# 2024–25 Kerala Premier League

The 2024–25 Kerala Premier League is 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. Kerala United FC are the defending champions.

## Changes from last season

* Corporate entry
* Inter Kerala FC
* Promoted to I-League 3
* SAT
* Relegated to KPL 2
* BASCO FC
* FC Areekode
* Little Flower FA
* LUCA SC
* MK Sporting Club
* SAI Kollam

## 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 |
| 2 | Kozhikode | Devagiri College, Gokulam Kerala B |
| 2 | Thrissur | FC Kerala, Parappur FC |
| 1 | Wayanad | Wayanad United |

## Venues

| Stadium | Capacity | Location |
| Payyanad Stadium | 30,000 | Manjeri |
| EMS Stadium | 50,000 | Kozhikode |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | KSEB | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 15 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Muthoot | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 11 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 3 | Gokulam Kerala B | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 10 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 4 | PFC Kerala | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 9 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 5 | Real Malabar | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 | |
| 6 | Kovalam | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 9 | |
| 7 | Wayanad United | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 | |
| 8 | Kerala Police | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 8 | |
| 9 | Golden Threads | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 7 | |
| 10 | Kerala United | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 7 | |
| 11 | Kerala Blasters B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 5 | |
| 12 | Inter Kerala | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 4 | |
| 13 | FC Kerala | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 18 | −10 | 4 | Relegation to the 2025–26 Kerala Premier League 2 |
| 14 | Devagiri College | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 2 | Relegation to the 2025–26 Kerala Premier League 2 |

## Fixtures and Results

| Home \ Away | SJC | FCK | GTFC | GKFC | IKFC | KBFC | KP | KUFC | KSEB | KFC | MFA | PFC | RMFC | WUFC |
| Devagiri College | — | 1–2 | | | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | | | 0–4 | | 0–3 |
| FC Kerala | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | | | | | | 1–4 | 1–3 | | | 2–4 | |
| Golden Threads | - | 2–2 | — | | | | 2–3 | 2–1 | | | 0–1 | 2–1 | | |
| Gokulam Kerala 'B' | - | | | — | | 0–1 | | 1–0 | | | | 2–1 | | 2–3 |
| Inter Kerala | - | | | | — | 2–2 | | 0–1 | | | | 1–2 | | 2–0 |
| Kerala Blasters B | 2–2 | | | 1–0 | 2–2 | — | | | 0–2 | 1–2 | | | | |
| Kerala Police | 1–1 | | 3–2 | | | | — | | | | | | 0–0 | |
| Kerala United | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | | — | | | | | 1–1 | |
| KSEB | - | 4–1 | | | | 2–0 | | | — | | 2–1 | 1–0 | | |
| Kovalam | - | 3–1 | | | | 2–1 | | | | — | 2–5 | 0–2 | | 2–1 |
| Muthoot | - | | 1–0 | | | | | | 1–2 | 5–2 | — | | 0–0 | |
| PFC Kerala | 4–0 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | | | 0–1 | 2–0 | | — | | |
| Real Malabar FC | - | 4–2 | | | | | 0–0 | 1–1 | | | 0–0 | | — | 2–0 |
| Wayanad United FC | 3–0 | | | 3–2 | 0–2 | | | | | 1–2 | | | 0–2 | — |

## Statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Rupam Roy | PFC Kerala | 5 |
| 2 | Mahesh K | Real Malabar FC | 4 |
| 2 | Piyush Sikarwar | PFC Kerala | 4 |
| 2 | Sajeesh E | Kerala Police | 4 |
| 4 | Muhammad Ajsal | Kerala Blasters B | 3 |
| 4 | Muhammed Shafeeq | Kovalam | 3 |
| 4 | Amal KA | FC Kerala | 3 |
| 4 | Vishnu CV | Golden Threads | 3 |
| 4 | Arun Lal M | Wayanad United | 3 |
| 4 | Arjun V | KSEB | 3 |
| 4 | Shijin Thadayouse | Gokulam Kerala B | 3 |
| 4 | Nandhu Krishna | Gokulam Kerala B | 3 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| 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 |

