2016 Kerala Blasters FC season

Kerala Blasters

2016 season

Head Coach

Steve Coppell

Stadium

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Indian Super League

2nd

Finals

Runner-Ups

Top goalscorer

League: C.K. Vineeth
(5 goals)
All: C.K. Vineeth
(5 goals)

Average home league attendance

55,535

Home colours

Away colours

← 2015

The 2016 Kerala Blasters FC season is the third season in the history of the Kerala Blasters, a franchise in the Indian Super League.

Background

Retained

Foreign players

Position	Player
MF	Josu^[1]
FW	Antonio German^[1]

Indian players

Position	Player
GK	Sandip Nandy^[1]
DF	Gurwinder Singh^[1]
DF	Sandesh Jhingan^[1]
MF	C.K. Vineeth^[2]
MF	Ishfaq Ahmed^[1]
MF	Mehtab Hossain^[1]
FW	Mohammed Rafi^[1]

New signings

Position	Player	Last club	Date	Ref
? !FW	Thongkhosiem Haokip	Goa	7 July 2016	^[3]
? !DF	Pratik Chowdhary	Mumbai	13 July 2016	^[4]
? !DF	Aaron Hughes	Melbourne City	28 July 2016	^[5]
? !GK	Graham Stack	Barnet	3 August 2016	^[6]
? !FW	Michael Chopra	Alloa Athletic	7 August 2016	^[7]
? !DF	Elhadji Ndoye	Kyzylzhar	9 August 2016	^[8]
? !FW	Kervens Belfort	1461 Trabzon	12 August 2016	^[9]
? !DF	Cédric Hengbart	NorthEast United	16 August 2016	^[10]
? !MF	Mohammed Rafique	Atlético de Kolkata	22 August 2016	^[11]
? !MF	Azrack Mahamat	Levadiakos	23 August 2016	^[12]
? !DF	Rino Anto	Atlético de Kolkata	26 August 2016	^[13]
? !MF	Didier Kadio	Zhetysu	30 August 2016	^[14]
? !MF	Vinit Rai	Dempo	2 September 2016	^[15]
? !FW	Duckens Nazon	Tondela	6 September 2016	^[16]
? !GK	Kunal Sawant	Mumbai	7 September 2016	^[17]
? !GK	Mohammad Ansari	Pune	7 September 2016	^[17]
? !DF	Prasanth Karuthadathkuni	AIFF Elite Academy	7 September 2016	^[17]
? !FW	Farukh Choudhary	Lonestar Kashmir	7 September 2016	^[17]

Pre-season

12 September 2016 (2016-09-12) Friendly	BBCU	1–2	Kerala Blasters	Bangkok
		Report

15 September 2016 (2016-09-15) Friendly	Bangkok United	0–0	Kerala Blasters	Bangkok
		Report

24 September 2016 (2016-09-24) Friendly	Southern Samity	1–1	Kerala Blasters	Kolkata
		Report

Indian Super League

1 October 2016 (2016-10-01) 1	NorthEast United	1–0	Kerala Blasters	Guwahati
19:00 IST	Yusa 55'	Report		Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 27,629 Referee: Pranjal Banerji

5 October 2016 (2016-10-05) 2	Kerala Blasters	0–1	Atlético de Kolkata	Kochi
19:00 IST		Report	Lara 53'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 54,900 Referee: Umesh Bora

9 October 2016 (2016-10-09) 3	Kerala Blasters	0–0	Delhi Dynamos	Kochi
19:00 IST		Report		Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 54,913 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar

14 October 2016 (2016-10-14) 4	Kerala Blasters	1–0	Mumbai City	Kochi
19:00 IST	Chopra 58'	Report		Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 40,013 Referee: Ajit Dutta

17 October 2016 (2016-10-17) 5	Pune City	1–1	Kerala Blasters	Pune
19:00 IST	Sissoko 68'	Report	Hengbart 3'	Stadium: Balewadi Stadium Attendance: 8,556 Referee: Ajit Meetei

24 October 2016 (2016-10-24) 6	Goa	1–2	Kerala Blasters	Margao
19:00 IST	César 24'	Report	Rafi 46' Belfort 84'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 18,157 Referee: C. R. Srikrishna

29 October 2016 (2016-10-29) 7	Chennaiyin	0–0	Kerala Blasters	Chennai
19:00 IST		Report		Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 23,163 Referee: Pranjal Banerjee

4 November 2014 (2014-11-04) 8	Delhi Dynamos	2–0	Kerala Blasters	Delhi
19:00 IST	Lewis 56' Marcelinho 60'	Report		Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 15,471 Referee: Nick Waldron

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08) 9	Kerala Blasters	2–1	Goa	Kochi
19:00 IST	Belfort 48' (pen) Vineeth 90+9'	Report	Coelho 9'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 34,196 Referee: Nick Waldron

12 November 2016 (2016-11-12) 10	Kerala Blasters	3–1	Chennaiyin	Kochi
19:00 IST	Kadio 66' Vineeth 85', 89'	Report	Mendy 22'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 53,152 Referee: Robesh Gamini

19 November 2016 (2016-11-19) 11	Mumbai City	5-0	Kerala Blasters	Mumbai
19:00 IST	Forlán 5', 14', 63' Alves 69' Goian 73'	Report		Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena Attendance: 7583

25 November 2016 (2016-11-25) 12	Kerala Blasters	2-1	Pune City	Kochi
19:00 IST	Nazon 7' Hughes 57'	Report	Rodriguez 90+5'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 51341

