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{{short description|Indian football league in the state of Kerala}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox football league
| name = '''Kerala Premier League'''
| logo = Official Logo of Kerala Premier League 2020–21.svg
| pixels = 250px
| organiser = [[Kerala Football Association]]
| country = {{flagicon|IND}} [[All India Football Federation|India]]
| founded = {{Start date and age|2013|10|13|df=yes}}
| first = [[2013–14 Kerala Premier League|2013–14]]
| teams = 12
| promotion = [[File:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] [[I-League 2nd Division]]
| relegation =
| levels = 4
| confed_cup =
| champions = [[Gokulam Kerala FC]]
| most_successful_club = [[SBI Kerala (football team)|SBT Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Gokulam Kerala FC]] (2 titles)
| tv = Sportscast India ({{small|streaming}})
| season =
| current = [[2020–21 Kerala Premier League|2020–21]]
| website =
}}
{{Infobox football league
| name = '''Women's Kerala Premier League''' 
| logo =
| pixels =
| organiser = [[Kerala Football Association]]
| first =
| teams = 4
| promotion = [[File:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] [[Indian Women's League]]
| relegation =
| levels =
| confed_cup =
| champions = Marthoma College WFC (1st title)
| most_successful_club = {{Bulleted_list|Marthoma College WFC|Wayanad WFC (1 title each)}}
| tv =
| season =
| current = 2019–20 Women's Kerala Premier League
| website =
}}
'''Kerala Premier League''' is a [[Semi-professional sports|semi-professional]] [[association football]] league organized by the [[Kerala Football Association]] and played in the state of [[Kerala]], [[India]].<ref name="announce">{{cite web |url=http://footballnewsindia.in/kerala-premier-league-coming |title=KFA Announces Kerala Premier League |publisher=Football News India |access-date=16 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517120805/http://footballnewsindia.in/kerala-premier-league-coming/ |archive-date=17 May 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> For sponsorship reasons, the league is officially known as the '''Ramco Kerala Premier League''', which is the top tier football league in the state.

==Structure==
The league features the best teams of Kerala affiliated with the [[Kerala Football Association|KFA]] competing for a trophy. The league is played in a two-single format where the teams are divided into two groups. The top two teams from each group qualify for the final round. 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 standings is determined, based on the points obtained, then [[goal difference]], and then goals scored.

A women's league started in the [[2014–15 Kerala Premier League|2014–15]] season with 8 teams.<ref name="kplkickoff">{{cite news|url=http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kerala-u-21-football-team-aims-santosh-trophy-kerala-premier-league-kicks-41783|title=Kerala U-21 Football Team aims for Santosh Trophy as Kerala Premier League kicks off|publisher=thenewsminute.com|date=18 April 2016|access-date=22 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="newie">{{cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/Crippled-but-Trudging-Along.../2015/07/01/article2895178.ece|title=Crippled but Trudging Along...|publisher=newindianexpress.com|date=1 July 2015|access-date=22 May 2016}}</ref>

Starting with the [[2016–17 Kerala Premier League|2016–17]] season, games are played in a home and away format.

==Sponsorship==
The Kerala Premier League has been sponsored since 2013–14 season. Ramco Cements was the sponsors of the league for the first 2 seasons.

* 2013-14: [[Madras Cements Ltd|Ramco]] (Ramco Kerala Premier League)<ref name="announce"/>
*2014-15: [[Madras Cements Ltd|Ramco]] (Ramco Kerala Premier League)<ref name="announce" />
* 2015-16: Dentcare Dental Lab
* 2016-17: [[Cochin Shipyard]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Correspondant|first1=Special|title=Kerala Premier League to kick off on April 8|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/kerala-premier-league-to-kick-off-on-april-8/article17836429.ece|website=The Hindu|access-date=8 April 2017}}</ref>
* 2017-18: ICL Fincorp<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rayan|first1=Stan|title=Lack of funds forces KSEB to pull out of KPL|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/lack-of-funds-forces-kseb-to-pull-out-of-kpl/article23429527.ece|website=The Hindu|language=en-IN|date=4 April 2018}}</ref>
* 2018-19: [[Madras Cements Ltd|Ramco]] (Ramco Kerala Premier League)
*2019-20: [[Madras Cements Ltd|Ramco]] (Ramco Kerala Premier League)
*2020-21: [[Madras Cements Ltd|Ramco]] (Ramco Kerala Premier League)

==Prize Money==
As updated on 28 July 2019.
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
! !! Purse
|-
| Champions || {{INR|2 Lakh}}
|-
| 1st Runners-up || {{INR|1 Lakh}}
|-
| Semi finalists || {{INR|50 Thousand}}
|-
| Matchday Subsidy || {{INR}}
|-
| Match winner || {{INR}}
|-
| Man of the Match || {{INR}}
|}

