About: all-time records
For other uses, see List of Kerala Blasters FC Seasons.
the club's record against league opponents
Kerala Blasters FC is an professional football club based in Kochi, Kerala which participates in the Indian Super League, the top tier of Indian football since its inception.[1][2] The club was established on 27 May 2014 and began their first professional season a few months later in October 2014.
Note: This page takes into account all official matches played by Kerala Blasters. These include matches played by the club in Indian Super League and Super Cup. Friendlies aren't taken into consideration.
Club
All time performance record
Template:For As of 21 September 2021[3]
| Competition | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Super League | 122 | 31 | 44 | 47 | 141 | 178 |
| Super Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Durand Cup | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | 127 | 32 | 44 | 51 | 144 | 186 |
General
Note: When scores are mentioned, score of Kerala Blasters are given first.
- First match: 0–1 (vs NorthEast United, 13 October 2014)[4]
- First win: 2–1 (vs Pune City, Indian Super League, 30 October 2014)[5]
- Biggest win (in Indian Super League):
- 5–1 (vs Hyderabad FC, 5 January 2020)[6]
- Biggest loss (in Indian Super League):
- 0–5 (vs Mumbai City, 19 November 2016)[7]
- 1–6 (vs Mumbai City, 16 December 2018)[8]
- Highest scoring draw: 4–4,(vs Odisha ,23 February 2020) (also an ISL record)[9]
- Biggest win (in Super Cup): N/A
- Biggest loss (in Super Cup): 0–2 (vs Indian Arrows, 15 March 2019)[10]
- Most wins in an ISL season: 6 (out of 14 games), during the 2016 season
- Fewest wins in an ISL season: 2 (out of 18 games), during the 2017-18 season
- Most defeats in an ISL season: 7 (out of 14 matches), during the 2015 season
- Fewest defeats in an ISL season: 4 (out of 14 matches), during the 2016 season
- Most goals scored in an ISL season: 29 goals in 18 games, during the 2019-2020 season
- Fewest goals scored in an ISL season: 9 goals in 14 games, during the 2014 season
- Most goals conceded in an ISL season: 32 goals in 18 games, during the 2019-20 season
- Fewest goals conceded in an ISL season:11 goals in 14 games, during the 2014 season
- Most points in an ISL season: 25 in 18 games, during the 2017-18 season
- Fewest points in an ISL season: 13 in 14 games, during the 2015 season
- Highest attendance: 80294 (vs ATK 18 December 2016) (also an ISL record)[11]
- Highest average home attendance in a season: 52008, during the 2016 season (also an ISL record)[12]
Players
Appearances
- Record appearance maker: 78 – Sandesh Jhingan[13]
- Most appearances in Indian Super League: 76 – Sandesh Jhingan[13]
- Most appearances in Super Cup: 2 – Sandesh Jhingan, Prasanth K, Nemanja Lakić-Pešić
- Most appearances in Durand Cup: 3– Enes Sipović, Jessel Carneiro, Puitea, Ayush Adhikari, Rahul KP, Seityasen Singh, Prasanth K, Jeakson Singh
- Youngest player: Dheeraj Singh Moirangthem – 18 years and 85 days[14]
- Oldest player: David James – 44 years and 139 days[15]
Most appearances
- As of 21 September 2021
- (Players with their names in bold currently plays for the club.
| Rank | Player | Appearances[13] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | Cup | Others | Total | ||
| Template:Flagicon Sandesh Jhingan | 0 | ||||
| Template:Flagicon Sahal Abdul Samad | 1 | ||||
| Template:Flagicon Prasanth K | 3 | 51 | |||
| Template:Flagicon C. K. Vineeth | 0 | ||||
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Mehtab Hossain | 0 | |||
| Template:Flagicon Lalruatthara | 0 | ||||
| Template:Flagicon Jessel Carneiro | 3 | ||||
| Template:Flagicon Jeakson Singh | 3 | ||||
| Template:Flagicon Courage Pekuson | 0 | ||||
