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| Full name | Tamil Nadu football team | ||
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| Founded | 1941 (as Madras football team) | ||
| Ground | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai) | ||
| Capacity | 40,000 | ||
| Owner | Tamil Nadu Football Association | ||
| Head coach | Rajendran Johnson | ||
| League | Santosh Trophy | ||
| 2023–24 | Group stage | ||
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The Tamil Nadu football team, also earlier the Madras football team, is an Indian football team representing Tamil Nadu in Indian state football competitions including the Santosh Trophy.[1] They have appeared in the Santosh Trophy finals twice, in 1972–73 and 2012, and have never won. Tamil Nadu team reached semi-finals of the Santosh Trophy in 2009,[2][3] where they lost to Goa. Prior to 1972, the team competed as Madras.
- ^ "Tamil Nadu Football Association".
- ^ Football, DC. "The pain of 2009 in Santosh Trophy". Deccan Chronicle.
- ^ Roy, Anshuman. "Goa oust TN, fans lose temper". The Telegraph.