The 2018–19 season was the fifth season in Kerala Blasters FC's existence, as well as their fifth season in Indian Super League.
Review and events Indian Super League
Kerala Blasters started their 2018–19 Hero Indian Super League campaign with a 0–2 victory over ATK. But the Hero ISL 2018–19 was a disastrous campaign for Kerala Blasters as they finished the season in 9th place in the table.
Super Cup
The team's performance in the Super Cup was also well below as that of expected. They were eliminated in the qualification round by Indian Arrows.
Players First-team squad
Players In No.PositionPlayerLast clubDateRef1 Dheeraj Singh Moirangthem Indian Arrows2 June 201815 Anas Edathodika Jamshedpur8 June 201819 Halicharan Narzary NorthEast United 12 June 2018 _ Abdul NediyodathNorthEast United19 June 201832 Naveen Kumar Goa 25 June 201833 Jithin MS F.C. Kerala 27 June 2018 9 Seiminlen Doungel NorthEast United 29 June 2018 7 Cyril Kali Apollon Pontus 3 July 2018 8 Slaviša Stojanović Radnički Niš 6 July 2018 10 Matej Poplatnik Triglav Kranj 8 July 2018 22 Zakeer Mundampara Mumbai City 9 July 2018 26 Nikola Krcmarevic 07 Vestur 24 August 2018 – Jeakson Singh Minerva Punjab 22 September 2018 30 Baoringdao Bodo Chennaiyin FC 24 January 2019
Players Out No.PositionPlayerOutgoing clubDateFeeRef10 Iain Hume FC Pune City 6 June 2018 Deal 15 Guðjón Baldvinsson Stjarnan 16 March 2018 End of Loan 27 Subhasish Roy Chowdhury Jamshedpur 26 April 2018 Free 31 Rino Anto Bengaluru 6 June 2018 Free 19 Siam Hanghal Delhi Dynamos 11 June 2018 Free 20 Jackichand Singh Goa 29 June 2018 Free – Jeakson Singh Indian Arrows23 September 2018Loan Out13 C. K. Vineeth Chennaiyin FC24 January 2019Loan Out19 Halicharan Narzary Chennaiyin FC24 January 2019Loan Out32 Naveen Kumar FC Goa24 January 2019Loan Out
Statistics Squad appearances and goals
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! colspan=10 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders
! colspan=10 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders
! colspan=10 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
Squad statistics ISLSuper CupTotalGames played 18 1 19Games won 2 0 2Games drawn 9 0 9Games lost 7 1 8Goals scored 18 0 18Goals conceded 28 2 30Goal difference −10 −2 −12Clean sheets 4 0 4Yellow cards 37 1 38Red cards 2 1 3
Players Used: Kerala Blasters has used a total of 23 different players in all competitions.
Goalscorers No.Pos.NationNameISLSuper CupTotal8MF40410MF4046FW20213MF2029MF20219MF10118MFSahal Abdul Samad10199MF101Own Goal101 TOTAL18018
Clean sheets No.NationNameISLSuper CupTotalGames played2Dheeraj Singh40414 TOTAL40419
Disciplinary record No.Pos.NationNameISLSuper CupTotal39DFLalruatthara50100050115DFAnas Edathodika00000100122MFZakeer Mundampara11000011021DF4000004001GKDheeraj Singh30000030018MFSahal Abdul Samad30010040013MF20000020010FW2000002007DF2000002008MF2000002004DF2000002006MF2000002009MF20000020019MF10000010023DFPritam Singh10000010011MFPrasanth K10000010017MFKizito Keziron1000001005DF100000100 TOTAL35111013612
Pre-season and friendlies
Kerala Blasters started their pre season in July in Ahmedabad to prepare for a competition called Toyota Yaris La Liga World. They faced Melbourne City FC from Australia and Spanish club Girona FC in the competition. They suffered heavy losses by Australian club 0–6 and Spanish club 0–5.
In September 2018, Kerala started their second phase of pre season before Indian Super League in Thailand. Where they played some friendly matches with local clubs.
Competitions
Overview
Indian Super League
Standings
Results summary
Results by round
Matchday
See also 2018–19 in Indian football
References
External links Official website