| Template:Flagicon Cedric Hengbart | 0 | ||||
Club captains
- Most appearances as captain: 36 – Sandesh Jhingan
List of Club Captains
| Period | Name |
|---|---|
| 2014–2015 | Template:Flagicon Penn Orji Template:Flagicon Iain Hume |
| 2015–2016 | Template:Flagicon Peter Ramage |
| 2016–2017 | Template:Flagicon Aaron Hughes |
| 2017–2019 | Template:Flagicon Sandesh Jhingan |
| 2019–2020 | Template:Flagicon Bartholomew Ogbeche |
| 2020 | Template:Flagicon Sergio Cidoncha Template:Flagicon Costa Nhamoinesu Template:Flagicon Jessel Carneiro |
| 2021– | Template:FlagiconJessel Carneiro |
Goals
- All time top scorer: 15 - Bartholomew Ogbeche[16]
- First goalscorer: Iain Hume (vs Chennaiyin, 21 October 2014)[17]
- First Indian goalscorer: C. S. Sabeeth (vs Pune City, 30 October 2014)[5]
- First goal in home ground: Milagres Gonsalves (vs FC Goa, 6 November 2014)[18]
- First goalscorer in Super Cup: Pulga (vs NEROCA F.C., 5 April 2018)
- First Indian goalscorer in Super Cup: Prasanth Karuthadathkuni (vs NEROCA FC, 5 April 2018)
- First goalscorer in Durand Cup: Adrian Luna ( vs Indian Navy football club, 11 September 2021)
- Most goals in Indian Super League: 15 – Bartholomew Ogbeche[16]
- Most goals in Super Cup: 1 – Pulga and Prasanth Karuthadathkuni[19]
- Most goals in a season: 15 – Bartholomew Ogbeche (2019-20 season)
- Most goals in a match: 3
- Iain Hume (vs Delhi Dynamos, 10 January 2018)[20]
- Bartholomew Ogbeche (vs Chennaiyin, 1 February 2020)[21]
- First Hat trick: Iain Hume - vs Delhi Dynamos on 10 January 2018
- Youngest goalscorer: Deependra Negi – 19 years and 68 days[22]
- Youngest foreign goalscorer: Mark Sifneos - 21 years and 9 days
- Oldest goalscorer: Wes Brown – 38 years and 127 days[23]
- Fastest goal: 29 seconds – Chris Dagnall (vs NorthEast United, 15 November 2015)[24]
Most goals
- As of 26 February 2021
- (Players with their name in bold currently plays for the club)
| Rank | Player | Goals[16] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | Cup | Others | Total | ||
| Template:Flagicon Bartholomew Ogbeche | 0 | ||||
| Template:Flagicon C. K. Vineeth | 0 | ||||
| Template:Flagicon Iain Hume | 0 | ||||
| Template:Flagicon Raphaël Messi Bouli | 0 | ||||
| Template:Flagicon Jordan Murray | 0 | ||||
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Chris Dagnall | 0 | |||
| Template:Flagicon Antonio German | 0 | ||||
| Template:Flagicon Mohammed Rafi | 0 | ||||
| Template:Flagicon Gary Hooper | 0 | ||||
| 10 | Template:Flagicon Matej Poplatnik | 0 | |||
| Template:Flagicon Mark Sifneos | 0 | ||||
| Template:Flagicon Slaviša Stojanović | 0 | ||||
| Template:Flagicon Rahul KP | 0 | ||||
Club Hat-tricks
| Player | Total Goals | Opponent | Final Score | Venue | Date (Season) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Flagicon Iain Hume | 3 | Odisha | 3 - 1 | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi | 10 January 2018 (2017-18) | |
| Template:Flagicon Bartholomew Ogbeche | 3 | Chennaiyin | 3 - 6 | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi | 1 February 2020 (2019-20) |
Assists
- Most assists: 6 – Josu
- First assist: Milagres Gonsalves (vs ATK, 26 October 2014)[25]
- Most assists in a season: 5 – Jessel Carneiro (2019-20 season)[26]
- Most assists by an Indian: 5 – Jessel Carneiro, Sahal Abdul Samad
Most assists
- As of 26 February 2021[27]
- (Players with their name in bold currently plays for the club.)
Clean sheets
- Most clean sheets - 8: Sandip Nandy
- First clean sheet - David James (vs FC Goa , 6 November 2014)
- Most clean sheets in a season - 5: Paul Rachubka (2017-18 season)
Most clean sheets
- As of 11 September 2021[28]
- (Players with their name in bold currently plays for the club.)
