2018–19 Gokulam Kerala FC season

Gokulam Kerala
2018–19 season
Head CoachGift Raikhan
StadiumEMS Corporation Stadium, Calicut, Kerala
I-League10th
Top goalscorerLeague: Marcus Joseph (7)
All: Marcus Joseph (7)

The 2018–19 season was Gokulam Kerala's second season since its establishment in 2017 and their second season in the I-League. Gokulam Kerala was also involved in the Super Cup.

Review and events

I-League

Gokulam Kerala started their 2018-19 Hero I-League campaign against Mohun Bagan on 27 October 2018. The match resulted in a draw. Their first win was in their 4th match against Shillong Lajong on 11 November 2018.

Squad information

First-team squad

As of 15 December 2018[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  IND Ajmal PA
3 DF  IND Deepak Kumar (on loan from East Bengal)
4 DF  TRI Andre Ettienne
5 DF  GHA Daniel Addo
6 DF  IND Mohammed Irshad
7 FW  TRI Marcus Joseph
9 FW  IND Suhair V P
11 MF  HAI Fabien Vorbe
12 MF  IND Muhammed Rashid
14 DF  IND Abhishek Das
15 MF  IND Arjun Jayaraj
16 FW  IND Salman K
17 FW  IND Ghani Ahmmed Nigam
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF  IND Wungyanyg Muirang
19 DF  IND Jishnu Balakrishnan
20 FW  IND Bijesh T B
22 MF  IND Pritam Singh
23 MF  IND Imran Khan (on loan from FC Goa)
24 MF  IND Jestin George
25 DF  IND Mayakkannan
27 FW  NGA Ejiogu Emmanual
28 DF  IND Monotosh Chakladar
29 GK  IND Arnab Das Sharma
30 FW  IND Rajesh S
42 GK  IND Shibinraj Kunniyil
44 DF  IND Mehtab Singh
46 FW  IND Rohit Mirza
- FW  IND Usman Ashik

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

No. Pos. Nation Name Age Moving From Window Notes
3 DF Deepak kumar 28 East Bengal Summer Loan
4 DF Fabricio Ortiz 28 Shabab Al-Aqaba Summer
7 MF Antonio German 26 St Albans City Summer
8 MF Guilherme Batata 26 Hamrun Spartans Summer
11 MF Arthur Kouassi 28 Ulaanbaatar City Summer
14 DF Abhishek Das 24 Mohun Bagan Summer
17 MF Ghani Ahmmed Nigam 20 Pune City Summer
18 DF Wungyanyg Muirang 19 Summer
19 DF Jishnu Balakrishnan 19 Kerala Blasters Summer
20 FW Bijesh T B 22 Summer
21 MF Baoringdao Bodo 18 Chennaiyin FC Summer Loan
22 MF Pritam Singh 25 NEROCA Summer
25 DF Mayakkannan 21 Summer
27 FW Christian Sabah 20 Summer
28 DF Monotosh Chakladar 20 Mohammedan S.C. Summer
29 GK Arnab Das Sharma 30 Delhi Dynamos Summer
30 FW Rajesh S 26 Summer
31 GK Satyajit Bordoloi Summer
33 FW Nasar PA Summer
42 GK Shibinraj Kunniyil 25 Mohun Bagan Summer
13 FW Joel Sunday 29 Rainbow A.C. Winter
32 DF Dimple Bhagat Winter
NA MF Fabien Vorbe 28 NEROCA Winter

Source:

