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KBFC is a Kochi (Kerala) based Indian professional Football Club. It competes in the Indian Super League which is known as the high tier of Indian Football. It was established during the Indian Super League’s inaugural season in the month of May of the year 2014.

Today, we will give knowledge to all of you about KBFC. We will try to provide you with almost all the important information related to KBFC. So, please read the entire article for acquiring all the information. 

About the KBFC team:

Nicknames	Manjappada (Yellow Army); The Tuskers
Founded on	May 24, 2014
Owners	Blasters Sports Venture Pvt Ltd
Chairman	Nikhil Bharadwaj
Ground	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi, Kerala
Head Coach	Kibu Vicuna
Capacity	80 thousand (limited to 39 thousand by FIFA in 2017)
Website	https://keralablastersfc.in

Some information related to the team:

KBFC is Asia’s one of the most supported club. Home games are played by it at Kochi’s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Almost 40 thousand football lovers visit every match of the club and it has the record of the highest attendance in the league.

The inaugural match of KBFC was played on October 13, 2014. In this match they had lost to North-East United by 1-0 score. They were runners up of Indian Super League 2 times, once in 2014 when they lost to ATK by 1-0 score & then in 2016 when they lost to ATK itself by 4-3 score.

Kerala Blasters Football Club Players:

Name of the various players and the nation to which they belong (current squad, as of October 28, 2020) are provided in the table that has been given below-

Nation	Player
IND	Sandeep Singh
IND	Nishu Kumar
IND	Bilal Khan
IND	Seityasen Singh
IND	Prasanth K
IND	Rohit Kumar
IND	Givson Singh
BFA	Bakary Kone
ARG	Facundo Pereyra
ESP	Sergio Cidoncha (Captain)
AUS	Jordan Murray
IND	Prabhsukhan Singh Gill
IND	Rahul Kannoly Praveen
IND	Jessel Carneiro (Third Captain)
IND	Nongdamba Naorem
IND	Sahal Abdul Samad
IND	Jeakson Singh
IND	Ayush Adhikari
ESP	Vicente Gomez Costa
ENG	Gary Hooper
IND	Ritwik Das
IND	Puitea
IND	Abdul Hakku
IND	Shaiborlang Kharpan
IND	Albino Gomes
ZIM	Nhamoinesu (Vice-Captain)
IND	Lalruatthara
IND	Muheet Shabir
IND	Muktasana Sharma
IND	Denechandra Meitei
IND	Arjun Jayaraj

Name of the various players and the nation to which they belong (out on loan, as of October 28, 2020) are provided in the table that has been given below-

Nation	Player
IND	Lovepreet Singh (to Sudeva Delhi FC till July 31, 2023)
IND	Naorem Mahesh Singh (to Sudeva Delhi FC till June 30, 2023)

Rivalries:

A rivalry with Chennaiyin FC, a fellow southern club have been developed by KBFC. In 2014 final, the 2 clubs played against each other. The meetings that are held between these 2 teams is called as Southern Derby.

Also, KBFC has a rivalry with Bengal which began in Santosh Trophy. This rivalry has also started in the finals of the year 2014.

The Bengaluru FC, a Karnataka-based club is also a rival of KBFC. This rivalry was started in the year 2017.

Personnel:

The current technical staff of KBFC as of October 16, 2020 are as follows-

1. Manager or Head Coach- Kibu Vicuna
2. Goal Keeping Coach- Yusuf Ansari
3. Assistant Coach- Ishfaq Ahmed
4. Assistant Coach- Tomasz Tchorz
5. Physiotherapists- Santhosh Chacko, Pratik Kamble, Askar PV
6. U15 Coach- Vacant
7. U13 Coach- Vacant
8. Tactical and Analytical Coach- David Ochoa
9. Scouting Head- Ishfaq Ahmed
10. Goalkeeping Academy Coach and Goalkeeping Consultant- John Burridge
11. Physical Preparation Coach- Paulius Ragauskas
12. Reserves and U18 Coach- Renjith TA

The members of the management of KBFC are-

1. Director of Football- Mohammed Rafik
2. ‘Technical Director (Youth)- Mario Marinica
3. Chairman or Director of Operations- Nikhil Bharadwaj
4. Chief Revenue Officer- Joby Joseph
5. Sporting Director- Karolis Skinkys

KBFC Records & Statistics:

The details of the records of KBFC (as of November 20, 2020) has been given in the table, which is provided below-

Season	League (P)	League (W)	League (D)	League (L)	League (GF)	League (GA)	Pts	Position	Finals	Super Cup	Player(Top Scorer)	Goals
2014	14	5	4	5	9	11	19	Fourth	Runners-up	Did not exist	Iain Hume	5
2015	14	3	4	7	22	27	13	Eighth	DNQ	Did not exist	Antonio German, Chris Dagnall	6
2016	14	6	4	4	12	14	22	Second	Runners-up	Did not exist	C.K. Vineeth	5
2017-18	18	6	7	5	20	22	25	Sixth	DNQ	Round of 16	Iain Hume	5
2018-19	18	2	9	7	18	28	15	Ninth	DNQ	Qualification Round	Slavisa Stojanovic, Matej Poplatnik	4
2019-20	18	4	7	7	29	32	19	Seventh	DNQ	Tournament Suspended	Bartholomew Ogbeche	15
2020-21	1	–	–	1	0	1	0	Eleventh	TBD	TBP	TBD	–

The managerial history of KBFC is-

Nationality	Name	Period	Note
ENG	David James	2014-15; 2017-18	Player-manager (2014-15)
ENG	Peter Taylor	2015
ENG	Trevor Morgan	2015	Caretaker
Ireland	Terry Phelan	2015-16
ENG	Steve Coppell	2016-17
Netherlands	Rene Meulensteen	2017
Portugal	Nelo Vingada	2019
Netherlands	Eelco Schattorie	2019-20
Spain	Kibu Vicuna	2020-	Current Manager

The records of the team as of November 20, 2020 is as follows-

The records of most goals-

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Raphael Messi Bouli	8
2	Iain Hume	10
3	C.K. Vineeth	11
4	Bartholomew Ogbeche	15
5	Chris Dagnall; Antonio German; Mohammed Rafik	6; 6; 6

The records of most appearances-

Rank	Player	Appearances
1	K Prasanth	36
2	Mehtab Hossain	38
3	Sahal Abdul Samad	39
4	C.K.Vineeth	43
5	Sandesh Jhingan	78

KBFC Contact Details:

The following details can be used in order to contact to the authorities of KBFC–

1. Email ID- info@kbfcofficial.com
2. Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium, Stadium Link Road, Kaloor, Kochi, Kerala 682017.

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