2020–21 Kerala Premier League

The 2020–21 Kerala Premier League season was the eighth season of the Kerala Premier League.[1][2] The season featured 12 teams which was divided into 2 groups and were played on a home-and-away format.[3] The season was originally scheduled to start in 2020, but was postponed to 2021 due to Covid-19 Pandemic.[4][5] It began on 6 March 2021 across two centralised venues in Thrissur and Kochi.[6] This season, Kerala Football Association decided to add two more participants into the league. KSEB and BASCO were the new entrants into the league.[7]

Kerala Premier League
Season2020–21
ChampionsGokulam Kerala (2nd title)
Matches played33
Goals scored96 (2.91 per match)
Top goalscorerMaliSaliou Guindo Gokulam Kerala FC(8)
Highest scoringGolden Threads FC 1-6 Kerala United FC Gokulam Kerala FC 5-2 FC Kerala
Longest winning runGokulam Kerala FC (5)
Longest unbeaten runGokulam Kerala FC (6)
Longest winless runKovalam FC (5)
Longest losing runKovalam FC (5)
All statistics correct as of 16 April 2021.

Teams

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Locations of the 2020–21 Kerala Premier League teams
Team Manager Captain Sponsor
Basco FC Rajeev Kumar Ummer farook Royal Travels[1]
FC Kerala Shivaram Shabin Yogakshemam Loans
Gokulam Kerala FC Najeeb Rishad Gokulam Group
Golden Threads Walter A Abhijith Wayna Water[2]
Kerala Blasters (R) T. G Purushothaman Shahajas Thekkan Byju's
Kerala Police I. M. Vijayan Jimshad U ODYSSIA[3]
Kerala United FC Shajirudheen Koppilan Arjun Jayaraj Micro Health Laboratories[4]
Kovalam FC Ebin Rose Beniston Federal Bank
KSEB Ramesh PB Sugun Kumar MADRE Integrated Engineering[5]
Luca Soccer Club Navas Luca Bala Dahir Abreco freight[6]
MA College Haary Benny Akhil K Positive
Sports Academy Tirur Baiju Muhammad shibili AB Bismi[7]

Foreign players

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Clubs can sign maximum Three players two is allowed in the playing eleven.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3
Golden Threads FC   Joseph Tetteh - -
FC Kerala - - -
Kerala United FC   Stephen Abeiku   Francis Dadzie   Aaron Awannorh
Gokulam Kerala FC   Saliou Guindo - -
Kovalam FC - - -
Luca Soccer Club   Bala Dahir   Koffi Konan Kevin -
Sports Academy Tirur - - -
Kerala Blasters (R) - - -
MA College - - -
Kerala Police - - -
KSEB FC - - -
Basco FC - - -

Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Gokulam Kerala F.C. 5 5 0 0 15 3 +12 15 Advance to Semi-finals
2 BASCO FC 5 1 3 1 7 5 +2 6
3 Sports Academy Tirur 5 1 3 1 5 4 +1 6
4 Kerala Police 5 1 3 1 4 6 −2 6
5 Luca Soccer Club 5 1 2 2 5 4 +1 5
6 FC Kerala 5 0 1 4 4 18 −14 1
Source: KFA


Fixtures and results

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Source:
  Cancelled Matches
6 March 2021 Luca Soccer Club 3-0 FC Kerala Thrissur
19:00 IST Siddeq  50'
Bala Dahir  85'
Akbar  90+1'
Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
20 March 2021 Gokulam Kerala F.C. 5-2 FC Kerala Thrissur
19:00 IST Saliou Guindo  8', 25', 52', 83'
Fasalu Rahman   90'
Asif  51'
Abhishek  80'
Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
3 April 2021 Gokulam Kerala F.C. 4-1 Kerala Police Thrissur
19:00 IST Gifty  23'
Saliou Guindo  88', 90'
Lalrinzuala   90+3'
Firoz  90+5' Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
4 April 2021 FC Kerala 0-4 Sports Academy Tirur Thrissur
19:00 IST Muhammad Nisham  28'
nasar  61'
  74', 80'
Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
11 April 2021 Sports Academy Tirur 1-1 BASCO FC Thrissur
19:00 IST adheeb  33' Muhammad Shafi  80' Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
13 April 2021 FC Kerala 2-2 Kerala Police Thrissur
19:00 IST Vinayak   24'
Rohit  90+1'
Bijesh Balan  39', 80' Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
15 April 2021 Luca Soccer Club 2-2 BASCO FC Thrissur
19:00 IST Akmal Shan  22'
Bibin Boban  56'
Abdu Raheem  7'
Ajay Krishna   37'
Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
17 April 2021 BASCO FC 4-0 FC Kerala Thrissur
19:00 IST Abdu Raheem  11'
Muhammad Shafi   17' (47)
Ajay Krishna   39'
Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 KSEB 5 4 0 1 10 3 +7 12 Advance to Semi-finals
2 Kerala United FC 5 4 0 1 16 5 +11 12
3 MA College 5 3 1 1 8 5 +3 10
4 Kerala Blasters FC Reserves 5 2 1 2 8 9 −1 7
5 Golden Threads 5 1 0 4 3 12 −9 3
6 Kovalam FC 5 0 0 5 2 13 −11 0
Source: KFA


