2021–22 Gokulam Kerala FC season

Gokulam Kerala
2021–22 season
Chairman	Gokulam Gopalan
Head Coach	Vincenzo Alberto Annese
Stadium	EMS Stadium
I-League	Pre Season
Durand Cup	Quarter Finals
Super Cup	pre Season
AFC Cup	Pre Season
Top goalscorer	League: ; All: Rahim Osumanu; Chisom Chikatara; (3 goals)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2020–21

The 2021-22 season is Gokulam Kerala's fifth season since its establishment in 2017 and their fourth season in the I-League.In addition to the i league Gokulam Kerala will also participates in the Super Cup, Durand Cup , and AFC Cup

First-team squad[]

Squad no.	Name	Position(s)	Age	Previous club	Since	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
01	Rakshit Dagar	GK	28	Sudeva Delhi	2021	2	0
30	Vigneshwaran Baskaran	GK	30	Gokulam Kerala Reserves	2019	3	0
33	Ajmal P. A.	GK	25	Gokulam Kerala Reserves	2018	3	0
Defenders
2	Ajin Tom	RB	21	Gokulam Kerala Reserves	2020	1	0
3	Mohammed Jassim	LB	24	Gokulam Kerala Reserves	2020	5	0
4	Alex Saji	CB	21	Gokulam Kerala Reserves	2020	7	0
5	Pawan Kumar	CB	26	Real Kashmir	2021	2	0
15	Aminou Bouba	CB	30	Eding Sport FC	2021	3	0
16		CB	21	KSEB Football Team	2021	2	0
27	Takhellambam Deepak	RB	24	NEROCA	2021	2	0
MidFielders
6	Charles Anandraj	DM	29	Chennai City	2021	1	0
8		AM	26	Gokulam Kerala Reserves	2021	3	0
11	Emil Benny	AM	21	Gokulam Kerala Reserves	2020	14	3
12	Muhammed Rashid	CM	27	Gokulam Kerala Reserves	2017	47	1
14	Zodingliana Ralte	LM	26	NEROCA	2020	7	1
17	Thahir Zaman	AM	26	Gokulam Kerala Reserves	2020	10	0
21	Sharif Mukhammad	DM/CB	31	Maziya	2020	17	5
42		CM	24	Gokulam Kerala Reserves	2021	1	0
Forwards
9		FW	21	Gokulam Kerala Reserves	2021	1	1
10	Ngangom Ronald Singh	RW/ST	24	NEROCA	2020	15	1
13	Chisom Chikatara	FW	26	Naft Maysan	2021	3	3
18	Jithin M S	FW	23	Kerala blasters	2019	11	2
19	Rahim Osumanu	FW	26	Jimma Aba Jifar	2021	3	3
22		FW	21	Guardian Angel SC	2021	2	2

New contracts[]

Date	Position	No.	Player	Ref.
28 May 2021	MF	21	Sharif Mukhammad	^[1]

Transfers and loans[]

Transfers in[]

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	Previous club	Fee	Ref.
21 May 2021	DF	-	Muhammed Rafi	Bengaluru FC Reserves	None	^[2]
7 June 2021	DF	-	Muhammed Uvais	KSEB Football Team	None	^[3]
25 June 2021	MF	-	Khundongbam Krishnanda	TRAU FC	None	^[4]
02 July 2021	DF	-	Takhellambam Deepak	NEROCA	None	^[5]
09 July 2021	GK	01	Rakshit Dagar	Sudeva Delhi	None	^[6]
16 July 2021	DF	-	Shoaib Akhtar	NEROCA	None	^[7]
23 July 2021	MF	-	Akbar Khan	NEROCA	None	^[8]
13 August 2021	FW	-	Beneston Barretto	Guardian Angel SC	None	^[9]
23 August 2021	DF	-	Pawan Kumar	Real Kashmir	None	^[10]
25 August 2021	MF	-	Charles Anandraj	Chennai City	None	^[11]
26 August 2021	DF	-	Aminou Bouba	Eding Sport FC	None	^[12]
30 August 2021	MF	-	Sourav K		None	^[13]
31 August 2021	FW	-	Rahim Osumanu	Jimma Aba Jifar	None	^[14]
03 September 2021	FW	-	Chisom Chikatara	Naft Maysan	None	^[15]

Transfers out[]

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
14 May 2021	FW		Malemngamba Meitei	FC Bengaluru United	None
14 May 2021	DF	27	Sebastian Thangmuansang	Odisha	None	^[16]
18 June 2021	GK	01	Ubaid CK	Sreenidhi FC	None	^[17]^[18]
30 June 2021	MF	13	Mayakkannan	Sreenidhi FC	None
01 July 2021	FW	27	Lalromawia	Sreenidhi FC	None	^[19]
07 July 2021	DF	26	Deepak Devrani	Chennaiyin	None	^[20]
08 July 2021	MF	47	Vincy Barretto	Kerala blasters	Undisclosed fee	^[21]
21 July 2021	MF	22	Shibil Muhammed	Sreenidhi FC	None	^[22]
23 July 2021	DF	-	Roshan Singh	TRAU FC	None	^[23]
31 July 2021	DF	24	Jestin George	Northeast United FC	None	^[24]
22 August 2021	DF	49	Mohamed Awal		None
22 August 2021	DF	-	Muhammad Asif	Bhawanipore	None
22 August 2021	DF	15	Mohamed Salah		None
28 August 2021	DF	02	Naocha Singh	Mumbai City	None	^[25]
31 August 2021	FW	50	Philip Adjah		None
31 August 2021	FW	16	Salman K	Kerala United FC	None	^[26]
31 August 2021	FW	33	Denny Antwi	Al-Taawon	None
31 August 2021	DF	05	Rowilson Rodrigues		None
31 August 2021	DF	06	Ashok Singh		None
31 August 2021	DF	-	Muhammed Rafi	Hyderabad FC	None