Transfers out

No. Pos. Nation Name Age Moving To Window Notes
1 GK Nikhil C Barnard 28 Chennaiyin Summer
2 DF Mohamed Salah 23 Sports Academy Tirur Summer
3 DF Emmanuel Chigozie 26 Aryan Summer
4 DF Provat Lakra 20 NorthEast United Summer
6 DF Mohamed Irshad 23 Minerva Punjab Summer
7 DF Sushanth Mathew 36 Summer
9 FW Hristijan Denkovski 24 Belasica Summer
11 MF Mahmood Al-Ajmi 31 Summer
13 FW Jimshad U 31 Summer
17 FW Arif Shaikh 24 Summer
19 MF Francis Xavier 25 Summer
20 MF Gulom Urunov 29 Summer
21 MF Vicky Meitei 21 Real Kashmir Summer
26 MF Mohammad Saukat 20 Tollygunge Agragami Summer
27 GK Bilal Khan 23 Pune City Summer Loan Return
29 FW Syed Shoaib Ahmed 22 ARA Summer
30 FW Henry Kisekka 28 Mohun Bagan Summer
31 GK Priyant Singh 26 Mohammedan S.C. Summer
36 FW Kivi Zhimomi 22 NorthEast United Summer
7 FW Antonio German 26 Selangor Winter
11 MF Arthur Kouassi 29 Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata) Winter
21 MF Baoringdao Bodo 18 Chennaiyin Winter Loan Return
13 FW Joel Sunday 29 Rainbow A.C. Winter Loan Return
4 DF Fabricio Ortiz 28 Winter
10 MF Musa Mudde 28 SAT Winter

Source:

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Gokulam Kerala Played a friendly against Bengaluru FC at Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru.

23 September 2018 Friendly Bengaluru FC 4–1 Gokulam Kerala Bengaluru
11:00 UTC+5:30
  • Miku
  • Chhetri
Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium

Technical staff

As of 15 April 2018.
Position Name
Head Coach Gift Raikhan
Assistant Coach Emiliano bustos
Assistant Coach India Sapam Premkanta Singh
Technical Director Bino George
Technical Consultant Luiz Greco
Goalkeeping Coach Fysal K Bappu
Team Manager Rajah Rizwan
Head of Academy and Grassroots Mizpha Richards
Academy Manager Joel Richard Williams
Physiotherapist Adhith K J
Performance Analyst Muhammed Jaseel
Kit & Equipment Manager Shamnad M
Massuer Rashid M
Media manager Kevin

Statistics

As of 15 December 2018.

Squad appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total I-League Super Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK  IND Ajmal PA 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 GK  IND Arnab Das Sharma 10 0 10 0 0 0
42 GK  IND Shibinraj Kunniyil 10 0 10 0 0 0
- GK  IND Satyajit Bordoloi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
3 DF  IND Deepak kumar 10 0 9+1 0 0 0
4 DF  TRI Andre Ettienne 3 0 3 0 0 0
5 DF  GHA Daniel Addo 19 0 19 0 0 0
6 DF  IND Mohammed Irshad 8 0 8 0 0 0
14 DF  IND Abhishek Das 14 0 13+1 0 0 0
18 DF  IND Wungyanyg Muirang 5 0 3+2 0 0 0
19 DF  IND Jishnu Balakrishnan 1 0 1 0 0 0
24 DF  IND Jestin George 1 0 1 0 0 0
25 DF  IND Mayakkannan 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 DF  IND Monotosh Chakladar 4 0 3+1 0 0 0
32 DF  IND Dimple Bhagat 4 0 4 0 0 0
44 DF  IND Mehtab Singh 5 0 5 0 0 0
Midfielders
8 MF  BRA Guilherme Batata 16 0 16 0 0 0
11 MF  HAI Fabien Vorbe 7 0 7 0 0 0
12 MF  IND Muhammed Rashid 10 0 8+2 0 0 0
15 MF  IND Arjun Jayaraj 15 1 11+4 1 0 0
22 MF  IND Pritam Singh 15 1 8+7 1 0 0
23 MF  IND Imran Khan 9 0 8+1 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW  IND Suhair V P 18 1 7+11 1 0 0
7 FW  TRI Marcus Joseph 9 7 9 7 0 0
16 FW  IND Salman K 4 0 2+2 0 0 0
17 FW  IND Ghani Ahmmed Nigam 5 1 3+2 1 0 0
20 FW  IND Bijesh T B 5 0 0+5 0 0 0
27 FW  NGA Ejiogu Emmanual 2 0 2 0 0 0
30 FW  IND Rajesh S 12 2 7+5 2 0 0
33 FW  IND Nasar PA 2 0 1+1 0 0 0
40 FW  IND Lalmuankima 6 0 4+2 0 0 0
46 FW  IND Rohit Mirza 1 0 1 0 0 0
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
13 FW  NGA Joel Sunday 4 3 3+1 3 0 0
7 FW  GRN Antonio German 6 2 6 2 0 0
11 FW  CIV Arthur Kouassi 2 0 0+2 0 0 0
21 MF  IND Baoringdao Bodo 2 1 1+1 1 0 0
4 DF  ARG Fabricio Ortiz 12 0 12 0 0 0
27 FW  GHA Christian Sabah 6 1 5+1 1 0 0
2 FW  TRI Russell Alfred 3 0 2+1 0 0 0
10 MF  UGA Musa Mudde 9 1 9 1 0 0
41 FW  GHA Charles Teiko Folley 3 0 1+2 0 0 0

