2018–19 Kerala Premier League

The 2018–19 Kerala Premier League Season was the sixth season of the Kerala Premier League. The season featured 11 teams which was divided into 2 groups and is played on a home-and-away format. The season kicked off on 16 December 2018.[1] Kozhikode Quartz, SBI Kerala and Trikaripur withdrawn from the league due to financial problems.

Kerala Premier League
Season2018–19 (6th Season)
ChampionsIndian Navy (1st title)
PromotedFC Kerala
Matches played35
Goals scored110 (3.14 per match)
Top goalscorerIndiaVishnu(SUP)
Liberia Harry Moris(FCK)
IndiaBipaka Thapa(IN)
GhanaChristian Sabah (GKFC)
(6 goals)
Biggest home winRFC Kochi 6–2 Kerala Blasters FC Reserves
(16 December 2018)
Shooters United Padne 6-2 Kovalam FC (06.04.2019)
Biggest away winGolden Threads 1–7 F.C. Kerala
(28 December 2018)
Highest scoringRFC Kochi 6–2 Kerala Blasters FC Reserves
(16 December 2018)
Golden Threads 1–7 F.C. Kerala
(28 December 2018)
Shooters United Padne 6-2 Kovalam FC (06.04.2019)
Longest winning runGokulam Kerala
(8 games)
Longest unbeaten runGokulam Kerala FC
(8 games)
Longest winless runKovalam FC
(8 games)
Longest losing runKovalam FC
(8 games)
All statistics correct as of 16 April 2019.

Teams

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Locations of the 2018–19 Kerala Premier League teams

Central Excise, Cochin Port Trust and Kerala Police are pulled out from the 2018–19 season. Golden Threads, RFC Kochi, Kovalam FC along with Indian Navy were added making 2018–19 season a 11-team affair.

Stadiums and locations

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Team Stadium Capacity
Golden Threads Ambedkar Stadium, Ernakulam 10,000
FC Kerala Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium 15,000
FC Thrissur
Gokulam Kerala FC EMS Stadium 80,000
Shooters United Padne Nadakkavu Synthetic Turf Ground, Trikaripur 10,000
Sports Academy Tirur Rajiv Gandhi Municipal Stadium, Tirur 10,000
Kerala Blasters FC Reserves Sports Council Ground, Panampilly Nagar, Kochi -
RFC Kochi Maharaja's College Stadium, Kochi 15,000
Kovalam FC University Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram 20,000
Indian Navy Maharaja's College Stadium, Kochi 15,000

Head coaches

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Club Head Coach
Golden Threads
Shooters United Padne   Sidique Kalyaseri
FC Kerala   T.G. Purushothaman
FC Thrissur   Jali P.Ibrahim
Gokulam Kerala FC   Rajeev P
Sports Academy Tirur
Kerala Blasters FC Reserves   Renjith T. A
RFC Kochi   Soly Xavier[2]
Kovalam FC   Ebin Rose[3]

Foreign players

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Clubs can sign maximum four players of any nationality but only three is allowed in the playing eleven.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4
Golden Threads   Issahak Nuhu Seidu   Imane Said Usman Karamoko - -
FC Kerala   Ekomobong Victor Philip   Ismail Aseel   Harry Moris   Lassini karamoko
FC Thrissur   Uche Gold Odinukaeze   Santa Crus Yemoh - -
Gokulam Kerala FC   Christian Sabah   Daniel Addo   Charles Teiko Folley -
Shooters United Padne   Snyder Yao Titriku   Ouattara Tho Adama   Eric Weaks -
Sports Academy Tirur   Musha Bambatelli Moctar   Ibrahim Kabba - -
Kerala Blasters FC Reserves   Slaviša Stojanović - - -
RFC Kochi   Rooney Yousef   Ouattara Sie   Lwandile Mzizi -
Kovalam FC - - - -

Results

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Indian Navy 6 4 0 2 10 7 +3 12 Advance to Semi-finals
2 Kerala Blasters FC Reserves 6 4 0 2 10 9 +1 12
3 RFC Kochi 6 2 0 4 8 10 −2 6
4 Sports Academy Tirur 6 2 0 4 6 8 −2 6
5 FC Thrissur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrawn
6 State Bank Of India 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: KFA


