2015–16 Kerala Premier League

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.^[1] 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.

Kerala Premier League

Season	2015–16 (3rd Season)
Champions	State Bank of Travancore (2nd title)
Matches played	15
Goals scored	46 (3.07 per match)
Top goalscorer	Askar (Central Excise) (6 goals)
Highest scoring	FC Kerala 2–5 AGS Office (16 April 2016)
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Womens Kerala Premier League

Season	2015–16 (2nd Season)
Champions	Marthoma College WFC (1st title)
Matches played	6
Goals scored	18 (3 per match)
Top goalscorer	Subitha (Marthoma College WFC) Dhanya (Marthoma College WFC) Aswathy (Quartz WFC) (3 goals each)
Highest scoring	Quartz WFC 4–0 Dinesh SWC (19 April 2016)
← 2014–15 2021–22 →

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[2]	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	Central Excise	1 (4)
	B2	KSEB	1 (3)
						Central Excise		0
						State Bank of Travancore		1
	A2	AGS Office	0
	B1	State Bank of Travancore	1

Matches

16 April 2016 (2016-04-16)

FC Kerala	2–5	AGS Office
Surjith VR 30' 37'		Jipson 17' 89' Midhun Wilwet 19' 78' Akhil 48'

Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha

17 April 2016 (2016-04-17)

Central Excise	3–1	FC Kerala
Muneer 18' Mhd. Rafi 41' Askar 47'		Surjith V R 22'

Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha

18 April 2016 (2016-04-18)

Kerala Police	0–1	AGS Office
		Nazarudeen 52'

Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha

19 April 2016 (2016-04-19)

AGS Office	1–5	Central Excise
Jipson 50'		Askar 24' 71' Adheep 45+1' 75' Muneer 59'

Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha

20 April 2016 (2016-04-20)

Central Excise	4–2	Kerala Police
Askar 6' 53' 78' Shahabas 87'		Prasanth Kumar 28' Anish 65'

Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha

21 April 2016 (2016-04-21)

FC Kerala	1–2	Kerala Police
Sreyas 8'		Sreerag 26' Rahul 81'

Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha

22 April 2016 (2016-04-22)

Cochin Port Trust	0–3	Kerala XI
		Mhd.Asif 23' Nibin Joseph 44' Bijesh Balan 88'

Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha

23 April 2016 (2016-04-23)

State Bank Of Travancore	2–0	Cochin Port Trust
Shaijumon 55' Martin John 65' (pen.)

Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha

24 April 2016 (2016-04-24)

KSEB	0–1	Kerala XI
		Thahir Zaman 56'

Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha

25 April 2016 (2016-04-25)

SBT	0–2	KSEB
		Vishak 40' Sarfan 90+4'

Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha

26 April 2016 (2016-04-26)

Kerala XI	0–4	SBT
		Usman 38' Sajith Poulose 51' Prasoon 53' Shibin Lal 64'

Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha

27 April 2016 (2016-04-27)

Cochin Port Trust	0–3	KSEB
		Alex M 44' 84' Sarfan 56'

Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha

Semi-Finals

29 April 2016 (2016-04-29)

Central Excise	1–1	KSEB
Rafi 13'		Nandu 54'
Penalties
	4–3

Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha

30 April 2016 (2016-04-30)

SBT	1–0	AGS Office
Usman 30'

Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha

Final

1 May 2016 (2016-05-01)

Central Excise	0–1	SBT
		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

17 April 2016 (2016-04-17)

Dinesh SWC	0–4	Marthoma College WFC
		Subitha 25' 30' Aswathy 34' Dhanya 48'

Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha

18 April 2016 (2016-04-18)

Alleppey WFC	0–2	Quartz WFC
		Ashly 41' Aswathy 73'

Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha

19 April 2016 (2016-04-19)

Quartz WFC	4–1	Dinesh SWC
Aswathy 14' 70' Sithara 20' Anjali T 54'		Leena Roy 78'

Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha

20 April 2016 (2016-04-20)

Alleppey WFC	1–2	Marthoma College WFC
Reshma 53'		Dhanya 25' 37'

Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha

21 April 2016 (2016-04-21)

Dinesh SWC	1–0	Alleppey WFC
Anuja MS 57'

Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha

22 April 2016 (2016-04-22)

Quartz WFC	0–3	Marthoma College WFC
		Subitha Poovatta 3' Sujithra 9' 80'

Municipal Stadium, Muvattupuzha