Current technical staff[]

Position	Name
Head Coach	Vincenzo Alberto Annese^[27]
Fitness and conditioning Coach	Djair Miranda Garcia
Technical Director	Vacant
Goalkeeping Coach	Manish Timsina
Academy Manager	Joel Richard Williams^[28]

Pre-season[]

22.08.2021	Gokulam Kerala	4-1	Kovalam FC	showKozhikode
16.00 IST				Stadium: EMS Stadium

03.09.2021	Gokulam Kerala	2-0	Kerala United FC	showKozhikode
16.00 IST				Stadium: EMS Stadium

Competitions[]

Overview[]

Competition	First match	Last match	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
I League	TBD	TBD		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Durand Cup	12 September 2021	TBD	-	3	2	1	0	10	4	+6	066.67
Super Cup	TBD	TBD	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
AFC Cup	TBD	TBD		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				3	2	1	0	10	4	+6	066.67

Last updated: 12 September 2021 (2021-09-12).
Source: Competitions

I-League[]

League Table[]

Pos	Team v t
2	Chennai City	Championship stage
3	Churchill Brothers
4	Gokulam Kerala
5	Indian Arrows^[a]
6	I-League 2nd Division winners

Source:^{[citation needed]}
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:

^ Indian Arrows were exempted from relegation, as they are an AIFF developmental team.

Durand Cup[]

Group D[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Gokulam Kerala (Q)	3	2	1	0	10	4	+6	7	Knockout stage
2	Army Red (Q)	3	2	1	0	8	4	+4	7	Knockout stage
3	Hyderabad (E)	3	1	0	2	6	3	+3	3
4	Assam Rifles (E)	3	0	0	3	3	16	−13	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}
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
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

12 September 2021 (2021-09-12) 1	Gokulam Kerala	2–2	Army Red	showKalyani
15.00 IST	Osumanu 8' Mukhammad 68' (p)	Report	30' 43' 45' 73'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: ^{[Note *]} Man of the Match: (Army Red)

16 September 2021 (2021-09-16) 4	Gokulam Kerala	1–0	Hyderabad	showKalyani
15.00 IST	Osumanu 46' Benny 48' Mukhammad 57'	Report		Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: ^{[Note *]} Man of the Match: Sharif Mukhammad (Gokulam Kerala FC)

19.09.2021 3	Assam Rifles	2-7	Gokulam Kerala	showKalyani
15.00 IST				Stadium: Kalyani Stadium

Quarter-final[]

23 September 2021 QF	Mohammedan	v	Gokulam Kerala	showKolkata
15.00 IST				Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan

AFC Cup[]

Gokulam Kerala FC will play in the AFC Cup Group Stage 2022 by virtue of a special dispensation awarded by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).^[29]

Group Stage[]

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Gokulam Kerala	Inter-zone play-off semi-finals
2	Bashundhara Kings
3	Maziya
4	Winner of Play-off South Asia

First match(es) will be played on TBC. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Squad Statistics[]

Appearances[]

Players with no appearances are not included on the list.

As of match played 19 September 2021

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	I-League				Durand Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts
01	GK		Rakshit Dagar	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2
02	RB		Ajin Tom	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
03	LB		Mohammed Jassim	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	1
04	CB		Alex Saji	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	2
05	DF		Pawan Kumar	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1
06	MF		Charles Anandraj	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
08	MF		Rishad PP	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	2
9	FW			0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
10	FW		Ngangom Ronald Singh	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
11	MF		Emil Benny	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
12	MF		Muhammed Rashid	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
13	FW		Chisom Chikatara	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	2
14	MF		Zodingliana Ralte	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
15	CB		Aminou Bouba	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	3
16	DF			0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2
17	MF		Thahir Zaman	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2
18	FW		Jithin M S	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
19	FW		Rahim Osumanu	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	3
21	MF		Sharif Mukhammad	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	3
22	FW			0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2
27	DF		Takhellambam Deepak	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2
33	GK		Ajmal P. A.	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1
42	MF			0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0

Goal Scorers[]

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	Durand Cup	Total
1	13	FW	Chisom Chikatara	3	3
1	19	FW	Rahim Osumanu	3	3
2	22	FW		2	2
3	9	FW		1	1
3	21	MF	Sharif Mukhammad	1	1
Own Goals				0	0
Total				10	10

Assists[]

Not all goals have an assist.

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	Durand Cup	Total
1	22	FW		3	3
2	8	MF		1	1
2	11	MF	Emil Benny	1	1

Clean sheets[]

No.	Nation	Name	I-League		Durand Cup	Total
1		Ajmal P. A.	0	0	1	1
TOTAL			0	0	1	1

Disciplinary record[]

As of match played 19 September 2021

No.	Pos.	Name	I League		Indian Super Cup		Durand Cup		AFC CUP		Total
No.	Pos.	Name
19	FW	Rahim Osumanu	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
11	FW	Emil Benny	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
21	MF	Sharif Mukhammad	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
8	MF		0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
4	DF	Alex Saji	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Total			0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	5	1

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[table_note_ARW0.30938914572326-29] Indian Arrows were exempted from relegation, as they are an AIFF developmental team.

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