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Kerala Blasters
2023–24 season
OwnerMagnum Sports Private Limited
ChairmanIndia Nikhil Bhardwaj
Head coachSerbia Ivan Vukomanović
StadiumJawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi, Kerala
Indian Super LeagueTBD
Indian Super CupTBD
Durand CupTBD
← 2022–23
2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 14 May 2023.

The 2023–24 season will be the tenth season in Kerala Blasters FC's existence, as well as their tenth season in the Indian Super League.

During this season, Blasters ended their 6 year association with their most-capped player and their Indian midfielder Sahal Abdul Samad.[1]

Kits

Note: Official kits for the new season are yet to be announced.

Background

Kerala Blasters came into the 2023–24 season after a dramatic 2022–23 season.[2] The club came into the 2022–23 season after becoming the runner-ups of the 2021–22 IndIan Super League season, but failed to register any trophies to their name at the end of the season.[3] The season began with the Blasters sending their youth squad as their first team to the Durand Cup who was knocked out in the quarter-finals.[4][5] This particular season was remarked by the Blasters' walk-off from the league's knockout stage match against their arch-rivals Bengaluru FC following their disagreement on the free-kick goal scored by Sunil Chhetri during the extra-time.[6] The Blasters were eventually disqualified from the league's knockout stages,[7] and were penalized by the All India Football Federation as a result of their walk-off.[8] They ended their 2022–23 campaign with the group stage disqualification from the 2023 Indian Super Cup tournament, in which they failed to qualify for the knockout stages as a result of ending up third in the group stage.[9]

Pre-season overview

April

On 18 April 2023, the Blasters announced that they have mutually parted ways with their assistant coach Ishfaq Ahmed.[10][11]

On 24 April, the Blasters announced their squad for the Reliance Foundation Development League's national phase.[12]

May

On 4 May, the Blasters announced that they have extended the contract of the Greek striker Dimitrios Diamantakos till the end of the 2023–24 season.[13][14]

On 9 May, the Blasters announced the contract extension of youngsters Muhammad Saheef, Mohammed Azhar and Mohammed Aimen until 2026.[15][16]

On 12 May, the Blasters announced the contract extension of the Indian midfielder Nihal Sudeesh till 2026 on a three-year contract.[17][18]

On 16 May, the Blasters announced the signing of the Australian winger Jaushua Sotirio on a two-year deal after reaching an agreement with Newcastle Jets FC for an undisclosed transfer fee.[19][20]

On 18 May, the Blasters announced that they have been granted ICLS Premier 1 license by the All India Football Federation.[21][22]

On 19 May, the Blasters announced the contract extension of assistant coach Frank Dauwen till 2025.[23][24]

On 21 May, the Blasters announced the contract extension of the Indian defender Hormipam Ruivah till 2027 on a four-year long-term contract.[25][26]

On 30 May, the Blasters announced the departure of their club captain, Jessel Carneiro after four years with the club.[27]

On 31 May, the Blasters announced the departures of Víctor Mongil, Apostolos Giannou, Ivan Kalyuzhnyi, Harmanjot Khabra and Muheet Shabir from the club as their contracts ended on the same day.[28][29]

June

On 1 June, the Blasters announced the signing of the Indian right-back Prabir Das till 2026 on a three-year deal from their rivals Bengaluru FC.[30][31]

On 2 June, the All India Football Federation's Appeal Committee rejected the Blasters' and their coach Ivan Vukomanović's appeal against their Indian rupees four crore's fine for abandonment of the last season's league knockout stage match against Bengaluru,[32] and rejected Vukumanovic's appeal against the fine of Indian rupees five lakhs and 10-game ban imposed by the All India Football Federation's Disciplinary committee for calling the players off from the pitch amidst the game.[33]

On 6 June, the Blasters announced that they have temporarily shut down their women's team after the men's side were fined by AIFF for their walk-off from the playoff match last season.[34][35]

