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2019–20 Gokulam Kerala FC season

The 2019–20 season was Gokulam Kerala's third season since its establishment in 2017 and their third season in the I-League. Gokulam Kerala was also involved in the Durand Cup, Sheikh Kamal Cup.

Gokulam Kerala
2019–20 season
ChairmanGokulam Gopalan
Head CoachSantiago Valera
StadiumEMS Stadium
I-League2nd
Durand CupChampions
Top goalscorerLeague: Marcus Joseph
(7 goals)
All: Marcus Joseph
(19)

Squad information edit

First-team squad edit

As of 28 November 2019[1]

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 Ubaid CK
2 DF   IND Naocha singh
3 DF   IND Ashok Singh
4 DF   AFG Zohib Islam Amiri
5 DF   TRI Andre Ettienne
6 DF   IND Mohammed Irshad (vice-captain)
8 MF   TRI Nathaniel Garcia
10 FW   TRI Marcus Joseph (captain)
11 FW   RWA Atuheire Kipson
12 MF   IND Muhammed Rashid
13 DF   IND Dharmaraj Ravanan
14 FW   IND Malemngamba Meitei
15 DF   IND Mohamed Salah
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW   IND Salman K
18 DF   IND Wungngayam Muirang
21 GK   IND Vicky
22 MF   IND Shibil Muhammed
23 MF   IND Nicholas Fernandes
24 DF   IND Jestin George
25 DF   IND Mayakannan
27 DF   IND Sebastian Thangmuansang
29 FW   IND Lalromawia
30 FW   IND Rajesh S
31 FW   UGA Henry Kisekka
32 FW   IND Jithin MS
33 GK   IND Ajmal PA
40 FW   IND Rahul KP

other contracts edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
6 MF   IND Shameel
7 MF   IND Sanathoi singh
9 FW   IND Shihad Nelliparamban
11 MF   IND Thahir Zaman
19 MF   IND Ganesan
27 DF   IND Jasim
28 FW   GHA Charles Teiko Folley
- DF   IND Safwan
- DF   IND Febin
- MF   IND Alphin
- MF   IND Mahin
- FW   IND Safeer
No. Pos. Nation Player
2 MF   IND Pritam Singh
— MF   IND Emil Benny

Transfers and loans edit

Transfers in edit

Entry date Position No. Player From club Fee Ref.
27 June 2019 MF 14   Malemngamba Meitei   NEROCA FC none [2]
29 June 2019 MF 30   Lalromawia   Chhinga Veng FC none [3]
3 July 2019 GK —   Lalit Thapa   NEROCA FC none [4]
5 July 2019 DF 03   Ashok Singh   NEROCA FC none [3]
10 July 2019 LB 15   Mohamed Salah   Sports Academy Tirur none [3]
11 July 2019 DF —   Alex Saji   Kerala Blasters FC Reserves none [3]
20 July 2019 MF 11   Bruno Pelissari   Votuporanguense none [5]
21 July 2019 FW 31   Henry Kisekka   Mohun Bagan none
31 July 2019 DF 19   Sebastian Thangmuansang   NEROCA FC none
1 August 2019 GK 01   Ubaid CK   East Bengal none [6]
6 August 2019 MF -   Myron Mendes   Bengaluru FC none [7]
6 August 2019 DF 02   Naocha singh   NEROCA FC none
6 August 2019 DF -   Sanju G Academy none
6 August 2019 MF 23   Shibil Muhammed Academy none
6 August 2019 FW 07   Rahul KP Academy none
6 August 2019 GK 44   Vigneswaran Bhaskaran Academy none
6 August 2019 GK 33   Satyajit Bordoloi Academy none
20 August 2019 MF —   Lalmuanzova   Chhinga Veng FC none
20 August 2019 FW —   Lalliansanga   Chhinga Veng FC none
18 September 2019 DF 08   Dharmaraj Ravanan   Real Kashmir none [8]
1 October 2019 MF 22   Nathaniel Garcia   Point Fortin none [9]
2 November 2019 DF 18   Zohib Islam Amiri   New Radiant S.C. none [10]
16 November 2019 FW   Jithin MS   Kerala Blasters none
10 February 2020 FW   Atuheire Kipson   Nagaworld FC none

