2019–20 Gokulam Kerala FC season

2019–20 season of Gokulam Kerala F.C.
Gokulam Kerala 2019–20 football season
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)
Home colours
Away colours

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.

Squad information

First-team squad

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

other contracts

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

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

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

Transfers out

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

Pre-season

India Bengaluru v India Gokulam Kerala
1 October 2019 India Bengaluru 1-3 India Gokulam Kerala Bellary
09:00 Lewis Stadium: JSW Township
India Chennaiyin v India Gokulam Kerala
8 October 2019 India Chennaiyin 1-1 India Gokulam Kerala Chennai
Crivellaro Ettienne Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium,
India Gokulam Kerala v India Sports Academy Tirur
12 October 2019 India Gokulam Kerala 1-1 India Sports Academy Tirur Malappuram
16:00 Kisekka Stadium: Kottappadi Football Stadium,

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Cancelled

Overview

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

League table

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
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

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

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

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Gokulam Kerala v NEROCA
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
Mohun Bagan v Gokulam Kerala
16.12.2019 4 Mohun Bagan 2-1 Gokulam Kerala Kalyani
17.00 IST
  • Naocho Yellow card 26'
  • Mayakkannam Yellow card 63'
  • Amiri Yellow card 79'
  • Joseph 45+3', (pen.)'
Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Attendance: 14,137
Gokulam Kerala v Aizawl
04.01.2020 5 Gokulam Kerala 1–1 Aizawl Kozhikode
19.00 IST Collapse bled Stadium: Kozhikode EMS Stadium
Attendance: 13,351
Gokulam Kerala v Chennai City
09.01.2020 6 Gokulam Kerala 2-3 Chennai City Kozhikode
19.00 IST Stadium: Kozhikode EMS Stadium
Attendance: 19,000
Punjab v Gokulam Kerala
18.01.2020 8 Punjab 3–1 Gokulam Kerala Chandigarh
17.00 IST Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium
Gokulam Kerala v TRAU
02.02.2020 10 Gokulam Kerala 1–1 TRAU Kozhikode
19.00 IST Stadium: Kozhikode EMS Stadium
Attendance: 10,135
Gokulam Kerala v Real Kashmir
08.02.2020 11 Gokulam Kerala 0-1 Real Kashmir Kozhikode
19.00 IST Stadium: Kozhikode EMS Stadium
Attendance: 15,184
Chennai City v Gokulam Kerala
12.02.2020 12 Chennai City 0-1 Gokulam Kerala Coimbatore
19.00 IST Marcus Joseph 79' Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 4237
Gokulam Kerala v Punjab
29.02.2020 14 Gokulam Kerala 1-1 Punjab Kozhikode
19.00 IST Stadium: Kozhikode EMS Stadium
Man of the Match: D
TRAU v Gokulam Kerala
20.03.2020 18 TRAU –cancelled Gokulam Kerala Imphal
17.00 IST Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Aizawl v Gokulam Kerala
05.04.2020 19 Aizawl –cancelled Gokulam Kerala Aizawl
14.00 IST Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium

Attendances

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

Durand Cup

Group stage

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
Gokulam Kerala v Chennaiyin
8 August 2019 Gokulam Kerala 4–0 Chennaiyin Howrah
15:00
Report Stadium: Howrah Stadium,
Indian Air Force v Gokulam Kerala
14 August 2019 Indian Air Force 0–3 Gokulam Kerala Howrah
15:00
Stadium: Howrah Stadium,
TRAU v Gokulam Kerala
18 August 2019 TRAU 1-4 Gokulam Kerala Howrah
15:00
  • Rger 89'
Stadium: Howrah Stadium,

Semi-final

East Bengal v Gokulam Kerala
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

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

Sheikh Kamal 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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Malaysia Terengganu F.C. 3 2 1 0 9 5 +4 7 Advance to Semi-Finals
2 India Gokulam Kerala F.C. 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7
3 Bangladesh Bashundhara Kings 3 1 0 2 6 9 −3 3
4 India 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;
Bashundhara Kings Bangladesh v India Gokulam Kerala F.C.
22 October 2019 Bashundhara Kings Bangladesh 1-3 India 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)
Terengganu F.C. Malaysia v India Gokulam Kerala F.C.
24 October 2019 Terengganu F.C. Malaysia 0-0 India Gokulam Kerala F.C. Chittagong, Bangladesh
19:00 Stadium: M. A. Aziz Stadium
Referee: Murad Alzawahreh (Jordan)

Semi-finals

Chittagong Abahani Bangladesh v India Gokulam Kerala F.C.
28 October 2019 Chittagong Abahani Bangladesh 3–2 (a.e.t.) India Gokulam Kerala F.C. Chittagong, Bangladesh
19:00
Report
Stadium: M. A. Aziz Stadium
Referee: Murad Alzawahreh (Jordan)

Current technical staff

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

Statistics

As of 02 Februaryt 2020.

Squad appearances and goals

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 India Ubaid CK 4 4 4 4 6 6 0 0 14 14
02 LB India Naocha Singh 5 5 4 4 9 9 0 0 18 18
03 DF India Ashok Singh 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
04 DF Afghanistan Zohib Islam Amiri - - - - 6 5 0 0 6 5
05 DF Trinidad and Tobago Andre Ettienne 5 5 4 4 8 8 0 0 17 17
06 DF India Mohammed Irshad 5 5 4 4 8 8 0 0 17 17
08 MF Trinidad and Tobago Nathaniel Garcia - - 3 3 9 8 0 0 12 11
10 FW Trinidad and Tobago Marcus Joseph 5 5 3 1 9 9 0 0 17 15
12 MF India Muhammed Rashid 3 3 4 4 4 4 0 0 11 11
13 DF India Dharmaraj Ravanan - - 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 3
14 FW India Malemngamba Meitei 4 4 0 0 5 2 0 0 9 6
15 DF India Mohamed Salah 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 6 1
16 FW India Salman K - - 1 0 2 2 0 0 3 2
18 DF India Wungngayam Muirang - - 2 0 4 4 0 0 6 4
21 GK India Vignash Bhaskaran 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
22 MF India Shibil Muhammed 4 4 - - 5 1 0 0 9 5
23 MF India Nicholas Fernandes - - - - 1 0 0 0 1 0
24 DF India Jestin George 4 4 1 1 7 6 0 0 12 11
25 MF India Mayakkannan 1 1 4 4 6 5 0 0 11 10
27 DF India Sebastian Thangmuansang 4 4 4 4 8 8 0 0 16 16
29 FW India Lalromawia 3 2 4 3 8 1 0 0 15 6
31 FW Uganda Henry Kisekka 3 3 4 4 9 9 0 0 18 18
32 FW India Jithin MS - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 FW India Rahul KP 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
DF India Alex Saji - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF India Bijesh Balan 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
MF India Myron Mendes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF India 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 Brazil Bruno Pelissari 5 0 - - - - 0 0 5 0

Squad statistics

I-League Super Cup Total

Goal Scorers

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

Clean sheets

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

Disciplinary record

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

See also

References

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  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.
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  16. ^ "Gokulam Kerala FC Join Mohun Bagan, Chennai City FC in Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup". News18. 20 October 2019.
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  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.

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