2019–20 Kerala Blasters FC season

Kerala Blasters
2019–20 season
CEOViren D' Silva
Head CoachEelco Schattorie
StadiumJawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi, Kerala
Indian Super League7th
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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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

Transfers

Transfers in

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

Loan return

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

Transfers Out

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

Loans out

Start date End date Position No. Player To club Fee Ref.
25 August 2018 End of season FW 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 Matej Poplatnik Kaposvári 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 Ajman Club on 12 September, Emirates Club on 20 September and finally 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 restarted their preseason on their home training facility turf at the Panampilly Nagar Ground. The club faced I-League 2nd Division club South United, I-League club Real Kashmir FC and they also faced the Kerala Santhosh Trophy team, the Kerala State Football Team. The Blasters even had a preseason game against their own reserve side, the Kerala Blasters (B). They Finished their preseason with a draw against Indian Arrows.

12 September 2019 Friendly Ajman Kerala Blasters Ajman, UAE
19:30(7:30) IST Match Cancelled [1] Stadium: Ajman Stadium
20 September 2019 Friendly Emirates Kerala Blasters Ras Al-Khaimah, UAE
19:30(7:30) IST Match Cancelled [2] Stadium: Emirates Club Stadium
22 September 2019 Friendly Kerala Blasters 3–1 South United Kochi, Kerala, India
16:30(4:30) IST
  • Narzary 60'
  • Samuel 69'
  • Zuiverloon 79'
Report
  • Magesh Selva(pen.) 30'
Stadium: Panampilly Ground
27 September 2019 Friendly Al-Nasr v Kerala Blasters Dubai, UAE
19:30(7:30) IST Match Cancelled [3] Stadium: Maktoum Stadium
28 September 2019 Friendly Kerala Blasters 0–1 Real Kashmir Kochi, Kerala, India
18:30(6:30) IST Report Stadium: Panampilly Ground

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

Last updated: 16 March 2020 (2020-03-16).
Source: Competitions

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

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

Last updated: 16 March 2020.
Source: Matchday

League Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718
GroundHHAHAHAHAHHAAAHAHA
ResultWLLDLDDDLDWWLLLDWD
Position168698889976888877
Updated to match(es) played on 16 March 2020. Source: Matchday
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matchday

20 October 2019 (2019-10-20) 1 Kerala Blasters 2–1 ATK Kochi
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Ogbeche 30' (pen.) 45'
Rodrigues  18'
Gnig  90'
Report McHugh 6'
Rane  15'
Hernández  70'
Agus  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  45'
Rodrigues  64'
Report Grgic  40'
Golui  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) Halder  45+1'
Stanković 54' (pen.)  65'
Gurtej  78'
Marcelinho 81'  83'
Report Rahul 34'
Gning  80'
Rodrigues  90+1'
Stadium: G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 12,114
Referee: R Venkatesh
Man of the Match: 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  53'
Chhetri 55'
Report Rakip  34'
Hakku  54'
Messi  66'
Sahal  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) Cidoncha 2'  69'
Drobarov  40'
Messi 59'
Report Fall 41'  52'
Fernandes  45'
Bedia  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  24'
Borges  44'
Chermiti 77'
Report Drobarov  19'
Messi 75'
Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena
Attendance: 6,327
Referee: L Ajithkumar Metei
Man of the Match: Jeakson (Kerala)
13 December 2019 (2019-12-13) 8 Kerala Blasters 2–2 Jamshedpur Kochi
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Jeakson  5'
Messi  54' 75', 87' (pen.)
Report Passi  27'
Piti 38' (pen.)
Vineeth 71'
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 12,772
Referee: Turki Alkhudhayr
Man of the Match: 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  44'
Sabiá  52'  90+3'
Kaith  83'
Report Ogbeche 15'  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  38'
Ogbeche 43' (pen.)
Gaikwad  45'
Jessel  52'
Report Subhasish Roy  42'
Gyan 50' (pen.)  53'
Lalengmawia  62'
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 12,168
Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta
Man of the Match: Arques (Kerala)
5 January 2020 (2020-01-05) 11 Kerala Blasters 5–1 Hyderabad Kochi
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Ogbeche 33' 74'
Drobarov 39'
Messi 45'  45+'
Zuiverloon  58'
Seityasen 59'
Sahal  88'
Report Bobô 15'
Stankovic  44'
Abhishek Halder  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  39'
Mandi  89'
Report Arqués  34'
Narzary 70'
Prasanth  90'
Drobarov  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  1'
Acosta 39'  78'
Castel 75' (pen.)
Ogbeche 87' (OG)
Messi 8'
Hakku  31'  50'
Ogbeche  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'  85'
Jackichand 45'
Brandon  83'
Jahouh  88'
Drobarov  24'
Messi 53'
Gning  64'
Ogbeche 69'
Cidoncha  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) Gaikwad  41'
Ogbeche 48' 55' 76'
Messi  57'
Crivellaro 39' 45'
Valskis 45' 90'
Thapa  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) Ogbeche  35'
Gning  90'
Milan  12'
Pradhan  21'
Vaz  44'
Gallego  81'
Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ranjit Bakshi
Man of the Match: Lalengmawia (NorthEast)
15 February 2020 (2020-02-15) 17 Kerala Blasters 2–1 Bengaluru Kochi
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Messi  29'
Lalruatthara  36'
Ogbeche 45' 72' (pen.)
Rahul  85'
Bilal  90'
Drobarov  90+'
Brown 16'  42'
Serrán  45+'
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 7754
Referee: L Ajithkumar Metei
Man of the Match: Ogbeche (Kerala)
23 February 2020 (2020-02-23) 18 Odisha 4–4 Kerala Blasters Bhuvaneshwar
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Onwu 2' 37' 57'  81'
Das  16'
Guedes 44' (pen.)  53'
Bora  84'
Dorronsoro  90'
Tébar  90+'
Das 6' (OG)
Messi 28'
Lalruatthara  45'
Bilal  50'
Ogbeche 82' (pen.) 90' (pen.)
Jessel  85'
Stadium: Kalinga Stadium
Attendance: 6234
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar
Man of the Match: Onwu (Odisha)

Statistics

As of 17 March 2020.[27]

Squad appearances and goals

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

Clean sheets

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

Disciplinary record

No. Pos. Nation Name League Others Total
3 DF Jairo Rodrigues 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
7 MF Moustapha Gning 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
2 DF Mohammad Rakip 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
24 DF Abdul Hakku 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
28 FW Messi Bouli 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
18 MF Sahal Samad 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
33 DF Vlatko Drobarov 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
22 MF Sergio Cidoncha 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
55 MF Jeakson Singh 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
51 DF Gianni Zuiverloon 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
6 MF Mario Arques 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
8 MF Seityasen Singh 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
5 DF Raju Gaikwad 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
10 FW Bartholomew Ogbeche 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
14 DF Jessel Carneiro 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
11 MF K Prasanth 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
39 DF Lalruatthara 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
17 MF Rahul KP 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 GK 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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