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Kerala Blasters
2015 season
General ManagerViren D'Silva
Head CoachPeter Taylor
(until 1 November)
Terry Phelan
(from 1 November)
StadiumJawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Top goalscorerChris Dagnall (6) Antonio German (6)
Highest home attendance62,013
Lowest home attendance32,313 [1]
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The 2015 season was Kerala Blasters' second season in Hero Indian Super League since its inception in 2014. The club were the runner-up in the 2014 ISL tournament where they lost to Atlético de Kolkata 0-1 in the final.[2] The team management appointed former England-U20 manager Peter Taylor as its new manager for the 2015 season after the departure of David James.[3]

Players and staff

Squad

As of 31 December 2015.[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF India IND Ramandeep Singh
7 MF India IND Cavin Lobo (on loan from East Bengal)
8 MF Portugal POR João Coimbra
11 MF India IND Ishfaq Ahmed
12 MF India IND Shankar Sampingiraj (on loan from Bengaluru FC)
13 MF India IND C.K. Vineeth (on loan from Bengaluru FC)
14 MF India IND Rahul Bheke (on loan from East Bengal)
15 DF India IND Sandesh Jhingan
16 DF India IND Gurwinder Singh (on loan from East Bengal)
17 FW India IND Manandeep Singh
18 DF India IND Deepak Mondal
20 FW India IND Mohammed Rafi
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW England ENG Antonio German
22 GK India IND Shilton Paul (on loan from Mohun Bagan)
23 DF Brazil BRA Bruno Perone
24 GK India IND Sandip Nandy
29 DF India IND Saumik Dey (on loan from East Bengal)
30 DF England ENG Marcus Williams
43 GK England ENG Stephen Bywater
44 DF Brazil BRA Rodrigo Arroz
66 MF India IND Peter Carvalho
85 MF Spain ESP Pulga
99 MF Spain ESP Josu
— DF India IND Nirmal Chettri

Coaching staff

As of 28 October 2015[4]
Position Name
Head coach England Peter Taylor
Assistant coach England Trevor Morgan
Head of Grassroots Development Republic of Ireland Terry Phelan
Goalkeeping Coach Australia Neil Young

Transfers

In

Pre-Season

No. Pos Player Transferred From Fee Date Source
9 ST England Chris Dagnall England Leyton Orient Free 1 July 2015 [5]
17 ST India Manandeep Singh India Delhi Dynamos Free 1 July 2015
20 ST India Mohammed Rafi India Mumbai F.C. Free 1 July 2015
8 CM Portugal João Coimbra Romania Rapid București Free 3 August 2015 [6]
10 LW England Sanchez Watt England Colchester United Free 4 August 2015 [7]
23 CB Brazil Bruno Perone Brazil Grêmio Novorizontino Free 18 August 2015 [8]
5 CB England Peter Ramage England Crystal Palace Free 24 August 2015 [9]
43 GK England Stephen Bywater England Doncaster Rovers Free 24 August 2015 [9]
21 ST England Antonio German England Gillingham Free 26 August 2015 [10]
6 CB Spain Carlos Marchena Spain Deportivo La Coruña Free 28 August 2015 [11]
30 LB England Marcus Williams England Scunthorpe United Free 29 August 2015 [12]
99 AM Spain Josu Poland Górnik Łęczna Free 6 August 2015 [13]

During the Season

No. Pos Player Transferred From Fee Date Source
44 CB Brazil Rodrigo Arroz Brazil S.E.R. Caxias do Sul Free 26 November 2015 [14]

