2025 Super League Kerala

Super League Kerala
Season2025–26
Dates2 October – 19 December 2025
ChampionsKannur Warriors
Matches33
Goals87 (2.64 per match)
Best PlayerMuhammed Ajsal
Top goalscorerJohn Kennedy
(8 Goals)
Best goalkeeperKamaludheen
Biggest home winMalappuram FC 4–2 Forca Kochi
(4 December 2025)
Biggest away winForca Kochi 2–6 Calicut
(9 November 2025)
Highest scoringForca Kochi 2–6 Calicut
(9 November 2025)
Longest winning runCalicut
(4 matches)
Longest unbeaten runCalicut (6 matches)
Longest winless runForca Kochi
(7 matches)
Longest losing runForca Kochi
(7 matches)
Highest attendance34,137
Calicut 3 - 1 Malappuram
(24 November 2025) [1]
Lowest attendance2500
Forca Kochi 0 - 1 Thiruvananthapuram Kombans
(15 November 2025)
Total attendance400,709
Average attendance12,416
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2026 →
All statistics correct as of 14 December 2025.

The 2025 Super League Kerala was the second season of the Super League Kerala, a men's professional franchise football league in Kerala, India.[2] It is organised by the Kerala Football Association and Scoreline Sports.[3][4][5] The Super League Kerala (SLK) launched its second season with a curtain raiser at Al Ahli Sports Hall, Al Nahda, Dubai.[6]

Teams

Locations of the SLK franchises
Team City Stadium Capacity
Calicut Kozhikode EMS Stadium 50,000
Forca Kochi Kochi Maharaja's College Stadium[7] 6,000
Kannur Warriors Kannur Jawahar Municipal Stadium[8] 30,000
Malappuram Malappuram Payyanad Stadium 30,000
Thiruvananthapuram Kombans Thiruvananthapuram Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium 25,000
Thrissur Magic Thrissur Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium[9] 15,000

Personnel and sponsorship

Club Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Calicut Ever Demaldé Prasanth Mohan Hyve Sports Aster
Forca Kochi Sanush Raj (interim) Rachid Aït-Atmane Synder QASH+
Kannur Warriors Manuel Sánchez Murias Ernesten Lavsamba Kaizen Sports KIMS Sreechand Hospital
Malappuram Cleofas Alex (interim) Faslu Rahman Hummel Rapheal Film City
Thiruvananthapuram Kombans James McAloon Patrick Mota Hyve Sports Adani
Thrissur Magic Andrey Chernyshov Maílson Alves SIFA Magic Frames

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in the table Incoming manager Date of appointment Reference
Malappuram John Gregory Contract Finished 3 August 2025 Pre-season Miguel Corral 3 August 2025 [10]
Calicut Ian Gillan Contract Finished 8 March 2025 Ever Demaldé 20 August 2025 [11]
Thrissur Magic Giovanni Scanu Contract Finished 8 March 2025 Andrey Chernyshov 23 August 2025 [12]
Forca Kochi Mário Lemos Contract Finished 8 March 2025 Miki Lladó 9 September 2025
Thiruvananthapuram Kombans Sérgio Alexandre Contract Finished 8 March 2025 James McAloon 13 September 2025
Forca Kochi Miki Lladó Mutual consent 11 November 2025 6th Sanush Raj (interim) 11 November 2025
Malappuram Miguel Corral Mutual consent 22 November 2025 5th Cleofas Alex (interim) 24 November 2025

