2019–20 Kerala Blasters FC season

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Indian Super League
7th
Super CupTournament Suspended
Top goalscorerLeague: Bartholomew Ogbeche (15 goals)
All: Bartholomew Ogbeche (15 goals)
Highest home attendance36,298
Kerala Blasters 2–1 ATK
(20 October 2019)
Lowest home attendance7,754
Kerala Blasters 2–1 Bengaluru
(15 February 2020)
Average home league attendance17,500

The 2019–20 season was the sixth season in Kerala Blasters FC's existence, as well as their sixth season in Indian Super League.[1][2]

Review and events

Indian Super League

Kerala Blasters started their 2019–20 Hero Indian Super League campaign with 2 consecutive home matches. They managed to come back for a 2–1 victory over ATK in the inaugural match,[3] but lost against Mumbai City in very next match by conceding a late goal.

They continued their winless run after the first match, by losing their first away match of the season against Hyderabad FC after took lead and a goal less draw against Odisha FC. In this match, most of the time they played with 6 local players and only 2 foreign players because of injuries. During the international break after the match, they signed Vlatko Drobarov as a replacement for injured Jairo Rodrigues.

Kerala Blasters managed to climb to 6th position on the table after winning by their highest margin till the date of 5–1 against Hyderabad FC. They also defeated their rivals Bengaluru FC and ATK. Their last match in the season was against Odisha FC which ended in 4-4. This was the highest scoring match in the history of ISL till that date. Finally, the Blasters ended their season by finishing in 7th place in the table.

Players

First-team squad

As of 2 December 2019

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK India IND Bilal Khan
2 DF India IND Mohammad Rakip
3 DF Brazil BRA
Injured
)
5 DF India IND Raju Gaikwad
6 MF Spain ESP Mario Arqués
7 MF Senegal SEN
Moustapha Gning
8 MF India IND Seityasen Singh
10 FW Nigeria NGA Bartholomew Ogbeche (captain)
11 MF India IND Prashanth K
13 GK India IND
Rehenesh TP
14 DF India IND Jessel Carneiro
15 MF India IND Darren Caldeira
17 MF India IND
Rahul KP
18 MF India IND Sahal Abdul Samad
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF India IND Halicharan Narzary
20 FW India IND Mohammad Rafi
21 DF India IND Sandesh Jhingan (Injured)
22 MF Spain ESP Sergio Cidoncha (vice-captain)
23 DF India IND Pritam Singh
24 DF India IND Abdul Hakku
27 MF India IND Samuel Lalmuanpuia
28 FW Cameroon CMR
Raphaël Messi Bouli
33 DF North Macedonia MKD Vlatko Drobarov
39 DF India IND Lalruatthara
42 GK India IND Shibinraj Kunniyil
51 DF Netherlands NED
third-captain
)
55 MF India IND
Jeakson Singh

Transfers

Transfers in

Entry date Position No. Player From club Fee Ref.
1 May 2019 MF 40 India Zayed Bin Waleed
Free Agent
None [4]
29 May 2019 MF 6 Spain Mario Arqués India Jamshedpur FC None [5]
1 June 2019 FW 10 Nigeria Bartholomew Ogbeche India NorthEast United None [6]
1 June 2019 MF 17
Rahul KP
India Indian Arrows None [7]
12 June 2019 MF 22 Spain Sergio Cidoncha India Jamshedpur FC None [8]
1 July 2019 DF 51 Netherlands Gianni Zuiverloon
Delhi Dynamos
None [9]
3 July 2019 GK 42 India Shibinraj Kunniyil
Gokulam Kerala
Undisclosed [10]
10 July 2019 GK 1 India Bilal Khan India Real Kashmir None [11]
17 July 2019 MF 7
Moustapha Gning
Spain SD Ejea None [12]
24 July 2019 GK 13
Rehenesh TP
India NorthEast United None [13]
31 July 2019 MF 30 India Arjun Jayaraj
Gokulam Kerala
Undisclosed [10]
7 August 2019 MF 15 India Darren Caldeira
Mohun Bagan A.C.
None [14]
14 August 2019 DF 14 India Jessel Carneiro
Dempo S.C.
None [15]
17 August 2019 MF 8 India Seityasen Singh India NorthEast United None [16]
21 August 2019 DF 3
Jairo Rodrigues
Indonesia Persela Lamongan None [17]
24 August 2019 FW 28
Raphaël Messi Bouli
Iran Foolad F.C. None [18]
28 August 2019 FW 20
Mohammad Rafi
India Chennaiyin None [19]
2 September 2019 MF 23 India Samuel Lalmuanpuia India Shillong Lajong None [20]
18 October 2019 DF 4 India Raju Gaikwad India Jamshedpur None [21]
22 November 2019 DF 9 North Macedonia Vlatko Drobarov North Macedonia Belasica None [22]

Loan return

Position No. Player From club
MF 19 India Halicharan Narzary India Chennaiyin FC
MF 55
Jeakson Singh
India Indian Arrows
FW 13 India C. K. Vineeth India Chennaiyin FC

Transfers Out

Exit date Position No. Player To club Fee Ref.
1 March 2019 DM 7 France Cyril Kali Greece Panserraikos F.C. Released
1 March 2019 DM 6
Nikola Krcmarevic
Kerala Blasters (B)
Released
1 March 2019 DF 4 Serbia Nemanja Lakić-Pešić Serbia FK Voždovac Released
1 March 2019 MF 99 Ghana Courage Pekuson
Kerala Blasters (B)
Released
1 March 2019 MF 8 Serbia Slaviša Stojanović
Kerala Blasters (B)
None
1 March 2019 MF 17 Uganda Kizito Keziron
KCCA FC
Released
1 June 2019 MF 9 India Seiminlen Doungel India Goa None
9 June 2019 GK 1
Dheeraj Singh Moirangthem
India ATK None
1 July 2019 DF 15 India Anas Edathodika India ATK None
17 July 2019 MF 22 India Zakeer Mundampara Released
26 August 2019 FW 13
C.K. Vineeth
India Jamshedpur Released
2 September 2019 MF 45 India Deependra Negi India Hyderabad Released

Loans out

Start date End date Position No. Player To club Fee Ref.
25 August 2018 End of season FW India Shaiborlang Kharpan
Ozone FC
None
25 June 2019 End of season MF
Nongdamba Naorem
Mohun Bagan
None
31 July 2019 End of season FW 10 Slovenia Matej Poplatnik HungaryKaposvári Rákóczi FC None [23]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Cancelled

The

Kerala Blasters traveled to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for their pre-season tour ahead of the new season.[24] There, the club was set to play friendlies with top division UAE Pro League club.[25]

The team traveled to UAE on September 4 and played one game vs

Dibba Al-Fujairah
. The event organisers Michi Sports did not provide the club with proper training and other facilities in the UAE, so the club decided to pull out of the tour.

The club was scheduled to face

Al-Nasr on the 27th. But all the three games were cancelled. The club returned to India on 11 September and had a preseason at home training facility.[26]

Kerala Blasters (B). They Finished their preseason with a draw against Indian Arrows
.

United Arab Emirates Ajman v India Kerala Blasters
12 September 2019 Friendly United Arab Emirates Ajman India Kerala Blasters Ajman,
UAE
19:30(7:30) IST Match Cancelled [1] Stadium: Ajman Stadium
20 September 2019 Friendly
Ras Al-Khaimah
,
UAE
19:30(7:30) IST Match Cancelled [2] Stadium:
Emirates Club Stadium

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
ISL
20 October 2019 (2019-10-20) 23 February 2020 (2020-02-23) Matchday 1 18 4 7 7 29 32 −3 022.22
Others 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Total 18 4 7 7 29 32 −3 022.22

Indian Super League

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5 Mumbai City 18 7 5 6 25 29 −4 26
6 Odisha 18 7 4 7 28 31 −3 25
7 Kerala Blasters 18 4 7 7 29 32 −3 19
8 Jamshedpur 18 4 6 8 22 35 −13 18
9 NorthEast United 18 2 8 8 16 30 −14 14
Source: Indian Super League
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
  1. 2019–20 Indian Super League regular season 3rd place (behind FC Goa, which qualified for the 2021 AFC Champions League, and ATK), will qualify as India 3.[28]

