2017–18 Delhi Dynamos FC season

Delhi Dynamos
2017–18 season
OwnerUnited States GMS Inc.
Head CoachSpain Miguel Ángel Portugal
StadiumJawaharlal Nehru Stadium
ISL8th
Super CupQualifying round
Top goalscorerKalu Uche (11 goals)
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The 2017–18 season was the club's fourth season since its establishment in 2014 and their fourth season in the Indian Super League.

Season overview

Pre Season Friendlies

The club headed to Spain and Qatar on a 41 days pre-season tour, starting from 10 September.[1]

20 September 2017 Friendly Atlético Astorga FC Spain 5–2 India Delhi Dynamos FC Astorga, Spain
20:00 CET Emilio 29'
Samuel Villa 40'
Gonzalo González 55'
Roberto Puente 75'
Javi Amor 79'		 Report G. Fernandez 30'
Seityasen 87'		 Stadium: Estadio La Eragudina
27 September 2017 Friendly Real Oviedo Spain 1–0 India Delhi Dynamos FC Oviedo, Spain
18:00 CET David González 21' Report Stadium: El Requexón
5 October 2017 Friendly Muaither SC Qatar 0–1 India Delhi Dynamos FC Doha, Qatar
18:00 AST Report Chhangte 15' Stadium: Aspire Academy
12 October 2017 Friendly Al-Wakrah SC Qatar 3–1 India Delhi Dynamos FC Al Wakrah, Qatar
18:00 AST

Report Ngaihte 65' Stadium: Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium
19 October 2017 Friendly Army Team Qatar 1–2 India Delhi Dynamos FC Doha, Qatar
19:30 AST Mogo 1' Report Uche 33'
Chichero 45'

Transfers

Unlike other Indian Super League franchises Delhi Dynamos decided not retain any players from their previous season squad before 2017–18 players draft which enabled them to enter in the round one of players draft along with new entrant Jamshedpur FC.[2]

In ISL draft held on 23 July 2017, Delhi Dynamos added fifteen new players to their squad. Goalkeeper Albino Gomes, Sukhdev Patil and Arnab Das Sharma, defender Pritam Kotal, Sena Ralte, Pratik Chowdhary, Mohammad Sajid Dhot, Rowilson Rodrigues and Munmun Lugun, midfielder Seityasen Singh, Vinit Rai, Romeo Fernandes, David Ngaihte and Simranjit Singh and Lallianzuala Chhangte.[3]

Delhi Dynamos announced signing of Brazilian midfielder Paulinho Dias on 28 July 2017.[4] On 1 August, Delhi Dynamos announced signing of Uruguayan midfielder Matías Mirabaje.[5] Signing of Argentinian forward Juan Vogliotti was announced on 4 August.[6] Franchise announced on 10 August, they signed Venezuelan defender Gabriel Cichero.[7] On 29 August, Delhi Dynamos published a statement on their website that signing of Argentinian forward Juan Vogliotti could not be completed due to unavoidable circumstances. Juan Vogliotti said:[8]

I want to let you all know that I never had any bad intentions. Things were badly planned from my end and I should have completed all formalities before agreeing with Delhi Dynamos. Please accept my sincere apologies as I will not be able to leave this club and play in front of the amazing crowd in Delhi. Maybe, sometimes things do not go the way you want them too.

Delhi Dynamos announced on 7 September, they signed Nigerian forward Kalu Uche.[9] On 12 September, Delhi Dynamos announced signing of Curaçaoan forward Guyon Fernandez and Spanish defender Edu Moya.[10] On 14 September, Delhi Dynamos announced signing of their seventh foreign player, Dutch forward Jeroen Lumu.[11]

On 19 September, Delhi Dynamos announced they signed Indian U19 international players Kishan Singh Thongam and Jayananda Singh Moirangthem. On the matter managing director Rohan Sharma said:[12]

I’d like to extend my warmest greetings to Jayananda and Kishan, these two players have a lot of potential and I’m happy they have chosen Delhi Dynamos to be their new club. We hope we can help Jayananda and Kishan grow and develop into the next Indian superstars.

