Kerala State League 2005

5th "Royal Challenge" Kerala State Football League 2005:

Six prominent clubs of Kerala took part in the state football league held in Thrissur. Defending champions State Bank of Travancore along with Titanium XI; Central Excise, Kochi; Kerala State Electricity Board; Kochin Port Trust and Viva Kerala were divided into three groups. In the final KSEB upset defending champions State Bank of Travancore in a penalty shootout. SBT's junior international NP Pradeep was adjudged "Player of the Tournament".

PRELIMINARY STAGE:
Group A:
#  TEAMS                                                P   W  D  L   GF-GA  GDIF   PTS
1a Kerala State Electricity Board - Thiruvananthapuram  2   0  2  0   03-03     0     2
1b Viva Kerala - Kochi                                  2   0  2  0   03-03     0     2
2. Kochin Port Trust - Kochi                            2   0  2  0   02-02     0     2


09-May-05: Kochin Port Trust        1-1 Kerala State Electricity Board
 [KP: 58 Harish; KS: 66 PB Ramesh]
11-May-05: Kochin Port Trust        1-1 Viva Kerala
 [K: 89 Harris; V; 4 PA Javeed]
13-May-05: Viva Kerala              2-2 Kerala State Electricity Board
 [V: 50,65 Denson Devadas; K: 53 K Binoop, 56 Anil Kumar]


GROUP B:
#  TEAMS                                                P   W  D  L   GF-GA  GDIF   PTS
1. State Bank of Travancore - Thiruvananthapuram        2   2  0  0   08-01   + 7     6
2. Central Excise - Kochi                               2   1  0  1   01-04   - 3     3
3. Titanium XI - Thiruvananthapuram                     2   0  0  2   01-05   - 4     0


10-May-05: State Bank of Travancore 4-0 Central Excise
 [11 KM Abdul Naushad, 59 MA Abdul Hakkim, 74 T Asif Saheer, 87 AG Mohammad Aslam]
12-May-05: Central Excise           1-0 Titanium XI
 [3 Anfaz Ahamed]
14-May-05: State Bank of Travancore 4-1 Titanium XI
 [S: 15 NP Pradeep, 25,26 T Asif Saheer, 51 Sylvester Ignatius; T: 56 Sajan Louis]


Semifinals:
15-May-05: Central Excise           0-4 Kerala State Electricity Board
 [15 Renjith, 17 Girish, 41,82 Ramesh]
16-May-05: State Bank of Travancore 5-4 Viva Kerala [penalties]
 [S: 52 MA Abdul Hakkim; V: 15 K Manoharan]


3rd Place Playoff:
17-May-05: Central Excise           0-2 Viva Kerala
 [18,68 K Manoharan]


Final:
18-May-05: State Bank of Travancore 2-4 Kerala State Electricity Board [penalties]
 [S: 52 T Asif Saheer; K: 79 Dinraj]

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