2017–18 Kerala Blasters FC season
Average home league attendance | 31,763 | ||
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The 2017–18 season was the
Following the departure of Steve Coppell to the new side Jamshedpur, Kerala Blasters announced the signing of René Meulensteen as their new head coach on 14 July 2017. The club also participated in the 2017–18 ISL Players Draft, bringing in Rino Anto, Milan Singh, Arata Izumi, Subhasish Roy Chowdhury, and Jackichand Singh. Former Kerala Blasters forward Iain Hume rejoined the side in July while the club also signed former Manchester United players Wes Brown and Dimitar Berbatov in the lead up to the season.
After only winning one match in their first seven games, Meulensteen was relieved of his duties on 3 January 2018. David James, the Blasters head coach during the 2014 season, was brought in as the new head coach the same day.
Background
Kerala Blasters began their preparations for the 2017–18 season by bringing in former
The next day, on 24 July, the Kerala Blasters announced their first foreign signing of the season, Canadian international and former Kerala Blasters player, Iain Hume.[7] Following the signing of Hume, the club made headlines when they signed former Manchester United defender Wes Brown on 15 August 2017, and another former Manchester United player, Dimitar Berbatov, on 24 August.[8][9] "In terms of selection of players, we were looking at him for quite sometime," said Varun Tripuraneni, the Kerala Blasters CEO, "After Rene Meulensteen came on board, it became easier to get the deal done. Berbatov has been with Rene in Manchester United, so they share a comfort level and chemistry".[10]
Just a few days prior to the start of the season, Meulensteen named Jhingan as his club captain for the season.[11]
Signings
Indian draft
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Other signings
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Pre-season
11 October 2017 Friendly | Kerala Blasters | 1–0 | Athletic de Coín | Marbella |
Pekuson 59' | Report |
18 October 2017 Friendly | Kerala Blasters | 1–1 | Juventud de Torremolinos | Marbella |
Sifneos 14' | Report |
23 October 2017 Friendly | Kerala Blasters | 2–0 | Real Balompédica Linense | Marbella |
Sifneos 20'Pekuson 79' | Report |
26 October 2017 Friendly | Kerala Blasters | 0–3 | Marbella | Marbella |
Report |
11 November 2017 Friendly | Kerala Blasters | 0–0 | Gokulam Kerala | Kerala |
Report |
Indian Super League
The 2017–18 season of the
The Kerala Blasters hosted
Following these two draws,
The club responded very well from the defeat, earning their first victory of the season in the next match on 15 December against
The Kerala Blasters then ended the year with another 'Southern Derby" match against new expansion side
After the match, on 3 January 2018, it was announced that Meulensteen had been relieved of his duties as head coach of the club.
James' first match in charge of the Kerala Blasters was against second place
After the match against Pune City, the Kerala Blasters started a three match run away from home. Their first match occurred on 10 January 2018 against last placed
Three days later, the Kerala Blasters played their final of three straight away matches against
The Kerala Blasters returned home with a match against
On 27 January 2018, the Kerala Blasters took on bottom-placed
On 2 February 2018, the Kerala Blasters played their first match of the last full month of the season against
The Kerala Blasters then ended their three game away run with a victory against NorthEast United on 17 February 2018 at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium. Wes Brown scored the winner for the club in the 28th minute to keep the Blasters hopes of qualification alive.[50] On 23 February, the Blasters played their final home match of the season against Southern rivals Chennaiyin. Neither side could find the net in the 0–0 draw as the Blasters' chance of qualification for the finals suffered a massive blow.[51]
The Blasters then ended their season on 1 March 2018 away from home against
17 November 2017 1 | Kerala Blasters | 0–0 | ATK | Kochi |
20:00 IST | Report | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 37,462 Referee: Aurélien Juenkou |
24 November 2017 2 | Kerala Blasters | 0–0 | Jamshedpur | Kochi |
20:00 IST | Report | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 36,752 Referee: Ranjit Bakshi |
3 December 2017 3 | Kerala Blasters | 1–1 | Mumbai City | Kochi |
20:00 IST | Sifneos 14' | Report | B. Singh 77' | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 35,392 Referee: R Venkatesh |
9 December 2017 4 | Goa | 5–2 | Kerala Blasters | Margao |
20:00 IST | Coro 47', 51', 54' |
Report | Sifneos 7' J. Singh 30' |
Stadium: |
15 December 2017 5 | Kerala Blasters | 1–0 | NorthEast United | Kochi |
20:00 IST | Vineeth 24' |
Report | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 33,868 Referee: Rowan Arumughan |
22 December 2017 6 | Chennaiyin | 1–1 | Kerala Blasters | Chennai |
20:00 IST | Vineeth 90+4' |
Report | Rene Mihelič 89' (pen.) | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 16,754 Referee: Pranjal Banerjee |
31 December 2017 7 | Kerala Blasters | 1–3 | Bengaluru | Kochi |
17:30 IST | Pekuson 90+6' | Report | Chhetri 60' (pen) Miku 90+3', 90+4' |
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 37,986 Referee: R Venkatesh |
4 January 2018 8 | Kerala Blasters | 1–1 | Pune City | Kochi |
20:00 IST | Sifneos 73' | Report | Marcelinho 33' |
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 26,586 Referee: R. Venkatesh |
10 January 2018 9 | Delhi Dynamos | 1–3 | Kerala Blasters | Delhi |
20:00 IST | Kotal 44' | Report | Hume 12', 78', 83' | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 10,132 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar |
14 January 2018 10 | Mumbai City | 0–1 | Kerala Blasters | Mumbai |
17:30 IST | Report | Hume 23' | Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena Attendance: 8,597 Referee: Pranjal Banerjee |
17 January 2018 11 | Jamshedpur | 2–1 | Kerala Blasters | Jamshedpur |
20:00 IST | Mawihmingthanga 1' Biswas 31' |
Report | Sifneos 90+3' | Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex Attendance: 21,240 Referee: Raul Gupta |
21 January 2018 12 | Kerala Blasters | 1–2 | Goa | Kochi |
20:00 IST | Vineeth 29' |
Report | 77' | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 29,769 Referee: Raul Gupta |
27 January 2018 13 | Delhi Dynamos | Kochi | ||
20:00 IST | Negi 48' Hume 75' (pen) |
Report | Uche 35' (pen) | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 16,796 Referee: Ranjit Bakshi |
2 February 2018 14 | Pune City | 1–2 | Kerala Blasters | Pune |
