2017–18 Minerva Punjab FC season

Minerva Punjab
2017–18 season
OwnerRanjit Bajaj
Head coachKhogen Singh
StadiumGuru Nanak Stadium
I-LeagueWinners
Super CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Chencho Gyeltshen (7 goals)
All: Chencho Gyeltshen (7 goals)
Highest home attendance8,243 vs East Bengal
(13 February 2018)[1]
Lowest home attendance3,845 vs Chennai City
(11 December 2017)[2]
Average home league attendance5,736

The 2017–18 Minerva Punjab F.C. season was the second season in the I-League. They finished the season as I-League Champions becoming the first team from North India to win the I-League since its inception.[3]

Kit

Supplier: Astro[4] / Sponsor: Apollo Tyres[5]

Home
Away

Coaching staff

As of 25 November 2017.
Position Name
Head Coach India Khogen Singh
Team Manager India Sachin Badadhe
Physiotherapist India Neeraj Churi
Technical Consultant Gibraltar Joel Williams
Source:[citation needed]

Squad information

First-team squad

As of 11 March 2018[6]

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 India IND Arshdeep Singh
2 DF India IND Rahul Baishnab Jaydebdas
3 MF India IND Sukhdev Singh (Captain)
5 FW India IND Nadong Bhutia
7 FW Bhutan BHU Chencho Gyeltshen
8 MF India IND Randeep Singh
9 MF India IND Bali Gagandeep
10 FW India IND Moinuddin Khan
11 MF India IND Girik Khosla
13 MF Nigeria NGA Bazie Armand
14 MF India IND Altamash Sayed
15 MF India IND Souvik Das
16 MF Senegal SEN Kassim Aidara
17 FW India IND Rajan Negi
18 MF India IND Akashdeep Singh
19 FW India IND Mohamman Ajaruddin
20 FW India IND Makan Chote
21 DF India IND Akash Sangwan
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 DF India IND Kamalpreet Singh
24 DF Ivory Coast CIV Guy Eric Dano
25 DF India IND Arashpreet Singh
26 DF India IND Deepak Devrani
27 DF India IND Abhishek Ambedkar
28 MF India IND Akhil Verma
31 GK Nepal   NEP Kiran Chemjong
39 FW Ivory Coast CIV Lago Dagbo Bei
40 GK India IND Rakshit Dagar
41 MF India IND Bhaskar Roy
42 MF Ghana GHA William Opoku
49 MF India IND Amandeep Singh
— DF India IND Ramandeep Singh
— DF India IND Harpreet Singh

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
I-League 25 November 2017 8 March 2018 Matchday 1 Winners 18 11 2 5 24 16 +8 061.11
Super Cup 2 April 2018 2 April 2018 Round of 16 Round of 16 1 0 0 1 4 5 −1 000.00
Total 19 11 2 6 28 21 +7 057.89

Last updated: 12 March 2018 (2018-03-12).
Source: Competitions

I-League

Main article: 2017–18 I-League

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Minerva Punjab (C) 18 11 2 5 24 16 +8 35 Qualification to 2019 AFC Champions League qualifier
2 NEROCA 18 9 5 4 20 13 +7 32
3 Mohun Bagan 18 8 7 3 28 14 +14 31
4 East Bengal 18 8 7 3 32 19 +13 31
5 Aizawl 18 6 6 6 21 18 +3 24
Source: i-league.org
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
(C) Champions

Result summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
18 11 2 5 24 16  +8 35 6 1 2 12 7  +5 5 1 3 12 9  +3

Last updated: 9 March 2018.
Source: i-league.org

Results by match

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ResultDWWWWLWWWWDLWLLWLW
Source: i-league.org
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

25 November 2017 1 Minerva Punjab 1–1 Mohun Bagan Ludhiana
17:30 IST Moinuddin 89' Report Sony Norde 43'
Gurjinder Kumar Yellow card 55'		 Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium
Attendance: 5,995
Referee: Umesh Bora
Man of the Match: Sony Norde (Mohun Bagan AC)
1 December 2017 2 Minerva Punjab 2–1 NEROCA Ludhiana
17:30 IST Chencho Gyeltshen 24'
Lago Dagbo Bei 45+2'		 Report Felix Chidi Odili 18'
Moirangmayum Ashok Singh Yellow card 49'
Aryn Williams Yellow card 90+6'		 Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium
Attendance: 5,734
Referee: Senthil Nathan
Man of the Match: Chencho Gyeltshen (Minerva Punjab FC)
5 December 2017 3 Indian Arrows 0–2 Minerva Punjab Bambolim
20:00 IST Report William Opoku 7', 84'
Kamalpreet Singh Yellow card 86'		 Stadium: GMC Bambolim
Attendance: 776
Referee: Akash Jackson Routh
Man of the Match: William Opoku (Minerva Punjab)
11 December 2017 4 Minerva Punjab 2–1 Chennai City Ludhiana
20:00 IST William Opoku 48'
Kassim Aidara 59'
Bali Gagandeep Yellow card 70'		 Report Jean-Michel Joachim 5'
Murilo de Almeida Yellow card 19'
Pradeep Mohannraj Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium
Attendance: 3,845
Referee: Om Prakash Thakur
Man of the Match: Kassim Aidara (Minerva Punjab)
18 December 2017 5 Minerva Punjab 1–0 Indian Arrows Ludhiana
20:00 IST Chencho Gyeltshen 80' Report Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium
Attendance: 5,342
Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta
Man of the Match: Dheeraj Singh (Indian Arrows)
27 December 2017 6 Aizawl 2–1 Minerva Punjab Aizawl
14:00 IST Kareem Omolaja 72'
Masih Saighani Yellow card 75'
Andrei Ionescu 86'		 Report Chencho Gyeltshen Yellow card 61'
Amandeep Singh Yellow card 78'
Girik Khosla 90+4'		 Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium (Aizawl)
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Raktim Saha
Man of the Match: Léonce Dodoz Zikahi (Aizawl FC)
6 January 2018 7 Gokulam Kerala 0–1 Minerva Punjab Kozhikode
17:30 IST Kivi Zhimomi Yellow card 51'
Emmanuel Chigozie Yellow card 76'
Daniel Ashley Addo Yellow card 84'		 Report Bali Gagandeep 19' Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium
Attendance: 4,534
Referee: Senthil Nathan
Man of the Match: Bali Gagandeep (Minerva Punjab FC)
10 January 2018 8 Mohun Bagan 1–2 Minerva Punjab Kolkata
17:30 IST Kingshuk Debnath Yellow card 45+1'
Cameron Watson Yellow card 75'
Kingsley Obumneme 90+4'		 Report Chencho Gyeltshen 23', 30'
Kassim Aidara Yellow card 26'
William Opoku Yellow card 45+1'
Rakshit Dagar Yellow card 90+5'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 5,384
Referee: Umesh Bora
Man of the Match: Chencho Gyeltshen (Minerva Punjab FC)
14 January 2018 9 Shillong Lajong 0–1 Minerva Punjab Shillong
14:00 IST Daniel Odafin Yellow card 32' Report William Opoku 57'
Kassim Aidara Yellow card 61'
Rakshit Dagar Yellow card 86'		 Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 5,800
Referee: Ranjit Bakshi
Man of the Match: Rakshit Dagar (Minerva Punjab FC)
27 January 2018 10 NEROCA 0–1 Minerva Punjab Imphal
14:00 IST Govin Singh Yellow card 41' Report Chencho Gyeltshen 3'
Kassim Aidara Yellow card 17'
Guy Eric Dano 21'
Altamash Sayed Yellow card 42'		 Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: 17,014
Referee: Palmson Moses Raj
Man of the Match: Chencho Gyeltshen (Minerva Punjab FC)
30 January 2018 11 East Bengal 2–2 Minerva Punjab Barasat Stadium
13:55 IST Katsumi Yusasoccer ball with red X47'
Joby Justin 59'
Eduardo FerreiraYellow card 72'
Brandon Vanlalremdika 88'		 Report Sukhdev Singh 20'
Chencho Gyeltshen 33'
Souvik DasYellow card 68'
Guy Eric DanoYellow card 90+2'		 Attendance: 11,200
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar
Man of the Match: Kiran Chemjong (Minerva Punjab FC)
2 February 2018 12 Churchill Brothers 2–1 Minerva Punjab Vasco da Gama
17:30 IST Mechac Koffi 17' (pen.)
Bektur Talgat Uulu Yellow card 39'
Wayne Vaz 45'
Hussein Eldor Yellow card 84'		 Report Sukhdev Singh Yellow card 16'
Girik Khosla Yellow card 51'
Kassim Aidara 57'		 Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
Attendance: 2,442
Referee: Akash Jackson Routh
Man of the Match: Wayne Vaz (Churchill Brothers SC)
7 February 2018 13 Minerva Punjab 3–2 Shillong Lajong Panchkula
14:00 IST Guy Eric Dano 5'
Bali Gagandeep 45+1', 80'Yellow card 53'		 Report Daniel Odafin 60'
Lawrence Doe 63'Yellow card 90+3'
Novin Gurung Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium
Attendance: 6,898
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar
Man of the Match: Bali Gagandeep (Minerva Punjab)
13 February 2018 14 Minerva Punjab 0–1 East Bengal Panchkula
14:00 IST Amandeep SinghYellow card 45+1'
Bali GagandeepYellow card 70'		 Report Cavin Lobo 60'
Mahmoud AmnahYellow card 77'
Ubaid C.K.Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium
Attendance: 8,243
Referee: Ajit Kumar Meitei
Man of the Match: Mahmoud Amnah (East Bengal FC)
20 February 2018 15 Minerva Punjab 0–1 Gokulam Kerala Panchkula
14:00 IST Randeep Singh Yellow card 4' Report Mohamed Rashid Yellow card 16'
Mudde Musa Yellow card 19'
Balwinder Singh Yellow card 42'
Henry Kisekka 75'		 Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium
Attendance: 3,890
Referee: Palmson Moses Raj
Man of the Match: Bilal Husain Khan (Gokulam Kerala)
26 February 2018 16 Minerva Punjab 2–0 Aizawl Panchkula
14:00 IST Akash Sangwan 50'
Akashdeep Singh Yellow card 59'
Armand Bazie 90+5'		 Report David Lalrinmuana Yellow card 90+5' Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium
Attendance: 4,428
Referee: Khamruddin Mohammed Avez
Man of the Match: Guy Eric Dano (Minerva Punjab FC)
2 March 2018 17 Chennai City 2–1 Minerva Punjab Coimbatore
17:30 IST Michael Soosairaj 5'
Dharmaraj Ravanan Yellow card 21'
Aleksandar Rakić 59'
Edwin Sydney Vanspaul Yellow card 81'
Asif Kottayil Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Chencho Gyeltshen 26'
Souvik Das Yellow card 29'		 Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 7,342
Referee: Santhosh Kumar Bhaskaran
Man of the Match: Michael Soosairaj (Chennai City FC)
8 March 2018 18 Minerva Punjab 1–0 Churchill Brothers Panchkula
17:30 IST William Opoku 16'
Guy Eric Dano Yellow card 36'
Amandeep Singh Yellow card 58'		 Report Francis Oneyama Yellow card 41' Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium
Attendance: 7,852
Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta
Man of the Match: Ricardo Cardozo (Churchill Brothers SC)

