The Kerala Blasters Football Club unveiled their team and jersey for the third Indian Super League (ISL) at a function at Kochi in the presence of their star team owners Sachin Tendulkar, Chiranjeevi and Nagarjuna among others on Wednesday.
Kerala Blasters have made significant changes to the team which has Stephen Coppell, a former Manchester United veteran, as their coach.
The team has an impressive line-up of 27 footballers including star marquee player Aaron Hughes, defender Cedric Hengbart, goalkeeper Graham Stack, Michael Chopra, Azrack Mahamat, Duckens Nazon, Kervens Belfort, Didier Boris Kadio and Elhadji Ousseynou Ndoye.
It has also retained Antonio German and Josue who were impressive last season along with Indian players Sandesh Jhingan, Mehtab Hossain, Sandip Nandy, Mohammad Rafi and Gurwinder Singh for ISL 2016.
(With inputs from PTI)
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