List of Kerala Blasters FC coaches
Kerala Blasters Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Kochi, Kerala. The club was established on 27 May 2014 and competes in the Indian Super League, the top division league of Indian football. They play their home matches at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi with the highest average attendance in Indian football every season.
Managerial history
The club's current head coach is Ivan Vukomanović, who took over the charge on 17 June 2021. There have been eight permanent, two interim and one caretaker manager for Kerala Blasters since its inception. The club's longest-serving manager, in terms of both length of tenure and number of games also their current head coach Ivan Vukomanović.
2014 season
On 13 August 2014, former
In the final, the Blasters took on
2015 season
After the
The first match of the season was played at the
2016 season
On 21 June 2016
In the final, the Kerala Blasters would play host to
2017-18 season
On 14 July 2017,
2018-19 season
2019-20 season
Blasters brought in
2020-21 season
On 2020 April, the Blasters announced that Kibu Vicuña has been appointed as their manager for the 2020-21 season.[13] After 18 games under Kibu, the Blasters only had 16 points losing which eventually led to the dismissal of Kibu vicuna as head coach. Assistant coach Ishfaq Ahmed was in charge for the last two matches of the season. They finished in 10th place in the table.[14]
2021-22 season
On 17 June 2021,
2022-23 season
On 4 April 2022, the Blasters renewed the contract of the head coach Ivan Vukomanović till 2025,
Head coaches
- As of 12 April 2024
Only competitive matches are taken into account. Durand cup matches played by the reserve team are not taken into account.
- Table headers
- Nationality – If the manager played international football as a player, the country/countries he played for are shown. Otherwise, the manager's nationality is given as their country of birth.
- From – The year of the manager's first game for Kerala Blasters.
- To – The year of the manager's last game for Kerala Blasters.
- P – The number of games managed for Kerala Blasters.
- W – The number of games won as a manager.
- D – The number of games draw as a manager.
- L – The number of games lost as a manager.
- GF – The number of goals scored under his management.
- GA – The number of goals conceded under his management.
- Win% – The total winning percentage under his management.
Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
David James | England | 13 August 2014 | 20 December 2014 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 35.29 |
Peter Taylor | England | 12 May 2015 | 28 October 2015 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 16.67 |
Trevor Morgan (caretaker) | England | 28 October 2015 | 1 November 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 |
Terry Phelan | Ireland | 1 November 2015 | 20 December 2015 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 28.57 |
Steve Coppell | England | 21 June 2016 | 12 July 2017 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 41.18 |
René Meulensteen | Netherlands | 14 July 2017 | 2 January 2018 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14.29 |
David James | England | 3 January 2018 | 18 December 2018 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 22 | 25.00 |
Nelo Vingada (interim) | Portugal | 18 January 2019 | 17 March 2019 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14.29 |
Eelco Schattorie | Netherlands | 19 May 2019 | 22 April 2020 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 33 | 22.22 |
Kibu Vicuna
|
Spain | 22 April 2020 | 17 February 2021 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 33 | 16.67 |
Ishfaq Ahmed (interim) | India | 17 February 2021 | 27 February 2021 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.00 |
Ivan Vukomanović | Serbia | 17 June 2021 | 26 April 2024 | 75 | 33 | 14 | 28 | 114 | 103 | 44.00 |
Frank Dauwen (stand-in)[a] | Belgium | 5 April 2023 | 16 April 2023 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 33.33 |
- ^ When AIFF imposed a 10 match ban on Ivan Vukomanović from AIFF held tournaments, assistant coach Frank Dauwen was in charge of the team for the 2023 Indian Super Cup.
Assistant managers
The following is a list of all the persons who worked as an Assistant Manager for the club.
- Trevor Morgan (2014–2015)[46]
- Jamie McAllister (2014)[47]
- Ishfaq Ahmed (2015–2017), (2019–2023)[48]
- Wally Downes (2016–2017)[49]
- Wim Suurbier (2017)[50]
- Iain Shaw (2017)
- Thangboi Singto (2017–2019)[51]
- Hermann Hreidarsson (2017–2018)[52]
- João Arnaldo Correia de Carvalho (2019)
- Francisco Bruto Da Costa (2019)
- Shaun Ontong (2019–2020)[53]
- Shameel Chembakath (2020)[54]
- Guillermo Sanchez (2020)[55]
- Tomasz Tchórz (2020–2021)
- Patrick Van Kets (2021)[56]
- Stéphane van der Heyden (2021–2022)[57]
- Frank Dauwen (2022–)
- T. G. Purushothaman (2023–)[58]
See also
- Kerala Blasters
- Kerala Blasters FC Reserves and Academy
- List of Kerala Blasters FC players
- List of Kerala Blasters FC records and statistics
- List of Kerala Blasters FC Seasons
- Kerala Blasters FC results by opponent
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