# 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.

## Qualifiers

Promoted teams:
* Payyannur College
* Kerala Blasters B
* FC Kerala

## Teams

KFA
| | Team | Head coach | City | Sponsor |
| 1 | BASCO FC | E. Shivamani | Malappuram | Janatha TMT |
| 2 | Don Bosco FA | Alphonse Jose | Kochi | |
| 3 | FC Areekode | 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 |
| 7 | Kerala Blasters B | Tomasz Tchorz | Kochi | Byju's |
| 8 | Kerala Police | Shimjith | Malappuram | Odyssia |
| 9 | Kerala United FC | Saheed Ramon | Manjeri | Micro Health Laboratories |
| 10 | KSEB | P. B. Ramesh | Trivandrum | MADRE Integrated Engineering |
| 11 | Kovalam Football Club | Ebin Rose | Kovalam | Federal Bank |
| 12 | Little Flower FA | Cleofas Alex | Trivandrum | Odysdia |
| 13 | Luca Soccer Club | Navas Luca | Kondotty | Abreco Freight |
| 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 |
| 20 | SAI Kollam | Deepak Boro | Kollam | |
| 21 | Travancore Royals FC | Samuel Geevarghese | Trivandrum | Vismayasmax Animations |
| 22 | Wayanad United FC | Sanush Raj | Kalpetta | Wagonmart |

### Number of teams by region

| 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 |
| 4 | Ernakulam | Golden Threads FC, Don Bosco FA, Kerala Blasters B |
| 2 | Thrissur | Parappur FC, FC Kerala |
| 1 | Kozhikode | Gokulam Kerala FC B |
| 1 | Wayanad | Wayanad United FC |
| 1 | Kollam | SAI Kollam |
| 1 | Kannur | Payyannur College |
| 1 | Alappuzha | MK Sporting Club |

### Managerial changes

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

### Venues

| 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

| | 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
### Group A

| 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 | Advance to the Final Round |
| 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 | |

### Group B

| 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 | Advance to the Final Round |
| 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 | |

### Group C

| 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 | Advance to the Final Round |
| 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 | |

## Championship round
### Super Six

| 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 | Advanced to Semi Finals |
| 5 | Kovalam | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 4 | Advanced to Semi Finals |
| 6 | Kerala Blasters B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 2 | |

#### Fixtures

Super Six fixtures were announced on 16 February 2023.
    Source:
Semifinals
Final

## Statistics
### Top scorers

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 | |