On 13 June, the Blasters announced the departure of their Indian left-back Denechandra Meitei after spending three years at the club.[36]

On 14 June, the Blasters announced the loan departure of their Indian wing-back Nishu Kumar to East Bengal Club for the upcoming season.[37][38]

On 16 June, the Blasters announced the one-year contract extension of their Indian goalkeeper Karanjit Singh till 2024.[39][40]

On 22 June, the Blasters was ranked 70th in the CIES Football Observatory's weekly post of top 100 clubs in world with most social media followers, with the Blasters being the only club from India being featured in the list with 6.7 million followers across Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by the time of the release of the rankings.[41][42]

On 24 June, it was announced that the Blasters have took the appeal of the AIFF's sanctions on them as a result of their walk-off in the last season's knockout stage match against Bengaluru to the Court of Arbitration for Sport based in Switzerland.[43][44]

On 26 June, the Blasters announced the signing of the Indian winger Bikash Singh Sagolsem till 2025 on a two year contract with an option to extend, and was subsequently sent on loan to Mohammedan SC for the upcoming season.[45]

July

On 1 July, the Blasters announced that their Indian midfielder Vibin Mohanan would travel to Greece for a one-month training stint with the Super League Greece club OFI Crete FC ahead of the season.[46][47]

On 10 July, the Blasters appointed T. G. Purushothaman as their new first-team assistant head coach ahead of new season on a three-year contract till 2026.[48][49]

On 11 July, the Blasters announced that the player arrivals for the pre-season camp of new season had begun in Kochi from 10 July 2023.[50][51]

On 12 July, the Blasters announced the departure of their first-choice goalkeeper Prabhsukhan Singh Gill to East Bengal Club for an undisclosed transfer fee.[52][53]

On 13 July, the Blasters announced the loan signing of the Indian left-back Naocha Singh from Mumbai City FC until the end of the season.[54][55]

On 14 July, the Blasters announced the departure of their most-capped player and their Indian midfielder Sahal Abdul Samad to Mohun Bagan Super Giant, who bought the latter for an undisclosed transfer fee in a swap deal with the Blasters acquiring the services of the Indian right-back Pritam Kotal from Mohun Bagan Super Giant on a three-year deal.[56][57]

On 14 July, the Blasters announced that the Nigerian forward Justine Ojoka Emmanuel has joined their pre-season camp on a trial.[58][59]

On 16 July, the Blasters announced that their Uruguayan midfielder Adrián Luna as their new number 10 ahead of the upcoming season.[60][61]

On 17 July, the Blasters announced the contract extension of their Indian goalkeeper Sachin Suresh till 2026 on a three-year contract.[62][63]

On 19 July, the Blasters provided a statement on the ankle injury sustained by their Australian winger Jaushua Sotirio during the training session in their pre-season camp and ruled him out of action till 2024 depending upon on the degree of the injury.[64][65]

On 20 July, the Blasters announced the departure of their Indian central midfielder Ayush Adhikari after reaching an agreement with an unknown club for an undisclosed transfer fee.[66]

On 28 July, the Blasters played their first pre-season friendly match against Maharaja’s College football team, which they won 8–0.[67] The match played at the training facility of the Blasters in Panampilly Nagar saw Bijoy Varghese and Bidyashagar Singh complete their respective braces in the first-half and Rahul K. P.'s second-half brace and a single goal each from Dimitrios Diamantakos and Adrián Luna in the second-half stretched the final score 8–0 in favour of the Blasters.[68]

August

On 1 August, the Blasters announced the loan signing of Indian goalkeeper Lara Sharma from Bengaluru FC till the end of the season.[69][70]

