2014–15 Bharat FC season
2014–15 season | ||||
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Manager | Stuart Watkiss | |||
Stadium | Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex | |||
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The 2014–15 season will be Bharat FC's first season in the I-League and first season in existence.
Background
On 25 August 2014 it was announced that Kalyani Group had won the bidding rights to a new I-League team and that they would base the team in Pune, Maharashtra.[1] On 4 November 2014 it was announced that former Wolverhampton Wanderers defender Stuart Watkiss would be the first head coach of the teams history.[2] Then, six days later, on 10 November, it was announced that the team had signed their first player in New Zealand international Kris Bright.[3] On 15 November, Stanley Rozario was appointed as the assistant coach.[4] On 23 November, the team was officially unveiled as Bharat FC.[5]
Pre-season
The club started the season with two friendlies against Bombay Engineer Group, which they won 3–0 and the second one 5–0, courtesy two goals from Steven Dias and a goal each from Subhash Singh, Surojit Bose and Jayashelan Prasad.[6][7] In the last friendly before the season, Bharat FC played against Air India and managed a 2–2 draw with a goal each from Kris Bright and Gunashekar Vignesh.[8]
Matches
January 2015 | Bharat FC | 3–0 | Pune, Maharashtra | |
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Report |
I-League
Table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Mohun Bagan (C) | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 16 | +17 | 39 | Qualification for AFC Champions League qualifying play-off |
2 | Bengaluru FC | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 19 | +16 | 37 | Qualification for AFC Cup group stage[lower-alpha 1] |
3 | Royal Wahingdoh | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 30 | |
4 | East Bengal | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 28 | +2 | 29[lower-alpha 2] | |
5 | Pune | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 26 | −2 | 29[lower-alpha 2] | |
6 | Mumbai | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 27 | −5 | 24[lower-alpha 3] | |
7 | Salgaocar | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 27 | −2 | 24[lower-alpha 3] | |
8 | Sporting Goa | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 27 | −5 | 23[lower-alpha 4] | |
9 | Shillong Lajong | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 23[lower-alpha 4] | |
10 | Dempo (R) | 20 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 26 | −11 | 19 | Relegation to I-League 2nd Division |
11 | Bharat FC | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 28 | −15 | 18 | [lower-alpha 5] |
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.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
- ↑ Bengaluru FC, as the winner of 2014–15 Federation Cup, qualified for the 2016 AFC Cup
- 1 2 East Bengal ahead on goal difference, head-to-head record being the same; Pune 2–3 East Bengal
East Bengal 1–2 Pune - 1 2 Mumbal ahead on head-to-head goal difference; Mumbai–Salgaocar 3–0, Salgaocar–Mumbai 3–1
- 1 2 Sporting Goa ahead on head-to-head record; Sporting Goa–Shillong Lajong 1–1, Shillong Lajong–Sporting Goa 1–2
- ↑ Bharat FC were not relegated as they had relegation immunity for two years.[9]
First-team squad
- As of 5 January 2015[10]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Technical Staff
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Head Coach | |
Assistant Coach | |
Fitness coach | |
Physiotherapist |
References
- ↑ Mazumdar, Rakhi. "Kalyani Group bags bid to launch team in I-league". Economic Times. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
- ↑ "I-League: Kalyani Group appoints Stuart Watkiss as head coach". IBN Live. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
- ↑ Mitra, Atanu. "Kalyani Group rope in Kris Bright". Goal.com. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
- ↑ "Stanly Rozario to assist Watkiss at Kalyani Group's football club". Goal.com. 15 November 2014.
- ↑ "Kalyani Group names I-League team as 'Bharat FC'". 23 November 2014.
- ↑ "Bharat FC tackle Air India in final preseason friendly". bharatfc.com. 16 Jan 2015.
- ↑ "Bharat FC vs BEG - 5-0 - all goals". YouTube.
- ↑ "Bharat FC close preseason friendlies with 2-2 draw". 16 January 2015.
- ↑ "East Bengal - Bharat FC Preview: Lions' pride travel in search of first win of the season". 15 February 2015.
- ↑ "SQUAD". Bharat FC. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/ILeagueOfficial/status/544432940768174081
- ↑ https://twitter.com/BharatFC/status/545172296999002112