2017–18 Delhi Dynamos FC season

Delhi Dynamos
2017–18 season
Owner	DEN Networks
Head Coach	Miguel Ángel Portugal
Stadium	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
ISL	TBD
Top goalscorer	Kalu Uche (11 goals)
	Home colours
	Home colours

The 2017–18 season will be the club's fourth season since its establishment in 2014 and their fourth season in the Indian Super League.

Pre Season Friendlies

The club headed to Spain and Qatar on a 41 days pre-season tour, starting from 10 September.^[1]

20 September 2017 Friendly	Atlético Astorga FC	5–2	Delhi Dynamos FC	Astorga, Spain
20:00 CET	Emilio 29' Samuel Villa 40' Gonzalo González 55' Roberto Puente 75' Javi Amor 79'	Report	G. Fernandez 30' Seityasen 87'	Stadium: Estadio La Eragudina

27 September 2017 Friendly	Real Oviedo	1–0	Delhi Dynamos FC	Oviedo, Spain
18:00 CET	David González 21'	Report		Stadium: El Requexón

5 October 2017 Friendly	Muaither SC	0–1	Delhi Dynamos FC	Doha, Qatar
18:00 AST		Report	Chhangte 15'	Stadium: Aspire Academy

12 October 2017 Friendly	Al-Wakrah SC	3–1	Delhi Dynamos FC	Al Wakrah, Qatar
18:00 AST		Report	Ngaihte 65'	Stadium: Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium

19 October 2017 Friendly	Army Team	1–2	Delhi Dynamos FC	Doha, Qatar
19:30 AST	Mogo 1'	Report	Uche 33' Chichero 45'

Transfers

Unlike other Indian Super League franchises Delhi Dynamos decided not retain any players from their previous season squad before 2017–18 players draft which enabled them to enter in the round one of players draft along with new entrant Jamshedpur FC.^[2]

In ISL draft held on 23 July 2017, Delhi Dynamos added fifteen new players to their squad. Goalkeeper Albino Gomes, Sukhdev Patil and Arnab Das Sharma, defender Pritam Kotal, Sena Ralte, Pratik Chowdhary, Mohammad Sajid Dhot, Rowilson Rodrigues and Munmun Lugun, midfielder Seityasen Singh, Vinit Rai, Romeo Fernandes, David Ngaihte and Simranjit Singh and Lallianzuala Chhangte.^[3]

Delhi Dynamos announced signing of Brazilian midfielder Paulinho Dias on 28 July 2017.^[4] On 1 August, Delhi Dynamos announced signing of Uruguayan midfielder Matías Mirabaje.^[5] Signing of Argentinian forward Juan Vogliotti was announced on 4 August.^[6] Franchise announced on 10 August, they signed Venezuelan defender Gabriel Cichero.^[7] On 29 August, Delhi Dynamos published a statement on their website that signing of Argentinian forward Juan Vogliotti could not be completed due to unavoidable circumstances. Juan Vogliotti said:^[8]

“

I want to let you all know that I never had any bad intentions. Things were badly planned from my end and I should have completed all formalities before agreeing with Delhi Dynamos. Please accept my sincere apologies as I will not be able to leave this club and play in front of the amazing crowd in Delhi. Maybe, sometimes things do not go the way you want them too.

”

Delhi Dynamos announced on 7 September, they signed Nigerian forward Kalu Uche.^[9] On 12 September, Delhi Dynamos announced signing of Curaçaoan forward Guyon Fernandez and Spanish defender Edu Moya.^[10] On 14 September, Delhi Dynamos announced signing of their seventh foreign player, Dutch forward Jeroen Lumu.^[11]

On 19 September, Delhi Dynamos announced they signed Indian U19 international players Kishan Singh Thongam and Jayananda Singh Moirangthem. On the matter managing director Rohan Sharma said:^[12]

“

I’d like to extend my warmest greetings to Jayananda and Kishan, these two players have a lot of potential and I’m happy they have chosen Delhi Dynamos to be their new club. We hope we can help Jayananda and Kishan grow and develop into the next Indian superstars.

