2019–20 Hyderabad FC season

The 2019–20 Hyderabad FC season was the first ever competitive season in the club's history and the inaugural season in the Indian Super League.[4]

Hyderabad
2019–20 season
Head coachPhil Brown
(until 10 January 2020)[1]
Mehrajuddin Wadoo (interim,
until 16 January 2020)[2]
Xavier Gurri Lopez (interim,
from 24 January 2020)[3]
StadiumG.M.C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium
Indian Super League10th
Top goalscorerLeague: Marcelinho (7)
All: Marcelinho (7)
Highest home attendance12,114
(vs. Kerala Blasters, 2 November 2019, ISL)
Lowest home attendance3,000
(vs. Chennaiyin, 10 January 2020, ISL)
Average home league attendance7,299
Biggest win5–1
(vs. NorthEast United, 20 February 2020, ISL)
Biggest defeat0–5
(vs. ATK, 25 October 2019, ISL)
All statistics correct as of 20 February 2020.

Background edit

The Hyderabad FC replaced the FC Pune City in 2019 and will debut in the 2019–20 Indian Super League season. FC Pune City was dissolved after the 2018–19 season due to prolonged financial and technical troubles. The franchise was taken over by Vijay Madduri, a Hyderabad based entrepreneur, and Varun Tripuraneni, the former CEO of the Kerala Blasters. The owners decided to move the franchise to their home city of Hyderabad.[5] The club was announced on 27 August 2019.[4] The Hyderabad FC will be the first club from Hyderabad to feature in the Indian Super League.[5]

The club officially unveiled their logo on 21 September and the home jersey for their maiden season on 29 September.[6][7] The Hyderabad FC will play their home matches at G.M.C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium which has a capacity of 30,000.[8][9]

Kits edit

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Home
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Away

Management team edit

Role Name
Head Coach   Xavier Gurri Lopez
Assistant Coach   Mehrajuddin Wadoo
Head Performance Analyst   Joy Gabriel

Players edit

No. Name Nationality Position Date of Birth Signed Year Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1 Kamaljit Singh   GK (1995-12-28)28 December 1995 (aged 23) 2019   Pune City
33 Laxmikant Kattimani   GK (1989-05-03)3 May 1989 (aged 30) 2019   FC Goa
40 Kunzang Bhutia   GK (1994-01-03)3 January 1994 (aged 25) 2020   Churchill Brothers
Defenders
3 Sahil Panwar   DF (1999-12-15)15 December 1999 (aged 19) 2019   Pune City
4 Rafa   DF (1985-04-09)9 April 1985 (aged 34) 2019   Rayo Majadahonda
5 Adil Khan   DF (1988-07-07)7 July 1988 (aged 31) 2019   Pune City
6 Matthew Kilgallon   DF (1984-01-08)8 January 1984 (aged 35) 2019   Hamilton Academical
13 Gurtej Singh   DF (1989-12-18)18 December 1989 (aged 29) 2019   Pune City
25 Dimple Bhagat   DF (1998-12-12)12 December 1998 (aged 20) 2019   Gokulam Kerala
36 Souvik Chakrabarti   DF (1991-07-12)12 July 1991 (aged 28) 2020   Mumbai City
44 Ashish Rai   DF (1999-02-02)2 February 1999 (aged 20) 2019   Pune City
Midfielders
8 Sahil Tavora   MF (1995-10-19)19 October 1995 (aged 24) 2019   Mumbai City
11 Abhishek Halder   MF (1999-10-05)5 October 1999 (aged 20) 2019   Pune City
12 Deependra Negi   MF (1998-11-20)20 November 1998 (aged 20) 2019   Kerala Blasters
14 Néstor Gordillo   MF (1989-08-22)22 August 1989 (aged 30) 2019   Chennai City
15 Marko Stanković   MF (1986-02-17)17 February 1986 (aged 33) 2019   Pune City
16 Shankar Sampingiraj   MF (1994-12-14)14 December 1994 (aged 24) 2019   Pune City
19 Rohit Kumar   MF (1997-04-01)1 April 1997 (aged 22) 2019   Pune City
20 Ajay Chhetri   MF (1999-07-01)1 July 1999 (aged 20) 2020   Bengaluru
22 Ghani Ahmmed Nigam   MF (1988-05-01)1 May 1988 (aged 31) 2019   Gokulam Kerala
26 Hitesh Sharma   MF (1997-12-25)25 December 1997 (aged 21) 2020   ATK
27 Nikhil Poojari   MF (1995-09-03)3 September 1995 (aged 24) 2019   Pune City
32 Mohammad Yasir   MF (1998-04-14)14 April 1998 (aged 21) 2019   Pune City
Forwards
7 Giles Barnes   FW (1988-08-05)5 August 1988 (aged 31) 2019   Colorado Rapids
9 Bobô   FW (1985-01-09)9 January 1985 (aged 34) 2019   Alanyaspor
10 Marcelinho (C)   FW (1987-07-05)5 July 1987 (aged 32) 2019   Pune City
28 Liston Colaco   FW (1998-11-12)12 November 1998 (aged 20) 2020   Goa

