Eagles Football Club was an Indian professional

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club based in

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, that last competed in the

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. It is one of the oldest football clubs in the state of

. Currently the club runs only its youth academy, competing in the Kerala Youth League.

History

The original Ernakulam Eagles was formed in 1955 in

by a group of football-loving students of St. Albert's High School and NJ Joseph, their mathematics teacher, and an ardent sports-loving businessman. Varghese Chelatt, then manager of the school, became the first President of the club while Imbayi Mather became secretary. Ernakulam Eagles were active until the late 1990s, but the professional commitments of its members made the administration of the club difficult. They then folded the club due to those reasons. The team then announced their second coming in October 2010 as Kochi Eagles Football Club and made it clear that they have great plans to make history in keeping with their lineage. The team is now owned by Ziqitza Sports Management Pvt Ltd. Eagles F.C. entered into an agreement with

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in April 2013 where Reading would send coaches and identify players for training at the

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. The aim was to identify young talent from Kochi in the age group around 13. Eagles FC got an entry into the Federation Cup 2014 after

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pulled out of the campaign. Eagles were pitted in Group A against the likes of defending

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champions

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, runners-up

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and

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-based

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. Eagles FC drew their match against Pune FC by 1–1 and then defeated United SC by 2 goals to 1. Eventually, they finished second in the group stages.

Honours

**Champions (1): 2013–14

References

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