2016–17 Kerala Premier League

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Kerala Premier League
File:KeralaPL2017Logo.png
Season2016–17 (4th Season)
ChampionsKSEB
PromotedFC Kerala
Matches played45
Goals scored126 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorerIndia Firos Kalathingal (7 goals)
Biggest home winGokulam FC 7–0 Cochin Port Trust
(20 May 2017)
Biggest away winKSEB 0–5 Gokulam FC
(10 May 2017)
Highest scoringFC Kerala 5–3 Cochin Port Trust
(30 April 2017)
Longest winning runFC Thrissur
SBI Kerala
(3 games)
Longest unbeaten runFC Thrissur
(6 games)
Longest winless runSBI Kerala
(7 games)
Longest losing runAccountant General Office
(4 games)
All statistics correct as of 1 June 2017.

The 2016–17 Kerala Premier League Season is the fourth season of the Kerala Premier League. Unlike last 3 seasons, The season features 11 teams which will be divided into 2 groups with Group A having 5 and Group B having 6 teams and is played on a home-and-away format with half of the teams being private clubs. Later Quartz SC announced its withdrawal from the league making the number of teams 10.[1] The season kicked off on 8 April 2017.[2][3] KSEB beat FC Thrissur in the finals to clinch their maiden Kerala Premier League Title.

Teams[edit]

<section begin=map />

Locations of the 2016–17 Kerala Premier League teams
SA Tirur
SA Tirur
Malappuram teams Gokulam FC Kerala Police
Malappuram teams
Gokulam FC
Kerala Police
Thrissur teams FC Kerala FC Thrissur
Thrissur teams
FC Kerala
FC Thrissur
Ernakulam teams Central Excise Cochin Port Trust
Ernakulam teams
Central Excise
Cochin Port Trust
Thiruvananthapuram teams SBI Kerala KSEB Accountant General Office
Thiruvananthapuram teams
SBI Kerala
KSEB
Accountant General Office
Locations of the 2016–17 Kerala Premier League teams

<section end=map /> It will feature the best 11 teams of Kerala affiliated to the KFA competing for the Trophy. The league is played in a home and away format for the first time. Three points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. At the end of the season a table of the final League standings is determined, based on the following criteria in this order: points obtained, goal difference, and goals scored.

"We have eight confirmed teams and four are private clubs: Gokulam FC (Manjeri), Quartz (Kozhikode), FC Thrissur, FC Kerala (also from Thrissur),One more club, SAT from Tirur, is likely to be included which could make it five private clubs this time."

P. Anilkumar, the Kerala Football Association secretary, on 24 January 2017

Stadiums and locations[edit]

Team Stadium Capacity
Central Excise Ambedkar Stadium, Ernakulam 10,000
Cochin Port Trust
FC Kerala Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium 15,000
FC Thrissur
Gokulam FC Kottappadi Football Stadium, Malappuram 10,000
Kerala Police
Sports Academy Tirur Rajiv Gandhi Municipal Stadium, Tirur
KSEB Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium 25,000
SBI Kerala
Accountant General Office University Stadium (Thiruvananthapuram) 20,000
Quartz SC w EMS Stadium 85,000

w Withdrawn

Results[edit]

League Table[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Gokulam FC 6 4 0 2 18 5 +13 12 Advance to Semi-finals
2 KSEB 6 3 2 1 9 9 0 11
3 FC Kerala 6 3 1 2 11 9 +2 10
4 Cochin Port Trust 6 0 1 5 9 24 −15 1
5 Quartz SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrawn from the League

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sports Academy Tirur 10 6 2 2 15 8 +7 20 Advance to Semi-finals
2 FC Thrissur 10 5 3 2 16 11 +5 18
3 Kerala Police 10 5 2 3 13 8 +5 17
4 SBI Kerala 10 3 4 3 9 8 +1 13
5 Accountant General Office 10 2 2 6 11 21 −10 8
6 Central Excise 10 2 1 7 9 17 −8 7

Knockout stage[edit]

Semi-finals Final
      
A1 Gokulam FC 0 (5)
B2 FC Thrissur 0 (6)
FC Thrissur 2
KSEB 4
A2 KSEB 0 (4)
B1 Sports Academy Tirur 0 (1)

Fixtures and results[edit]

