2015 Atlético de Kolkata season
2016 season | |
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Head Coach | |
Stadium | Salt Lake Stadium |
ISL | Semi-Finals |
Top goalscorer | |
Highest home attendance | 68,340 (vs Chennaiyin; 16 December 2015) |
Lowest home attendance | 35,437 (vs Chennaiyin; 18 November 2015) |
Average home league attendance | 51,056 |
The 2015 season was Atlético de Kolkata's second season in the Indian Super League. They started their second season as the defending champions, and ended the season as the semi-finalists.
Background
[edit]On 15 May 2015, Atlético de Kolkata's board announced that they would retain former Bolivia and Valencia CF manager Antonio Lopez Habas for the 2015 season. It was under him that the team had won the title in 2014. However, in spite of their first season, the team decided in retaining just 7 players from their squad of 2014, including 3 foreigners. The team signed 5 Indians and 10 foreigners from the open market.[1] This was followed by 7 more domestic signings from the Draft.[2]
On 29 July 2015, the team signed Portuguese international Hélder Postiga as its marquee player.[3]
On 25 August 2015, the team went on pre season tour to Madrid, Spain where they trained for a month.
Pre-season friendlies
[edit]3 September 2015 Exhibition match | Atlético de Kolkata | 9 – 0 | | Segovia, Spain |
Postiga Hume Raja Gavilán Izumi Valdo |
Report | Stadium: Los Angeles de San Rafael ground |
10 September 2015 Exhibition match | Atlético de Kolkata | 2 – 0 | | Madrid, Spain |
Borja Hume |
16 September 2015 Exhibition match | Atlético de Kolkata | 3 – 1 | | Madrid, Spain |
Lara Postiga |
N/A |
27 September 2015 Exhibition match | Atlético de Kolkata | 4 – 2 | | Kolkata, India |
Gavilán Singh Lara Sahni |
Report | N/A | Stadium: Mohun Bagan Club Ground |
Players
[edit]On 5 June 2015, the team acquired Canadian international forward Iain Hume, whose five goals had helped Kerala to the final of the previous season.[4] In the second season's domestic draft, Atlético de Kolkata had the first pick, choosing Pune F.C. goalkeeper Amrinder Singh for a fee of 4.5 lakhs; their most expensive purchase was that of defender Augustin Fernandes for 26 lakhs.[5] On 29 July, with García released due to his injury record, the team brought in Portugal international forward Hélder Postiga as their new marquee player; aged 32, he became the youngest such player in the league.[6] They finalized their squad of 26, for the year, by 29 July 2015.
On 4 November, the team decided to sign last year final's goalscorer Mohammed Rafique replacing Lalchhawnkima who was ruled out due to Dengue.[7]
On 11 November 2015, the team announced the signing of Serbian international Dejan Lekić to replace injured Josemi[8]
On 16 November 2015, the team announced replacement for another injured player Javi Lara, who found it hard to recover quickly from a groin injury. For him, another Spanish midfielder Jorge Alonso was signed.[9]
Current squad
[edit]- As of 18 November 2015.[10]
No. | Nat. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | ||
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Goalkeepers | |||||
1 | Juan Calatayud | 21 December 1979 | |||
13 | Amrinder Singh (on loan from Pune) | 27 May 1993 | |||
26 | Kunzang Bhutia | 3 January 1994 | |||
Defenders | |||||
3 | Nallappan Mohanraj | 23 February 1989 | |||
4 | Tiri | 9 January 1991 | |||
5 | Arnab Mondal (on loan from East Bengal) | 25 September 1989 | |||
12 | Denzil Franco | 30 June 1986 | |||
19 | Syed Rahim Nabi | 14 December 1985 | |||
20 | Rino Anto (on loan from Bengaluru FC) | 3 January 1988 | |||
24 | Augustin Fernandes (on loan from Salgaocar) | 13 October 1988 | |||
Midfielders | |||||
8 | Jaime Gavilán | 12 May 1985 | |||
