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Kerala Blasters FC, also known simply as The Blasters is based in Kochi, Kerala, India. The Blasters are one of the most widely supported clubs in Asia and have one of the largest social media following among the football clubs from the continent. [1] This article gives a brief history about the club since its inception to the present.
Football is the most popular sport in Kerala, India, followed by cricket. Kerala Blasters are the most supported football club in the state, whereas Gokulam Kerala FC derives most of its support from the Malabar region. [1] However, larger numbers of Keralites also follow sports such as volleyball, hockey, badminton, and kabaddi.
Kerala Blasters had won their first ISL home match against FC Goa for 1–0 conducted on 6 November 2014. The game between Kerala Blasters FC and Chennaiyin FC saw 61,234 spectators on 30 November 2014. Kerala Blasters had the highest average attendance (47,427) for football clubs outside of Europe in domestic league matches, at that time. [21]
First match: Kerala Blasters 0–1 NorthEast United, Indian Super League, 13 October 2014 [4] First win: Kerala Blasters 2–1 Pune City, Indian Super League, 30 October 2014 [5] First Super Cup match: Kerala Blasters 2–3 NEROCA, 6 April 2018 [6] First Durand Cup match: Kerala Blasters 1–0 Indian Navy, 11 September 2021 [7]
Kerala Blasters Football Club (Malayalam: [keːɾɐɭa(ː) bɭaːsteːɻsə̆] ⓘ), commonly referred to simply as Blasters, is an Indian professional football club based in Kochi, Kerala, that competes in the Indian Super League (ISL), the top tier of football in India. The club was established in May 2014 during the inaugural season of the ISL.
The 2020–21 season was the seventh season in Kerala Blasters FC's existence, as well as their seventh season in Indian Super League.Due to COVID-19 pandemic, all the matches in the seventh season of ISL were played behind closed doors in three venues at Goa.
The Kerala Blasters entered the finals as the fourth seed from the regular season and thus had to face the first seed, Chennaiyin in the semi-finals. [33] The first leg of the semi-final turned out to be the Blasters' best offensive performance of the season as they came away with the 3–0 advantage.
The Blasters met arch-rivals Bengaluru FC in the first knockout stage match in a new format for the ISL playoffs. [40] Following a controversial Sunil Chhetri's free-kick goal on the match that took place on 3 March 2023, Vukomanović called-off the Kerala Blasters players from the pitch and abandoned the game. [41]