  Cancelled Matches
8 April 2017 Sports Academy Tirur 2–1 FC Thrissur Tirur
19:30 IST Muhammed Shibili Goal 36'
Fasalu Rahman Goal 56'
Report S Rajesh Goal 82' Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Municipal Stadium
Attendance: –
9 April 2017 FC Kerala 1–2 KSEB Thrissur
16:00 IST Ubaid Goal 90+' Report Uvais Goal 32' (o.g.)
Goal 90+' (o.g.)
Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
Attendance: –
13 April 2017 Cochin Port Trust 1–4 Gokulam FC Ernakulam
16:00 IST Sylla Sulaiman Goal 78' Report Shihad Goal 14'
Pritam Sarkar Goal 46'
Arif Javed Sheikh Goal 76'
VP Suhair Goal 90+'
Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
Attendance: –
13 April 2017 FC Thrissur 2–1 Central Excise Thrissur
16:00 IST Ashik Goal 21'
S Rajesh Goal 87'
Report Shehanaz Goal 45+' Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
Attendance: –
15 April 2017 Kerala Police 0–2 FC Thrissur Malappuram
19:00 IST Report Ashik Goal 25'
Ashar Goal 40'
Stadium: Kottappadi Football Stadium
Attendance: –
19 April 2017 FC Kerala 9–0 Quartz SC Thrissur
16:00 IST Jerry Goal 4' (o.g.)
Uvais Goal 7'
Bala Goal 10'
Ubaid Goal 39'
Bineesh Goal 50' Goal 70' Goal 78'
Anoop Goal 60'
Harikrishnan Goal 86'
Report Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
Attendance: –
19 April 2017 Accountant General Office 2–1 Sports Academy Tirur Thiruvananthapuram
16:00 IST Nazarudeen Goal 63'
Y Dany Goal 90+'
Report Shaheed Goal 24' Stadium: University Stadium (Thiruvananthapuram)
Attendance: –
19 April 2017 Kerala Police 2–0 Central Excise Malappuram
19:00 IST Jimshad Goal 17'
Firos Kalathingal Goal 46'
Report Stadium: Kottappadi Football Stadium
Attendance: –
22 April 2017 Kerala Police 2–0 Accountant General Office Malappuram
19:00 IST Aneesh Goal 45'
Jimmy Goal 85'
Report Stadium: Kottappadi Football Stadium
Attendance: –
23 April 2017 Gokulam FC 5–0 Quartz SC Malappuram
19:00 IST VP Suhair Goal 10' Goal 29'
Francis Goal 17'
Mohammed Salim Goal 61' Goal 75'
Report Stadium: Kottappadi Football Stadium
Attendance: –
23 April 2017 Central Excise 0–1 FC Thrissur Ernakulam
16:00 IST Report S Rajesh Goal 90' Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
Attendance: –
26 April 2017 Sports Academy Tirur 3–0 Accountant General Office Tirur
16:00 IST Atsushi Yonezawa Goal 4' Goal 53'
Shaheed Goal 16'
Report Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Municipal Stadium
Attendance: –
26 April 2017 Gokulam FC 1–2 KSEB Malappuram
19:00 IST VP Suhair Goal 67' Report Alex Goal 17'
Rakesh Goal 87'
Stadium: Kottappadi Football Stadium
Attendance: –
29 April 2017 FC Thrissur 1–1 Kerala Police Thrissur
16:00 IST S Rajesh Goal -' Report Firos Kalathingal Goal -' Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
Attendance: –
29 April 2017 SBI Kerala 0–0 Accountant General Office Thiruvananthapuram
16:00 IST Report Stadium: Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium
Attendance: –
30 April 2017 FC Kerala 5–3 Cochin Port Trust Thrissur
16:00 IST Sadhik Goal 28'
Bineesh Goal 53' Goal 54' Goal 80'
Jithin Goal 90'
Report Sylla Sulaiman Goal 32' Goal 86'
Assaku Aqua Effiong Goal 36'
Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
Attendance: –
1 May 2017 Sports Academy Tirur 2–0 Kerala Police Tirur
16:00 IST Shaheed Goal 85' Goal 90+' Report Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Municipal Stadium
Attendance: –
1 May 2017 Central Excise 3–2 SBI Kerala Ernakulam
16:00 IST Askar Goal -' Goal -'
Muhammed Rafi Goal -'
Report Sajith Poulose Goal -'
Prasoon Goal -'
Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
Attendance: –
3 May 2017 Gokulam FC 2–0 FC Kerala Malappuram
19:00 IST Bello Razaq Goal 49'
Arif Javed Sheikh Goal 90+'
Report Stadium: Kottappadi Football Stadium
Attendance: –
5 May 2017 Cochin Port Trust 2–2 KSEB Ernakulam
16:00 IST Sylla Sulaiman Goal 60'
Assaku Aqua Effiong Goal 67'
Report Muhammed Parakkottil Goal 50' Goal 59' Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
Attendance: –
7 May 2017 FC Thrissur 2–2 SBI Kerala Thrissur
16:00 IST Jasir Goal 53'
Antony Poulose Goal 76'
Report Shaijumon Goal 51'
Jijo Joseph Goal 88'
Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
Attendance: –
8 May 2017 Kerala Police 2–0 Central Excise Malappuram
19:00 IST Bibin Thomas Goal 44'
