2015–16 Kerala Premier League

The 2015–16 Kerala Premier League Season, Officially known as 3rd Dentcare Dental Lab Kerala Premier League due to sponsorship reasons, was the third season of the Kerala Premier League, a professional football league played in Kerala since 2013–14. Muvattupuzha Football Club Host the third Season. Muvattupuzha Municipal Stadium was the venue.The season featured 8 teams in men's edition and 4 teams in women's edition. The season kicked off on 16 April 2016. Marthoma College Women's Football Club emerged as the winners of the women's edition and remained unbeaten in the league. SBT beat Central Excise for 1–0 in the finals to clinch the Kerala Premier League title for the consecutive time.

Kerala Premier League
Season2015–16 (3rd Season)
ChampionsState Bank of Travancore (2nd title)
Matches played15
Goals scored46 (3.07 per match)
Top goalscorerAskar (Central Excise)
(6 goals)
Highest scoringFC Kerala 2–5 AGS Office
(16 April 2016)
Womens Kerala Premier League
Season2015–16 (2nd Season)
ChampionsMarthoma College WFC (1st title)
Matches played6
Goals scored18 (3 per match)
Top goalscorerSubitha (Marthoma College WFC)
Dhanya (Marthoma College WFC)
Aswathy (Quartz WFC)
(3 goals each)
Highest scoringQuartz WFC 4–0 Dinesh SWC
(19 April 2016)
2021-22

Sponsorship

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Ramco Cements was the sponsors of the first 2 seasons. For the 3rd Edition Dentcare Dental Lab Pvt. Ltd. came in as the sponsor of the League.

Men's

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Structure

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It featured the best eight teams of Kerala affiliated to the KFA competing for the Trophy. The league is played in a two single format where the teams were divided into 2 groups of 4 Teams each. Matches were hosted by Muvattupuzha Football Club and were played in Muvattupuzha Municipal Stadium. Top 2 teams from each group qualified for the semifinals. 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.

Teams

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This is the completed club list for the 2015–16 season.

Group A Group B
Kerala Police KSEB, Trivandrum
FC Kerala State Bank of Travancore
AG's Office Thiruvananthapuram Kerala XI
Central Excise,Kochi Cochin Port Trust

Group stage

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Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Central Excise 3 3 0 0 12 4 +8 9 Advance to Semi-finals
2 AGS Office 3 2 0 1 7 7 0 6
3 Kerala Police 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
4 FC Kerala 3 0 0 3 4 10 −6 0
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 State Bank of Travancore 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6 Advance to Semi-finals
2 KSEB 3 2 0 1 5 1 +4 6
3 Kerala XI 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6
4 Cochin Port Trust 3 0 0 3 0 8 −8 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

Knockout stage

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Semi-finals Final
      
A1   Central Excise 1 (4)
B2   KSEB 1 (3)
  Central Excise 0
  State Bank of Travancore 1
A2   AGS Office 0
B1   State Bank of Travancore 1

Matches

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FC Kerala2–5AGS Office
Surjith VR   30'  37' Jipson   17'  89'
Midhun Wilwet   19'  78'
Akhil   48'
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha
Central Excise3–1FC Kerala
Muneer   18'
Mhd. Rafi   41'
Askar   47'
Surjith V R   22'
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha
Kerala Police0–1AGS Office
Nazarudeen   52'
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha
AGS Office1–5Central Excise
Jipson   50' Askar   24'   71'
Adheep   45+1'   75'
Muneer   59'
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha
Central Excise4–2Kerala Police
Askar   6'   53'   78'
Shahabas   87'
Prasanth Kumar   28'
Anish   65'
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha
FC Kerala1–2Kerala Police
Sreyas   8' Sreerag   26'
Rahul   81'
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha
Cochin Port Trust0–3Kerala XI
Mhd.Asif   23'
Nibin Joseph   44'
Bijesh Balan   88'
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha
State Bank Of Travancore2–0Cochin Port Trust
Shaijumon   55'
Martin John   65' (pen.)
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha
KSEB0–1Kerala XI
Thahir Zaman   56'
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha
SBT0–2KSEB
Vishak   40'
Sarfan   90+4'
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha
Kerala XI0–4SBT
Usman   38'
Sajith Poulose   51'
Prasoon   53'
Shibin Lal   64'
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha
Cochin Port Trust0–3KSEB
Alex M   44'   84'
Sarfan   56'
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha

Semi-Finals

Central Excise1–1KSEB
Rafi   13' Nandu   54'
Penalties
4–3
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha
SBT1–0AGS Office
Usman   30'
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha

Final

Central Excise0–1SBT
Usman   45+2'
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha

Women's

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Structure

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It features four women's club teams from Kerala. All teams face each other once. 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.

Teams

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This is the completed club list for the 2015–16 season.

Team
Marthoma College Women's FC, Thiruvalla
Quartz Women's FC, Kozhikkode
Dinesh Soccer Women's Club, Kottayam
Alleppey Women's FC

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Marthoma College WFC 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9
2 Quartz WFC 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
3 Dinesh Soccer Womens Club 3 1 0 2 2 8 −6 3
4 Alleppey WFC 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

Matches

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Dinesh SWC0–4Marthoma College WFC
Subitha   25'  30'
Aswathy   34'
Dhanya   48'
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha
Alleppey WFC0–2Quartz WFC
Ashly   41'
Aswathy   73'
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha
Quartz WFC4–1Dinesh SWC
Aswathy   14'   70'
Sithara   20'
Anjali T   54'
Leena Roy   78'
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha
Alleppey WFC1–2Marthoma College WFC
Reshma   53' Dhanya   25'   37'
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha
Dinesh SWC1–0Alleppey WFC
Anuja MS   57'
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha
Quartz WFC0–3Marthoma College WFC
Subitha Poovatta   3'
Sujithra   9'   80'
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha