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2014 Atlético de Kolkata season

The 2014 season was Atlético de Kolkata's inaugural season in existence in the Indian Super League. They ended their first season as the champions of the inaugural edition of the competition.

Atlético de Kolkata
2014 season
Head CoachSpain Antonio López Habas
StadiumSalt Lake Stadium
ISLChampions
Top goalscorerEthiopia Fikru Teferra (5 goals)
Highest home attendance65,000 (vs Mumbai City, 12 October 2014)[1]
Lowest home attendance21,550 (vs Pune City, 7 November 2014)[2]
Average home league attendance45,171
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Background edit

In early 2014 it was announced that the All India Football Federation, the national federation for football in India, and IMG-Reliance would be accepting bids for ownership of eight of nine selected cities for the upcoming Indian Super League, an eight-team franchise league modeled along the lines of the Indian Premier League cricket tournament.[3] On 13 April 2014, it was announced that Sourav Ganguly, Harshavardhan Neotia, Sanjiv Goenka, Utsav Parekh, and Spanish La Liga side Atlético Madrid had won the bidding for the Kolkata franchise. Shahrukh Khan also submitted bids for the franchise but lost out[4] The Kolkata franchise turned out to be the most expensive franchise, being purchased for 18 crore.[4]

On 7 May 2014, during an official launch, it was announced that the name of the team would be Atlético de Kolkata.[5] Indian Super League (ISL) Opening Ceremony Match will started with Atlético de Kolkata vs Mumbai City FC which will be the first match.[6]

Signings edit

The first ever signing by the team was made on 3 July 2014, when former Real Madrid midfielder Borja Fernández was signed. He is also the first ever player signing in league history.[7] Then, five days later, on 8 July 2014 it was confirmed that former Liverpool midfielder, Luis García, as their marquee for the 2014 season as well as the signing of Botswana international Ofentse Nato.[8] The club then signed 14 Indian players between 22 July and 23 July during the 2014 ISL Inaugural Domestic Draft.[9] This was followed by 6 foreigners from the Foreign Player Draft.

Atlético de Kolkata then began the month of August by signing Ethiopia international Fikru Teferra.[10] and Spanish Goalkeeper Basilio Sancho Agudo.

In September Atlético signed Bangladesh captain Mamunul Islam.[11]

Foreign signings edit

# Position: Player Last club Date Source
MF   Borja Fernández   Getafe 3 July 2014 [7]
MF   Luis García   Pumas UNAM 8 July 2014 [8]
MF   Ofentse Nato   Bidvest Wits 8 July 2014 [8]
FW   Fikru Teferra   Milano United 11 August 2014 [10]
MF   Mamunul Islam   Dhanmondi Club 5 September 2014 [12]

Drafted domestic players edit

Round Position Player I-League club
1 FW   Cavin Lobo East Bengal
2 DF   Arnab Mondal East Bengal
3 DF   Denzil Franco Churchill Brothers
4 DF   Rakesh Masih Mohammedan
5 MF   Mohammed Rafique East Bengal
6 FW   Mohammed Rafi Mumbai
7 DF   Biswajit Saha Mohun Bagan
8 MF   Sanju Pradhan East Bengal
9 DF   Kingshuk Debnath Mohun Bagan
10 MF   Lester Fernandez Pune
11 GK   Subhasish Roy Chowdhury Dempo
12 FW   Baljit Sahni East Bengal
13 MF   Climax Lawrence Mumbai
14 DF   Nallappan Mohanraj Sporting Goa

Drafted foreign players edit

Round Position Player Last Club
1 MF   Borja Fernández (retained) Getafe
2 MF   Jofre Mateu Girona
3 DF   Josemi Xanthi
4 FW   Arnal Llibert Alcorcon
5 DF   Sylvain Monsoreau Troyes
6 MF   Jakub Podaný Prague
7 GK   Apoula Edel Tel Aviv

Players edit

Player squad edit

As of 19 October 2014

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   IND Subhasish Roy Chowdhury
2 DF   IND Biswajit Saha
3 DF   IND Nallappan Mohanraj
4 DF   IND Kingshuk Debnath
5 DF   IND Arnab Mondal
6 FW   IND Baljit Sahni
7 MF   IND Cavin Lobo
8 MF   ESP Borja Fernández
9 FW   ETH Fikru Teferra
10 MF   ESP Luis García (captain)
11 MF   ESP Jofre Mateu
12 DF   IND Denzil Franco
13 GK   ESP Basilio Sancho
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW   IND Mohammed Rafi
15 MF   IND Sanju Pradhan
16 MF   IND Climax Lawrence
17 DF   ESP Josemi
18 FW   IND Mohammed Rafique
19 MF   BAN Mamunul Islam
20 MF   IND Rakesh Masih
21 MF   CZE Jakub Podaný
22 MF   IND Lester Fernandez
23 MF   BOT Ofentse Nato
24 FW   ESP Arnal Llibert
25 GK   ARM Apoula Edel
26 DF   FRA Sylvain Monsoreau

Technical staff edit

As of October 2014.[13]
Position Name
Head coach   Antonio López Habas
Assistant coach   Jose Ramirez Barreto
Fitness coach   Miguel Martinez

Pre-season and friendlies edit

Atlético de Kolkata trained in Spain in Los Angeles de San Rafael under manager Antonio Lopez Habas.

9 September 2014 Exhibition match Atlético de Kolkata   6 – 0   Gimnástica Segoviana - B Madrid, Spain
19:00 IST Report Stadium: Los Ángeles De San Rafael
11 September 2014 Exhibition match Atlético de Kolkata   6 – 0   Gimnástica Segoviana - B Madrid, Spain
19:00 IST Stadium: Los Ángeles De San Rafael
16 September 2014 Exhibition match Atlético de Kolkata   3 – 0   Unami Madrid, Spain
19:00 IST
18 September 2014 Exhibition match Atlético de Kolkata   2 – 2   Gimnástica Segoviana Madrid, Spain
19:00 IST
23 September 2014 Exhibition match Atlético de Kolkata   0 – 0   Collado Villalba Madrid, Spain
19:00 IST
30 September 2014 Exhibition match Atlético de Kolkata   1 – 0   Chima Okorie XI Kolkata, India
19:00 IST
5 October 2014 Exhibition match Atlético de Kolkata   1 – 3   Pinki Roy XI Kolkata, India
19:00 IST

Competitions edit

Indian Super League edit

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Chennaiyin 14 6 5 3 24 20 +4 23 Advance to ISL Play-offs
2 Goa 14 6 4 4 21 12 +9 22
3 Atlético de Kolkata (C) 14 4 7 3 16 13 +3 19
4 Kerala Blasters 14 5 4 5 9 11 −2 19
5 Delhi Dynamos 14 4 6 4 16 14 +2 18
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) play-off match
(C) Champions

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
9 4 4 1 11 7  +4 16 2 3 1 6 5  +1 2 1 0 5 2  +3

Last updated: 7 November 2014.
Source: Matches

Results by round edit

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ResultWWDWDDLDWLDDLD
Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2014. Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

12 October 2014 1 Atlético de Kolkata 3 – 0 Mumbai City Kolkata
19:00 IST Teferra   27'
Fernández   69'
Llibert   90+3'		 Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Chris Penso
16 October 2014 2 NorthEast United 0 – 2 Atlético de Kolkata Guwahati
19:00 IST Report Teferra   15'
Podaný   90+2'		 Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 25,530
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar
19 October 2014 3 Atlético de Kolkata 1 – 1 Delhi Dynamos Kolkata
16:30 IST Mateu   49' (pen.) Report Pavel Eliáš   73' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 55,793
Referee: Santosh Kumar
23 October 2014 4 FC Goa 1 – 2 Atlético de Kolkata Goa
19:00 IST Santos   21' Report Lobo   72', 84' Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Attendance: 17,343
Referee: Chris Penso
26 October 2014 5 Atlético de Kolkata 1 – 1 Kerala Blasters Kolkata
16:30 IST Sahni   23' Report Hume   41' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
4 November 2014 6 Chennaiyin FC 1 – 1 Atlético de Kolkata Chennai
16:30 IST Elano   90 +3' (pen.) [1] García   35' (pen.) Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai)
Attendance: 24,088
7 November 2014 7 Atlético de Kolkata 1 – 3 Pune Kolkata
16:30 IST Teferra   84' (pen.) [2] Dudu   35'
Kostas   55'
Davide   89'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 21,550
14 November 2014 8 Atlético de Kolkata 0 - 0 Chennaiyin FC Kolkata
19:00IST [3] Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 46,288
Referee: Pratap Singh
18 November 2014 9 Atlético de Kolkata 1 - 0 Northeast United FC Kolkata
19:00IST Luis Garcia   51' [4] Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 37,153
21 November 2014 10 Kerala Blasters 2 - 1 Atlético de Kolkata Kochi
19:00IST Hume   4'
Gusmao   42'		 [5] Teferra   55' Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 57,296
29 November 2014 11 Pune 1 - 1 Atlético de Kolkata Pune
19:00IST [6] Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Stadium
Attendance: 8,342

