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2019–20 Kerala Premier League

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Kerala Premier League
Season2019–20 (7th Season)
ChampionsKerala Blasters FC Reserves (1st title)
Top goalscorerGhana Issahak Nuhu Seidu Golden Threads
Senegal Kamara EO SAT (8 Goals)
Biggest home win8-1 Gokulam vs Luca (03 February 2020)
Biggest away win0-4 FC Kerala vs Kerala Police (29 January 2020)
Highest scoring8-1 Gokulam vs Luca (03 February 2020)
Longest winning runGokulam (7 games)
Longest unbeaten runGokulam (8 games)
Longest winless runKovalam FC (5 games)
Longest losing runKovalam FC (5 games)
All statistics correct as of 16 April 2019.

The 2019–20 Kerala Premier League Season was the seventh season of the Kerala Premier League. The season featured 10 teams which was divided into 2 groups and were played on a home-and-away format. The season kicked off on 15 December 2019.[1] Former participants Kozhikode Quartz FC, SBI Kerala, RFC Kochi, FC Thrissur withdrew from the league due to financial problems. Meanwhile, Kannur City FC withdrew mid-way throughout the tournament due to some technical issues. Kerala Blasters FC beat Gokulam Kerala F.C. in the finals and lifted their first KPL Title.

Teams

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Kochi City FC , Shooter Padne and Indian Navy withdrawn from the league. To these vacancies Kannur City FC and Mar Athanasius FA were selected by playing the qualifiers. Luca Soccer Club joined the league through corporate entry after losing in the qualifier.

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
Kerala Police Kotappady Stadium 10,000
Gokulam Kerala FC EMS Stadium 80,000
MA College MA College Stadium 3000
Sports Academy Tirur Rajiv Gandhi Municipal Stadium, Tirur 5000
Kerala Blasters FC Sports Council Ground, Panampilly Nagar, Kochi 500
Luca Soccer Club Kotappady Stadium 10,000
Kovalam FC University Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram 20,000
Kannur City FC University College Stadium, Kannur 10,000

Head coaches

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Club Head Coach Sponsor
Golden Threads India Sumesh WAYNA Packaged Drinking Water
Kannur City FC NigeriaClifford Chukwuma
FC Kerala India TG Purushottaman Yogakshemam Loans
Mar Athanasius College India Haary Benny
Luca Soccer Club India Navas Luca &
ScotlandJohn Cooper
Gokulam Kerala FC India Rajeev P Gokulam Group
Sports Academy Tirur India M Pethambaran AB Bismi
Kerala Blasters FC India Renjith T. A Muthoot Group
Kerala Police India Sunil
Kovalam FC India Ebin Rose[2] Federal Bank

Foreign players

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

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4
Golden Threads Ghana Issahak Nuhu Seidu - - -
FC Kerala Ivory Coast Cyrille Brohiri
Kannur City FC - -
Gokulam Kerala FC Nigeria Daniel Bartholomew Nigeria Lucky Emmanuel Ghana Stephen Abeiku
Kovalam FC
Luca Soccer Club - - - -
Sports Academy Tirur Senegal Kamara E.O Ghana Menshach Nii Akramah Mensah - -
Kerala Blasters FC - - - -
MA College
Kerala Police - - - -

Qualifiers

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Kerala Premier League Qualifier - KPLQ

Fixtures and results

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Source: [3][4]
  Cancelled Matches
21 November 2019 Kannur City FC 1-0 Luca Soccer Club Kozhikode
09:00 IST Abhijith 48' Stadium: Devagiri St. Josephs College Stadium
27 November 2019 MA College 8-0 Travancore Royals FC Ernakulam
19:00 IST Fahad 4', 47'
Jayir AK 42'
Emmanuel P 52'
Amal Das 71'
Fajil 81'
Deepak Raj 85', 86'
Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

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. 8 6 1 1 25 9 +16 19 Advance to Semi-finals
2 Kerala Blasters FC 8 3 2 3 13 10 +3 11
3 Luca Soccer Club 8 2 4 2 11 15 −4 10
4 Golden Threads 8 2 3 3 10 11 −1 9
5 Kovalam FC 8 1 2 5 5 19 −14 5
Source: KFA