On 21 September, Delhi Dynamos announced signing of Nanda Kumar on a loan deal from I-League side Chennai City.[13]

In

Pos. Player Previous Club Date Ref
GK India Albino Gomes Mumbai City 23 July 2017 [3]
DF India Pritam Kotal Mohun Bagan 23 July 2017 [3]
FW India Lallianzuala Chhangte DSK Shivajians 23 July 2017 [3]
DF India Sena Ralte Mumbai City 23 July 2017 [3]
MF India Seityasen Singh NorthEast United 23 July 2017 [3]
DF India Pratik Chowdhary Mumbai 23 July 2017 [3]
MF India Vinit Rai Kerala Blasters 23 July 2017 [3]
MF India Romeo Fernandes Goa 23 July 2017 [3]
MF India David Ngaihte Minerva Punjab 23 July 2017 [3]
GK India Sukhadev Patil Mumbai 23 July 2017 [3]
DF India Mohammad Sajid Dhot DSK Shivajians 23 July 2017 [3]
DF India Rowilson Rodrigues Churchill Brothers 23 July 2017 [3]
DF India Munmun Lugun Mumbai 23 July 2017 [3]
GK India Arnab Das Sharma Minerva Punjab 23 July 2017 [3]
MF India Simranjit Singh Minerva Punjab 23 July 2017 [3]
MF Brazil Paulinho Dias Brazil Atlético Paranaense 28 July 2017 [14]
MF Uruguay Matías Mirabaje Peru Unión Comercio 31 July 2017 [15]
FW Argentina Juan Vogliotti Bolivia Sport Boys 3 August 2017 [16]
DF Venezuela Gabriel Cichero Venezuela Deportivo Lara 10 August 2017 [17]
FW Nigeria Kalu Uche Spain Almería 7 September 2017 [18]
DF Spain Edu Moya Spain Cacereño 12 September 2017 [19]
FW Curaçao Guyon Fernandez Netherlands ADO Den Haag 12 September 2017 [19]
FW Netherlands Jeroen Lumu Turkey Samsunspor 13 September 2017 [20]

Out

Pos. Player New Club Date Ref
DF India Lalchhawnkima Mumbai 1 January 2017 [21]
MF Brazil Bruno Pelissari Released 1 January 2017
MF India Denson Devadas Chennai City 1 January 2017 [22]
FW India Arjun Tudu Released 1 January 2017
FW Senegal Badara Badji Released 1 January 2017
FW Brazil Marcelinho Brazil Avaí 18 January 2017 [23]
DF Spain Rubén González Spain Coruxo 25 January 2017 [24]
MF Senegal Ibrahima Niasse Greece Levadiakos 26 January 2017 [25]
MF Spain Marcos Tébar Spain Reus 31 January 2017 [26]
DF Ghana David Addy Finland RoPS 30 March 2017 [27]
MF France Florent Malouda Released 1 July 2017
FW Ghana Richard Gadze Azerbaijan Zira 1 July 2017 [28]
GK India Soram Anganba Mohun Bagan 1 July 2017 [29]
DF India Anas Edathodika Jamshedpur 23 July 2017 [30]
MF India Amoes Do Released 23 July 2017 [30]
MF India Sahil Tavora Mumbai City 23 July 2017 [30]
MF India Romeo Fernandes Delhi Dynamos 23 July 2017 [30]

Loan in

Pos. Name From Date from Date to Ref
MF India Nanda Kumar Chennai City 17 September 2017 30 July 2017 [31]

Squad

As of 27 October 2017[32]

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
32 GK India IND Albino Gomes
41 GK Spain ESP Xabi Irureta
29 GK India IND Arnab Das Sharma
20 DF India IND Pritam Kotal
— DF India IND Sena Ralte
— DF Venezuela VEN Gabriel Cichero
— DF Spain ESP Edu Moya
— DF India IND Pratik Chowdhary
— DF India IND Mohammad Sajid Dhot
— DF India IND Rowilson Rodrigues
— DF India IND Simranjit Singh
— DF India IND Jayananda Singh
— DF India IND Munmun Lugun
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF India IND Kishan Singh
— MF Brazil BRA Paulinho Dias
— MF Uruguay URU Matías Mirabaje
— MF India IND David Ngaihte
— MF India IND Romeo Fernandes
— MF India IND Vinit Rai
— MF India IND Seityasen Singh
— MF India IND Nanda Kumar (on loan from Chennai City F.C.)
— FW India IND Lallianzuala Chhangte
— FW Nigeria NGA Kalu Uche
— FW Curaçao CUW Guyon Fernandez
— FW Netherlands NED Jeroen Lumu

Current Technical Staff

Position Name
Head coach Spain Miguel Ángel Portugal[33]
Assistant coach India Shakti Chauhan
Assistant coach Spain Gonzalo Yarza
Head of Performance Analysis India Joy Gabriel Goalkeeping coach Spain Martín Ruiz

