2025 Super League Kerala

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Super League Kerala
Season 2025–26
Dates2 October – 14 November 2025
Matches18
Goals47 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorerJohn Kennedy
(4 Goals)
Biggest away win Forca Kochi 1 - 4 Malappuram
(4 November 2025)
Highest scoring Malappuram 3 - 3 Calicut
(19 October 2025)
Longest winning run Thrissur Magic
(3 matches)
Longest unbeaten run Malappuram
(5 matches)
Longest winless run Forca Kochi
(5 matches)
Longest losing run Forca Kochi
(5 matches)
Highest attendance22,956
Malappuram 3 - 3 Calicut
(19 October 2025)
Lowest attendance3,000
Forca Kochi 0 - 1 Thrissur Magic
(31 October 2025)
Total attendance177,091
Average attendance12,649
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All statistics correct as of 14 November 2025.

The 2025 Super League Kerala is the ongoing second season of the Super League Kerala, a men's professional franchise football league in Kerala, India. [1] It is organised by the Kerala Football Association, Scoreline Sports and the Unifed Football Sports Development Pvt. Ltd . [2] [3] [4] The Super League Kerala (SLK) launched its second season with a curtain raiser at Al Ahli Sports Hall, Al Nahda, Dubai [5]

Contents

Teams

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

Personnel and sponsorship

ClubHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Calicut Flag of Argentina.svg Ever Demaldé Flag of India.svg Prasanth Mohan Flag of India.svg Hyve Sports Aster
Forca Kochi Flag of Spain.svg Miki Lladó Flag of Algeria.svg Rachid Aït-Atmane Flag of India.svg SynderQASH+
Kannur Warriors Flag of Spain.svg Manuel Sánchez Murias Flag of Cameroon.svg Ernesten Lavsamba Flag of India.svg Kaizen Sports KIMS Sreechand Hospital
Malappuram Flag of Spain.svg Miguel Corral Flag of India.svg Faslu Rahman Flag of Denmark.svg Hummel Rapheal Film City
Thiruvananthapuram Kombans Flag of England.svg Flag of Ireland.svg James McAloon Flag of Brazil.svg Patrick Mota Flag of India.svg Hyve Sports Adani
Thrissur Magic Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Chernyshov Flag of Brazil.svg Maílson Alves Flag of India.svg SIFA Magic Frames

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in the tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentReference
Malappuram Flag of England.svg John Gregory Contract Finished3 August 2025Pre-season Flag of Spain.svg Miguel Corral 3 August 2025 [9]
Calicut Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ian Gillan Contract Finished8 March 2025 Flag of Argentina.svg Ever Demaldé 20 August 2025 [10]
Thrissur Magic Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Scanu Contract Finished8 March 2025 Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Chernyshov 23 August 2025 [11]
Forca Kochi Flag of Portugal (official).svg Mário Lemos Contract Finished8 March 2025 Flag of Spain.svg Miki Lladó 9 September 2025
Thiruvananthapuram Kombans Flag of Brazil.svg Sérgio AlexandreContract Finished8 March 2025 Flag of England.svg Flag of Ireland.svg James McAloon 13 September 2025

Foreign players

There are no limitations on signing foreign players. A maximum of four can be fielded in a match at a time.

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6Player 7Player 8Player 9
Calicut Flag of Argentina.svg Alexis Sosa Flag of Argentina.svg Federico Boasso Flag of Argentina.svg Nahuel Pereyra Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Cantanhede Flag of Brazil.svg Yuri de Oliveira Flag of Colombia.svg Sebastián Rincón Flag of Ghana.svg Richard Osei Flag of Paraguay.svg Enrique Borja
Forca Kochi Flag of Algeria.svg Rachid Aït-Atmane Flag of Brazil.svg Douglas Tardin Flag of Colombia.svg Luis Rodríguez Flag of Curacao.svg Gino van Kessel Flag of Spain.svg Iker Hernández Flag of Spain.svg Ramón Riego García
Kannur Warriors Flag of Argentina.svg Nicolás Delmonte Flag of Cameroon.svg Ernesten Lavsamba Flag of Senegal.svg Abdou Karim Samb Flag of Spain.svg Adrián Sardinero Flag of Spain.svg Asier Gomes Flag of Tunisia.svg Mohamed Nidhal Said
Malappuram Flag of Argentina.svg Facundo Ballardo Flag of Brazil.svg John Kennedy Flag of Fiji.svg Roy Krishna [12] Flag of Morocco.svg Badr Boulahroud Flag of Morocco.svg Abdelhay Forsy Flag of Spain.svg Aitor Aldalur Flag of Spain.svg Sergio González Flag of Spain.svg Xiker Flag of Tajikistan.svg Komron Tursunov
Thiruvananthapuram Kombans Flag of Brazil.svg Autemar Bispo Flag of Brazil.svg Filipe Alves Flag of Brazil.svg Patrick Mota Flag of Brazil.svg Paulo Victor Flag of Brazil.svg Ronald Makalysten Flag of Brazil.svg Iury De Carvalho Flag of Brazil.svg Renan Januario
Thrissur Magic Flag of Brazil.svg Maílson Alves Flag of Ghana.svg Francis Addo Flag of Serbia.svg Ivan Marković Flag of Serbia.svg Dejan Uzelac Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Marcus Joseph Flag of Colombia.svg Kevin Padilla

