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Super League Kerala

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Organising bodyKerala Football Association

Scoreline Sports
Unifed Football Sports Development
Founded2024; 0 years ago (2024)
CountryIndia
Number of teams6
TV partnersStar Sports
Disney+ Hotstar
ManoramaMAX
Sponsor(s)Mahindra
Websitesuperleaguekerala.com
Current: 2024–25 Super League Kerala

The Super League Kerala (SLK) (officially known as the Mahindra Super League Kerala due to sponsorship reasons) is a men's professional franchise football league in the state of Kerala, India, organised by the Kerala Football Association, Scoreline Sports and the Unifed Football Sports Development Pvt. Ltd. It featured 6 clubs in the inaugural season, with matches being played at four venues across Kerala.[1][2]

The league operates outside the Indian football league system and doesn't follow promotion and relegation. The inaugural season of the league began on 7 September 2024.[3]

Clubs

Club City
Calicut FC Kozhikode
Forca Kochi FC Kochi
Kannur Warriors FC Kannur
Malappuram FC Malappuram
Thiruvananthapuram Kombans FC Thiruvananthapuram
Thrissur Magic FC Thrissur

Stadiums

Note: The games are set to be held across centralised venues.

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kerala Super League launched". onmanorama.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Hoping for the start of a revolution, says Kochi owner Prithviraj/Sreejesh launches Kochi team's jersey". The Hindu.
  3. ^ "A new football super league has one goal: Get Kerala back on its feet". The Indian Express. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.