SBI Kerala (football team)

SBI Kerala
Full nameState Bank of India Kerala Football Team
Nickname(s)SBT
SBI Kerala
Founded1986; 38 years ago (1986)
(as SBT Thiruvananthapuram)
2017; 7 years ago (2017)
(as SBI Kerala Football Team)
Dissolved2018 (club on temporary hold until further notice after SBT merger with SBI)
GroundUniversity Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram
Capacity20,000
LeagueKerala Premier League
2016–17Group stage, 4th

SBI Kerala Football Team (also known as SBT Thiruvananthapuram FC till 2017) was a football team based in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala that represented and also was owned by State Bank of Travancore (SBT) . It last competed in the Kerala Premier League.[1][2]The club until its seizure was most successful club in the Kerala Premier League history winning the title a record six times and also finished as runners-up on 5 occasions. The club has also won National Football League Second Division the then second tier league in India twice and became the first club from the city of Thiruvananthapuram to play in the top division of Indian football.

  1. ^ "First Soccer City in Kochi | Kochi Cochin News". Cochinsquare.com. 25 June 2012. Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  2. ^ List of Champions of the Kerala State Club Football Championship Archived 1 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine Indianfootball.de. Retrieved 17 August 2021