Foreign players

There are no limitations on signing 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 Player 7 Player 8 Player 9
Calicut Alexis Sosa Federico Boasso Nahuel Pereyra Bruno Cantanhede Yuri de Oliveira Sebastián Rincón Richard Osei Enrique Borja
Forca Kochi Rachid Aït-Atmane Douglas Tardin Luis Rodríguez Gino van Kessel Iker Hernández Ramón Riego García Amos Kirya Marc Vargas Cadete
Kannur Warriors Nicolás Delmonte Ernesten Lavsamba Abdou Karim Samb Adrián Sardinero Asier Gomes Mohamed Nidhal Said
Malappuram Facundo Ballardo John Kennedy Roy Krishna[13] Badr Boulahroud Abdelhay El Forsy Aitor Aldalur Sergio González Álvarez Xiker Komron Tursunov
Thiruvananthapuram Kombans Pemaza Filipe Alves Patrick Mota Paulo Victor Ronald Makalysten Iury De Carvalho Renan Januario
Thrissur Magic Maílson Francis Addo Ivan Marković Dejan Uzelac Marcus Joseph Kevin Padilla

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Calicut 10 7 2 1 21 11 +10 23 Advance to Playoffs
2 Thrissur Magic 10 5 2 3 8 7 +1 17
3 Malappuram 10 3 5 2 18 15 +3 14
4 Kannur Warriors 10 3 4 3 13 15 −2 13
5 Thiruvananthapuram Kombans 10 3 3 4 11 11 0 12
6 Forca Kochi 10 1 0 9 10 22 −12 3
Source: Super League Kerala

Results

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away CAL FKO KAN MAL TKO THR
Calicut — 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–1
Forca Kochi 2–6 — 0–1 1–4 0–1 0–1
Kannur Warriors 1–2 1–4 — 2–2 1–3 1–1
Malappuram 3–3 4–2 0–0 — 1–1 1–0
Thiruvananthapuram Kombans 1–2 1–0 2–3 1–1 — 0–1
Thrissur Magic 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 —
Source: Super League Kerala
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by match

The table lists the results of the teams after each match.

Match12345678910
CalicutWLDDWWWWWW
Forca KochiLLLLLLLWLL
Kannur WarriorsWDWDDLDLLW
MalappuramWDDDWLDLDW
Thiruvananthapuram KombansLWLDLWWDDL
Thrissur MagicLWWWDWLDWL
Source: Super League Kerala
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each round mentioned in official fixtures.

Team ╲ Round12345678910
Calicut2444421111
Forca Kochi5666666666
Kannur Warriors1112345554
Malappuram3233233443
Thiruvananthapuram Kombans4355554335
Thrissur Magic6521112222
Source: Super League Kerala

Matches

Round 1

2 October 2025 Calicut 2–1 Forca Kochi Kozhikode
19:30
  • Rincón 15' (pen.)
  • Arun Kumar 90+1'
 Report
Stadium: EMS Stadium
Attendance: 21,909
Player of the Match: Arun Kumar (Calicut)
3 October 2025 Malappuram 1–0 Thrissur Magic Manjeri
19:30
Report Stadium: Payyanad Stadium
Attendance: 14,263
Player of the Match: Roy Krishna (Malappuram)
5 October 2025 Thiruvananthapuram Kombans 2–3 Kannur Warriors Thiruvananthapuram
19:30
  • Autemar Bispo 52' (pen.)
  • Viknesh Maria 90+6'
 Report
  • Shijin T 28'
  • Filipe Alves 74' (OG)
  • Abdou Karim Samb 90+2'
 Stadium: Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium
Attendance: 7,452
Player of the Match: Shijin T (Kannur Warriors)

Round 2

10 October 2025 Thiruvananthapuram Kombans 1–0 Forca Kochi Thiruvananthapuram
19:30
  • Paulo Víctor 74'
 Report Stadium: Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium
Attendance: 6,452
Player of the Match: Paulo Víctor (Thiruvananthapuram Kombans)
11 October 2025 Calicut 0–1 Thrissur Magic Kozhikode
19:30 Report
Stadium: EMS Stadium
Attendance: 20,276
Player of the Match: Maílson Alves (Thrissur Magic)
12 October 2025 Malappuram 0–0 Kannur Warriors Manjeri
19:30 Report Stadium: MDSC Stadium
Attendance: 14,718
Player of the Match: Muhammed Azhar (Malappuram)

