2020–21 Kerala Premier League

Kerala Premier League
Season	2020–21
Champions	Gokulam Kerala (2nd title)
Matches played	33
Goals scored	96 (2.91 per match)
Top goalscorer	Saliou Guindo Gokulam Kerala FC(8)
Highest scoring	Golden Threads FC 1-6 Kerala United FC Gokulam Kerala FC 5-2 FC Kerala
Longest winning run	Gokulam Kerala FC (5)
Longest unbeaten run	Gokulam Kerala FC (6)
Longest winless run	Kovalam FC (5)
Longest losing run	Kovalam FC (5)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 → All statistics correct as of 16 April 2021.

The 2020–21 Kerala Premier League season was the eighth season of the Kerala Premier League.^[1]^[2] The season featured 12 teams which was divided into 2 groups and were played on a home-and-away format.^[3] The season was originally scheduled to start in 2020, but was postponed to 2021 due to Covid-19 Pandemic.^[4]^[5] It began on 6 March 2021 across two centralised venues in Thrissur and Kochi.^[6] This season, Kerala Football Association decided to add two more participants into the league. KSEB and BASCO were the new entrants into the league.^[7]

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Team	Manager	Captain	Sponsor
Basco FC	Rajeev Kumar	Ummer farook	Royal Travels
FC Kerala	Shivaram	Shabin	Yogakshemam Loans
Gokulam Kerala FC	Najeeb	Rishad	Gokulam Group
Golden Threads	Walter A	Abhijith	Wayna Water^{[dead link]}
Kerala Blasters (R)	T. G Purushothaman	Shahajas Thekkan	Byju's
Kerala Police	I. M. Vijayan	Jimshad U	ODYSSIA
Kerala United FC	Shajirudheen Koppilan	Arjun Jayaraj	Micro Health Laboratories
Kovalam FC	Ebin Rose	Beniston	Federal Bank
KSEB	Ramesh PB	Sugun Kumar	MADRE Integrated Engineering
Luca Soccer Club	Navas Luca	Bala Dahir	Abreco freight
MA College	Haary Benny	Akhil K	Positive
Sports Academy Tirur	Baiju	Muhammad shibili	AB Bismi

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
Golden Threads FC	Joseph Tetteh	-	-
FC Kerala	-	-	-
Kerala United FC	Stephen Abeiku	Francis Dadzie	Aaron Awannorh
Gokulam Kerala FC	Saliou Guindo	-	-
Kovalam FC	-	-	-
Luca Soccer Club	Bala Dahir	Koffi Konan Kevin	-
Sports Academy Tirur	-	-	-
Kerala Blasters (R)	-	-	-
MA College	-	-	-
Kerala Police	-	-	-
KSEB FC	-	-	-
Basco FC	-	-	-

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Gokulam Kerala F.C.	5	5	0	0	15	3	+12	15	Advance to Semi-finals
2	BASCO FC	5	1	3	1	7	5	+2	6	Advance to Semi-finals
3	Sports Academy Tirur	5	1	3	1	5	4	+1	6
4	Kerala Police	5	1	3	1	4	6	−2	6
5	Luca Soccer Club	5	1	2	2	5	4	+1	5
6	FC Kerala	5	0	1	4	4	18	−14	1

6 March 2021	Luca Soccer Club	3-0	FC Kerala	Thrissur
19:00 IST	Siddeq 50' Bala Dahir 85' Akbar 90+1'			Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium

7 March 2021	Gokulam Kerala F.C.	3-0	Sports Academy Tirur	Thrissur
19:00 IST	Abhijith 23' Ganeshan 47' Saliou Guindo 67'			Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium

2020–21 Kerala Premier League

Teams

Foreign players

Group stage

Group A

Fixtures and results

Group B

Fixtures and results

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Final

References

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15 April 2021	Luca Soccer Club	2-2	BASCO FC	Thrissur
19:00 IST	Akmal Shan 22' Bibin Boban 56'		Abdu Raheem 7' Ajay Krishna 37'	Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium

6 March 2021	Kerala United FC	3-0	Kovalam FC	Kochi
16:00 IST	Bujair 60' Mousoof 65' Shafeer 71'			Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium

7 March 2021	KSEB	0-1	MA College	Kochi
16:00 IST			Vyshak 39'	Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium

13 March 2021	Kerala United FC	3-1	Kerala Blasters FC Reserves	Kochi
16:00 IST	Nidhin 42' Bujair 45', 88'		Nihal 66'	Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium