Kerala Premier League

Season	2021–22
Dates	3 November 2021 – 10 April 2022
Champions	Golden Threads (1st title)
Matches played	110
Goals scored	196 (1.78 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nuhu Seidu (12)
Highest scoring	KSEB 7-1 MA College
Longest unbeaten run	Kerala Police BASCO FC (10 matches)
Longest winless run	Kerala Blasters B (6 matches)
Longest losing run	Kerala Blasters B (6 matches)
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Kerala Premier League was the ninth season of the Kerala Premier League. The season featured 24 teams and was played on multiple venues. This season Kerala Football Association decided to add 12 more participants into the league.

	Team	Head coach	Captain	Ground	City	Sponsor
1	AIFA	Deepak Cherukudi Mattuvayil	Mohammed Shamnas T	AIFA Ground, Koppam	Koppam	Aerius[1]
2	CALICO KFTC	KP Sethumadhavan	Shibin K	St. Joseph's College Ground	Calicut
3	Kochi City FC	Jestes Antony	Bertie Bridji Anderson	Municipal Stadium, Aluva	Aluva, Kochi	Federal Bank
4	Lords	Sreekumar MP	Abhilash		Kochi
5	United FC Cochin	Naresh Narayan Virnodkar	Anandhu S		Kochi
6	Universal Soccer Club	Haris Kadalnath	Fahad C	Calicut Medical College Stadium	Calicut	Capstone [1]

	Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
1	AIFA
2	CALICO KFTC
3	Kochi City FC	Bertie Bridji Anderson	Alassane Junior Sagara	Kilane Ebenezer Diamande
4	Lords
5	United FC Cochin
6	Universal Soccer Club	Ekoule Eugene	Djougo Foku Mike

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Kochi City FC	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2	4	Advance to the Final Round
2	Universal Calicut SC	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2	4
3	United FC Cochin	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4	0

Source:

  Cancelled matches

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AIFA FC	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	6	Advance to the Final Round
2	Lords FA	2	1	0	1	0	3	−3	3
3	KFTC	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0

Source:

  Cancelled matches

Stadium	Capacity	Location
EMS Stadium	80,000	Calicut
Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium	20,000	Thrissur
Maharaja's College Ground	20,000	Kochi

	Entry type	Team	Head coach	City	Sponsor
1	2020–21 KPL Teams	BASCO FC	E Shivamani	Malappuram	Janatha TMT
2		FC Kerala	Asis Kunjivapu	Thrissur	Yogakshemam Loans
3		Gokulam Kerala FC B	Rajeev Ponnanthari	Kozhikode	Gokulam Group
4		Golden Threads FC	Soly Xavier	Kochi	Wayna Water [2]
5		Kerala Blasters B	Tomasz Tchorz	Kochi	Byju's
6		Kerala United FC	Bino George	Manjeri	Micro Health Laboratories [3]
7		Kerala Police	I. M. Vijayan	Malappuram	Odyssia
8		Kovalam Football Club	Ebin Rose	Kovalam	Federal Bank
9		KSEB	P B Ramesh	Trivandrum	MADRE Integrated Engineering [4]
10		Luca Soccer Club	Syed Muhammed Rafi	Manjeri	Abreco freight [5]
11		MA College	Rajeev Palickal	Kothamangalam	Positive
12		SAT Tirur	Sunil Kumar	Tirur	AB Bismi [6]
13	Corporate Entry	Muthoot FA	K Anees	Kochi	Muthoot Pappachan Group
14		Don Bosco FA	Alphonse Jose	Kochi
15		Little Flower FA	Cleofas Alex	Trivandrum	Odyssia
16		Travancore Royals FC	Samuel Geevarghese	Trivandrum	Vismayasmax Animations
17		FC Areekode[2]	Mohammed Ashiq	Areekode
18		Real Malabar FC	Vinu Jose	Kondotty	EDEX
19		Wayanad United FC[3]	Sanush Raj	Kalpetta	Wagonmart
20		Parappur FC	Sanjoy Kumar Dey	Parappur	South Indian Bank
21		SAI Kollam	Deepak Boro	Kollam
22	Qualifier winners	Altius IFA	Deepak Cherukudi Mattuvayil	Koppam	Aerius

No. of teams	Districts	Team(s)
7	Malappuram	BASCO FC,Kerala United FC,Kerala Police, Luca Soccer Club,FC Areekode,Real Malabar FC and SA Tirur
5	Ernakulam	Golden Threads FC, Kerala Blasters, MA College,Muthoot FA, and Don Bosco FA
4	Trivandrum	Kovalam Football Club,KSEB, Little Flower FA ,and Travancore Royals FC
2	Thrissur	FC Kerala and Parappur FC
1	Kozhikode	Gokulam Kerala FC B
	Wayanad	Wayanad United FC
	Palakkad	Altius IFA
	Kollam	SAI Kollam

	Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4
1	Altius IFA
2	BASCO FC	Djougo Foku Mike	Jacque Essombe	Letšepe Marabe
3	Don Bosco FA	George Forbia	Ekomobong Victor Philip	Andrew Michel
4	FC Areekode
5	FC Kerala
6	Gokulam Kerala FC B	Rahim Osumanu	Abdoulaye Kanouté	Emmanual Jeremiah	Omri Abdiel
7	Golden Threads FC	Joseph Tetteh	Nuhu Seidu	Ouattara Sie
8	Kerala Blasters B
9	Kerala Police
10	Kerala United FC	Gabriel Lima Silva[4]	Victor Santana	Francis Nwankwo
11	Kovalam Football Club
12	KSEB
13	Little Flower FA
14	Luca Soccer Club	Charles Offei Quarcoo
15	MA College
16	Muthoot FA	Matías Verón	Jigme Tshering Dorji	Wesley Wagner
17	Parappur FC	Stephan Abeiku Acquah	Sanoh Louceny Pato	Alvin Jeh Teah
18	SAI Kollam
19	SAT Tirur	Guy Herman Atimele	Seila Toure
20	Travancore Royals FC	John Chidi	Bala Dahir
21	Real Malabar FC	Obeng Kojo Forson	Bismarck Sersah	Kumi Emmanuel
22	Wayanad United FC	Vakaba Kourouma	Abubakar Dunnoh	Abdoul Aziz

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	BASCO FC	10	7	3	0	27	4	+23	24	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Sports Academy Tirur	10	7	2	1	21	4	+17	23
3	Kerala Police	10	5	5	0	19	10	+9	20
4	Gokulam Kerala B	10	5	2	3	17	10	+7	17
5	Wayanad United FC	10	3	4	3	7	6	+1	13
6	Luca Soccer Club	10	3	4	3	10	12	−2	13
7	Real Malabar FC	10	4	1	5	9	20	−11	13
8	Parappur FC	10	3	3	4	17	19	−2	12
9	FC Areekode	10	1	3	6	10	23	−13	6
10	FC Kerala	10	1	2	7	4	14	−10	5	Relegation to 2022–23 KPL Qualifiers
11	Altius IFA	10	1	1	8	7	23	−16	4

Qualifiers

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  Cancelled matches

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Golden Threads	10	8	0	2	21	11	+10	24	Advance to Semi-finals
2	KSEB	10	7	2	1	29	11	+18	23
3	Kerala United FC	10	7	1	2	21	8	+13	22
4	Muthoot FA	10	7	0	3	23	11	+12	21
5	SAI Kollam	10	4	2	4	16	16	0	14
6	Travancore Royals FC	10	4	1	5	16	21	−5	13
7	Don Bosco FA	10	3	3	4	18	15	+3	12
8	Kovalam FC	10	3	1	6	11	17	−6	10
9	Kerala Blasters B	10	3	0	7	11	20	−9	9	Relegation to 2022–23 KPL Qualifiers
10	MA College	10	2	1	7	16	35	−19	7
11	Little Flower FA	10	1	1	8	7	24	−17	4

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  Cancelled matches

	Semi-finals					Final
	A1	BASCO FC	1
	B2	KSEB	2
						KSEB		0
						Golden Threads		2
	B1	Golden Threads	1
	A2	Sports Academy Tirur	0

Winners received 5 lakhs and runners-up received 3 lakhs Rs after the KPL final.

No	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nuhu Seidu	Golden Threads FC	12
2	Vignesh	KSEB	11
3	Matías Verón	Muthoot FA	9
4	Muhammed Ashiq	Basco	7
	Bijesh T Balan	Kerala Police
6	Nijo Gilbert	KSEB	5
	Victor Santana	Kerala United FC
6	Arshad	SAT	4
	Jijo Joseph	KSEB
	Stalin	Kovalam FC
	Senthamizhi	Muthoot
	Jesin TK	Kerala United FC

Note: The score of the player's team is displayed first in the result column.

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Vignesh	KSEB	MA college	7–1	19 February 2022
Victor Santana	Kerala United FC	MA college	4–0	6 March 2022
Matías Verón	Muthoot FA	LIFFA	4–0	21 March 2022
Nuhu Seidu	Golden Threads FC	Travancore Royals FC	5–2	1 April 2022

No	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Abhishek Calvin	Muthoot FA	7
2	Muhammed Suhail	SAT	6
3	Jaseer Muhammed	Basco FC	5
4	Hajmal S	KSEB	4
5	Manobin CM	Golden Threads	3
6	Mithun V	Kerala United	2
	Muhammed Azhar	Kerala Police
	Shibin	Luca
	Christurajan T	Kerala United
	Muhammed Nishad	Gokulam Kerala B
	Goutham Muralitharan	Don Bosco

Award	Winner	Club
Player of the league	Vignesh Mariya	KSEB
Golden boot	Isahak Nuhu Seidu	Golden Threads FC
Golden glove	Hajmal S	KSEB

• 2021–22 season in state football leagues of India
  • 2021–22 Bangalore Super Division
  • 2021–22 Chennai Senior Division