Super Cup

Main article: 2018 Indian Super Cup

Minerva Punjab FC entered the competition in Round of 16 and were drawn against Jamshedpur.[7] However, they lost in the first game in penalty shootouts, concluding the season for I-League champions.

  Win   Draw   Loss

2 April 2018 (2018-04-02) Round of 16 Minerva Punjab 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)		 Jamshedpur Bhubaneshwar
Report Stadium: Kalinga Stadium
Attendance: 3,256
Referee: Santosh Kumar
Man of the Match: Sanjiban Ghosh (Jamshedpur FC)
Penalties

Awards

Player

No. Player Award Tournament Source
7 Bhutan Chencho Gyeltshen Best Forward of the Tournament
I-League
[8]

References

  1. ^ "Minerva Punjab vs East Bengal Match Report" (PDF). i-league.org. 13 February 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Minerva Punjab vs Chennai City Match Report" (PDF). i-league.org. 11 December 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  3. ^ "I-League 2017-18: Minerva Punjab FC clinch maiden title courtesy William Opoku's goal on thrilling last day of season". firstpost.com. 8 March 2018. Archived from the original on 10 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  4. ^ FC, MINERVA PUNJAB (28 November 2017). "We thank all our Sponsors and Partners who backed us for the ongoing @ILeagueOfficial season #chakdephatte #IndianFootball". @Minerva_AFC. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  5. ^ FC, MINERVA PUNJAB (24 November 2017). "Join us in welcoming @apollotyres as our official title sponsors for the upcoming @ILeagueOfficial season #chakdephatte". @Minerva_AFC. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Squad". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Super Cup 2018: Jamshedpur FC face I-League champions Minerva Punjab and the Round of 16 fixtures". goal.com. 12 March 2018. Archived from the original on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  8. ^ "I-League 2017-18: Minerva Punjab presented with winners' trophy; NEROCA's Gift Raikhan named season's best coach". firstpost.com. 22 March 2018. Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.

See also