29 November 2016 (2016-11-29) 13	Atlético de Kolkata	1-1	Kerala Blasters	Kolkata
19:00 IST	Stephen Pearson 18'		C.K. Vineeth 8'	Stadium: Rabindra Sarobar Stadium

4 December 2016 (2016-12-04) 14	Kerala Blasters	1-0	NorthEast United	Kochi
19:00 IST	C.K. Vineeth 66'			Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 53000

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mumbai City	14	6	5	3	16	8	+8	23	2016 Indian Super League Semi-finals
2	Kerala Blasters	14	6	4	4	12	14	−2	22
3	Delhi Dynamos	14	5	6	3	27	17	+10	21
4	Atlético de Kolkata	14	4	8	2	15	13	+2	20
5	NorthEast United	14	5	3	6	14	14	0	18
6	Pune City	14	4	4	6	13	16	−3	16
7	Chennaiyin	14	3	6	5	20	25	−5	15
8	Goa	14	4	2	8	15	25	−10	14

Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2016. Source: Indian Super League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) play-off match

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
14	6	4	4	13	15	−2	22	5	1	1	9	4	+5	1	3	3	4	11	−7

Source: http://us.soccerway.com/teams/india/kerala-blasters/31407/matches/

Player statistics

Season stats
#	Position	Player	GP	G
1	GK	Graham Stack	6	0
2	DF	Pratik Chowdhary	6	0
5	DF	Cédric Hengbart	17	1
6	DF	Aaron Hughes	9	1
7	MF	Mohammed Rafique	10	0
8	MF	Vinit Rai	1	0
9	FW	Kervens Belfort	13	3
10	FW	Antonio German	11	0
11	MF	Ishfaq Ahmed	6	0
12	FW	Thongkhosiem Haokip	1	0
13	FW	C.K. Vineeth	9	5
14	MF	Mehtab Hossain	16	0
16	DF	Gurwinder Singh	1	0
17	FW	Farukh Choudhary	2	0
19	DF	Elhadji Ndoye	4	0
20	FW	Mohammed Rafi	13	2
21	DF	Sandesh Jhingan	17	0
22	FW	Prasanth Karuthadathkuni	0	0
23	GK	Kunal Sawant	0	0
24	GK	Sandip Nandy	10	0
27	FW	Michael Chopra	10	1
30	GK	Mohammad Ansari	0	0
31	DF	Rino Anto	2	0
57	MF	Didier Kadio	11	1
78	FW	Duckens Nazon	11	2
88	MF	Azrack Mahamat	11	0
99	DF	Josu	15	0

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Antonio German and Josué Currais Prieto return to don the Yellow Jersey for Kerala Blasters in ISL Season 3". Indian Super League.
↑ "CK Vineeth retained". Kerala Blasters FC (Twitter).
↑ "Haokip to Kerala Blasters". Kerala Blasters FC (Twitter).
↑ "Pratik Choudhary signs". Kerala Blasters FC (Twitter).
↑ "Aaron Hughes signs as marquee for Kerala Blasters". Kerala Blasters FC (Twitter).
↑ "Graham Stack signs for Kerala Blasters". Kerala Blasters FC (Twitter).
↑ "Kerala Blasters sign Michael Chopra". Kerala Blasters (Twitter).
↑ "Elhadji Nodye signs for Kerala Blasters". Kerala Blasters FC (Twitter).
↑ "Kervins Belfort signs". Kerala Blasters FC (Twitter).
↑ "Cedric Hengbart to Kerala Blasters". Kerala Blasters FC (Twitter).
↑ "Mohammed Rafique signs with Kerala Blasters". Kerala Blasters FC (Twitter).
↑ "Azrack to Kerala Blasters". Kerala Blasters (Twitter).
↑ "Rino Anto to Kerala Blasters". Kerala Blasters FC (Twitter).
↑ "Didier Kadio signs". Kerala Blasters FC (Twitter).
↑ "Vinit Rai signs for Kerala Blasters". Kerala Blasters FC (Twitter).
↑ "Duckens Nazon signs". Kerala Blasters FC (Twitter).
1 2 3 4 "Kerala Blasters announces final squad for Indian Super League 2016". Indian Super League. 7 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.

Kerala Blasters FC

Kochi, Kerala

The Club

Stadium

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Key personnel

Owners: Sachin Tendulkar
Coach: René Meulensteen

Indian Super League
Seasons (2)	2014 2015

2016–17 in Indian football

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2017–18 »

National teams

Men	Senior (2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification) U17 (2016 AFC U-16 Championship)
Women	Senior (2016 SAFF Women's Championship · Final)

League competitions

First division	Indian Super League Finals Final I-League
Second division	I-League 2nd Division Final Round
State leagues	Assam Goa Karnataka (Bengaluru) Kerala Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Maharashtra (Mumbai) Punjab Uttarakhand West Bengal (Kolkata)
Women	Indian Women's League (Preliminary round)
Youth	I-League U18

Cup competitions

Club seasons
Indian Super League	Atlético de Kolkata Chennaiyin Delhi Dynamos Goa Kerala Blasters Mumbai City NorthEast United Pune City
I-League	Aizawl Bengaluru FC East Bengal Mohun Bagan Mumbai

2016 ISL roster changes

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2016 Kerala Blasters FC season

Background

Retained

Foreign players

Indian players

New signings

Pre-season

Indian Super League

Table

Results summary

Player statistics

See also

References