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Calicut
Full name	Calicut Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Beacons
Short name	CFC
Founded	May 2024; 8 months ago
Ground	EMS Stadium
Capacity	50,000
Owner	Futurepoint Sports and Entertainment PVT.LTD
Chairman	VK Mathews
Head coach	Ian Gillan
League	Super League Kerala
Website	https://www.calicutfootballclub.com/index.html

Calicut Football Club is an Indian professional franchise football club based in the city of Kozhikode, Kerala, that competes in the Super League Kerala. The club was founded in May 2024.^[1]^[2]

Under coach Ian Gillan , Calicut hosted and draw the first match of the SLK. They won the 2024 Super League Kerala, beating Forca Kochi FC 2–1 in the final They finished top of the table on the regular season .

Players

First-team squad

As of 01 September 2024

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
1	GK	IND	Vishal Joon
3	MF	GHA	James Kotei
4	MF	IND	Abhiram
5	DF	GHA	Richard Osei
7	FW	IND	Thahir Zaman
8	MF	IND	Kiran
9	FW	HAI	Kervens Belfort
11	FW	IND	Gani Nigam
12	DF	IND	Mohamed Salim
13	GK	IND	Muhammed Nishad PP
14	DF	IND	Dane Sanju
15	DF	IND	Abdul Hakku^[3]
16	MF	IND	Arjun V.
17	FW	IND	Roshan Gigi
18	DF	IND	Muhammed Riyas
19	MF	IND	Ashraf


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	DF	IND	Aslam
21	MF	IND	Jijo Joseph (Captain)
22	GK	IND	Muhammed Niyas
23	GK	IND	Aman
24	DF	IND	Rijhon Jose
25	FW	IND	Hafiz
26	DF	IND	Wangkheimyum Olen Singh
27	MF	IND	Thoi Singh
31	DF	IND	Manoj M.
33	MF	IND	Britto PM
34	FW	GHA	Ernest Barfo
36	GK	IND	Sachin
44	DF	SEN	Papé Diakité
77	MF	BRA	Rafael Resende
88	MF	CMR	Andres Nia
99	FW	BRA	John Kennedy
—	MF	IND	Jockson Dhas

Personnel

As of 28 July 2024

Current technical staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Ian Gillan ^[4]
Assistant coach	Biby Thomas
Goalkeeping coach	Dipankar Choudhury
Strength & conditioning coach	Nikhil Das Kunhiraman Bhuvanadasan
Physio	Sayyid Ahammed Nasal Gifri PK
Performance Analyst	Abhinadan Mohanta
Masseur	Bijesh P