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2016–17 Kerala Premier League

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Kerala Premier League
Season2016–17 (4th Season)
ChampionsKSEB (1st title)
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 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.

Teams

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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

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.

"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

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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

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League table

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Group A

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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
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

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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
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage

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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

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

Season statistics

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As of 1 June 2017

Top scorers

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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

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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

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

References

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  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. ^ "KPL to have a home-and-away format". The Hindu. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  3. ^ "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.