2018–19 FC Pune City season

The 2018–19 FC Pune City season is the club's fifth season since its establishment in 2014 and their fifth season in the Indian Super League. This was the club's last season in the Indian Super League.[1]

FC Pune City
2018–19 season
ManagerEngland Phil Brown
StadiumBalewadi Sports Complex
ISL7th of 10
Super CupRound of 16

Background edit

Transfers edit

Contract Extension edit

No. Position Player Date Ref
9 FW   Emiliano Alfaro 11 June 2018 [2]
10 FW   Marcelinho 13 June 2018 [3]
5 MF   Adil Khan 25 June 2018 [4]
17 MF   Rohit Kumar 29 June 2018 [5]
20 FW   Diego Carlos 4 July 2018 [6]
15 MF   Marko Stanković 4 July 2018 [6]
3 DF   Gurtej Singh 19 July 2018 [7]
1 GK   Kamaljit Singh 19 July 2018 [7]
31 DF   Lalchhuanmawia 19 July 2018 [7]

In edit

No. Position Player Previous club Transfer fee Date Ref
11 MF   Gabriel Fernandes East Bengal Free agent 9 July 2018 [8]
16 MF   Shankar Sampingiraj ATK Free agent 9 July 2018 [8]
FW  Robin Singh ATK Free agent 23 July 2018 [9]
27 MF   Nikhil Poojari East Bengal Free agent 26 July 2018 [10]
MF   Alwyn George Bengaluru FC Free agent 26 July 2018 [10]
32 DF   Keenan Almeida Chennaiyin Free agent 30 July 2018 [11]
FW   Iain Hume Kerala Blasters Free agent 2 August 2018 [12]
21 DF   Martín Díaz NorthEast United Free agent 17 August 2018 [13]
DF   Matt Mills  Barnsley Free agent 21 August 2018 [14]
MF   Jonathan Vila  Recreativo Free agent 23 August 2018 [15]
DF   Ashutosh Mehta   ATK Free agent 23 August 2018 [16]

Out edit

No. Position Player Outgoing club Ref
19 MF   Kean Lewis   Bengaluru FC [17]
7 MF   Jonatan Lucca   C.F. Os Belenenses [18]
DF   Sebastian Thangmuansang   NEROCA [19]
4 MF   Rafa   CF Rayo Majadahonda
6 MF   Marcos Tébar   Delhi Dynamos [20]
11 FW   Ajay Singh   Gokulam Kerala
23 FW   Jewel Raja   Mohammedan
21 DF   Lolo unattached

Pre-season and friendlies edit

FC Pune City kicked -off their pre-season preparations by participating in the second edition of the AWES Cup in Goa from 29 August 2018.

In the last edition of AWES Cup, FC Pune City Reserves squad went up to semifinals before losing to Dempo Sports Club 1–0. But this time around, the club has decided to participate in the event with their entire first team squad. FC Pune City is placed along with Dempo SC, Salgaocar FC and FC Goa in Group A. [21]

29 August 2018 AWES Cup 2018 Salgaocar 2–0 FC Pune City Vasco da Gama, Goa, India
16:00 IST
  • Ronaldo Olivera   23'
  • Devendra Murgaokar   60'
Report Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
30 August 2018 Friendly[22] Indian Arrows 1–1 FC Pune City Old Goa, India
15:30 IST Source Stadium: Dempo S.C. training ground
6 September 2018 AWES Cup 2018 FC Pune City 3–3[23] FC Goa(R) Vasco da Gama, Goa, India
16:00 IST Report
  • Hayden Fernandes   ?'
  • Opa Ralte   ?', ?' [24]
Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
9 September 2018 AWES Cup 2018 Dempo 3–1 FC Pune City Vasco da Gama, Goa, India
16:00 IST
Report
  • Jakob Vanlalhimpuia  
Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
16 September 2018 Friendly[25] Churchill Brothers 1–2 FC Pune City Old Goa, India
Report Stadium: Dempo S.C. training ground
17 September 2018 Friendly Gokulam Kerala 2–3 FC Pune City Old Goa, India
Report Stadium: Dempo S.C. training ground
26 September 2018 Friendly Pune City FC 1–1 Chennai City
IST   Report

Players edit

As of 31 August 2018

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total ISL Super Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   IND Kamaljit Singh 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 GK   IND Vishal Kaith 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 GK   IND Anuj Kumar 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
18 DF   IND Ashutosh Mehta 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF   IND Gurtej Singh 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 DF   IND Sahil Panwar 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF   ENG Matt Mills 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 DF   IND Sarthak Golui 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF   IND Nim Dorjee Tamang 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DF   IND Lalchhuanmawia 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 DF   URU Martín Díaz 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   IND Keenan Almeida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
6 MF   ESP Jonathan Vila 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF   IND Shankar Sampingiraj 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 MF   IND Rohit Kumar 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 MF   IND Adil Khan 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 MF   AUT Marko Stanković 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF   IND Abhishek Halder 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 MF   IND Alwyn George 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 MF   IND Nikhil Poojari 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   IND Abhijit Sarkar 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
23 FW   IND Robin Singh 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 FW   BRA Marcelinho 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 FW   BRA Diego Carlos 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 FW   IND Jakob Vanlalhimpuia 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   IND Gabriel Fernandes 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   CAN Iain Hume 0 0 0 0 0 0

Competitions edit

Indian Super League edit

Table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5 Jamshedpur 18 6 9 3 29 21 +8 27
6 ATK 18 6 6 6 18 22 −4 24
7 Pune City 18 6 4 8 24 30 −6 22
8 Delhi Dynamos 18 4 6 8 23 27 −4 18
9 Kerala Blasters 18 2 9 7 18 28 −10 15
Source: Indian Super League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair play ranking; 6) drawing of lots

Matches edit

League stage edit

22 October 2018 3 FC Pune City 0–3 Bengaluru FC Pune
19:30 IST
Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
Attendance: 8,193
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee
Man of the Match: Sunil Chhetri (Bengaluru FC)

Technical staff edit

Position Name
Manager   Phil Brown
Assistant Coach   Gonzalo Yarza
Technical Director   Pradyum Reddy
Assistant Coach TBD
Goalkeeping Coach   Ali Uzunhasanoglu
Team Physiotherapists TBD
  Sumedh Desai
Team Doctor  
Team Operations Manager   Ankur Paliwal
Team Masseur   Ramkishan Singh
Kit Manager  
Youth Team – Head Coach   Anshul Katiyar
Youth Team – Assistant Coach  

References edit

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