Indian Super League

Main article: 2017–18 Indian Super League season
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
6 Kerala Blasters 18 6 7 5 20 22 −2 25
7 Mumbai City 18 7 2 9 25 29 −4 23
8 Delhi Dynamos 18 5 4 9 27 37 −10 19
9 ATK 18 4 4 10 16 30 −14 16
10 NorthEast United 18 3 2 13 12 27 −15 11
Source: Indian Super League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair play ranking; 6) drawing of lots

Matches

22 November 2017 1 Pune City 2–3 Delhi Dynamos Pune, India
20:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Emiliano Alfaro 67'
Marcelo Leite Pereira Yellow card 87'
Marcos Tébar 90'		 Paulinho Dias 46'
Lallianzuala Chhangte 54'
Matías Mirabaje 65' Yellow card 79'
Gabriel Cichero Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: Balewadi Stadium
Attendance: 7,912
Man of the Match: Lallianzuala Chhangte (Delhi Dynamos)
26 November 2017 2 Bengaluru 4–1 Delhi Dynamos Bengaluru, India
20:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Erik Paartalu 23', 45'
Lenny Rodrigues 57'
Miku 87'		 Gabriel Cichero Yellow card 27'
Guyon Fernandez Yellow card 67'
Kalu Uche 86' (pen.)		 Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium
Attendance: 18,249
Man of the Match: Erik Paartalu (Bengaluru FC)
2 December 2017 3 Delhi Dynamos 0–2 NorthEast United Delhi, India
20:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Guyon Fernandez Yellow card 55'
Ngaihte Yellow card 82'		 Marcinho 17'
Danilo 22' Yellow card 90'
Rehenesh Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 11,453
Referee: O Thakur
Man of the Match: Halicharan Narzary (NEUFC)
6 December 2017 4 Delhi dynamos 0–1 Jamshedpur Delhi, India
20:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Izu Azuka Yellow card 55' 61' Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Delhi)
Attendance: 7,953
Man of the Match: André Bikey (Jamshedpur)
16 December 2017 5 Delhi dynamos 1–5 Goa Delhi, India
20:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Delhi)
Attendance: 6,345
23 December 2017 6 ATK 1–0 Delhi Dynamos Kolkata, India
20:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 22,478
29 December 2017 7 Mumbai City 4–0 Delhi Dynamos Mumbai, India
20:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena
Attendance: 5,672
7 January 2017 8 Chennaiyin 2–2 Delhi Dynamos Chennai, India
20:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 13,889
10 January 2017 9 Delhi Dynamos 1–3 Kerala Blasters Delhi, India
20:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Delhi)
Attendance: 10,132
14 January 2017 10 Delhi Dynamos 2–0 Bengaluru Delhi, India
20:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Delhi)
Attendance: 5,124

Player statistics

As of 28 October 2017

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

No. Pos Nat Player Total Indian Super League
Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK India IND Albino Gomes 0 0 0 0
GK India IND Sukhadev Patil 0 0 0 0
GK India IND Arnab Das Sharma 0 0 0 0
DF India IND Pritam Kotal 0 0 0 0
DF India IND Sena Ralte 0 0 0 0
DF Venezuela VEN Gabriel Cichero 0 0 0 0
DF Spain ESP Edu Moya 0 0 0 0
DF India IND Pratik Chowdhary 0 0 0 0
DF India IND Mohammad Sajid Dhot 0 0 0 0
DF India IND Rowilson Rodrigues 0 0 0 0
DF India IND Simranjit Singh 0 0 0 0
DF India IND Jayananda Singh 0 0 0 0
DF India IND Munmun Lugun 0 0 0 0
DF India IND Kishan Singh 0 0 0 0
MF Brazil BRA Paulinho Dias 0 0 0 0
MF Uruguay URU Matías Mirabaje 0 0 0 0
MF India IND David Ngaihte 0 0 0 0
MF India IND Romeo Fernandes 0 0 0 0
MF India IND Pratesh Shirodkar 0 0 0 0
MF India IND Vinit Rai 0 0 0 0
MF India IND Seityasen Singh 0 0 0 0
MF India IND Nanda Kumar 0 0 0 0
FW India IND Lallianzuala Chhangte 0 0 0 0
FW Nigeria NGA Kalu Uche 0 0 0 0
FW Curaçao CUW Guyon Fernandez 0 0 0 0
FW Netherlands NED Jeroen Lumu 0 0 0 0

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