2020–21 NorthEast United FC season

NorthEast United
2020–21 season
Owner	John Abraham
Head Coach	Gerard Nus; (until 12 February 2021); Khalid Jamil; (interim)
Stadium	Tilak Maidan Stadium, Goa
Indian Super League	3rd
Play-offs	Semi-final
Super Cup	Cancelled
Top goalscorer	League: ; Luís Machado (7); All: ; Luís Machado (7)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 NorthEast United FC season was the club's seventh season since its establishment in 2014 and their seventh season in the Indian Super League.

Season overview[]

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this season's Indian Super League was decided to held at Goa behind closed doors.^[2]

Transfers[]

IN[]

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee
11	FW	Idrissa Sylla	SV Zulte Waregem	Free agent
26	FW	Deshorn Brown	Bengaluru FC	Free agent
20	FW	Luís Machado	Moreirense FC	Free agent
19	DF	Benjamin Lambot	Nea Salamina Famagusta	Free agent
16	DF	Dylan Fox	Central Coast Mariners	Free agent
9	FW	Kwesi Appiah	AFC Wimbledon	Free agent
6	MF	Khassa Camara	Xanthi FC	Free agent
8	MF	Imran Khan	NEROCA FC	Free agent
77	MF	Rochharzela	Aizawl FC	Free agent
15	FW	V.P. Suhair	Mohun Bagan	Free agent
5	DF	Gurjinder Kumar	Mohun Bagan	Free agent
12	DF	Ashutosh Mehta	Mohun Bagan	Free agent
50	FW	Britto PM	Mohun Bagan	Free agent
27	FW	Lalkhawpuimawia	Churchill Brothers FC	Free agent
29	DF	Ponif Vaz	Churchill Brothers FC	Free agent
25	DF	Nabin Rabha	Shillong Lajong	Free agent
66	DF	Mashoor Shereef	Chennai City FC	Free agent
51	GK	Sanjiban Ghosh	Chennaiyin FC	Free agent
43	MF	Pragyan Gogoi	Kerala Blasters	Free agent
44	GK	Nikhil Deka	NorthEast United U18	Free agent

Squad[]

Current squad of the club:^[3]

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1	Subhasish Roy Chowdhury		GK	(1986-09-27) 27 September 1986 (age 35)
31	Gurmeet Singh		GK	(1999-12-03) 3 December 1999 (age 22)
44	Nikhil Deka		GK	(2002-10-13) 13 October 2002 (age 19)
51	Sanjiban Ghosh		GK	(1991-07-06) 6 July 1991 (age 30)
Defenders
2	Wayne Vaz		CB / RB / DM	(1994-07-28) 28 July 1994 (age 27)
16	Dylan Fox	/	CB / DM	(1994-04-15) 15 April 1994 (age 27)
19	Benjamin Lambot		CB / DM	(1987-05-02) 2 May 1987 (age 34)
25	Nabin Rabha		CB / DM kt	(1996-12-11) 11 December 1996 (age 25)
29	Nim Dorjee Tamang		CB / RB	(1995-10-28) 28 October 1995 (age 26)
66	Mashoor Shereef		CB / CF / RW / LB / LM / CM	(1991-04-01) 1 April 1991 (age 30)
4	Provat Lakra		LB / RB	(1997-08-12) 12 August 1997 (age 24)
5	Gurjinder Kumar		LB / CB	(1990-10-10) 10 October 1990 (age 31)
12	Ashutosh Mehta		RB / RM / RW	(1992-02-21) 21 February 1992 (age 29)
29	Ponif Vaz		RB	(1992-10-04) 4 October 1992 (age 29)
33	Rakesh Pradhan (On loan at Odisha FC)		RB / LB	(1997-08-02) 2 August 1997 (age 24)
Midfielders
6	Khassa Camara	/	DM / CM / RB	(1992-10-22) 22 October 1992 (age 29)
8	Imran Khan		DM / CM	(1994-10-21) 21 October 1994 (age 27)
10	Federico Gallego		AM / RM / LM	(1990-06-13) 13 June 1990 (age 31)
77	Rochharzela		AM / LM	(1998-04-15) 15 April 1998 (age 23)
23	Fanai Lalrempuia		CM	(1996-05-11) 11 May 1996 (age 25)
43	Pragyan Gogoi		CM	(1999-01-25) 25 January 1999 (age 22)
45	Lalengmawia		CM / AM / LW	(2000-10-17) 17 October 2000 (age 21)
Forwards
7	Ninthoinganba Meetei		RW / LW	(2001-07-13) 13 July 2001 (age 20)
50	Britto PM		RW / RM	(1993-03-15) 15 March 1993 (age 28)
20	Luís Machado		LW / RW / AM	(1992-11-04) 4 November 1992 (age 29)
11	Idrissa Sylla		CF / RW / LW	(1990-12-13) 13 December 1990 (age 31)
15	V.P. Suhair		CF / RW / RM	(1992-07-27) 27 July 1992 (age 29)
27	Lalkhawpuimawia		CF / LM	(1992-01-08) 8 January 1992 (age 29)
26	Deshorn Brown		FW	22 December 1990 (age 30)