Last updated: 4 February 2020.
Source: Indian Super League

New contracts edit

No. Position Player Date Until Source
5 DF   Adil Khan 23 January 2020 31 May 2023 [10]
11 DF   Abhishek Halder 28 January 2020 31 May 2022 [11][12]
32 MF   Mohammad Yasir 17 February 2020 31 May 2023 [13]
44 DF   Ashish Rai 17 February 2020 31 May 2023 [13]
27 MF   Nikhil Poojari 20 April 2020 31 May 2023 [14]
25 DF   Dimple Bhagat 2 May 2020 31 May 2022 [12]
33 GK   Laxmikant Kattimani 30 May 2020 31 May 2021 [15]

Transfers edit

In edit

No. Pos. Player From Date Until Fee Source
Winter
28 FW   Liston Colaco   Goa 14 January 2020 31 May 2022 Free transfer [16][17][18]
40 GK   Kunzang Bhutia   Churchill Brothers 14 January 2020 Free transfer [19]
36 DF   Souvik Chakrabarti   Mumbai City 28 January 2020 31 May 2023 Free transfer [20][21][22]
26 MF   Hitesh Sharma   ATK 31 January 2020 31 May 2021 Free transfer [23]

Loan in edit

No. Pos. Player From Date Until Fee Source
Winter
20 MF   Ajay Chhetri   Bengaluru 7 January 2020 31 May 2020 Undisclosed [24][25]

Loan out edit

No. Pos. Player To Date Until Fee Source
Winter
34 DF   Tarif Akhand   Chennai City 5 January 2020 31 May 2020 Undisclosed [26][27]
DF   Abhash Thapa   East Bengal 8 January 2020 31 May 2020 Undisclosed [28]
21 GK   Anuj Kumar   Indian Arrows 14 January 2020 31 May 2020 Undisclosed [19][29]
17 MF   Laldanmawia Ralte   Real Kashmir 31 January 2020 31 May 2020 Undisclosed [30]
23 FW   Robin Singh   Real Kashmir 31 January 2020 31 May 2020 Undisclosed [29][30]
DF   Keenan Almeida   Mumbai City 31 January 2020 31 May 2020 Undisclosed [29][31]

Pre-season and friendlies edit

The Hyderabad FC played a pre-season friendly against an I-League club Real Kashmir FC on 4 October 2019. They drew the match 1–1 with Laldanmawia Ralte scoring the solitary goal for the Hyderabad.[32] The hat-trick from Robin Singh in their next friendly guided the Hyderabad to a 4–2 win over the Velsao with Rafa scoring the fourth goal.[33] The Hyderabad ended their pre-season tour on a winning note as Robin's brace and goal apiece from Marcelinho and Abhishek Halder helped them defeat the Minerva Punjab 4–0 in their last friendly match on 18 October.[34]

4 October 2019 Friendly Hyderabad 1–1 Real Kashmir Goa
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9 October 2019 Friendly Hyderabad 4–2 Velsao Goa
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18 October 2019 Friendly Hyderabad 4–0 Minerva Punjab Goa
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Competitions edit

Indian Super League edit

Phil Brown was appointed as the head coach of the Hyderabad FC who previously managed FC Pune City. He hired Neil McDonald and Mehrajuddin Wadoo as his assistant coaches and Aidan Davison as the goalkeeping coach.[35][36][37]

The Hyderabad FC announced their squad on 8 October for their first competitive season.[38] Despite being named in the squad, Néstor Gordillo will not be available until late December owing to the ban handed to him by All India Football Federation (AIFF).[39][40]

The Hyderabad FC made their debut in the Indian Super League against the ATK in an away match at Kolkata on 25 October.[41] The Hyderabad registered their heaviest defeat of the debut season in their first ever competitive match with a 5-0 loss against the ATK.[42]