”

On 21 September, Delhi Dynamos announced signing of Nanda Kumar on a loan deal from I-League side Chennai City.^[13]

In

Pos.	Player	Previous Club	Date	Ref
GK	Albino Gomes	Mumbai City	23 July 2017	^[3]
DF	Pritam Kotal	Mohun Bagan	23 July 2017	^[3]
FW	Lallianzuala Chhangte	DSK Shivajians	23 July 2017	^[3]
DF	Sena Ralte	Mumbai City	23 July 2017	^[3]
MF	Seityasen Singh	NorthEast United	23 July 2017	^[3]
DF	Pratik Chowdhary	Mumbai	23 July 2017	^[3]
MF	Vinit Rai	Kerala Blasters	23 July 2017	^[3]
MF	Romeo Fernandes	Goa	23 July 2017	^[3]
MF	David Ngaihte	Minerva Punjab	23 July 2017	^[3]
GK	Sukhadev Patil	Mumbai	23 July 2017	^[3]
DF	Mohammad Sajid Dhot	DSK Shivajians	23 July 2017	^[3]
DF	Rowilson Rodrigues	Churchill Brothers	23 July 2017	^[3]
DF	Munmun Lugun	Mumbai	23 July 2017	^[3]
GK	Arnab Das Sharma	Minerva Punjab	23 July 2017	^[3]
MF	Simranjit Singh	Minerva Punjab	23 July 2017	^[3]
MF	Paulinho Dias	Atlético Paranaense	28 July 2017	^[14]
MF	Matías Mirabaje	Unión Comercio	31 July 2017	^[15]
FW	Juan Vogliotti	Sport Boys	3 August 2017	^[16]
DF	Gabriel Cichero	Deportivo Lara	10 August 2017	^[17]
FW	Kalu Uche	Almería	7 September 2017	^[18]
DF	Edu Moya	Cacereño	12 September 2017	^[19]
FW	Guyon Fernandez	ADO Den Haag	12 September 2017	^[19]
FW	Jeroen Lumu	Samsunspor	13 September 2017	^[20]

Out

Pos.	Player	New Club	Date	Ref
DF	Lalchhawnkima	Mumbai	1 January 2017	^[21]
MF	Bruno Pelissari	Released	1 January 2017
MF	Denson Devadas	Chennai City	1 January 2017	^[22]
FW	Arjun Tudu	Released	1 January 2017
FW	Badara Badji	Released	1 January 2017
FW	Marcelinho	Avaí	18 January 2017	^[23]
DF	Rubén González	Coruxo	25 January 2017	^[24]
MF	Ibrahima Niasse	Levadiakos	26 January 2017	^[25]
MF	Marcos Tébar	Reus	31 January 2017	^[26]
DF	David Addy	RoPS	30 March 2017	^[27]
MF	Florent Malouda	Released	1 July 2017
FW	Richard Gadze	Zira	1 July 2017	^[28]
GK	Soram Anganba	Mohun Bagan	1 July 2017	^[29]
DF	Anas Edathodika	Jamshedpur	23 July 2017	^[30]
MF	Amoes Do	Released	23 July 2017	^[30]
MF	Sahil Tavora	Mumbai City	23 July 2017	^[30]
MF	Romeo Fernandes	Delhi Dynamos	23 July 2017	^[30]

Loan in

Pos.	Name	From	Date from	Date to	Ref
MF	Nanda Kumar	Chennai City	17 September 2017	30 July 2017	^[31]

Squad

As of 27 October 2017^[32]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Albino Gomes
		GK	Sukhadev Patil
		GK	Arnab Das Sharma
		DF	Pritam Kotal
		DF	Sena Ralte
		DF	Gabriel Cichero
		DF	Edu Moya
		DF	Pratik Chowdhary
		DF	Mohammad Sajid Dhot
		DF	Rowilson Rodrigues
		DF	Simranjit Singh
		DF	Jayananda Singh
		DF	Munmun Lugun

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Kishan Singh
		MF	Paulinho Dias
		MF	Matías Mirabaje
		MF	David Ngaihte
		MF	Romeo Fernandes
		MF	Vinit Rai
		MF	Seityasen Singh
		MF	Nanda Kumar (on loan from Chennai City F.C.)
		FW	Lallianzuala Chhangte
		FW	Kalu Uche
		FW	Guyon Fernandez
		FW	Jeroen Lumu

Current Technical Staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Miguel Ángel Portugal^[33]
Assistant Coach	Shakti Chauhan
Assistant Coach	Gonzalo Yarza
Goalkeeping Coach	Martín Ruiz

Indian Super League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Kerala Blasters	18	6	7	5	20	22	−2	25
7	Mumbai City	18	7	2	9	25	29	−4	23
8	Delhi Dynamos	18	5	4	9	27	37	−10	19
9	ATK	18	4	4	10	16	30	−14	16
10	NorthEast United	18	3	2	13	12	27	−15	11

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; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair play ranking; 6) drawing of lots

Results by round

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

Updated to match(es) played on 6 December 2017. Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

22 November 2017 1	Pune City	2–3	Delhi Dynamos	Pune, India
20:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Emiliano Alfaro 67' Marcelo Leite Pereira 87' Marcos Tébar 90'		Paulinho Dias 46' Lallianzuala Chhangte 54' Matías Mirabaje 65' 79' Gabriel Cichero 88'	Stadium: Balewadi Stadium Attendance: 7,912 Man of the Match: Lallianzuala Chhangte (Delhi Dynamos)