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
18 4 7 7 29 32  −3 19 3 5 2 17 15  +2 1 2 5 12 17  −5

League Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718
Ground
A
HAHA
ResultWLLDLDDDLDWWLLLDWD
Position168698889976888877
Updated to match(es) played on 16 March 2020. Source: Matchday

A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matchday

ATK
20 October 2019 (2019-10-20) 1 Kerala Blasters 2–1 ATK Kochi
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)
Gnig
Yellow card 90'
Report McHugh 6'
Rane Yellow card 15'
Hernández Yellow card 70'
Agus Yellow card 88'
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 36,298
Referee: Srikrishna
Man of the Match: Ogbeche (Kerala)
24 October 2019 (2019-10-24) 2 Kerala Blasters 0–1 Mumbai City Kochi
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)
Gnig Yellow card 45'
Rodrigues
Yellow card 64'
Report
Grgic Yellow card 40'
Golui Yellow card 61'
Chermiti
82'
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 28,445
Referee: L Ajithkumar Metei
Man of the Match: Chermiti (Mumbai)
2 November 2019 (2019-11-02) 3 Hyderabad 2–1 Kerala Blasters Hyderabad
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)
Marcelinho
81' Yellow card 83'
Report
Gning Yellow card 80'
Rodrigues
Yellow card 90+1'
Stadium:
Marcelinho
(Hyderabad)
8 November 2019 (2019-11-08) 4 Kerala Blasters 0–0
Odisha
Kochi
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Report Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 20,107
Referee: Srikrishna
Man of the Match: Cido (Kerala)
23 November 2019 (2019-11-23) 5 Bengaluru 1–0 Kerala Blasters Bangalore
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)
Khabra Yellow card 53'
Chhetri
55'
Report
Messi Yellow card 66'
Sahal
Yellow card 72'
Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium
Attendance: 27,083
Referee: Ranjit Bakshi
Man of the Match: Chhetri (Bengaluru)
1 December 2019 (2019-12-01) 6 Kerala Blasters 2–2 Goa Kochi
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)
Messi
59'
Report Fall 41' Red card 52'
Fernandes Yellow card 45'
Bedia Yellow card 62'
Rodrigues 90+2'
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 21,157
Referee: Crystal John
Man of the Match: Rodrigues (Goa)
5 December 2019 (2019-12-05) 7 Mumbai City 1–1 Kerala Blasters Mumbai
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Fernandes Yellow card 24'
Borges Yellow card 44'
Chermiti 77'
Report
Messi
75'
Stadium:
Jeakson
(Kerala)
13 December 2019 (2019-12-13) 8 Kerala Blasters 2–2 Jamshedpur Kochi
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)
Messi Yellow card 54' 75', 87' (pen.
)
Report Passi Yellow card 27'
Piti 38' (pen.)
Vineeth 71'
Stadium:
Messi
(Kerala)
20 December 2019 (2019-12-20) 9 Chennaiyin 3–1 Kerala Blasters Chennai
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Schembri 4'
Chhangte 30'
Valskis 40'
Singh Yellow card 44'
Sabiá Yellow card 52' Yellow-red card 90+3'
Kaith Yellow card 83'
Report Ogbeche 15' Yellow card 37' Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 11,597
Referee: Om Prakash Thakur
Man of the Match: Chhangte (Chennaiyin)
28 December 2019 (2019-12-28) 10 Kerala Blasters 1–1
Northeast United
Kochi
