Inaugural season of Kerala premier League
Football league season
2013–14 Kerala Premier League Season 2013–14 Champions Eagles F.C (1st title) Matches played 33 Goals scored 139 (4.21 per match)
The 2013–14 Kerala Premier League Season was the inaugural season of the Kerala Premier League, a professional football league played in Kerala, India.
The tournament had kicked off in March, but due to the elections and then rains the 2013–14 Kerala Premier League became a long drawn affair. The preliminary round Group A of the Kerala Premier League was played between 15 and 23 March with Eagles FC beating AG's Office from Thiruvananthapuram in the final 3–1, but both teams progressed to the final round in which they await the top two teams from Group B. Eagles FC and AG's Office, Thiruvananthapuram had qualified from Group A; while State Bank of Travancore and Kerala XI had made it from Group B into the semifinals of the competition. Eagles FC are the champions of the Kerala Premier League after beating State Bank of Travancore 3–1 in the final of the championship on Monday, 26 May.
Teams Group A, Kottayam Group B, Kozhikode AG's Trivandrum Quartz SC Basco Malappuram Central Excise Cochin Port Trust Golden Threads FC Eagles F.C Titanium Kerala Police State Bank of Travancore KSEB Kerala XI
Group stage Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Eagles F.C 5 5 0 0 21 4 +17 15 Advance to Semi-finals 2 AGS Office 5 4 0 1 14 8 +6 12 3 KSEB 5 3 0 2 15 7 +8 9 4 Kerala Police 5 1 1 3 3 8 −5 4 5 Cochin Port Trust 5 1 0 4 7 13 −6 3 6 Basco 5 0 1 4 4 23 −19 1
Source: [citation needed ] Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 State Bank of Travancore 5 4 0 1 20 4 +16 12 Advance to Semi-finals 2 Kerala XI 5 3 1 1 18 4 +14 10 3 Titanium 5 3 0 2 8 5 +3 9 4 Central Excise 5 2 0 3 8 10 −2 6 5 Golden Threads FC 5 2 0 3 6 14 −8 6 6 Quartz SC 5 0 0 5 3 26 −23 0
Source: [citation needed ] Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
Matches Group A
15 March 2014 (2014-03-15 )
15 March 2014 (2014-03-15 )
Eagles F.C. 3-1 AG's Office, Trivandrum
16 March 2014 (2014-03-16 )
Kerala Police 1-0 Cochin Port Trust
16 March 2014 (2014-03-16 )
Eagles F.C. 9-0 Basco, Malappuram
17 March 2014 (2014-03-17 )
17 March 2014 (2014-03-17 )
Kerala Police 1-2 AG's Office, Trivandrum
18 March 2014 (2014-03-18 )
AG's Office, Trivandrum 4-2 Basco, Malappuram
18 March 2014 (2014-03-18 )
19 March 2014 (2014-03-19 )
Basco, Malappuram 1-1 Kerala Police
19 March 2014 (2014-03-19 )
Eagles F.C. 3-1 Cochin Port Trust
20 March 2014 (2014-03-20 )
Cochin Port Trust 1-4 AG's Office
21 March 2014 (2014-03-21 )
22 March 2014 (2014-03-22 )
Cochin Port Trust 3-1 Basco, Malappuram
22 March 2014 (2014-03-22 )
22 March 2014 (2014-03-22 )
Group B
State Bank of Travancore 2-2 Kerala XI
Kerala XI 4-1 Central Excise
State Bank of Travancore 2-1 Titanium
State Bank of Travancore 2-1 Central Excise
Central Excise 1-0 Titanium
Semifinals
AG's Office, Trivandrum 1-3 State Bank of Travancore
Finals
References
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Men's Junior B.C. Roy Trophy (2013 2014)
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