Out

Pre-Season

No. Pos Player Transferred To Fee Date Source
9 ST Brazil Pedro Gusmão Brazil Atlético Paranaense Loan Return 31 December 2014
12 ST India Chinadorai Sabeeth India Mohun Bagan Loan Return 31 December 2014
32 CB Republic of Ireland Colin Falvey United States Charleston Battery Loan Return 31 December 2014
44 CB Brazil Erwin Spitzner Brazil Atlético Paranaense Loan Return 31 December 2014
70 GK England David James Retired 31 December 2014
30 GK India Luis Barreto India East Bengal Loan Return 1 January 2015
13 CM India Duleep Menon Free Agent Free 1 January 2015
23 RB India Avinabo Bag Free Agent Free 1 January 2015
27 ST Australia Andrew Barisic Australia Melbourne Knights Free 1 January 2015
88 ST India Milagres Gonsalves India Salgaocar F.C. Free 1 January 2015
18 CM Nigeria Penn Orji India Shillong Lajong Free 15 January 2015 [15]
3 LB Scotland Jamie McAllister England Exeter City Free 16 January 2015 [16]
21 RM India Godwin Franco India Royal Wahingdoh Free 5 February 2015
25 CM Scotland Stephen Pearson Scotland Motherwell Free 19 January 2015 [17]
22 CB France Raphaël Romey France FC Istres Free 25 January 2015
10 ST Canada Iain Hume England Tranmere Rovers Free 29 January 2015 [18]
8 ST England Michael Chopra Scotland Alloa Athletic Free 17 March 2015 [19]
2 RB France Cédric Hengbart India NorthEast United Free 3 July 2015 [20]
7 DM India Sushanth Mathew India FC Pune City Free 10 July 2015

During the Season

No. Pos Player Transferred To Fee Date Source
6 CB Spain Carlos Marchena Spain CD Gerena Free 19 November 2015
10 LW England Sanchez Watt Free Agent Free 26 November 2015 [14]
9 ST England Chris Dagnall Scotland Hibernian F.C. Free 23 December 2015 [21]

Loan in

Pre-Season

No. Pos Player Loaned From Start End Source
14 DM India Mehtab Hossain India East Bengal 1 July 2015 31 December 2015
16 CB India Gurwinder Singh India East Bengal 1 July 2015 31 December 2015
22 GK India Shilton Paul India Mohun Bagan 1 July 2015 31 December 2015
29 LB India Saumik Dey India East Bengal 1 July 2015 31 December 2015
7 LM India Cavin Lobo India East Bengal 10 July 2015 31 December 2015
12 CM India Shankar Sampingiraj India Bengaluru 10 July 2015 31 December 2015
13 CM India C.K. Vineeth India Bengaluru 10 July 2015 31 December 2015
66 DM India Peter Carvalho India Dempo S.C. 10 July 2015 31 December 2015

During the Season

No. Pos Player Loaned From Start End Source
2 RB India Rahul Bheke India East Bengal 13 September 2015 31 December 2015

Loan Out

Pre-Season

No. Pos Player Loaned To Start End Source
6 LM India Renedy Singh Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 27 February 2015 30 June 2015 [22]

Pre-season

10 September 2015 (2015-09-10) Friendly Kerala Blasters 10-2 KSEB Thiruvananthapuram
Stadium: Green Field Stadium
22 September 2015 (2015-09-22) Friendly Kerala Blasters 7-0 SBT Thiruvananthapuram
Official Facebook Post Stadium: Green Field Stadium
24 September 2015 (2015-09-24) Friendly Kerala Blasters 2-0 Southern Samity Thiruvananthapuram
Stadium: Green Field Stadium
26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) Friendly Kerala Blasters 0-0 Southern Samity Thiruvananthapuram
Stadium: Green Field Stadium
29 September 2015 (2015-09-29) Friendly Kerala Blasters 7-0 AG's Office, Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram
Report Stadium: Green Field Stadium

Indian Super League

Main article: 2015 Indian Super League

League table

Template:2015 Indian premiar League season table

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 3 4 7 22 27  −5 13 2 2 3 9 11  −2 1 2 4 13 16  −3

Last updated: 3 December 2015.
Source: Matches

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314
GroundHHAHAAHHHAAAHA
ResultWDLLLLDWLWLDLD
Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2015. Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

