# 2020–21 Kerala Premier League

The 2020–21 Kerala Premier League season was the eighth season of the Kerala Premier League. The season featured 12 teams which was divided into 2 groups and were played on a home-and-away format. The season was originally scheduled to start in 2020, but was postponed to 2021 due to Covid-19 Pandemic. It began on 6 March 2021 across two centralised venues in Thrissur and Kochi. This season, Kerala Football Association decided to add two more participants into the league. KSEB and BASCO were the new entrants into the league.

## Teams

| Team | Manager | Captain | Sponsor |
| Basco FC | Rajeev Kumar | Ummer farook | Royal Travels |
| FC Kerala | Shivaram | Shabin | Yogakshemam Loans |
| Gokulam Kerala FC | Najeeb | Rishad | Gokulam Group |
| Golden Threads | Walter A | Abhijith | Wayna Water |
| Kerala Blasters (R) | T. G Purushothaman | Shahajas Thekkan | Byju's |
| Kerala Police | I. M. Vijayan | Jimshad U | ODYSSIA |
| Kerala United FC | Shajirudheen Koppilan | Arjun Jayaraj | Micro Health Laboratories |
| Kovalam FC | Ebin Rose | Beniston | Federal Bank |
| KSEB | Ramesh PB | Sugun Kumar | MADRE Integrated Engineering |
| Luca Soccer Club | Navas Luca | Bala Dahir | Abreco freight |
| MA College | Haary Benny | Akhil K | Positive |
| Sports Academy Tirur | Baiju | Muhammad shibili | AB Bismi |

## Foreign players

Clubs can sign maximum Three players two is allowed in the playing eleven.
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 |
| Golden Threads FC | Joseph Tetteh | - | - |
| FC Kerala | - | - | - |
| Kerala United FC | Stephen Abeiku | Francis Dadzie | Aaron Awannorh |
| Gokulam Kerala FC | Saliou Guindo | - | - |
| Kovalam FC | - | - | - |
| Luca Soccer Club | Bala Dahir | Koffi Konan Kevin | - |
| Sports Academy Tirur | - | - | - |
| Kerala Blasters (R) | - | - | - |
| MA College | - | - | - |
| Kerala Police | - | - | - |
| KSEB FC | - | - | - |
| Basco FC | - | - | - |

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Gokulam Kerala F.C. | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 15 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 2 | BASCO FC | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 3 | Sports Academy Tirur | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | |
| 4 | Kerala Police | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 6 | |
| 5 | Luca Soccer Club | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | |
| 6 | FC Kerala | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 18 | −14 | 1 | |

#### Fixtures and results

    Source:
    Cancelled Matches

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | KSEB | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 12 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Kerala United FC | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 12 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 3 | MA College | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 10 | |
| 4 | Kerala Blasters FC Reserves | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 7 | |
| 5 | Golden Threads | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 3 | |
| 6 | Kovalam FC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 | |

#### Fixtures and results

    Source:
    Cancelled Matches

## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| B1 | KSEB | 3(5) | | | |
| A2 | BASCO FC | 3(4) | | | |
| A2 | BASCO FC | 3(4) | KSEB | KSEB | 1 |
| | | | Gokulam Kerala F.C. | Gokulam Kerala F.C. | 2 |
| A1 | Gokulam Kerala F.C. | 0(4) | Gokulam Kerala F.C. | Gokulam Kerala F.C. | 2 |
| B2 | Kerala United FC | 0(2) | | | |