Fixtures and results

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Source: fanport
  Cancelled Matches
16 December 2018 RFC Kochi 6–2 Kerala Blasters FC Reserves Kochi
18:30 IST Don   6'
Rooney   17', 88'
Astilee   43'
Ajith   45+1'
Quattara   80'
Report Pritam Kumar   57'
Lalthakima   61'
Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium
19 December 2018 SBI Kerala 1-2 Sports Academy Tirur Thiruvananthapuram
18:30 IST
  • Season  
Report
Stadium: Police Stadium
22 December 2018 SBI Kerala 2-2 RFC Kochi Thiruvananthapuram
18:30 IST
  • Prasoon R   45'
  • Johnson   65'
Report
  • Mashood   21'
  • Ajith   61'
Stadium: Police Stadium
27 December 2018 Sports Academy Tirur 2-2 SBI Kerala Tirur
18:30 IST
  • Mohamed Nisham   33'
  • Rashid   90+1'
Report
  • S B Martin  
  • Usman  
Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Municipal Stadium
27 December 2018 Kerala Blasters FC Reserves 3–1 RFC Kochi Kochi
18:30 IST
  • Afdal VK   20', 94'
  • Hrishi Dhath  
Report
  • Mashood  
Stadium: Sports Council Ground, P'Nagar
2 January 2019 Kerala Blasters FC Reserves 0–0 SBI Kerala Kochi
18:30 IST Report Stadium: Sports Council Ground, P'Nagar
2 January 2019 Sports Academy Tirur 1–2 FC Thrissur Tirur
18:30 IST
  • Fasalu Rahman  
Report
  • Jibin Devassy   40', 49'
Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Municipal Stadium
22 March 2019 FC Thrissur 2–2 Sports Academy Tirur Thrissur
15:30 IST Akhil   59'
Bineesh Balan   90'
Report Ibrahim Kabba   49'
Ayoob   67'
Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
26 March 2019 Sports Academy Tirur 0–2 Kerala Blasters FC Reserves Tirur
18:30 IST Abhijit  47'
Surag chetri  61'
Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Municipal Stadium
30 March 2019 FC Thrissur 2-0 RFC Kochi Thrissur
15:30 IST Santa Cruz   18'  37' Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
31 March 2019 Kerala Blasters FC Reserves 1-0 Sports Academy Tirur Kochi
15:30 IST Jithin M S   38' Stadium: Sports Council Ground, P'Nagar
6 April 2019 Sports Academy Tirur 1-0 RFC Kochi Tirur
15:30 IST Shafeek   71' Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Municipal Stadium
6 April 2019 Kerala Blasters FC Reserves 1-2 FC Thrissur Kochi
15:30 IST Suraj   82' Sibil   31'
Uche   66'
Stadium: Sports Council Ground, P'Nagar
9 April 2019 RFC Kochi 3-1 FC Thrissur Kochi
15:30 IST Rooney  7'
Lwandile Mzizi   46'  77'
Bineesh Balan   79' Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium
18 April 2019 Sports Academy Tirur 2-0 Indian Navy Tirur
16:00 IST Muhammad nisham   26' Shafeek   90' Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Municipal Stadium
24 April 2019 RFC Kochi 0-1 Indian Navy Kochi
16:00 IST Riyad  33' Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium
27 April 2019 Kerala Blasters FC Reserves 2-1 Indian Navy Kochi
16:00 IST Satgouthang konoung  4'
Slaviša Stojanović  27'
Hari Krishna   41' Stadium: Sports Council Ground, P'Nagar
3 May 2019 Indian Navy 4-3 Sports Academy Tirur Kochi
16:00 IST Bipaka Thapa  10'  78'
Inayat   49'
Harikrishna   69'
Moosa  16'  62'
Fasalu Rahman   85'
Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium
5 May 2019 Indian Navy 3-0 RFC Kochi Kochi
16:00 IST Bipaka Thapa   20'  26'
Raman Rai  54'
Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Gokulam Kerala FC 8 8 0 0 16 5 +11 24 Advance to Semi-finals
2 FC Kerala 8 5 1 2 20 10 +10 16
3 Shooters United Padne 8 4 1 3 19 14 +5 13
4 Golden Threads 8 2 0 6 9 21 −12 6
5 Kovalam FC 8 0 0 8 6 20 −14 0
Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2019. Source: KFA


Fixtures and results

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Source: fanport
22 December 2018 Kovalam FC 0-1 Golden Threads Thiruvananthapuram
18:30 IST Report
  • Arun K J   73'
Stadium: Vellyani Agricultural College Ground
28 December 2018 Golden Threads 1-7 FC Kerala Ernakulam
18:30 IST Ajith  38' Report Ekomobong Philip   12',  33'

Usman   49',  77' Jis   53' Nikhil   88'