Competitions[]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

11 November 2020 (2020-11-11) Friendly	NorthEast United	0–0	Jamshedpur	Candolim
16:00 IST (UTC+05:30)				Stadium: Candolim Panchayat Ground

14 November 2020 (2020-11-14) Friendly	NorthEast United	2–1	Hyderabad	Candolim
16:00 IST (UTC+05:30)	Appiah Machado	Report	Santana	Stadium: Candolim Panchayat Ground

Indian Super League[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mumbai City (C)	20	12	4	4	35	18	+17	40	Premiers and Qualification for 2022 AFC Champions League group stage and ISL playoffs
2	ATK Mohun Bagan	20	12	4	4	28	15	+13	40	Qualification for 2022 AFC Cup play-off round^[b] and ISL playoffs
3	NorthEast United	20	8	9	3	31	25	+6	33	Advance to ISL playoffs
4	Goa	20	7	10	3	31	23	+8	31	Advance to ISL playoffs
5	Hyderabad	20	6	11	3	27	19	+8	29

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; 6) number of goals scored; 7) fair play ranking; 8) drawing of lots
(C) Champion

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
20	8	9	3	31	25	+6	33	5	3	2	15	10	+5	3	6	1	16	15	+1

Results by matchday[]

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

Updated to match(es) played on 26 February 2021. Source: Indian Super League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

21 November 2020 (2020-11-21) 1	NorthEast United	1–0	Mumbai City	Vasco
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Appiah 49' (pen) Mehta 84' Gallego 90'	Report	Golui 37' Jahouh 43' Cy 90'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Referee: R Venkatesh Man of the Match: Khassa Camara

26 November 2020 (2020-11-26) 2	Kerala Blasters	2–2	NorthEast United	Bambolim
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Cido 5' Rohit 37' Hooper 45' (pen) Seityasen 49'	Report	Appiah 51' Gurjinder 72' Sylla 90'	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Referee: Ranjit Baksi Man of the Match: Dylan Fox (NorthEast United)

30 November 2020 3	Goa	1–1	NorthEast United	Margao
19:30 IST	Angulo 43'	Report	Sylla 40' (pen) Camara 88'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Crystal John Man of the Match: Lalengmawia (NorthEast United)

5 December 2020 (2020-12-05) 4	NorthEast United	2–0	SC East Bengal	Vasco
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Mehta 2' Surchandra 33' (o.g.) Chhara 90'	Report	Lyngdoh 84' Sehnaj 88'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Referee: Santosh Kumar Man of the Match: Benjamin Lambot (NorthEast United)

