2018–19 Kerala Blasters FC season

Kerala Blasters
2018–19 season
CEO Varun Tripuraneni
Head Coach David James
Stadium Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Indian Super League 3rd
Top goalscorer League:
Matej Poplatnik (1)
Slaviša Stojanović (1)
Halicharan Narzary (1)
All:
Matej Poplatnik ()
Slaviša Stojanović ()
Halicharan Narzary ()
Highest home attendance 31,166
Lowest home attendance 31,166
Average home league attendance 31,166
Home colours
Away colours

The 2018–19 season is Kerala Blasters's fifth season since its establishment in 2014 and their fifth season in the Indian Super League.

Review and events

Pre-season and friendlies

Kerala Blasters started their pre season in july in Ahmedabad to prepare for a competition called Toyota Yaris La Liga World. They faced Melbourne City FC from Australia and spanish club Girona FC in the competition. They suffered heavy losses by Australian club 0-6 and spanish club 0-5.

In September 2018, Kerala started their second phase of pre season before Indian Super League in Thailand. Where they played some friendly matches with local clubs.

Indian Super League

Kerala Blasters started their 2018-19 Hero Indian Super League campaign with a 0-2 victory over ATK. But their first home match was a 1-1 draw aginst Mumbai City.

Match results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming

League

Round123456789101112
GroundAHHAAHHAAHHA
ResultWD

Updated to match(es) played on 5 October 2018. Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Player details

N Pos. Nat. Player P G A yellow rectangular card A red rectangular card
1GKIndiaDheeraj Singh2010
4DFSerbiaNemanja Lakić-Pešić2000
6MFSerbiaNikola Krčmarević2010
7DFFranceCyril Kali0000
8FWSerbiaSlaviša Stojanović2100
9MFIndiaSeiminlen Doungel2000
10FWSloveniaMatej Poplatnik2110
11MFIndiaPrasanth K0000
12DFIndiaMohammad Rakip2000
13FWIndiaC.K. Vineeth0(2)000
14MFIndiaLoken Meitei0000
15DFIndiaAnas Edathodika0000
17MFUgandaKizito Keziron0(2)000
18MFIndiaSahal Abdul Samad2000
19MFIndiaHalicharan Narzary2100
20MFIndiaDeependra Negi0000
21DFIndiaSandesh Jhingan2000
22MFIndiaZakeer Mundampara0000
23DFIndiaPritam Singh0000
25GKIndiaSujith Sasikumar0000
32GKIndiaNaveen Kumar0000
34MFIndiaSuraj Rawat0000
35MFIndiaHrishi Dhath0000
39DFIndiaLalruatthara2000
99MFGhanaCourage Pekuson0(2)000

Correct as of 05 October 2018. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.

Transfers

Transfers in

No. Position Player Last club Date Ref
1 GK India Dheeraj Singh Moirangthem India Indian Arrows 2 June 2018
15 DF India Anas Edathodika India Jamshedpur 8 June 2018 [4]
19 MF India Halicharan Narzary India NorthEast United12 June 2018[5]
_ DF India Abdul Nediyodath IndiaNorthEast United 19 June 2018 [6]
32 GK India Naveen Kumar India Goa 25 June 2018 [7]
_ FW India Jithin M.S. India F.C. Kerala27 June 2018[8][9]
9 FW India Seiminlen Doungel IndiaNorthEast United29 June 2018[10]
7 DF France Cyril Kali Greece Apollon Pontou3 July 2018[11]
8 FW Serbia Slaviša Stojanović Serbia Radnički Niš6 July 2018[12]
10 FW Slovenia Matej Poplatnik Slovenia Triglav Kranj8 July 2018[13]
22 MF India Zakeer Mundampara IndiaMumbai City9 July 2018[14]
26 MF Serbia Nikola Krcmarevic Faroe Islands07 Vestur24 August 2019[15]

Transfers Out

No. Position Player Outgoing club Date Fee Ref
16 FW Iceland Guðjón Baldvinsson Iceland Stjarnan 16 March 2018 Loan Out [16]
27 GK India Subhasish Roy Chowdhury India Jamshedpur 26 April 2018 Free [17]
31 DF India Rino Anto India Bengaluru 6 June 2018 Free [18]
19 MF India Siam Hanghal India Delhi Dynamos 11 June 2018 Free [19]
20 MF India Jackichand Singh India Goa 29 June 2018 Free [20]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "We never played against Blasters: Bangkok FC". manoramaonline.com. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  2. 1 2 "ബ്ലാസ്റ്റേഴ്‌സിനെതിരേ കളിച്ചിട്ടില്ലെന്ന് ബാങ്കോക്ക് എഫ്.സി; പിന്നെ മഞ്ഞപ്പട ജയിച്ചത് ആരോട്?". mathurbhumi.com. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "We never played against Blasters: Bangkok FC". manoramaonline.com. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Pratik Choudhary signs". Kerala Blasters FC (Twitter).
  5. ↑ "Halicharan Narzary signs for Kerala Blasters". Kerala Blasters FC (Twitter).
  6. ↑ "Abdul Nediyodath signs for Kerala Blasters". Kerala Blasters FC (Twitter).
  7. ↑ "Naveen Kumar signs for Kerala Blasters". Kerala Blasters FC (Twitter).
  8. ↑ "Jithin M.S. signs for Kerala Blasters". Kerala Blasters FC (Twitter).
  9. ↑ Rajan, Adwaidh (27 June 2018). "Jithin MS becomes Kerala's first football player to sign for a club receiving transfer fee". New Indian Express. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  10. ↑ "Seminlen Doungel signs for Kerala Blasters". Kerala Blasters FC (Twitter).
  11. ↑ "Cyril Kali signs for Kerala Blasters". Kerala Blasters FC (Twitter).
  12. ↑ "Slaviša Stojanović signs for Kerala Blasters". Kerala Blasters FC (Twitter).
  13. ↑ "Matej Poplatnik signs for Kerala Blasters". Kerala Blasters FC (Twitter).
  14. ↑ "Zakeer Mundampara signs for Kerala Blasters". Kerala Blasters FC (Twitter).
  15. ↑ "Kerala Blasters sign Nikola Krcmarevic to boost midfield". indiansuperleague.
  16. ↑ @bengalurufc (8 June 2018). "We're saying goodbye and wishing the best of everything to Calvin Abhishek, Abhra Mondal, Joyner Lourenco, Zohmingliana Ralte and @collinabranches. #OnceABlueAlwaysABlue" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  17. ↑ "Subhasish Roy Chowdhary signs for Jamshedpur". Jamshedpur FC (Twitter).
  18. ↑ "Rino Anto signs for Bengaluru". Bengaluru FC (Twitter).
  19. ↑ "Siam Hanghal signs for Delhi Dynamos". Delhi Dynamos FC (Twitter).
  20. ↑ "Jackichand Singh signs for FC Goa". FC Goa (Twitter).
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