Fixtures and results

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Source:
  Cancelled Matches
15 December 2019 Gokulam Kerala FC 1-0 Kerala Blasters FC Kozhikode
15:30 IST Luminulan Dougal 67' (o.g.) Stadium: EMS Stadium
Attendance: 4000
18 December 2019 Golden Threads F.C. 1-1 Kovalam FC Kochi
15:30 IST Salahudheen adnan 88' Nahaz AK 14' Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
22 December 2019 Kerala Blasters FC 5-3 LUCA SC Kochi
15:30 IST Basith 16'
Asif 21'
Kharpan 53'
Bodo 71', 90+2'
Shanavas 67'
AkmalShan 75'
Arjun 90+5'
Stadium: Sports Council Ground, Panampilly Nagar, Kochi
23 December 2019 Kovalam FC 1-4 Gokulam Kerala FC Thiruvananthapuram
15:30 IST Sujith 22' Vishnu 14'
Shihad 59', 82', 87'
Stadium: Kovalam FC Stadium
30 December 2019 LUCA SC 1-0 Gokulam Kerala FC Malappuram
15:30 IST Akmal 75' Stadium: Kotappady Stadium
4 January 2020 Kovalam FC 1-3 Kerala Blasters FC Thiruvananthapuram
15:30 IST Jaison 53' Kharpan 45+4' 90+2'
Bodo 79'
Stadium: Kovalam FC Stadium
11 January 2020 Gokulam Kerala FC 4-3 Golden Threads F.C. Kozhikode
15:30 IST Thahir zaman 21'
Emil benni 28'
Shabas 70'
Gifty 75'
Nishad 43', 62'
Issahak 59'
Stadium: EMS Stadium
12 January 2020 LUCA SC 1-1 Kerala Blasters FC Malappuram
15:30 IST Akbar 87' Kharpan 49' Stadium: Kotappady Stadium
15 January 2020 Kovalam FC 0-2 Golden Threads F.C. Thiruvananthapuram
15:30 IST ISSAHAK 41', 85' Stadium: Kovalam FC Stadium
18 January 2020 LUCA SC 1-1 Golden Threads F.C. Malappuram
15:30 IST akmal 1' Issahak 74' Stadium: Kotappady Stadium
19 January 2020 Kerala Blasters FC 0-1 Kovalam FC Kochi
15:30 IST Nahas 65' Stadium: Sports Council Ground, Panampilly Nagar, Kochi
28 January 2020 Golden Threads F.C. 1-2 Gokulam Kerala FC Kochi
15:30 IST Issahak 10' Beautin 44'
Emil 77'
Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium, Ernakulam
29 January 2020 LUCA SC 4-0 Kovalam FC Malappuram
15:30 IST Akbar
24'
, 31', 37', 42'
Stadium: Kotappady Stadium
2 February 2020 Kerala Blasters FC 3-1 Golden Threads F.C. Kochi
15:30 IST pragyan 13'
Kabil 35'
Nihal 76'
Issahak 45' Stadium: Sports Council Ground, Panampilly Nagar, Kochi
3 February 2020 Gokulam Kerala FC 8-1 LUCA SC Kozhikode
15:30 IST LUCKY 43'
Gofty 45+1'
Stephen 54', 76'
Zula 61', 86' Daniel 68'
Emil 72'
Dabas 42' Stadium: EMS Stadium
7 February 2020 Golden Threads F.C. 1-1 LUCA SC Kochi
15:30 IST Issahak 6' Arjun 75' Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium, Ernakulam
17 February 2020 Kovalam FC 0-0 LUCA SC Thiruvananthapuram
15:30 IST Stadium: University Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram
24 February 2020 Kerala Blasters FC 1-1 Gokulam Kerala FC Kochi
15:30 IST Mahesh 80' Nishad 55' Stadium: Sports Council Ground, Panampilly Nagar, Kochi
26 February 2020 Gokulam Kerala FC 5-1 Kovalam FC Kozhikode
15:30 IST Shihad 3'
Stephen 23'
Emil 44', 68', 89'
Beniton 85' Stadium: EMS Stadium

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sports Academy Tirur 6 4 1 1 8 3 +5 13 Advance to Semi-finals
2 Kerala Police 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 8
3 MA College 6 2 1 3 6 7 −1 7
4 FC Kerala 6 2 0 4 4 8 −4 6
5 Kannur City FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrawn
Source: KFA