8 December 2020 (2020-12-08) 5	Bengaluru FC	2–2	NorthEast United	Fatorda, Goa
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Juanan 13' Bheke 21' Paartalu 26' Singh 70'	Report	Machado 4', 78' Chhara 32' Gurjinder 36' Camara 73' Ninthoi 80' Gurmeet 83' Britto 90'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar Man of the Match: Luis Machado (NorthEast United)

13 December 2020 6	Northeast United	0–0	Chennaiyin	Vasco
17:00 IST	Machado 36' Lambot 81'	Report		Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar Man of the Match: Khassa Camara (Northeast United)

18 December 2020 (2020-12-18) 7	NorthEast United	0–1	Jamshedpur	Vasco
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Camara 43' Mehta 85'	Report	Jadhav 53' Rahman 64' Hartley 68' Mandi 90' Lallawmawma 90'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Referee: A Rowan Man of the Match: Hartley (Jamshedpur)

22 December 2020 7	Odisha	2–2	NorthEast United	Bambolim
19:30 IST	Maurício 19' 23' Onwu 32' Vinit 42' Arshdeep 65' Cole 67'	Report	Fox 17' Lambot 45' Gurjinder 55' Appiah 65' (pen.) Ninthoi 84'	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Referee: Pratik Mondal Man of the Match: Cole (Odisha)

3 January 2021 9	ATK Mohun Bagan	2–0	NorthEast United	Margao, Goa
19:30 IST	Williams 25' Bose 39' McHugh 45+2' Krishna 51' Lambot 57' (o.g.) Das 58' Halder 68'	Report	Gallego 62'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 0^[c] Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar Man of the Match: Roy Krishna (ATK Mohun Bagan)

8 January 2021 (2021-01-08) 10	NorthEast United	2–4	Hyderabad	Vasco
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Shereef 6' Machado 40' Gallego 45' (pen.) Lambot 45+1'	Report	Santana 3' Chianese 36' Rai 41' Narzary 44' Mishra 63' Colaco 85', 90+3' Onaindia 88'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta Man of the Match: Chianese (Hyderabad)

12 January 2021 11	NorthEast United	1–1	Bengaluru	Vasco
19:30 IST	Machado 27'	Report	Paartalu 29' Bheke 50'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar Man of the Match: Lalengmawia (NorthEast United)

17 January 2021 12	Jamshedpur	1–2	NorthEast United	Vasco
19:30 IST	19' Mobashir 62' Gahlot 71' Hartley 89' Valskis 90'	Report	Mehta 36' Brown 61' 65' Apuia 69'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Crystal John Man of the Match: Federico Gallego (NEUFC)

26 January 2021 13	NorthEast United	2–1	ATK Mohun Bagan	Margao, Goa
19:30 IST	Gurjinder 49' Machado 60' Gallego 81' Nim 90'	Report	Krishna 72' Pronay 73'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Crystal John Man of the Match: Federico Gallego (NEUFC)

30 January 2021 14	Mumbai City	1–2	NorthEast United	Bambolim
19:30 IST	Ogbeche 51' Ahmed Jahouh 55' Golui 73' Le Fondre 85'	Report	Brown 6' 9' Lakra 48' Nim 71' Luis Machado 90'	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar Man of the Match: Deshorn Brown (NEUFC)

4 February 2021 15	NorthEast United	2–2	Goa	Margao
19:30 IST	Gallego 41' (pen.), pen.' Mehta 66' Camara 84' Sylla 90+4'	Report	Jesuraj 21' Kumar 80' (o.g.)	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Rowan Arumughan

7 February 2021 (2021-02-07) 16	Hyderabad	0–0	NorthEast United	Vasco
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Sandaza 20' Mishra 84'	Report		Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Harish Kundu Man of the Match: Lalengmawia (NorthEast United)

14 February 2021 17	NorthEast United	3–1	Odisha	Vasco
17:00 IST	Machado 9', 24' Brown 19' Kumar 71' 85'	Report	Bora 7' Tratt 16' Dhot 30' Inman 45+1' Mawihmingthanga 85' Maurício 90+1'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Banerjee Pranjal