Firos Kalathingal Goal 78'
Report Stadium: Kottappadi Football Stadium
Attendance: –
10 May 2017 Quartz SC 0–8 FC Kerala Kozhikkode
16:00 IST Report Harikrishnan Goal 16' Goal 32'
Jithin Goal 36' Goal 72' Goal 88'
Jerrybie Kelechi Goal 48'
Bala Goal 84'
Ubaid Goal 90+'
Stadium: EMS Stadium
Attendance: –
10 May 2017 KSEB 0–4 Gokulam FC Thiruvananthapuram
19:30 IST Report VP Suhair Goal 5' Goal 24'
Mohammed Rashid Goal 82'
Mohammed Salim Goal 85'
Stadium: Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium
Attendance: –
10 May 2017 Kerala Police 1–1 Sports Academy Tirur Malappuram
19:30 IST Rahul Goal 12' Report Irshad Goal 70' Stadium: Kottappadi Football Stadium
Attendance: –
13 May 2017 Accountant General Office 3–1 FC Thrissur Thiruvananthapuram
16:00 IST Kannan Goal 38'
Midhun Goal 42' Goal 78'
Report Ozowara CE Goal 4' Stadium: University Stadium (Thiruvananthapuram)
Attendance: –
14 May 2017 Sports Academy Tirur 2–0 Central Excise Tirur
16:00 IST Shaheed Goal 32'
Unais Goal 86'
Report Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Municipal Stadium
Attendance: –
14 May 2017 FC Kerala 2–0 Gokulam FC Thrissur
16:00 IST EC Lucky Goal 34'
Jerrybie Kelechi Goal 42'
Report Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
Attendance: –
14 May 2017 Kerala Police 1–0 SBI Kerala Malappuram
16:00 IST Firos Kalathingal Goal 25' Stadium: Kottappadi Football Stadium
Attendance: –
17 May 2017 KSEB 0–0 FC Kerala Thiruvananthapuram
16:00 IST Report Stadium: Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium
Attendance: –
17 May 2017 FC Thrissur 3–1 Accountant General Office Thrissur
16:00 IST Ozowara CE Goal 25' Goal 49' Goal 65' Report Dany Y Goal 15' Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
Attendance: –
17 May 2017 Sports Academy Tirur 1–0 SBI Kerala Tirur
16:00 IST Fasalu Rahman Goal 67' Report Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Municipal Stadium
Attendance: –
19 May 2017 Accountant General Office 1–2 Central Excise Thiruvananthapuram
16:00 IST Stadium: University Stadium (Thiruvananthapuram)
Attendance: –
20 May 2017 FC Thrissur 3–1 Sports Academy Tirur Thrissur
16:00 IST Haseeb Goal 13'
Ozowara CE Goal 90+'
Somi Goal 90+'
Report Shibili Goal 33' (p) Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
Attendance: –
20 May 2017 Gokulam FC 7–0 Cochin Port Trust Malappuram
19:30 IST Francis Xavier Goal 35'
Muhammed Salim Goal 47'
VP Suhair Goal 52'
Arif Javed Shaikh Goal 53'
Bright Mendes Goal 57'
Sushanth Mathew Goal 63'
Shihad Goal 83'
Report Stadium: Kottappadi Football Stadium
Attendance: –
21 May 2017 SBI Kerala 1–0 Central Excise Thiruvananthapuram
16:00 IST Aslam Jr. Goal 44' Stadium: Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium
Attendance: –
22 May 2017 Accountant General Office 1–4 Kerala Police Thiruvananthapuram
16:00 IST Febindas Goal 48' KP Jimshad Goal 50' (p)
Firos Kalathingal Goal 51' Goal 66' Goal 76'
Stadium: University Stadium (Thiruvananthapuram)
Attendance: –
23 May 2017 Cochin Port Trust 2–3 FC Kerala Ernakulam
16:00 IST Assaku Aqua Efiong Goal 31'
Sylla Sulaiman Goal 47'
Mousoof Naizan Goal 68' Goal 90'
Jithin MS Goal 90+'
Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
Attendance: –
24 May 2017 Central Excise 1–2 Sports Academy Tirur Ernakulam
16:00 IST Melvino Fernandez Goal 44' Report Fasalu Rehman Goal 27'
Shaheed Goal 67'
Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
Attendance: –
24 May 2017 Accountant General Office 1–3 SBI Kerala Thiruvananthapuram
16:00 IST Manu Goal 34' Report Aslam Sr. Goal 25'
Jijo Joseph Goal 67'
Shaijumon Goal 70'
Stadium: University Stadium (Thiruvananthapuram)
Attendance: –
25 May 2017 KSEB 3–1 Cochin Port Trust Thiruvananthapuram
16:00 IST Joby Justin Goal -'
Sajeer Khan Goal -' Goal -'
Report Assaku Aqua Efiong Goal -' Stadium: Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium
Attendance: –
26 May 2017 Central Excise 2–2 Accountant General Office Ernakulam
16:00 IST Muneer Goal -'
Balu P Maani Goal -'
Jipson Justus Goal -'
Manuprasad Goal -'
Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
Attendance: –
27 May 2017 SBI Kerala 1–0 Kerala Police Thiruvananthapuram
16:00 IST Sajith Poulose Goal 82' Report Stadium: Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium
Attendance: –

