List of Kerala Blasters FC records and statistics

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Kerala Blasters Football Club is an Indian professional association football club based in Kochi, Kerala, who play in the Indian Super League.[1] Established on 27 May 2014, they were the founding members of Indian Super League in 2014.[2]

This list encompasses the major honours won by Kerala Blasters, records set by the club, their managers and their players. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions.

All statistics are correct as of 6 April 2024.

Honours[edit]

Best performances in competitions entered
Competition Best result Championship Runners-up
Indian Super League Runners-up 0 3
Super Cup Round of 16 0 0
Durand Cup Quarter-finals 0 0

Competitive record[edit]

The table that follows is accurate as of the last match against Hyderabad FC on 12 April 2024.[3]

Competition Titles Part Pld W D L GF GA GD Win % Pts
Indian Super League 0 10 188 61 57 70 238 264 –26 32.44 240
Super Cup 0 4 8 2 1 5 12 17 –5 25 7
Durand Cup[a] 0 3 11 4 2 5 17 15 +2 36.4 14
Total 0 17 207 67 60 80 267 296 -29 31.28 261
  1. ^ 5 Durand cup matches were played by the Blasters reserves.

Club records[edit]

As of 2 March 2024

Matches[edit]

Firsts[edit]

Wins[edit]

Defeats[edit]

Draws[edit]

  • Highest scoring draw:
    • 4–4 against Odisha in the Indian Super League, 23 February 2020 (also a league record)[22]
    • 4–4 against Goa in the Indian Super League, 6 March 2022 (also a league record)[22]
  • Most league draws in a season: 9 draws from 18 games (during the 2018–19 season)

Record consecutive results[edit]

  • Record consecutive wins: 5 (from 5 November to 19 December 2022)[23]
  • Record consecutive defeats: 4 (from 13 to 27 October 2015)[24]
  • Record consecutive matches without a defeat: 8 (from 5 November 2022 to 3 January 2023)[23]
  • Record consecutive matches without a win: 14 (from 5 October 2018 to 6 February 2019)[25]
  • Record consecutive home league wins; record consecutive home league matches without defeat: 6 (from 13 November 2022 to 7 February 2023)[23]
  • Record consecutive draws: 4 (from 5 October to 2 November 2018)[25]
  • Record consecutive matches without conceding a goal: 4 (from 6 to 16 November 2014)[26]
  • Record consecutive matches in which Kerala Blasters have scored a goal: 14 (from 3 December 2017 to 17 February 2018)[27]
  • Record consecutive home league defeats:
    • 2 (from 5 to 11 November 2018)[25]
    • 2 (from 16 to 28 October 2022)[23]
  • Record consecutive home league matches without a win: 7 (from 5 October 2018 to 25 January 2019)[25]

Goals[edit]

  • More league goals scored in a season: 34 goals in 20 games (during the 2021–22 season)
  • Fewest league goals scored in a season: 9 goals in 14 games (during the 2014 season)
  • Most league goals conceded in a season: 36 goals in 20 games (during the 2020–21 season)
  • Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 11 goals in 14 games (during the 2014 season)

Points[edit]

  • Most points in a season: 34 points from 20 games (during the 2021–22 season)
  • Fewest points in a season: 13 points from 14 games (during the 2015 season)

Attendance[edit]

  • Record highest home attendance: 62,087 (against Delhi Dynamos in the Indian Super League, 18 October 2015)[28]
  • Highest average home attendance in a season: 52,008 (during the 2016 season, also a league record)[29]
  • Record lowest home attendance: 3,298 (against Chennaiyin in the Indian Super League, 15 February 2019)[30]
  • Lowest average home attendance in a season: 17,125 (during the 2018–19 season)

Player records[edit]

Appearances[edit]

Most appearances[edit]

Bold denotes players currently playing for the club.

Most appearances for Kerala Blasters FC[31]
Rank Player Years League Super Cup Other[a] Total
1 India Sahal Abdul Samad 2017–2023 92 4 1 97
2 India Jeakson Singh 2019– 78 3 5 86
3 India Sandesh Jhingan 2014–2020 76 2 0 78
4 India Rahul KP 2019– 69 3 5 77
5 India Jessel Carneiro 2019–2023 63 0 3 66
India Prasanth Karuthadathkuni 2016–2022 61 2 3 66
7 Uruguay Adrián Luna 2021– 52 0 4 56
India Soraisam Sandeep Singh 2020– 51 3 2 56
9 India Hormipam Ruivah 2020– 46 4 4 54
10 Croatia Marko Lešković 2021– 47 5 0 52

Goalscorers[edit]

Top goalscorers[edit]

Competitive matches only. Matches played (including as a substitute) appear in brackets.

Bold denotes players currently playing for the club.

