List of Kerala Blasters FC records and statistics
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 13 January 2025.
Honours
Competitive record
The table that follows is accurate as of the last match against Odisha FC on 13 January 2025.[ 3]
Club records
As of 13 January 2025
Matches
Firsts
Wins
Record Win : 8–0 against Mumbai City in the Durand Cup, 1 August 2024
Record league win: 5–1 against Hyderabad in the Indian Super League, 5 January 2020[ 8]
Record away league win:
Record Durand Cup win: 8–0 against Mumbai City , 1 August 2024
Record Super Cup win: 3–1 against RoundGlass Punjab , 8 April 2023[ 13]
Most league wins in a season: 10 wins from 21 games (during the 2022–23 season )
Fewest league wins in a season: 2 wins from 18 games (during the 2018–19 season )
Most home league wins in a season: 7 wins from 10 games (during the 2022–23 season )
Most league wins away from home in a season: 3 wins from 9 games (during the 2022–23 season )
Defeats
Record league defeat:
Record league defeat at home:
3–6 against Chennaiyin in the Indian Super League, 1 February 2020[ 16] (also record-scoring defeat)
2–5 against ATK Mohun Bagan in the Indian Super League, 16 October 2022[ 17]
Record Super Cup defeat:
Record Durand Cup defeat: 0–3 against Mohammedan , 9 September 2022[ 20]
Most league defeats in a season: 9 defeats from 20 games (during the 2020–21 season )
Fewest league defeats in a season:
Draws
Highest scoring draw:
4–4 against Odisha in the Indian Super League, 23 February 2020 (also a league record)[ 21]
4–4 against Goa in the Indian Super League, 6 March 2022 (also a league record)[ 21]
Most league draws in a season: 9 draws from 18 games (during the 2018–19 season )
Record consecutive results
Record consecutive wins: 5 (from 5 November to 19 December 2022)[ 22]
Record consecutive defeats: 4 (from 13 to 27 October 2015)[ 23]
Record consecutive matches without a defeat: 8 (from 5 November 2022 to 3 January 2023)[ 22]
Record consecutive matches without a win: 14 (from 5 October 2018 to 6 February 2019)[ 24]
Record consecutive home league wins; record consecutive home league matches without defeat: 6 (from 13 November 2022 to 7 February 2023)[ 22]
Record consecutive draws: 4 (from 5 October to 2 November 2018)[ 24]
Record consecutive matches without conceding a goal: 4 (from 6 to 16 November 2014)[ 25]
Record consecutive matches in which Kerala Blasters have scored a goal: 14 (from 3 December 2017 to 17 February 2018)[ 26]
Record consecutive home league defeats:
2 (from 5 to 11 November 2018)[ 24]
2 (from 16 to 28 October 2022)[ 22]
Record consecutive home league matches without a win: 7 (from 5 October 2018 to 25 January 2019)[ 24]
Goals
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
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
Record highest home attendance: 62,087 (against Delhi Dynamos in the Indian Super League, 18 October 2015)[ 27]
Highest average home attendance in a season: 52,008 (during the 2016 season , also a league record)[ 28]
Record lowest home attendance: 3,298 (against Chennaiyin in the Indian Super League, 15 February 2019)[ 29]
Lowest average home attendance in a season: 17,125 (during the 2018–19 season )
Player records
As of 12 January 2025
Appearances
Most appearances
Bold denotes players currently playing for the club.
Goalscorers
Most goals in all competitions: 28, Dimitrios Diamantakos
Most league goals: 23, Dimitrios Diamantakos
Most goals in Super Cup : 5, Dimitrios Diamantakos
Most goals in Durand Cup : 6, Noah Sadaoui [ 34]
First player to score for Kerala Blasters: Iain Hume (against Chennaiyin , 21 October 2014)[ 35]
First Indian player to score for Kerala Blasters: C. S. Sabeeth (against Pune City , 30 October 2014)[ 5]
First goal in home ground: Milagres Gonsalves (against Goa , 6 November 2014)[ 36]
First goalscorer in Super Cup : Pulga (against NEROCA , 5 April 2018)
First Indian goalscorer in Super Cup: Prasanth Karuthadathkuni (against NEROCA , 5 April 2018)
First goalscorer in Durand Cup : Adrián Luna (against Indian Navy FC , 11 September 2021)
First Indian goalscorer in Durand Cup: Prabir Das (against Gokulam Kerala , 13 August 2023)[ 37] [ b]
Most goals in a season in league: 15, Bartholomew Ogbeche (2019–20 )
Most goals in a season in all competitions: 16, Dimitrios Diamantakos (2023–24 )
Most goals in a league match: 3
Most goals in a Durand Cup match: 3
First hat-trick (also in league): Iain Hume (against Delhi Dynamos , 10 January 2018)
First Indian hat-trick scorer (also the first ever hat-trick in Durand cup): Bidyashaghar Singh (against Indian Air Force , 21 August 2023)
Youngest Indian goalscorer in league : Deependra Negi , 19 years and 68 days[ 41]
Youngest foreign goalscorer in league: Mark Sifneos , 21 years and 9 days
Youngest Indian goalscorer in Durand Cup : Mohammed Aimen : 20 years and 208 days[ 42] [ c]
Youngest foreign goalscorer in Durand Cup: Justine Emmanuel , 20 years and 122 days[ 43]
Oldest goalscorer in league: Wes Brown , 38 years and 127 days[ 44]
Fastest goal scored in a match: 29 seconds, Chris Dagnall (against NorthEast United , 15 November 2015)[ 45]
Top goalscorers
Competitive matches only. Matches played (including as a substitute) appear in brackets.
Bold denotes players currently playing for the club.
Hat-tricks
Bold denotes players currently playing for the club.
Assists
Competitive matches only. Matches played (including as a substitute) appear in brackets.
Bold denotes players currently playing for the club.
Clean sheets
Competitive matches only. Matches played (including as a substitute) appear in brackets.
Bold denotes players currently playing for the club.
Miscellaneous records
Individual Honours
Indian Super League
Durand Cup
Managerial records
Managers
As of 25 October 2024
First manager: David James , from 13 August 2014 to 20 December 2014
Longest-serving manager: Ivan Vukomanović , 2 years, 314 days (from 17 June 2021 to 26 April 2024)
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: 76, Ivan Vukomanović
Most matches won as manager: 33, Ivan Vukomanović
Most matches drawn as manager: 14, Ivan Vukomanović
Most matches lost as manager: 29, Ivan Vukomanović
Highest win percentage: 43.42%, Ivan Vukomanović
Lowest win percentage (excluding caretakers): 14.29%, René Meulensteen
See also
Notes
^ a b c d The "Other" column includes goals and appearances from Durand Cup
^ matches played by the reserve team in the 2022 Durand Cup not are not taken into consideration
^ matches played with the reserve team in the 2022 Durand Cup not are not taken into consideration
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