Squad statistics

I-League Super Cup Total
Games played 20 0 20
Games won 3 0 3
Games drawn 8 0 8
Games lost 9 0 9
Goals scored 25 0 25
Goals conceded 33 0 33
Goal difference -8 0 -8
Clean sheets 1 0 1
Goal by Substitute 1 0 1
Yellow cards 38 0 38
Red cards 3 0 3

Players Used: Gokulam Kerala has used a total of 38 different players in all competitions.

Goalscorers

No. Pos. Nation Name I-League Super Cup Total
7 FW Marcus Joseph 7 0 7
13 FW Joel Sunday 3 0 3
7 FW Antonio German 2 0 2
30 FW Rajesh S 2 0 2
15 MF Arjun Jayaraj 1 0 1
9 FW Suhair V P 1 0 1
17 FW Ghani Ahmmed Nigam 1 0 1
21 MF Baoringdao Bodo 1 0 1
22 MF Pritam Singh 1 0 1
27 FW Christian Sabah 1 0 1
27 FW Musa Mudde 1 0 1
27 FW Daniel Addo 1 0 1
Own Goals 3 0 3
TOTAL 25 0 25

Clean sheets

No. Nation Name I-League Super Cup Total Games Played
42 Shibinraj Kunniyil 1 0 1 10
29 Arnab Das Sharma 0 0 0 10
TOTAL 1 0 1 20

Disciplinary record

No. Pos. Nation Name I-League Super Cup Total
16 FW Salman K 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
3 DF Deepak kumar 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
8 MF Guilherme Batata 5 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 1
4 DF Fabricio Ortiz 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
22 MF Pritam Singh 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
9 FW Suhair V P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
10 MF Musa Mudde 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1
5 DF Daniel Addo 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
42 GK Shibinraj Kunniyil 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
27 FW Christian Sabah 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
12 MF Muhammed Rashid 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
29 GK Arnab Das Sharma 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
3 DF Dimple Bhagat 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
15 MF Arjun Jayaraj 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
7 FW Marcus Joseph 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
23 MF Imran Khan 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
4 DF Andre Ettienne 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
27 FW Ejiogu Emmanual 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
28 DF Monotosh Chakladar 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
TOTAL 38 0 3 0 0 0 38 0 3

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
I League 27 October 2018 03 March 2019 Matchday 1 20 3 8 9 25 33 −8 015.00
Super Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Total 20 3 8 9 25 33 −8 015.00

Last updated: 15 December 2018 (2018-12-15).
Source: Competitions

I-League

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 Aizawl 20 6 6 8 27 28 −1 24
8 Indian Arrows 20 6 3 11 19 28 −9 21
9 Minerva Punjab 20 4 6 10 10 19 −9 18[a]
10 Gokulam Kerala 20 3 8 9 25 33 −8 17
11 Shillong Lajong (R) 20 3 2 15 23 56 −33 11 Relegation to I-League 2nd Division (withdrew)
Source: I-league
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
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ The game between Minerva Punjab and Real Kashmir was rescheduled, but eventually it was not played and both teams were awarded a point.[2]

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
15 2 6 7 19 25  −6 12 2 3 1 9 7  +2 0 3 6 10 18  −8

