2023–24 Kerala Premier League

The 2023–24 Kerala Premier League was the eleventh season of the Kerala Premier League, which is the highest level of the State league system and fifth of the overall Indian football league system.^[2][3]

Kerala Premier League

Season	2023–24
Dates	19 August 2023 – 11 February 2024
Champions	Kerala United FC (2nd title)[1]
Promoted	Kerala United FC
Matches played	108
Goals scored	385 (3.56 per match)
Top goalscorer	Salahudheen Adnan (Muthoot FA) (11 goals)
Biggest win	LIFFA 13–0 MK Sporting Club (19 January 2024)
Highest scoring	LIFFA 13–0 MK Sporting Club (19 January 2024)
Longest winning run	Kerala Police (13 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Kerala Police (14 games)
Longest winless run	MK Sporting Club (9 games)
Longest losing run	MK Sporting Club (8 games)
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

Qualifiers

	Team	Head coach	City	Sponsor
1	Devagiri College		Kozhikode
2	WMO Muttil		Kalpetta
3	EMEA College		Kondotty
4	Talents Association
5	Shooters United	Ahamad Rasheed	Padne
6	Travancore Royals FC	Samuel Geevarghese	Trivandrum	Vismayasmax Animations
7	Sri Vyasa College		Wadakkancherry
8	Cosmos		Kottayam
9	Golden Threads FC	Soly Xavier	Kochi	Wayna Water
10	Travancore United		Trivandrum
11	LUCA SC	Navas Luca	Kondotty	Abreco Freight

Venues

Venues were announced on 14 August 2023.^[4]

Group	Stadium	Capacity	Location
Pool A	AIFA Ground		Koppam
Pool B	Maharaja's College Ground	20,000	Kochi

Teams

KFA

1	BASCO FC	E. Shivamani		Othukkungal	Janatha TMT
2	Devagiri College			Kozhikode
3	FC Areekode			Areekode	Essa Group
4	FC Kerala	Britto Clemmi		Thrissur	Yogakshemam Loans
5	Golden Threads FC	Soly Xavier		Kochi	Wayna Water
6	Gokulam Kerala B	Baiju GS	Bibin Boban	Kozhikode	CSB Bank[5]
7	Kerala Blasters B	Tomasz Tchorz	Aritra Das	Kochi	Byju's
8	Kerala Police	Shimjith	Vibin Thomas	Malappuram	Off Road Nilambur
9	Kerala United FC	Saheed Ramon[6]	Muhammed Noufal	Malappuram	YELO
10	KSEB	P. B. Ramesh		Trivandrum	MADRE Integrated Engineering
11	Kovalam	Ebin Rose		Kovalam	Federal Bank
12	Little Flower FA	Boniface M	Bexon D	Trivandrum	Hykon
13	LUCA SC	Syed Muhammed Rafi	Shahajas Thekkan	Kondotty	Abreco Freight
14	MK Sporting Club	Satheevan Balan		Alappuzha	YRS
15	Muthoot FA	K. Anees		Kochi	Muthoot Pappachan Group
16	Parappur FC	Sanjoy Kumar Dey	Hafis	Parappur	South Indian Bank
17	Real Malabar FC	Shinoj Madathil	Thahir Zaman	Kondotty	VKS
18	SAT Tirur	Haary Benny	Nisham Monu	Tirur	SAT Qatar
19	SAI Kollam	Deepak Boro		Kollam
20	Wayanad United[7]	Sanush Raj	Jaimy	Kalpetta	Wagonmart

Number of teams by region

No. of teams	Districts	Team(s)
7	Malappuram	BASCO, FC Areekode, Kerala Police, Kerala United, LUCA SC, Real Malabar, SAT Tirur
3	Trivandrum	Kovalam, KSEB, LIFFA
	Ernakulam	Golden Threads, Kerala Blasters B, Muthoot FA
2	Kozhikode	Devagiri College, Gokulam Kerala B
	Thrissur	FC Kerala, Parappur FC
1	Alappuzha	MK Sporting Club
	Kollam	SAI Kollam
	Wayanad	Wayanad United

