2024–25 Kerala Premier League

Kerala Premier League
Season2024–25
Dates27 January – 11 May 2025
ChampionsMuthoot FA
Longest winning runKSEB
(7 games)
Longest unbeaten runKSEB
(10 games)
Longest winless runDevagiri College
(13 games)
2025–26 →

The 2024–25 Kerala Premier League was the twelfth 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.[1]

Muthoot FA won the league title.[2]

Changes from last season

Corporate entry
  • Inter Kerala FC[3]
Promoted to I-League 3
Relegated to KPL 2

Teams

KFA

Team Head coach Captain City Sponsor
1 Devagiri College Niyaz Rahman Vishnu Prakash Kozhikode Hykon
2 FC Kerala Assis Kunjivappu Jithu TR Thrissur Premiere
3 Golden Threads FC Shiju Rajan Subi Kochi Wayna Water
4 Gokulam Kerala B Varun Mehta Bibin Boban Kozhikode CSB Bank
5 Inter Kerala FC Britto Clemmy Shem Marton Eugene Kothamangalam
6 Kerala Blasters B Noel Joseph Ebin Das Kochi Medhaa
7 Kerala Police Siddik VV Sanju G Trivandrum Off Road Nilambur
8 Kerala United FC Liandala Sena Fanai Craig Mangkhanlian Manjeri YELO
9 KSEB Sanushraj Palanickal Eldhose George Trivandrum KSEB
10 Kovalam Rajesh Mohanan Manoj M Kovalam Adani Group
11 Muthoot FA Othallo Tabia Bavijith TK Kochi Muthoot Pappachan Group
12 Parappur FC Sanjoy Kumar Dey Anto V Parappur Jos Alukkas
13 Real Malabar FC Rajeev Raj Fahis Kondotty EDEX
14 Wayanad United Daison Cheriyan Muhammed Ameen Kalpetta SKAMPILO

Number of teams by region

No. of teams Districts Team(s)
4 Ernakulam Golden Threads, Inter Kerala, Kerala Blasters B, Muthoot FA
3 Trivandrum Kerala Police, Kovalam, KSEB
2 Malappuram Kerala United, Real Malabar
Kozhikode Devagiri College, Gokulam Kerala B
Thrissur FC Kerala, Parappur FC
1 Wayanad Wayanad United

Venues

Stadium Capacity Location
Payyanad Stadium 30,000 Manjeri
EMS Stadium 50,000 Kozhikode
Govt. Boys HSS Ground 1,000 Kunnamkulam

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 KSEB 12 9 2 1 25 10 +15 29 Advance to Semi-finals
2 Muthoot FA 12 8 3 1 31 8 +23 27
3 Kerala Police 12 7 4 1 19 12 +7 25
4 Wayanad United 13 7 3 3 23 12 +11 24
5 Golden Threads 12 7 2 3 26 17 +9 23
6 Kerala United 13 6 1 6 16 15 +1 19
7 Gokulam Kerala B 13 5 3 5 19 16 +3 18
8 Kovalam 13 5 1 7 20 24 −4 16
9 Kerala Blasters B 13 4 3 6 22 24 −2 15
10 Real Malabar 13 3 6 4 19 23 −4 15
11 PFC Kerala 13 4 0 9 16 21 −5 12
12 Inter Kerala 13 3 2 8 16 21 −5 11
13 FC Kerala 13 3 1 9 14 43 −29 10 Relegation to the 2025–26 Kerala Premier League 2
14 Devagiri College 13 0 5 8 15 35 −20 5
Source: The Away End
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away SJC FCK GTFC GKFC IKFC KBFC KP KUFC KSEB KFC MFA PFC RMFC WUFC
Devagiri College 1–2 2–6 0–2 1–4 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–2 2–2 2–4 0–4 2–2 0–3
FC Kerala 2–1 2–2 0–4 2–1 0–4 1–4 2–6 1–4 1–3 0–6 1–0 2–4 0–4
Golden Threads 6–2 2–2 5–2 2–1 1–0 2–3 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–2
Gokulam Kerala 'B' 2–0 4–0 2–5 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–3
Inter Kerala 4–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–2 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–4 1–2 1–1 2–0
Kerala Blasters B 2–2 4–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–3 0–2 0–2 1–2 0–4 5–2 5–3 1–1
Kerala Police 1–1 4–1 3–2 0–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 0–5 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1
Kerala United 1–0 6–2 1–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–2 0–2 2–0 0–3 2–0 1–1 0–1
KSEB 2–2 4–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 5–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–4
Kovalam 2–2 3–1 0–1 1–3 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–2 1–3 2–5 0–2 4–1 2–1
Muthoot FA 4–2 6–0 1–0 0–0 4–1 4–0 3–0 1–2 5–2 2–0 0–0 1–1
PFC Kerala 4–0 0–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–5 1–2 0–2 0–1 2–0 0–2 3–1 0–2
Real Malabar FC 2–2 4–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 3–5 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–4 0–0 1–3 2–0
Wayanad United FC 3–0 4–0 2–1 3–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 4–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–2
Source: The Away End
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Team Goals[4]
1 Muhammad Ajsal Kerala Blasters B 6
Arjun V KSEB
Sajeesh E Kerala Police
4 Rupam Roy PFC Kerala 5
Mahesh K Real Malabar FC
6 Piyush Sikarwar PFC Kerala 4
7 Muhammed Shafeeq Kovalam 3
Amal KA FC Kerala
Vishnu CV Golden Threads
Arun Lal M Wayanad United
Shijin Thadayouse Gokulam Kerala B
Nandhu Krishna Gokulam Kerala B
Nijo Gilbert KSEB
Ebin Das Kerala Blasters B
Ajay Krishnan Muthoot FA
Devdath S Muthoot FA

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Ref
Sajeesh E Kerala Police Golden Threads 3-2 10 February 2025
Mahesh K Real Malabar FC Kerala 4-2 23 February 2025
Nandu Krishna Gokulam Kerala B FC Kerala 4-0 19 March 2025
Muhammad Ajsal Kerala Blasters B Real Malabar 5-3 21 March 2025

See also

References

  1. ^ "Blasters, Gokulam to kick-off Kerala Premier League on Jan 27". www.onmanorama.com. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Muthoot FA emerge Kerala Premier League champions". Muthoot FA emerge Kerala Premier League champions. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  3. ^ https://athleticindia.com/inter-kerala-fc-building-a-football-dream-for-the-state-2/
  4. ^ "Kerala Footy Updates".