Round 3

17 October 2025 Thiruvananthapuram Kombans 0–1 Thrissur Magic Thiruvananthapuram
19:30 Report
Stadium: Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium
Attendance: 6,491
Player of the Match: Maílson Alves (Thrissur Magic)
19 October 2025 Malappuram 3–3 Calicut Manjeri
19:30
  • Aitor 45+3'
  • Nithin 86'
  • John Kennedy 89'
 Report
Stadium: MDSC Stadium
Attendance: 22,956
Player of the Match: Muhammad Ajsal (Calicut)
24 October 2025 Forca Kochi 0–1 Kannur Warriors Kochi
19:30 Report Sardinero 83' Stadium: Maharaja College Stadium
Player of the Match: Adrián Sardinero (Kannur Warriors)

Round 4

28 October 2025 Malappuram 1–1 Thiruvananthapuram Kombans Manjeri
19:30
  • John Kennedy 69'
 Report
  • Autemar Bispo 76'
 Stadium: MDSC Stadium
Attendance: 21,426
Player of the Match: Aaryan Saroha (Thiruvananthapuram Kombans)
29 October 2025 Calicut 1–1 Kannur Warriors Kozhikode
19:30
  • M. Arshaf 28'
 Report
Stadium: EMS Stadium
Attendance: 16,089
Player of the Match: M. Arshaf (Calicut)
31 October 2025 Forca Kochi 0–1 Thrissur Magic Kochi
19:30 Report
  • M. Afsal 90'
 Stadium: Maharaja College Stadium
Player of the Match: M. Afsal (Thrissur Magic)

Round 5

2 November 2025 Calicut 1–0 Thiruvananthapuram Kombans Kozhikode
19:30
I-League Stadium: EMS Stadium
Attendance: 13,083
Player of the Match: Prasanth Karuthadathkuni (Calicut)
4 November 2025 Forca Kochi 1–4 Malappuram Kochi
19:30
  • E. Sajeesh 64'
 Report
Stadium: Maharaja College Stadium
Attendance: 4,998
Player of the Match: John Kennedy (Malappuram)
7 November 2025 Kannur Warriors 1–1 Thrissur Magic Kannur
19:30
  • Sinan Muhammed 57'
 Report
  • Ajayan Bibin 90+6'
 Stadium: Jawahar Municipal Stadium

Round 6

9 November 2025 Forca Kochi 2–6 Calicut Kochi
19:30
Report
Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium
Player of the Match: Muhammad Ajsal (Calicut)
10 November 2025 Kannur Warriors 1–3 Thiruvananthapuram Kombans Kannur
19:30
Report
  • Mohammed Jasim 46'
  • Autemar Evangelista 68', 84'
 Stadium: Jawahar Municipal Stadium
Player of the Match: Autemar Evangelista (Thiruvananthapuram Kombans)
14 November 2025 Thrissur Magic 2–1 Malappuram Thrissur
19:30
  • Marković 3'
  • Faiaz Sk 26'
 Report
  • John Kennedy Xavier Da Costa 5'
 Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
Player of the Match: Laxmikant Kattimani (Thrissur Magic)

Round 7

15 November 2025 Forca Kochi 0–1 Thiruvananthapuram Kombans Kochi
19:30 Report
  • Kalid Roshan 16'
 Stadium: Maharaja's College Stadium
Player of the Match: Abdul Badish (Thiruvananthapuram Kombans)
18 November 2025 Thrissur Magic 0–1 Calicut Thrissur
19:30 Report
  • Federico Boasso 85'
 Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
Player of the Match: Federico Boasso (Calicut)
19 November 2025 Kannur Warriors 2–2 Malappuram Kannur
19:30
  • Muhammed Sinan 31'
  • Said Mohamed Nidhal 66'
 Report
Stadium: Jawahar Municipal Stadium
Player of the Match: Said Mohamed Nidhal (Kannur Warriors)