Players

As of 14 July 2023[71]
No. Name Nat. Pos. Date of Birth (Age) Last Club Year
Goalkeepers
1 Karanjit Singh India GK (1986-01-08) 8 January 1986 (age 38) India Chennaiyin FC 2021
31 Sachin Suresh India GK (2001-01-18) 18 January 2001 (age 23) Youth System 2021
23 Lara Sharma India GK (1999-10-01) 1 October 1999 (age 24) India Bengaluru FC (loan) 2023
Defenders
2 Muhammad Saheef India CB (2003-02-07) 7 February 2003 (age 21) Youth System 2023
3 Sandeep Singh India CB/LB/RB (1995-03-01) 1 March 1995 (age 29) India TRAU FC 2020
4 Hormipam Ruivah India CB (2001-01-25) 25 January 2001 (age 23) India RoundGlass Punjab FC 2021
20 Pritam Kotal India CB/RB (1993-09-09) 9 September 1993 (age 30) India Mohun Bagan Super Giant 2023
21 Bijoy Varghese India CB (2000-03-14) 14 March 2000 (age 24) Youth System 2021
55 Marko Lešković Croatia CB (1991-04-27) 27 April 1991 (age 33) Croatia GNK Dinamo Zagreb 2021
33 Prabir Das India RB (1993-12-20) 20 December 1993 (age 30) India Bengaluru FC 2023
– Naocha Singh India LB (1999-08-24) 24 August 1999 (age 24) India Mumbai City FC (on loan) 2023
Midfielders
5 Jeakson Singh India CDM/CB (2001-06-21) 21 June 2001 (age 23) Youth System 2019
13 Danish Farooq Bhat India LM (1996-05-09) 9 May 1996 (age 28) India Bengaluru FC 2023
11 Givson Singh India CM (2002-06-05) 5 June 2002 (age 22) India Chennaiyin FC (returned from loan) 2020
10 Adrián Luna (Captain) Uruguay AM/LW/CM/CF (1992-03-12) 12 March 1992 (age 32) Australia Melbourne City FC 2021
17 Saurav Mandal India RM/RW (2000-11-06) 6 November 2000 (age 23) India Churchill Brothers FC Goa 2022
77 Nihal Sudeesh India RW (2001-06-18) 18 June 2001 (age 23) Youth System 2022
32 Mohammed Azhar India CM (2003-01-20) 20 January 2003 (age 21) Youth System 2023
6 Vibin Mohanan India CM (2003-02-06) 6 February 2003 (age 21) Youth System 2022
81 Bryce Miranda India LW (1999-09-23) 23 September 1999 (age 24) India Churchill Brothers FC Goa 2022
Forwards
9 Dimitrios Diamantakos Greece ST (1993-03-05) 5 March 1993 (age 31) Croatia HNK Hajduk Split 2022
7 Rahul K. P. India RW/CF (2000-03-16) 16 March 2000 (age 24) India Indian Arrows 2019
19 Mohammed Aimen India CF/LW (2003-01-20) 20 January 2003 (age 21) Youth System 2023
30 Bidyashagar Singh India CF (1998-03-11) 11 March 1998 (age 26) India Bengaluru FC 2022
45 Sreekuttan M. S. India CF (2004-11-30) 30 November 2004 (age 19) Youth System 2022
– Jaushua Sotirio Australia RW/LW/CF (1995-10-11) 11 October 1995 (age 28) Australia Newcastle Jets FC 2023

Transfers

Transfers In

Date Player No. Position Last Club Fee Refs.
16 May 2023 Australia Jaushua Sotirio – RW/LW/CF Australia Newcastle Jets FC Undisclosed fee [72]
1 June 2023 India Prabir Das – RB India Bengaluru FC Free transfer [73]
26 June 2023 India Sagolsem Bikash Singh – LW India TRAU FC Free transfer [45]
13 July 2023 India Naocha Singh – LB India Mumbai City FC Loan transfer [74]
14 July 2023 India Pritam Kotal 20 CB/RB India Mohun Bagan Super Giant Swap deal with Sahal Abdul Samad [75]
1 August 2023 India Lara Sharma – GK India Bengaluru FC Loan transfer [76]

Loan Returns

Player No. Position From
India Denechandra Meitei 19 LB India Odisha FC
India Givson Singh 11 CM India Chennaiyin FC

See also: Kerala Blasters FC Reserves and Academy
No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of Birth (Age) Refs.