10 | Borja Fernández | 14 January 1981 | |||
11 | Valdo | 23 April 1981 | |||
15 | Clifford Miranda | 11 July 1982 | |||
16 | Jewel Raja | 19 January 1990 | |||
21 | Arata Izumi | 31 July 1982 | |||
22 | Sameehg Doutie | 31 May 1989 | |||
23 | Ofentse Nato | 1 October 1989 | |||
85 | Jorge Alonso | 5 January 1985 | |||
Forwards | |||||
6 | Baljit Sahni (on loan from East Bengal) | 12 January 1987 | |||
7 | Iain Hume | 30 October 1983 | |||
9 | Hélder Postiga | 2 August 1982 | |||
14 | Nadong Bhutia | 25 November 1993 | |||
18 | Sushil Kumar Singh (on loan from Shillong Lajong) | 3 January 1982 | |||
28 | Mohammed Rafique (on loan from East Bengal) | 20 September 1992 | |||
30 | Dejan Lekić | 7 June 1985 |
Competitions
[edit]Indian Super League
[edit]League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Goa | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 20 | +9 | 25 | Advance to ISL Play-offs |
2 | Atlético de Kolkata | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 17 | +9 | 23 | |
3 | Chennaiyin (C) | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 15 | +10 | 22 | |
4 | Delhi Dynamos | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 20 | −2 | 22 | |
5 | NorthEast United | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 23 | −5 | 20 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
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 |
16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
Last updated: 16 December 2015.
Source: Matches
Results by round
[edit]A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
[edit]League Stage
[edit]3 October 2015 1 | Chennaiyin FC | 2 – 3 | Atlético de Kolkata | Chennai |
19:00 IST | Khabra Jeje L.Ralte Elano B.Singh |
Report | Postiga Sahni Valdo Mondal |
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai) Attendance: 29,923 Referee: Matt Conger |
7 October 2015 2 | FC Goa | 1 – 1 | Atlético de Kolkata | Goa |
19:00 IST | Devadas Almeida Jofre V.Fernandes |
Report | Izumi Borja Gavilán Nato Sahni A.Fernandes Valdo |
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 17,634 Referee: Santosh Kumar |
13 October 2015 3 | Atlético de Kolkata | 2 – 1 | Kerala Blasters FC | Kolkata |
19:00 IST | Izumi Lara |
Report | Josu R.Singh Hossain Dagnall |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 61,237 Referee: Matt Conger |
17 October 2015 4 | FC Pune City | 1 – 0 | Atlético de Kolkata | Pune |
19:00 IST | J.Singh |
Report | Mohanraj Josemi |
Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex Attendance: 9,087 |
23 October 2015 5 | NorthEast United FC | 1 – 0 | Atlético de Kolkata | Guwahati |
19:00 IST | Vélez |
Report | Anto Nato Mondal |
Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 24,689 |
29 October 2015 6 | Atlético de Kolkata | 0 – 1 | Delhi Dynamos FC | Kolkata |
19:00 IST | Sahni Hume |
Report | Riise Chakraborty Chicão Dos Santos |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 41,145 |
1 November 2015 7 | Mumbai City FC | 1 – 4 | Atlético de Kolkata | Mumbai |
19:00 IST | Ashutosh Benachour |
Report | Hume Borja Augustin |
Stadium: DY Patil Stadium Attendance: 27,435 Referee: Santosh Kumar |
7 November 2015 8 | Atlético de Kolkata | 0 – 1 | NorthEast United FC | Kolkata |
19:00 IST | Report | Simao Carlos Bruno Silas |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 38,456 Referee: D.J. Ganter |
10 November 2015 9 | Kerala Blasters FC | 2 – 3 | Atlético de Kolkata | Kochi |
19:00 IST | German Mehtab |
Report | Mohanraj Denzil Izumi |
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 60,251 Referee: Hai Tan |
14 November 2015 10 | Delhi Dynamos FC | 1 – 1 | Atlético de Kolkata | Delhi |
19:00 IST | Gadze Anas |
Report | Hume Tiri Gavilan Rino |
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 18,336 Referee: N.R.Gamini |