6 October 2015 1 Kerala Blasters 3 – 1 NorthEast United Kochi
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Carvalho Yellow card 37'
Josu 49'
Rafi 68'
Watt 71'
Bywater Yellow card 90+7'		 Report Hanghal Yellow card 21'
Pradhan Yellow card 54'
Vélez 82'
Silas Yellow card 83'		 Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 60,017
Referee: Ramaswamy Srikrishna
10 October 2015 2 Kerala Blasters 0 – 0 Mumbai City Kochi
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Report Bertin Yellow card 52' Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 61,483
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee
13 October 2015 3 Atlético de Kolkata 2 – 1 Kerala Blasters Kolkata
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Izumi Yellow card 6'
Lara 53'		 Report Josu Yellow card 44'
R.Singh Yellow card 46'
Hossain Yellow card 63' Yellow-red card 89'
Dagnall 80'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 61,237
18 October 2015 4 Kerala Blasters 0 – 1 Delhi Dynamos Kochi
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Vineeth Yellow card 82' Report Gadze 87' Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 62,087
22 October 2015 5 Goa 2 – 1 Kerala Blasters Goa
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Sabrosa Yellow card 40'
Moura 45+1'Yellow card 89'
Arnolin 83'		 Report Rafi 24'
Williams Yellow card 44'		 Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Attendance: 18,927
27 October 2015 6 Pune City 3 – 2 Kerala Blasters Pune
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Uche 16', 23'
Lyngdoh Yellow card 60'
Tuncay 72'		 Report Rafi 1', 30' Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
31 October 2015 7 Kerala Blasters 1 – 1 Chennaiyin Kochi
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Dagnall 46'
Perone Red card 75'		 Report Elano 34' (pen.)
M. Wadoo Yellow card 59'
Mailson Yellow card 63'		 Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 47,852
4 November 2015 8 Kerala Blasters 2 – 0 Pune City Kochi
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Dagnall 45+1'
Watt 60'
Ahmed Yellow card 73'		 Report Zokora Yellow card 59' Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 40,125 [23]
10 November 2015 9 Kerala Blasters 2 – 3 Atlético de Kolkata Kochi
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) German 42' (pen.), 85'
Hossain Yellow card 52'		 Report Mohanraj 28'Yellow card 68'
Franco Yellow card 41'
Izumi 84', 90+3'		 Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 60,251 [24]
15 November 2015 10 NorthEast United 1 – 4 Kerala Blasters Guwahati
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) López Yellow card 40'
Hanghal Yellow card 59'
Vélez 90+1'		 Report Dagnall 1', 76'Yellow card 59'
Lobo 21'
Bywater Yellow card 28'
RamageYellow card 31'
DeyYellow card 45+3'
German 75'		 Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
21 November 2015 11 Chennaiyin 4 – 1 Kerala Blasters Chennai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) D.Singh 4' Yellow card 69'
Mendoza 16', 80', 81'
Blasi Yellow card 89'		 Report Hossain Yellow card 69'
German 90'		 Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 20,483
26 November 2015 12 Mumbai City 1 – 1 Kerala Blasters Mumbai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Subrata Pal Yellow card 41'
Aguilera 25'
Čmovš Yellow card 61'
Cristian Bustos Yellow card 79'		 Report German 88' Stadium: DY Patil Stadium
Attendance: 25,317
29 November 2015 13 Kerala Blasters 1 – 5 Goa Kochi
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Pulga 2'
Josu Red card 45'		 Report Jofre 12'
Reinaldo 29', 50', 61'
Mandar 64'
Léo Moura Yellow card 82'		 Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 32,313
3 December 2015 14 Delhi Dynamos 3 – 3 Kerala Blasters Delhi
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Marmentini 7'
Nabi 40'
Greene Yellow card 57'
S.Singh		 Report Dagnall 9'
Coimbra 30'
Jhingan Yellow card 31'
German 39'
Hossain Yellow card 48'
Ahmed Yellow card 75'		 Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Squad statistics

As of Match played 3 December 2015[25]