Note: The club is yet to announce their squad for the season.

Contract Extensions

No. Position Player Contract Till Refs.
9 ST Greece Dimitrios Diamantakos 2024 [77]
2 CB India Muhammad Saheef 2026 [16]
32 CM India Mohammed Azhar 2026
19 CF/LW India Mohammed Aimen 2026
28 RW India Nihal Sudeesh 2026 [78]
4 CB India Hormipam Ruivah 2027 [26]
1 GK India Karanjit Singh 2024 [79]
31 GK India Sachin Suresh 2026 [80]

Loan Outs

No. Position Player To Refs.
22 RB/LB India Nishu Kumar India East Bengal Club [81]
– LW India Sagolsem Bikash Singh India Mohammedan SC [45]

Transfers Out

Exit Date Player No. Position To Fee Refs.
30 May 2023 India Jessel Carneiro 14 LB India Bengaluru FC Free transfer [27]
31 May 2023 Spain Víctor Mongil 23 CB/CDM TBC Contract expired [28]
31 May 2023 Australia Apostolos Giannou 99 ST TBC Contract expired
31 May 2023 Ukraine Ivan Kalyuzhnyi 77 CM Ukraine FC Oleksandriya End of loan term
31 May 2023 India Harmanjot Khabra 10 RB/CM India East Bengal Club Free transfer
31 May 2023 India Muheet Shabir 78 GK TBC Contract expired
13 June 2023 India Denechandra Meitei 19 LB TBC Contract Termination [36]
12 July 2023 India Prabhsukhan Gill 13 GK India East Bengal Club Undisclosed fee [82]
14 July 2023 India Sahal Abdul Samad 18 CM/AM India Mohun Bagan Super Giant Undisclosed fee + Pritam Kotal [83]
20 July 2023 India Ayush Adhikari 8 CM TBC Contract expired [84]

Management

As of 11 July 2023
Role Name Refs.
Head Coach/Manager Serbia Ivan Vukomanović [85]
Assistant Coach Belgium Frank Dauwen [86]
India T. G. Purushothaman [87]
Strength and Conditioning Coach Belgium Werner Martens [88]
Goalkeeping Coach Serbia Slaven Progovecki [89]
Academy & Women's Team Director India Rajah Rizwan [90]

Pre-season and friendlies

The Blasters did not announce their pre-season friendly schedule prior to the matchday but they announced on 28 July 2023 that they would be playing against the football team of Maharajas College from Ernakulam.[91]

28 July 2023 (2023-07-28) 1 Kerala Blasters 8–0 Maharaja's College Kadavanthra, Kochi, Kerala
16:00 IST
Report Stadium: Panampilly Nagar Ground
Attendance: 0
Referee: TBC
Man of the Match: Null

Competitions

Overview

  Win   Draw   Loss

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Durand Cup 13 August 2023 (2023-08-13) TBD Group stage TBD !—
Super Cup TBD TBD TBD TBD !—
Super League TBD TBD TBD TBD !—
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—

Last updated: 23 July 2023 (2023-07-23).
Source: Soccerway

Durand Cup

Main article: 2023 Durand Cup

Kerala Blasters were drawn in the Group C for the 132nd edition of the Durand Cup alongside their arch-rivals Bengaluru FC.[92]

Group stage

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GOK BEN KER IAF
1 Gokulam Kerala 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 6 Qualify for the knockout stage — — — 2–0
2 Bengaluru 3 1 2 0 5 3 +2 5 2–0 — 2–2 1–1
3 Kerala Blasters 3 1 1 1 10 6 +4 4 3–4 — — 5–0
4 Indian Air Force 3 0 1 2 1 8 −7 1 — — — —
Source: Twitter
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Matches