| Rank | Player | League | Cup | Others | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Sandip Nandy | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon David James | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Template:Flagicon Paul Rachubka | |||||
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Dheeraj Singh | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Albino Gomes | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Stephen Bywater | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Template:Flagicon Rehenesh TP | |||||
| 7 | Template:Flagicon Bilal Khan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Template:Flagicon Subhasish Roy | |||||
| Template:Flagicon Graham Stack |
Miscellaneous records
- During the 2020-21 season, Albino Gomes saved three penalties and became the only goalkeeper to do so since 2015.[29]
- On 15 January 2021, Albino Gomes provided an assist for Jordan Murray against SC East Bengal becoming the first Indian goalkeeper to have an assist in Indian Super League. He is also the only second goalkeeper to provide an assist in the league.[30]
Season Award Winners
Emerging Player
The following players have won the Indian Super League Emerging Player of the League award while playing for the Blasters:
- Template:Flagicon Sandesh Jhingan - 2014[31]
- Template:Flagicon Lalruatthara - 2017–18[32]
- Template:Flagicon Sahal Abdul Samad - 2018–19[33]
Golden Ball
The following players have won the ISL Golden Ball for Hero of the League award while playing for the Blasters:
- Template:Flagicon Iain Hume - 2014[34]
Managers
- Most matches: David James - 40
- Least matches (excluding caretakers): Peter Taylor - 6
- Most wins: David James - 12
- Most losses: David James - 15
| Time span | Name |
|---|---|
| 2014 | Template:Flagicon David James (player-manager) |
| 2015 | Template:Flagicon Peter Taylor |
| 2015 | Template:Flagicon Trevor Morgan (caretaker) |
| 2015 | Template:Flagicon Terry Phelan |
| 2016–2017 | Template:Flagicon Steve Coppell |
| 2017–2018 | Template:Flagicon René Meulensteen |
| 2018 | Template:Flagicon David James |
| 2019 | Template:Flagicon Nelo Vingada (interim) |
| 2019–2020 | Template:Flagicon Eelco Schattorie |
| 2020–2021 | Template:Flagicon Kibu Vicuña |
| 2021 | Template:Flagicon Ishfaq Ahmed (interim) |
| 2021– | Template:Flagicon Ivan Vukomanović |
See also
- Kerala Blasters FC
- List of Kerala Blasters FC players
- List of Indian Super League records and statistics
- Kerala Blasters FC results by opponent
- List of Kerala Blasters FC seasons
- List of Kerala Blasters FC managers
References
- ↑ About - Kerala Blasters FC.
- ↑ ISL vs I-League: Deep divide between the two first divisions. Indian Express(17 November 2017).
- ↑ All-time league table.
- ↑ Kerala Blasters go down by solitary goal in Guwahati. www.indiansuperleague.com(13 October 2014).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Kerala Blasters FC beat FC Pune City 2-1 for first ISL win. www.indiansuperleague.com(30 October 2014).
- ↑ KERALA BLASTERS VS. HYDERABAD 5 - 1. Soccerway.
- ↑ MUMBAI CITY VS. KERALA BLASTERS 5 - 0. Soccerway(19 November 2016).
- ↑ MUMBAI CITY VS. KERALA BLASTERS 6 - 1. Soccerway(16 December 2018).
- ↑ ISL: Odisha, Kerala play out entertaining draw - Talking points, Sportstar, Team. Sportstar(24 February 2020). Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ↑ Spirited Arrows end Kerala Blasters’ Hero Super Cup dreams. Hero Super Cup Official Website.
- ↑ All-time top 10 highest attended matches in ISL history, abdulshekkeerkm. www.sportskeeda.com(2017-10-22). Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ↑ 5 things other fan clubs can learn from Manjappada, Issac, Alby. www.sportskeeda.com(2018-11-02). Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 All-Time Appearances. WorldFootball.
- ↑ ATK vs. Kerala Blasters. Soccerway(29 September 2018).
- ↑ Kerala Blasters vs. ATK. Soccerway(20 December 2014).
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Kerala Blasters Stats. worldfootball.net.
- ↑ Chennaiyin FC edge Kerala Blasters FC in tempestuous match. www.indiansuperleague.com(21 October 2014).
- ↑ KERALA BLASTERS VS. GOA 1 - 0. Soccerway(6 November 2014).
- ↑ Kerala Blasters 2018 Indian Super Cup. Super Cup(6 April 2018).
- ↑ Delhi Dynamos 1–3 Kerala Blasters. Soccerway(10 January 2018). Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ↑ Match 72, Kerala Blasters vs Chennaiyin. Indian Super League(1 February 2020).
- ↑ Kerala Blasters vs. Odisha. Soccerway(27 January 2018).
- ↑ NorthEast United vs. Kerala Blasters. Soccerway(17 February 2018).
- ↑ Indian Super League: Chris Dagnall of Kerala Blasters scores the fastest ever ISL goal | Goal.com. www.goal.com. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
- ↑ ATK vs Kerala Blasters FC Live Score Update, Commentary, Scorecard. Indian Super League. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
- ↑ Jessel Carneiro profile - Age, Goals, Avg. passes and more. Indian Super League. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
- ↑ Assists - Kerala Blasters FC. Soccerway.
- ↑ Clean Sheets- Kerala Blasters.
- ↑ ISL 2020-21 news: Kerala Blasters' Albino Gomes makes third penalty save, Sportstar, Team. Sportstar(2 January 2021). Retrieved 2021-01-15.
- ↑ Albino Gomes - The 1st Indian and only the 2nd goalkeeper in Hero ISL to provide an assist!. Indian Super League (Twitter)(15 January 2021). Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ↑ ISL Emerging Player of the League, Sandesh Jhingan, joins Sporting Clube de Goa. Indian Super League. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ↑ ISL Emerging Player of the Year winners: How have they fared? | Goal.com. www.goal.com. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ↑ ISL 2018-19: List of award winners | Goal.com. www.goal.com(18 March 2019). Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ↑ Hume voted best player, Elano wins Golden Boot. Indian Super League. Retrieved 2021-01-14.