Player statistics edit

Statistics edit

As of 3 November 2014
No. Pos Nat Player Total ISL
Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   IND Subhasish Roy Chowdhury 3 0 3+0 0
5 DF   IND Arnab Mondal 4 0 4+0 0
2 DF   IND Biswajit Saha 4 0 4+0 0
12 DF   IND Denzil Franco 4 0 4+0 0
4 DF   IND Kingshuk Debnath 0 0 0+0 0
DF   IND Nallappan Mohanraj 0 0 0+0 0
10 MF   ESP Luis García 3 2 3+0 2
23 MF   BOT Ofentse Nato 4 0 4+0 0
MF   IND Climax Lawrence 0 0 0+0 0
22 MF   IND Lester Fernandez 0 0 0+0 0
20 MF   IND Rakesh Masih 1 0 0+1 0
15 MF   IND Sanju Pradhan 4 0 0+4 0
8 MF   ESP Borja Fernández 3 1 3+0 1
MF   BAN Mamunul Islam 0 0 0+0 0
9 FW   ETH Fikru Teferra 4 3 4+0 3
6 FW   IND Baljit Sahni 4 0 4+0 0
7 FW   IND Cavin Lobo 1 2 1+0 2
14 FW   IND Mohammed Rafi 0 0 0+0 0
FW   IND Mohammed Rafique 0 0 0+0 0
25 GK   ARM Apoula Edel 1 0 1+0 0
GK   ESP Basilio Sancho Agudo 0 0 0+0 0
26 DF   FRA Sylvain Monsoreau 1 0 0+1 0
17 DF   ESP Josemi 4 0 4+0 0
11 MF   ESP Jofre Mateu 4 1 4+0 1
21 MF   CZE Jakub Podaný 3 1 1+2 1
24 FW   ESP Arnal Llibert 4 1 0+4 1

Goals edit

As of 4 November 2014

This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rank Player Pos ISL Other Total
1   Cavin Lobo FW 2 0 2
  Fikru Teferra FW 3 0
2   Borja Fernández MF 1 0 1
  Arnal Llibert FW 1 0
  Jakub Podaný MF 1 0
  Jofre Mateu MF 1 0
  Baljit Sahni FW 1 0
  Luis García MF 2 0
Own goals 0 0 0
Total 10 0 10

Discipline edit

N P Nat. Name ISL Others Total Notes
                 
8 MF   Borja Fernández 2 1 2 1
20 MF   Rakesh Masih 1 1 1 1
9 FW   Fikru Tefera 2 2
  [7]
23 MF   Ofentse Nato 1 1
24 FW   Arnal Llibert 1 1
2 DF   Biswajit Saha 1 1
7 FW   Cavin Lobo 1 1

Last updated: 3 November 2014
Source: Matches
Ordered by  ,   and  
  = Number of bookings;   = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;   = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

See also edit

References edit

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  2. ^ "Indian Super League". Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Indian Super League sees interest from 30 franchise bidders". Business Standard. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  4. ^ a b Basu, Saumyajit. "Stars embrace soccer through Indian Super League". Times of India. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Indian Super League football: Sourav Ganguly-backed Atletico de Kolkata launched". NDTV Sports. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  6. ^ "Hero Indian Super League 2014 Schedule". Indian. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  7. ^ a b "Borja Fernández se va a la Superliga india". Lavozde Galicia. Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  8. ^ a b c "Luis Garcia heads to India". FourFourTwo. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  9. ^ Ghoshal, Amoy. "ISL domestic players draft analysis: Atletico de Kolkata". Yahoo News. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  10. ^ a b "Chansa enticed to Indian Super League". Kick-off. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  11. ^ "Atletico sign Mamunul Islam". Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  12. ^ |Atletico de Kolkata sign Bangladesh captain Mamunul Islam
  13. ^ "Squad". Indian Super League. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
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