On 2 November, the Hyderabad came from behind to register a 2-1 win against the Kerala Blasters. This was their first ever competitive win in their third match of this season.[43]

On 11 January, after loss against the Chennaiyin and after losing nine out of twelve league games, manager Phil Brown was sacked by Hyderabad.[44][45] The current assistant coach, Wadoo, took charge as interim head coach.[2] Former Bengaluru coach Albert Roca was appointed Hyderabad new head coach on two season deal starting from 2020–21 season while taking up the advisory role to the new coaching staff for the remainder of the season.[46][47] On 23 January, Roca appointed Xavier Gurri Lopez as the interim coach until the end of the season.[3]

On 20 February, the Hyderabad finished the league stage with a 5-1 win against the NorthEast United which also snapped their 14-match win-less streak and recorded their first away win in any competition.[48] They ended their campaign with a last place finish as they registered two wins and four draws in 18 matches in their debut season and were eventually not qualified for the playoff stage.

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
6 Odisha 18 7 4 7 28 31 −3 25
7 Kerala Blasters 18 4 7 7 29 32 −3 19
8 Jamshedpur 18 4 6 8 22 35 −13 18
9 NorthEast United 18 2 8 8 16 30 −14 14
10 Hyderabad 18 2 4 12 21 39 −18 10
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
  1. ^
    Note 1: Originally, Mohun Bagan, the 2019–20 I-League champions (they were already assured of the title before the league was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India), would qualify as India 2 (2021 AFC Cup group stage), and ATK, the 2019–20 Indian Super League playoffs winners, would qualify as India 3 (2021 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs).[49] However, ATK owners KGSPL ceased their football operation and bought majority stakes in Mohun Bagan FC (India) Private Limited and rebranded Mohun Bagan football team as ATK Mohun Bagan FC from the 2020–21 Indian Super League season which qualified as India 2 in 2021 AFC club competition. The All India Football Federation decided that Bengaluru FC, the 2019–20 Indian Super League regular season 3rd place (behind FC Goa, which qualified for the 2021 AFC Champions League, and ATK), will qualify as India 3.[50]

Results by matchday edit

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ResultLLWLLDLLDLLLLDLLDW
Position1010991010101010101010101010101010
Updated to match(es) played on 20 February 2020. Source: soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures edit