Transfers out edit

Exit date Position No. Player To club Fee Ref.
1 March 2019 MF 08   Guilherme Batata   PSS Sleman None
3 June 2019 FW 09   Suhair VP   Mohun Bagan None [11]
3 July 2019 GK 42   Shibinraj Kunniyil   Kerala Blasters FC Undisclosed [12]
3 July 2019 MF 21   Imran Khan   FC Goa Loan return [13]
3 July 2019 RB 21   Mehtab Singh   East Bengal Loan return
20 July 2019 FW 27   Ejiogu Emmanual   Aryan None
20 July 2019 DF 03   Deepak Kumar None
31 July 2019 MF 15   Arjun Jayaraj   Kerala Blasters FC Undisclosed [14]
19 August 2019 FW -   Christian Saba   Mohammedan None
3 September 2019 DF 14   Abhishek Das   TRAU None [15]
4 September 2019 DF 05   Daniel Addo   BSS Sporting Club None
17 September 2019 FW 17   Gani Ahamed Nigam   Hyderabad FC None
2 November 2019 MF 11  Fabien Vorbe None
27 November 2019 DF   Jishnu Balakrishnan   Chennai City FC None
27 November 2019 GK 29   Arnab Das Sharma   None
27 November 2019 DF 30   Monotosh Chakladar   Peerless Loan Return
27 November 2019 FW 46   Rohit Mirza   Chennai City FC None
27 November 2019 MF 11   Bruno Pelissari

Pre-season edit

21 September 2019   Gokulam Kerala 0-1   Kerala football team Kozhikode
16:00 Nasar Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium
27 September 2019   Mumbai City 1-1   Gokulam Kerala Mumbai
18:00 Machado   40' Joseph   67' Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena,
1 October 2019   Bengaluru 1-3   Gokulam Kerala Bellary
09:00 Lewis  
Stadium: JSW Township
8 October 2019   Chennaiyin 1-1   Gokulam Kerala Chennai
Crivellaro   Ettienne   Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium,
12 October 2019   Gokulam Kerala 1-1   Sports Academy Tirur Malappuram
16:00 Kisekka     Stadium: Kottappadi Football Stadium,
16 October 2019   Jamshedpur 2-0   Gokulam Kerala Jamshedpur
07.00 Jairu  
Castel  		 Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex

Competitions edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Cancelled

Overview edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
I League 30 November 2019 TBD Matchday 1 - 11 5 2 4 14 13 +1 045.45
Durand Cup 8 August 2019 24 August 2019 Group Stage Champions 5 4 1 0 14 3 +11 080.00
Sheikh Kamal Cup 19 October 2019 28 October 2019 Group Stage Semi Final 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 050.00
Super Cup TBD TBD - 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 20 11 4 5 35 20 +15 055.00

Last updated: 12 February 2020 (2020-02-12).
Source: Competitions

I-league edit

Main article: 2019–20 I-League

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
3 Punjab 16 5 8 3 23 21 +2 23
4 Real Kashmir 15 6 4 5 16 14 +2 22
5 Gokulam Kerala 15 6 4 5 20 19 +1 22
6 TRAU 17 6 4 7 17 27 −10 22
7 Chennai City 15 5 5 5 20 21 −1 20
Source: I-league, RSSSF
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


Result 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
3 2 0 1 4 3  +1 6 1 0 0 2 1  +1 1 0 1 2 2  0

Results by round edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920
GroundHAAAHAAAHHHAAHHAHAAH
ResultWW✖LDLWLWDLWLDDW
Position223556464463
Updated to match(es) played on 2 February 2020. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