Fixtures and results

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Source:
  Cancelled Matches
6 March 2021 Kerala United FC 3-0 Kovalam FC Kochi
16:00 IST Bujair  60'
Mousoof   65'
Shafeer  71'
Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium
7 March 2021 KSEB 0-1 MA College Kochi
16:00 IST Vyshak  39' Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium
13 March 2021 Kerala United FC 3-1 Kerala Blasters FC Reserves Kochi
16:00 IST Nidhin  42'
Bujair   45', 88'
Nihal  66' Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium
14 March 2021 Golden Threads 0-3 MA College Kochi
16:00 IST Fajil  8'
Rafi  16'
Junaid  45+1'
Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium
20 March 2021 Golden Threads 2-0 Kovalam FC Kochi
16:00 IST Navin  24'
Anurag  66'
Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium
21 March 2021 Kerala United FC 1-3 KSEB Kochi
16:00 IST Mousoof  21' Muhammad parakottil  4', 42'
Jinesh Domenic  47'
Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium
27 March 2021 MA College 1-1 Kerala Blasters FC Reserves Kochi
16:00 IST Muhammad fayis  73' Sreekuttan  56' Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium
28 March 2021 Kovalam FC 0-1 KSEB Kochi
16:00 IST Muhammad parakottil   13' Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium
3 April 2021 Kerala United FC 3-0 MA College Kochi
16:00 IST Francis Dadzie  35', 73'
Muhammad jinshad   90+3'
Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium
10 April 2021 Kovalam FC 1-3 MA College Kochi
16:00 IST Sherin   68' Abil   45+1'
jibin devassy   48'
Abhijith   90+2'
Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium
11 April 2021 Golden Threads 0-2 KSEB Kochi
16:00 IST joanas   3'
eldose   10'
Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium
13 April 2021 Kerala Blasters FC Reserves 4-1 Kovalam FC Kochi
16:00 IST Sreekuttan   33'
Gobindash   60'
surag chettri   75'
Asif  90+1'
Sherin   28' Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium
15 April 2021 Golden Threads 1-6 Kerala United FC Kochi
16:00 IST Rakesh   32' Francis Dadzie  3'
Adarsh   45+2'
Bujair   53'
Hrishidath   68'
Alocious M   73'
Muhammad jinshad   90'
Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium
17 April 2021 Kerala Blasters FC Reserves 1-4 KSEB Kochi
16:00 IST Naorem Mahesh Singh  90+4' Nijo Gilbert   33'
Eldose George   40'
Vignesh   80'
Ajeesh  87'
Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium

Knockout stage

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Semi-finals Final
      
B1 KSEB 3(5)
A2 BASCO FC 3(4)
KSEB 1
Gokulam Kerala F.C. 2
A1 Gokulam Kerala F.C. 0(4)
B2 Kerala United FC 0(2)

Semi-finals

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19 April 2021 KSEB 3-3
(5-4 p)
BASCO FC Kochi
16:00 IST Jacob  65', 84'
Nijo Gilbert   90'
Muhammad uvais  54' (O.G)
Muhammad Shafi  57'
Ajay Krishna   63'
Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium
Penalties
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Final

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21 April 2021 KSEB 1-2 Gokulam Kerala F.C. Kochi
15:45 IST Viknesh  54' Nishad roshan   80'
Ganeshan   92'
Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium

References

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