Full name | Malabar United Football Club | ||
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Founded | 2007 | ||
Ground | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi, Kerala | ||
Capacity | 80,000 (limited To 39,000 by FIFA from 2017) | ||
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Malabar United Football Club was an Indian professional football club based in Malabar, Kerala.[1] The club has played in the I-League 2nd Division,[2] alongside the Kerala Premier League.
Malabar United Football Club was founded in 2007 by Mohammed Mannil.[3] They started off their history by playing in the local Cochin Premier League.[4][5] They finished in the semi-finals in the 2008 Cochin Premier League.[3] They then participated in the I-League 2nd Division for the first time in 2009 but did not get promoted. They then tried again in 2010 and 2011 but ultimately failed to gain promotion to the I-League. The club then skipped out of next season in the 2012 I-League 2nd Division.