2017–18 Gokulam Kerala FC season
2017–18 season | |||
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Chairman | Gokulam Gopalan | ||
Head Coach | Bino George | ||
Stadium | EMS Corporation Stadium, Calicut, Kerala | ||
I-League | 7th | ||
Super Cup | Round of 16 | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Henry Kisekka (4) All: Henry Kisekka (7) | ||
Highest home attendance | 25,841 vs Chennai City (4 December 2017 ).[1] | ||
Lowest home attendance | 621 vs Shillong Lajong (28 January 2018 )[2] | ||
Average home league attendance | 8,131 | ||
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The 2017–18 season was the first ever season for Gokulam Kerala.[3] The club competed in I-League and Super Cup.[4]
Review and events
[edit]Pre-season
[edit]Gokulam Kerala played 2016–17 Kerala Premier League in pre-season. They started the campaign with a victory over Cochin Port Trust on 13 April 2017. They qualified to knockout Stage as group champions from Group A. But they lost against FC Thrissur in semi-final on penalties.
I-League
[edit]Gokulam Kerala debuted in I-League against Shillong Lajong on 21 November 2017 and they lost the match.[5] Their first win was in their 4th match against Indian Arrows on 22 December 2017.[6] With 21 points including 6 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses Gokulam Kerala finished 7th in the table.
Indian Super Cup
[edit]By finishing 7th in the 2017–18 I-League point table Gokulam Kerala qualified into Qualification round of 2018 Indian Super Cup. Gokulam Kerala won against NorthEast United in the qualifier match on 15 March 2018.[7] Bengaluru FC eliminated Gokulam Kerala in Pre Quarter on 1 April 2018[8]
Players
[edit]- As of 1 January 2018[9]
First-team squad
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Players in
[edit]- All players joined this season. Only winter transfer is listed.
No. | Pos. | Nation | Name | Age | Moving From | Window |
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8 | FW | ![]() |
Suhair V P | 25 | ![]() |
Winter |
FW | ![]() |
Odafa Onyeka Okolie | 32 | ![]() |
Winter | |
9 | FW | ![]() |
Hristijan Denkovski | 23 | ![]() |
Winter |
10 | MF | ![]() |
Musa Mudde | 27 | ![]() |
Winter |
11 | MF | ![]() |
Mahmood Al-Ajmi | 30 | ![]() |
Winter |
30 | FW | ![]() |
Henry Kisekka | 28 | ![]() |
Winter |
DF | ![]() |
Jestin George | 19 | Winter |
Source:[citation needed]
Players out
[edit]No. | Pos. | Nation | Name | Age | Moving To | Window |
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8 | FW | ![]() |
Kamo Stephane Bayi | 21 | Mohammedan S.C. | Winter |
9 | FW | ![]() |
Lelo Mbele | 30 | Free Agent | Winter |
9 | FW | ![]() |
Odafa Onyeka Okolie | 32 | Free Agent | Winter |
10 | MF | ![]() |
Francis Ambané | 33 | Free Agent | Winter |
11 | MF | ![]() |
Khaled Al Saleh | 29 | Free Agent | Winter |
Source:[citation needed]
Statistics
[edit]Squad appearances and goals
[edit]No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | I-League | Super Cup | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
Goalkeepers | |||||||||
1 | GK | ![]() |
Nikhil C Barnard | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
27 | GK | ![]() |
Bilal Khan | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31 | GK | ![]() |
Priyant Singh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
33 | GK | ![]() |
Ajmal P A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Defenders | |||||||||
2 | DF | ![]() |
Mohamed Salah | 9 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | DF | ![]() |
Emmanuel Chigozie | 17 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
4 | DF | ![]() |
Provat Lakra | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
5 | DF | ![]() |
Daniel Addo | 19 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
6 | DF | ![]() |
Mohamed Irshad | 17 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
7 | DF | ![]() |
Sushanth Mathew | 7 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
14 | DF | ![]() |
Shinu | 5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
18 | DF | ![]() |
Santu Singh | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
24 | DF | ![]() |
Dibin M D | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
25 | DF | ![]() |
Sanju G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
35 | DF | ![]() |
Balwinder Singh | 6 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Midfielders | |||||||||
10 | MF | ![]() |
Musa Mudde | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
11 | MF | ![]() |
Mahmood Al-Ajmi | 11 | 3 | 8+2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
12 | MF | ![]() |
Mohammad Rashid K | 16 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
15 | MF | ![]() |
Arjun Jayaraj | 17 | 1 | 10+5 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
19 | MF | ![]() |
Francis Xavier | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | MF | ![]() |
Gulom Urunov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 | MF | ![]() |
Vicky Meitei | 9 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
26 | MF | ![]() |
Mohammad Saukat | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Forwards | |||||||||
8 | FW | ![]() |
Suhair V P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
9 | FW | ![]() |
Hristijan Denkovski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
13 | FW | ![]() |
Jimshad U | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | FW | ![]() |
Salman K | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
17 | FW | ![]() |
Arif Shaikh | 8 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | FW | ![]() |
Usman Ashik | 6 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | FW | ![]() |
Lalramengmawia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
28 | FW | ![]() |
Rohit Mirza | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
29 | FW | ![]() |
Syed Shoaib Ahmed | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
30 | FW | ![]() |
Henry Kisekka | 9 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
32 | FW | ![]() |
Laldampuia | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
36 | FW | ![]() |
Kivi Zhimomi | 11 | 2 | 8+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club | |||||||||
8 | FW | ![]() |
Kamo Stephane Bayi | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
9 | FW | ![]() |
Lelo Mbele | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | FW | ![]() |
Odafa Onyeka Okolie | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | MF | ![]() |
Francis Ambané | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
11 | MF | ![]() |
Khaled Al Saleh | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Squad statistics
[edit]I-League | Super Cup | Total | |
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Games played | 18 | 2 | 20 |
Games won | 6 | 1 | 7 |
Games drawn | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Games lost | 9 | 1 | 10 |
Goals scored | 17 | 3 | 20 |
Goals conceded | 23 | 2 | 25 |
Goal difference | -6 | 1 | -5 |
Clean sheets | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Goal by Substitute | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Yellow cards | 32 | 4 | 36 |
Red cards | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Players Used: Gokulam Kerala has used a total of 40 different players in all competitions.
