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 Tchórz 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)7MalappuramBASCO FC, Kerala United FC, Kerala Police, Luca Soccer Club, FC Areekode, SAT FC, Real Malabar FC, Muthoot FA4TrivandrumKovalam Football Club, KSEB, Little Flower FA, Travancore Royals FCErnakulamGolden Threads FC, Don Bosco FA, Kerala Blasters B 2Thrissur Parappur FC, FC Kerala1KozhikodeGokulam Kerala FC BWayanadWayanad United FCKollamSAI KollamKannurPayyannur CollegeAlappuzhaMK 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 VP Suneer 5 August 2022 Kerala United FC Bino George New club (East Bengal) 1 July 2022 Pre-season Saheed Ramon 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 StadiumCapacityLocationEMS Stadium80,000 CalicutKotappady Stadium20,000 MalappuramMaharaja's College Ground20,000 KochiThrissur Corporation Stadium20,000 ThrissurMaravayal Sports Complex Kalpetta
Foreign players TeamPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 41MK Sporting Club2BASCO FC Djougo Foku Mike Jacque Abeau3Don Bosco FA Karomoko John Chidi 4FC Areekode Wisdom5FC Kerala Charles Offei Abayomi Oludeyi 6Gokulam Kerala FC B Dodi Alphead Ndo Samuel Mensah Konney Oluwaunmi Somide Godfrey West Omodu7Golden Threads FC Christian Ouedraogo Patrick Yeboah Joseph Tetteh8Kerala Blasters B9Kerala Police10Kerala United FC Ouattara Sie Yusif Afful Benjamin Arthur Ezekial Oroh11Kovalam Football Club12KSEB 13Little Flower FA14Luca Soccer Club15Payyannur College16Muthoot FA Alex Yamoah17Parappur FC18SAI Kollam19Sports Academy Tirur20Travancore Royals FC21Real Malabar FC22Wayanad United FC Gbolo Abdulai Isahak Nuhu Seidu Kafandorashidan Haruna
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
Championship round Super Six
Fixtures Super Six fixtures were announced on 16 February 2023. Source:
Semifinals
Final
Statistics Top scorers As of 19 March 2023 NoPlayerClubGoals1 Samuel Mensah KonneyGokulam Kerala B10 Ezekial OrahKerala 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 2022–23 Indian State Leagues
References