League stage
25 October 2019 (2019-10-25) 1 ATK 5–0 Hyderabad Kolkata
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Williams   25', 44'
Krishna   27'
Soosairaj   81'
García   88', 90+4'
Report Panwar   42'
R Singh   60'
Marcelinho   87'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 26,240
Referee: Bora
Man of the Match: Williams (ATK)
29 October 2019 (2019-10-29) 2 Jamshedpur 3–1 Hyderabad Jamshedpur
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Choudhary   34'
Jadhav   62'
Castel   75'
Report Stanković   12'
Marcelinho   45+1'
Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex
Attendance: 20,539
Referee: Nagvenkar
Man of the Match: Choudhary (Jamshedpur)
2 November 2019 (2019-11-02) 3 Hyderabad 2–1 Kerala Blasters Hyderabad
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Halder   45+1'
Stanković   54' (pen.)   65'
G Singh   78'
Marcelinho   81'   83'
Report Rahul   34'
Gning   80'
Rodrigues   90+1'
Stadium: G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 12,114
Referee: Venkatesh
Man of the Match: Marcelinho (Hyderabad)
6 November 2019 (2019-11-06) 4 Hyderabad 0–1 NorthEast United Hyderabad
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) G Singh   13'
Halder   76'
Sampingiraj   85'
Kilgallon   89'
K Singh   90+5'
Report Vaz   85'
Barreiro   86' (pen.)
Singh   90+2'
Chowdhury   90+4'
Stadium: G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 8,190
Referee: Thakur
Man of the Match: Barreiro (NorthEast)
25 November 2019 (2019-11-25) 5 Chennaiyin 2–1 Hyderabad Chennai
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Thapa   48'
Firțulescu   84'
Schembri   90+2'   90+2'
Valskis   90+6'   90+7'
Report Bobô   61'
G Singh   84'
Kilgallon   90+5'
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Metei
Man of the Match: Thapa (Chennaiyin)
29 November 2019 (2019-11-29) 6 Hyderabad 1–1 Bengaluru Hyderabad
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Yasir   27'
Panwar   56'
Marcelinho   60'
G Singh   82'
R Singh   87'   90+2'
Report Chhetri   2'
Serrán   37'
Paartalu   47'
Delgado   59'
Stadium: G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 8,172
Referee: Metei
Man of the Match: R Singh (Hyderabad)
8 December 2019 (2019-12-08) 7 Hyderabad 0–1 Goa Hyderabad
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) K Singh   41'
Marcelinho   76'
Report Fernandes   49'
Singh   50'
Singh   68'
Nawaz   73'
Boumous   90+1'
Stadium: G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 6,123
Referee: Baksi
Man of the Match: Singh (Goa)
11 December 2019 (2019-12-11) 8 Odisha 3–2 Hyderabad Pune
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Rai   11'   64'
Delgado   27'
Hernández   41'
Sarangi   55'
Guedes   71' (pen.)
Tébar   90+2'
Report Bobô   65' (pen.)
R Kumar   89'
Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Alkhudhayr
Man of the Match: Mawihmingthanga (Odisha)
21 December 2019 (2019-12-21) 9 Hyderabad 2–2 ATK Hyderabad
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Barnes   9'
Bobô   39', 85'
R Singh   86'
Khan   89'
Report Krishna   15' (pen.), 90'
Rathi   45+2'
Singh   64'
Stadium: G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Senthil
Man of the Match: Bobô (Hyderabad)
29 December 2019 (2019-12-29) 10 Mumbai City 2–1 Hyderabad Mumbai
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Sougou   6', 78'
Golui   24'   68'
Chaudhari   51'
Kevyn   70'
Carlos   77'
Report Bobô   81' Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: C. R. Srikrishna
Man of the Match: Sougou (Mumbai)
5 January 2020 (2020-01-05) 11 Kerala Blasters 5–1 Hyderabad Kochi
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Ogbeche   33', 74'
Drobarov   39'
Bouli   45'   45+1'
Zuiverloon   58'
Singh   59'
Samad   87'
Report Bobô   14'
Stanković   44'
Halder   62'
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 9,856
Referee: John
Man of the Match: Ogbeche (Kerala)
10 January 2020 (2020-01-10) 12 Hyderabad 1–3 Chennaiyin Hyderabad
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Stanković   17'
Marcelinho   88'   90+1'
Report Crivellaro   40'
Valskis   43', 65'
Singh   51'
Stadium: G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Baksi
Man of the Match: Valskis (Chennaiyin)
15 January 2020 (2020-01-15) 13 Hyderabad 1–2 Odisha Hyderabad
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Marcelinho   1'
Bhagat   15'   45+2'
Report Santana   15', 45+4'
Rai   42'
Hernández   49'
Dorronsoro   90+2'
Stadium: G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Venkatesh
Man of the Match: Santana (Odisha)
24 January 2020 (2020-01-24) 14 Hyderabad 1–1 Mumbai City Hyderabad
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Poojari   42'
Stanković   90+4' (pen.)
Report Das   34'
Larbi   43' (pen.)
Kevyn   73'
Chaudhari   78'
Stadium: G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Sherzod
Man of the Match: Khan (Hyderabad)
30 January 2020 (2020-01-30) 15 Bengaluru 1–0 Hyderabad Bengaluru
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Kumar   7'   25'
Delgado   27'
Khabra   28'
Juanan   78'
Report Barnes   45+2'
Yasir   59'
Khan   70'
Kilgallon   90+4'
Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium
Attendance: 9,834
Referee: Nagvenkar
Man of the Match: Kumar (Bengaluru)
5 February 2020 (2020-02-05) 16 Goa 4–1 Hyderabad Margao
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Boumous   19', 50'
Jahouh   63'
Coro   68', 87' (pen.)
Report Rai   23'
Marcelinho   64'
Kilgallon   66'
Chakrabarti   85'
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Attendance: 10,212
Referee: Gupta
Man of the Match: Boumous (Goa)
12 February 2020 (2020-02-12) 17 Hyderabad 1–1 Jamshedpur Hyderabad
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Gordillo   39'
Marcelinho   81'
Halder   90'
Panwar   90+5'
Stanković   90+6'
Report Amin   45'
Passi   90+3'   90+6'
Stadium: G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Saha
Man of the Match: Colaco (Hyderabad)
20 February 2020 (2020-02-20) 18 NorthEast United 1–5 Hyderabad Guwahati
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Keogh   35'
Gallego   58'
Cháves   78'
Nongrum   90+3'
Report Colaco   4', 40'
Marcelinho   13', 88'
Poojari   33'
Panwar   45+2'
Yasir   55'
Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Referee: Mondal
Man of the Match: Colaco (Hyderabad)

