Kerala Blasters FC a secret behind the formation of new owners

Kerala blasters FC

Kbfc(kerala blasters football club) is one of the best emerging football club from india.It is a professional football team based in kerala. Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in kochi is the teams current home stadium. stadium having the capacity of 60,500 to 75,000. 2014 May 27 the team was found by the former indian cricket legend Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar along with Prasad potluri.Now the owners of the team is Sachin Tendulkar, Chiranjeevi, AkkineniNagarjuna, Allu Aravind, Nimmagadda Prasad.

According to the Newindianexpress information sachin tendulkar having 40% stake and rest with the actors.In the first two seasons Hyderabad-based PVP Ventures had the rest of the shares.

The team played inaugural match on 13 october 2014,losing 0-1 to NorthEastUnited at the Indira Gandhi Stadium. KBFC having record league attendance with an average attendance of 47,427.In 2014 the semi-final match between the Kerala blasters and the chennaiyin fc brought around 61,323 crowd into the stadium.During the first season(2014) kerala blasters managed to make it to the isl final, they were faced Atletico de kolkata in the DY patil stadium in Mumbai.The match was so close to each other till the 90min, the match went to injury time at the 95th minute mohammed rafique scored the winning goal by heading a goal into the kbfc goal post.

History

Isl was found in 2013.A 15 year ,700-crore deal signed with Reliance Industries and International Management Group on 9 december 2010 by All India Football Federation.

The cities selected fot the isl in 2014 was Delhi,Goa,Guwahati,kochi,Kolkata,Mumbai,chennai and pune. The main attraction of the team is its tagline "Everybody Plays" , the meaning of this is 'the whole world about the love of Keralites for the beautiful game of football'.

Mehtab Hussain

The first draft pick made by the kerala blasters is for Mehtab Hussain.The former england goal keeper David James was the head coach and also the Marquee player of the team.Former Newcastle United F.C.forward Michael Chopra was the first foreign player.

The manager-Steve coppel

The former Manchester United winger, with close to 300 turnouts for the Red Devils, and ex-Reading FC manager has to become the next coach of the Kochi-based Indian Super League (ISL) franchise Kerala Blasters.

300 games for Manchester United scoring 53 goals and even represented England on 42 occasions. He found back of net seven times for the national team.

The 60-year-old has over 30 years of coaching experience which has included stints at Crystal Palace (four times), Man City, Reading among others.

Logo

Logo

The logo, designed by Brash Brands and official logo of the KBFC was unveiled on 15 September 2014.The design is completely based on the culture of the Kerala by using the elephant.
After publishing the logo prasad v potluri said "The logo reflects the cultural and sporting legacy of Kerala symbolized by the elephant. The elephant is a symbol of strength and pride, rooted in its family and community, reflecting the aspiration and spirit of Kerala Blasters."

Full Squad
2016

No.	Position	Player	No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Graham Stack	8	FW	Mohammed rafique
2	GK	Sandip Nandy	9	MF	Vinit Rai
3	GK	Kunal Sawant	10	MF	Mehtab Hossain
4	DF	Sandesh Jhingan	11	MF	Josu
5	DF	Gurwinder Singh	12	FW	Antonio German
6	DF	Aaron Hughes	13	FW	Thongkhosiem Haokip
7	DF	Pratik Chowdhary	14	FW	Mohammed Rafi

Current Technical Staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Steve Coppell
Assistant coach	Ishfaq Ahmed
Head of Grassroots Development	Terry Phelan
Goalkeeping coach	Graham Stack
Player scout	N P Pradeep