30.11.2019 1 Gokulam Kerala 2–1 NEROCA Kozhikode
19.00 IST Henry Kisekka  43'Marcus Joseph  49' Taryk sampson   88' Stadium: Kozhikode EMS Stadium
Attendance: 31,184
06.12.2019 2 Indian Arrows 0-1 Gokulam Kerala Vasco da Gama, Goa
17.00 IST Henry Kisekka  49' Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
Attendance: 1,217
TBD Real Kashmir postponed Gokulam Kerala Srinagar
14.00 IST Stadium: TRC Turf Ground
16.12.2019 4 Mohun Bagan 2-1 Gokulam Kerala Kalyani
17.00 IST
Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Attendance: 14,137
04.01.2020 5 Gokulam Kerala 1–1 Aizawl Kozhikode
19.00 IST Collapse bled Stadium: Kozhikode EMS Stadium
Attendance: 13,351
09.01.2020 6 Gokulam Kerala 2-3 Chennai City Kozhikode
19.00 IST Stadium: Kozhikode EMS Stadium
Attendance: 19,000
15.01.2020 7 Quess East Bengal 1-3 Gokulam Kerala Kalyani
17.00 IST Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Attendance: 9,232
18.01.2020 8 Punjab 3–1 Gokulam Kerala Chandigarh
17.00 IST Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium
26.01.2020 9 Gokulam Kerala 1–0 Churchill Brothers Kozhikode
19.00 IST Marcus Joseph  38' Stadium: Kozhikode EMS Stadium
Attendance: 21,346
02.02.2020 10 Gokulam Kerala 1–1 TRAU Kozhikode
19.00 IST Stadium: Kozhikode EMS Stadium
Attendance: 10,135
08.02.2020 11 Gokulam Kerala 0-1 Real Kashmir Kozhikode
19.00 IST Stadium: Kozhikode EMS Stadium
Attendance: 15,184
12.02.2020 12 Chennai City 0-1 Gokulam Kerala Coimbatore
19.00 IST Marcus Joseph  79' Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 4237
21.02.2020 13 NEROCA 3-2 Gokulam Kerala Imphal
17.00 IST Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
29.02.2020 14 Gokulam Kerala 1-1 Punjab Kozhikode
19.00 IST Stadium: Kozhikode EMS Stadium
Man of the Match: D
03.03.2020 15 Gokulam Kerala 1-1 Quess East Bengal Kozhikode
19.00 IST Stadium: Kozhikode EMS Stadium
08.03.2020 16 Churchill Brothers 1-2 Gokulam Kerala Margao
17.00 IST Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
15.03.2020 17 Gokulam Kerala –cancelled Indian Arrows Kozhikode
19.00 IST Stadium: Kozhikode EMS Stadium
20.03.2020 18 TRAU –cancelled Gokulam Kerala Imphal
17.00 IST Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
05.04.2020 19 Aizawl –cancelled Gokulam Kerala Aizawl
14.00 IST Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium
TBD 20 Gokulam Kerala –cancelled Mohun Bagan Kozhikode
19.00 IST Stadium: Kozhikode EMS Stadium

Attendances edit

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Gokulam Kerala 110,200 31,183 10,135 18,366 +23.9%†

Durand Cup edit

Main article: 2019 Durand Cup

Group stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Gokulam Kerala 3 3 0 0 11 1 +10 9 Knockout stage
2 Indian Air Force 3 1 1 1 1 3 −2 4
3 TRAU 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
4 Chennaiyin 3 0 2 1 0 4 −4 2
Updated to match(es) played on 18 August 2019. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
8 August 2019 Gokulam Kerala 4–0 Chennaiyin Howrah
15:00
Report Stadium: Howrah Stadium,
14 August 2019 Indian Air Force 0–3 Gokulam Kerala Howrah
15:00
  • Joseph   43', 87'
  • Shibil   56'
 Stadium: Howrah Stadium,
18 August 2019 TRAU 1-4 Gokulam Kerala Howrah
15:00
Stadium: Howrah Stadium,

Semi-final edit

21 August 2019 East Bengal 1-1
(2–3 p)		 Gokulam Kerala Kolkata
15.00
Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan,
Attendance: 18,162
Referee: Tejas Narvenkar
Penalties

Final edit

24 August 2019 Mohun Bagan 1–2 Gokulam Kerala Kolkata
17:00
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium,

Sheikh Kamal Cup edit

Main article: 2019 Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup

The tournament is being organised by Chittagong Abahoni, a club based in Chittagong, and the Bangladesh Football Federation. Gokulam are in group 'B' along with the Bangladesh premiere league champions Bashundhara Kings, I League champions Chennai City FC and Malaysian club Terengganu Football Club.

