2016–17 Kerala Premier League

The 2016–17 Kerala Premier League Season is the fourth season of the Kerala Premier League. Unlike last 3 seasons, The season features 11 teams which will be divided into 2 groups with Group A having 5 and Group B having 6 teams and is 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

Season	2016–17 (4th Season)
Champions	KSEB
Matches played	45
Goals scored	126 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorer	Firos Kalathingal (7 goals)
Biggest home win	Gokulam FC 7–0 Cochin Port Trust (20 May 2017)
Biggest away win	KSEB 0–5 Gokulam FC (10 May 2017)
Highest scoring	FC Kerala 5–3 Cochin Port Trust (30 April 2017)
Longest winning run	FC Thrissur SBI Kerala (3 games)
Longest unbeaten run	FC Thrissur (6 games)
Longest winless run	SBI Kerala (7 games)
Longest losing run	Accountant General Office (4 games)
← 2015–16 2017–18 → All statistics correct as of 1 June 2017.

Teams

Ernakulam

Thrissur

Malappuram

SA Tirur

Thiruvananthapuram

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 will feature the best 11 teams of 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

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

League Table

Group A

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:

Group B

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:

Knockout stage

	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

     Cancelled Matches

Sports Academy Tirur v FC Thrissur

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: –

FC Kerala v KSEB

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: –

Cochin Port Trust v Gokulam FC

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: –

FC Thrissur v Central Excise

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: –

Kerala Police v FC Thrissur

15 April 2017	Kerala Police	0–2	FC Thrissur	Malappuram
19:00 IST		Report	Ashik  25' Ashar  40'	Stadium: Kottappadi Football Stadium Attendance: –

SBI Kerala v Sports Academy Tirur

16 April 2017	SBI Kerala	0–0	Sports Academy Tirur	Thiruvananthapuram
16:00 IST		Report		Stadium: Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium Attendance: –

FC Kerala v Quartz SC

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: –

Accountant General Office v Sports Academy Tirur

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: –

Kerala Police v Central Excise

19 April 2017	Kerala Police	2–0	Central Excise	Malappuram
19:00 IST	Jimshad  17' Firos Kalathingal  46'	Report		Stadium: Kottappadi Football Stadium Attendance: –

Kerala Police v Accountant General Office

22 April 2017	Kerala Police	2–0	Accountant General Office	Malappuram
19:00 IST	Aneesh  45' Jimmy  85'	Report		Stadium: Kottappadi Football Stadium Attendance: –

Gokulam FC v Quartz SC

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: –

Central Excise v FC Thrissur

23 April 2017	Central Excise	0–1	FC Thrissur	Ernakulam
16:00 IST		Report	S Rajesh  90'	Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium Attendance: –

Sports Academy Tirur v Accountant General Office

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: –

Gokulam FC v KSEB

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: –

FC Thrissur v Kerala Police

29 April 2017	FC Thrissur	1–1	Kerala Police	Thrissur
16:00 IST	S Rajesh  -'	Report	Firos Kalathingal  -'	Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium Attendance: –

SBI Kerala v Accountant General Office

29 April 2017	SBI Kerala	0–0	Accountant General Office	Thiruvananthapuram
16:00 IST		Report		Stadium: Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium Attendance: –

FC Kerala v Cochin Port Trust

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: –

Sports Academy Tirur v Kerala Police

1 May 2017	Sports Academy Tirur	2–0	Kerala Police	Tirur
16:00 IST	Shaheed  85'  90+'	Report		Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Municipal Stadium Attendance: –

Central Excise v SBI Kerala

1 May 2017	Central Excise	3–2	SBI Kerala	Ernakulam
16:00 IST	Askar  -'  -' Muhammed Rafi  -'	Report	Sajith Poulose  -' Prasoon  -'	Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium Attendance: –

Gokulam FC v FC Kerala

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: –

Cochin Port Trust v KSEB

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: –

FC Thrissur v SBI Kerala

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: –

Kerala Police v Central Excise

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: –

Quartz SC v FC Kerala

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: –

SBI Kerala v FC Thrissur

10 May 2017	SBI Kerala	0–0	FC Thrissur	Thiruvananthapuram
16:00 IST		Report		Stadium: Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium Attendance: –

KSEB v Gokulam FC

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: –

Kerala Police v Sports Academy Tirur

10 May 2017	Kerala Police	1–1	Sports Academy Tirur	Malappuram
19:30 IST	Rahul  12'	Report	Irshad  70'	Stadium: Kottappadi Football Stadium Attendance: –

Accountant General Office v FC Thrissur

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: –

Sports Academy Tirur v Central Excise

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: –

FC Kerala v Gokulam FC

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: –

Kerala Police v SBI Kerala

14 May 2017	Kerala Police	1–0	SBI Kerala	Malappuram
16:00 IST	Firos Kalathingal  25'			Stadium: Kottappadi Football Stadium Attendance: –

KSEB v FC Kerala

17 May 2017	KSEB	0–0	FC Kerala	Thiruvananthapuram
16:00 IST		Report		Stadium: Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium Attendance: –

FC Thrissur v Accountant General Office

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: –

Sports Academy Tirur v SBI Kerala

17 May 2017	Sports Academy Tirur	1–0	SBI Kerala	Tirur
16:00 IST	Fasalu Rahman  67'	Report		Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Municipal Stadium Attendance: –

Accountant General Office v Central Excise

19 May 2017	Accountant General Office	1–2	Central Excise	Thiruvananthapuram
16:00 IST				Stadium: University Stadium (Thiruvananthapuram) Attendance: –

FC Thrissur v Sports Academy Tirur

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: –

Gokulam FC v Cochin Port Trust

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: –

SBI Kerala v Central Excise

21 May 2017	SBI Kerala	1–0	Central Excise	Thiruvananthapuram
16:00 IST	Aslam Jr.  44'			Stadium: Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium Attendance: –

Accountant General Office v Kerala Police

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: –

Cochin Port Trust v FC Kerala

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: –

Central Excise v Sports Academy Tirur

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: –

Accountant General Office v SBI Kerala

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: –

KSEB v Cochin Port Trust

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: –

Central Excise v Accountant General Office

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: –

SBI Kerala v Kerala Police

27 May 2017	SBI Kerala	1–0	Kerala Police	Thiruvananthapuram
16:00 IST	Sajith Poulose  82'	Report		Stadium: Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium Attendance: –

Semi-finals

Sports Academy Tirur v KSEB

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

FC Thrissur v Gokulam FC

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

FC Thrissur v KSEB

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

As of 1 June 2017

Top scorers

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

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

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

References

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