2021–22 Kerala Premier League

The 2021–22 Kerala Premier League season was the ninth season of the Kerala Premier League. The season will feature 24 teams and will be played multiple venues. This season, Kerala Football Association decided to add 12 more participants into the league. 10 teams are expected to join on corporate entry by paying franchise fee. Remaining two will be chosen by playing qualifier from the applied teams.

Kerala Premier League
Season2021–22 (9th Season)
DatesQualifying:
03 November – 10 November 2021
League:
TBD
TBA →
All statistics correct as of 23 October 2021.

Teams


FC Areekode
Real Malabar FC
Parappur FC
SAT Tirur
Wayanad United
MA College
AIFA Koppam
Kovalam FC
Ernakulam Teams
Kerala Blasters (R)
Golden Threads
Muthoot FA
Don Bosco FA
Malappuram Teams
Kerala Police
BASCO FC
Thiruvananthapuram Teams
KSEB
Travancore Royals FC
LIFFA
Locations of the 2020–21 Kerala Premier League teams


Ernakulam KPL Teams

Entry Type Team Head Coach Ground City Sponsor
1 2020–21 KPL Teams BASCO FC Kottappadi Football Stadium, Malappuram Malappuram Janatha TMT
2 FC Kerala St. Joseph's College Ground Thrissur Yogakshemam Loans
3 Gokulam Kerala FC (Reserves) Najeeb NM EMS Stadium Kozhikode Gokulam Group
4 Golden Threads FC Maharaja's College Ground Kochi Wayna Water
5 KBFC Reserves Maharaja's College Ground Kochi Byju's
6 Kerala United FC Bino George Payyanad Stadium, Manjeri Manjeri Micro Health Laboratories
7 Kerala Police Kottappadi Football Stadium, Malappuram Malappuram Odyssia
8 Kovalam Football Club Ebin Rose Kovalam FC Ground Kovalam Federal Bank
9 KSEB Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium Trivandrum MADRE Integrated Engineering
10 Luca Soccer Club Navas Luca Payyanad Stadium, Manjeri Manjeri Abreco freight
11 MA College Haary Benny MA College Ground Kothamangalam Positive
12 SAT Tirur Rajiv Gandhi Municipal Stadium Tirur AB Bismi
13 Corporate Entry Muthoot FA K Anees Ambedkar Stadium Kochi Muthoot Pappachan Group
14 Don Bosco FA Alphonse Jose Donbosco Football Ground, Vaduthala Kochi
15 Little Flower FA Cleofas Alex Trivandrum Odyssia
16 Travancore Royals FC Trivandrum Vismayasmax Animations
17 FC Areekode[1] Mohammed Ashiq Areekode
18 Real Malabar FC Seethi Haji Stadium, Edavanna Edavanna
19 Wayanad United FC [2] District Stadium Maravayal Kalpetta
20 Parappur FC St Johns HSS Ground Parappur South Indian Bank
21 SAI Trivandrum LCPE Ground Trivandrum
22 Qualifier Winners Altius IFA Deepak Cherukudi Mattuvayil AIFA Stadium, Koppam Koppam Aerius

Qualifiers

Teams
Team Head Coach Captain Ground City Sponsor
1 AIFA Deepak Cherukudi Mattuvayil Mohammed Shamnas T AIFA Ground, Koppam Koppam Aerius[3]
2 CALICO KFTC KP Sethumadhavan Shibin K St. Joseph's College Ground Calicut
3 Kochi City FC Jestes Antony Bertie Bridji Anderson Municpal Stadium, Aluva Aluva, Kochi Federal Bank
4 Lords Sreekumar MP Abhilash Kochi
5 United FC Cochin Naresh Narayan Virnodkar Anandhu S Kochi
6 Universal Soccer Club Haris Kadalnath Fahad C Calicut Medical College Stadium Calicut Capstone

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Kochi City FC 2 1 1 0 5 3 +2 4 Advance to the Final Round
2 Universal Calicut SC 2 1 1 0 5 3 +2 4
3 United FC Cochin 2 0 0 2 2 6 −4 0
Source:
Fixtures
Source:
  Cancelled Matches
03 November 2021 United FC Cochin 1-3 Universal SC Koppam
15:00 IST Anandhu 14' Ekoule 14'
Fahad 48'
Ratobe 82'		 Stadium: Altius International Football Academy Ground
06 November 2021 Kochi city FC 3-1 United FC cochin Koppam
15:00 IST Vigneshwaran 29'
Alassane 73'
Badusha 90'		 Clincent 5' Stadium: Altius International Football Academy Ground
09 November 2021 Kochi city FC 2-2 Universal SC Koppam
15:00 IST Vigneshwaran 17'
Anderson 66'		 Ekoule 49'
Mike 90+1'		 Stadium: Altius International Football Academy Ground

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 AIFA FC 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 6 Advance to the Final Round
2 LORDS FA 2 1 0 1 0 3 −3 3
3 CALICO KFTC 2 0 0 2 0 2 −2 0
Source:
Fixtures
Source:
  Cancelled Matches
04 November 2021 AIFA 2-0 CALICO KFTC Koppam
15:00 IST Jasbeer 41'
Hashif 79'		 Stadium: Altius International Football Academy Ground
07 November 2021 Lords FA 0-3 AIFA Koppam
15:00 IST Hashif 45+2'
Shamnas 54'
Jasbeer 90+4'		 Stadium: Altius International Football Academy Ground
10 November 2021 KFTC 0-1 Lords FA Koppam
15:00 IST Aslam Ali 21' Stadium: Altius International Football Academy Ground

Finals
TBA Kochi City FC 0-2 AIFA Koppam
15:00 IST Sarath 23'
Jasbeer 45+6'		 Stadium: Altius International Football Academy Ground

Foreign Players


Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3
1 Altius IFA
2 BASCO FC
3 Don Bosco FA George Forbia Ekomobong Victor Philip Andrew Michel
4 FC Areekode
5 FC Kerala
6 Gokulam Kerala FC (Reserves)
7 Golden Threads FC
8 KBFC Reserves
9 Kerala Police
10 Kerala United FC Gabriel Lima Silva[4] Francis Nwankwo
11 Kovalam Football Club
12 KSEB
13 Little Flower FA
14 Luca Soccer Club
15 MA College
16 Muthoot FA Francis Dad Guah
17 Parappur FC
18 SAI Trivandrum
19 SAT Tirur
20 Travancore Royals FC
21 Real Malabar FC
22 Wayanad United FC

Foreign Players
Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3
1 AIFA
2 CALICO KFTC
3 Kochi City FC Bertie Bridji Anderson Alassane Junior Sagara Kilane Ebenezer Diamande
4 Lords
5 United FC Cochin
6 Universal Soccer Club Ekoule Eugene Djougo Foku Mike

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