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| Full name | Tamil Nadu football team | ||
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| Founded | 1941; 84 years ago (1941) (asMadras football team) | ||
| Ground | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai) | ||
| Capacity | 40,000 | ||
| Owner | Tamil Nadu Football Association | ||
| Head coach | Nallappan Mohanraj,S. Grand Durai Pandian | ||
| League | Santosh Trophy | ||
| 2024–25 | Final round | ||
TheTamil Nadu football team, also earlier theMadras football team, is an Indianfootball team representingTamil Nadu in Indian state football competitions including theSantosh Trophy.[1] They have appeared in the Santosh Trophy finals twice, in 1972–73 and 2012, and have never won. Tamil Nadu team reached semi-finals of the Santosh Trophy in 2009,[2][3] where they lost to Goa. Prior to 1972, the team competed asMadras.
The team selected for 2024Santosh Trophy;
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| Position | Name |
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| Manager |  Orlando Rayan[4] |
| Head coach | Nallappan Mohanraj, S. Grand Durai Pandian |
| Assistant coach | Sathish |
Some of the former Tamil Nadu state football players are S. Grand Durai Pandian (Chennai Customs)(Striker),Samson Gunapandian,Simon Sundararaj,[5]J. Krishnaswamy,Raman Vijayan,Syed Sabir Pasha,Kalia Kulothungan,[6]Robin Charles Raja,V. Soundararajan, P.M. Radhakrishnan, P. Nageshwara Rao,[7] M. Thangaraj,[8] Gandhi (RBI), Edwin Ross (Winger), D'Cruz (ICF), Orlando Rayen, A.U. Celestine (Goal Keeper), P.V. Sriramulu, A. Satyanarayanan, Guna Singh, Koshy, Kumar, Thomas, Arumaiyanayagam, Thanikachalam, Chandran Jeypal, Dhanapathy, Gurunathan, Viswanathan, and Rajamanickam (Goal Keeper).[9]
Simon Sundararaj from Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu scored the last Indian goal at the Olympics, in Rome in 1960.[10]
Most of these former players were employees of State or Central government institutions.All India Football Federation andTamil Nadu Football Association were coordinating these players participation at the National level. In the past, to attend preparatory camps to get selected for theIndia national football team, it was difficult for these players to obtain leave from the institutions in which they were employed.[11] Some Tamil Nadu football players use their football talent and achievements to get jobs in Government institutions like Southern Railways, Indian Bank, and Chennai Customs.[12]
The following is a complete list ofTamil Nadu footballers.
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