2020–21 Gokulam Kerala FC season

2020–21 season of Gokulam Kerala F.C.

Gokulam Kerala 2020–21 football season
Gokulam Kerala
2020–21 season
ChairmanGokulam Gopalan
Head CoachVincenzo Alberto Annese
StadiumEMS Stadium
I-League2020–21 I-League
IFA Shieldquarter finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Denny Antwi
(11 goals)
All: Denny Antwi
(18 goals)
Home colours
Away colours

The 2020-21 season was Gokulam Kerala's fourth season since its establishment in 2017 and their fourth season in the I-League.In addition to the I league Gokulam Kerala also participated in the Durand Cup and IFA Shield

Squad information

First-team squad

Squad no. Name Nationality Position(s) Age Previous club Since
Goalkeepers
1 Ubaid CK India GK 30 IndiaEast Bengal 2019
30 Vicky Bhaskaran India GK 30 Academy 2019
31 Ajmal PA India GK 24 Academy 2018
Shayan Roy India GK 28 India TRAU 2020
Defenders
2 Naocha Singh India LB 20 India NEROCA 2019
3 Jasim India LB 20 Academy 2020
4 Rowilson Rodrigues India CB 33 India Churchill Brothers 2020
5 Sharif Mukhammad Afghanistan CB 30 Maldives Maziya 2020
6 Ashok Singh India CB 27 India NEROCA 2019
14 Zodingliana Ralte India LB 25 India NEROCA 2020
15 Mohamed Salah India LB 25 India SAT Tirur 2019
24 Jestin George India CB 22 Academy 2018
26 Deepak Devrani India CB 28 India TRAU 2020
27 Sebastian Thangmuansang India RB 22 India NEROCA 2019
49 Mohamed Awal Ghana CB 32 Ethiopia Wolkite City 2020
Muhammad Asif India CB 23 Nepal Chyasal Youth Club 2020
Chingkham Roshan Singh India CB 25 India NEROCA 2020
MidFielders
12 Muhammed Rashid India CM 26 Academy 2017
13 Mayakkannan India CM 26 Academy 2019
16 Salman K India RW 24 Academy 2017
17 Thahir Zaman India CM/AM 22 Academy 2020
18 Jithin M S India CM/AM 22 India Kerala blasters 2019
22 Shibil Muhammed India CM/AM 22 Academy 2019
47 Vincy Barreto India CM/AM 22 India FC GOA Reserves 2020
Mahip Adhikari India CM/AM 22 Garhwal 2020
Forwards
10 Ngangom Ronald Singh India RW/ST 23 India NEROCA 2020
11 Emil Benny India RW 21 Academy 2020
20 Philip Adjah Ghana FW 24 India Mohammedan 2020
28 Lalromawia India RW 22 India Chhinga Veng F.C. 2019
33 Denny Antwi Ghana FW 27 SwedenTrelleborg 2020
Malemngamba Meitei India RW India NEROCA 2019
Faslu Rahman India RW 25 India SAT Tirur 2020

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
19 MF India IND Ganesan
- DF India IND Safwan
- DF India IND Febin
- MF India IND Alphin
- MF India IND Mahin
- FW India IND Safeer
2 MF India IND Pritam Singh

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date Position No. Player Previous club Fee Ref.
18 July 2020 FW 10 Ngangom Ronald Singh India NEROCA None [1]
25 July 2020 DF Muhammed Asif Nepal Chyasal Youth Club None
2 August 2020 FW Faslu Rahman India Sports Academy Tirur none
9 August 2020 DM Rishad PP India Sports Academy Tirur None
14 August 2020 GK Shayan Roy India TRAU none [2]
28 August 2020 DF Chingkham Roshan Singh India NEROCA None [3]
5 September 2020 DF 14 Zodingliana Ralte India NEROCA None [4]
19 September 2020 DF 26 Deepak Devrani India TRAU None [5]
25 September 2020 DF 4 Rowilson Rodrigues India Churchill Brothers None [6]
25 October 2020 DF India Ajin Tom India Indian Arrows None [7]
30 October 2020 FW 33 GhanaDenny Antwi SwedenTrelleborg None [8]
6 November 2020 MF India Mahip Adhikari IndiaGarhwal None [9]
13 November 2020 DF 5 Afghanistan Sharif Mukhammad Maldives Maziya None [10]
20 November 2020 DF 49 Ghana Mohamed Awal Ethiopia Wolkite City None
25 November 2020 FW 20 Mali Saliou Guindo Turkey Ankara Keçiörengücü None
4 December 2020 MF 35 India Vincy Barreto India None [11]
5 December 2020 DF 3 India Jasim Academy None
5 December 2020 MF 28 India Thahir Zaman Academy None
5 December 2020 MF 11 India Emil Benny Academy None
2 January 2021 FW 50 Ghana Philip Adjah India Mohammedan None
8 January 2021 DF 04 India Alex Saji Academy None

