2019–20 Kerala Premier League Explained

Competition:Kerala Premier League
Season:2019–20 (7th Season)
Winners:Kerala Blasters FC Reserves (1st title)
Runners-Up:Gokulam Kerala F.C.
Biggest Home Win:8-1 Gokulam vs Luca(03 February 2020)
Biggest Away Win:0-4 FC Kerala vs Kerala Police (29 January 2020)
Highest Scoring:8-1 Gokulam vs Luca(03 February 2020)
League Topscorer: Issahak Nuhu Seidu Golden Threads
Kamara EO SAT (8 Goals)
Longest Wins:Gokulam (7 games)
Longest Unbeaten:Gokulam (8 games)
Longest Winless:Kovalam FC (5 games)
Longest Losses:Kovalam FC (5 games)
Prevseason:2018–19
Nextseason:2020–21
Updated:16 April 2019

The 2019–20 Kerala Premier League Season was the seventh season of the Kerala Premier League. The season featured 10 teams which was divided into 2 groups and were played on a home-and-away format. The season kicked off on 15 December 2019.[1] Former participantsKozhikode Quartz FC, SBI Kerala, RFC Kochi, FC Thrissur withdrew from the league due to financial problems. Meanwhile, Kannur City FC withdrew mid-way throughout the tournament due to some technical issues. Kerala Blasters FC beat Gokulam Kerala F.C. in the finals and lifted their first KPL Title.

Teams

Kochi City FC, Shooter Padne and Indian Navy withdrawn from the league. To these vacancies Kannur City FC and Mar Athanasius FA were selected by playing the qualifiers. Luca Soccer Club joined the league through corporate entry after losing in the qualifier.

Stadiums and locations

TeamStadiumCapacity
Golden ThreadsAmbedkar Stadium, Ernakulam10,000
FC KeralaThrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium15,000
Kerala PoliceKotappady Stadium10,000
EMS Stadium80,000
MA CollegeMA College Stadium 3000
Sports Academy TirurRajiv Gandhi Municipal Stadium, Tirur5000
Sports Council Ground, Panampilly Nagar, Kochi500
Luca Soccer ClubKotappady Stadium10,000
Kovalam FCUniversity Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram20,000
Kannur City FCUniversity College Stadium, Kannur10,000

Head coaches

ClubHead CoachSponsor
Golden Threads SumeshWAYNA Packaged Drinking Water
Kannur City FCClifford Chukwuma
FC Kerala TG PurushottamanYogakshemam Loans
Mar Athanasius College Haary Benny
Luca Soccer Club Navas Luca &<br/>John Cooper
Gokulam Kerala FC Rajeev PGokulam Group
Sports Academy Tirur M PethambaranAB Bismi
Muthoot Group
Kerala Police Sunil
Kovalam FC Ebin Rose[2] Federal Bank

Foreign players

Clubs can sign maximum four players but only three is allowed in the playing eleven.

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4
Golden Threads Issahak Nuhu Seidu---
FC Kerala Cyrille Brohiri
Kannur City FC--
Gokulam Kerala FC Daniel Bartholomew Lucky Emmanuel Stephen Abeiku
Kovalam FC
Luca Soccer Club----
Sports Academy Tirur Kamara E.O Menshach Nii Akramah Mensah--
Kerala Blasters FC----
MA College
Kerala Police-- --

Qualifiers

Kerala Premier League Qualifier - KPLQ

Fixtures and results

Source: [3] [4]

Cancelled Matches

Group stage

Group A

Fixtures and results

Source:

Cancelled Matches

Group B

Fixtures and results

Source:

Cancelled Matches

Knockout stage

Fixtures and results

Semi-Finals

Final

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

NoPlayerClubGoals
1Issahak Nuhu SeiduGolden Threads F.C.8
Kamara EOSports Academy Tirur
3 Emil BennyGokulam Kerala FC6
4 AkbarLuca Soccer Club5
5Shaiborlang Kharpan4
6Bodo3
ShihadGokulam Kerala FC
Sufaid

Notes and References

  1. Web site: KPL 2018-19 Matches. KFA. 16 December 2018.
  2. Web site: Kovalam Football Club » Our Head Coach. en-US. 2019-01-09.
  3. Web site: യോഗ്യതാ പോരാട്ടം ജയിച്ച് കണ്ണൂർ സിറ്റി എഫ് സി, ആദ്യമായി കണ്ണൂരിൽ നിന്ന് ഒരു ടീം കേരള പ്രീമിയർ ലീഗിൽ | Fanport | Featured News Malayalam. 21 November 2019 .
  4. Web site: ഗോളടിച്ചു കൂട്ടി എം എ കോളേജ് കേരള പ്രീമിയർ ലീഗിൽ | Fanport | Kerala Premier League News Malayalam. 27 November 2019 .