2018–19 Gokulam Kerala FC season

Gokulam Kerala
2018–19 season
Head Coach	Gift Raikhan
Stadium	EMS Corporation Stadium, Calicut, Kerala
I-League	10th
Top goalscorer	League: Marcus Joseph (7); All: Marcus Joseph (7)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

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.	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:^{[citation needed]}

Transfers out

No.	Pos.	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:^{[citation needed]}

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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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	Total
Games played	20	20
Games won	3	3
Games drawn	8	8
Games lost	9	9
Goals scored	25	25
Goals conceded	33	33
Goal difference	-8	-8
Clean sheets	1	1
Goal by Substitute	1	1
Yellow cards	38	38
Red cards	3	3

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

Goalscorers

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

Clean sheets

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

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Nation	Name	I-League			Super Cup			Total
No.	Pos.	Nation	Name
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
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	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 v t e	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:

^ 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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Ground	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	H
Result	D	D	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	D	L	W	L
Position	6	5	6	4	2	3	7	6	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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)	SALMAN 21' DEEPAK 39' CASTRO 61' ARJUN 71'	Report	Kisekka 40'	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)	Ferreira 59' Felix 82'	Report	B.BODO 45' ORTIZ 70'	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)	GERMAN 4' PRITAM 25' CASTRO 39' SUHAIR 70' MUDDE MUSA 90+7'	Report	Pravitto Raju 22' Pedro Manzi 31' Roberto E 43' Ameerudeen 69'	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)	GANI 43' ORTIZ 45+2' GERMAN 56' RAJESH 66'	Report	Lalroua 5' NOVIN 42' 90+4' P.BUAM 78'	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)	RAJESH 60' SUHAIR 72'	Report	Akasdeep Singh 19' Philip Njoku 45+20' Souvik Das 79'	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)	Arjun Jayaraj 38'	Report	Willis Plaza 5'	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)	Brandon 5' Jobby 15' Chullova 63', 81' Di Dika 76'	Report	Deepak 24' Sabah 57' Guilherme 76'	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)	PRITAM 20' ORTIZ 60'	Report	S. CHANDAM 69' ABEDNEGO 90+2'	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)	Ansumana Kromah 51' Lalkhawpuimawia 63' Rochharzela 70'	Report	Joel Sunday 90+3' 90+4'	Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Attendance: 5,432

4 January 2018 (2018-01-04) 11	Chennai City	3-2	Gokulam Kerala	Coimbatore,
19:30 IST (UTC+07:30)	Pedro Manzi 7' 59' 80'	Report	Musa Mudde 17'Joel Sunday 38'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Coimbatore)

10 January 2018 (2018-01-10) 12	Churchill Brothers	3-1	Gokulam Kerala	Goa,
17:00 IST (UTC+05:00)	Dawda 37'Willis Plaza 57' 90+1'	Report	Marcus Joseph 14'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium

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

16 February 2019 (2019-02-16) 16	Gokulam Kerala	1-1	Indian Arrows	Calicut,
17:00 IST (UTC+05:00)	Marcus Joseph 64'	Report	Rahul Praveen 22'	Stadium: EMS Stadium

22 February 2019 (2019-02-22) 17	Shillong Lajong	1-1	Gokulam Kerala	Shillong,
17:00 IST (UTC+05:00)	Samuel Lalmuanpuia(P) 65'	Report	Marcus Joseph 43'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Shillong)

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

3 March 2019 (2019-03-03) 19	Gokulam Kerala	2-1	NEROCA	Calicut,
17:00 IST (UTC+05:00)	Daniel Addo 46'Marcus Joseph 65'	Report	Felix Chidi Odili 23'	Stadium: EMS Stadium

9 March 2019 (2019-03-09) 20	Gokulam Kerala	1-2	East Bengal	Calicut,
17:00 IST (UTC+05:00)	Marcus Joseph 69'	Report	Jaime Santos(P) 79'Laldanmawia Ralte 85'	Stadium: EMS Stadium

References

^ "Team". Gokulam FC. Archived from the original on 22 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
^ "AIFF league committee meets in Bhubaneshwar". 13 April 2019.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

Official website

[table_hth_REK0.27002200869379-3] The game between Minerva Punjab and Real Kashmir was rescheduled, but eventually it was not played and both teams were awarded a point.^[2]

[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.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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2018–19 Gokulam Kerala FC season

Review and events

I-League

Squad information

First-team squad

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Transfers out

Pre-season and friendlies

Technical staff

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

Squad statistics

Goalscorers

Clean sheets

Disciplinary record

Competitions

Overview

I-League

Standings

Results summary

Results by round

Matchday

See also

References

External links

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