2016 Kerala Blasters FC season

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Template:Infobox football club season The 2016 season was the third season in Kerala Blasters FC's existence, as well as their third season in Indian Super League. After finishing second position in the league stage, the club managed to make it to the final. In the finals, they were again defeated by Atlético de Kolkata, this time through the penalty shoot-out.

Background

In 2016, in an effort to rebuild after failing to qualify for the finals the previous season, Kerala Blasters announced the signing of former Crystal Palace manager Steve Coppell as head coach on 21 June 2016.[1] A week later, the club announced the signing of Northern Ireland international Aaron Hughes as their marquee player for the season.[2] Other moves made before the season included the signing of Graham Stack, Kervens Belfort, Duckens Nazon, and Mohammed Rafique and return of former players Michael Chopra and Cédric Hengbart.[3]

The season began where the previous left off, with a 1–0 defeat away from home against NorthEast United.[4] After the first month of the season, the Blasters had one of the best defenses statistically in the league but struggled in attack.[5] In the second half of the season, after the return of C.K. Vineeth from loan with Bengaluru FC, the Blasters managed to surge their way into the playoffs.[6] They achieved this by defeating Delhi Dynamos 3–0 in a penalty shootout during the semi-final.[7] In the final, the Kerala Blasters would play host to Atlético de Kolkata. The Blasters took the lead early through Mohammed Rafi before Kolkata equalized soon after. The match went into a penalty shootout, Despite taking the lead early in the shootout, the Kerala Blasters lost 4–3 and thus were defeated in their second final in three seasons.[8]

Players

Squad

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Transfers

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Retained

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Foreign players

Position Player
MF Template:Flagicon Josu[9]
FW Template:Flagicon Antonio German[9]

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Indian players

Position Player
GK Template:Flagicon Sandip Nandy[9]
DF Template:Flagicon Gurwinder Singh[9]
DF Template:Flagicon Sandesh Jhingan[9]
MF Template:Flagicon C.K. Vineeth[10]
MF Template:Flagicon Ishfaq Ahmed[9]
MF Template:Flagicon Mehtab Hossain[9]
FW Template:Flagicon Mohammed Rafi[9]

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New signings

Position Player Last club Date Ref
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Thongkhosiem Haokip Template:Flagicon Goa 7 July 2016 [11]
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Pratik Chowdhary Template:Flagicon Mumbai 13 July 2016 [12]
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Aaron Hughes Template:Flagicon Melbourne City 28 July 2016 [13]
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Graham Stack Template:Flagicon Barnet 3 August 2016 [14]
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Michael Chopra Template:Flagicon Alloa Athletic 7 August 2016 [15]
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Elhadji Ndoye Template:Flagicon Kyzylzhar 9 August 2016 [16]
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Kervens Belfort Template:Flagicon 1461 Trabzon 12 August 2016 [17]
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Cédric Hengbart Template:Flagicon NorthEast United 16 August 2016 [18]
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Mohammed Rafique Template:Flagicon Atlético de Kolkata 22 August 2016 [19]
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Azrack Mahamat Template:Flagicon Levadiakos 23 August 2016 [20]
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Rino Anto Template:Flagicon Atlético de Kolkata 26 August 2016 [21]
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Didier Kadio Template:Flagicon Zhetysu 30 August 2016 [22]
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Vinit Rai Template:Flagicon Dempo 2 September 2016 [23]
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Duckens Nazon Template:Flagicon Tondela 6 September 2016 [24]
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Kunal Sawant Template:Flagicon Mumbai 7 September 2016 [25]
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Mohammad Ansari Template:Flagicon Pune 7 September 2016 [25]
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Prasanth Karuthadathkuni Template:Flagicon AIFF Elite Academy 7 September 2016 [25]
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Farukh Choudhary Template:Flagicon Lonestar Kashmir 7 September 2016 [25]