18 February 2021 18	Chennaiyin	3–3	NorthEast United	Bambolim
19:30 IST	Chhangte 8', 51' Manuel Lanzarote 50' (pen.)	Report	Khan 14' Brown 43' Luís Machado 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Banerjee Pranjal

23 February 2021 19	East Bengal	1–2	NorthEast United	Margao
19:30 IST	Gaikwad 45' 71' Neville 45' Rafique 69' Mukherjee 84' Golui 87'	Report	Suhair 48' Golui 55' (o.g.)	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta Man of the Match: V.P. Suhair (NorthEast United)

26 February 2021 20	NorthEast United	2–0	Kerala Blasters	Vasco
19:30 IST	Suhair 34' Lalengmawia 45+1' Khan 60' Britto 65'	Report		Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Crystal John

Play-offs[]

6 March 2021 Semi-finals 1st leg	NorthEast United	1–1	ATK Mohun Bagan	Bambolim
19:30 IST	Ashutosh 82' Sylla 90+4'	Report	Williams 34' Hernández 81'	Stadium: GMC Stadium Attendance: 0^[c] Referee: Crystal John

9 March 2021 Semi-finals 2nd leg	ATK Mohun Bagan	2–1 (3–2 agg.)	NorthEast United	Margao
19:30 IST	Williams 38' Singh 68'	Report	Mashoor 30' Suhair 74' Machado 83'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 0^[c] Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta

Squad statistics[]

Appearance and goals[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Indian Super League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	IND	Subhasish Roy Chowdhury	15	0	15	0
3	DF	IND	Wayne Vaz	0	0	0	0
4	DF	IND	Provat Lakra	11	0	11	0
6	DF	IND	Gurjinder Kumar	18	0	18	0
6	MF	MTN	Khassa Camara	21	0	21	0
7	FW	IND	Ninthoinganba Meetei	13	0	13	0
8	MF	IND	Imran Khan	6	1	6	1
10	MF	URU	Federico Gallego	16	4	16	4
11	FW	GUI	Idrissa Sylla	18	3	18	3
12	DF	IND	Ashutosh Mehta	18	1	18	1
15	FW	IND	V.P. Suhair	18	3	18	3
16	DF	AUS	Dylan Fox	21	0	21	0
19	DF	BEL	Benjamin Lambot	21	2	21	2
20	FW	POR	Luís Machado	22	7	22	7
23	MF	IND	Fanai Lalrempuia	9	0	9	0
25	DF	IND	Nabin Rabha	0	0	0	0
26	FW	JAM	Deshorn Brown	10	5	10	5
27	FW	IND	Lalkhawpuimawia	0	0	0	0
29	DF	IND	Nim Dorjee Tamang	7	0	7	0
31	GK	IND	Gurmeet Singh	8	0	8	0
43	MF	IND	Pragyan Gogoi	2	0	2	0
44	GK	IND	Nikhil Deka	0	0	0	0
45	MF	IND	Lalengmawia	22	1	22	1
50	FW	IND	Britto PM	11	0	11	0
51	GK	IND	Sanjiban Ghosh	0	0	0	0
54	DF	IND	Ponif Vaz	0	0	0	0
66	DF	IND	Mashoor Shereef	11	0	11	0
77	MF	IND	Rochharzela	12	1	12	1
Players who left NorthEast United during the season:
9	FW	GHA	Kwesi Appiah(injured)	8	3	6+2	3
33	DF	IND	Rakesh Pradhan(On loan at Odisha FC)	1	0	1	0

Goal scorers[]

