Kochi City FC

Kochi City Football Club is a professional football club based in Kochi, Kerala, India that plays in the Kerala Premier League, the top flight of Kerala Football Association.

Kochi City FC
Full nameKochi City Football Club
Nickname(s)Kochikkar
FoundedSeptember 2018
GroundUnited Sports Center, Kakkanad
OwnerTinu Yohannan, Joji Mathew Daniel
LeagueKerala Premier League

In 2018, former Indian Cricketer Tinu Yohannan and Joji Mathew Daniel, EE Sporting which plays in Ernakulam District Football League and renamed it into RFC Kochi.[1] Club played in the 6th season of 2018–19 Kerala Premier League, managed to defeat (6-2) Kerala Blasters FC Reserve Team in their first ever game. Team failed to reach semi-finals.

On 12 September Club 2020, RFC Kochi was rebranded as Kochi City FC which was announced through its social media page.

Crest

Unveiled in 2018, RFC Kochi's first crest featured an anchor in the sea and two star. Anchor in the sea represents Kochi Port City which is very ancient.

After renaming the club from RFC Kochi to Kochi City FC, a new logo was launched. Anchor remained in the new logo with two dolphins on the either and a football between them. Kochi city sketch on the background. The Logo is designed by Deepak Sudhakar.

Kit sponsors
Kit Sponsors
Period Shirt sponsor
2018-2020 Dakshin Wedding Services Pvt Ltd[2]
2020–Present Federal Bank[3]

Personnel
Current Technical Team
Position Name
Head Coach Soly Xavier[4]
Assistant Coach Sanal Kumar[5]

References
  1. "Tinu Yohannan's football club FC Kochi to prove its mettle". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  2. "https://twitter.com/kochicityfc/status/1063821709940269056". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-04-21. External link in |title= (help)
  3. "https://twitter.com/kochicityfc/status/1278303795030589440". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-04-21. External link in |title= (help)
  4. G, Unnikrishnan (2018-09-21). "FC Kochi, a new club to carry Kerala's football dreams". mykhel.com. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  5. G, Unnikrishnan (2018-09-21). "FC Kochi, a new club to carry Kerala's football dreams". mykhel.com. Retrieved 2021-04-21.


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