2020–21 Kerala Premier League

Kerala Premier League
Season2020–21
ChampionsGokulam Kerala (2nd title)
Matches played33
Goals scored96 (2.91 per match)
Top goalscorerMaliSaliou Guindo Gokulam Kerala FC(8)
Highest scoringGolden Threads FC 1-6 Kerala United FC Gokulam Kerala FC 5-2 FC Kerala
Longest winning runGokulam Kerala FC (5)
Longest unbeaten runGokulam Kerala FC (6)
Longest winless runKovalam FC (5)
Longest losing runKovalam FC (5)
All statistics correct as of 16 April 2021.

The 2020–21 Kerala Premier League season was the eighth season of the Kerala Premier League.[1][2] The season featured 12 teams which was divided into 2 groups and were played on a home-and-away format.[3] The season was originally scheduled to start in 2020, but was postponed to 2021 due to Covid-19 Pandemic.[4][5] It began on 6 March 2021 across two centralised venues in Thrissur and Kochi.[6] This season, Kerala Football Association decided to add two more participants into the league. KSEB and BASCO were the new entrants into the league.[7]

Teams


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Locations of the 2020–21 Kerala Premier League teams
Team Manager Captain Sponsor
Basco FC Rajeev Kumar Ummer farook Royal Travels[1]
FC Kerala Shivaram Shabin Yogakshemam Loans
Gokulam Kerala FC Najeeb Rishad Gokulam Group
Golden Threads Walter A Abhijith Wayna Water[2]
Kerala Blasters (R) T. G Purushothaman Shahajas Thekkan Byju's
Kerala Police I. M. Vijayan Jimshad U ODYSSIA[3]
Kerala United FC Shajirudheen Koppilan Arjun Jayaraj Micro Health Laboratories[4]
Kovalam FC Ebin Rose Beniston Federal Bank
KSEB Ramesh PB Sugun Kumar MADRE Integrated Engineering[5]
Luca Soccer Club Navas Luca Bala Dahir Abreco freight[6]
MA College Haary Benny Akhil K Positive
Sports Academy Tirur Baiju Muhammad shibili AB Bismi[7]

Foreign players

Clubs can sign maximum Three players two is allowed in the playing eleven.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3
Golden Threads FC Ghana Joseph Tetteh - -
FC Kerala - - -
Kerala United FC Ghana Stephen Abeiku Ghana Francis Dadzie Ghana Aaron Awannorh
Gokulam Kerala FC Mali Saliou Guindo - -
Kovalam FC - - -
Luca Soccer Club Nigeria Bala Dahir Ivory Coast Koffi Konan Kevin -
Sports Academy Tirur - - -
Kerala Blasters (R) - - -
MA College - - -
Kerala Police - - -
KSEB FC - - -
Basco FC - - -

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Gokulam Kerala F.C. 5 5 0 0 15 3 +12 15 Advance to Semi-finals
2 BASCO FC 5 1 3 1 7 5 +2 6
3 Sports Academy Tirur 5 1 3 1 5 4 +1 6
4 Kerala Police 5 1 3 1 4 6 −2 6
5 Luca Soccer Club 5 1 2 2 5 4 +1 5
6 FC Kerala 5 0 1 4 4 18 −14 1
Source: KFA


Fixtures and results

Source:
  Cancelled Matches
6 March 2021 Luca Soccer Club 3-0 FC Kerala Thrissur
19:00 IST Siddeq 50'
Bala Dahir 85'
Akbar 90+1'		 Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
7 March 2021 Gokulam Kerala F.C. 3-0 Sports Academy Tirur Thrissur
19:00 IST Abhijith 23'
Ganeshan 47'
Saliou Guindo 67'		 Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
13 March 2021 BASCO FC 0-0 Kerala Police Thrissur
19:00 IST Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
14 March 2021 Luca Soccer Club 0-0 Sports Academy Tirur Thrissur
19:00 IST Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
20 March 2021 Gokulam Kerala F.C. 5-2 FC Kerala Thrissur
19:00 IST Saliou Guindo 8', 25', 52', 83'
Fasalu Rahman 90'		 Asif 51'
Abhishek 80'		 Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
21 March 2021 Kerala Police 0-0 Sports Academy Tirur Thrissur
19:00 IST Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
27 March 2021 Gokulam Kerala F.C. 2-0 BASCO FC Thrissur
19:00 IST Ganesan 71'
Saliou Guindo 73'		 Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
28 March 2021 Kerala Police 1-0 Luca Soccer Club Thrissur
19:00 IST Sanju G 69' Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
3 April 2021 Gokulam Kerala F.C. 4-1 Kerala Police Thrissur
19:00 IST Gifty 23'
Saliou Guindo 88', 90'
Lalrinzuala 90+3'		 Firoz 90+5' Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
4 April 2021 FC Kerala 0-4 Sports Academy Tirur Thrissur
19:00 IST Muhammad Nisham 28'
nasar 61'
74', 80'		 Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
10 April 2021 Luca Soccer Club 0-1 Gokulam Kerala F.C. Thrissur
19:00 IST Nimshad 86' Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
11 April 2021 Sports Academy Tirur 1-1 BASCO FC Thrissur
19:00 IST adheeb 33' Muhammad Shafi 80' Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
13 April 2021 FC Kerala 2-2 Kerala Police Thrissur
19:00 IST Vinayak 24'
Rohit 90+1'		 Bijesh Balan 39', 80' Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
15 April 2021 Luca Soccer Club 2-2 BASCO FC Thrissur
19:00 IST Akmal Shan 22'
Bibin Boban 56'		 Abdu Raheem 7'
Ajay Krishna 37'		 Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
17 April 2021 BASCO FC 4-0 FC Kerala Thrissur
19:00 IST Abdu Raheem 11'
Muhammad Shafi 17' (47)
Ajay Krishna 39'		 Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 KSEB 5 4 0 1 10 3 +7 12 Advance to Semi-finals
2 Kerala United FC 5 4 0 1 16 5 +11 12
3 MA College 5 3 1 1 8 5 +3 10
4 Kerala Blasters FC Reserves 5 2 1 2 8 9 −1 7
5 Golden Threads 5 1 0 4 3 12 −9 3
6 Kovalam FC 5 0 0 5 2 13 −11 0
Source: KFA