Semi-finals

29 May 2017 Sports Academy Tirur 0–0
(1–4 p)
KSEB Tirur
16:00 IST Report Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Municipal Stadium
Attendance: –
Penalties
Irshad soccer ball with red X
Shafeek soccer ball with red X
Rahil soccer ball with check mark
Joby Justin soccer ball with check mark
Franicis soccer ball with check mark
Surjith soccer ball with check mark
Alex soccer ball with check mark
29 May 2017 FC Thrissur 0–0
(6–5 p)
Gokulam FC Thrissur
16:00 IST Report Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
Attendance: –
Penalties
Akhil soccer ball with red X
Somi P T soccer ball with check mark
Saneesh VP soccer ball with check mark
S Rajesh soccer ball with check mark
Ozowara CE soccer ball with red X
Sebin Varghese soccer ball with check mark
Haseeb KV soccer ball with check mark
Ashique soccer ball with check mark
Arif Javed Shaikh soccer ball with check mark
Bello Razaq soccer ball with check mark
Sushanth Mathew soccer ball with red X
Myron Mendez soccer ball with check mark
Noushad soccer ball with red X
Mohammed Salim soccer ball with check mark
Bijesh Balan soccer ball with check mark
Francis Xaviour soccer ball with red X

Final

31 May 2017 FC Thrissur 2–4 KSEB Thrissur
21:30 IST Somi PT Goal 24'
S Rajesh Goal 75'
Report Alex Goal 29'
Joby Justin Goal 32'
Sajeer Khan Goal 66'
Mohammad Safwan Goal 80'
Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
Attendance: –

Season statistics[edit]

As of 1 June 2017

Top scorers[edit]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 India Firos Kalathingal Kerala Police 7
2 India Shaheed Sports Academy Tirur 6
3 Nigeria Ozowara CE FC Thrissur 5
India S Rajesh FC Thrissur
Guinea Sylla Sulaiman Cochin Port Trust
India VP Suhair Gokulam FC

Hat-tricks[edit]

Player For Against Result Date Ref
India Bineesh Balan FC Kerala Cochin Port Trust 5–3 30 April 2017 [4]
Nigeria Ozowara CE FC Thrissur Accountant General Office 3–1 17 May 2017 [5]
India Firos Kalathingal Kerala Police Accountant General Office 4–1 22 May 2017

Season awards[edit]

Award Recipient
Most Valuable Player Shaheed (Sports Academy Tirur)
Fairplay award FC Kerala

References[edit]

  1. Tennyson, Rayson P. "'Player revolt' forces Quartz to pull out of KPL? – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  2. Correspondent, Special. "KPL to have a home-and-away format". The Hindu. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  3. Special, Correspondent. "Kerala Premier League to kick off on April 8". The Hindu. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  4. "FC Kerala 5–3 Cochin Port Trust". 30 April 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  5. "FC Thrissur 3–1 Accountant General Office". 17 May 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.