They play their home matches at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi with the highest average attendance in Indian football every season.
Despite entering the second leg with the three goal advantage, Chennaiyin managed to draw the tie level by winning in regular time 3–0 themselves.
However, in extra-time, the Blasters managed to strike back and score the decisive goal in the 117th minute from Stephen Pearson to win the tie 4–3 and thus enter the final.
[4] On 21 June 2016 Blasters announced the signing of former Crystal Palace manager Steve Coppell as their head coach.
On 2 January 2018, René Meulensteen step back from head coach position due to personal issues.
[11] Blasters started the season with a win against ATK FC at home but then had a 9 winless run and inconsistent performance along with injury issues.
[15][16] Under Vukomanović, on 11 September 2021, Kerala Blasters won their first game of the season in the 2021 Durand Cup match against Indian Navy with a score of 0–3 at full-time.
[17] Vukomanović's first Indian Super League match as the Blasters' manager ended in 4–2 defeat against ATK Mohun Bagan on 19 November.
[26][27] The Blasters unbeaten streak of ten match under Vukomanović ended with their 0–1 defeat over the arch-rivals Bengaluru on 30 January 2022.
[30] Under Vukomanović, the club qualified for the finals of the ISL for the first time in 6 years after defeating Jamshedur FC on an aggregate score of 2–1 from both legs.
[31] Kerala Blasters played Hyderabad in the final on 20 March, which they lost in the penalty shoot-out after the allotted extra time went goalless, as both sides ended the match 1–1 at 120 minutes.
[35] Under Vukomanović's guidance, the Blasters went on an eight match unbeaten-streak and also achieved a five consecutive wins in the league stage for the first time in their history in this season.
[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.
[42] As a consequence of calling-off the players and abandoning the match, Vukomanović was handed a ten-match ban by the All India Football Federation's disciplinary committee from taking part in any AIFF held tournaments along with a fine of rupees five lakhs, and directed him to issue a public apology within a week of issuing the verdict, failing which the fine would be doubled to rupees ten lakhs.
[50] Coming from the winter-breaks, the Blasters played the 2024 Indian Super Cup in January 2024, but was subsequently disqualified after securing just three points in three games from group stage matches.
[52] They finished the regular season with 33 points and ended up 5th in the table,[53] as the Blasters qualified for the league playoffs for the third consecutive time, an accomplishment which was unprecedented in the club's history.
[55] Despite the impressive performance and the contract renewed till 2025, Vukomanović parted ways with club officially on April 2024.