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Thrissur Magic 641163+313Advance to Playoffs
2 Calicut 6321138+511
3 Malappuram 6231107+39
4 Kannur Warriors 62317709
5 Thiruvananthapuram Kombans 62137707
6 Forca Kochi 6006415−110
Updated to match(es) played on 14 November 2025. Source: Super League Kerala

Results

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away CAL FKO KAN MAL TKO THR
Calicut —2–11–11–00–1
Forca Kochi 2–6—0–11–40–1
Kannur Warriors —1–31–1
Malappuram 3–30–0—1–11–0
Thiruvananthapuram Kombans 1–02–3—0–1
Thrissur Magic 2–1—
Updated to match(es) played on 14 November 2025. 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
Calicut WLDDWW
Forca Kochi LLLLLL
Kannur Warriors WDWDDL
Malappuram WDDDWL
Thiruvananthapuram Kombans LWLDLW
Thrissur Magic LWWWDW
Updated to match(es) played on 14 November 2025. 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
Calicut 244442
Forca Kochi 566666
Kannur Warriors 111234
Malappuram 323323
Thiruvananthapuram Kombans 435555
Thrissur Magic 652111
Updated to match(es) played on 14 November 2025. Source: SLK

Matches

Round 1

2 October 2025 Calicut 2–1 Forca Kochi Kozhikode
19:30
  • Rincón Soccerball shade.svg15' (pen.)
  • Arun Kumar Soccerball shade.svg90+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 Soccerball shade.svg52' (pen.)
  • Viknesh Maria Soccerball shade.svg90+6'
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  • Shijin T Soccerball shade.svg28'
  • Filipe Alves Soccerball shade.svg74' (OG)
  • Abdou Karim SambSoccerball shade.svg90+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 Soccerball shade.svg74'
 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
 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 Soccerball shade.svg83'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 Soccerball shade.svg69'
 Report
  • Autemar Bispo Soccerball shade.svg76'
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 Soccerball shade.svg28'
 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 Soccerball shade.svg90'
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 Soccerball shade.svg64'
 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 Soccerball shade.svg57'
 Report
  • Ajayan Bibin Soccerball shade.svg90+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 Soccerball shade.svg46'
  • Autemar Evangelista Soccerball shade.svg68', 84'
Stadium: Jawahar Municipal Stadium
Player of the Match: Autemar Evangelista (Thiruvananthapuram Kombans)
14 November 2025 Thrissur Magic 2–1 Malappuram Thrissur
19:30
 Report
  • John Kennedy Xavier Da Costa Soccerball shade.svg5'
Stadium: Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium
Player of the Match: Laxmikant Kattimani (Thrissur Magic)

Round 7

Round 8

24 November 2025 Calicut v Malappuram Kozhikode
19:30Stadium: EMS Stadium

Round 9

Round 10

4 December 2025 Malappuram v Forca Kochi Manjeri
19:30Stadium: MDSC Stadium

Playoffs

The top four clubs will qualify for the semi-finals. [13]

 
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Season statistics


Top goalscorers

As of 4 November 2025
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Brazil.svg John Kennedy Malappuram 4
2 Flag of Brazil.svg Maílson Alves Thrissur Magic 2
Flag of India.svg Muhammad Ajsal Calicut
Flag of Fiji.svg Roy Krishna Malappuram
Flag of Brazil.svg Autemar Bispo Thiruvananthapuram Kombans

Clean sheets

RankPlayerClubClean sheets
1 Flag of India.svg Kamaludheen AK Thrissur Magic 3
2 Flag of India.svg Muhammed Azhar Malappuram 2
Flag of India.svg Ubaid CK Kannur Warriors
4 Flag of India.svg Aaryan Saroha Thiruvananthapuram Kombans 1
Flag of India.svg Hajmal Sakeer Calicut

References

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  2. ↑ "super league keralSuper League Kerala launches project 'Gamechanger' to unearth young football talent". sportstar.thehindu.com. 10 July 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  3. ↑ "Super League Kerala partners with the German Football Association". thebridge.in. 29 May 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  4. ↑ "Sports.com signs five-year ₹100-crore deal with Super League Kerala for streaming rights". thehindu. 21 July 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  5. ↑ "Dubai to host SLK 2 Season launch". onmanorama. 20 September 2025. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  6. ↑ https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2025/Aug/23/from-theatre-of-dreams-to-house-of-horrors-jln-stadium-losing-ground-3
  7. ↑ "Two new stadiums in Thrissur, Kannur for the new season of Super League". newindianexpress. 11 July 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  8. ↑ "Two new stadiums in Thrissur, Kannur for the new season of Super League". newindianexpress. 11 July 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  9. ↑ "Malappuram FC Hires New Coach Miguel Corral for Super League Kerala". footem.in. 3 August 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  10. ↑ "ഡെമാൽഡെ കലിക്കറ്റ്‌ കോച്ച്‌" [demalde will be calicut Fc Coach]. deshabhimani.com (in Malayalam). 20 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  11. ↑ "സൂപ്പർ ലീഗ് കേരള രണ്ടാം സീസണിൽ തൃശ്ശൂർ മാജിക് എഫ്.സി.യുടെ പരിശീലകനായി ആന്ദ്രെ ചെർണിഷോവ്" [Andrey Chernyshov appointed as coach of Thrissur Magic FC for the second season of Super League Kerala]. fanport.in (in Malayalam). 23 August 2025. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
  12. ↑ "malappuram fc sign former isl striker roy krishna". onmanorama.com. 8 September 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  13. ↑ superleaguekerala.com. "Standings".
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