2021 22 Kerala Premier League

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The 2021–22 Kerala Premier League was the ninth season of the Kerala Premier League. The season featured 24 teams and was played on multiple venues. This season Kerala Football Association decided to add 12 more participants into the league.

Qualifiers

Teams

	Team	Head coach	Captain	Ground	City	Sponsor
1	AIFA	Template:Flagicon Deepak Cherukudi Mattuvayil	Template:Flagicon Mohammed Shamnas T	AIFA Ground, Koppam	Koppam	Aerius^[1]
2	CALICO KFTC	Template:Flagicon KP Sethumadhavan	Template:Flagicon Shibin K	St. Joseph's College Ground	Calicut
3	Kochi City FC	Template:Flagicon Jestes Antony	Template:Flagicon Bertie Bridji Anderson	Municipal Stadium, Aluva	Aluva, Kochi	Federal Bank
4	Lords	Template:Flagicon Sreekumar MP	Template:Flagicon Abhilash		Kochi
5	United FC Cochin	Template:Flagicon Naresh Narayan Virnodkar	Template:Flagicon Anandhu S		Kochi
6	Universal Soccer Club	Template:Flagicon Haris Kadalnath	Template:Flagicon Fahad C	Calicut Medical College Stadium	Calicut	Capstone [1]

Foreign players

	Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
1	AIFA
2	CALICO KFTC
3	Kochi City FC	Template:Flagicon Bertie Bridji Anderson	Template:Flagicon Alassane Junior Sagara	Template:Flagicon Kilane Ebenezer Diamande
4	Lords
5	United FC Cochin
6	Universal Soccer Club	Template:Flagicon Ekoule Eugene	Template:Flagicon Djougo Foku Mike

Group stage

Group A

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Fixtures

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Group B

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Finals

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Teams

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Stadium	Capacity	Location
EMS Stadium	80,000	Calicut
Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium	20,000	Thrissur
Maharaja's College Ground	20,000	Kochi

	Entry type	Team	Head coach	City	Sponsor
1	2020–21 KPL Teams	BASCO FC	Template:Flagicon E Shivamani	Malappuram	Janatha TMT
2		FC Kerala	Template:Flagicon Asis Kunjivapu	Thrissur	Yogakshemam Loans
3		Gokulam Kerala FC B	Template:Flagicon Rajeev Ponnanthari	Kozhikode	Gokulam Group
4		Golden Threads FC	Template:Flagicon Soly Xavier	Kochi	Wayna Water [2]
5		Kerala Blasters B	Template:Flagicon Tomasz Tchorz	Kochi	Byju's
6		Kerala United FC	Template:Flagicon Bino George	Manjeri	Micro Health Laboratories [3]
7		Kerala Police	Template:Flagicon I. M. Vijayan	Malappuram	Odyssia
8		Kovalam Football Club	Template:Flagicon Ebin Rose	Kovalam	Federal Bank
9		KSEB	Template:Flagicon P B Ramesh	Trivandrum	MADRE Integrated Engineering [4]
10		Luca Soccer Club	Template:Flagicon Syed Muhammed Rafi	Manjeri	Abreco freight [5]
11		MA College	Template:Flagicon Rajeev Palickal	Kothamangalam	Positive
12		SAT Tirur	Template:Flagicon Sunil Kumar	Tirur	AB Bismi [6]
13	Corporate Entry	Muthoot FA	Template:Flagicon K Anees	Kochi	Muthoot Pappachan Group
14		Don Bosco FA	Template:Flagicon Alphonse Jose	Kochi
15		Little Flower FA	Template:Flagicon Cleofas Alex	Trivandrum	Odyssia
16		Travancore Royals FC	Template:Flagicon Samuel Geevarghese	Trivandrum	Vismayasmax Animations
17		FC Areekode^[2]	Template:FlagiconMohammed Ashiq	Areekode
18		Real Malabar FC	Template:Flagicon Vinu Jose	Kondotty	EDEX
19		Wayanad United FC^[3]	Template:Flagicon Sanush Raj	Kalpetta	Wagonmart
20		Parappur FC	Template:Flagicon Sanjoy Kumar Dey	Parappur	South Indian Bank
21		SAI Kollam	Template:Flagicon Deepak Boro	Kollam
22	Qualifier winners	Altius IFA	Template:Flagicon Deepak Cherukudi Mattuvayil	Koppam	Aerius

Number of teams by region

No. of teams	Districts	Team(s)
7	Malappuram	BASCO FC,Kerala United FC,Kerala Police, Luca Soccer Club,FC Areekode,Real Malabar FC and SAT Tirur
5	Ernakulam	Golden Threads FC, Kerala Blasters, MA College,Muthoot FA, and Don Bosco FA
4	Trivandrum	Kovalam Football Club,KSEB, Little Flower FA ,and Travancore Royals FC
2	Thrissur	FC Kerala and Parappur FC
1	Kozhikode	Gokulam Kerala FC B
	Wayanad	Wayanad United FC
	Palakkad	Altius IFA
	Kollam	SAI Kollam

