Kerala Blasters to kick off ISL season at home on Thiruvonam day

Kerala Blasters will kick off their Indian Super League campaign at home on Thiruvonam day (September 15) against Punjab FC. Onam is the harvest festival of Kerala.

The match is scheduled to kick off at 7.30 pm at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi.

The ISL season will begin with a clash between the defending champions Mohun Bagan Super Giant and ISL Cup winners Mumbai City in Kolkata on September 13.

Last season, the Blasters finished fifth in group phase and qualified to the knockouts, where they crashed out to Odisha FC. The Blasters have a new head coach in Swedish coach Mikael Stahre.

The Blasters play 14 matches in until the end of the year, including seven at home. In November, the Blasters fans will see their side play three games in a row in Kochi. But the team will be on the road in December, playing three of their four matches away.

Fixtures until Dec 31 (venue)
KBFC vs Punjab - Sept 15 (Kochi)
KBFC vs East Bengal - Sept 22 (Kochi)
NEUFC vs KBFC - Sept 29 (Guwahati)
Odisha vs KBFC - Oct 3 (Bhubaneswar)
Mohammedan vs KBFC - Oct 20 (Kolkata)
KBFC vs Bengaluru - Oct 25 (Kochi)
Mumbai City vs KBFC - Nov 3 (Mumbai)
KBFC vs Hyderabad - Nov 7 (Kochi)
KBFC vs Chennaiyin - Nov 24 (Kochi)
KBFC vs FC Goa - Nov 28 (Kochi)
Bengaluru vs KBFC - Dec 7 (Bengaluru)
MBSG vs KBFC - Dec 14 (Kolkata)
KBFC vs Mohammedan - Dec 22 (Kochi)
Jamshedpur vs KBFC - Dec 29 (Jamshedpur)