2025–26 Kerala Premier League

The 2025–26 Kerala Premier League was the thirteenth season of the Kerala Premier League, the highest level of the state league system in Kerala and fifth of the overall Indian football league system. Muthoot FA were the defending champions.

Kerala Premier League

Season	2025–26
Dates	8 March – 28 April 2026 (Regular season) 6 May – 26 May 2026 (Super Eight) 29 May 2026 (Play off) 31 May 2026 (Final)
Champions	Gokulam Kerala B
Promoted	Calicut
Matches	67
Goals	207 (3.09 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nijo Gilbert Sajeesh E (8 goals)
Biggest win	Golden Threads 6–0 Kerala Police (18 April 2026)
Highest scoring	EMEA College 4–4 Real Malabar (25 May 2026)
Longest winning run	Calicut (8 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Calicut (8 matches)
Longest winless run	Kerala United SAI Centre Real Malabar (6 matches)
Longest losing run	Kerala United (6 matches)
← 2024–25 2026–27 →

Teams

Fourteen teams are competing in the league: the top eleven teams from the previous season and two promoted from the KPL 2 and a corporate entry, Super League Kerala side Calicut, the first SLK franchise to do so.

Changes from the previous season

Promoted to I League 3

• Muthoot FA (withdrew)

Corporate entry

• Calicut

Promoted to the Kerala Premier League

• EMEA College
• SAI Centre

Relegated to KPL 2

• Devagiri College
• FC Kerala

Teams and locations

KFA

	Team	City
1	Calicut	Kozhikode
2	EMEA College	Kondotty
3	Golden Threads	Kochi
4	Gokulam Kerala B	Kozhikode
5	Inter Kerala	Kothamangalam
6	Kerala Blasters B	Kochi
7	Kerala Police	Trivandrum
8	Kerala United	Thrissur
9	KSEB	Trivandrum
10	Kovalam	Kovalam
11	PFC Kerala	Thrissur
12	Real Malabar	Kondotty
13	SAI Centre	Kollam
14	Wayanad United	Kalpetta

Personnel and sponsorship

KFA

	Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsor (chest)	Sponsor (sleeve)
1	Calicut	Biby Thomas	Arjun Jayaraj	Loop	Peekay Steels
2	EMEA College	Ameen Navas	Fahad		Sky Ford
3	Golden Threads FC	Shiju Rajan	Ajay Alex		Wayna Water, BEO Software
4	Gokulam Kerala B	Rajeev Ponnanthari	Bibin Boban
5	Inter Kerala FC	Britto Clemmy	Akhil Praveen
6	Kerala Blasters B	Noel Joseph	Jaganath Jayan
7	Kerala Police	Siddik VV	Abhinav		Chips Oman
8	Kerala United FC	Shelbin Francis	Nikhil Raj
9	KSEB	Sanushraj Palanickal	Hajmal Sakeer		KSEB
10	Kovalam	Rajesh Mohanan			KIMS Health
11	PFC Kerala	Sanjoy Kumar Dey	Iqlaq Fayaz		Jos Alukkas
12	Real Malabar FC	Haary Benny	Aboobacker Dilshad		EDEX
13	SAI Centre		Wangden Lama
14	Wayanad United	Daison Cheriyan			SKAMPILO

Venues

Stadium	Capacity	Location
EMS Stadium	50,000	Kozhikode
Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium	15,000	Thrissur

Group stage

Main article: 2025–26 Kerala Premier League group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	EMEA College	6	5	0	1	11	3	+8	15	Advance to Super Eight
2	Calicut FC	6	4	1	1	10	3	+7	13
3	Real Malabar	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10
4	Gokulam Kerala B	6	3	0	3	10	8	+2	9
5	Wayanad United	6	1	3	2	9	12	−3	6
6	Kerala Blasters B	6	1	2	3	7	10	−3	5
7	SAI Centre	6	0	1	5	6	19	−13	1	Relegation to the 2026–27 Kerala Premier League 2

Source: The Away End
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kerala Police	6	4	1	1	13	7	+6	13	Super Eight
2	Golden Threads	6	3	2	1	13	4	+9	11
3	KSEB	6	3	2	1	9	4	+5	11
4	Inter Kerala	6	3	1	2	10	6	+4	10
5	Kovalam	6	1	3	2	7	13	−6	6
6	PFC Kerala	6	1	2	3	6	7	−1	5
7	Kerala United	6	0	0	6	4	20	−16	0	Relegation to the 2026–27 Kerala Premier League 2

Source: The Away End

Super Eight

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Calicut FC	6	6	0	0	12	3	+9	18	Qualification For Semifinals
2	KSEB	6	4	0	2	12	10	+2	12
3	Kerala Police	6	3	1	2	11	7	+4	10
4	Gokulam Kerala B	6	2	2	2	8	5	+3	8
5	Golden Threads	6	2	2	2	8	9	−1	8
6	EMEA College	6	0	2	4	6	12	−6	2
7	Real Malabar	6	0	1	5	8	19	−11	1
8	Inter Kerala (withdrew)	3	0	2	1	5	6	−1	2

Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 2026. Source: The Away End
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Knockout stage

	Semifinals					Finals
	1	Calicut	2
	3	Kerala Police	1
						1	Calicut	2
						2	Gokulam Kerala B	3
	2	KSEB	1
	4	Gokulam Kerala B	2

Final

31 May 2026

Calicut	2-3	Gokulam Kerala B

Thrissur

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Nijo Gilbert	KSEB	8
	Sajeesh E	Kerala Police
3	Babble Sivery	Kerala Police	6
4	Vishakh Mohanan	Golden Threads	5
	Mahesh K	Real Malabar
	Muhammed Bilal	Gokulam Kerala
6	Sreenath M	Wayanad United	4
	Sreeraj K	KSEB
	Aswin KV	Inter Kerala
	Jamsheed Ali	Gokulam Kerala
	Vivek KS	Inter Kerala
	Antony K Paulose	Calicut
	Nandu Krishna	Gokulam Kerala
	Muhammed Minshan	EMEA College

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Muhammed Minshan	EMEA College	Real Malabar	4-4	25 May 2026

Clean sheets

No	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Muhammed Roshan	EMEA	4
	Abhinav	Kerala Police
	Bishorjit Singh	Calicut
	Alkesh Raj	Golden Threads
	Raysudheen	Gokulam Kerala
6	Muhammed Sinan	Real Malabar	3
	Shehin Khan	KSEB
	Muhammed Azhar	Kerala Police
9	Afthab Ashraf	PFC Kerala	2
	Muhammed Anas	Calicut

Season awards

Award	Winner	Team
Player of the league	Arun Kumar D	Calicut
Golden boot	Nijo Gilbert Sajeesh E	KSEB Kerala Police FC
Golden glove	Raysudheen	Gokulam Kerala FC B
Best defender	Ameen	Calicut
Fair Play Award