The tournament has started on 19 October. Only the group winners and runners up will proceed to the knockout round.[16]

Group stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Terengganu F.C. 3 2 1 0 9 5 +4 7 Advance to Semi-Finals
2   Gokulam Kerala F.C. 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7
3   Bashundhara Kings 3 1 0 2 6 9 −3 3
4   Chennai City FC 3 0 0 3 5 10 −5 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored;
22 October 2019 Bashundhara Kings   1-3   Gokulam Kerala F.C. Chittagong, Bangladesh
19:00 Motin   74' Henry   25', 46'
Garcia   31'		 Stadium: M. A. Aziz Stadium
Referee: Shraban Kurnar Tamang (Nepal)
24 October 2019 Terengganu F.C.   0-0   Gokulam Kerala F.C. Chittagong, Bangladesh
19:00 Stadium: M. A. Aziz Stadium
Referee: Murad Alzawahreh (Jordan)
26 October 2019 Gokulam Kerala F.C.   2−0   Chennai City FC Chittagong, Bangladesh
16:00
Report Stadium: M. A. Aziz Stadium
Referee: Jalal Uddin (Bangladesh)

Semi-finals edit

28 October 2019 Chittagong Abahani   3–2 (a.e.t.)   Gokulam Kerala F.C. Chittagong, Bangladesh
19:00
  • Brossou   47', 90'
  • Chinedu   105'
 Report
Stadium: M. A. Aziz Stadium
Referee: Murad Alzawahreh (Jordan)

Current technical staff edit

As of 15 April 2018.
Position Name
Head Coach   Fernando Andres Santiago Valera[17]
Technical Director   Bino George[18]
Goalkeeping Coach   Fysal K Bappu
Fitness and conditioning Coach   Djair Miranda Garcia
Academy Manager   Joel Richard Williams[19]

Statistics edit

As of 02 Februaryt 2020.

Squad appearances and goals edit

No. Pos. Nat. Name 2019 Durand Cup Sheikh Kamal Cup I-League Super Cup Total
Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts
01 GK   Ubaid CK 4 4 4 4 6 6 0 0 14 14
02 LB   Naocha Singh 5 5 4 4 9 9 0 0 18 18
03 DF   Ashok Singh 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
04 DF   Zohib Islam Amiri - - - - 6 5 0 0 6 5
05 DF   Andre Ettienne 5 5 4 4 8 8 0 0 17 17
06 DF   Mohammed Irshad 5 5 4 4 8 8 0 0 17 17
08 MF   Nathaniel Garcia - - 3 3 9 8 0 0 12 11
10 FW   Marcus Joseph 5 5 3 1 9 9 0 0 17 15
12 MF   Muhammed Rashid 3 3 4 4 4 4 0 0 11 11
13 DF   Dharmaraj Ravanan - - 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 3
14 FW   Malemngamba Meitei 4 4 0 0 5 2 0 0 9 6
15 DF   Mohamed Salah 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 6 1
16 FW   Salman K - - 1 0 2 2 0 0 3 2
18 DF   Wungngayam Muirang - - 2 0 4 4 0 0 6 4
21 GK   Vignash Bhaskaran 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
22 MF   Shibil Muhammed 4 4 - - 5 1 0 0 9 5
23 MF   Nicholas Fernandes - - - - 1 0 0 0 1 0
24 DF   Jestin George 4 4 1 1 7 6 0 0 12 11
25 MF   Mayakkannan 1 1 4 4 6 5 0 0 11 10
27 DF   Sebastian Thangmuansang 4 4 4 4 8 8 0 0 16 16
29 FW   Lalromawia 3 2 4 3 8 1 0 0 15 6
31 FW   Henry Kisekka 3 3 4 4 9 9 0 0 18 18
32 FW   Jithin MS - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 FW   Rahul KP 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
DF   Alex Saji - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   Bijesh Balan 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
MF   Myron Mendes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF   Sanju G 1 1 - - 0 0 0 0 1 1
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
11 MF   Bruno Pelissari 5 0 - - - - 0 0 5 0

