Kerala State League 2006

6th "Royal Challenge" Kerala State Football League 2006:

Six prominent clubs of Kerala took part in the state football league held at the Municipal Corporation Stadium, Calicut. Defending champions Kerala State Electricity Board along with State Bank of Travancore; Titanium XI; Central Excise, Kochi; Kochin Port Trust and Viva Kerala were divided into two groups. The league champions received Rs.25,000, the runners-up got Rs.15,000 and the third placed team will receive Rs.10,000. The best player of the tournament will receive Rs.5,000.

PRELIMINARY STAGE:
Group A:
#  TEAMS                                                P   W  D  L   GF-GA  GDIF   PTS
1. Titanium XI - Thiruvananthapuram                     2   1  1  0   04-02   + 2     4
2. Kerala State Electricity Board - Thiruvananthapuram  2   1  0  1   03-04   - 1     3
3. Central Excise - Kochi                               2   0  2  1   04-05   - 1     1


11-Apr-06: Central Excise, Kochi    2-3 Kerala State Electricity Board
 [C: 6 Shabbir Ali, 16 Rashim; K: 60 Prince Paulose, 71 Ramesh, 80 Rajeev]
13-Apr-06: Central Excise, Kochi    2-2 Titanium XI
 [C: 11 Sajeer AM, 29 Hanson; T: 41 Usman, 58 K Rajesh]
16-Apr-06: Titanium XI              2-0 Kerala State Electricity Board
 [40 Abdul Hameed, 58 Jackson Jacob]


GROUP B:
#  TEAMS                                                P   W  D  L   GF-GA  GDIF   PTS
1. State Bank of Travancore - Thiruvananthapuram        2   2  0  0   08-03   + 5     6
2. Viva Kerala - Kochi                                  2   1  0  1   06-03   + 3     3
3. Kochin Port Trust - Kochi                            2   0  0  2   01-09   - 8     0


12-Apr-06: State Bank of Travancore 5-1 Kochin Port Trust
 [S: 13,62 Mohammad Rafi, 55 Asif Zaheer, 60 Martin John, 72 Abdul Noushad; K: 52 Suneer]
15-Apr-06: Kochin Port Trust        0-4 Viva Kerala
 [13 Denson Devadas, 30 Shiyju M, 77 Manoharan, 79 Shineraj C]
17-Apr-06: State Bank of Travancore 3-2 Viva Kerala
 [S: 18 T Asif Saheer, 77 MA Abdul Hakkim, 78 Abdul Noushad; V: 33,61 Baba Thunde]


Semifinals:
18-Apr-06: Titanium XI              5-7 Viva Kerala [penalties]
 [T: 39 Ebin Rose, 58 Jackson Jacob; V: 37,42 Baba Thunde]
19-Apr-06: State Bank of Travancore 2-0 Kerala State Electricity Board
 [42 T Asif Saheer, 87 NP Pradeep]


3rd Place Playoff:
20-Apr-06: Titanium XI              3-1 Kerala State Electricity Board
 [T: 10,90+1 Ebin Rose, 30 Usman; K: 40 Noushad]


Final:
21-Apr-06: State Bank of Travancore 1-1 Viva Kerala
 - Viva Kerala win by draw of lots
 [S: 43 NP Pradeep; V: 64 Manoharan]

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