Matches

Pool A

Devagiri College v WMO Muttil

19 August 2023 (2023-08-19)	Devagiri College	2-1	WMO Muttil	Koppam
15:30	Badusha 27' Thameem 88'		Arjun 90+5'	Stadium: AIFA Ground

EMEA College v Talents Association

20 August 2023 (2023-08-20)	EMEA College	4-2	Talents Association	Koppam
15:30				Stadium: AIFA Ground

Travancore Royals FC v Devagiri College

21 August 2023 (2023-08-21)	Travancore Royals FC	0-2	Devagiri College	Koppam
15:30		Report		Stadium: AIFA Ground

Shooters United v EMEA College

22 August 2023 (2023-08-22)	Shooters United	0-1	EMEA College	Koppam
15:30				Stadium: AIFA Ground

Devagiri College v EMEA College

23 August 2023 (2023-08-23)	Devagiri College	0-0 (4-3 p)	EMEA College	Koppam
15:30				Stadium: AIFA Ground

Pool B

Sri Vyasa College v Cosmos FC

24 August 2023 (2023-08-24)	Sri Vyasa College	1-0	Cosmos FC	Kochi
15:30				Stadium: Maharaja's College Ground

Golden Threads FC v Sri Vyasa College

25 August 2023 (2023-08-25)	Golden Threads FC	2-3	Sri Vyasa College	Kochi
15:30				Stadium: Maharaja's College Ground

Travancore United v Luca Soccer Club

26 August 2023 (2023-08-26)	Travancore United	1-8	Luca Soccer Club	Kochi
15:30				Stadium: Maharaja's College Ground

Sri Vyasa College v Luca Soccer Club

27 August 2023 (2023-08-27)	Sri Vyasa College	0-1	Luca Soccer Club	Kochi
15:30				Stadium: Maharaja's College Ground

Promoted teams:

• Devagiri College^[8]
• LUCA SC^[9]

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Ref.	Round	Table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment	Ref.
Gokulam Kerala B	Paulo Jorge Santos	Contract finished	1 July 2023		Pre-season		Baiju GS	20 August 2023	[10]
Real Malabar	Vinu Jose	Contract finished	1 October 2023				Shinoj Madathil	1 November 2023
FC Areekode	VP Suneer	Contract finished	1 October 2023
Little Flower FA	Cleofas Alex	Contract finished	1 October 2023				Boniface M	1 December 2023

Venues

Stadium	Capacity	Location	No of Matches
Jawahar Stadium	30,000	Kannur	63
Kottappady Stadium	10,000	Malappuram	36
Maharaja's College Ground	20,000	Kochi	4
EMS Stadium	50,000	Kozhikode	3
Thrissur Corporation Stadium	20,000	Thrissur	1
Sports Council Ground	5,000	Ernakulam	1

Group stage

Main article: 2023–24 Kerala Premier League group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Kerala United FC	9	7	2	0	26	7	+19	23	Advanced to the Final Round
2	SAT Tirur	9	7	1	1	21	13	+8	22
3	Wayanad United FC	9	5	2	2	16	6	+10	17[a]
4	Gokulam Kerala 'B'	9	5	2	2	22	9	+13	17[a]
5	Real Malabar FC	9	4	2	3	16	13	+3	14
6	Devagiri College	9	3	2	4	11	12	−1	11
7	FC Areekode	9	3	2	4	10	13	−3	11
8	FC Kerala	9	2	0	7	12	27	−15	6
9	BASCO FC	9	1	1	7	12	34	−22	4
10	LUCA SC	9	0	2	7	3	15	−12	2

Updated to match(es) played on 26 January 2024. Source: The Away End
Notes:

