Full name | State Bank of India Kerala Football Team |
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Nickname(s) | SBT SBI Kerala |
Founded | 1986 (as SBT Thiruvananthapuram) 2017 (as SBI Kerala Football Team) |
Dissolved | 2018 (club on temporary hold until further notice after SBT merger with SBI) |
Ground | University Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram |
Capacity | 20,000 |
League | Kerala Premier League |
2016–17 | Group 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.