Key Highlights
- The Kerala Football Association (KFA) said 14 clubs will compete in the upcoming edition, including EMEA College and SAI Kollam, which gained promotion from the second division of KPL.
- Kerala Blasters, Golden Threads, Real Malabar, Inter Kerala, KSEB, Kerala Police, Wayanad United, PFC Kerala, Kovalam and Kerala United are the other teams that will participate in the event.
- ADVERTISEMENT The winners of KPL will be nominated for the Indian Football League 3, said KFA president Navas Meeran during the league launch in Kochi on Monday.
- IFL 3 is the fourth tier in the national football pyramid.
- The 14 teams will be split into two groups, and the top four finishers at the end of the preliminary round will advance to the Super Eight stage.

