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	25 November 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

Main article: 2023–24 Kerala Premier League (Qualifiers)

Promoted teams:

• Devagiri College^[4]
• LUCA SC^[5]

Teams

KFA

	Team	Head coach	Captain	City	Sponsor
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 [1]
6	Gokulam Kerala B	Baiju GS	Bibin Boban	Kozhikode	CSB Bank^[6]
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^[7]	Muhammed Noufal	Manjeri	YELO
10	KSEB	P. B. Ramesh		Trivandrum	MADRE Integrated Engineering [2]
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	Manjeri	Abreco Freight [3]
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	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^[8]	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, SA 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

Managerial 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	^[9]
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 KPL Group Stages

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	SA 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 FC	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	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

01 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

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

KSEB v Muthoot FA

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

Wayanad United v KSEB

04 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

04 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

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

Wayanad United v Kerala United

06 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

06 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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08 February 2024

16:00 IST

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

Jawahar Stadium, Kannur

08 February 2024

19:00 IST

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

Jawahar Stadium, Kannur

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Final

11 February 2024

19:00 IST

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

Jawahar Stadium, Kannur

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[10]
1	Salahudheen Adnan	Muthoot FA	11
2	Muhammed Ashar NA	Golden Threads FC	10
3	Sajeesh	Kerala Police	9
4	Shijin Thadhayouse	Gokulam Kerala B	8
5	Firos K	Kerala Police	7
	Rahul KP	SA 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	^[11]
Junain Kadvalath	Muthoot FA	KSEB	3-2		^[12]
Naseef P	FC Areekode	FC Kerala	4-0	9 December 2023	^[13]
Muhammed Ashar NA	Golden Threads FC	Parappur FC	7-0	14 December 2023	^[14]
Firos K	Kerala Police	SAI Kollam	5-0	15 December 2023	^[15]
Lalsiem	Kerala United	Basco FC	6-0	17 December 2023	^[16]
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	SA Tirur	5-0	27 January 2024

Notes

⁷ Player scored 7 goals, ⁴ Player scored 4 goals

Season awards

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

See also

• 2023–24 Indian State Leagues

References

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12. "Muthoot FA clinches a heart-pounding 3-2 win against KSEB, and Junain steals the show with a sensational hat-trick. 💪🏻". Instagram. 7 December 2023.
13. "FC Areekode secures a commanding 4-0 win against FC Kerala, with Naseef stealing the show with a sensational hat-trick. An outstanding performance that echoes on the football stage! ⚽🎩". Instagram. 9 December 2023.
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16. "🎉 Kerala United FC Dominates! A commanding 6-0 victory against Basco Othukungal in today's Scoreline Kerala Premier League clash. 🏆". Instagram. 17 December 2023.