2014 Delhi Dynamos FC season

Delhi Dynamos
2014 season
Chairman	Sameer Manchanda
Head Coach	Harm van Veldhoven
Stadium	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Indian Super League	5th
Top goalscorer	League: Gustavo Marmentini (5); All: Gustavo Marmentini (5)
Average home league attendance	15,713
Home colours	Away colours
	2015 →

The 2014 Delhi Dynamos FC season was the first ever season in the history of the Delhi Dynamos, a franchise in the inaugural season of the Indian Super League. For the first season the Dynamos announced a partnership with Feyenoord,^[2] who helped the Indian club assemble their technical staff and squad.

The Delhi Dynamos began their season on 14 October with a 0–0 draw at home against Pune City. Despite only losing four of their fourteen matches during the 2014 season, the Delhi Dynamos failed to qualify for the finals by only a single point.

Background[]

Signings[]

Indian draft[]

Round	Position	Player	I-League club
1	MF	Francis Fernandes	Salgaocar
2	DF	Robert Lalthlamuana	East Bengal
3	DF	Naoba Singh	East Bengal
4	MF	Shylo Malsawmtluanga	East Bengal
5	DF	Shouvik Ghosh	Mohun Bagan
6	MF	Souvik Chakraborty	Mohun Bagan
7	DF	Munmun Lugun	Rangdajied United
8	MF	Adil Khan	Mohun Bagan
9	MF	Manish Bhargav	Mohun Bagan
10	DF	Govin Singh	Shillong Lajong
11	GK	Jagroop Singh	Eagles (2nd Division)
12	MF	Steven Dias	Churchill Brothers
13	DF	Anwar Ali	Mumbai
14	FW	Manandeep Singh	Rangdajied United

International draft[]

Round	Position	Player	Last Club
1	FW	Mads Junker	KV Mechelen
2	FW	Morten Skoubo	OB
3	MF	Bruno	Girona
4	FW	Gustavo Marmentini	Atlético Paranaense
5	GK	Marek Čech	Sparta Prague
6	MF	Pavel Eliáš	Baumit Jablonec
7	MF	Dinis	Vitória

Other signings[]

No.	Position	Player	Last club	Date	Ref
4	DF	Wim Raymaekers	OH Leuven	13 August 2014	^[3]
1	GK	Kristof Van Hout	Genk	19 August 2014	^[4]
10	MF	Alessandro Del Piero	Sydney FC	29 August 2014	^[5]
3	DF	Stijn Houben	HBS	8 September 2014	^[6]
6	MF	Hans Mulder	NEC	8 September 2014	^[6]

Pre-season[]

13 September 2014 (2014-09-13) Friendly	Delhi Dynamos	3–0	Garhwal FC
		Report

22 September 2014 (2014-09-22) Friendly	Delhi Dynamos	9–0	Hindustan
		Report

25 September 2014 (2014-09-25) Friendly	Delhi Dynamos	7–0	Mohammedan
		Report

1 October 2014 (2014-10-01) Friendly	Delhi Dynamos	2–0 (50 minutes)	Pune
		Report

Indian Super League[]

14 October 2014 (2014-10-14) 1	Delhi Dynamos	0–0	Pune City	Delhi
19:00 IST		Report		Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Pranjal Banerji

19 October 2014 (2014-10-19) 2	Atlético de Kolkata	1–1	Delhi Dynamos	Kolkata
16:30 IST	Jofre 49' (pen)	Report	Eliáš 74'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 55,793 Referee: Santosh Kumar

26 October 2014 (2014-10-26) 3	Delhi Dynamos	4–1	Chennaiyin	Delhi
19:00 IST	Raymaekers 1' Junker 21' Bruno 79' (pen) Marmentini 90+3'	Report	Elano 68'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar

29 October 2014 (2014-10-29) 4	Delhi Dynamos	0–0	NorthEast United	Delhi
19:00 IST		Report		Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Pratap Singh

1 November 2014 (2014-11-01) 5	FC Goa	2–1	Delhi Dynamos	Margao
19:00 IST	Raja 73' Özbey 90+3'	Report	Junker 7'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 17,563 Referee: Dave Gantar

5 November 2014 (2014-11-05) 6	Mumbai City	1–0	Delhi Dynamos	Mumbai
19:00 IST	Anelka 59'	Report		Stadium: DY Patil Stadium Attendance: 18,197 Referee: Pranjal Banerji

9 November 2014 (2014-11-09) 7	Kerala Blasters	0–0	Delhi Dynamos	Kochi
19:00 IST		Report		Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 34,657 Referee: Pranjal Banerji

13 November 2014 (2014-11-13) 8	Delhi Dynamos	1–4	Goa	Delhi
19:00 IST	Marmentini 73' (pen)	Report	Bengelloun 18', 48' Pires 53' (pen) Özbey 60'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 15,697 Referee: Arumughan Rowan

