Kerala Football Association
The Kerala Football Association, formerly the Travancore-Cochin Football Association, is one of the 36 Indian state football associations that are affiliated with the All India Football Federation. It sends state teams for the Santosh Trophy and the Rajmata Jijabai Trophy.
History
Football has been a passion of thousands of Malayalees for the last several decades—much before the state of Kerala was formed on 1 November 1956. Kerala Football Association was formed in 1948 to directly oversees the development of football in Kerala from grassroots to senior level.Later the headquarters of KFA was moved to Kollam after P. Laxmanan Pillai was elected president and K. Thankappan honorary secretary. KFA saw a new breed of organizers taking over the reins in the 1970s with former mayor of Cochin A. K. Seshadri becoming its president.
2021 privatization
On 9 October 2021, Kerala Football Association signed a twelve year long deal with Meeran Sports LLP and Scoreline Sports Pvt Ltd. The deal was inspired from masterplan prepared by Rob Baan, former technical director of AIFF. The consortium is responsible for getting investments worth around Rs 350 crore into the football ecosystem over the 12-year period. As per the agreement, consortium will form Kerala Super League, initially planned to further develop youth local players in senior transition.State teams
Men
- Kerala football team
- Kerala under-20 football team
- Kerala under-15 football team
- Kerala under-13 football team
Women
- Kerala women's football team
- Kerala women's under-19 football team
- Kerala women's under-17 football team
Affiliated district associations
All 14 districts of Kerala are affiliated with the Kerala Football Association.| No. | Association | District | President |
| 1 | Alappuzha District Football Association | Alappuzha | |
| 2 | Ernakulam District Football Association | Ernakulam | |
| 3 | Idukki District Football Association | Idukki | |
| 4 | Kannur District Football Association | Kannur | |
| 5 | Kasaragod District Football Association | Kasaragod | |
| 6 | Kollam District Football Association | Kollam | |
| 7 | Kottayam District Football Association | Kottayam | |
| 8 | Kozhikode District Football Association | Kozhikode | |
| 9 | Malappuram District Football Association | Malappuram | |
| 10 | Palakkad District Football Association | Palakkad | |
| 11 | Pathanamthitta District Football Association | Pathanamthitta | |
| 12 | Thiruvananthapuram District Football Association | Thiruvananthapuram | |
| 13 | Thrissur District Football Association | Thrissur | |
| 14 | Wayanad District Football Association | Wayanad |
Competitions
District level
Men's Senior
- Inter-District State Championship Senior Men
- Beach Soccer Inter-District State Championship Senior Men
Men's youth
- Inter-District State Championship Youth U20
- Inter-District State Championship Junior Boys
- Inter-District State Championship Sub-Junior Boys
Women's Senior
- Inter-District State Championship Senior Women
Club level
Men's Senior
- Kerala Premier League
- 2nd Division Kerala Premier League
- 2nd Division Kerala Premier League Qualifiers
- Kerala State Club Futsal Championship
- Super League Kerala