Brief History

         Viva Kerala was officially inaugurated on 19.8.2004 at a ceremony held at FACT ground.  Fisheries & Tourism Minister of Kerala Mr. KV Thomas and Sports Minister of Kerala Mr. Domanic Presentation was present. 

         The club has now successfully completed three years and has now been promoted to play in the National 1^st Division.  Club won State Senior League 2006-07. 

         The club was formed in August 2004, Mr. Bhaskaran was elected as ‘President’, Mr. V.M. Liaquat Ali as ‘Secretary, Mr. Syed Masood as Treasurer and Mr. MV Antony & Mr Gokulam Gopalan as Committee members.  The club was registered with KFA.  The club is thus owned by Viva Sports (I) Pvt. Ltd.

Infra Structure Capability :

The club has leased a well maintained football ground and housing quarters from FACT.  The players are housed in these quarters along with the coach and run our own canteen under technical advise from a dietician.  Club  have also leased out a Gymnasium, next to the play ground.

Achievements :

2004-2005 Season

Beating all their opponents…conceding not even a single goal, Viva became the champions of Ernakulam FA League

2005-2006 Season

Viva ensured that for the second successive year they were the EDFA League champions.

Viva won all the six matches to retain the league title.

Viva’s next target was the All India Tournament.

Viva emerged as the champions of the tournament.

Viva also participated in the State League held at Calicut and gain entry to the National third division for 2006-07.

2006-07 Season

The most impressive thing about Viva Kerala’s performance is that Viva didn’t concede a single goal in the league

Viva Kerala  winners of

EDFA Leage

Tirur tournament

Kerala state league

3^rd Division National Football League-South Zone

VIVA

A powerhouse of Kerala….

Viva stunned everyone by finishing second in the group to qualify for the finals in Calicut.

Viva finished as runner-up of the Second Division NFL and booked their place in the National Football League 2007/08.

Team Colours

Blue Jersey

Blue Shorts

Blue Stockings

White Jersey

White Shorts

White Stockings

Team Coach & Players Details

New Foreign Recruits

Name                                                  Country                       Position

Yaw Anankwa Mireku                          Ghana                         Defender

Alfred Nil Larbi Darku                          Ghana                         Striker

Wisdom Abbey                                     Ghana                         Striker

Players to be watched this season

Name                                                  Position                       Last Played

Parveen Rawat                         Mid Fielder                  Churchill Bros.

Bimanyu Bimal Birwa                Mid Fielder                  JCT Phagwara

 Sagolsem James Singh             Mid Fielder                   Indian Bank

Othallo Tabia                            Defender                      Mahindra United          

Sunil Kumar Thakur                  Defender                      Mohamedan Sporting

T.G. Purushothaman                 Goal Keeper                 Mahindra United

S. Sathish Kumar                      Mid Fielder/Striker       Sporting Goa

Saikhom Santa Singh                 Mid Field                     Mohamedam Sporting

Javeed O.K.                              Striker                          Calicut University

Irungbam Khelemba Singh          Defender                      Churchill Bros.

Jinesh Thomas                           Goal Keeper                 Cochin Port Trust

Raghavendra. N                                                             Sports Authority of India

Arun S                                                                           Sports Authority of India

Appa Rao Chiman                      Defender                      Mahindra United          

Jotin Singh                                  Striker                          Indian Bank

AND

1. Shine Raj

2. Shiju

3. Sajesh

4. Jain P. Raj

5. Shabbas Saleel

6. Abid KK

7. Shinoj PC

8. Lalu KV

Head Coach

A.M. Sreedharan