18 November 2015 11 | Atlético de Kolkata | 2 – 1 | Chennaiyin FC | Kolkata |
19:00 IST | Doutie Hume Valdo |
Report | Augusto D. Singh Fikru Augusto Pelissari |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 35,437 Referee: N.R.Gamini |
22 November 2015 12 | Atlético de Kolkata | 4 – 0 | FC Goa | Kolkata |
19:00 IST | Doutie Borja Hume |
Report | Devadas Colaco Lúcio |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 51,047 Referee: Arumughan Rowan |
27 November 2015 13 | Atlético de Kolkata | 4 – 1 | FC Pune City | Kolkata |
19:00 IST | Hume Nato Lekić |
Report | Lyngdoh Manish Mutu |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 48,721 Referee: Ali Shaban |
4 December 2015 14 | Atlético de Kolkata | 2 – 3 | Mumbai City FC | Kolkata |
19:00 IST | Hume Gavilán Tiri Valdo Izumi Borja |
Report | Norde Čmovš Bertin Chhetri Subrata |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 61,726 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov |
Semi-finals
[edit]12 December 2015 First Leg | Chennaiyin FC | 3 – 0 | Atlético de Kolkata | Pune |
19:00 IST | Blasi Pelissari Lalpekhlua Mendoza |
Report | Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex Attendance: 7,965 Referee: Santosh Kumar |
16 December 2015 Second Leg | Atlético de Kolkata | 2 – 1 (2 – 4 agg.) | Chennaiyin FC | Kolkata |
19:00 IST | Lekić Mohanraj Augustin Tiri Hume |
Report | Elano Thoi Fikru |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 68,340 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto |
Player statistics
[edit]Goal Scorers
[edit]No. | Position | Nation | Player | Goal(s) | Appearance(s). |
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7 | FW | Hume | 11 | 16 | |
21 | MF | Izumi | 5 | 11 | |
22 | MF | Doutie | 3 | 12 | |
9 | FW | Postiga | 2 | 1 | |
30 | FW | Lekić | 2 | 6 | |
11 | MF | Valdo | 1 | 10 | |
10 | MF | Borja | 1 | 15 | |
MF | Lara | 1 | 6 | ||
24 | DF | Augustin | 1 | 13 | |
3 | DF | Mohanraj | 1 | 6 | |
Total | 28 | – |
Last updated: 16 December 2015.
Source: Matches
Assists Table
[edit]No. | Position | Nation | Player | Assist(s) | Appearance(s). |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
22 | MF | Doutie | 6 | 12 | |
8 | MF | Gavilán | 3 | 16 | |
7 | FW | Hume | 3 | 16 | |
MF | Lara | 1 | 6 | ||
10 | MF | Borja | 1 | 15 | |
21 | MF | Izumi | 1 | 11 | |
23 | MF | Nato | 1 | 12 | |
30 | FW | Lekić | 1 | 6 | |
Total | 17 | – |
Last updated: 16 December 2015.
Source: Matches
References
[edit]- ^ IANS (15 May 2015). "Atletico de Kolkata Retain Coach Antonio Habas, Sign New Indian Players for 2015 ISL". NDTV Sports. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ "2015 ISL Domestic Player Draft: As it Happened".
- ^ "Atlético sign Helder Postiga".
- ^ "Atletico de Kolkata sign Canadian forward Iain Hume". The Times of India. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ "ISL 2015 Domestic Players Draft: As it happened". SportsKeeda. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ Bhattacharya, Nilesh (30 July 2015). "In big coup, Atletico de Kolkata rope in Portugal World Cupper Helder Postiga". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "Atletico de Kolkata sign Indian midfielder Rafique". Zee News. PTI. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- ^ Mitra, Atanu (11 November 2015). "Indian Super League: Atlético de Kolkata agree terms with Serbia International Dejan Lekić". Retrieved 12 November 2015.
- ^ Majumdar, Rajarshi (17 November 2015). "Will new signings Dejan Lekic and Jorge Alonso power Atletico de Kolkata to the semi-finals of ISL 2015?". International Business Times, Indian Edition. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ^ "Squad". Indian Super League. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2015.