2016–17 Kerala Premier League

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.

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.

Teams

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SA Tirur
 
Malappuram teams
Gokulam FC
Kerala Police
 
Thrissur teams
FC Kerala
FC Thrissur
 
Ernakulam teams
Central Excise
Cochin Port Trust
 
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  
Shafeek  
Rahil  
Joby Justin  
Franicis  
Surjith  
Alex  
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  
Somi P T  
Saneesh VP  
S Rajesh  
Ozowara CE  
Sebin Varghese  
Haseeb KV  
Ashique  
Arif Javed Shaikh  
Bello Razaq  
Sushanth Mathew  
Myron Mendez  
Noushad  
Mohammed Salim  
Bijesh Balan  
Francis Xaviour  

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   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

Hat-tricks

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