1. Ranked on head-to-head points: Wayanad United FC 3, Gokulam Kerala 'B' 0.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Kerala Police FC	9	9	0	0	30	2	+28	27	Advanced to the Final Round
2	Muthoot FA	9	6	0	3	24	6	+18	18
3	KSEB	9	5	0	4	23	11	+12	15
4	Golden Threads FC	9	5	0	4	23	14	+9	15
5	Kovalam FC	9	4	2	3	16	11	+5	14
6	Kerala Blasters FC 'B'	9	4	1	4	18	14	+4	13
7	Parappur FC	9	4	0	5	16	21	−5	12
8	Little Flower FA	9	3	2	4	27	24	+3	11
9	SAI Kollam	9	1	2	6	9	26	−17	5
10	MK Sporting Club	9	0	1	8	3	60	−57	1

Updated to match(es) played on 26 January 2024. Source: The Away End

Championship round

Super Six

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Kerala Police	5	4	1	0	9	1	+8	13	Advanced to Semi Finals
2	Kerala United	5	3	0	2	6	5	+1	9
3	Muthoot FA	5	2	2	1	5	3	+2	8
4	SAT Tirur	5	2	0	3	8	13	−5	6
5	Wayanad United	5	1	1	3	4	8	−4	4
6	KSEB	5	1	0	4	6	9	−3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 06 February 2024. Source: KFA

Matches

Muthoot FA v Wayanad United

27 January 2024	Muthoot FA	1-1	Wayanad United	Kannur
16:00 IST	Adnan 25'		Abhinash 38'	Stadium: Jawahar Stadium Man of the Match: Akhil K (Wayanad United)

SAT v Kerala Police

27 January 2024	SAT	0-5	Kerala Police	Kannur
18:30 IST			Firos 20' Sajeesh 29', 49', 72', 89'	Stadium: Jawahar Stadium Man of the Match: Sajeesh (Kerala Police)

KSEB v Kerala United

28 January 2024	KSEB	1-2	Kerala United	Kannur
18:30 IST	Crispin 21'		38' Umar Mukthar 45+5'	Stadium: Jawahar Stadium Man of the Match: Sreejith Kallingal(Kerala United)

Muthoot FA v SAT

29 January 2024	Muthoot FA	3-0	SAT	Kannur
16:00 IST	Ajay 21', 67' Salahudheen 69'			Stadium: Jawahar Stadium Man of the Match: Ajay Krishnan (Muthoot)

Kerala Police v Wayanad United

29 January 2024	Kerala Police	1-0	Wayanad United	Kannur
18:30 IST	Sajeesh 47'			Stadium: Jawahar Stadium Man of the Match: Sajeesh (Kerala Police)

KSEB v Kerala Police

31 January 2024	KSEB	0-1	Kerala Police	Kannur
16:00 IST			Ashfak Asif 59'	Stadium: Jawahar Stadium Man of the Match: Ashfak Asif (Kerala Police)

Kerala United v Muthoot FA

31 January 2024	Kerala United	1-0	Muthoot FA	Kannur
18:30 IST	Abdu Raheem 85'			Stadium: Jawahar Stadium Man of the Match: Abdu Raheem (Kerala United)

Wayanad United v SAT

1 February 2024	Wayanad United	2-1	SAT	Kannur
18:30 IST	Ameen 19' Arunlal 63'		Rahul KP 81'	Stadium: Jawahar Stadium Man of the Match: Muhammed Ameen (Wayanad United)

