2017–18 FC Pune City season

FC Pune City
2017–18 season
Head CoachRanko Popović
StadiumBalewadi Sports Complex
ISLTBD
Top goalscorerLeague: Emiliano Alfaro
All: Emiliano Alfaro
Highest home attendance9,881 vs Chennaiyin
(3 December 2017)
Lowest home attendance7,112 vs Delhi Dynamos
(22 November 2017)
Average home league attendance8,668
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All statistics correct as of 10 December 2017.

The 2017–18 FC Pune City season will be the club's fourth season since its establishment in 2014 and their fourth season in the Indian Super League.This will be the first season for coach Ranko Popović with the club. He replaced Antonio López Habas middle of the pre–season.[1]

Background

See also: 2016 FC Pune City season

Pune City finished sixth in 2016 ISL season and failed to qualify for the semifinals.

Player movement

Due to the Indian Super League regulation each club was allowed to retain a maximum of two Indian players over the age of twenty-one (21) and 3 under-21 players from previous squad.[2] Pune City retained goalkeeper Vishal Kaith and an under-21 forward Ashique Kuruniyan.[3] On 10 July Pune City announced signing of Uruguayan striker Emiliano Alfaro.[4]

In ISL players draft held on 23 July 2017, Pune City picked 14 players to the squad.[5] Pune City picked goalkeeper Kamaljit Singh and added defenders Adil Khan, Lalchhuanmawia, Nim Dorjee Tamang, Harpreet Singh, Wayne Vaz, Gurtej Singh and Pawan Kumar from draft. Pune City added midfielders Kean Lewis, Jewel Raja, Isaac Vanmalsawma and Rohit Kumar to the squad and also picked forwards Baljit Sahni and Ajay Singh from draft.

On 4 August Pune City announce signing of Spanish midfielder Marcos Tébar.[6] The club announced signing of Brazilian forward Marcelinho on 21 August.[7] On 23 August Pune City announced their next signing Spanish defender Rafa Lopez Gomez.[8] On 24 August Pune city announced signing of midfielder Jonatan Lucca.[9] The club then announced signing Croatian defender Damir Grgic on 29 August.[10] Pune City on 8 September announced their seventh foreigner as Brazilian forward Diego Carlos.[11] Pune City signed their last foreigner Argentinian midfielder Robertino Pugliara on 12 August.[12]

In

Position Player Old club Date Ref
FW Uruguay Emiliano Alfaro United Arab Emirates Al-Fujairah 10 July 2017 [4]
DF India Adil Khan India Churchill Brothers 23 July 2017 [5]
MF India Kean Lewis India Mohun Bagan 23 July 2017 [5]
DF India Lalchhuanmawia India Bengaluru 23 July 2017 [5]
MF India Jewel Raja India Minerva Punjab 23 July 2017 [5]
DF India Nim Dorjee Tamang India Shillong Lajong 23 July 2017 [5]
MF India Isaac Vanmalsawma India Shillong Lajong 23 July 2017 [5]
DF India Harpreet Singh India Sporting Clube de Goa 23 July 2017 [5]
DF India Wayne Vaz India Chennai City 23 July 2017 [5]
GK India Kamaljit Singh India Minerva Punjab 23 July 2017 [5]
FW India Baljit Sahni India Mumbai 23 July 2017 [5]
MF India Rohit Kumar India DSK Shivajians 23 July 2017 [5]
FW India Ajay Singh India Southern Samity 23 July 2017 [5]
DF India Gurtej Singh India Fateh Hyderabad 23 July 2017 [5]
DF India Pawan Kumar India Delhi United 23 July 2017 [5]
MF Spain Marcos Tébar Spain Reus Deportiu 4 August 2017 [6]
FW Brazil Marcelinho Brazil Avaí 21 August 2017 [7]
DF Spain Rafa Gomez Spain Real Valladolid 23 August 2017 [8]
MF Brazil Jonatan Lucca Israel Bnei Sakhnin 24 August 2017 [9]
DF Croatia Damir Grgic Slovenia Rudar Velenje 29 August 2017 [10]
FW Brazil Diego Carlos Brazil São Bento 8 September 2017 [11]
MF Argentina Robertino Pugliara Indonesia Persipura Jayapura 12 September 2017 [12]

Out

Pos. Player New Club Date Ref
GK Armenia Apoula Edel Released 1 January 2017
MF India Manish Maithani Released 1 January 2017
FW Mali Dramane Traoré Released 1 January 2017
FW Mexico Aníbal Zurdo Spain Atletico Pinto 1 January 2017 [13]
DF Equatorial Guinea Eduardo Ferreira Mohun Bagan 4 January 2017 [14]
FW India Arata Izumi NEROCA 9 January 2017 [15]
MF Spain Bruno Herrero Spain San Fernando 19 January 2017 [16]
MF Spain Pitu Spain Llagostera 24 January 2017 [17]
FW Senegal Momar Ndoye Spain Arandina 26 January 2017 [18]
MF Spain Jesús Tato Spain La Roda 14 February 2017 [19]
MF Mali Mohamed Sissoko Italy Ternana Calcio 17 February 2017 [20]
GK India Arindam Bhattacharya Mumbai City 23 July 2017 [21]
DF India Yumnam Raju Jamshedpur 23 July 2017 [21]
DF India Narayan Das Goa 23 July 2017 [21]
MF India Francis Fernandes Chennaiyin 23 July 2017 [21]
MF India Sanju Pradhan Mumbai City 23 July 2017 [21]
MF India Lenny Rodrigues Bengaluru 23 July 2017 [21]
MF Argentina Gustavo Oberman Argentina Argentino de Quilmes 1 August 2017 [22]
DF India Gouramangi Singh NEROCA 17 October 2017 [23]
DF India Dharmaraj Ravanan Chennai City 23 October 2017 [24]

Pre-season and friendlies

Pune City stayed at Pune for pre-season. The club played their first friendly against DSK Shivajians U18 on 30 September and won 3–0. Goals scored by Kean Lewis, Adil Khan and Gaurav Bora. Then in next friendly against Chanmari Pune City won 5–0 on 16 October. Jonatan Lucca, Emiliano Alfaro, Rohit, Ajay Singh and Isaac scored a goal each for the club. Pune City Played East Bengal on 30 October and won 2–1. Lucca and Alfaro scored for Pune City. Mahmoud Amnah scored for East Bengal from penalty. Pune City played their next friendly against Mohun Bagan and won it 4–1. Alfaro scored brace, while Ajay Singh and Isaac scored a goal each for Pune City. Dipanda pulled one back for Mohun Bagan. Pune City played a 2–2 draw against Chennaiyin in their last friendly. Marcelinho and Diego Carlos scored for Pune City. Baoringdao Bodo scored the first goal for Chennaiyin and the second goal was an own goal.

30 September 2017 Friendly Pune City 3–0 DSK Shivajians U18 Pune
9:30 IST Kean 30'
Adil 49'
Gaurav Bora 68'		 Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
16 October 2017 Friendly Pune City 5–0 Chanmari Pune
19:00 IST Lucca 9'
Alfaro 25'
Rohit 40'
Ajay 51'
Isaac 72'		 Report Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
30 October 2017 Friendly Pune City 2–1 East Bengal Pune
IST Lucca
Alfaro 		Report Amnah (pen.) Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
6 November 2017 Friendly Pune City 4–1 Mohun Bagan Pune
19:00 IST

Report
Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
12 November 2017 Friendly Pune City 2–2 Chennaiyin Pune
IST
Report
Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex

Indian Super League

Main article: 2017–18 Indian Super League season

November

Pune City started with 2–3 loss against Delhi Dynamos in their first match of 2017–18 Indian Super League season at home on 22 November.[25] Paulinho Dias opened the scoring for Delhi in the 46th minute, while Lallianzuala Chhangte and Matías Mirabaje netted in the 54th and 65th minute, respectively. Emiliano Alfaro scored Pune’s first goal of the match in the 67th minute and Marcos Tebar netted their second in injury–time.

Table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Chennaiyin[a] (C) 18 9 5 4 24 19 +5 32 Qualification for ISL play-offs
3 Goa 18 9 3 6 42 28 +14 30
4 Pune City 18 9 3 6 30 21 +9 30
5 Jamshedpur 18 7 5 6 16 18 −2 26
6 Kerala Blasters 18 6 7 5 20 22 −2 25
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
(C) Champions

