2018–19 Mohun Bagan AC season

Mohun Bagan
2018–19 season
President	Swapan Sadhan Bose
Head coach	Sankarlal Chakraborty (until 6 January 2018); Khalid Jamil (from 7 January 2018)
Stadium	Mohun Bagan Ground; Salt Lake Stadium
I-League	5th
Calcutta Football League	1st
Super Cup	Walk over
Top goalscorer	League: Dipanda Dicka (5 goals); All: Dipanda Dicka (15 goals)
Highest home attendance	62628
Lowest home attendance	3388
Average home league attendance	27270
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 Mohun Bagan A.C. season is the 129th season of Mohun Bagan A.C. since the club's formation in 1889 and their 12th season in the I-League which is India's top football league.

Sponsors[]

As of 7 July 2018

Sponsors Type	Sponsor's Name
Sponsor	—
Co-Sponsor	M.P Birla Cement, Ripley
Kit Sponsor	Shiv Naresh

Players[]

Current Squad
Squad No.	Name	Position
Goalkeepers
1	Shankar Roy	GK
22	Shilton Paul	GK
31	Ricardo Cardozo	GK
—		GK
Defenders
3	Kingsley Obumneme (C)	DF
4		DF
5	Gurjinder Kumar	DF
14	Arijit Bagui	DF
18	Abhishek Ambekar	DF
19	Lalchhawnkima	DF
28	Bikramjeet Singh	DF
37	Amey Ranawade	DF
Midfielders
7	Yuta Kinowaki	MF
8	Sourav Das	MF
11	William Lalnunfela	MF
15	Darren Caldeira	MF
21	Omar Elhussieny	MF
23	Mehtab Hossain	MF
25	Tirthankar Sarkar	MF
26	Shilton D'Silva	MF
27	Pintu Mahata	MF
33	Britto PM	MF
34	Abhinas Ruidas	MF
47	Sheikh Faiaz (on loan from ATK)	MF
50	Sony Norde (VC)	MF
—		MF
—		MF
Forwards
9	Dipanda Dicka	FW
10	Henry Kisekka	FW
35	Azharuddin Mallick	FW

Last updated: 9 January 2019
Source: [1]

Technical staff[]

Position	Name
Chief Coach	Khalid Jamil
Assistant Coach	Naseem Ali
Goalkeeping Coach	Arpan Dey
Physical Trainer	Samiran Nag
Physiotherapist	Soumya Bhattacharjee
Club Doctor	Dr. Protim Roy
Team Manager	—

Last updated: 7 January 2019
Source: [2]

Competitions[]

Overall[]

Competition	First match	Last match	Current Position	Final Position
I-League	27 October 2018			5th
Super Cup
IFA Shield	7 July 2018	19 July 2018	—	2^nd
Calcutta Football League	4 August 2018	18 September 2018	—	1^st

Updated to match played 12 January 2019
Source: Competitions

Overview[]

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
I-League	20	8	5	7	27	28	−1	040.00
Super Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
CFL	11	9	2	0	27	6	+21	081.82
Total	31	17	7	7	54	34	+20	054.84

Updated to match played March 2019
Source: Competitions

I-League[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Real Kashmir	20	10	7	3	25	14	+11	37^[a]
4	Churchill Brothers	20	9	7	4	35	23	+12	34
5	Mohun Bagan	20	8	5	7	27	28	−1	29
6	NEROCA	20	7	5	8	27	26	+1	26
7	Aizawl	20	6	6	8	27	28	−1	24

Source: I-league
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
Notes:

^ The game between Minerva Punjab and Real Kashmir was rescheduled, but eventually it was not played and both teams were awarded a point.^[1]

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
13	6	3	4	17	14	+3	21	3	2	2	9	8	+1	3	1	2	8	6	+2

Last updated: 12 January 2019.
Source: [3]

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	A
Result	D	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	W	W
Position	5	5	3	3	4	3	8	6	4	5	6	6	5

Source:^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Last updated: 12 January 2019.
Source: Competitions

Calcutta Football League[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mohun Bagan (C)	11	9	2	0	27	6	+21	29	Champion
2	Peerless SC	11	8	1	2	20	8	+12	25
3	East Bengal	11	7	2	2	19	7	+12	23
4	Mohammedan	11	6	1	4	12	8	+4	19	Qualified for I-League 2nd Division
5	Rainbow	11	5	2	4	15	13	+2	17	Qualified for I-League 2nd Division

Updated to match(es) played on 26 September 2018. Source: ^[2]
(C) Champion

Matches[]

