Ramakrishna Mission Football Academy derived as RKM FA is an Indian professional football club and academy based in Narainpur, Chhattisgarh. It is also the first football club from the state to participate in the U17 Youth Cup and the I-League 2.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

RKM Football Academy
Full nameRamakrishna Mission Football Academy
Short nameRKMFA
Founded2017; 7 years ago (2017)
GroundRamakrishna Mission Sports Complex
Capacity1,000
LeagueChhattisgarh State Men's Football League Championship
I-League 3

History

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RKM Football Academy became the champion of the inaugural season of Chhattisgarh State Men's Club Championship and qualified for the 2022–23 I-League 2.[7] They retained their title in 2023 and qualified for the inaugural season of the I-League 3.

Players (2023)

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   IND Ayan Bhattacharya
2 DF   IND Munnaram Karma
3 DF   IND Dinesh Nureti
4 DF   IND Manoj Kumar Dorpa
5 DF   IND Suresh Kumar Dhruv (captain)
6 MF   IND Sanjay Halder
7 FW   IND Abhijit Pramanik
8 FW   IND Jaypal Singh Sirka
11 FW   IND Amit Nag
12 MF   IND Sursingh Nureti
13 FW   IND Anil Kumar Potai
14 FW   IND Manoj Kumar Lekam
15 DF   IND Akhilesh Kumar Uikey
16 DF   IND Prakash Potai
17 DF   IND Somnath Das
18 DF   IND Baldev Karanga
19 FW   IND Rajesh Kumar Korram
20 FW   IND Ankur Nureti
22 FW   IND Shankar Salam
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 FW   IND Lalboilen Kilong
24 DF   IND Manish Kumar Kowachi
25 DF   IND Shashikant Kumeti
26 FW   IND Debjit Basak
27 DF   IND Sayif Ali Mullick
28 FW   IND Sudip Sarma Sarkar
29 GK   IND Debajyoti Singh
30 GK   IND Rakesh Bahadur
GK   IND Tirath Das Vaishnav
GK   IND Shyamsingh Nureti
DF   IND Rajuram Karanga
DF   IND Pilesh Kumar Uikey
DF   IND Ramesh Kumar Nureti
MF   IND Mehatar Korrm
MF   IND Wacham Venkateshwar
MF   IND Sukhdev Varda
MF   IND Nitesh Kumar Karanga
FW   IND Dhan Singh Korram

Honours

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Domestic

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References

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  1. ^ "RKM FOOTBALL ACADEMY". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
  2. ^ admin, F. C. (2022-12-07). "49 teams to participate in AIFF Elite Youth League 2022-23". Football Counter. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
  3. ^ RKM FA. "RKM Academy became the champions of the state level football team and qualified for the I-League 2". Bhaskar.
  4. ^ "Bengaluru United v RKM Academy Live Commentary & Result, 18/03/23, I-League 2 | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  5. ^ "RKM Football Academy Archives". Arunava about Football. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  6. ^ "Statistics | Hero I-League". Retrieved 2023-05-23.
  7. ^ Media, Bengaluru FC (2023-04-13). "Bengaluru and RKM FC play out entertaining draw in 2nd Division League". Bengaluru FC Official Website. Retrieved 2023-05-23.