Fixtures and results

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Source:
  Cancelled Matches
15 December 2019 Sports Academy Tirur 4-3 Kannur City FC Tirur
15:30 IST Kamara E.O 30', 64', 70', 72' Muhammad Faisal 12'
Sirajuddin 61'
Abhijith 90+3'
Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Municipal Stadium, Tirur
22 December 2019 Kannur City FC 1-1 MA College Kannur
15:30 IST Sirajuddin 8' Fahad 81' Stadium: University College ground Kannur
29 December 2019 FC Kerala 2-0 Kannur City FC Thrissur
15:30 IST Mousoof 18'
Roshan 50'
Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
30 December 2019 MA College 1-0 Sports Academy Tirur Kolancherry
15:30 IST Fajil 81' Stadium: MA College Ground
4 January 2020 Kerala Police 2-0 Kannur City FC Malappuram
15:30 IST Firoz 64', 90+4' Stadium: Kotappady Stadium
11 January 2020 Sports Academy Tirur 2-0 FC Kerala Tirur
15:30 IST Faisal 52'
Kamara EO 71'
Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Municipal Stadium, Tirur
12 January 2020 MA College 4-0 Kannur City FC Kolancherry
15:30 IST Sufaid 40', 83', 90+2'
Fahad 43'
Stadium: MA College Ground
15 January 2020 Kerala Police 1-0 FC Kerala Malappuram
15:30 IST Anish 24' Stadium: Kotappady Stadium
18 January 2020 MA College 0-2 FC Kerala Kolancherry
15:30 IST Nikhil 87'
Roshan 89'
Stadium: MA College Ground
26 January 2020 Kerala Police 1-1 MA College Malappuram
15:30 IST Anikuttan 86' Fahad 45' Stadium: Kotappady Stadium
29 January 2020 FC Kerala 0-4 Kerala Police Thrissur
15:30 IST Thahir Jimshad 16', 27'
Bijesh 77'
Sujil 83'
Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
2 February 2020 MA College 3-0 Kerala Police Kolancherry
15:30 IST Amaldas 30'
Deepak 42'
Afasal 54'
Stadium: MA College Ground
6 February 2020 Sports Academy Tirur 2-0 Kerala Police Malappuram
15:30 IST Kamara EO 49'
Rishad 85'
Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Municipal Stadium, Tirur
16 February 2020 Sports Academy Tirur 2-1 MA College Malappuram
15:30 IST Fasalu Rahman 48'
Arshad 66'
Arshal 18' (o.g.) Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Municipal Stadium, Tirur
19 February 2020 FC Kerala 2-0 MA College Thrissur
15:30 IST Cyrile 41'
Abhishek 78'
Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
26 February 2020 Kerala Police 1-1 Sports Academy Tirur Malappuram
15:30 IST Akhiljith 73' Thabsir 62' Stadium: Kotappady Stadium

Knockout stage

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Semi-finals Final
      
A1 Gokulam Kerala F.C. 4
B2 Kerala Police FC 0
Gokulam Kerala F.C. 3(5)
Kerala Blasters FC Reserves 3(6)
B1 SAT Tirur 0(4)
A2 Kerala Blasters FC Reserves 0(5)

Fixtures and results

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Semi-Finals

1 March 2020 Gokulam Kerala FC 4-0 Kerala Police Kozhikode
4:00 PM (IST) Daniel 9'
Nimshad 21', 24'
Lalmuanzova 33'
Stadium: EMS Stadium Kozhikode
1 March 2020 Sports Academy Tirur 0-0
(4-5 p)
Kerala Blasters FC Tirur
4:00 PM (IST) Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Tirur
Penalties
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Final

7 March 2020 Kerala Blasters FC 3-3
(6-5 p)
Gokulam Kerala FC Kozhikode
6:00 PM (IST) Ronaldo 13', 64'
Samuel 22'
Daniel 6', 41'
Lalmuanzova 60'
Stadium: EMS Stadium Kozhikode
Penalties
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Season statistics

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Scoring

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As of 12 January 2020

Top scorers

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No Player Club Goals
1 Ghana

Issahak Nuhu Seidu

Golden Threads F.C. 8
Senegal Kamara EO Sports Academy Tirur
3 India Emil Benny Gokulam Kerala FC 6
4 India Akbar Luca Soccer Club 5
5 IndiaShaiborlang Kharpan Kerala Blasters FC 4
6 IndiaBodo 3
India Shihad Gokulam Kerala FC
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References

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  1. ^ "KPL 2018-19 Matches". KFA. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Kovalam Football Club » Our Head Coach". Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  3. ^ "യോഗ്യതാ പോരാട്ടം ജയിച്ച് കണ്ണൂർ സിറ്റി എഫ് സി, ആദ്യമായി കണ്ണൂരിൽ നിന്ന് ഒരു ടീം കേരള പ്രീമിയർ ലീഗിൽ | Fanport | Featured News Malayalam". 21 November 2019.
  4. ^ "ഗോളടിച്ചു കൂട്ടി എം എ കോളേജ് കേരള പ്രീമിയർ ലീഗിൽ | Fanport | Kerala Premier League News Malayalam". 27 November 2019.