Kickstart Football Club 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. The club was nominated for I-League 2 in 2019 and 2021 but didn't make it to the final list approved by the AIFF.
History
Kickstart FC 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 Kickstart FC played for senior state team of Karnataka, the 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. In 2023, the club participated in Stafford Challenge Cup.
Later in 2023, the club secured participation in the newly formed I-League 3.
Men's team
Technical staff
Current 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.
Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors
Honours
Domestic league
- BDFA Super Division
- Runners-up (2): 2019–20, 2020–21
Cup
- Puttaiah Memorial Cup
- Winners (1): 2022
- All-India Football Tournament Kolhapur
- Runners-up (1): 2022
Affiliated clubs
- VV SBC (2021—present)
- Tottenham Hotspur (2023—present)
References
External links
- Kickstart FC on Twitter
- Kickstart FC on Facebook
- Kickstart FC at Sofascore
- Kickstart FC at the-aiff.com (AIFF)
- Kickstart FC at Global Sports Archive