Player statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos. Player ISL
Apps Goals
1 GK   Kamaljit Singh 12 0
3 DF   Sahil Panwar 9 (3) 0
4 DF   Rafa 6 0
5 DF   Adil Khan 14 0
6 DF   Matthew Kilgallon 17 1
7 FW   Giles Barnes 5 (7) 0
8 MF   Sahil Tavora 1 (1) 0
9 FW   Bobô 13 5
10 FW   Marcelinho 17 7
11 MF   Abhishek Halder 3 (5) 0
12 MF   Deependra Negi 0 0
13 DF   Gurtej Singh 11 (2) 0
14 MF   Néstor Gordillo 7 (2) 1
15 MF   Marko Stanković 13 (2) 2
16 MF   Shankar Sampingiraj 3 (2) 0
19 MF   Rohit Kumar 8 (1) 1
20 MF   Ajay Chhetri 0 (2) 0
22 MF   Ghani Ahmmed Nigam 1 (4) 0
25 DF   Dimple Bhagat 1 (1) 0
26 MF   Hitesh Sharma 0 0
27 MF   Nikhil Poojari 18 0
28 FW   Liston Colaco 2 (2) 2
32 MF   Mohammad Yasir 10 (5) 1
33 GK   Laxmikant Kattimani 6 0
36 DF   Souvik Chakrabarti 2 (1) 0
40 GK   Kunzang Bhutia 0 0
44 DF   Ashish Rai 11 (3) 0
Players have left the club
17 MF   Laldanmawia Ralte 3 (2) 0
21 GK   Anuj Kumar 0 0
23 FW   Robin Singh 5 (4) 1
34 DF   Tarif Akhand 0 (1) 0
DF   Keenan Almeida 0 0
DF   Abhash Thapa 0 0

Last updated: 20 February 2020.
Source: Competitions

Top scorers edit

Rank No. Pos Player ISL
1 10 FW   Marcelinho 7
2 9 FW   Bobô 5
3 15 MF   Marko Stanković 2
28 FW   Liston Colaco
5 6 DF   Matthew Kilgallon 1
14 MF   Néstor Gordillo
19 MF   Rohit Kumar
23 FW   Robin Singh
32 MF   Mohammad Yasir
Own goals 0
Total 21

Last updated: 20 February 2020.
Source: Competitions

Top assists edit

Rank No. Pos Player ISL
1 10 FW   Marcelinho 2
2 11 MF   Abhishek Halder 1
13 MF   Gurtej Singh
14 MF   Néstor Gordillo
15 MF   Marko Stanković
19 MF   Rohit Kumar
44 DF   Ashish Rai
Total 8

Last updated: 20 February 2020.
Source: Competitions

Clean sheets edit

Rank No. Pos Player ISL
Total 0

Last updated: 20 February 2020.
Source: Competitions

Discipline edit

No. Pos Player ISL
       
1 GK   Kamaljit Singh 2 0 0
3 DF   Sahil Panwar 3 0 1
5 DF   Adil Khan 2 0 0
6 DF   Matthew Kilgallon 3 0 0
7 FW   Giles Barnes 2 0 0
9 FW   Bobô 1 0 0
10 FW   Marcelinho 6 0 0
11 MF   Abhishek Halder 4 0 0
13 DF   Gurtej Singh 4 0 0
15 MF   Marko Stanković 5 0 0
16 MF   Shankar Sampingiraj 1 0 0
23 FW   Robin Singh 3 0 0
25 DF   Dimple Bhagat 0 1 0
27 MF   Nikhil Poojari 2 0 0
32 MF   Mohammad Yasir 2 0 0
36 DF   Souvik Chakrabarti 1 0 0
44 DF   Ashish Rai 1 0 0
TOTALS 42 1 1

Last updated: 20 February 2020.
Source: Competitions

Summary edit

Competition P W D L GF GA CS        
Indian Super League 18 2 4 12 21 39 0 42 1 1

Last updated: 20 February 2020.
Source: Competitions

Awards edit

No. Pos. Player Award Source
10 FW   Marcelinho ISL Fans' Goal of the Week (Week 3) [51]

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