Squad statistics edit

I-League Super Cup Total

Goal Scorers edit

Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name Durand Cup I League Indian Super Cup Sheikh Kamal Cup Total
1 10 FW   Marcus Joseph 11 6 0 1 18
2 31 FW   Henry Kisekka 1 5 0 4 10
3 23 MF   Shibil Muhammed 1 2 0 0 3
05 DF   Andre Ettienne 1 0 0 0 1
22 MF   Nathaniel Garcia 0 0 0 1 1
30 MF   Lalromawia 0 0 0 1 1
Own Goals 0 1 0 0 1
Total 14 14 0 7 35

Clean sheets edit

No. Nation Name Durand Cup Sheikh Kamal Cup I-League Super Cup Total
1   Ubaid CK 2 2 3 0 7
44   Vigneswaran Bhaskaran 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 2 2 2 0 7

Disciplinary record edit

No. Pos. Nation Name I-League Super Cup Total
                 
5 DF   Andre Ettienne 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
2 DF   Naocha singh 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
4 DF   Zohib Islam Amiri 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
6 DF   Mohammed Irshad 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
8 MF   Nathaniel Garcia 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
10 FW   Marcus Joseph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
12 MF   Muhammed Rashid 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
14 FW   Malemngamba Meitei 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
21 GK   Vicky 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
25 MF   Mayakannan 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
DF   Wungngayam Muirang 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
TOTAL 17 2 1 0 0 0 17 2 1

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "9 Keralites in Gokulam Kerala FC squad for Durand Cup". Mathrubhumi.
  2. ^ mullick, sounak (28 June 2019). "Indian football transfers: Gokulam FC sign playmaker Malamngamba Meitei from NEROCA FC". www.sportskeeda.com.
  3. ^ a b c d "Gokulam Kerala sign Brazilian Bruno Pelissari". www.outlookindia.com/.
  4. ^ "Gokulam Kerala FC sign goalkeeper Lalit Thapa from NEROCA!". 8 July 2019.
  5. ^ Kumar, P. K. Ajith. "Gokulam Kerala signs Bruno Pelissari". Sportstar.
  6. ^ "Gokulam Kerala rope in goalkeepers duo CK Ubaid & Vigneshwaran Bhaskaran". August 2019.
  7. ^ @GokulamKeralaFC (6 August 2019). "Durand Cup Squad" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ https://www.google.com/url=dharmaraj-ravanan-gokulam-kerala-real-kashmir-player-transfer-i-league [dead link]
  9. ^ Kumar, P. K. Ajith. "Gokulam Kerala FC signs Trinidad & Tobago player Nathaniel Garcia". Sportstar.
  10. ^ "Gokulam sign ex-Afghan skipper Amiri | Football News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  11. ^ mullick, sounak (4 June 2019). "Mohun Bagan transfers: 'Mariners' rope in Debjit Majumder, Suhair VP, new physical trainer and goalkeeping coach". www.sportskeeda.com.
  12. ^ "Shibin Raj joins Kerala Blasters | Football News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  13. ^ mullick, sounak (20 June 2019). "Indian Football Transfers: Mohun Bagan rope in former FC Goa midfielder Imran Khan". www.sportskeeda.com.
  14. ^ "Kerala Blasters sign Arjun Jayaraj from Gokulam Kerala | Football News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  15. ^ mullick, sounak (4 September 2019). "Indian football transfers: I-League debutants TRAU FC sign eight footballers including four foreigners". www.sportskeeda.com.
  16. ^ "Gokulam Kerala FC Join Mohun Bagan, Chennai City FC in Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup". News18. 20 October 2019.
  17. ^ https://www.goal.com/en/news/i-league-gokulam-kerala-india-fernando-varela-head-coach [dead link]
  18. ^ "Bino George replaces Fernando Santiago as Gokulam Kerala head coach". 28 September 2018.
  19. ^ Prasad, Aashin. "Joel Williams - The 'brains' behind dreaming big". Sportstar.

External links edit

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