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 The season kicked off on 16 December 2018.^[1] Kozhikode Quartz, SBI Kerala and Trikaripur withdrawn from the league due to financial problems.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

Season	2018–19 (6th Season)
Champions	Indian Navy (1st title)
Promoted	FC Kerala
Matches played	35
Goals scored	110 (3.14 per match)
Top goalscorer	Vishnu(SUP) Harry Moris(FCK) Bipaka Thapa(IN) Christian Sabah (GKFC) (6 goals)
Biggest home win	RFC Kochi 6–2 Kerala Blasters FC Reserves (16 December 2018) Shooters United Padne 6-2 Kovalam FC (06.04.2019)
Biggest away win	Golden Threads 1–7 F.C. Kerala (28 December 2018)
Highest scoring	RFC 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 run	Gokulam Kerala (8 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Gokulam Kerala FC (8 games)
Longest winless run	Kovalam FC (8 games)
Longest losing run	Kovalam FC (8 games)
← 2017–18 2019–20 → All statistics correct as of 16 April 2019.

Teams

 

 

Shooters United Padne

 

Gokulam Kerala FC

 

Ernakulam

 

Thrissur

 

Kovalam FC

 

SAT Tirur

 

Thrissur teams
FC Kerala
FC Thrissur

 

Ernakulam teams
Kerala Blasters FC Reserves
Golden Threads
RFC Kochi

 

Other
Indian Navy

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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

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

RFC Kochi v Kerala Blasters FC Reserves

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

SBI Kerala v Sports Academy Tirur

19 December 2018	SBI Kerala	1-2	Sports Academy Tirur	Thiruvananthapuram
18:30 IST	Season	Report	Mohamed Salah   Mohamed Nisham	Stadium: Police Stadium

SBI Kerala v RFC Kochi

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

Sports Academy Tirur v SBI Kerala

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

Kerala Blasters FC Reserves v RFC Kochi

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

Kerala Blasters FC Reserves v SBI Kerala

2 January 2019	Kerala Blasters FC Reserves	0–0	SBI Kerala	Kochi
18:30 IST		Report		Stadium: Sports Council Ground, P'Nagar

Sports Academy Tirur v FC Thrissur

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

RFC Kochi v Sports Academy Tirur

19 March 2019	RFC Kochi	1–0	Sports Academy Tirur	Kochi
15:30 IST	Rooney   26'	Report		Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium

FC Thrissur v Sports Academy Tirur

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

Sports Academy Tirur v Kerala Blasters FC Reserves

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

FC Thrissur v RFC Kochi

30 March 2019	FC Thrissur	2-0	RFC Kochi	Thrissur
15:30 IST	Santa Cruz   18'  37'			Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium

Kerala Blasters FC Reserves v Sports Academy Tirur

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

FC Thrissur v Kerala Blasters FC Reserves

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

Sports Academy Tirur v RFC Kochi

6 April 2019	Sports Academy Tirur	1-0	RFC Kochi	Tirur
15:30 IST	Shafeek   71'			Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Municipal Stadium

Kerala Blasters FC Reserves v FC Thrissur

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

RFC Kochi v FC Thrissur

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

Sports Academy Tirur v Indian Navy

18 April 2019	Sports Academy Tirur	2-0	Indian Navy	Tirur
16:00 IST	Muhammad nisham   26' Shafeek   90'			Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Municipal Stadium

RFC Kochi v Indian Navy

24 April 2019	RFC Kochi	0-1	Indian Navy	Kochi
16:00 IST			Riyad  33'	Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium

Kerala Blasters FC Reserves v Indian Navy

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

Indian Navy v Sports Academy Tirur

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

Indian Navy v RFC Kochi

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

Indian Navy v Kerala Blasters FC Reserves

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

Kovalam FC v Golden Threads

22 December 2018	Kovalam FC	0-1	Golden Threads	Thiruvananthapuram
18:30 IST		Report	Arun K J   73'	Stadium: Vellyani Agricultural College Ground

Golden Threads v FC Kerala

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

Gokulam Kerala v Kovalam FC

31 December 2018	Gokulam Kerala	1-0	Kovalam FC	Kozhikode
18:30 IST	Shihad   67'	Report		Stadium: EMS Stadium

Kovalam FC v Shooters United Padne

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

Gokulam Kerala v Golden Threads

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

Gokulam Kerala v FC Kerala

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

Golden Threads v Shooters United Padne

20 March 2019	Golden Threads	1-2	Shooters United Padne	Kochi
15:30 IST	Arjun  76'	Report	Musammil   12' Nisamuddin   20'	Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

FC Kerala v Shooters United Padne

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

Kovalam FC v Gokulam Kerala

23 March 2019	Kovalam FC	0-1	Gokulam Kerala	Thiruvananthapuram
15:30 IST		Report	Christian Sabah   80'	Stadium: Vellyani Agricultural College Ground

Golden Threads v Gokulam Kerala

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

Gokulam Kerala v Shooters United Padne

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

Kovalam FC v FC Kerala

31 March 2019	Kovalam FC	0-1	FC Kerala	Thiruvananthapuram
15:30 IST			Ekomobong Victor Philip   24'	Stadium: Vellyani Agricultural College Ground

Shooters United Padne v Golden Threads

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

Golden Threads v Kovalam FC

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

Shooters United Padne v Gokulam Kerala

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

FC Kerala v Gokulam Kerala

6 April 2019	FC Kerala	1-2	Gokulam Kerala	Thrissur
15:30 IST	Usman Sayyed		Sabah  40' Sanju   45'	Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium

Shooters United Padne v Kovalam FC

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

Shooters United Padne v FC Kerala

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

FC Kerala v Golden Threads

13 April 2019	FC Kerala	2-0	Golden Threads	Thrissur
15:30 IST	harry morris  21'  58'			Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium

FC Kerala v Kovalam FC

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

Indian Navy v FC Kerala

11 May 2019	Indian Navy	2-0	FC Kerala	Kozhikode
4:00 PM (IST)	Britto PM   51' Bipaka Thapa  85'			Stadium: EMS Stadium

Kerala Blasters FC Reserves v Gokulam Kerala

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

Indian Navy v Gokulam Kerala

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

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

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.