2024 Super League Kerala
Appearance
Season | 2024–25 |
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Dates | 7 September – 10 November |
Top goalscorer | Gani Nigam (3 goals) |
Biggest home win | Thiruvananthapuram Kombans 2–0 Thrissur Magic (16 September 2024) |
Biggest away win | Malappuram 0–3 Calicut (14 September 2024) |
Highest scoring | Calicut 2–2 Thrissur Magic (24 September 2024) |
Longest unbeaten run | Kannur Warriors Calicut (5 matches) |
Longest winless run | Thrissur Magic (4 matches) |
2025 →
All statistics correct as of 29 September 2024. |
The 2024 Mahindra Super League Kerala is the inaugural season of the Super League Kerala, a men's professional franchise football league in Kerala, India. It is organised by the Kerala Football Association, Scoreline Sports and the Unifed Football Sports Development Pvt. Ltd. It features 6 clubs and holds matches at four venues across Kerala.[1][2][3] The inaugural season kicked off on September 7, 2024.
Clubs
[edit]Club | City |
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Calicut FC | Kozhikode |
Forca Kochi FC | Ernakulam |
Kannur Warriors FC | Kannur |
Malappuram FC | Malappuram |
Thiruvananthapuram Kombans FC | Thiruvananthapuram |
Thrissur Magic FC | Thrissur |
Locations
[edit]Team | City/State | Stadium | Capacity |
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Calicut | Kozhikode | EMS Stadium | 50,000 |
Forca Kochi | Ernakulam | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | 41,000 |
Kannur Warriors | Kannur | Jawahar Municipal Stadium EMS Stadium |
30,000 50,000 |
Malappuram | Malappuram | Malappuram District Sports Complex Stadium | 30,000 |
Thiruvananthapuram Kombans | Thiruvananthapuram | Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium | 25,000 |
Thrissur Magic | Thrissur | Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium | 15,000 30,000 |
Personnel and sponsorship
[edit]Club | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Title sponsor | Other sponsors |
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Calicut | Ian Gillan[4] | Jijo Joseph | Hyve Sports | Aster | Kenza TMT ibsgroup KSEB |
Forca Kochi | Mário Lemos | Subhasish Roy Chowdhury | Synder | Steelex TMT, Physio One, Gold's Gym Kochi, Grand Entrée, Craze Biscuits, Hitech Diagnostic Centres | |
Kannur Warriors | Manuel Sánchez Murias | Adrián Sardinero | Kaizen Sports | United Imaging | Jindal Panther, Molecular Cyclotrons, Asset Homes, ABC Group, IAM Studies, Nikshan Digital |
Malappuram | John Gregory | Anas Edathodika | Hummel | Impex | Kalliyath TMT, Ajmi Foods, ChicKing, Aster MIMS, Pureflames, V-Guard, Star Pipes |
Thiruvananthapuram Kombans | Sérgio Alexandre | Patrick Mota | Hyve Sports | Adani | KIMSHEALTH |
Thrissur Magic | Giovanni Scanu | C. K. Vineeth | Magic Frames |
Foreign players
[edit]The AIFF allows clubs to register a maximum of six foreign players. A maximum of four can be fielded in a match at a time.
Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Player 6 |
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Calicut | James Kotei | Richard Osei | Ernest Barfo | Kervens Belfort | Papé Diakité | |
Forca Kochi | Raphael Augusto | Dziri Omran | Mohamed Nidhal Said | Siyanda Ngubo | Dorielton | |
Kannur Warriors | Adrián Sardinero | Asier Gomes | David Grande | Ernesten Lavsamba | Eloy Ordóñez | Varo Álvarez |
Malappuram | Sérgio Barboza | Joseba Beitia | Aitor Aldalur | Rubén Garcés | Álex Sánchez | Pedro Manzi |
Thiruvananthapuram Kombans | Patrick Mota | Davi Kuhn | Marcos Wilder | Renan Januario | Michel Americo | Autemar Bispo |
Thrissur Magic | Maílson Alves | Marcelo Toscano | Atimele A. Beleck |
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kannur Warriors | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 9 |
2 | Forca Kochi | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
3 | Calicut | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 7 |
4 | Thiruvananthapuram Kombans | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 |
5 | Malappuram | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 |
6 | Thrissur Magic | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2 |
Updated to match(es) played on 1 October 2024 by KPS. Source: Super League Kerala
Results
[edit]Season statistics
[edit]Scoring
[edit]- First goal of the season:
Pedro Manzi for Malappuram against Forca Kochi (7 September 2024)
Top goalscorers
[edit]- As of 29 September 2024
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Gani Nigam | Calicut | 3 |
2 | David Grande | Kannur Warriors | 2 |
Adrián Sardinero | |||
Faslu Rahman | Malappuram | ||
Britto P. M. | Calicut |
Top assists
[edit]- As of 9 September 2024
Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Faslu Rahman | Malappuram | 1 |
Pedro Manzi | |||
C. K. Vineeth | Thrissur Magic | ||
Pragyan Gogoi | Kannur Warriors |
References
[edit]- ^ "Kerala Super League launched". onmanorama.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
- ^ "Super League Kerala: Franchisees of inaugural edition announced". Deccan Herald. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ "Mahesh Bhupathi, Travancore princess and former Benfica player among franchise owners in Super League Kerala". The Hindu. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ "Gillan to coach Calicut FC in Super League Kerala". The Times of India. 18 July 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 6 August 2024.