16 November 2014 (2014-11-16) 9	Delhi Dynamos	0–1	Kerala Blasters	Delhi
19:00 IST		Report	Orji 61'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 17,853 Referee: Jarred Gillett

24 October 2014 (2014-10-24) 10	NorthEast United	1–2	Delhi Dynamos	Guwahati
19:00 IST	Mtonga 80'	Report	Marmentini 6' Mulder 14'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 26,749 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov

28 November 2014 (2014-11-28) 11	Delhi Dynamos	4–1	Mumbai City	Delhi
19:00 IST	Mulder 44' Junker 50' Marmentini 60' Bhargav 90+3'	Report	Yadav 86'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 14,643 Referee: C.R. Srikrishna

2 December 2014 (2014-12-02) 12	Delhi Dynamos	0–0	Atlético de Kolkata	Delhi
19:00 IST		Report		Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 16,300 Referee: Arumughan Rowan

6 December 2014 (2014-12-06) 13	Pune City	0–1	Delhi Dynamos	Pune
19:00 IST		Report	Marmentini 88'	Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex Attendance: 8,212 Referee: Ranjit Bakshi

9 December 2014 (2014-12-09) 14	Chennaiyin	2–2	Delhi Dynamos FC	Chennai
16:30 IST	Pelissari 16' Lalpekhlua 28'	Report	Del Piero 53' Mulder 88'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 20,446 Referee: Pranjal Banerji

Table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
3	Atlético de Kolkata	14	4	7	3	16	13	+3	19	2014 Indian Super League Semi-finals
4	Kerala Blasters	14	5	4	5	9	11	−2	19	2014 Indian Super League Semi-finals
5	Delhi Dynamos	14	4	6	4	16	14	+2	18
6	Pune City	14	4	4	6	12	17	−5	16
7	Mumbai City	14	4	4	6	12	21	−9	16

Source: Soccerway
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) play-off match

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
14	4	6	4	16	14	+2	18	2	3	2	9	7	+2	2	3	2	7	7	0

Source: http://www.indiansuperleague.com/delhi-dynamos-fc/schedules-results

Player statistics[]

Season stats
#	Position	Player	GP	G
1	GK	Kristof Van Hout	14	0
2	DF	Govin Singh	1	0
3	DF	Stijn Houben	7	0
4	DF	Wim Raymaekers	8	1
5	DF	Anwar Ali	14	0
6	MF	Hans Mulder	13	3
7	FW	Morten Skoubo	8	0
8	MF	Adil Khan	7	0
9	FW	Mads Junker	14	3
10	FW	Alessandro Del Piero	10	1
11	MF	Francis Fernandes	11	0
13	MF	Pavel Eliáš	5	1
14	MF	Henrique Dinis	6	0
15	MF	Bruno Herrero Arias	10	1
16	MF	Gustavo Marmentini	13	5
17	FW	Manandeep Singh	2	0
18	DF	Munmun Lugun	1	0
19	DF	Robert Lalthlamuana	3	0
20	MF	Souvik Chakraborty	7	0
21	GK	Jagroop Singh	0	0
22	DF	Naoba Singh	5	0
23	MF	Steven Dias	7	0
24	GK	Marek Čech	0	0
26	DF	Shouvik Ghosh	13	0
28	MF	Shylo Malsawmtluanga	13	0
34	MF	Manish Bhargav	3	1

References[]

^ "Indian Super League 2014 » Attendance". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
^ Das, Shankar (17 July 2014). "Delhi Dynamos officially launched; tie up announced with Feyenoord". www.sportskeeda.com.
^ "ISL: Delhi Dynamos sign Belgian defender Wim Raymaekers". IBN Live. 13 August 2014. Archived from the original on 15 August 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
^ "Delhi Dynamos sign world`s tallest goalkeeper Kristof Van Hout". Zee News. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
^ "Alessandro del Piero Signs up With Delhi Dynamos in Indian Super League". NDTV Sports. 29 August 2014. Archived from the original on 13 October 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Delhi Dynamos FC welcome Dutch duo". Indian Super League. 8 September 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2015.

[1] "Indian Super League 2014 » Attendance". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 20 March 2015.

[2] Das, Shankar (17 July 2014). "Delhi Dynamos officially launched; tie up announced with Feyenoord". www.sportskeeda.com.

[3] "ISL: Delhi Dynamos sign Belgian defender Wim Raymaekers". IBN Live. 13 August 2014. Archived from the original on 15 August 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2015.

[4] "Delhi Dynamos sign world`s tallest goalkeeper Kristof Van Hout". Zee News. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2015.

[5] "Alessandro del Piero Signs up With Delhi Dynamos in Indian Super League". NDTV Sports. 29 August 2014. Archived from the original on 13 October 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2015.

[Houben-6] "Delhi Dynamos FC welcome Dutch duo". Indian Super League. 8 September 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2015.

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