Calcutta Football League[]

4 August 2018 1	Mohun Bagan	1–0	Pathachakra	showKolkata
16:30 IST	Kisekka 76'	Report	Lalkamal 47'	Stadium: Mohun Bagan Ground Referee: Debasish Mandi

7 August 2018 2	Mohun Bagan	3–2	Rainbow	showKolkata
16:30 IST	Dicka 49' Ambekar 68' Azharuddin 73' Kingsley 37'	Report	Sarkar 39' Sunday 83'	Stadium: Mohun Bagan Ground Referee: Tanmoy Dhar

12 August 2018 3	Mohun Bagan	1–0	George Telegraph	showKolkata
16:30 IST	Dicka 73'	Report	59' Eche 75'	Stadium: Mohun Bagan Ground Referee: Nipen Haldar

16 August 2018 4	Mohun Bagan	1–1	Peerless SC	showKolkata
16:30 IST	Kisekka 73'	Report	Kromah 90+1'	Stadium: Mohun Bagan Ground Referee: Dipu Roy

19 August 2018 5	Mohun Bagan	3–0	Tollygunge Agragami	showKolkata
16:30 IST	Dicka 29' Azharuddin 35' William 85' Kingsley 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Mohun Bagan Ground Referee: Pranjal Banerjee

25 August 2018 6	Mohun Bagan	5–0	West Bengal Police FC	showKolkata
16:30 IST	Dicka 2', 52', 90+5' Britto 33' Kisekka 90+2'	Report	Soumava 24' 33' Pradip 38' Subrata 41' Mahendar 62'	Stadium: Mohun Bagan Ground Referee: Pratick Mondal

29 August 2018 7	Mohun Bagan	2–0	Aryan FC	showKalyani
14:00 IST	D'Silva 9' Dicka 84'	Report	54'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Referee: Subhankar Kharmi

2 September 2018 8	East Bengal	2–2	Mohun Bagan	showKolkata
16:30 IST	Acosta 45+1' Ralte 62' Amnah 57'	Report	Mahata 19' Kisekka 29' Shilton 57'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 66,182 Referee: Pranjal Banerjee

5 September 2018 9	Mohun Bagan	5–0	FCI	showKolkata
16:30 IST	Dicka 45+4', 62', 68' Sarkar 75' Kimkima 84' Kingsley 20'	Report	72'	Stadium: Mohun Bagan Ground Referee: Mithun Kundu

12 September 2018 10	Mohun Bagan	2–0	Calcutta Customs	showKolkata
16:30 IST	Kisekka 3', 44'	Report		Stadium: Mohun Bagan Ground Referee: Robin Biswas

18 September 2018 11	Mohammedan	1–2	Mohun Bagan	showKolkata
16:30 IST	Adjah 76' 12' 49'	Report	Sarkar 82' Mahata 89'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Tanmoy Dhar

I-League[]

27 October 2018 1	Gokulam	1–1	Mohun Bagan	showKozhikode
17:00 IST	Jayaraj 71' Salman K 21' 39' Batata 70'	Report	Kisekka 41'	Stadium: EMS Stadium Attendance: 28,437 Referee: Maria J. Arokia

3 November 2018 2	Mohun Bagan	2–2	Aizawl	showKolkata
17:00 IST	Kimkima 44' Norde 69' Kisekka 15'	Report	Lalkhawpuimawia 29' David 90+3' Bektur 22' Jaryan 31'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 18,785 Referee: Priyobarta Singh

10 November 2018 3	Indian Arrows	0–2	Mohun Bagan	showCuttack
17:00 IST	Kiyam 40'	Report	Dicka 30', 45+1'	Stadium: Barabati Stadium Attendance: 4,520 Referee: Rahul K. Gupta

20 November 2018 4	Real Kashmir	0–1	Mohun Bagan	showSrinagar
14:00 IST	Katebe 7'	Report	Dipanda 70' Kinowaki 90+3'	Stadium: TRC Turf Ground Attendance: 12,760 Referee: A.K. Meitei

25 November 2018 5	Mohun Bagan	0–3	Churchill Brothers	showKolkata
17:00 IST	Kingsley 71'	Report	Ceesay 21' Plaza 51', 55' Vaz 53' Eldor 77'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 22,387 Referee: Venkatesh R.