Foreign players

	Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4
1	Altius IFA
2	BASCO FC	Template:Flagicon Djougo Foku Mike	Template:Flagicon Jacque Essombe	Template:Flagicon Letšepe Marabe
3	Don Bosco FA	Template:Flagicon George Forbia	Template:Flagicon Ekomobong Victor Philip	Template:Flagicon Andrew Michel
4	FC Areekode
5	FC Kerala
6	Gokulam Kerala FC B	Template:Flagicon Rahim Osumanu	Template:Flagicon Abdoulaye Kanouté	Template:Flagicon Emmanual Jeremiah	Template:Flagicon Omri Abdiel
7	Golden Threads FC	Template:Flagicon Joseph Tetteh	Template:Flagicon Nuhu Seidu	Template:Flagicon Ouattara Sie
8	Kerala Blasters B
9	Kerala Police
10	Kerala United FC	Template:Flagicon Gabriel Lima Silva^[4]	Template:Flagicon Victor Santana	Template:Flagicon Francis Nwankwo
11	Kovalam Football Club
12	KSEB
13	Little Flower FA
14	Luca Soccer Club	Template:Flagicon Charles Offei Quarcoo
15	MA College
16	Muthoot FA	Template:Flagicon Matías Verón	Template:Flagicon Jigme Tshering Dorji	Template:Flagicon Wesley Wagner
17	Parappur FC	Template:Flagicon Stephan Abeiku Acquah	Template:Flagicon Sanoh Louceny Pato	Template:Flagicon Alvin Jeh Teah
18	SAI Kollam
19	SAT Tirur	Template:Flagicon Guy Herman Atimele	Template:Flagicon Seila Toure
20	Travancore Royals FC	Template:Flagicon John Chidi	Template:Flagicon Bala Dahir
21	Real Malabar FC	Template:Flagicon Obeng Kojo Forson	Template:Flagicon Bismarck Sersah	Template:Flagicon Kumi Emmanuel
22	Wayanad United FC	Template:Flagicon Vakaba Kourouma	Template:Flagicon Abubakar Dunnoh	Template:Flagicon Abdoul Aziz

Group stage

Group A

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Qualifiers

Fixtures and results

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Prize money

Winners received 5 lakhs and runners-up received 3 lakhs Rs after the KPL final.

Season statistics

Top scorers

No	Player	Club	Goals
1	Template:Flagicon Nuhu Seidu	Golden Threads FC	12
2	Template:Flagicon Vignesh	KSEB	11
3	Template:Flagicon Matías Verón	Muthoot FA	9
4	Template:Flagicon Muhammed Ashiq	Basco	7
4	Template:Flagicon Bijesh T Balan	Kerala Police	7
6	Template:Flagicon Nijo Gilbert	KSEB	5
6	Template:Flagicon Victor Santana	Kerala United FC	5
6	Template:Flagicon Arshad	SAT	4
	Template:Flagicon Jijo Joseph	KSEB
	Template:Flagicon Stalin	Kovalam FC
	Template:Flagicon Senthamizhi	Muthoot
	Template:Flagicon Jesin TK	Kerala United FC

Hat-tricks

Note: The score of the player's team is displayed first in the result column.

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Template:Flagicon Vignesh	KSEB	MA college	7–1	19 February 2022
Template:Flagicon Victor Santana	Kerala United FC	MA college	4–0	6 March 2022
Template:Flagicon Matías Verón	Muthoot FA	LIFFA	4–0	21 March 2022
Template:Flagicon Nuhu Seidu	Golden Threads FC	Travancore Royals FC	5–2	1 April 2022

Clean sheets

No	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Template:Flagicon Abhishek Calvin	Muthoot FA	7
2	Template:Flagicon Muhammed Suhail	SAT	6
3	Template:Flagicon Jaseer Muhammed	Basco FC	5
4	Template:Flagicon Hajmal S	KSEB	4
5	Template:Flagicon Manobin CM	Golden Threads	3
6	Template:Flagicon Mithun V	Kerala United	2
	Template:Flagicon Muhammed Azhar	Kerala Police
	Template:Flagicon Shibin	Luca
	Template:Flagicon Christurajan T	Kerala United
	Template:Flagicon Muhammed Nishad	Gokulam Kerala B
	Template:Flagicon Goutham Muralitharan	Don Bosco

Season awards

Award	Winner	Club
Player of the league	Template:Flagicon Vignesh Mariya	KSEB
Golden boot	Template:Flagicon Isahak Nuhu Seidu	Golden Threads FC
Golden glove	Template:Flagicon Hajmal S	KSEB

References

↑ Aerius Doors – ABS Door Dealers, Malappuram. www.aeriusdoors.com. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
↑ പ്രതിഭകളെ വാർത്തെടുക്കാൻ എഫ്സി അരീക്കോട്. ManoramaOnline. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
↑ പുതുചരിത്രമെഴുതി ഒരു വയനാട് ടീം കേരളാ പ്രീമിയര്‍ ലീഗിലേക്ക്.... malayalam.samayam.com. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
↑ A Brazilian to play for a Kerala club, but it is not Blasters or Gokulam |. OnManorama. Retrieved 2021-09-16.

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[1] Aerius Doors – ABS Door Dealers, Malappuram. www.aeriusdoors.com. Retrieved 2021-11-01.

[2] പ്രതിഭകളെ വാർത്തെടുക്കാൻ എഫ്സി അരീക്കോട്. ManoramaOnline. Retrieved 2021-11-07.

[3] പുതുചരിത്രമെഴുതി ഒരു വയനാട് ടീം കേരളാ പ്രീമിയര്‍ ലീഗിലേക്ക്.... malayalam.samayam.com. Retrieved 2021-11-07.

[4] A Brazilian to play for a Kerala club, but it is not Blasters or Gokulam |. OnManorama. Retrieved 2021-09-16.

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2021 22 Kerala Premier League

Contents

Qualifiers

Teams

Foreign players

Group stage

Group A

Fixtures

Group B

Fixtures

Finals

Teams

Number of teams by region

Foreign players

Group stage

Group A

Fixtures and results

Group B

Fixtures and results

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals

Final

Prize money

Season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

Season awards

See also

References