OG   85'
Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
Attendance: 50
31 December 2018 Gokulam Kerala 1-0 Kovalam FC Kozhikode
18:30 IST
  • Shihad   67'
Report Stadium: EMS Stadium
17 March 2019 Kovalam FC 1-3 Shooters United Padne Thiruvananthapuram
15:30 IST Beniston   -' Report Surbin   -'
Eric Weeks   -'
Dipin Das(OG)   -'
Stadium: Vellyani Agricultural College Ground
17 March 2019 Gokulam Kerala 3-0 Golden Threads Kozhikode
15:30 IST N Shihad   28'
Christian Sabah  74'
Thahir Zaman   80'
Report
Stadium: EMS Stadium
20 March 2019 Gokulam Kerala 2-1 FC Kerala Kozhikode
15:30 IST Christian Sabah  18'
Mayakannan   32'
Report Victor Philip   58'
Stadium: EMS Stadium
20 March 2019 Golden Threads 1-2 Shooters United Padne Kochi
15:30 IST Arjun  76' Report Musammil   12'
Nisamuddin   20'
Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
23 March 2019 FC Kerala 2-1 Shooters United Padne Thrissur
15:30 IST Harry Morris   17'   60' Report Vishnu   72'
Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
23 March 2019 Kovalam FC 0-1 Gokulam Kerala Thiruvananthapuram
15:30 IST Report Christian Sabah   80'
Stadium: Vellyani Agricultural College Ground
27 March 2019 Golden Threads 1-3 Gokulam Kerala Ernakulam
15:30 IST Muhammad Jasim   57' (o.g.) Report Shihad   10'
Ganesan   44'
Mohammed Vaseem   90+1' (o.g.)
Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
29 March 2019 Gokulam Kerala 2-1 Shooters United Padne Kozhikode
15:30 IST Shihad  35'
Christian Sabah  90+1'
Report Vishnu  75'
Stadium: EMS Stadium
31 March 2019 Kovalam FC 0-1 FC Kerala Thiruvananthapuram
15:30 IST Ekomobong Victor Philip   24' Stadium: Vellyani Agricultural College Ground
31 March 2019 Shooters United Padne 3-2 Golden Threads Trikaripur
15:30 IST Muhammad Razi   40'
Vishnu P V   48'
Asfar K P   88'
Issahak Nuwu Seyd   36'   68' Stadium: Nadakkavu Synthetic Turf Ground
3 April 2019 Golden Threads 3-1 Kovalam FC Ernakulam
15:30 IST Prakash   12' (o.g.)
Issahak Nuwu Seyd   21'   53'
Baiju   43' Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
3 April 2019 Shooters United Padne 1-2 Gokulam Kerala Trikaripur
15:30 IST Sajeer  89' Shihad  38'
Shibil Muhammed   59'
Stadium: Nadakkavu Synthetic Turf Ground
6 April 2019 FC Kerala 1-2 Gokulam Kerala Thrissur
15:30 IST Usman Sayyed  Sabah  40'
Sanju   45'
Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
6 April 2019 Shooters United Padne 6-2 Kovalam FC Trikaripur
15:30 IST
  • Vishnu  24'  45'  55'
    Surbin   
    Sudhin 
  •   
Stadium: Nadakkavu Synthetic Turf Ground
10 April 2019 Shooters United Padne 2-2 FC Kerala Trikaripur
15:30 IST srubin  54'
Abdul Haque  62'
Rahil  39'
harry moris  68'
Stadium: Nadakkavu Synthetic Turf Ground
13 April 2019 FC Kerala 2-0 Golden Threads Thrissur
15:30 IST harry morris  21'  58'
Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
15 April 2019 FC Kerala 4-2 Kovalam FC Thrissur
15:30 IST Babble  2'
Raju  76'
harry morris  86'
Nikhil  87'
Beniston  12'
Jaison  24'
Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium

Knockout stage

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Semi-finals Final
      
A1 Indian Navy 2
B2 FC Kerala 0
Indian Navy 1(6)
Gokulam Kerala 1(5)
A2 Kerala Blasters FC Reserves 0(4)
B1 Gokulam Kerala 0(5)

Fixtures and results

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Semi-Finals

11 May 2019 Indian Navy 2-0 FC Kerala Kozhikode
4:00 PM (IST) Britto PM   51'
Bipaka Thapa  85'
Stadium: EMS Stadium
12 May 2019 Kerala Blasters FC Reserves 0-0
(4–5 p)
Gokulam Kerala Kozhikode
4:00 PM (IST) Stadium: EMS Stadium
Penalties
Naryan  
Shahajas  
Pragyan  
Jacob  
Suraj  
Shibil  
Sanju  
Justin  
Bijesh 
Sabah 

Final

18 May 2019 Indian Navy 1-1
(6-5 p)
Gokulam Kerala Kozhikode
4:00 PM (IST) Britto PM   79' Christian Sabha   81' Stadium: EMS Stadium
Penalties
Harikrishna  
Riyad  
Raman rai 
Shahir 
Sunil 
Britto PM 
Abhishek  
Shibil  
Thahir 
Sanju  
Justin  
Sabah 
muthu 
Shameel 

Season statistics

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Scoring

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As of 18 May 2019

Top scorers

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No Player Club Goals
1   Vishnu Shooters United Padne 6
  Bipaka Thapa Indian Navy (football club)
  Harry Moris FC Kerala
  Christian Sabah Gokulam Kerala FC
5   Shihad Gokulam Kerala FC 4
  Ekomobong Philip FC Kerala
  Rooney Youseff RFC Kochi
  Issahak Nuhu Seidu Golden Threads F.C.
  Suribin Shooters United Padne
10   Mohamed Nisham Sports Academy Tirur 3
  Jithin MS Kerala Blasters FC Reserves

References

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  1. ^ "KPL 2018-19 Matches". KFA. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Tinu Yohannan's football club FC Kochi to prove its mettle". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Kovalam Football Club » Our Head Coach". Retrieved 9 January 2019.