The 2021–22 Kerala Premier League was the ninth season of the Kerala Premier League. The season featured 24 teams and was played in multiple venues. This season Kerala Football Association decided to add 12 more participants into the league.
Qualifiers
Teams TeamHead coachCaptainGroundCitySponsor1AIFA Deepak Cherukudi Mattuvayil Mohammed Shamnas TAIFA Ground, KoppamKoppamAerius2CALICO KFTC KP Sethumadhavan Shibin KSt. Joseph's College GroundCalicut3Kochi City FC Jestes Antony Bertie Bridji AndersonMunicipal Stadium, AluvaAluva, KochiFederal Bank4Lords Sreekumar MP AbhilashKochi5United FC Cochin Naresh Narayan Virnodkar Anandhu SKochi6Universal Soccer Club Haris Kadalnath Fahad CCalicut Medical College StadiumCalicutCapstone
Foreign players TeamPlayer 1Player 2Player 31AIFA2CALICO KFTC3Kochi City FC Bertie Bridji Anderson Alassane Junior Sagara Kilane Ebenezer Diamande4Lords5United FC Cochin6Universal Soccer Club Ekoule Eugene Djougo Foku Mike
Group stage Group A <onlyinclude>
Fixtures Source: Cancelled matches
Group B <onlyinclude>
Fixtures Source: Cancelled matches
Finals
Teams
StadiumCapacityLocationEMS Stadium80,000 CalicutThrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium20,000 ThrissurMaharaja's College Ground20,000 Kochi
Entry typeTeamHead coachCitySponsor12020–21 KPL teamsBASCO FC E ShivamaniMalappuramJanatha TMT2FC Kerala Asis KunjivapuThrissurYogakshemam Loans3Gokulam Kerala FC B Rajeev PonnanthariKozhikodeGokulam Group4Golden Threads FC Soly XavierKochiWayna Water5Kerala Blasters B Tomasz TchórzKochiByju's6Kerala United FC Bino GeorgeManjeriMicro Health Laboratories7Kerala Police I. M. VijayanMalappuramOdyssia8Kovalam Football Club Ebin RoseKovalamFederal Bank9KSEB P B RameshTrivandrumMADRE Integrated Engineering10Luca Soccer Club Torben WitajewskiManjeriAbreco Freight11MA College Rajeev PalickalKothamangalamPositive12SA Tirur Sunil KumarTirurAB Bismi13Corporate entryMuthoot FA K AneesKochiMuthoot Pappachan Group14Don Bosco FA Alphonse JoseKochi15Little Flower FA Cleofas AlexTrivandrumOdyssia16Travancore Royals FC Samuel GeevargheseTrivandrumVismayasmax Animations17FC AreekodeMohammed AshiqAreekode18Real Malabar FC Vinu JoseKondottyEDEX19Wayanad United FC Sanush RajKalpettaWagonmart20Parappur FC Sanjoy Kumar DeyParappurSouth Indian Bank21SAI Kollam Deepak BoroKollam22Qualifier winnersAltius IFA Deepak Cherukudi MattuvayilKoppamAerius
Number of teams by region No. of teams Districts Team(s)7MalappuramBASCO FC, Kerala United FC, Kerala Police, Luca Soccer Club, FC Areekode,Real Malabar FC and SA Tirur5ErnakulamGolden Threads FC, Kerala Blasters, MA College, Muthoot FA, and Don Bosco FA4TrivandrumKovalam Football Club, KSEB, Little Flower FA, and Travancore Royals FC2ThrissurFC Kerala and Parappur FC1KozhikodeGokulam Kerala FC B WayanadWayanad United FCPalakkadAltius IFA KollamSAI Kollam
Foreign players TeamPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 41Altius IFA2BASCO FC Djougo Foku Mike Jacque Essombe Letšepe Marabe3Don Bosco FA George Forbia Ekomobong Victor Philip Andrew Michel4FC Areekode5FC Kerala6Gokulam Kerala FC B Rahim Osumanu Abdoulaye Kanouté Emmanual Jeremiah Omri Abdiel7Golden Threads FC Joseph Tetteh Nuhu Seidu Ouattara Sie8Kerala Blasters B9Kerala Police10Kerala United FC Gabriel Lima Silva Victor Santana Francis Nwankwo11Kovalam Football Club12KSEB 13Little Flower FA14Luca Soccer Club Charles Offei Quarcoo15MA College16Muthoot FA Matías Verón Jigme Tshering Dorji Wesley Wagner17Parappur FC Stephan Abeiku Acquah Sanoh Louceny Pato Alvin Jeh Teah18SAI Kollam19SAT Tirur Guy Herman Atimele Seila Toure20Travancore Royals FC John Chidi Bala Dahir21Real Malabar FC Obeng Kojo Forson Bismarck Sersah Kumi Emmanuel22Wayanad United FC Vakaba Kourouma Abubakar Dunnoh Abdoul Aziz
Group stage Group A
Fixtures and results Source: Cancelled matches
Group B
Fixtures and results Source: Cancelled matches
Knockout stage Bracket
Semi-finals
Final
Prize money Winners received 5 lakhs and runners-up received 3 lakhs Rs after the KPL final.
Season statistics
Top scorers
NoPlayerClubGoals1 Nuhu SeiduGolden Threads FC122 VigneshKSEB113 Matías VerónMuthoot FA94 Muhammed AshiqBasco7 Bijesh T BalanKerala Police6 Nijo GilbertKSEB5 Victor SantanaKerala United FC6 ArshadSAT4 Jijo JosephKSEB StalinKovalam FC SenthamizhiMuthoot Jesin TKKerala United FC
Hat-tricks Note: The score of the player's team is displayed first in the result column. PlayerForAgainstResultDate VigneshKSEBMA college7–119 February 2022 Victor SantanaKerala United FCMA college4–06 March 2022 Matías VerónMuthoot FALIFFA 4–021 March 2022 Nuhu SeiduGolden Threads FCTravancore Royals FC 5–21 April 2022
Clean sheets
NoPlayerClubClean sheets1 Abhishek CalvinMuthoot FA72 Muhammed SuhailSAT63 Jaseer MuhammedBasco FC54 Hajmal SKSEB45 Manobin CMGolden Threads36 Mithun VKerala United2 Muhammed AzharKerala Police ShibinLuca Christurajan TKerala United Muhammed NishadGokulam Kerala B Goutham MuralitharanDon Bosco
Season awards AwardWinnerClubPlayer of the league Vignesh MariyaKSEBGolden boot Isahak Nuhu SeiduGolden Threads FCGolden glove Hajmal SKSEB
See also 2021–22 season in state football leagues of India 2021–22 Bangalore Super Division 2021–22 Chennai Senior Division
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