Fixtures and results

Source:
  Cancelled Matches
6 March 2021 Kerala United FC 3-0 Kovalam FC Kochi
16:00 IST Bujair 60'
Mousoof 65'
Shafeer 71'		 Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium
7 March 2021 KSEB 0-1 MA College Kochi
16:00 IST Vyshak 39' Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium
13 March 2021 Kerala United FC 3-1 Kerala Blasters FC Reserves Kochi
16:00 IST Nidhin 42'
Bujair 45', 88'		 Nihal 66' Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium
14 March 2021 Golden Threads 0-3 MA College Kochi
16:00 IST Fajil 8'
Rafi 16'
Junaid 45+1'		 Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium
20 March 2021 Golden Threads 2-0 Kovalam FC Kochi
16:00 IST Navin 24'
Anurag 66'		 Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium
21 March 2021 Kerala United FC 1-3 KSEB Kochi
16:00 IST Mousoof 21' Muhammad parakottil 4', 42'
Jinesh Domenic 47'		 Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium
27 March 2021 MA College 1-1 Kerala Blasters FC Reserves Kochi
16:00 IST Muhammad fayis 73' Sreekuttan 56' Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium
28 March 2021 Kovalam FC 0-1 KSEB Kochi
16:00 IST Muhammad parakottil 13' Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium
3 April 2021 Kerala United FC 3-0 MA College Kochi
16:00 IST Francis Dadzie 35', 73'
Muhammad jinshad 90+3'		 Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium
4 April 2021 Golden Threads 0-1 Kerala Blasters FC Reserves Kochi
16:00 IST Nihal Sudeesh 55' Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium
10 April 2021 Kovalam FC 1-3 MA College Kochi
16:00 IST Sherin 68' Abil 45+1'
jibin devassy 48'
Abhijith 90+2'		 Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium
11 April 2021 Golden Threads 0-2 KSEB Kochi
16:00 IST joanas 3'
eldose 10'		 Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium
13 April 2021 Kerala Blasters FC Reserves 4-1 Kovalam FC Kochi
16:00 IST Sreekuttan 33'
Gobindash 60'
surag chettri 75'
Asif 90+1'		 Sherin 28' Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium
15 April 2021 Golden Threads 1-6 Kerala United FC Kochi
16:00 IST Rakesh 32' Francis Dadzie 3'
Adarsh 45+2'
Bujair 53'
Hrishidath 68'
Alocious M 73'
Muhammad jinshad 90'		 Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium
17 April 2021 Kerala Blasters FC Reserves 1-4 KSEB Kochi
16:00 IST Naorem Mahesh Singh 90+4' Nijo Gilbert 33'
Eldose George 40'
Vignesh 80'
Ajeesh 87'		 Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium

Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
      
B1 KSEB 3(5)
A2 BASCO FC 3(4)
KSEB 1
Gokulam Kerala F.C. 2
A1 Gokulam Kerala F.C. 0(4)
B2 Kerala United FC 0(2)

Semi-finals

19 April 2021 KSEB 3-3
(5-4 p)		 BASCO FC Kochi
16:00 IST Jacob 65', 84'
Nijo Gilbert 90'		 Muhammad uvais 54' (O.G)
Muhammad Shafi 57'
Ajay Krishna 63'		 Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium
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19 April 2021 Gokulam Kerala F.C. 0-0
(4-2 p)		 Kerala United FC Thrissur
19:00 IST Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
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Final

21 April 2021 KSEB 1-2 Gokulam Kerala F.C. Kochi
15:45 IST Viknesh 54' Nishad roshan 80'
Ganeshan 92'		 Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium

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