### Clean sheets

As of match played 17 March 2025
| No | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Suhail Majid | Real Malabar | 3 |
| 2 | Hajmal S | KSEB | 2 |
| 2 | Mohammed Siyad | Muthoot | 2 |
| 2 | Rayisudheen | Gokulam Kerala B | 2 |
| 5 | Muhammed Jaseen | Kerala Blasters B | 1 |
| 5 | Murugan | Inter Kerala | 1 |
| 5 | Adithyan TV | PFC Kerala | 1 |
| 5 | Vivek Gopal | Kerala United | 1 |
| 5 | Mohammed Azhar | Kerala Police | 1 |
| 5 | Jagan K | Wayanad United | 1 |
| 5 | Mohammed Sinan | Kerala United | 1 |
| 5 | Mohammed Anas | Muthoot | 1 |
| 5 | Ayan Bhattacharya | PFC Kerala | 1 |
| 5 | Shain Khan | KSEB | 1 |
| 5 | Abhinav | Kerala Police | 1 |

### Match awards

Player of the Match :
| Match | Player of the Match | Player of the Match | Match | Player of the Match | Player of the Match | Match | Player of the Match | Player of the Match | Match | Player of the Match | Player of the Match |
| Match | Player | Club | Match | Player | Club | Match | Player | Club | Match | Player | Club |
| 1 | Muhammad Ajsal | Kerala Blasters B | 26 | Stevin T | Golden Threads | | | | | | |
| 2 | Salman Faris | Inter Kerala | 27 | Naveen Das | Gokulam Kerala B | | | | | | |
| 3 | Piyush Sikarwar | PFC Kerala | 28 | Manoj (2) | Kovalam | | | | | | |
| 4 | Shihad | Kerala United | 29 | Arshad A | Devagiri College | | | | | | |
| 5 | Nijo Gilbert | KSEB | 30 | Rupam Roy | PFC Kerala | | | | | | |
| 6 | Aboobacker Dilshad | Real Malabar | 31 | Sal Anaz | Golden Threads | | | | | | |
| 7 | Achu Thankachan | FC Kerala | 32 | Suhail Majid (2) | Real Malabar | | | | | | |
| 8 | Roshith Joshi | Kerala Blasters B | 33 | Rupam Roy (2) | PFC Kerala | | | | | | |
| 9 | Mohamed Safneed | Real Malabar | 34 | Ajay Krishnan | Muthoot | | | | | | |
| 10 | Muhammed Ameen | Wayanad United | 35 | Arjun V (2) | KSEB | | | | | | |
| 11 | Sajeesh E | Kerala Police | 36 | Sreenath M | Wayanad United | | | | | | |
| 12 | Nijo Gilbert (2) | KSEB | 37 | Jimshad U | Kerala Police | | | | | | |
| 13 | Muhammed Azhar | Kerala Police | 38 | Ajay Krishnan (2) | Muthoot | | | | | | |
| 14 | Laishram Johnson Singh | Gokulam Kerala B | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Manoj M | Muthoot | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Craig Mangkhanlian | Kerala United | | | | | | | | | |
| 17 | Manoj M (2) | Muthoot | | | | | | | | | |
| 18 | Ajay | Wayanad United | | | | | | | | | |
| 19 | Mahesh K | Real Malabar | | | | | | | | | |
| 20 | Manoj | Kovalam | | | | | | | | | |
| 21 | Arjun V | KSEB | | | | | | | | | |
| 22 | Suhail Majid | Real Malabar | | | | | | | | | |
| 23 | Jidhu K Roby | Kovalam | | | | | | | | | |
| 24 | Mohammed Nihal | FC Kerala | | | | | | | | | |
| 25 | Gifty C Gracious | KSEB | | | | | | | | | |