2024 Super League Kerala

Super League Kerala

Season	2024–25
Dates	7 September – 10 November
Matches played	26
Goals scored	67 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kervens Belfort Adrián Sardinero Dorielton Gomes Pedro Manzi (4 goals)
Biggest home win	Kannur Warriors 4–3 Malappuram (27 October 2024)
Biggest away win	Thiruvananthapuram Kombans 1–4 Calicut (6 October 2024)
Highest scoring	Kannur Warriors 4–3 Malappuram (27 October 2024)
Longest unbeaten run	Calicut (8 matches)
Longest winless run	Thrissur Magic (8 matches)
2025 → All statistics correct as of 27 October 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. The inaugural season kicked off on September 7, 2024.

Teams

Malappuram

Calicut

Thiruvananthapuram Kombans

Thrissur Magic

Kannur Warriors

Forca Kochi

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Locations of the SLK franchises

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Calicut	Kozhikode	EMS Stadium	50,000
Forca Kochi	Kochi	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	41,000
Kannur Warriors	Kannur	EMS Stadium	50,000
Malappuram	Malappuram	MDSC Stadium	30,000
Thiruvananthapuram Kombans	Thiruvananthapuram	Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium	25,000
Thrissur Magic	Thrissur	MDSC Stadium	30,000

Personnel and sponsorship

Club	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Calicut	Ian Gillan	Jijo Joseph	Hyve Sports	Aster
Forca Kochi	Mário Lemos	Subhasish Roy Chowdhury	Synder	Steelex TMT
Kannur Warriors	Manuel Sánchez Murias	Adrián Sardinero	Kaizen Sports	United Imaging
Malappuram	John Gregory	Anas Edathodika	Hummel	Impex
Thiruvananthapuram Kombans	Sérgio Alexandre	Patrick Mota	Hyve Sports	Adani
Thrissur Magic	Giovanni Scanu	C. K. Vineeth	SIFA	Magic Frames

Foreign players

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
Calicut	John Kennedy	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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Calicut (Q)	10	5	4	1	18	9	+9	19	Advance to Playoffs
2	Forca Kochi (Q)	10	4	4	2	10	8	+2	16
3	Kannur Warriors (Q)	10	4	4	2	16	15	+1	16
4	Thiruvananthapuram Kombans (Q)	10	3	4	3	14	15	−1	13
5	Malappuram (E)	10	2	4	4	13	14	−1	10
6	Thrissur Magic (E)	10	1	2	7	5	15	−10	5

Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2024. Source: Super League Kerala
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results

Home \ Away	CAL	FKO	KAN	MAL	TKO	THR
Calicut	—	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–2
Forca Kochi	0–1	—	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–0
Kannur Warriors	1–3	1–1	—	4–3	1–2	2–1
Malappuram	0–3	0–0	1–2	—	2–2	0–0
Thiruvananthapuram Kombans	1–4	1–3	1–1	1–1	—	2–0
Thrissur Magic	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–3	0–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2024. Source: Super League Kerala
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

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

	Semi-finals				Final
	5 November–Kozhikode
	Calicut
					10 November–Kozhikode
	Thiruvananthapuram Kombans
					Winner SF1
	6 November–Kozhikode
					Winner SF2
	Forca Kochi
	Kannur Warriors

Season statistics

Scoring

• First goal of the season:
  Pedro Manzi for Malappuram against Forca Kochi (7 September 2024)

Top goalscorers

As of 1 November 2024

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Dorielton	Calicut	5
2	Adrián Sardinero	Kannur Warriors	4