2022–23 Kerala Premier League

The 2022–23 Kerala Premier League was the tenth season of the Kerala Premier League. The regular season featured 22 teams and played in multiple venues.[2]

Kerala Premier League
Season2022–23
Dates24 November 2022 – 19 March 2023
ChampionsKerala United[1] (1st title)
PromotedKerala United
Matches played90
Goals scored299 (3.32 per match)
Top goalscorerSamuel Mensa Konney (10 goals)
Biggest winKSEB 9-1 Payyannur College
Highest scoringKSEB 9-1 Payyannur College
Longest winning runGokulam Kerala FC B (6 matches)
Longest unbeaten runWayanad United FC (10 matches)
Longest winless runLUCA SC (7 matches)
Longest losing runLUCA SC (7 matches)

Qualifiers

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Promoted teams:

Teams

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KFA

Team Head coach City Sponsor
1 BASCO FC   E. Shivamani Malappuram Janatha TMT
2 Don Bosco FA   Alphonse Jose Kochi
3 FC Areekode[3]   V. P. Suneer Areekode Essa Group
4 FC Kerala   Britto Clemmi Thrissur Yogakshemam Loans
5 Gokulam Kerala FC B   Paulo Jorge Santos Kozhikode Gokulam Group
6 Golden Threads FC   Soly Xavier Kochi Wayna Water [1]
7 Kerala Blasters B   Tomasz Tchorz Kochi Byju's
8 Kerala Police   Shimjith Malappuram Odyssia
9 Kerala United FC     Saheed Ramon[4] Manjeri Micro Health Laboratories [2]
10 KSEB   P. B. Ramesh Trivandrum MADRE Integrated Engineering [3]
11 Kovalam Football Club   Ebin Rose Kovalam Federal Bank
12 Little Flower FA   Cleofas Alex Trivandrum Odysdia [4]
13 Luca Soccer Club   Navas Luca Kondotty Abreco Freight [5]
14 MK Sporting Club   Satheevan Balan Alappuzha M. K. Group
15 Muthoot FA   K. Anees Kondotty Muthoot Pappachan Group
16 Parappur FC   Sanjoy Kumar Dey Parappur South Indian Bank
17 Payyannur College Payyannur Tago
18 Real Malabar FC   Vinu Jose Kondotty EDEX
19 SAT Tirur   Sunil Kumar Tirur AB Bismi [6]
20 SAI Kollam   Deepak Boro Kollam
21 Travancore Royals FC   Samuel Geevarghese Trivandrum Vismayasmax Animations [7]
22 Wayanad United FC [5]   Sanush Raj Kalpetta Wagonmart

Number of teams by region

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No. of teams Districts Team(s)
7 Malappuram BASCO FC, Kerala United FC, Kerala Police, Luca Soccer Club, FC Areekode, SAT FC, Real Malabar FC, Muthoot FA
4 Trivandrum Kovalam Football Club, KSEB, Little Flower FA, Travancore Royals FC
Ernakulam Golden Threads FC, Don Bosco FA, Kerala Blasters B
2 Thrissur Parappur FC, FC Kerala
1 Kozhikode Gokulam Kerala FC B
Wayanad Wayanad United FC
Kollam SAI Kollam
Kannur Payyannur College
Alappuzha MK Sporting Club

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Ref. Round Table Incoming coach Date of appointment Ref.
FC Areekode   Muhammed Ashiq New club (Rajasthan United FC) 1 July 2022 Pre-season   VP Suneer 5 August 2022
Kerala United FC   Bino George New club (East Bengal) 1 July 2022 [6] Pre-season   Saheed Ramon [7]
Gokulam Kerala FC B   Rajeev Ponnanthari Contract Finished 1 July 2022 Pre-season   Paulo Jorge Santos 1 August 2022
Kerala Police   I. M. Vijayan Contract Finished 1 July 2022 Pre-season   Shimjith 1 August 2022

Venues

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Stadium Capacity Location
EMS Stadium 80,000 Calicut
Kotappady Stadium 20,000 Malappuram
Maharaja's College Ground 20,000 Kochi
Thrissur Corporation Stadium 20,000 Thrissur
Maravayal Sports Complex Kalpetta

Foreign players

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Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4
1 MK Sporting Club
2 BASCO FC   Djougo Foku Mike   Jacque Abeau
3 Don Bosco FA   Karomoko   John Chidi
4 FC Areekode   Wisdom
5 FC Kerala   Charles Offei   Abayomi Oludeyi
6 Gokulam Kerala FC B   Dodi Alphead Ndo   Samuel Mensah Konney   Oluwaunmi Somide   Godfrey West Omodu
7 Golden Threads FC   Christian Ouedraogo   Patrick Yeboah   Joseph Tetteh
8 Kerala Blasters B
9 Kerala Police
10 Kerala United FC   Ouattara Sie   Yusif Afful   Benjamin Arthur   Ezekial Oroh
11 Kovalam Football Club
12 KSEB
13 Little Flower FA
14 Luca Soccer Club
15 Payyannur College
16 Muthoot FA   Alex Yamoah
17 Parappur FC
18 SAI Kollam
19 Sports Academy Tirur
20 Travancore Royals FC
21 Real Malabar FC
22 Wayanad United FC   Gbolo Abdulai   Isahak Nuhu Seidu   Kafandorashidan Haruna

Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Wayanad United FC 7 5 1 1 10 3 +7 16 Advance to the Final Round
2 Kerala United FC 7 4 3 0 21 8 +13 15
3 SAT TIRUR 7 4 3 0 11 5 +6 15
4 FC Areekode 7 2 4 1 17 13 +4 10
5 Real Malabar FC 7 2 2 3 11 14 −3 8
6 BASCO FC 7 2 1 4 13 17 −4 7
7 MK Sporting Club 7 1 2 4 6 11 −5 5
8 Luca Soccer Club 7 0 0 7 4 18 −14 0
Updated to match(es) played on 02-02-2023 (Complete). Source: KFA

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Gokulam Kerala FC B 6 6 0 0 15 4 +11 18 Advance to the Final Round
2 Kerala Police 6 3 2 1 7 4 +3 11
3 Golden Threads FC 6 3 0 3 11 9 +2 9
4 Muthoot FA 6 2 2 2 9 9 0 8
5 Parappur FC 6 2 2 2 9 9 0 8
6 FC Kerala 6 0 2 4 9 14 −5 2
7 Don Bosco FA 6 0 2 4 5 15 −10 2
Updated to match(es) played on 12-02-2023. Source: KFA

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Kerala Blasters B 6 4 1 1 19 10 +9 13 Advance to the Final Round
2 Kovalam 6 4 1 1 12 4 +8 13
3 KSEB 6 4 1 1 24 8 +16 13
4 SAI Kollam 6 3 2 1 17 7 +10 11
5 Little Flower FA 6 2 1 3 10 13 −3 7
6 Payyannur College 6 1 0 5 8 25 −17 3
7 Travancore Royals 6 0 0 6 2 25 −23 0
Updated to match(es) played on 04-02-2023. Source: KFA

Championship round

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Super Six

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Wayanad United FC 5 3 2 0 8 3 +5 11 Advanced to Semi Finals
2 Kerala Police (A) 5 3 1 1 10 7 +3 10
3 Gokulam Kerala B 5 2 1 2 10 6 +4 7 Advanced to Semi Finals
4 Kerala United (C) 5 2 1 2 8 7 +1 7
5 Kovalam 5 1 1 3 4 10 −6 4
6 Kerala Blasters B 5 0 2 3 2 8 −6 2
Updated to match(es) played on 10-03-2023. Source: KFA
(A) Withdrew due to participation in the all-India Police Tournament; (C) Champions and Qualification to 2023–24 I-League 3

Fixtures

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Super Six fixtures were announced on 16 February 2023.

Source:
20 February 2023 Kerala Police 3–0KovalamKozhikode
16:00 IST Stadium: EMS Stadium
Man of the Match: Sajeesh E.
21 February 2023 Wayanad United FC 2–0Gokulam Kerala BKozhikode
16:00 IST Stadium: EMS Stadium
Man of the Match: Sreejith
23 February 2023 Kerala Police 2–0Kerala Blasters BKozhikode
16:00 IST Stadium: EMS Stadium
Man of the Match: Sajeesh E.
24 February 2023 Kovalam 3–0Kerala UnitedMalappuram
16:00 IST Stadium: Kotappady Stadium
Man of the Match: Amal Thomas
26 February 2023 Gokulam Kerala B2–3 Kerala Police Kozhikode
16:00 IST Stadium: EMS Stadium
Man of the Match: Calvin Barretto
27 February 2023 Kerala Blasters B 1–1 Wayanad United FC Malappuram
16:00 IST Stadium: Kotappady Stadium
2 March 2023 Wayanad United FC 1–1 Kerala Police Malappuram
16:00 IST Stadium: Kotappady Stadium
4 March 2023 Kovalam0–2 Wayanad United FC Kozhikode
16:00 IST Stadium: EMS Stadium
9 March 2023 Kerala United1–2 Wayanad United FC Malappuram
16:00 IST Stadium: Kotappady Stadium

Semifinals


Kerala United3–0Wayanad United FC
  • Ezekiel   13'
  • Manoj   72'
  • Vanlalmalsawma   90+8'
M. K. Jinachandran Memorial District Stadium, Kalpetta
Kerala United0–1Wayanad United FC
  • Nuhu   74'
M. K. Jinachandran Memorial District Stadium, Kalpetta

Gokulam Kerala B3–0Kovalam
  • Kelvin   2'
  • Samuel   45+4'  67'

Final

19 March 2023 Kerala United 1–0 Gokulam Kerala B Kalpetta
19:30 IST
  • Akhil J. Chandran   OG 78'
Stadium: M. K. Jinachandran Memorial District Stadium

Statistics

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Top scorers

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As of 19 March 2023

No Player Club Goals
1   Samuel Mensah Konney Gokulam Kerala B 10
  Ezekial Orah Kerala United
Golden boot   Samuel Mensah Konney Gokulam Kerala B
Golden glove   Pradeesh V. Kerala United
Best defender   Akhil J Chandran Gokulam Kerala B

See also

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References

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