Top goalscorers for Kerala Blasters FC[34]
Rank Player Years League Super Cup Other[a] Total Goal Ratio
1 Greece Dimitrios Diamantakos 2022– 23 (38) 5(6) 0 (0) 28 (44) 0.63
2 Nigeria Bartholomew Ogbeche 2019–2020 15 (16) 0 (0) 0 (0) 15 (16) 0.94
Uruguay Adrián Luna 2021– 13 (52) 0 (0) 2 (4) 15 (56) 0.27
4 India C. K. Vineeth 2015–2019 11 (42) 0 (1) 0 (0) 11 (43) 0.26
5 Canada Iain Hume 2014–2018 10 (29) 0 (0) 0 (0) 10 (29) 0.34
India Sahal Abdul Samad 2017–2023 10 (92) 0 (4) 0 (1) 10 (97) 0.1
7 Cameroon Raphaël Messi Bouli 2019–2020 8 (17) 0 (0) 0 (0) 8 (17) 0.47
Argentina Jorge Pereyra Díaz 2021–2022 8 (21) 0 (0) 0 (0) 8 (21) 0.38
Spain Álvaro Vázquez 2021–2022 8 (23) 0 (0) 0 (0) 8 (23) 0.35
India Rahul KP 2019– 7 (69) 1 (3) 0 (5) 8 (77) 0.10

Hatricks[edit]

Hatrick goalscorers for Kerala Blasters FC
Player Against Final score Venue and competition Date Ref.
Canada Iain Hume Delhi Dynamos 3–1 (A) Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi (Indian Super League) 10 January 2018 (2017–18) [47]
Nigeria Bartholomew Ogbeche Chennaiyin 3–6 (H) Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi (Indian Super League) 1 February 2020 (2019–20) [48]
India Bidyashagar Singh Indian Airforce FT 5-0 (N) Kishore Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata (Durand Cup) 21 August 2023 (2023–24) [49]

Assists[edit]

Competitive matches only. Matches played (including as a substitute) appear in brackets.

Bold denotes players currently playing for the club.

Most assists for Kerala Blasters FC
Rank Player Years League Super Cup Other[a] Total
1 Uruguay Adrián Luna 2021– 17 (52) 0 (0) 1 (4) 18 (56)
2 India Sahal Abdul Samad 2017–2023 8 (92) 1(4) 0 (1) 9 (97)
3 Greece Dimitrios Diamantakos 2022– 6 (38) 1 (6) 0 (0) 7 (44)
4 Spain Josué Currais Prieto 2015–2016 6 (25) 0 (0) 0 (0) 6 (25)
India Jessel Carneiro 2019–2023 6 (60) 0 (0) 0 (3) 6 (63)
6 England Antonio German 2015–2017 5 (23) 0 (0) 0 (0) 5 (23)
Ghana Courage Pekuson 2017–2019 5 (30) 0 (0) 0 (0) 5 (30)
India Rahul KP 2019– 5 (69) 0 (3) 0 (5) 5 (77)
9 India Lalthathanga Khawlhring 2020–2023 4 (36) 0 (0) 0 (3) 4 (39)
England Gary Hooper 2020–2021 4 (18) 0 (0) 0 (0) 4 (18)
India Seiminlen Doungel 2018–2019 4 (18) 0 (1) 0 (0) 4 (19)
France Cedric Hengbart 2014–2016 4 (30) 0 (0) 0 (0) 4 (30)
India Sandesh Jhingan 2014–2020 4 (76) 0 (2) 0 (0) 4 (78)

Clean sheets[edit]

Competitive matches only. Matches played (including as a substitute) appear in brackets.

Bold denotes players currently playing for the club.

Most clean sheets for Kerala Blasters FC[52]
Rank Player Years League Super Cup Other[a] Total
1 India Prabhsukhan Singh Gill 2020–2023 11 (39) 0 (0) 0 (1) 11 (40)
2 India Sandip Nandy 2014–2016 8 (18) 0 (0) 0 (0) 8 (18)
3 India Sachin Suresh 2021– 5 (15) 0 (5) 1 (3) 6 (23)
India Albino Gomes 2020–2022 5 (24) 0 (0) 1 (2) 6 (26)
5 England David James 2014 5 (12) 0 (0) 0 (0) 5 (12)
England Paul Rachubka 2017–2018 5 (12) 0 (0) 0 (0) 5 (12)
7 India Dheeraj Singh 2018–2019 4 (13) 0 (1) 0 (0) 4 (14)
8 England Stephen Bywater 2015 2 (12) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (12)
India Rehenesh TP 2019–2020 2 (13) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (13)
10 India Karanjit Singh 2021– 1 (8) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (8)
Republic of Ireland Graham Stack 2016 1 (7) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (7)
India Subhasish Roy 2017–2018 1 (7) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (7)
India Bilal Khan 2019–2021 1 (5) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (5)

Miscellaneous records[edit]

Players' individual honours while playing with Kerala Blasters[edit]

Indian Super League[edit]

Managerial records[edit]

Managers[edit]

As of 12 April 2024
  • First manager: David James, from 13 August 2014 to 20 December 2014
  • Longest-serving manager: Ivan Vukomanović, 2 years, 307 days (from 17 June 2021 to present)
  • Shortest tenure as manager by time (excluding caretakers): Terry Phelan, 49 days (from 1 November to 20 December 2015)
  • Shortest tenure as a manager by matches (excluding caretakers): Peter Taylor, 6 matches (from 12 May to 28 October 2015)
  • Most matches managed: 75, Ivan Vukomanović
  • Most matches won as manager: 33, Ivan Vukomanović
  • Most matches drawn as manager: 14, Ivan Vukomanović
  • Most matches lost as manager: 28, Ivan Vukomanović
  • Highest win percentage: 44%, Ivan Vukomanović
  • Lowest win percentage (excluding caretakers): 14.29%, René Meulensteen

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d The "Other" column includes goals and appearances from Durand Cup
  2. ^ matches played by the reserve team in the 2022 Durand Cup not are not taken into consideration
  3. ^ matches played with the reserve team in the 2022 Durand Cup not are not taken into consideration

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