Kerala Blasters is an Indian professional football club based in Kochi, Kerala. The club participates in the Indian Super League, the top tier of Indian football. [1] The club was established on 27 May 2014 and began their first professional season a few months later in October 2014. They play their home matches at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and is one of the most supported football clubs in Asia. [2]
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The Blasters started to play in the Indian Super League from its inception in 2014. They were one of the eight founding teams of the league. From 2017-18 season onwards, two more teams were added into the league. The Super Cup did not exist for the first three seasons until it was introduced in 2017. In 2020, one more club joined the league.
In August 2021, the Blasters announced their participation in Durand Cup, which is the oldest existing football tournament in Asia and 3rd oldest existing professional club football tournament in the world. [3]
Correct as the end of the 2023–24 season.
Season | League | Finals | Super Cup | Other competitions | Top scorer(s) | ||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Pos | Durand Cup | Player(s) | Goals | |||
2014 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 4th | RU | — | — | Iain Hume | 5 |
2015 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 13 | 8th | DNQ | — | — | Antonio German Chris Dagnall | 6 |
2016 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 22 | 2nd | RU | — | — | C.K. Vineeth | 5 🇮🇳 |
2017–18 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 25 | 6th | DNQ | R16 | — | Iain Hume | 5 |
2018–19 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 28 | 15 | 9th | DNQ | QR | — | Slaviša Stojanović Matej Poplatnik | 4 |
2019–20 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 32 | 19 | 7th | DNQ | — | — | Bartholomew Ogbeche | 15 ⭐ |
2020–21 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 36 | 17 | 10th | DNQ | — | — | Jordan Murray | 7 |
2021–22 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 34 | 24 | 34 | 4th | RU | — | GS | Jorge Pereyra Díaz Álvaro Vázquez | 8 |
2022–23 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 28 | 28 | 31 | 5th | QR | GS | QR | Dimitrios Diamantakos | 12 |
2023–24 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 31 | 33 | 5th | QR | GS | GS | Dimitrios Diamantakos | 16 ⭐ |
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