Transfers out

Exit date Position No. Player To club Fee Ref.
5 June 2020 DF 06 India Wungngayam Muirang India Bengaluru FC None [12]
17 June 2020 DF 06 India Mohammed Irshad India East Bengal FC None
22 June 2020 DF 04 Afghanistan Zohib Islam Amiri India Real Kashmir
28 June 2020 DF 06 India Dharmaraj Ravanan India Real Kashmir
14 September 2020 MF 23 India Nicholas Fernandes India Bengaluru United [13]
15 September 2020 CF 31 Uganda Henry Kisekka Uganda URA Kampala [14]
30 September 2020 MF 08 Trinidad and Tobago Nathaniel Garcia India NEROCA
23 November 2020 DF 05 Trinidad and Tobago Andre Ettienne
23 November 2020 FW 10 Trinidad and Tobago Marcus Joseph
23 November 2020 FW 11 Rwanda Atuheire Kipson
2 December 2020 FW 06 India Rajesh S India Chennai City FC
2 January 2021 FW 20 Mali Saliou Guindo

Pre-season

Gokulam Kerala v TRIJIT DAS FA
Gokulam Kerala 5-0 TRIJIT DAS FA Kolkata
19.00 IST Stadium: Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani
Gokulam Kerala v TRIJIT DAS FA
Gokulam Kerala 1-0 TRIJIT DAS FA Kolkata
19.00 IST Stadium: Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

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 9 January 2021 27 March 2021 Matchday 1 Champions 15 9 2 4 31 17 +14 060.00
2020 IFA Shield 6 December 2020 14 December 2020 Group Stage Quarter finals 3 1 0 2 7 4 +3 033.33
Super Cup TBD TBD - 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 18 10 2 6 38 21 +17 055.56

Last updated: 13 February 2021 (2021-02-13).
Source: Competitions

I-league

League table

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Punjab 10 5 3 2 12 7 +5 18 Promote to Championship Stage (Group A)
3 Real Kashmir 10 4 5 1 18 9 +9 17
4 Gokulam Kerala 10 5 1 4 20 14 +6 16
5 TRAU 10 4 4 2 17 13 +4 16
6 Mohammedan 10 4 4 2 9 8 +1 16
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
  • Due to COVID-19 pandemic, this season's league format was shortened. All teams will face each other once in the first leg of the league, then they will be divided into two different groups. According to points table from first leg, top six teams will face each other once again in the Championship stage, where the team with maximum points (cumulative points collected from all fifteen matches) will be declared the winner of the league and qualify for the 2022 AFC Cup group stage. Whereas the other five teams will play against each other in a Relegation stage where the team with the lowest points (cumulative points collected from all fourteen matches) will be relegated to the 2nd Division League.[15]

Result summary

Results by round

Source: [citation needed]
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Mohammedan v Gokulam Kerala
08.02.2021 6 Mohammedan 2-1 Gokulam Kerala Kolkata
16.45 IST Stadium: Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

Second phase

Championship Stage (Group A)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Gokulam Kerala (C) 15 9 2 4 31 17 +14 29 Champions and Qualification for 2022 AFC Cup group stage
2 Churchill Brothers 15 8 5 2 22 17 +5 29
3 TRAU 15 7 5 3 27 19 +8 26
4 Punjab 15 6 4 5 18 15 +3 22
5 Real Kashmir 15 5 6 4 23 18 +5 21
6 Mohammedan 15 5 5 5 18 20 −2 20
Updated to match(es) played on 27 March 2021. 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
(C) Champions

Results by round

Round12345
ResultWWDWW
Position22211
Source: [citation needed]
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss


Mohammedan v Gokulam Kerala
21.03.2021 4 Mohammedan 1-2 Gokulam Kerala Kolkata
19.00 IST Stadium: Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

IFA Shield

Group stage

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 United 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 6 Advance to the quarterfinals
2 Gokulam Kerala 2 1 0 1 7 3 +4 3
3 BSS 2 0 0 2 3 9 −6 0
Source: ifawb.org


Gokulam Kerala v United SC
6 December 2020 Gokulam Kerala 0-1 United SC Howrah
15:00 Report Stadium: Howrah Stadium,
Gokulam Kerala v BSS
12 December 2020 Gokulam Kerala 7–2 BSS Sailen Manna Stadium, Howrah
13:30 IST Dennis Antwi 8' 12'
19' 47'
Shibil Muhammed 66'
Jithin M S 72'
Saliou Guindo 85'		 Report Pritam Roy 67'
Asif Ali Moula 74'		 Attendance: 0

Quarter-finals

Mohammedan v Gokulam Kerala
14 December 2020 Mohammedan 1-0 Gokulam Kerala Kalyani
13:00 Stadium: Kalyani Stadium

Current technical staff

Position Name
Head Coach Italy Vincenzo Alberto Annese
Fitness and conditioning Coach Brazil Djair Miranda Garcia
Technical Director India Bino George[16]
Goalkeeping Coach India Mihir Sawant [17]
Academy Manager Gibraltar Joel Richard Williams[18]

Statistics

As of 19 February 2021.

Squad appearances

No. Pos. Nat. Name I-League 2020 IFA Shield Super Cup Total
Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts
01 GK India Ubaid CK 14 14 3 3 0 0 17 17
02 LB India Naocha Singh 15 15 3 3 0 0 18 18
03 CB India Mohammed Jassim 2 0 - - 0 0 2 0
04 CB India Alex Saji 5 3 - - 0 0 5 3
10 FW India Ngangom Ronald Singh 12 4 3 3 0 0 15 7
11 FW India Emil Benny 13 12 - - 0 0 13 12
12 MF India Muhammed Rashid 8 3 3 3 0 0 11 6
13 MF India Mayakkannan 14 14 3 3 0 0 17 17
14 FW India Zodingliana Ralte 6 1 0 0 0 0 6 1
16 FW India Salman K 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1
17 MF India Thahir Zaman 8 1 1 0 0 0 9 1
18 FW India Jithin M S 6 0 2 1 0 0 8 1
20 FW Mali Saliou Guindo 0 0 3 1 0 0 3 1
21 DF Afghanistan Sharif Mukhammad 14 14 - - 0 0 14 14
22 MF India Shibil Muhammed 2 1 3 3 0 0 5 4
24 DF India Jestin George 3 3 3 3 0 0 6 6
26 DF India Deepak Devrani 14 14 1 0 0 0 15 14
27 DF India Sebastian Thangmuansang 11 10 3 3 0 0 14 13
28 RB India Lalromawia 8 4 0 0 0 0 8 4
31 GK India Ajmal P. A. 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1
33 FW Ghana Denny Antwi 15 15 2 2 0 0 18 18
47 MF India Vincy Barretto 13 7 - - 0 0 13 7
49 DF Ghana Mohamed Awal 14 14 3 3 0 0 17 17
50 FW Ghana Philip Adjah 15 15 - - 0 0 15 15

Goal Scorers

Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name I League IFA Shield Indian Super Cup Total
1 33 FW Ghana Denny Antwi 11 4 0 15
2 50 FW Ghana Philip Adjah 5 0 0 5
3 21 MF Afghanistan Sharif Mukhammad 4 0 0 4
4 11 FW India Emil Benny 3 0 0 3
5 18 FW India Jithin M S 1 1 0 2
6 10 FW India Ngangom Ronald Singh 1 0 0 1
12 MF India Muhammed Rashid 1 0 0 1
14 FW India Zodingliana Ralte 1 0 0 1
20 FW Mali Saliou Guindo 0 1 0 1
22 MF India Shibil Muhammed 0 1 0 1
24 DF India Jestin George 1 0 0 1
27 FW India Lalromawia 1 0 0 1
Own Goals 2 0 0 2
Total 31 7 0 38

Clean sheets

No. Nation Name I-League Super Cup Total
1 India Ubaid CK 5 0 5
TOTAL 5 0 5

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