Last updated: 15 December 2018.
Source: Matchday

Results by round

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GroundHAHHHHAHAAAAAAAHAHHH
ResultDDLWWDLDLLLLDDLDDLWL
Position6564237688889101010101099
Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Last updated: 15 December 2018.
Source: Matchday

Matchday

27 October 2018 (2018-10-27) 1 Gokulam Kerala 1-1 Mohun Bagan Calicut,
17:00 IST (UTC+05:30)
Report
Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium
Attendance: 28,437
Referee: Maria Joseph Arokia
31 October 2018 (2018-10-31) 2 NEROCA 1-1 Gokulam Kerala Imphal,
14:00 IST (UTC+05:30)
Report
Stadium: Khuman Lampak Stadium
Attendance: 22,415
Referee: Williams Joy Koshy
4 November 2018 (2018-11-04) 3 Gokulam Kerala 2-3 Chennai City Calicut,
17:00 IST (UTC+05:30)
Report
Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium
Attendance: 18,882
Referee: Crystal john
11 November 2018 (2018-11-11) 4 Gokulam Kerala 3-1 Shillong Lajong Calicut,
17:00 IST (UTC+05:30)
Report
Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium
Attendance: 15,672
Referee: Parmanand Jaganath Mandrekar
18 November 2018 (2018-11-18) 5 Gokulam Kerala 1-0 Minerva Punjab Calicut,
19:00 IST (UTC+07:30)
Report Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium
Attendance: 30246
Referee: Senthil Nathan
30 November 2018 (2018-11-30) 6 Gokulam Kerala 1-1 Churchill Brothers Calicut,
17:00 IST (UTC+05:30) Report Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium
Attendance: 27,854
Referee: Umesh Bora
8 December 2018 (2018-12-08) 7 East Bengal 3-1 Gokulam Kerala Kolkata,
17:00 IST (UTC+05:30)
Report
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 14,999
Referee: Priyobarta Singh Langpoklakpam
15 December 2018 (2018-12-15) 8 Gokulam Kerala 1-1 Real Kashmir Calicut,
17:00 IST (UTC+05:30)
Report
Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium
Attendance: 13,824
Referee: M Sugandar
21 December 2018 (2018-12-21) 9 Indian Arrows 1-0 Gokulam Kerala Odisha,
17:00 IST (UTC+05:30) Amarjit Singh Kiyam 66' Report Stadium: Kalinga Stadium
Attendance: 2,010
29 December 2018 (2018-12-29) 10 Aizawl 3-2 Gokulam Kerala Aizawl,
17:00 IST (UTC+05:30)
*Lalkhawpuimawia 63'
*Rochharzela 70'
Report Joel Sunday 90+3' 90+4' Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium
Attendance: 5,432
19 January 2018 (2018-01-19) 13 Minerva Punjab 1-1 Gokulam Kerala Chandigarh,
17:00 IST (UTC+02:00) Caicedo Rodriguez 90+4' Report Caicedo Rodriguez(OG) 83' Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium (Panchkula)
10 January 2018 (2018-01-10) 14 Mohun Bagan 2-2 Gokulam Kerala Kolkata,
17:00 IST (UTC+02:00) Shilton D'Silva 18'Dipanda Dicka 60' Report Lalchhawnkima(OG) 21'Marcus Joseph 24' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
6 February 2019 (2019-02-06) 15 Real Kashmir 0-1 Gokulam Kerala Srinagar,
17:00 IST (UTC+02:00) Gnohere Krizo 51' Report Stadium: TRC Turf Ground
28 February 2019 (2019-02-28) 18 Gokulam Kerala 1-3 Aizawl Calicut,
17:00 IST (UTC+03:30) Marcus Joseph 9' Report Paul Ramfangzauva 83'Lalkhawpuimawia 88'Ansumana Kromah 90+7' Stadium: EMS Stadium

See also

References

  1. ^ "Team". Gokulam FC. Archived from the original on 22 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  2. ^ "AIFF league committee meets in Bhubaneshwar". 13 April 2019.