Kerala Premier League

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Kerala Premier League
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Current season logo
Organising bodyKerala Football Association
Founded1998; 24 years ago (1998) (as Kerala Football League)
October 13, 2013; 8 years ago (2013-10-13) (as Kerala Premier League)
CountryIndiaIndia
Number of teams24
Level on pyramid4 (Indian football league system)
Promotion toI-League Qualifiers
Domestic cup(s)Durand Cup (invitational)
Current championsGokulam Kerala FC (reserves)
Most championshipsSBT Thiruvananthapuram
Gokulam Kerala FC
(2 titles)
TV partnersReporter TV
SportScast India (YouTube live streaming)
Current: 2021–22
Women's Kerala Premier League
Organising bodyKerala Football Association
Number of teams4
Promotion toIndian Women's League
Current championsMarthoma College WFC
(1st title)
Most championships
  • Marthoma College WFC
  • Wayanad WFC
    (1 title each)
Current: 2021-22

Kerala Premier League is a professional football league organized by the Kerala Football Association and played in the state of Kerala, India.[1] For sponsorship reasons, league is officially known as the Ramco Kerala Premier League, and is the top-tier football league in the state.

Structure[]

The league features teams from the state of Kerala affiliated with the KFA. The top two teams from each group qualify for the final round.

A women's league started in the 2014–15 season with 8 teams.[2][3]

Sponsorship[]

The Kerala Premier League has been sponsored since 2013–14 season. Ramco Cements was the sponsors of the league for the first 2 seasons.

  • 2013-14: Ramco (Ramco Kerala Premier League)[1]
  • 2014-15: Ramco (Ramco Kerala Premier League)[1]
  • 2015-16: Dentcare Dental Lab
  • 2016-17: Cochin Shipyard[4]
  • 2017-18: ICL Fincorp[5]
  • 2018-19: Ramco (Ramco Kerala Premier League)
  • 2019-20: Ramco (Ramco Kerala Premier League)
  • 2020-21: Ramco (Ramco Kerala Premier League)

Teams[]

2020 teams[]

Team Stadium Capacity
Kerala Police FC Kottappadi Football Stadium, Malappuram 10,000
SAT Tirur Rajiv Gandhi Municipal Stadium, Tirur 10,000
Gokulam Kerala FC Reserves EMS Corporation Stadium, Kozhikode 80,000
Kerala Blasters FC Reserves Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi) 80,000
Kovalam Football Club University Stadium (Thiruvananthapuram) 25,000
F.C. Kerala Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium 15,000
Kerala United FC Seethi Haji Stadium, Edavanna
Golden Threads FC Maharaja's College Stadium, Ernamkulam
Basco FC Kottappadi Football Stadium, Malappuram 10,000
Luca Soccer Club Kottappadi Football Stadium, Malappuram 10,000[6]
KSEB Football Club Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium
MA College Mar Athanasius College Ground

Previous teams[]

Team Home Capacity
Eagles F.C. Maharaja's College Stadium, Ernamkulam
Central Excise Ambedkar Stadium, Kochi 10,000
Cochin Port Trust Ambedkar Stadium, Kochi 10,000
Titanium Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium
Kerala XI
AG's Office Thiruvananthapuram University Stadium (Thiruvananthapuram) 25,000
Nova Arapetta
Kerala U21
SBI Kerala University Stadium (Thiruvananthapuram) 25,000
FC Thrissur Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium 15,000
RFC Kochi
Indian Navy (football club)
Shooters United Padne
Kannur City FC Jawahar Municipal Stadium 15,000

Team performances[]

Season summaries – Men's[]

Season Champions Runners-up Semi-finalists No. of teams
2013–14 Eagles F.C. SBI Kerala Kerala XI AG's Office Trivandrum 12
2014–15 SBI Kerala Kerala Police FC AG's Office Trivandrum Central Excise 8
2015–16 SBI Kerala Central Excise KSEB Football Club AG's Office Trivandrum 8
2016–17 KSEB Football Club FC Thrissur SAT Tirur Gokulam FC 10
2017-18 Gokulam Kerala FC Quartz FC SAT Tirur FC Thrissur 12
2018-19 Indian Navy FC Gokulam Kerala FC FC Kerala Kerala Blasters FC Reserves 911
2019-20 Kerala Blasters FC Reserves Gokulam Kerala FC SAT Tirur Kerala Police FC 9
2020-21 Gokulam Kerala FC KSEB Football Club Kerala United FC BASCO FC 12

11 Initially There were 11 teams. 2 Withdrawn in middle of the Season.

Top scorers[]

Season Top scorer Club Goals
2020–21 Saliou Guindo Gokulam Kerala FC 8

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "KFA Announces Kerala Premier League". Football News India. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Kerala U-21 Football Team aims for Santosh Trophy as Kerala Premier League kicks off". thenewsminute.com. 18 April 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Crippled but Trudging Along..." newindianexpress.com. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  4. ^ Correspondant, Special. "Kerala Premier League to kick off on April 8". The Hindu. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  5. ^ Rayan, Stan (4 April 2018). "Lack of funds forces KSEB to pull out of KPL". The Hindu.
  6. ^ FC, BASCO (05/01/2021). "BASCO FC".
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