2017–18 Mohun Bagan FC season

The 2017–18 Mohun Bagan FC season was the club's 11th season in I-League and 128th season since its establishment in 1889. They finished 3rd in the I-League and runners-up in the Calcutta Football League. Mohun Bagan reached the semifinals of the Super Cup where they were defeated by Bengaluru.

Mohun Bagan
2017–18 season
PresidentSwapan Sadhan Bose
Head coachSanjoy Sen (until 2 January 2018)
Sankarlal Chakraborty (from 3 January 2018)
StadiumMohun Bagan Ground
Salt Lake Stadium
I-League3rd
Calcutta Football LeagueRunners-up
Super CupSemi-finalist
Top goalscorerAser Pierrick Dipanda (17 goals)
Highest home attendance64,360
Lowest home attendance5,384
Average home league attendance17,258

Sanjoy Sen resigned as the coach of Mohun Bagan on 2 January 2018 following three home draws and a defeat against Chennai City placing the team in 4th position, virtually ending their title hopes.[1] Shankarlal Chakraborthy was appointed as head coach for the remainder of the season.[2]

Their title hopes however did stay intact till the last fixture of the season where they could have won the title had other results gone in their favour, but it was not to be and Minerva Punjab ultimately clinched the title. Although the 2017–18 season was not an ideal season for the club after a loss of form and change of coach midway through the season along with injuries to important players like Sony Norde and Yuta Kinowaki, they did manage to win both the home and away fixtures against arch rivals East Bengal.

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As of 3 December 2017

Sponsors Type Sponsor's Name
Sponsor
Co-Sponsor M.P Birla Cement, Nilkamal, Floral, Ripley
Kit Sponsor Shiv Naresh

Players

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Current squad

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As of March 2018.

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 Sankar Roy
2 DF   IND Debabrata Roy
3 DF   NGA Kingsley Obumneme
4 DF   IND Kingshuk Debnath
6 DF   IND Ricky Lallawmawma
7 MF   IND Chesterpoul Lyngdoh
8 MF   IND Sourav Das
9 FW   CMR Aser Pierrick Dipanda
11 FW     NEP Bimal Gharti Magar
12 MF   JPN Yuta Kinowaki
13 DF   LBN Akram Moghrabi
14 DF   IND Arijit Bagui
15 DF   IND Abhishek Das
16 DF   IND Rana Gharami
17 MF   IND Surchandra Singh
19 FW   IND Naro Hari Shrestha
21 MF   AUS Cameron Watson
22 GK   IND Shilton Paul
23 MF   IND Nikhil Kadam
25 DF   IND Bikramjeet Singh
26 MF   IND Shilton D'Silva
27 MF   IND Pintu Mahata
28 DF   IND Gurjinder Kumar
29 MF   IND Raynier Fernandes
31 GK   IND Soram Anganba
35 FW   IND Azharuddin Mallick
36 MF   IND Dipendu Dowary
37 MF   IND Beikhokhei Beingaichho
42 GK   IND Shibinraj Kunniyil
45 FW   IND Manandeep Singh
47 MF   IND Sheikh Faiaz

Competitions

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Calcutta Football League

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I-League

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Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Minerva Punjab (C) 18 11 2 5 24 16 +8 35 Qualification to 2019 AFC Champions League qualifier
2 NEROCA 18 9 5 4 20 13 +7 32
3 Mohun Bagan 18 8 7 3 28 14 +14 31
4 East Bengal 18 8 7 3 32 19 +13 31
5 Aizawl 18 6 6 6 21 18 +3 24
Source: i-league.org
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) drawing of lots
(C) Champions

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718
GroundAHHHHHHHHAAAAHAAAA
ResultDWWDDDLWLWDWDLWWWD
Position631234434443444433
Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2018. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures & results

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25 November 2017 1 Minerva Punjab 1–1 Mohun Bagan Ludhiana
17:30 IST Moinuddin  89' Report Sony Norde   43'
Gurjinder Kumar   55'
Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium
Attendance: 5,995
Referee: Umesh Bora
Man of the Match: Sony Norde (Mohun Bagan AC)
3 December 2017 2 Mohun Bagan 1–0 East Bengal Kolkata
14:00 IST Aser Pierrick Dipanda   34'
Kingsley Obumneme  39'
Ricky Lallawmawma   45'
Report Mehtab Singh   14'
Gurwinder Singh   37'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 64360
Referee: C. R. Srikrishna
Man of the Match: Kingsley Obumneme (Mohun Bagan AC)
10 December 2017 3 Mohun Bagan 5–0 Churchill Brothers Kolkata
14:00 IST Ansumana Kromah   23'
Shilton D'Silva   27'
Aser Pierrick Dipanda   34', 46'
Sk.Faiaz   49'
Sony Norde   84'
Report Karthik Govindswamy   21'
Precious Emuejeraye   26'
Denchandra Meitei   68'
Peter Omoduemuke   89'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 11,894
Referee: Venkatesh R
Man of the Match: Aser Pierrick Dipanda (Mohun Bagan AC)
14 December 2017 4 Mohun Bagan 1–1 Shillong Lajong Kolkata
14:00 IST Aser Pierrick Dipanda   12' (pen)
Shilton D'Silva   43'
Kingsley Obumneme  55'   73'
Report Rakesh Pradhan   12'
Daniel Odafin   35'
Hardy Nongbri   54'
Samuel Lalmuanpuia   72' (pen)
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 9,882
Referee: Rabichandra Singh Irengbam
Man of the Match: Sheikh Faiaz (Mohun Bagan AC)
19 December 2017 5 Mohun Bagan 0–0 NEROCA Kolkata
17:30 IST Report Ngasepam Tondonba   90+4' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 7,722
Referee: Rowan Arumugham
Man of the Match: Rana Gharami (Mohun Bagan AC)
29 December 2017 6 Mohun Bagan 1-1 Indian Arrows Kolkata
14:00 IST Aser Pierrick Dipanda   27' (pen)
Manandeep Singh   71'
Report Anwar Ali   6'
Rahul Praveen   33'
Amarjit Singh Kiyam   50'   65'
Jitendra Singh   90'
Stadium: Mohun Bagan Ground
Attendance: 14,718
Referee: Tejas Visvasrao Nagvenkar
Man of the Match: D Singh (Indian Arrows)
2 January 2018 7 Mohun Bagan 1-2 Chennai City Kolkata
17:30 IST Ansumana Kromah   36' (pen)
Abhishek Das   57'
Nikhil Kadam   76'
Manandeep Singh   82'
Report Jean-Michel Joachim   5'
Michael Soosairaj   62'
Edwin Sydney Vanspaul   62'
Venyamin Shumeyko   71'
Tarif Akhand   76'
Stadium: Mohun Bagan Ground
Attendance: 18,316
Referee: Santhosh Kumar Bhaskaran
Man of the Match: Murilo de Almeida (Chennai City FC)
7 January 2018 8 Mohun Bagan 2-0 Aizawl Kolkata
14:00 IST Ricky Lallawmawma   19'
Masih Saighani   54' (o.g.)
Aser Pierrick Dipanda   75'
Kingsley Obumneme   81'
Raynier Fernandes   81'
Report William Lalnunfela   40'
Kareem Omolaja   49'
Lalthathanga Khawlhring   88'
Lalramhmunmawia   90+1'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 5,785
Referee: Ajitkumar Meitei Lairenlakpam
Man of the Match: Aser Pierrick Dipanda (Mohun Bagan AC)
10 January 2018 9 Mohun Bagan 1-2 Minerva Punjab Kolkata
17:30 IST Kingshuk Debnath   45+1'
Cameron Watson   75'
Kingsley Obumneme   90+4'
Report Chencho Gyeltshen   23', 30'
Kassim Aidara   26'
William Opoku   45+1'
Rakshit Dagar   90+5'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 5,384
Referee: Umesh Bora
Man of the Match: Chencho Gyeltshen (Minerva Punjab FC)
21 January 2018 10 East Bengal 0-2 Mohun Bagan Kolkata
14:00 IST Armand Bazzie   18' Report Dicka   2', 35'
Kingshuk Debnath   17'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 52,951
Referee: C. R. Srikrishna
Man of the Match: Aser Pierrick Dipanda (Mohun Bagan AC)
25 January 2018 11 Aizawl 1-1 Mohun Bagan Aizawl
14:00 IST Yugo Kobayashi   1'
Lalthathanga Khawlhring   73'
C Lalrosanga   85'
Alfred Jaryan   89'
Report Manandeep Singh   56'  77' (pen.)
Raynier Fernandes   85'
Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium (Aizawl)
Attendance: 3,272
Referee: Senthil Nathan
Man of the Match: Leonce Dodoz Zikahi (Aizawl FC)
3 February 2018 12 Shillong Lajong 0-3 Mohun Bagan Shillong
17:30 IST Report Aser Pierrick Dipanda   30'
Akram Moghrabi   86'
Sheikh Faiaz   89'
Arijit Bagui   90+1'
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Shillong)
Attendance: 4,700
Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta
Man of the Match: Akram Moghrabi (Mohun Bagan AC)
7 February 2018 13 Chennai City 0-0 Mohun Bagan Coimbatore
17:30 IST Tarif Akhand   39'
Edwin Sydney Vanspaul   81'   84'
Kabir Thaufiq   90+9'
Report Kingsley Obumneme   47' Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Coimbatore)
Attendance: 7,680
Referee: Akash Jackson Routh
Man of the Match: Jean-Michel Joachim (Chennai City FC)
12 February 2018 14 Mohun Bagan 1-2 Gokulam Kerala Kolkata
14:00 IST Nikhil Kadam   16'
Aser Pierrick Dipanda   73'  78'
Report Mahmood Al-Ajmi   76'
Henry Kisekka   90'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 4,360
Referee: R Palmson Moses Raj
Man of the Match: Aser Pierrick Dipanda (Mohun Bagan AC)
18 February 2018 15 NEROCA 2-3 Mohun Bagan Imphal
14:00 IST Subhash Singh   16'
Felix Chidi Odili   24'
Varney Kallon   33'
Aryn Williams   58'
Report Aser Pierrick Dipanda   21' (pen.), 30'
Akram Moghrabi   38'  45+1'
Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: 20,428
Referee: Crystal John
Man of the Match: Subhash Singh (NEROCA FC)
27 February 2018 16 Indian Arrows 0-2 Mohun Bagan New Delhi
17:30 IST Deepak Tangri   45+2' Report Aser Pierrick Dipanda   26'
Akram Moghrabi   41'
Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
Attendance: 2,743
Referee: Velu Dhayalamani
Man of the Match: Aser Pierrick Dipanda (Mohun Bagan AC)
3 March 2018 17 Churchill Brothers 1-2 Mohun Bagan Vasco da Gama
17:30 IST Israil Gurung   64'
Monday Osagie   74'
Report Nikhil Kadam   54'
Aser Pierrick Dipanda   62'
Akram Moghrabi   76'
Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
Attendance: 3,173
Referee: Om Prakash Thakur
Man of the Match: Nikhil Kadam (Mohun Bagan AC)
8 March 2018 18 Gokulam Kerala 1-1 Mohun Bagan Kozhikode
15:00 IST Henry Kisekka   45+1'  64'
Mohamed Irshad   50'
Daniel Ashley Addo   77'
Mahmood Al-Ajmi   84'
Report Aser Pierrick Dipanda   26'
Nikhil Kadam   84'
Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium
Attendance: 9,572
Referee: Ramaswamy Srikrishna Coimbatore
Man of the Match: Nikhil Bernard (Gokulam Kerala FC)

Super Cup

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Round of 16

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1 April 2018 Churchill Brothers 1–2 Mohun Bagan Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
20:00 IST Plaza   30' Report Dicka   45+3' (pen.), 70' Attendance: 8,120
Referee: Venkatesh R

Quarter final

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11 April 2018 Mohun Bagan 3–1 Shillong Lajong Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
16:00 IST Faiaz   12' Kadam   22' Moghrabi   59' Report
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Santosh Kumar

Semi final

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17 April 2018 Mohun Bagan 2–4 Bengaluru Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
16:00 IST
Report
Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar

Player statistics

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Goal scorers

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No. Pos. Nat. Player Goal(s) Appearance(s)
9 FW   Aser Pierrick Dipanda 17 21
13 FW   Akram Moghrabi 5 12
47 MF   Sheikh Faiaz 3 21
3 DF   Kingsley Obumneme 2 20
10 MF   Sony Norde 2 4
23 MF   Nikhil Kadam 2 19
45 FW   Mandeep Singh 1 3

Last updated: 17 April 2018.
Source: Competitions

Technical staff

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Position Name
Chief coach   Sankarlal Chakraborty
Assistant coach
Goalkeeping coach   Arpan Dey
Physical Trainer   Samiran Bag
Physiotherapist   Abhinandan Chatterjee
Club Doctor   Dr. Protim Roy
Team Manager   Satyajit Chatterjee

Last updated: 9 March 2018
Source: mohunbaganac.com

Awards

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Player

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No. Player Award Tournament Source
22   Shilton Paul Best Goalkeeper of the Tournament
9   Aser Pierrick Dipanda Highest Scorer of the Tournament

References

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  1. ^ "'I did not have the mentality to continue' - Sanjoy Sen". 2 January 2018.
  2. ^ "I-LEAGUE 2017-18: MOHUN BAGAN APPOINT SHANKARLAL CHAKRABORTY AS HEAD COACH". 2 January 2018.
  3. ^ "I-League 2017-18: Minerva Punjab presented with winners' trophy; NEROCA's Gift Raikhan named season's best coach". firstpost.com. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.