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Indian Super League
Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF India IND Rahul Bheke 12 0 11+1 0
4 DF India IND Ramandeep Singh 1 0 0+1 0
5 DF England ENG Peter Ramage 14 0 14 0
7 MF India IND Cavin Lobo 6 1 5+1 1
8 MF Portugal POR João Coimbra 11 1 6+5 1
9 FW England ENG Chris Dagnall 13 6 13 6
11 MF India IND Ishfaq Ahmed 7 0 2+5 0
12 MF India IND Shankar Sampingiraj 3 0 2+1 0
13 MF India IND C.K. Vineeth 9 0 3+6 0
14 MF India IND Mehtab Hossain 13 0 12+1 0
15 DF India IND Sandesh Jhingan 10 0 10 0
16 DF India IND Gurwinder Singh 3 0 2+1 0
17 FW India IND Manandeep Singh 2 0 2 0
18 DF India IND Deepak Mondal 2 0 2 0
20 FW India IND Mohammed Rafi 9 4 7+2 4
21 MF England ENG Antonio German 11 7 7+4 7
23 DF Brazil BRA Bruno Perone 10 0 7+3 0
24 GK India IND Sandip Nandy 2 0 2 0
29 DF India IND Saumik Dey 8 0 8 0
30 DF England ENG Marcus Williams 5 0 5 0
43 GK England ENG Stephen Bywater 12 0 12 0
44 DF Brazil BRA Rodrigo Arroz 1 0 1 0
66 MF India IND Peter Carvalho 2 0 2 0
85 MF Spain ESP Pulga 11 2 8+3 2
99 MF Spain ESP Josu 11 1 9+2 1
Players who left Kerala Blasters due to injury during the season:
10 FW England ENG Sanchez Watt 9 2 5+4 2
Players who left Kerala Blasters during the season:
6 DF Spain ESP Carlos Marchena 1 0 1 0

Goal scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name Indian Super League Total
1 FW England 21 Antonio German 6 6
FW England 9 Chris Dagnall 6 6
3 FW India 20 Mohammed Rafi 4 4
4 FW England 10 Sanchez Watt 2 2
5 MF Spain 99 Josu 1 1
MF India 7 Cavin Lobo 1 1
MF Spain 85 Pulga 1 1
MF Portugal 8 João Coimbra 1 1
TOTALS 22 22

Disciplinary record

Number Nation Position Name Indian Super League Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
4 India DF Ramandeep Singh 1 0 1 0
5 England DF Peter Ramage 2 0 1 0
9 England FW Chris Dagnall 1 0 1 0
11 India MF Ishfaq Ahmed 2 0 2 0
13 India MF C.K. Vineeth 1 0 1 0
14 India MF Mehtab Hossain 5 1 5 1
15 India DF Sandesh Jhingan 1 0 1 0
23 Brazil DF Bruno Perone 0 1 0 1
29 India DF Saumik Dey 1 0 1 0
30 England DF Marcus Williams 1 0 1 0
43 England GK Stephen Bywater 2 0 2 0
66 India MF Peter Carvalho 1 0 1 0
99 Spain MF Josù 1 1 1 1
TOTALS 19 3 19 3

Home Stadium Attendances

As of 29 November 2015
Pos Date Opponent Stadium Attendance
1 06 Oct 2015 NorthEast United FC 60,017
2 10 Oct 2015 Mumbai City FC 61,483
3 18 Oct 2015 Delhi Dynamos FC 62,013
4 31 Oct 2015 Chennaiyin FC 47,852
5 04 Nov 2015 FC Pune City 40,125
6 10 Nov 2015 Atlético de Kolkata 60,251
7 29 Nov 2015 FC Goa 32,313

References

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  2. ^ Iyer, Krishnan (20 December 2015). "ISL 2014 Final: Mohammed Rafique's late header helps Atletico de Kolkata become the first champions". India.com. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Kerala Blasters appoint Peter Taylor as marquee manager". Times of India. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
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  10. ^ "KERALA BLASTERS SIGN FORMER QPR WINGER ANTONIO GERMAN". chrispd.de. 26 August 2015.
  11. ^ "Kerala Blasters top off their transfer business with marquee signing Carlos Marchena". thefangarage.com. 29 August 2015.
  12. ^ "Kerala Blasters unveil former Sheffield United left-back". sportskeeda.com. 2 September 2015.
  13. ^ "From La Masia to Kochi: The story of Josue Currais Prieto". goal.com. 19 October 2015.
  14. ^ a b "Kerala Blasters replace Watt with Rodrigo". timesofindia. 26 November 2015.
  15. ^ "Iain Hume: Tranmere Rovers bring back striker on six-month deal". e-pao.net. 15 January 2015.
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  19. ^ "Michael Chopra: Alloa Athletic sign former Ipswich striker". BBC. 17 March 2015.
  20. ^ "Official: NorthEast United rope in Cedric Hengbart from Kerala Blasters". goal.com. 3 July 2015.
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  25. ^ https://int.soccerway.com/teams/india/kerala-blasters/31407/squad/
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