==Teams==

=== Current Teams ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Team
! Stadium
! Capacity
|-
| [[Kerala Police#Football club|Kerala Police FC]]
| [[Kottappadi Football Stadium, Malappuram]]
| 10,000
|-
| SAT Tirur
| Rajiv Gandhi Municipal Stadium, [[Tirur]]
| 10,000
|-
| [[Gokulam Kerala F.C.|Gokulam Kerala FC Reserves]]
| [[EMS Corporation Stadium]], [[Kozhikode]]
| 80,000
|-
| [[Kerala Blasters FC Reserves]]
| [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)]]
| 80,000
|-
| [[Kovalam FC]]
| [[University Stadium (Thiruvananthapuram)]]
| 25,000
|-
| [[F.C. Kerala]]
|[[Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium]]
|15,000
|-
|[[Kerala United FC]]
|Seethi Haji Stadium, Edavanna
|
|-
|[[Golden Threads FC]]
|[[Maharaja's College Stadium|Maharaja's College Stadium, Ernamkulam]]
|
|-
|Royal Basco FC
|[[Kottappadi Football Stadium, Malappuram]]
|10,000
|-
|[[Luca Soccer Club]]
|[[Kottappadi Football Stadium, Malappuram]]
|10,000
|-
|[[KSEB|KSEB Football Club]]
|[[Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium]]
|
|-
|[[Mar Athanasius College|MA College]]
|Mar Athanasius College Ground
|
|}

==== Previous Teams ====
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Team
!Home
!Capacity
|-
|[[Eagles F.C.]]
|[[Maharaja's College Stadium|Maharaja's College Stadium, Ernamkulam]]
|
|-
|[[Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs|Central Excise]]
|Ambedkar Stadium, Kochi
|10,000
|-
|[[Cochin Port|Cochin Port Trust]]
|Ambedkar Stadium, Kochi
|10,000
|-
|[[Travancore Titanium Products|Titanium]]
|[[Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium]]
|
|-
|Kerala XI
|
|
|-
|AG's Office Thiruvnanthapuram
|[[University Stadium (Thiruvananthapuram)]]
|25,000
|-
|Nova Arapetta
|
|
|-
|[[Kerala football team|Kerala U21]]
|
|
|-
|[[State Bank of Travancore (football club)|SBI Kerala]]
|[[University Stadium (Thiruvananthapuram)]]
|25,000
|-
|FC Thrissur
|[[Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium]]
|15,000
|-
|RFC Kochi
|
|
|-
|[[Indian Navy (football club)]]
|
|
|-
|Shooters United Padne
|
|
|-
|Kannur City FC
|[[Jawahar Municipal Stadium]]
|15,000
|}

==Team performances==

===Season summaries – Men's===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Season !! Champions !! Runners-up !! colspan=2 | Semi-finalists !! No. of teams
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2013–14 Kerala Premier League|2013–14]]
| [[Eagles F.C.]]
| [[State Bank of Travancore (football club)|SBI Kerala]]
| Kerala XI
| [[Accountant general#India|AG's]] Office Trivandrum
| style="text-align:center"| 12
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2014–15 Kerala Premier League|2014–15]]
| [[State Bank of Travancore (football club)|SBI Kerala]]
| [[Kerala Police#Football Club|Kerala Police FC]]
| [[Accountant general#India|AG's]] Office Trivandrum
| [[Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs|Central Excise]]
| style="text-align:center"| 8
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2015–16 Kerala Premier League|2015–16]]
| [[State Bank of Travancore (football club)|SBI Kerala]]
| [[Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs|Central Excise]]
| [[Kerala State Electricity Board|KSEB Football Club]]
| [[Accountant general#India|AG's]] Office Trivandrum
| style="text-align:center"| 8
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2016–17 Kerala Premier League|2016–17]]
| [[Kerala State Electricity Board|KSEB Football Club]]
| FC Thrissur
| SAT Tirur
| [[Gokulam FC]]
| style="text-align:center"| 10
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2017-18 Kerala Premier League|2017-18]]
| [[Gokulam Kerala FC]]
| [[Quartz FC]]
| SAT Tirur
| FC Thrissur
| style="text-align:center "| 12
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2018–19 Kerala Premier League|2018-19]]
| [[Indian Navy (football club)|Indian Navy FC]]
| [[Gokulam Kerala FC]]
| [[FC Kerala]]
| [[Kerala Blasters FC Reserves]]
| style="text-align:center "| 911
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2019–20 Kerala Premier League|2019-20]]
| [[Kerala Blasters FC Reserves]]
| [[Gokulam Kerala FC]]
| SAT Tirur
| [[Kerala Police#Football Club|Kerala Police FC]]
| style="text-align:center "| 9
|-
|[[2020-21 Kerala Premier League|2020-21]]
|[[Gokulam Kerala FC]]
|[[Kerala State Electricity Board|KSEB Football Club]]
|[[Kerala United FC]]
|Royal Basco FC
|12
|}
11 Initially There were 11 teams. 2 Withdrawn in middle of the Season.

==Top scorers==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Season
!Top scorer
!Club
!Goals
|-
|}

==Season summaries – Women's==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Season !! Champions !! Runners-up !! No. of teams
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2014–15 Kerala Premier League|2014–15]]
| Wayanad WFC
| [[Mar Thoma College#Football Club|Marthoma College WFC]]
| style="text-align:center"| 8
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2015–16 Kerala Premier League|2015–16]]
| [[Mar Thoma College#Football Club|Marthoma College WFC]]
| [[Kerala United FC|Quartz WFC]]
| style="text-align:center"| 4
|}

==See also==
*[[Goa Professional League]]
*[[Mizoram Premier League]]
*[[Calcutta Football League]]
*[[Bangalore Super Division]]
*[[DSA Senior Division]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==

{{Football in India}}
{{Sports leagues of India}}
{{Kerala Sports}}

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[[Category:Football in Kerala]]
[[Category:Football leagues in India|4]]
[[Category:2013 establishments in Kerala]]

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