Round 8

21 November 2025 Thrissur Magic 1–1 Thiruvananthapuram Kombans Thrissur
19:30
  • Faisal Ali 15'
 Report
  • Paulo Victor 4'
 Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
Player of the Match: Paulo Victor (Thiruvananthapuram Kombans)
23 November 2025 Kannur Warriors 1–4 Forca Kochi Kannur
19:30
  • Muhammed Sinan 4'
 Report
  • Sajeesh E 15'
  • Nijo Gilbert 35', 48'
  • Abith K B 66'
 Stadium: Jawahar Municipal Stadium
Player of the Match: Nijo Gilbert (Forca Kochi)
24 November 2025 Calicut 3–1 Malappuram Kozhikode
19:30
Report
Stadium: EMS Stadium
Attendance: 34,137 [14]

Round 9

27 November 2025 Thrissur Magic 1–0 Forca Kochi Thrissur
19:30
  • Kevin Padilla 28'
 Report Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
Player of the Match: Kevin Padilla (Thrissur Magic)
28 November 2025 Kannur Warriors 1–2 Calicut Kannur
19:30
Report
Stadium: Jawahar Municipal Stadium
Player of the Match: Ajay Alex (Calicut)
30 November 2025 Thiruvananthapuram Kombans 1–1 Malappuram Thiruvananthapuram
19:30
  • Paulo Victor 49'
 Report
  • Forsy Abdelhay 18'
 Stadium: Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium
Player of the Match: Forsy Abdelhay (Malappuram)

Round 10

2 December 2025 Thrissur Magic 0–2 Kannur Warriors Thrissur
19:30 Report
  • Gomes 42'
  • Ebindas Yesudasan 90+7'
 Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
Player of the Match: Muhammed Sinan (Kannur Warriors)
3 December 2025 Thiruvananthapuram Kombans 1–2 Calicut Thiruvananthapuram
19:30
  • Paulo Victor 16'
 Report
Stadium: Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium
Player of the Match: Sebastián Rincón (Calicut)
4 December 2025 Malappuram 4–2 Forca Kochi Manjeri
19:30
  • John Kennedy 33', 45+5', 49'
  • Pandita 88'
 Report
Stadium: MDSC Stadium
Player of the Match: John Kennedy (Malappuram)

Playoffs

The top four clubs will qualify for the semi-finals.[15]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Calicut0
 
 
 
Kannur Warriors1
 
Kannur Warriors1
 
 
 
Thrissur Magic0
 
Thrissur Magic3
 
 
Malappuram1
 

Semi-finals

Calicut0–1Kannur Warriors
Report
  • Sinan 71'
Thrissur Magic3–1Malappuram
 Report
  • El Forsy 45+1'

Final

Kannur Warriors1–0Thrissur Magic
Gomes 19' (pen.) Report

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 4 November 2025
Rank Player Club Goals
1 John Kennedy Malappuram 8
2 Muhammad Ajsal Calicut 7
3 Pemaza Thiruvananthapuram Kombans 4
Muhammed Sinan Kannur Warriors
Paulo Victor Thiruvananthapuram Kombans

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Kamaludheen AK Thrissur Magic 3
2 Muhammed Azhar Malappuram 2
Ubaid CK Kannur Warriors
4 Aaryan Saroha Thiruvananthapuram Kombans 1
Hajmal Sakeer Calicut

Attendance

Regular Season

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Calicut FC 1,05,561 34,134 13,083 21,112 n/a†


2 Malappuram FC 76,045 22,956 14,263 19,011 n/a†


3 Kannur Warriors FC 54,440 19,656 16,885 18,146 n/a†


4 Thiruvananthapuram Kombans FC 21,748 7,452 6,453 7,249 n/a†


5 Thrissur Magic FC 6,219 6,219 6,219 6,219 n/a†


6 Forca Kochi FC 14,312 4,998 3,673 3,578 n/a†


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