Kerala United v Kerala Police

2 February 2024	Kerala United	0-1	Kerala Police	Kannur
16:00 IST			Jamshid 45+2'	Stadium: Jawahar Stadium

KSEB v Muthoot FA

2 February 2024	KSEB	0-1	Muthoot FA	Kannur
18:30 IST			Arjun 1'	Stadium: Jawahar Stadium

Wayanad United v KSEB

4 February 2024	Wayanad United	0-3	KSEB	Kannur
16:00 IST			John Paul 75' Nijo 78' Sreeraj 81'	Stadium: Jawahar Stadium

SAT v Kerala United

4 February 2024	SAT	2-1	Kerala United	Kannur
18:30 IST	Thasleem 68' Yasin 90+3'		Wiliam 78' (P)	Stadium: Jawahar Stadium

Kerala Police v Muthoot FA

5 February 2024	Kerala Police	1-1	Muthoot FA	Kannur
18:30 IST	Jamshid 84'		Ajmal 81'	Stadium: Jawahar Stadium

Wayanad United v Kerala United

6 February 2024	Wayanad United	1-2	Kerala United	Kannur
16:00 IST	Ameen 33'		Vanlalmalsawma 50' Umar Mukthar 75'	Stadium: Jawahar Stadium

SAT v KSEB

6 February 2024	SAT	5-2	KSEB	Kannur
18:30 IST	Nisham 41', 90+8' Yadhu 51', 61' Basheer 78'		Arjun 65' (P) Sreeraj 74'	Stadium: Jawahar Stadium

Semifinals

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Kerala Police	0-2	SAT Tirur
		Fabeel 74' Mahdi 76'

8 February 2024

16:00 IST

Jawahar Stadium, Kannur

Kerala United	2-0	Muthoot FA
Muheeb 2' Lalsiem 64'

8 February 2024

19:00 IST

Jawahar Stadium, Kannur

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Final

SAT Tirur	1-3	Kerala United
Yadhu		Lalsiem 90+3' (P) Vanlalmalsawma 90+8' Muheeb 90+9'

11 February 2024

19:00 IST

Jawahar Stadium, Kannur

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals[11]
1	Salahudheen Adnan	Muthoot FA	11
2	Muhammed Ashar NA	Golden Threads FC	10
3	Sajeesh	Kerala Police FC	9
4	Shijin Thadhayouse	Gokulam Kerala B	8
5	Firos K	Kerala Police FC	7
	Rahul KP	SAT Tirur
	Sreeraj	KSEB
	Lalsiem Chongoloi	Kerala United
9	Aboobacker Dilshad	Real Malabar	6
	Sreenath	Wayanad United

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Shijin T	Gokulam Kerala B	BASCO FC	6-2	7 December 2023	[12]
Junain Kadvalath	Muthoot FA	KSEB	3-2		[13]
Naseef P	FC Areekode	FC Kerala	4-0	9 December 2023	[14]
Muhammed Ashar NA	Golden Threads FC	Parappur FC	7-0	14 December 2023	[15]
Firos K	Kerala Police FC	SAI Kollam	5-0	15 December 2023	[16]
Lalsiem	Kerala United	Basco FC	6-0	17 December 2023	[17]
Shijin T	Gokulam Kerala B	LUCA SC	3-0	8 January 2024
Sreenath	Wayanad United	Gokulam Kerala B	4-0	12 January 2024
Crispin	KSEB	MK Sporting	9-0	13 January 2024
John Paul
Sanu	LIFFA	MK Sporting	13-0	19 January 2024
Hashir
Salahudheen 7	Muthoot FA	MK Sporting	9-0	23 January 2024
Sajeesh 4	Kerala Police FC	SAT Tirur	5-0	27 January 2024

Notes

⁷ Player scored 7 goals, ⁴ Player scored 4 goals

Season awards

Award	Winner	Team
Player of the league	Muhamed Mahdi	SAT
Golden boot	Salahudheen Adnan	Muthoot FA
Golden glove	Mohammed Azhar	Kerala Police FC
Best defender	Sanju G	Kerala Police FC
Fair Play Award	Gokulam Kerala FC B	/

See also

• 2023–24 Indian State Leagues

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8. https://twitter.com/keralafa/status/1694335998220468362%7Ctitle=St. Joseph College Devagiri clinches a spot in the Kerala Premier League 2023-24 after a remarkable win against EMEA College Kondotty. 🏆⭐
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