| Competition: | Kerala Premier League |
| Season: | 2016–17 (4th Season) |
| Winners: | KSEB (1st title) |
| Promoted: | FC Kerala |
| Biggest Home Win: | (20 May 2017) |
| Biggest Away Win: | (10 May 2017) |
| Highest Scoring: | (30 April 2017) |
| Matches: | 45 |
| Total Goals: | 126 |
| League Topscorer: |  Firos Kalathingal (7 goals) |
| Longest Wins: | FC Thrissur SBI Kerala (3 games) |
| Longest Unbeaten: | FC Thrissur (6 games) |
| Longest Winless: | SBI Kerala (7 games) |
| Longest Losses: | Accountant General Office (4 games) |
| Prevseason: | 2015–16 |
| Nextseason: | 2017–18 |
| Updated: | 1 June 2017 |
The 2016–17 Kerala Premier League Season was the fourth season of the Kerala Premier League. Unlike last 3 seasons, the season featured 11 teams which were divided into 2 groups with Group A having 5 and Group B having 6 teams and wes 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.
It featured 11 teams from 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.
| 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w Withdrawn
Cancelled Matches
Semi-finals
Final
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Firos Kalathingal | Kerala Police | 7 |
| 2 | Shaheed | Sports Academy Tirur | 6 |
| 3 | Ozowara CE | FC Thrissur | 5 |
| S Rajesh | FC Thrissur | ||
| Sylla Sulaiman | Cochin Port Trust | ||
| VP Suhair | Gokulam FC | ||
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cochin Port Trust | 5–3 | [4] | ||||
| Ozowara CE | Accountant General Office | 3–1 | [5] | |||
| Firos Kalathingal | Accountant General Office | 4–1 | – |
| Award | Recipient | |
|---|---|---|
| Most Valuable Player | Shaheed (Sports Academy Tirur) | |
| Best Goalkeeper | Debjit Majumder (Mohun Bagan) | |
| Fairplay award | FC Kerala |