2015–16 Kerala Premier League

Kerala Premier League
Season2015–16 (3rd Season)
ChampionsState Bank of Travancore (2nd title)
Matches played15
Goals scored46 (3.07 per match)
Top goalscorerAskar (Central Excise)
(6 goals)
Highest scoringFC Kerala 2–5 AGS Office
(16 April 2016)
Womens Kerala Premier League
Season2015–16 (2nd Season)
ChampionsMarthoma College WFC (1st title)
Matches played6
Goals scored18 (3 per match)
Top goalscorerSubitha (Marthoma College WFC)
Dhanya (Marthoma College WFC)
Aswathy (Quartz WFC)
(3 goals each)
Highest scoringQuartz WFC 4–0 Dinesh SWC
(19 April 2016)
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The 2015–16 Kerala Premier League Season, Officially known as 3rd Dentcare Dental Lab Kerala Premier League due to sponsorship reasons, was the third season of the Kerala Premier League, a professional football league played in Kerala since 2013–14. Muvattupuzha Football Club Host the third Season. Muvattupuzha Municipal Stadium was the venue.The season featured 8 teams in men's edition and 4 teams in women's edition. The season kicked off on 16 April 2016. Marthoma College Women's Football Club emerged as the winners of the women's edition and remained unbeaten in the league. SBT beat Central Excise for 1–0 in the finals to clinch the Kerala Premier League title for the consecutive time.

Sponsorship

Ramco Cements was the sponsors of the first 2 seasons. For the 3rd Edition Dentcare Dental Lab Pvt. Ltd. came in as the sponsor of the League.

Men's

Structure

It featured the best eight teams of Kerala affiliated to the KFA competing for the Trophy. The league is played in a two single format where the teams were divided into 2 groups of 4 Teams each. Matches were hosted by Muvattupuzha Football Club and were played in Muvattupuzha Municipal Stadium. Top 2 teams from each group qualified for the semifinals. 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.

Teams

This is the completed club list for the 2015–16 season.

Group A Group B
Kerala Police KSEB, Trivandrum
FC Kerala State Bank of Travancore
AG's Office Thiruvananthapuram Kerala XI
Central Excise,Kochi Cochin Port Trust

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Central Excise 3 3 0 0 12 4 +8 9 Advance to Semi-finals
2 AGS Office 3 2 0 1 7 7 0 6
3 Kerala Police 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
4 FC Kerala 3 0 0 3 4 10 −6 0
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 State Bank of Travancore 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6 Advance to Semi-finals
2 KSEB 3 2 0 1 5 1 +4 6
3 Kerala XI 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6
4 Cochin Port Trust 3 0 0 3 0 8 −8 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
      
A1 India Central Excise 1 (4)
B2 India KSEB 1 (3)
India Central Excise 0
India State Bank of Travancore 1
A2 India AGS Office 0
B1 India State Bank of Travancore 1

Matches

FC Kerala2–5AGS Office
Surjith VR 30' 37' Jipson 17' 89'
Midhun Wilwet 19' 78'
Akhil 48'
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha
Central Excise3–1FC Kerala
Muneer 18'
Mhd. Rafi 41'
Askar 47'		 Surjith V R 22'
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha
Kerala Police0–1AGS Office
Nazarudeen 52'
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha
AGS Office1–5Central Excise
Jipson 50' Askar 24' 71'
Adheep 45+1' 75'
Muneer 59'
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha
Central Excise4–2Kerala Police
Askar 6' 53' 78'
Shahabas 87'		 Prasanth Kumar 28'
Anish 65'
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha
FC Kerala1–2Kerala Police
Sreyas 8' Sreerag 26'
Rahul 81'
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha
Cochin Port Trust0–3Kerala XI
Mhd.Asif 23'
Nibin Joseph 44'
Bijesh Balan 88'
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha
State Bank Of Travancore2–0Cochin Port Trust
Shaijumon 55'
Martin John 65' (pen.)
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha
KSEB0–1Kerala XI
Thahir Zaman 56'
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha
SBT0–2KSEB
Vishak 40'
Sarfan 90+4'
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha
Kerala XI0–4SBT
Usman 38'
Sajith Poulose 51'
Prasoon 53'
Shibin Lal 64'
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha
Cochin Port Trust0–3KSEB
Alex M 44' 84'
Sarfan 56'
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha

Semi-Finals

Central Excise1–1KSEB
Rafi 13' Nandu 54'
Penalties
4–3
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha
SBT1–0AGS Office
Usman 30'
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha

Final

Central Excise0–1SBT
Usman 45+2'
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha

Women's

Structure

It features four women's club teams from Kerala. All teams face each other once. 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.

Teams

This is the completed club list for the 2015–16 season.

Team
Marthoma College Women's FC, Thiruvalla
Quartz Women's FC, Kozhikkode
Dinesh Soccer Women's Club, Kottayam
Alleppey Women's FC

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Marthoma College WFC 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9
2 Quartz WFC 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
3 Dinesh Soccer Womens Club 3 1 0 2 2 8 −6 3
4 Alleppey WFC 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

Matches

Dinesh SWC0–4Marthoma College WFC
Subitha 25' 30'
Aswathy 34'
Dhanya 48'
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha
Alleppey WFC0–2Quartz WFC
Ashly 41'
Aswathy 73'
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha
Quartz WFC4–1Dinesh SWC
Aswathy 14' 70'
Sithara 20'
Anjali T 54'		 Leena Roy 78'
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha
Alleppey WFC1–2Marthoma College WFC
Reshma 53' Dhanya 25' 37'
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha
Dinesh SWC1–0Alleppey WFC
Anuja MS 57'
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha
Quartz WFC0–3Marthoma College WFC
Subitha Poovatta 3'
Sujithra 9' 80'
Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha