2018–19 NorthEast United FC season

The 2018–19 NorthEast United FC season was the club's fifth season since its establishment in 2014 and their fifth season in the Indian Super League.

NorthEast United
2018–19 season
OwnerJohn Abraham
Head CoachEelco Schattorie
StadiumIndira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati
ISL4th (semi-finalists)
Super CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Bartholomew Ogbeche (12)
All: Bartholomew Ogbeche (12)
Highest home attendance22,567
Lowest home attendance9,134
Average home league attendance17,656

Players edit

Current squad edit

Squad no. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
13 Rehenesh TP   GK (1993-02-13) 13 February 1993 (age 31)
1 Pawan Kumar   GK (1990-07-01) 1 July 1990 (age 33)
31 Gurmeet Singh   GK (1999-12-03) 3 December 1999 (age 24)
Defenders
2 Janeiler Rivas   CB (1988-05-18) 18 May 1988 (age 35)
12 Reagan Singh   RB / CB (1991-04-01) 1 April 1991 (age 33)
19 Robert Lalthlamuana   LB / RB / LM (1988-09-04) 4 September 1988 (age 35)
5 Provat Lakra   LB / RB (1997-08-12) 12 August 1997 (age 26)
4 Pawan Kumar   CB / RB (1995-05-12) 12 May 1995 (age 28)
16 Gurwinder Singh   CB / DM (1986-04-16) 16 April 1986 (age 38)
20 Keegan Pereira   LB (1987-11-07) 7 November 1987 (age 36)
3 Mislav Komorski   CB / LB / DM (1992-04-17) 17 April 1992 (age 32)
18 Mato Grgić   CB (1987-09-27) 27 September 1987 (age 36)
TBD Shouvik Ghosh   LB (1992-11-05) 5 November 1992 (age 31)
Midfielders
7 Fanai Lalrempuia   CM (1996-05-11) 11 May 1996 (age 27)
9 Federico Gallego   AM / RW / LW (1990-06-13) 13 June 1990 (age 33)
6 José David Leudo   CM (1993-11-09) 9 November 1993 (age 30)
21 Rupert Nongrum   RM / RB / CM (1996-08-21) 21 August 1996 (age 27)
11 Simranjit Singh   RM / CM / RB / CB / DM (1992-01-25) 25 January 1992 (age 32)
32 Lalthathanga Khawlhring   CM / DM (1998-03-30) 30 March 1998 (age 26)
22 Redeem Tlang   RM / RW / AM (1995-02-22) 22 February 1995 (age 29)
14 Rowllin Borges   DM (1992-06-05) 5 June 1992 (age 31)
TBD Seityasen Singh   RM / LM (1992-03-12) 12 March 1992 (age 32)
27 Panagiotis Triadis   LW / SS / RW (1992-09-09) 9 September 1992 (age 31)
23 Nikhil Kadam   RW / LW (1993-06-23) 23 June 1993 (age 30)
Strikers
15 Kivi Zhimomi   CF / SS (1996-05-03) 3 May 1996 (age 28)
8 Girik Khosla   CF / LW / RW (1995-01-04) 4 January 1995 (age 29)
24 Juan Cruz Mascia   CF (1994-01-03) 3 January 1994 (age 30)
10 Bartholomew Ogbeche (C)   CF / LW / RW (1984-10-01) 1 October 1984 (age 39)

Transfers edit

Loan return and Retained players edit

Date Pos. Name From Type Ref.
28 July 2018 MF   Lalthathanga Khawlhring Aizawl F.C. Loan return [1]
21 July 2018 MF   Rowllin Borges Retained [2]
21 July 2018 MF   Rehenesh TP Retained
21 July 2018 MF   Fanai Lalrempuia Retained
21 July 2018 MF   Reagan Singh Retained
9 August 2018 MF   Robert Lalthlamuana Retained [3]

In edit

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No. Pos. Name From Date Type Ref.
TBD MF   Seityasen Singh Delhi Dynamos 1 August 2018 Free [4] [5]
22 MF   Redeem Tlang Shillong Lajong 31 July 2018 Free [6]
23 MF   Nikhil Kadam Mohun Bagan 24 July 2018 Free [7]
1 GK   Pawan Kumar Chennaiyin 25 July 2018 Free [8]
5 DF   Provat Lakra Pathachakra 6 August 2018 Free [9]
16 DF   Gurwinder Singh East Bengal 25 July 2018 Free [10]
4 DF   Pawan Kumar FC Pune City 25 July 2018 Free [11]
15 FW   Kivi Zhimomi Gokulam 24 July 2018 Free [12]
8 FW   Girik Khosla Minerva Punjab 3 August 2018 Free [13]
11 MF   Simranjit Singh Delhi Dynamos 16 August 2018 Free [5]
21 MF   Rupert Nongrum ATK 16 August 2018 Free [14]
10 FW   Bartholomew Ogbeche Willem II 26 August 2018 Free [15]
24 FW   Juan Cruz Mascia Plaza Colonia 27 August 2018 Free [16]
17 MF   Augustine Okrah Al-Hilal 30 August 2018 Free [17]
6 MF   José David Leudo Atlético Huila 29 August 2018 Free [18]
18 DF   Mato Grgić NK Inter Zaprešić 1 September 2018 Free [19]
3  Mislav Komorski
9 MF   Federico Gallego Boston River 5 September 2018 Loan [20]
27 MF   Panagiotis Triadis Apollon Smyrnis 17 January 2019 Free [21]
TBD DF   Shouvik Ghosh Mumbai City FC 18 January 2019 Free [22]

Pre-season and friendlies edit

NorthEast United was rumoured to travel to Sweden for its preseason.[23] The tour was cancelled and the club continued their preparations in India itself playing against teams like I-League champion Minerva Punjab and runner up NEROCA.

3 September 2018 1 NorthEast United 6–0 Guwahati Town Guwahati, Assam
Borges  
Ogbeche
   
Mascia  
Khosla  
Simranjit  
Report
8 September 2018 2 NorthEast United 4–0 Laban S.C. Guwahati, Assam
Ogbeche  
Borges  
Okrah  
Mascia  
Report
15 September 2018 3 NEROCA 1–0 NorthEast United Imphal, Manipur
14:00 Aryn   25' Report Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
21 September 2018 4 Rainbow 0–4 NorthEast United Kolkata, West Bengal
15:30 Report Gallego
  13'
Ogbeche
  16'   21'
Leudo   44'
Stadium: Salt Lake training ground
25 September 2018 5 NorthEast United 1–0 Minerva Punjab Guwahati, Assam
15:00 IST Mascia   71' (p) Report Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
6 October 2018 6 NorthEast United 5–1 Assam Police Blues Guwahati, Assam
15:00 IST Puia    
Mascia  
Khosla  
Okrah  
Report Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
16 November 2018 7 NorthEast United 2-0 Morning Star Guwahati, Assam
15:00 IST Okrah   28'
Khosla   88'
Report Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium

Indian Super League edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
2 Goa 18 10 4 4 36 20 +16 34[a] Advance to ISL Playoffs
3 Mumbai City 18 9 3 6 25 20 +5 30
4 NorthEast United 18 7 8 3 22 18 +4 29
5 Jamshedpur 18 6 9 3 29 21 +8 27
6 ATK 18 6 6 6 18 22 −4 24
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
Notes:
  1. ^ Head-to-head standings: Bengaluru 6 pts, Goa 0 pts.

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
18 7 8 3 22 18  +4 29 2 6 1 9 8  +1 5 2 2 13 10  +3

Last updated: 01 March 2019.
Source: Matches

1st Half: Results by round edit

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GroundHAAHAHHAAHHA
ResultDWWDWLWWDDDL
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

2nd Half: Results by round edit

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GroundHAHAHA
ResultWLDWDD
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

1st Half: Matches edit

1 October 2018 1 NorthEast United 2–2 Goa Guwahati
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Gallego   8'
Bart   53'
Pereira   56'
Tlang   90'
Report Coro   14', 39'
Jahouh   30'
Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 18,321
Referee: R Venkatesh
Man of the Match: Ferran Corominas (Goa)
4 October 2018 2 ATK 0–1 NorthEast United Kolkata
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Halder   9'
Ralte   19'   32'
Johnson   55'
Lanza   76'
Report Leudo   20'
Grgiç   44'
Borges   89'
Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan
Attendance: 19,853
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar
Man of the Match: John Johnson (ATK)
18 October 2018 3 Chennaiyin 3–4 NorthEast United Chennai
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Borges   5' (og)
Thoi   15', 32'
Calderón   82'
Report Gallego   23'
Bart   29', 37', 39'
Borges   54'
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 14,293
Referee: Umesh Bora
Man of the Match: Bartholomew Ogbeche (NEUFC)
25 October 2018 4 NorthEast United 1-1 Jamshedpur Guwahati
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Bart   20'
Borges   29'
Komorski   45'
Tlang   61'
Report Farukh   49' Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 16,992
Referee: R Palmson Moses
Man of the Match: Farukh Choudhary (Jamshedpur)
30 October 2018 5 Delhi Dynamos 0-2 NorthEast United Delhi
20:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Tebar   59'
Kotal   64'
Report Gallego   82'
Bart   90+3'
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 12,342
Referee: Senthil Nathan S
Man of the Match: Federico Gallego (NEUFC)
9 November 2018 6 NorthEast United 0-1 Mumbai City Guwahati
20:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Robert   45'
Grgić   68'
Report Issoko   4'
Goian   9'
Singh   15'
Bose   85'
Mirabaje   90'
Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 13,941
Referee: A Rowan
Man of the Match: Arnold Issoko (MCFC)
23 November 2018 7 NorthEast United 2-1 Kerala Blasters Guwahati
20:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Reagan   39'
Ogbeche   90+3'
Mascia   90+5'
Report Pešić   35'
Poplatnik   73'   88'
Dheeraj   88'
Lalruatthara   90+4'
Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 9,134
Referee: R Gupta
Man of the Match: Sandesh Jhingan (KBFC)
27 November 2018 8 Pune City 0-2 NorthEast United Pune
20:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Marcelinho   55'
Ashutosh Mehta   61'
Sahil Panwar   90'
Report Bartholomew Ogbeche   23'
Provat Lakra   75'
Mascia   90+1'
Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
Attendance: 2,941
Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari
Man of the Match: Federico Gallego (NEUFC)
1 December 2018 9 Jamshedpur 0-0 NorthEast United Jamshedpur
20:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Report Mislav Komorski   42'
Redeem Tlang   45'
Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex
Attendance: 21,847
Referee: R Venkatesh
Man of the Match: José David Leudo (NEUFC)
5 December 2018 10 NorthEast United 1-1 Bengaluru Guwahati
20:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Federico Gallego   64'
Bartholomew Ogbeche   71'
Report Gurpreet Singh Sandhu   66'
Chencho Gyeltshen   90+2'
Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 12,371
Referee: Coimbatore Ramaswamy Srikrishna
Man of the Match: Chencho Gyeltshen (Bengaluru)
8 December 2018 11 NorthEast United 0-0 ATK Guwahati
20:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Reagan Singh   72' Report Ankit Mukherjee   10' Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 10,231
Referee: Crystal John
Man of the Match: José David Leudo (NEUFC)
14 December 2018 12 Goa 5-1 NorthEast United Goa
20:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Ferran Corominas   59', 84'
Edu Bedia   69'
Hugo Boumous   71'
Miguel Palanca   90+1'
Report Robert Lalthlamuana   24'
Reagan Singh   34'
Rowllin Borges   43'
Bartholomew Ogbeche   90'
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Attendance: 17,385
Referee: Coimbatore Ramaswamy Srikrishna
Man of the Match: Ferran Corominas (FC Goa)

2nd Half: Matches edit

26 January 2019 13 NorthEast United 1-0 Chennaiyin Guwahati
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Komorski   12'
Ogbeche   87'
Report Orlandi   6' Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 8,563
Referee: Mb Santhosh Kumar
Man of the Match: Bartholomew Ogbeche (NEUFC)
30 January 2019 14 Bengaluru 2-1 NorthEast United Bengaluru
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Komorski   14' (og)
Chencho   71'
Bheke   74'
Report Grgić   28'
Leudo   45'
Gallego   60'
Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium
Attendance: 11,970
Referee: Coimbatore Ramaswamy Srikrishna
Man of the Match: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (Bengaluru)
7 February 2019 15 NorthEast United 1-1 Delhi Dynamos Guwahati
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Robert   61'
Ogbeche   71' (pen)
Report Tebar   67'
Gianni   90'
Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 6,873
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee
Man of the Match: Panagiotis Triadis (NEUFC)
13 February 2019 16 Mumbai City 0-2 NorthEast United Mumbai
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Bastos   45'
Rafique   45'
Milan   69'
Report Borges   4'
Ogbeche   33'
Ogbeche   37'
Leudo   56'
Gallego   81'
Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena
Attendance: 3,627
Referee: Adham Mohammad Tumah Makhadmeh
Man of the Match: Rowllin Borges (NEUFC)
20 February 2019 17 NorthEast United 1-1 Pune City Guwahati
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Gurwinder Singh   22'
Borges   47'
José David Leudo   88'
José David Leudo   89'
Mato Grgić   90'
Report Martín Díaz   53'
Adil Khan   54'
Adil Khan   69'
Sahil Panwar   90'
Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 11,473
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar
Man of the Match: Rowllin Borges (NEUFC)
1 March 2019 18 Kerala Blasters 0-0 NorthEast United Kochi
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Jhingan   32'
Prasanth   84'
Report Gurwinder   23' Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru
Attendance: 6,651
Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta
Man of the Match: Lalthathanga Khawlhring (NEUFC)

Semi-finals edit

Leg-1 edit

7 March 2019 1 NorthEast United 2-1 Bengaluru Guwahati
20:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Tlang   20'   61'
Mascia (P)   90+4'
Report Miku   41'
Xisco   82'
Khabra   90'
Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 21,768
Referee: Mb Santhosh Kumar
Man of the Match: Jose Leudo (NEUFC)

Leg-2 edit

11 March 2019 2 Bengaluru 3-0
(Agg 4-2)
NorthEast United Bengaluru
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Bheke   63'
Miku   72'
Dimas   79'   87'
Luisma   86'
Chhetri   90'
Report Tlang   90' Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium
Attendance: 21,636
Referee: Hamad Ali Yousef Abdulla Alali
Man of the Match: Miku (Bengaluru)

Indian Super Cup edit

Round of 16 edit

April 2019 1 NorthEast United Walkover NEROCA Bhubaneswar, Odisha
20:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Stadium: Kalinga Stadium

Quarter-finals edit

April 2019 2 NorthEast United 1-2 Chennaiyin Bhubaneswar, Odisha
20:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Borges   9' Report Mailson   33'
Thapa   40'
Stadium: Kalinga Stadium

Management edit

As of 17 August 2018.

Position Name
Head Coach   Eelco Schattorie[24]
Assistant Coach   Shaun Ontong
Goalkeeping Coach   Joseph Sidy
Technical Advisor   Avram Grant[25]
Strength and conditioning coach   Mauro André Claro Martins
Physiotherapist   Arvind Yadav

Squad statistics edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Indian Super League Indian Super Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   IND Pawan Kumar 16 0 15+1 0 0 0
2 DF   COL Janeiler Rivas 5 0 3+1 0 1 0
4 DF   IND Pawan Kumar 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF   IND Provat Lakra 6 0 2+4 0 0 0
6 MF   COL José David Leudo 20 0 19 0 1 0
7 MF   IND Fanai Lalrempuia 2 0 2 0 0 0
8 FW   IND Girik Khosla 2 0 1 0 0+1 0
9 MF   URU Federico Gallego 20 4 20 4 0 0
10 FW   NGA Bartholomew Ogbeche 18 12 18 12 0 0
11 DF   IND Simranjit Singh 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 MF   IND Reagan Singh 19 0 17+1 0 1 0
13 GK   IND Rehenesh TP 5 0 5 0 0 0
14 MF   IND Rowllin Borges 20 5 19 4 1 1
16 DF   IND Gurwinder Singh 12 0 5+7 0 0 0
18 DF   CRO Mato Grgić 20 0 19 0 1 0
19 DF   IND Robert Lalthlamuana 14 0 13+1 0 0 0
20 DF   IND Keegan Pereira 15 0 5+9 0 0+1 0
21 MF   IND Rupert Nongrum 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 MF   IND Redeem Tlang 19 1 17+2 1 0 0
23 MF   IND Nikhil Kadam 13 0 4+8 0 1 0
24 FW   URU Juan Cruz Mascia 16 3 7+8 3 1 0
27 MF   GRE Panagiotis Triadis 8 0 5+2 0 1 0
31 GK   IND Gurmeet 1 0 0 0 1 0
32 MF   IND Lalthathanga Khawlhring 21 0 13+7 0 1 0
- MF   IND Seityasen Singh 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 DF   IND Shouvik Ghosh 3 0 1+1 0 1 0
Players who left NorthEast United during the season:
3 DF   CRO Mislav Komorski (Injury) 10 0 10 0 0 0
15 FW   IND Kivi Zhimomi (on loan at TRAU F.C.) 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF   GHA Augustine Okrah (Injury) 4 0 0+4 0 0 0

Top scorers edit

Rnk No. Nation Player Pos Indian Super League Indian Super Cup Total
1 10   Bartholomew Ogbeche FW 12 0 12
2 9   Federico Gallego MF 4 0 4
3 14   Rowllin Borges MF 4 1 5
4 24   Juan Cruz Mascia MF 3 0 3
5 22   Redeem Tlang MF 1 0 1
Totals 24 1 25

Disciplinary record edit

No. Nation Player Pos Yellow Card Red Card
20   Keegan Pereira DF 1 0
19   Robert Lalthlamuana DF 3 0
12   Reagan Singh DF 3 0
14   Rowllin Borges MF 2 0
22   Redeem Tlang MF 5 0
9   Federico Gallego MF 2 0
5   Provat Lakra DF 1 0
6   José David Leudo MF 4 1
6   Bartholomew Ogbeche FW 2 0
18   Mislav Komorski DF 2 1
18   Mato Grgić DF 4 0
16   Gurwinder Singh DF 1 1
Totals 30 3

References edit

  1. ^ "Khawlhring returns from loan". Retrieved 28 July 2018 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "4 players retained by Neufc". Retrieved 21 July 2018 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ "Robert extends contract with neufc". Retrieved 9 August 2018 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ "Seityasen back to Northeast United". Retrieved 1 August 2018 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ a b "Domestic signings announced". Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Neufc signed Redeem". Retrieved 31 July 2018 – via Twitter.
  7. ^ "Northeast United signs Nikhil Kadam". Retrieved 24 July 2018 – via Twitter.
  8. ^ "Neufc signs chennaiyin's custodian". Retrieved 25 July 2018 – via Twitter.
  9. ^ "Provat Lakra signed". Retrieved 6 August 2018 – via Twitter.
  10. ^ "Gurwinder Singh to Neufc". Retrieved 25 July 2018 – via Twitter.
  11. ^ "Neufc signs FC Pune City defender". Retrieved 25 July 2018 – via Twitter.
  12. ^ "Kivi, first Naga signed by neufc". Retrieved 24 July 2018 – via Twitter.
  13. ^ "Girik Khosla to Neufc". Retrieved 3 August 2018 – via Twitter.
  14. ^ "Rupert to Neufc". Retrieved 16 August 2018 – via Twitter.
  15. ^ "Ogbeche Signed". Retrieved 26 August 2018 – via Twitter.
  16. ^ "Ogbeche Signed". Retrieved 27 August 2018 – via Twitter.
  17. ^ "Okrah Signed". Retrieved 30 August 2018 – via Twitter.
  18. ^ "Neufc Signed Leudo". Retrieved 29 August 2018 – via Twitter.
  19. ^ "Neufc Signed Croatian duo from Inter Zapresic". Retrieved 1 September 2018 – via Twitter.
  20. ^ "Twitter". Retrieved 5 September 2018 – via Twitter.
  21. ^ "Twitter". Retrieved 17 January 2019 – via Twitter.
  22. ^ "Twitter". Retrieved 18 January 2019 – via Twitter.
  23. ^ "NorthEast likely to travel to Sweden for preseason". goal.com.
  24. ^ "Eelco Head Coach of Northeast United". Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  25. ^ "Grant appointed back as advisor". neufc.com. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.