Formation and early years (2017–2020) Gokulam Kerala was founded in January 2017 at
Malappuram. The club then went on to participate in Awes Cup in Goa, in which they finished the campaign as runners-up. On 20 September, after the second round of bidding invitations, the bid evaluation committee decided to award Sree Gokulam Group the right to field their team in the Hero
I-League 2017–18 season onwards from Calicut, Kerala. Although the club did not have a good beginning, they went on to defeat clubs like
East Bengal,
Mohun Bagan and
Minerva Punjab by the end of the season. Gokulam Kerala hired Spaniard
Fernando Santiago Varela as head coach in March 2018. On 15 March 2018, Gokulam played the
Super Cup qualifiers against
North East United FC and was qualified with a 2-goal victory. In the pre-quarterfinals of the Super Cup on 1 April 2018, they were leading against
Bengaluru by 0–1 until 60 minutes with a goal scored by the striker
Henry Kisekka but Bengaluru scored a stoppage time goal which led to a defeat of 2–1. Gokulam in 2019, for the first time went abroad and participated at the
2019 Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup in
Bangladesh, where they qualified for the Semi-finals after finishing 2nd in Group B. Gokulam finished as semifinalist after losing 3–2 to
Chittagong Abahani. Gokulam Kerala won their maiden title under the coaching of
Fernando Santiago Varela, the 129th edition of the
Durand Cup on 24 August
2019, defeating
Mohun Bagan 2–1 in
Kolkata.
2020–present Gokulam Kerala won the 2020–21 I-League by defeating
TRAU FC in the final game. With 29 points from 15 games, they qualified for the
2022 AFC Cup group stage. In April 2021, Gokulam Kerala emerged as the champions of the
2020–21 Kerala Premier League, defeating
KSEB FC 2–1 at the
Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium. They began their
2021–22 I-League season on 26 December with 1–0 win against
Churchill Brothers. They later thrashed
Real Kashmir by 5–1. After back to back wins in both the group and championship stages, the club clinched I-League title again in
2021–22 season, defeating
Mohammedan Sporting 2–1 in the final game at the Salt Lake Stadium on 14 May, and became the first club in fifteen years to defend a national league title. At the
2022 AFC Cup group-stage opener, the club achieved a historic 4–2 win against
Indian Super League side
ATK Mohun Bagan. Later, they were defeated 1–0 by Maldivian side
Maziya S&RC, 1–2 by Bangladeshi side
Bashundhara Kings respectively, and knocked out of the tournament. On 5 July, the club officially announced that they roped in former Cameroonian international
Richard Towa as new head coach. Due to not maintaining good form in league marches, the club parted ways with Towa and roped in Spanish manager
Francesc Bonet in place of him. In April 2023, the club took part in
3rd edition of Indian Super Cup. In the
2023–24 I-League season, the club's Spanish striker
Álex Sánchez emerged as the top goalscorer with 19 goals. On 18 April, the club roped in
Antonio Rueda Fernández as new head coach. In November 2024, the club took part in the
2024 edition of
Sikkim Gold Cup, in which they defeated Bhutanese side
Transport United by 2–1 in the quarter-finals.The club was featured in the
40th edition of the
Sikkim Gold Cup. In the 2024–25 season, Gokulam Kerala falter at final hurdle against
Dempo (a 3–4 defeat) to win the I-League title on the final day, thus failed to secure promotion to the
Indian Super League. ==Stadiums==