2014–15 Kerala Premier League

Kerala Premier League
Season2014–15 (2nd Season)
ChampionsState Bank of Travancore (1st title)
Matches played15
Goals scored47 (3.13 per match)
Women's Kerala Premier League
Season2014–15 (1st Season)
ChampionsWayanad Women's FC (1st title)

The 2014–15 Kerala Premier League Season was the second season of the Kerala Premier League, a professional football league played in Kerala since 2013–14. The Season included a Women's Edition for the first time. The season features eight teams. The season kicked off on 2 May and ended on 7 May, while the semi-finals began on 9 May, which will conclude with the final match on 11 May. The final was played between State Bank of Travancore and Kerala Police on 11 May 2015. State Bank of Travancore were crowned as champions defeating Kerala Police 5–1 in the final. Wayanad FC emerged as the winners of the Women's Edition.

Structure

It featured the best eight teams of Kerala affiliated to the KFA competing for the Trophy. The league was played in a two single format where the teams were divided into two groups of four teams each. Matches were played in Wayanad. Top two teams from each group qualified for the semifinals. Three points were 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 was determined, based on the following criteria in this order: points obtained, goal difference, and goals scored.

Sponsorship

Ramco Cements were the sponsors of the league from the inaugural season(2014). Hence the league was known as Ramco Kerala Premier League[1]

Men's

Teams

This is the completed club list for the 2014–15 season.

Group A Group B
State Bank of Travancore Kerala Police
Titanium AG's Office Thiruvananthapuram
Central Excise Kochi FC Kerala
Nova Arapetta Kerala U21

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 State Bank of Travancore 3 3 0 0 10 0 +10 9 Advance to Semi-finals
2 Central Excise Kochi 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
3 Nova Arapetta 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 3
4 Titanium 3 0 0 3 4 10 −6 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Kerala Police 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7 Advance to Semi-finals
2 AG's Office Thiruvananthapuram 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3 FC Kerala 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
4 Kerala XI 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

Matches

Group A

SBT3–0Titanium
Wayanad
Central Excise Kochi1–0Nova Arapetta
Wayanad
SBT1–0Central Excise Kochi
Wayanad
Titanium2–3Nova Arapetta
Wayanad
SBT6–0Nova Arapetta
Wayanad
Titanium2–4Central Excise Kochi
Wayanad

Group B

FC Kerala1–1Kerala U21
Wayanad
Kerala Police2–1AG's Office
Wayanad
Kerala Police1–1FC Kerala
Wayanad
Kerala U211–2AG's Office
Wayanad
Kerala Police4–1Kerala U21
Wayanad
AG's Office1–1FC Kerala
Wayanad

Semifinal

SBT0–0AG's Office
Penalties
5–3
Wayanad
Kerala Police1–1Central Excise Kochi
Penalties
5–4
Wayanad

Final

SBT5–1Kerala Police
Wayanad

Women's

Group A Group B
Wayanad Women's FC Kovalam Women's FC
Alleppey Women's FC Marthoma College Women's FC
Dinesh Soccer Women's Club Kollam Football Academy
Quartz Women's FC Kannur Women's FC

Matches

Final

Wayanad WFC2–0Marthoma College WFC
Wayanad

References

  1. ^ "KFA Announces Kerala Premier League". Football News India. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2015.