Durand Cup fixtures were announced in early July 2023 with the Blasters facing Gokulam Kerala, a club from their own state, and their rivals Bengaluru and the Indian Air Force team respectively.[93][94]

13 August 2023 (2023-08-13) 2 Kerala Blasters v Gokulam Kerala Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal
14:00 IST Stadium: Mohun Bagan Ground
18 August 2023 (2023-08-18) 4 Bengaluru v Kerala Blasters Santoshpur, Kolkata. West Bengal
18.00 IST Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan
21 August 2023 (2023-08-21) 5 Kerala Blasters v Indian Air Force Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal
15.00 IST Stadium: East Bengal Ground

Indian Super League

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
3 Goa 22 13 6 3 39 21 +18 45 Knockouts and SAFF Club Championship
4 Odisha 22 11 6 5 35 23 +12 39 Knockouts
5 Kerala Blasters 22 10 3 9 32 31 +1 33
6 Chennaiyin 22 8 3 11 26 36 −10 27
7 NorthEast United 22 6 8 8 28 32 −4 26
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; 6) number of goals scored; 7) fair play ranking

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
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: 4 May 2023.
Source: Indian Super League

League results by round

Match1234567891011121314151617181920
Ground
Result
League Position
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2023. Source: Indian Super League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Note: Fixtures are yet to be announced.

Indian Super Cup

Group stage

Note: To be determined.

Matches

Note: Fixtures are yet to be announced.

Statistics

All stats are correct as of 1 August 2023

Squad appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Super League Super Cup Durand Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK India IND Karanjit Singh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 GK India IND Sachin Suresh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
— GK India IND Lara Sharma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF India IND Muhammed Saheef 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF India IND Sandeep Singh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF India IND Ruivah Hormipam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF India IND Tejas Krishna S 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 DF India IND Pritam Kotal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 DF India IND Bijoy Varghese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
55 DF Croatia CRO Marko Lešković 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
— DF India IND Prabir Das 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
— DF India IND Naocha Singh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
6 MF India IND Danish Farooq 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 MF Uruguay URU Adrián Luna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 MF India IND Givson Singh 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF India IND Jeakson Singh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF India IND Saurav Mandal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF India IND Nihal Sudeesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 MF India IND Vibin Mohanan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
81 MF India IND Bryce Miranda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
— MF India IND Muhammed Azhar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW Greece GRE Dimitrios Diamantakos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF India IND Rahul K. P. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 FW India IND Bidyashagar Singh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 FW India IND Sreekuttan M S 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
— FW India IND Muhammed Aimen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
— FW Australia AUS Jaushua Sotirio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Squad statistics

Factors League Durand Cup Super Cup Total
Games Played 0 0 0 0
Games Won 0 0 0 0
Games Drawn 0 0 0 0
Games Lost 0 0 0 0
Goals Scored 0 0 0 0
Goals Conceded 0 0 0 0
Goal Difference 0 0 0 0
Clean Sheets 0 0 0 0
Goals by Substitutes 0 0 0 0
Yellow Cards 0 0 0 0
Red Cards 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers

Rank Nation Name No. Pos. League Super Cup Durand Cup Total
TBD

Assist

Rank Nation Name No. Pos. League Super Cup Durand Cup Total
TBD

Clean-sheets

Rank Nation Name No. League Super Cup Durand Cup Total
TBD

Disciplinary record

No. Pos. Nat. Name League Durand Cup Super Cup Total
Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
TBD

Injury record

No. Pos. Nat. Name Type Status Source Match Inj. Date Ret. Date
11 FW Australia Jaushua Sotirio Achilles tendon rupture KBFC.in in pre-season camp 16 July 2023 2024

- Player is injured
- Player has recovered from injury
Last updated: 19 July 2023
Source: Kerala Blasters FC

See also

Notes

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