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Indian Super League	Play-offs	Total
1	20	FW	Luis Machado	7	0	7
2	20	FW	Deshorn Brown	5	0	5
3	10	MF	Federico Gallego	4	0	4
6	9	FW	Kwesi Appiah	3	0	3
	11	FW	Idrissa Sylla	2	1	3
	15	FW	V.P. Suhair	2	1	3
7	19	DF	Benjamin Lambot	2	0	2
11	8	MF	Imran Khan	1	0	1
	12	DF	Ashutosh Mehta	1	0	1
	45	MF	Lalengmawia	1	0	1
	77	MF	Rochharzela	1	0	1
Own goals				2	0	2
Total				31	2	33

Last updated: 9 March 2021.
Source: Fbref

Assists[]

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Indian Super League	Play-offs	Total
1	10	MF	Federico Gallego	6	0	6
2	12	DF	Ashutosh Mehta	2	0	2
	77	MF	Rochharzela	2	0	2
	20	FW	Luis Machado	1	1	2
3	5	DF	Gurjinder Kumar	1	0	1
	15	FW	V.P. Suhair	1	0	1
	29	DF	Nim Dorjee Tamang	1	0	1
	25	FW	Deshorn Brown	1	0	1
	20	DF	Dylan Fox	1	0	1
	6	MF	Khassa Camara	1	0	1
Total				17	1	18

Last updated: 9 March 2021.
Source: Fbref

Clean sheets[]

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Indian Super League	Total
1	1	GK	Subhasish Roy	3	3
2	31	GK	Gurmeet Singh	2	2
Total				5	5

Last updated: 9 March 2021.
Source: Fbref

Disciplinary record[]

No.	Player	Pos	Yellow card	Red card
12	Ashutosh Mehta	DF	5	0
5	Gurjinder Kumar	DF	4	1
6	Khassa Camara	MF	4	0
20	Luís Machado	FW	3	0
66	Mashoor Shereef	DF	3	0
7	Ninthoinganba Meetei	MF	2	0
29	Nim Dorjee Tamang	DF	2	0
10	Federico Gallego	MF	2	0
31	Gurmeet Singh	GK	1	0
50	Britto PM	MF	1	0
4	Provat Lakra	DF	1	0
45	Lalengmawia	MF	1	0
26	Deshorn Brown	FW	1	0
77	Rochharzela	MF	1	0
16	Dylan Fox	DF	1	0
19	Benjamin Lambot	DF	1	0
Totals			36	1

Notes[]

^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India, the 2020–21 Indian Super League season would be entirely held in Goa, inside closed doors and NorthEast United FC has been allotted the Tilak Maidan Stadium as their home ground for the season.^[1]
^ As the Premiers Mumbai City won the ISL playoffs, the regular season runners-up will qualify for 2022 AFC Cup play-off round
^ ^a ^b ^c Match was played behind closed doors due to government restrictions regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in India.

References[]

^ "ISL 2020-21: All you need to know about Tilak Maidan". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
^ Marcus Mergulhao (18 August 2020). "ISL opts for league standings to decide groups and home grounds". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
^ "NorthEast United FC - Squad". Indian Super League. Retrieved 25 September 2020.

[COVID-2] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India, the 2020–21 Indian Super League season would be entirely held in Goa, inside closed doors and NorthEast United FC has been allotted the Tilak Maidan Stadium as their home ground for the season.^[1]

[5] As the Premiers Mumbai City won the ISL playoffs, the regular season runners-up will qualify for 2022 AFC Cup play-off round

[closed_doors-6] Match was played behind closed doors due to government restrictions regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in India.

[1] "ISL 2020-21: All you need to know about Tilak Maidan". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

[3] Marcus Mergulhao (18 August 2020). "ISL opts for league standings to decide groups and home grounds". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 September 2020.

[4] "NorthEast United FC - Squad". Indian Super League. Retrieved 25 September 2020.

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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
20	8	9	3	31	25	+6	33	5	3	2	15	10	+5	3	6	1	16	15	+1

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
20	8	9	3	31	25	+6	33	5	3	2	15	10	+5	3	6	1	16	15	+1

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
20	8	9	3	31	25	+6	33	5	3	2	15	10	+5	3	6	1	16	15	+1