulam Kerala FC B) is the reserve team of Gokulam Kerala, that competes in Kerala Premier League.^[4][5] They won the Kerala Premier League title in 2017–18^[6][7] and 2020–21 and were runners-up in 2018–19, 2019–20 and 2022–23.

Gokulam Kerala Reserves

Full name	Gokulam Kerala Football Club Reserves and Academy[1]
Nickname(s)	The Malabarians[2]
Short name	GKFC
Founded	January 2017; 8 years ago (2017-01) (as Gokulam FC)[3]
Ground	EMS Stadium
Capacity	50,000
Owner	Sree Gokulam Group
President	V. C. Praveen
Head coach	Varun Mehta
League	Kerala Premier League
Website	www.gokulamkeralafc.com
Home colours Away colours

Reserve team squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  IND Muhammed Jiyad 3 DF  IND Laishram Singh Johnson 4 DF  IND Lastborn Mawphniang 5 DF  IND Muhammed Sanooth 7 MF  IND Muhammed Basith 8 MF  IND Bibin Boban 9 FW  IND Muhammed Bilal 10 MF  IND Aman Gaikwad 11 MF  IND Muhammed Sanad 13 DF  IND Rahul 14 FW  IND Tharpuia 15 DF  IND Muhammed Bilal CV 16 DF  IND Shuhail MA 14 FW  IND Abdul Dinu 22 MF  IND Aman Rasheed

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 MF  IND Muhammed Risvan 28 FW  IND Shuhail MA 29 MF  IND Jemsheed Ali 30 DF  IND Bibin Ajayan 31 GK  IND Sujith MS 41 MF  IND Fabeel TP 47 FW  IND Muhammed Mahdi 72 MF  IND Vasim Inamdar 88 DF  IND Naveen Das — GK  IND Raysudheen — FW  IND Stalin Stephen — FW  IND Abdulla KS — FW  IND Nandhu Krishna — MF  IND Yashin Malik

Technical staff

Current technical staff

Role	Name
Head coach	Varun Mehta
Assistant coach	Wahid Sali
Goalkeeping coach	Fysal Bappu
Strength and conditioning coach	Shaheen Usman

Statistics and records

Season	KPL
2016—17	Semi Finals
2017—18	Champions
2018—19	Runner-up
2019—20	Runner-up
2020—21	Champions
2021—22	Group Stage
2022—23	Runner-up
2023—24	Group Stage

Top scorer by season

As of 19 March 2022

Season	Player	Goals
2016-17	V P Suhair	5
2017-18	V P Suhair &Usman Ashik	4
2018-19	Christian Sabah	6
2019–20	Emil Benny	6
2020–21	Saliou Guindo	8
2021–22	Lalrinzuala Lalbiaknia	3
2022–23	Samuel Mensah Koney	10
2023–24	Shijin Thadhayouse	8

Participations

As of 16 November 2024

Year	Tournament	Result	Organizer
2019	Bodousa Cup	Champions	Bodousa Sports Club, Assam
2019	Independence Day Cup	Champions	Nowgong Sports Association, Assam
2019	Mayor's Cup	Runners Up	Corporation, Thiruvananthapuram
2023	Stafford Challenge Cup	Group Stage	Karnataka State Football Association
2024	Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup	TBD	Sikkim Football Association

Honours

League

• Kerala Premier League
  • Champions (2): 2017–18, 2020–21^[8][9]
  • Runners-up (3): 2018–19, 2019–20, 2022–23

Cup

• Bodousa Cup
  • Champions (1): 2019^[10]
• Independence Day Cup
  • Champions (1): 2019^[11]
• Mayors Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2019
• All India Governor's Gold Cup
  • TBD: 2024