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Seityasen Yellow card 38'
Ogbeche 43' (pen.)
Gaikwad Yellow card 45'
Jessel Yellow card 52'
Report
Lalengmawia
Yellow card 62'
Stadium:
Arques
(Kerala)
5 January 2020 (2020-01-05) 11 Kerala Blasters 5–1 Hyderabad Kochi
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)
Messi 45' Yellow card 45+'
Zuiverloon Yellow card 58'
Seityasen 59'
Sahal
Yellow card 88'
Report
Stankovic Yellow card 44'
Abhishek Halder
Yellow card 62'
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 9,856
Referee: Crystal John
Man of the Match: Ogbeche (Kerala)
12 January 2020 (2020-01-12) 12 ATK 0–1 Kerala Blasters Kolkata
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Javi Yellow card 39'
Mandi Yellow card 89'
Report
Arqués Yellow card 34'
Narzary 70'
Prasanth Yellow card 90'
Drobarov
Yellow card 90+'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 22336
Referee: L Ajithkumar Metei
Man of the Match: Narzary (Kerala)
19 January 2020 (2020-01-19) 13 Jamshedpur 3–2 Kerala Blasters Jamshedpur
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Joyner Yellow card 1'
Acosta 39' Yellow card 78'
Castel 75' (pen.)
Ogbeche 87' (OG)
Hakku Yellow card 31' Yellow-red card 50'
Ogbeche
Yellow card 45' 56'
Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex
Attendance: 18,753
Referee: Crystal John
Man of the Match: Castel (Jamshedpur)
26 January 2020 (2020-01-26) 14 Goa 3–2 Kerala Blasters Goa
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Boumous 26' 83' Yellow card 85'
Jackichand 45'
Brandon Yellow card 83'
Jahouh Yellow card 88'
Gning Yellow card 64'
Ogbeche 69'
Cidoncha
Yellow card 82'
Stadium:
Fatorda Stadium
Attendance: 12,317
Referee: L Ajithkumar Metei
Man of the Match: Boumous
(Goa)
1 February 2020 (2020-02-01) 15 Kerala Blasters 3–6 Chennaiyin Kochi
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)
Messi
Yellow card 57'
Crivellaro 39' 45'
Valskis 45' 90'
Thapa Yellow card 57'
Chhangte 59' 80'
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 9084
Referee: Umesh Bora
Man of the Match: Chhangte (Chennai)
9 February 2020 (2020-02-09) 16 Kerala Blasters 0–0
Northeast United
Guwahati
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)
Gning
Yellow card 90'
Milan Yellow card 12'
Pradhan Yellow card 21'
Vaz Yellow card 44'
Gallego Yellow card 81'
Stadium:
Lalengmawia
(NorthEast)
15 February 2020 (2020-02-15) 17 Kerala Blasters 2–1 Bengaluru Kochi
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)
Rahul Yellow card 85'
Bilal Yellow card 90'
Drobarov
Yellow card 90+'
Brown 16' Yellow card 42'
Serrán Yellow card 45+'
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 7754
Referee: L Ajithkumar Metei
Man of the Match: Ogbeche (Kerala)
23 February 2020 (2020-02-23) 18
Bhuvaneshwar
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Onwu 2' 37' 57' Yellow card 81'
Das Yellow card 16'
Guedes 44' (pen.) Yellow card 53'
Bora Yellow card 84'
Dorronsoro Yellow card 90'
Tébar Yellow card 90+'
Messi 28'
Lalruatthara Yellow card 45'
Bilal Yellow card 50'
Ogbeche 82' (pen.) 90' (pen.)
Jessel
Yellow card 85'
Stadium: Kalinga Stadium
Attendance: 6234
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar
Man of the Match: Onwu (Odisha)

