The 2016–17 Kerala Premier League Season was the fourth season of the Kerala Premier League. Unlike last 3 seasons, the season featured 11 teams which were divided into 2 groups with Group A having 5 and Group B having 6 teams and wes played on a home-and-away format with half of the teams being private clubs. Later Quartz SC announced its withdrawal from the league making the number of teams 10. The season kicked off on 8 April 2017. KSEB beat FC Thrissur in the finals to clinch their maiden Kerala Premier League title.
Teams
It featured 11 teams from Kerala affiliated to the KFA competing for the Trophy. The league is played in a home and away format for the first time. Three points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. At the end of the season a table of the final League standings is determined, based on the following criteria in this order: points obtained, goal difference, and goals scored.
Stadiums and locations Team Stadium Capacity Central Excise Ambedkar Stadium, Ernakulam 10,000 Cochin Port Trust FC Kerala Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium 15,000 FC Thrissur Gokulam FC Kottappadi Football Stadium, Malappuram 10,000 Kerala Police Sports Academy Tirur Rajiv Gandhi Municipal Stadium, Tirur – KSEB Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium 25,000 SBI Kerala Accountant General Office University Stadium (Thiruvananthapuram) 20,000 Quartz SC w EMS Stadium 85,000
w Withdrawn
Results
League table Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Fixtures and results Cancelled Matches
Semi-finals
Final
Season statistics
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Firos Kalathingal Kerala Police72 ShaheedSports Academy Tirur63 Ozowara CE FC Thrissur5 S Rajesh FC Thrissur Sylla SulaimanCochin Port Trust VP SuhairGokulam FC
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Ref Bineesh Balan FC Kerala Cochin Port Trust 5–3 Ozowara CE FC Thrissur Accountant General Office 3–1 Firos Kalathingal Kerala Police Accountant General Office 4–1 –
Season awards
AwardRecipient Most Valuable Player Shaheed (Sports Academy Tirur) Fairplay award FC Kerala
References