Goalscorers
[edit]No. | Pos. | Nation | Name | I-League | Super Cup | Total |
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30 | FW | ![]() |
Henry Kisekka | 4 | 3 | 7 |
11 | MF | ![]() |
Al-Ajmi | 3 | 0 | 3 |
5 | DF | ![]() |
Daniel Addo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
36 | FW | ![]() |
Kivi Zhimomi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
3 | DF | ![]() |
Emmanuel | 1 | 0 | 1 |
15 | MF | ![]() |
Arjun Jayaraj | 1 | 0 | 1 |
18 | DF | ![]() |
Santu Singh | 1 | 0 | 1 |
FW | ![]() |
Kamo | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
MF | ![]() |
Khaled Al Saleh | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Own goals | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
TOTAL | 17 | 3 | 20 |
Clean sheets
[edit]No. | Nation | Name | I-League | Super Cup | Total | Games Played |
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27 | ![]() |
Bilal Khan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
1 | ![]() |
Nikhil C Barnard | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
TOTAL | 3 | 0 | 4 | 20 |
Disciplinary record
[edit]No. | Pos. | Nation | Name | I-League | Super Cup | Total | ||||||
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28 | FW | ![]() |
Rohit Mirza | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
6 | DF | ![]() |
Mohamed Irshad | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
3 | DF | ![]() |
Emmanuel | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
5 | DF | ![]() |
Daniel Addo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
10 | MF | ![]() |
Musa Mudde | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
12 | MF | ![]() |
M.Rashid | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
36 | FW | ![]() |
Kivi Zhimomi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
16 | FW | ![]() |
Salman K | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
30 | FW | ![]() |
Henry Kisekka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
4 | DF | ![]() |
Provat Lakra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
14 | DF | ![]() |
Shinu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
15 | MF | ![]() |
Arjun Jayaraj | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
18 | DF | ![]() |
Santu Singh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
19 | MF | ![]() |
Francis Xavier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
21 | MF | ![]() |
Vicky Meitei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
35 | DF | ![]() |
Balwinder Singh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
9 | FW | ![]() |
Hristijan Denkovski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
MF | ![]() |
A.Francis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
TOTAL | 32 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 1 |
Competitions
[edit]Win Draw Loss
Overview
[edit]Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
I-League | 27 November 2017 | 8 March 2018 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 33.33 |
Total | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 33.33 |
Source: Competitions
I-League
[edit]Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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5 | Aizawl | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 24 |
6 | Shillong Lajong | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 25 | −8 | 22 |
7 | Gokulam Kerala | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 21 |
8 | Chennai City | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 24 | −9 | 19 |
9 | Churchill Brothers[a] | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 28 | −11 | 17 |
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
Notes:
- ^ Churchill Brothers were relegated, but reinstated after the appeal.[10]
Results summary
[edit]Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Source: Matchday
Results by round
[edit]Matchday
[edit]27 November 2017 1 | Shillong Lajong | 1-0 | Gokulam Kerala | Shillong, India |
20:00 IST (UTC+05:30) | Report | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 6,900 Referee: Akash Jackson Routh |
4 December 2017 2 | Gokulam Kerala | 1-1 | Chennai City | Calicut, India |
20:00 IST (UTC+05:30) | Report |
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Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium Attendance: 25,841 Referee: Rosario Fernandes |
9 December 2017 3 | Gokulam Kerala | 0-3 | NEROCA | Calicut, India |
14:00 IST (UTC+05:30) | Report | Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium Attendance: 9,952 Referee: Pratik Mondal |
22 December 2017 4 | Indian Arrows | 0-2 | Gokulam Kerala | Delhi, India |
14:00 IST (UTC+05:30) | Report | Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium Attendance: 3,701 Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta |
27 December 2017 5 | East Bengal | 1-0 | Gokulam Kerala | Kolkata, India |