Matches

22 November 2017 1 Pune City 2–3 Delhi Dynamos Pune, India
20:00 IST Alfaro 67'
Marcelinho Yellow card 87'
Tebar 90'		 Report Paulinho 46'
Changte 54'
Mirabaje 65' Yellow card 79'
Cichero Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: Balewadi Stadium
Attendance: 7,912
Man of the Match: Lallianzuala Chhangte (Delhi Dynamos)
26 November 2017 2 ATK 1–4 Pune City Kolkata
17:30 IST Lyngdoh Yellow card 27'
Bipin 50'
Kuqi Yellow card 73'		 Report Marcelinho 13', 60'
Sahni Yellow card 48'
Rohit 51'
Alfaro 80'
Grgič Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 32816[26]
Man of the Match: Marcelinho (Pune City)
29 November 2017 3 Pune City 2–1 Mumbai City Pune
20:00 IST Tebar Yellow card 47'
Alfaro 74', 90'		 Report Balwant 15'
Sehnaj Yellow card 45'		 Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
Attendance: 8,211
Man of the Match: Gerson Vieira (Mumbai City)
3 December 2017 4 Pune City 0–1 Chennaiyin Pune
17:30 IST Adil Yellow card 54' Report Calderón Yellow card 18'
SerenoYellow card 50' 81'
DhanpalYellow card 60'
AnirudhYellow card 78'		 Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
Attendance: 9,881
Man of the Match: Jerry Lalrinzuala (Chennaiyin)
10 December 2017 5 Jamshedpur 0–1 Pune City Jamshedpur
17:30 IST Azuka Yellow card 26'
Mehtab Yellow card 55'		 Report Alfaro Yellow card 26'
Adil 30'
Marcelinho Yellow card 57'
Carlos Yellow card 70'
Lalchhuanmawia Yellow card 72' Yellow-red card 81'		 Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex
Attendance: 23,913
Man of the Match: Souvik Chakrabarti (Jamshedpur)
14 December 2017 6 Pune City 1–3 Bengaluru Pune
20:00 IST
Report
Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
Attendance: 9968
Man of the Match: Miku (Bengaluru)
23 December 2017 7 Goa 0–2 Pune City Margao
17:30 IST
Report
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Attendance: 18,600
Man of the Match: Adil Khan (Pune City)
30 December 2017 8 Pune City 5–0 NorthEast United Pune
20:00 IST
Report Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
Attendance: 8762
Man of the Match: Marcelinho (Pune City)
4 January 2018 9 Kerala Blasters 1–1 Pune City Kochi
20:00 IST Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
13 January 2018 10 Chennaiyin 0–1 Pune City Chennai
20:00 IST Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
20 January 2018 11 Pune City 3–0 ATK Pune
20:00 IST Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
24 January 2018 12 Pune City 2–1 Jamshedpur Pune
20:00 IST Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex

Technical staff

As of September 2017
Position Name
Head coach Serbia Ranko Popovic
Assistant coach Serbia Vladica Grujic
Assistant coach / Head of Football (Youth) Scotland Pradyum Reddy
Assistant coach Croatia Ivica Barbaric
Goalkeeping coach Turkey Ali Uzunhasanoglu
Team physiotherapists India Vasant Bandi
India Siddharth Parab
Team doctor India Ajit Mapari
Team Operations Manager India Ankur Paliwal
Youth Team – Head Coach India Anshul Katiyar
Youth Team – Assistant Coach India Mohan Dass

Players statistics

Top scorers

Rank No. Pos Nat Player ISL
1 9 FW Uruguay Emiliano Alfaro 6
10 FW Brazil Marcelinho 6
3 5 DF India Adil Khan 4
4 17 MF India Rohit Kumar 2
5 3 DF India Gurtej Singh 1
6 MF Spain Marcos Tebar 1
7 MF Brazil Jonatan Lucca 1
22 MF India Ashique Kuruniyan 1
20 MF Brazil Diego Carlos 1
TOTALS 23

Source: soccerway
Updated: 24 January 2018

Clean sheets

Rank No. Pos Nat Player ISL
1 13 GK India Vishal Kaith 5
1 GK India Kamaljit Singh 0
TOTALS 5

Source: soccerway
Updated: 24 January 2018

Disciplinary record

Rank No. Pos Nat Player ISL Notes
Yellow card Red card
1 12 MF India Baljit Sahni 1 1 Missed a game against Goa (red card).[27]
(23 December 2017)
2 31 DF India Lalchhuanmawia 0 1 Missed a game against Bengaluru (red card).[28]
(14 December 2017)
3 10 FW Brazil Marcelinho 4 0 Missed a game against Chennai
4 5 DF India Adil Khan 1 0
6 MF Spain Marcos Tebar 1 0
9 FW Uruguay Emiliano Alfaro 1 0
20 FW Brazil Diego Carlos 1 0
22 MF India Ashique Kuruniyan 1 0
49 DF Croatia Damir Grgič 1 0
TOTALS 10 2

Source: soccerway
Updated: 30 December 2017

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Qualified for 2019 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs

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