2018–19 Kerala Premier League

The 2018–19 Kerala Premier League Season is the sixth season of the Kerala Premier League. The season features 11 teams which will be 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 The season kicked off on 16 December 2018.[1] Kozhikode Quartz, SBI Kerala and Trikaripur withdrawn from the league due to financial problems.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 goalscorerVishnu(SUP)
Harry Moris(FCK)
Bipaka Thapa(IN)
Christian Sabha(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

Shooters United Padne
Kovalam FC
SAT Tirur
Thrissur teams
FC Kerala
FC Thrissur
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
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
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

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

Group A
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
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
19 March 2019 RFC Kochi 1–0 Sports Academy Tirur Kochi
15:30 IST Rooney 26' Report Stadium: Maharaja's College 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
3 April 2019 FC Thrissur 1-2 Kerala Blasters FC Reserves Thrissur
15:30 IST Vishnu Raj 43' Jithin M S 44' 86' Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
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
8 May 2019 Indian Navy 1-0 Kerala Blasters FC Reserves Kochi
16:00 IST Bipaka Thapa 43' Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium

Group B
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
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
                      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

                      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

                      Scoring
                      As of 18 May 2019

                      Top scorers
                      NoPlayerClubGoals
                      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
                      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.
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