20:00 IST | Alfaro 78' (pen) | Report | Vineeth 90+3' |
Stadium: Balewadi Stadium Attendance: 9,463 Referee: Pranjal Banerjee |
9 February 2018 15 | ATK | 2–2 | Kerala Blasters | Kolkata |
20:00 IST | Taylor 38' Thorpe 75' |
Report | Baldvinsson 33' Berbatov 55' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 4,292 Referee: R Venkatesh |
17 February 2018 16 | NorthEast United | 0–1 | Kerala Blasters | Guwahati |
20:00 IST | Report | Brown 28' | Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 1,212 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar |
23 February 2018 17 | Kerala Blasters | 0–0 | Chennaiyin | Kochi |
20:00 IST | Report | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 31,259 Referee: Matthew Conger |
1 March 2018 18 | Bengaluru | 2–0 | Kerala Blasters | Bangalore |
20:00 IST | U. Singh 90+3' |
Report | Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: 25,373 Referee: Pranjal Banerjee |
Table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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4 | Pune City | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 21 | +9 | 30 | Qualification for ISL play-offs
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5 | Jamshedpur | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 26 | |
6 | Kerala Blasters | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 22 | −2 | 25 | |
7 | Mumbai City | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 29 | −4 | 23 | |
8 | Delhi Dynamos
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18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 19 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair play ranking; 6) drawing of lots
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 22 | −2 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | −1 |
Last updated: 1 March 2018.
Source: http://www.indiansuperleague.com/isl-2017/schedule-fixtures
Super Cup
The Super Cup is a
The Kerala Blasters were drawn to face
After the match, the Blasters were eliminated by
losi for ng 3–2.[57] Goals for NEROCA were scored by Jean-Michel Joachim, Aryn Williams, and Felix Chidi Odili while Kerala Blasters found the net through Pulga and Prasanth Karuthadathkuni.[57]
6 April 2018 First round | NEROCA | 3–2 | Kerala Blasters | Bhubaneswar |
Joachim 68' Williams 79' Odili 81' (pen.) |
Report | Pulga 11' Karuthadathkuni 49' |
Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Attendance: 1,865 Referee: Pranjal Banerjee |
Player statistics
# | Position | Player | League | Cup | Total | |||||||||
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GP | G | GP | G | GP | G | |||||||||
1 | GK | Paul Rachubka | 11(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | DF | Nemanja Lakić-Pešić | 9(3) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10(3) | 0 | 7 | 0 |
6 | DF | Wes Brown | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
7 | FW | Karan Sawhney | 2(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | MF | Arun c francis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | FW | Dimitar Berbatov | 8(1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8(1) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
10 | FW | Iain Hume | 10(3) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10(3) | 5 | 1 | 0 |
11 | FW | Prasanth Karuthadathkuni | 4(6) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5(6) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
12 | MF | Milan Singh | 9(6) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10(6) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
13 | MF | C.K. Vineeth |
13 (1) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | MF | Loken Meitei | 1(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(6) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | MF | Deependra Negi | 1(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(3) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
16 | FW | Guðjón Baldvinsson | 4(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
18 | MF | Sahal Abdul Samad | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 | MF | Siam Hanghal | 6(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
20 | MF | Jackichand Singh | 16(1) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16(1) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
21 | DF | Sandesh Jhingan | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
22 | DF | Jishnu Balakrishnan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | DF | Pritam Kumar Singh | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
24 | GK | Sandip Nandy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
25 | GK | Sujith Sasikumar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
27 | GK | Subhasish Roy Chowdhury | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
28 | DF | Samuel Shadap | 2(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
31 | DF | Rino Anto | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32 | DF | Lalthakima | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
36 | MF | Ajith Sivan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
39 | DF | Lalruatthara | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
85 | MF | Pulga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
99 | MF | Courage Pekuson | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Left Club Midseason | ||||||||||||||
29 | FW | Mark Sifneos | 7 (5) | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
17 | MF | Kizito Keziron | 3 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goalscorers
- As of 6 April 2018
Rank | Position | Name | Indian Super League | Indian Super Cup | Total |
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1 | FW | Iain Hume | 5 | 0 | 5 |
2 | FW | Mark Sifneos | 4 | 0 | 4 |
MF | C.K. Vineeth
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4 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | MF | Jackichand Singh | 2 | 0 | 2 |
5 | MF | Courage Pekuson | 1 | 0 | 1 |
MF | Deependra Negi | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
FW | Guðjón Baldvinsson | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
FW | Dimitar Berbatov | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
DF | Wes Brown | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
MF | Pulga | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
FW | Prasanth Karuthadathkuni | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Clean sheets
- As of 6 April 2018
Rank | Name | Indian Super League | Total |
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1 | Paul Rachubka | 5 | 5 |
2 | Subhasish Roy Chowdhury | 1 | 1 |
See also
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