1 December 2018 6	Mohun Bagan	1–1	Chennai City	showKolkata
17:00 IST	Norde 50' Das 70'	Report	Nestor 81', 90+2'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 21,985 Referee: Maria J. Arokia

16 December 2018 7	East Bengal	3–2	Mohun Bagan	showKolkata
17:00 IST	Ralte 17', 63' Justin 44' Acosta 48' Manoj 53'	Report	Azharuddin 13' Dicka 75' Kingsley 12' 59' Shilton 18' Kinowaki 25' Gurjinder 76' Ambekar 82'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 64,867 Referee: Venkatesh R.

19 December 2018 8	Minerva Punjab	0–1	Mohun Bagan	showPanchkula
14:00 IST	Das 38' Opoku 49' Njoku 90+4'	Report	Kisekka 79'	Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium Attendance: 5,157 Referee: Rabichandra Singh

23 December 2018 9	Mohun Bagan	2–0	Shillong Lajong	showKolkata
17:00 IST	Kinowaki 48' Kisekka 60'	Report	Dohling 45'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 14,436 Referee: Umesh Bora

28 December 2018 10	NEROCA	2–1	Mohun Bagan	showImphal
14:00 IST	Eduardo 24' Williams 69' Naorem 45' Malemn 72'	Report	Kisekka 63' Kimkima 57'	Stadium: Khuman Lampak Stadium Attendance: 20,232 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar

6 January 2019 11	Mohun Bagan	1–2	Real Kashmir	showKolkata
14:00 IST	Norde 42' Faiaz 45+1' Kingsley 60'	Report	Robertson 33' (74) Armand 34' Thapa 41' Katebe 90+3'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 11,356 Referee: Crystal John

9 January 2019 12	Mohun Bagan	2–0	Minerva Punjab	showKolkata
14:00 IST	Elhussieny 30' (pen) Dicka 69' Caldeira 49' Kinowaki 90+2' Mehtab 90+3'	Report	Touré 29' 55'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 9,185 Referee: C.R. Srikrishna

12 January 2019 13	Mohun Bagan	1–0	NEROCA	showKolkata
14:00 IST	Norde 78' Caldeira 78'	Report	Eduardo 81'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 8,780 Referee: Umesh Bora

27 January 2019 14	Mohun Bagan	v	East Bengal	showKolkata
17:00 IST				Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium

Statistics[]

Goal Scorers[]

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	I-League	Super Cup	CFL	Total
1	9	FW	Aser Pierrick Dipanda	5	-	10	15
2	10	FW	Henry Kisekka	4	-	6	12
3	50	MF	Sony Norde	4	-	-	4
4	35	FW	Azharuddin Mallick	1	-	2	3
5	48	DF	Lalchhawnkima	1	-	1	2
	25	MF	Tirthankar Sarkar	-	-	2	2
	27	MF	Pintu Mahata	-	-	2	2
6	18	DF	Abhishek Ambekar	-	-	1	1
	7	MF	Yuta Kinowaki	1	-	-	1
	11	MF	William Lalnunfela	-	-	1	1
	21	MF	Omar Elhussieny	1	-	-	1
	26	MF	Shilton D'Silva	-	-	1	1
	33	MF	Britto PM	-	-	1	1
Total				17	-	27	44

Updated to match played 12 January 2019
Source: Competitions

Disciplinary Record[]

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	I-League			CFL			Total
Rank	No.	Pos.	Player
1	3	DF	Kingsley Obumneme	2	1	0	3	0	0	5	1	0
2	7	DF	Yuta Kinowaki	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
3	22	GK	Shilton Paul	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
4	15	MF	Darren Caldeira	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
5	5	DF	Gurjinder Kumar	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
5	18	DF	Abhishek Ambekar	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
6	23	MF	Mehtab Hossain	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
6	47	MF	Sheikh Faiaz	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
7	10	FW	Henry Kisekka	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

Updated to match played 12 January 2019
Source: Competitions

References[]

^ "AIFF league committee meets in Bhubaneshwar". 13 April 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Soccerway".

[table_hth_REK0.21970624719733-2] The game between Minerva Punjab and Real Kashmir was rescheduled, but eventually it was not played and both teams were awarded a point.^[1]

[1] "AIFF league committee meets in Bhubaneshwar". 13 April 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}

[auto-3] "Soccerway".

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
13	6	3	4	17	14	+3	21	3	2	2	9	8	+1	3	1	2	8	6	+2

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
13	6	3	4	17	14	+3	21	3	2	2	9	8	+1	3	1	2	8	6	+2

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
13	6	3	4	17	14	+3	21	3	2	2	9	8	+1	3	1	2	8	6	+2