Pre-season

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Indian Super League

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Results summary

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Results

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Player statistics

Season stats
# Position Player Template:Abbr Template:Abbr
1 GK Template:Flagicon Graham Stack 6 0
2 DF Template:Flagicon Pratik Chowdhary 8 0
5 DF Template:Flagicon Cédric Hengbart 17 1
6 DF Template:Flagicon Aaron Hughes 9 1
7 MF Template:Flagicon Mohammed Rafique 10 0
8 MF Template:Flagicon Vinit Rai 2 0
9 FW Template:Flagicon Kervens Belfort 13 3
10 FW Template:Flagicon Antonio German 11 0
11 MF Template:Flagicon Ishfaq Ahmed 6 0
12 FW Template:Flagicon Thongkhosiem Haokip 1 0
13 FW Template:Flagicon C.K. Vineeth 9 5
14 MF Template:Flagicon Mehtab Hossain 16 0
16 DF Template:Flagicon Gurwinder Singh 1 0
17 FW Template:Flagicon Farukh Choudhary 2 0
19 DF Template:Flagicon Elhadji Ndoye 4 0
20 FW Template:Flagicon Mohammed Rafi 13 2
21 DF Template:Flagicon Sandesh Jhingan 17 0
22 FW Template:Flagicon Prasanth Karuthadathkuni 0 0
23 GK Template:Flagicon Kunal Sawant 0 0
24 GK Template:Flagicon Sandip Nandy 10 0
27 FW Template:Flagicon Michael Chopra 10 1
30 GK Template:Flagicon Mohammad Ansari 0 0
31 DF Template:Flagicon Rino Anto 3 0
57 MF Template:Flagicon Didier Kadio 11 1
78 FW Template:Flagicon Duckens Nazon 11 2
88 MF Template:Flagicon Azrack Mahamat 11 0
99 DF Template:Flagicon Josu 15 0

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kerala Blasters announce Steve Coppell as manager for ISL 2016. FirstPost(22 June 2016).
  2. ↑ Kerala Blasters bags Aaron Hughes as marquee player. Times of India(28 June 2016).
  3. ↑ Indian Super League 2016 Team Profile - Kerala Blasters. Goal.com(30 September 2016).
  4. ↑ NorthEast United 1-0 Kerala Blasters - Katsumi Yusa wins it for Highlanders. Goal.com(1 October 2016).
  5. ↑ Kerala Blasters' invoke defensive rally as FC Goa continue to crumble. Goal.com(26 October 2016).
  6. ↑ CK Vineeth - If I prove myself, I'll get selected in the national team. Goal.com(10 December 2016).
  7. ↑ Delhi Dynamos fumble at the post. Times of India(15 December 2016).
  8. ↑ Atletico de Kolkata beat Kerala Blasters 4-3 on penalties to win ISL 2016. Hindustan Times(19 December 2016).
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 Antonio German and Josué Currais Prieto return to don the Yellow Jersey for Kerala Blasters in ISL Season 3. Indian Super League. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  10. ↑ CK Vineeth retained. Kerala Blasters FC (Twitter). Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  11. ↑ Kerala Blasters sign 22-year old forward Thongkhosiem Haokip for ISL season three. Firstpost(2016-07-07). Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  12. ↑ Kerala Blasters sign defender Pratik i. OnManorama. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  13. ↑ Indian Super League Live Football Scores, News, Stats, Schedules, Results, Highlights, Photos, Videos – NDTV Sports. NDTVSports.com. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  14. ↑ Kerala Blasters sign former Arsenal stopper Graham Stack. OnManorama. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  15. ↑ Kerala Blasters bring back English striker Michael Chopra. OnManorama. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  16. ↑ After Michael Chopra, top Senegalese defender joins Kerala Blasters ahead of ISL 2016, Maitra, Sayantan. www.ibtimes.co.in(2016-08-09). Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  17. ↑ ISL 2017: Kervens Belfort - Kochi is my home, Kerala is my family | Goal.com. www.goal.com. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  18. ↑ Kerala Blasters defender Cedric Hengbart signs for Maltese club Mosta FC | Goal.com. www.goal.com. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  19. ↑ Mohammed Rafique: Kolkata's loss, Kerala's gain in ISL3?. Hindustan Times(2016-08-13). Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  20. ↑ Kerala Blasters bolster midfield with signing of Azrack Mahamat. ANI News. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  21. ↑ Rino Anto signs for Kerala Blasters. Kerala Blasters (Twitter)(26 August 2016). Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  22. ↑ ISL 2017: Ex-Kerala Blasters star slams rumours linking him to other ISL clubs, Bharali, Abhijit. www.sportskeeda.com(2017-08-21). Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  23. ↑ Vinit Rai signs for Kerala Blasters, Reporter, Sports. assamtribune.com(2010-09-15). Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  24. ↑ Kerala Blasters strengthen their attack with Haitian footballer Duckens Nazon for Indian Super League 2016. Indian Super League. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 Kerala Blasters announces final squad for Indian Super League 2016. Indian Super League(7 September 2016).

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