20:00 IST (UTC+05:30) |
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Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 9,983 Referee: Umesh Bora |
31 December 2017 6 | Gokulam Kerala | 0-2 | Aizawl | Calicut, India |
14:00 IST (UTC+05:30) | Report | Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium Attendance: 3,720 Referee: Priyobarta Singh Langpoklakpam |
6 January 2018 7 | Gokulam Kerala | 0-1 | Minerva Punjab | Calicut, India |
17:30 IST (UTC+05:30) | Report |
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Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium Attendance: 4,534 Referee: Senthil Nathan S |
12 January 2018 8 | Gokulam Kerala | 0-1 | Indian Arrows | Calicut, India |
17:30 IST (UTC+05:30) | Report | Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium Attendance: 8,355 Referee: Tanmoy Dhar |
15 January 2018 9 | Gokulam Kerala | 2-3 | Churchill Brothers | Calicut, India |
20:00 IST (UTC+05:30) | Report | Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium Attendance: 6,325 Referee: R Palmson Moses Raj |
20 January 2018 10 | Chennai City | 0-1 | Gokulam Kerala | Coimbatore, India |
17:30 IST (UTC+05:30) | Report | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Coimbatore Attendance: 8,762 Referee: Rabichandra Singh Irengbam |
28 January 2018 11 | Gokulam Kerala | 3-2 | Shillong Lajong | Calicut, India |
14:00 IST (UTC+05:30) | Report | Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium Attendance: 621 Referee: Pranjal Banerjee |
4 February 2018 12 | NEROCA | 1-0 | Gokulam Kerala | Imphal, India |
14:30 IST (UTC+05:30) |
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Report | Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium Attendance: 17,300 Referee: Senthil Nathan S |
12 February 2018 13 | Mohun Bagan | 1-2 | Gokulam Kerala | Kolkata, India |
14:00 IST (UTC+05:30) | Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 4,360 Referee: R Palmson Moses Raj |
17 February 2018 14 | Gokulam Kerala | 2-1 | East Bengal | Calicut, India |
14:00 IST (UTC+05:30) | Report | Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium Attendance: 3,257 Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta |
20 February 2018 15 | Minerva Punjab | 0-1 | Gokulam Kerala | Panchkula, India |
14:00 IST (UTC+05:30) |
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Report | Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium Attendance: 3,890 Referee: R Palmson Moses Raj |
24 February 2018 16 | Churchill Brothers | 1-1 | Gokulam Kerala | Salcete, India |
17:30 IST (UTC+05:30) | Report | Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Attendance: 2,785 Referee: Senthil Nathan S |
2 March 2018 17 | Aizawl | 3-1 | Gokulam Kerala | Aizawl, India |
14:00 IST (UTC+05:30) | Report | Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Crystal John |
8 March 2018 18 | Gokulam Kerala | 1-1 | Mohun Bagan | Calicut, India |
15:00 IST (UTC+05:30) | Report | Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium Attendance: 9,572 Referee: C. R. Srikrishna |
Indian Super Cup
[edit]Qualification round
[edit]15 March 2018 | NorthEast United | 0-2 | Gokulam Kerala | Bhubaneswar, India |
20:00 IST (UTC+05:30) |
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Report | Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar |
Round of 16
[edit]1 April 2018 | Bengaluru | 2-1 | Gokulam Kerala | Bhubaneswar, India |
17:00 IST (UTC+05:30) | Report | Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Attendance: 4,233 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar |
References
[edit]- ^ "Gokulam Kerala FC vs Chennai City FC Match Report" (PDF). i-league.org. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ^ "Gokulam Kerala FC vs Shillong Lajong FC Match Report" (PDF). i-league.org. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "AIFF WELCOMES SREE GOKULAM GROUP IN HERO I-LEAGUE". 20 September 2017. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ^ Sen, Debayen (20 September 2017). "Kerala's Gokulam FC get direct entry into I-League". espn.in. ESPN India. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- ^ "Shillong Lajong FC vs Gokulam Kerala FC Match Report" (PDF). i-league.org. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ "Indian Arrows vs Gokulam Kerala FC Match Report" (PDF). i-league.org. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ^ "Kisekka fires Gokulam Kerala to a win over NorthEast United". supercup.in. 15 March 2018.
- ^ "Bengaluru break Gokulam Kerala's heart to enter quarter-final". supercup.in. 1 April 2018.
- ^ "Squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- ^ "AIFF reinstates Churchill Brothers in I-League". The Times of India. 20 September 2018. Archived from the original on 18 November 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.