Statistics

As of 17 March 2020.[29]

Squad appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total
Super League
Others
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK India IND Bilal Khan 5 0 5 0 0 0
13 GK India IND
TP Rehenesh
13 0 13 0 0 0
42 GK India IND Shibin Raj Kunniyil 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF India IND Mohammad Rakip 15 0 15 0 0 0
3 DF Brazil BRA Jairo Rodrigues 4 0 4 0 0 0
14 DF India IND Jessel Carneiro 18 0 18 0 0 0
4 DF India IND Raju Gaikwad 12 0 12 0 0 0
23 DF India IND Pritam Singh 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF India IND
Abdul Hakku
11 0 11 0 0 0
33 DF North Macedonia MKD Vlatko Drobarov 13 1 13 1 0 0
39 DF India IND Lalruatthara 3 0 3 0 0 0
51 DF Netherlands NED Gianni Zuiverloon 8 0 8 0 0 0
Midfielders
6 MF Spain ESP
Mario Arques
6 0 6 0 0 0
7 MF Senegal SEN
Moustapha Gning
13 0 13 0 0 0
8 MF India IND Seityasen Singh 10 1 10 1 0 0
11 MF India IND Prashanth K 13 0 13 0 0 0
15 MF India IND Darren Caldeira 1 0 1 0 0 0
17 MF India IND
Rahul KP
8 1 8 1 0 0
18 MF India IND Sahal Abdul Samad 18 0 18 0 0 0
19 MF India IND Halicharan Narzary 14 1 14 1 0 0
22 MF Spain ESP Sergio Cidoncha 13 1 13 1 0 0
27 MF India IND Samuel Lalmuanpuia 5 0 5 0 0 0
55 MF India IND
Jeakson Singh
13 0 13 0 0 0
Forwards
10 FW Nigeria NGA Bartholomew Ogbeche 16 15 16 15 0 0
20 FW India IND
Mohammad Rafi
7 0 7 0 0 0
28 FW Cameroon CMR
Raphaël Messi Bouli
17 8 17 8 0 0

Squad statistics

League
Others Total
Games Played 18 0 18
Games Won 4 0 4
Games Drawn 7 0 7
Games Lost 7 0 7
Goals Scored 29 0 29
Goals conceded 32 0 32
Goal Difference -3 0 -3
Clean Sheets 3 0 3
Goals by Substitutes 0 0 0
Yellow Cards 41 0 41
Red Cards 1 0 1

Players Used: Kerala Blasters has used a total of 24 different players in all competitions.

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos. Nation Name
League
Others Total
1 10 FW Nigeria Bartholomew Ogbeche 15 0 15
2 28 FW Cameroon
Raphaël Messi Bouli
8 0 8
3 19
MF
India Halicharan Narzary 1 0 1
17
MF
India
Rahul KP
1 0 1
8
MF
India Seityasen Singh 1 0 1
22
MF
Spain Sergio Cidoncha 1 0 1
33 DF North Macedonia Vlatko Drobarov 1 0 1
Own Goals 1 0 1
TOTAL 29 0 29

Assists

Note: This list features only the top 5 players with most assists in the season

Rank Pos. Nation Name
League
Others Total Appearance Total Assists
1 DF India Jessel Carneiro 5 0 18 5
2
MF
Spain Sergio Cidoncha 3 0 13 3
3 DF Netherlands Gianni Zuiverloon 2 0 8 2
4
MF
India Halicharan Narzary 2 0 14 2
5
MF
India Sahal Samad 2 0 18 2

Clean sheets

No. Nation Name
League
Others Total Clean Sheets Games Played
1 India Bilal Khan 1 0 1 5
13 India
Rehenesh TP
2 0 2 13
TOTAL 3 0 3 18

Disciplinary record

No. Pos. Nation Name
League
Others Total
Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
3 DF Brazil Jairo Rodrigues 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
7
MF
Senegal
Moustapha Gning
5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
2 DF India Mohammad Rakip 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
24 DF India
Abdul Hakku
1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
28 FW Cameroon
Messi Bouli
5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
18
MF
India Sahal Samad 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
33 DF North Macedonia Vlatko Drobarov 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
22
MF
Spain Sergio Cidoncha 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
55
MF
India
Jeakson Singh
1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
51 DF Netherlands Gianni Zuiverloon 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
6
MF
Spain
Mario Arques
1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
8
MF
India Seityasen Singh 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
5 DF India Raju Gaikwad 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
10 FW Nigeria Bartholomew Ogbeche 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
14 DF India Jessel Carneiro 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
11
MF
India K Prasanth 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
39 DF India Lalruatthara 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
17
MF
India
Rahul KP
1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 GK India Bilal Khan 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL 41 1 0 0 0 0 41 1 0

See also

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