26 November 2017 2	Bengaluru	4–1	Delhi Dynamos	Bengaluru, India
20:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Erik Paartalu 23', 45' Lenny Rodrigues 57' Miku 87'		Gabriel Cichero 27' Guyon Fernandez 67' Kalu Uche 86' (pen)	Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: 18,249 Man of the Match: Erik Paartalu (Bengaluru FC)

2 December 2017 3	Delhi Dynamos	0–2	NorthEast United	Delhi, India
20:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Guyon Fernandez 55' Ngaihte 82'		Marcinho 17' Danilo 22' 90' Rehenesh 89'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 11,453 Referee: O Thakur Man of the Match: Halicharan Narzary (NEUFC)

6 December 2017 4	Delhi dynamos	0–1	Jamshedpur	Delhi, India
20:00 IST (UTC+5:30)			Izu Azuka 55' 61'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Delhi) Attendance: 7,953 Man of the Match: André Bikey (Jamshedpur)

16 December 2017 5	Delhi dynamos	1–5	Goa	Delhi, India
20:00 IST (UTC+5:30)				Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Delhi)

23 December 2017 6	ATK	1–0	Delhi Dynamos	Kolkata, India
20:00 IST (UTC+5:30)				Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium

29 December 2017 7	Mumbai City	4–0	Delhi Dynamos	Mumbai, India
20:00 IST (UTC+5:30)				Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena

07January 2017 8	Chennaiyin	2–2	Delhi Dynamos	Chennai, India
20:00 IST (UTC+5:30)				Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

10 January 2017 9	Delhi Dynamos	1–3	Kerala Blasters	Delhi, India
20:00 IST (UTC+5:30)				Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Delhi)

14 January 2017 10	Delhi Dynamos	2–0	Bengaluru	Delhi, India
20:00 IST (UTC+5:30)				Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Delhi)

Player statistics

As of 28 October 2017

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Indian Super League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Albino Gomes	0	0	0	0
	GK		Sukhadev Patil	0	0	0	0
	GK		Arnab Das Sharma	0	0	0	0
	DF		Pritam Kotal	0	0	0	0
	DF		Sena Ralte	0	0	0	0
	DF		Gabriel Cichero	0	0	0	0
	DF		Edu Moya	0	0	0	0
	DF		Pratik Chowdhary	0	0	0	0
	DF		Mohammad Sajid Dhot	0	0	0	0
	DF		Rowilson Rodrigues	0	0	0	0
	DF		Simranjit Singh	0	0	0	0
	DF		Jayananda Singh	0	0	0	0
	DF		Munmun Lugun	0	0	0	0
	DF		Kishan Singh	0	0	0	0
	MF		Paulinho Dias	0	0	0	0
	MF		Matías Mirabaje	0	0	0	0
	MF		David Ngaihte	0	0	0	0
	MF		Romeo Fernandes	0	0	0	0
	MF		Pratesh Shirodkar	0	0	0	0
	MF		Vinit Rai	0	0	0	0
	MF		Seityasen Singh	0	0	0	0
	MF		Nanda Kumar	0	0	0	0
	FW		Lallianzuala Chhangte	0	0	0	0
	FW		Kalu Uche	0	0	0	0
	FW		Guyon Fernandez	0	0	0	0
	FW		Jeroen Lumu	0	0	0	0

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[1] "Delhi Dynamos to visit Spain and Qatar on pre-season tour, play friendlies with local sides". Firstpost. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.

[2] "Jamshedpur FC, Delhi Dynamos to get preference in ISL player draft". Sportstar. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.

[Draft_picks-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Delhi Dynamos' 2017 ISL draft details: Albino Gomes, Pritam Kotal, Romeo Fernandes signed". Goal. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.

[4] "Delhi Dynamos sign Brazilian midfielder Paulinho Dias". delhidynamos.com. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.

[5] "Delhi Dynamos sign Uruguayan midfielder Matias Mirabaje". delhidynamos.com. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.

[6] "Delhi Dynamos rope in striker Juan Leandro Vogliotti". delhidynamos.com. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.

[7] "Delhi Dynamos sign Venezuelan defender Gabriel Cichero". delhidynamos.com. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.

[8] "Update: Juan Leandro Vogliotti's transfer to Delhi Dynamos". delhidynamos.com. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.

[9] "Delhi Dynamos sign striker Kalu Uche". delhidynamos.com. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.

[10] "Guyon Fernandez and Edu Moya Sign for Delhi Dynamos". delhidynamos.com. 12 September 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.

[11] "'Wonderkid' Jeroen Lumu signs for Delhi Dynamos". delhidynamos.com. 14 September 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.

[12] "India U-19 stars join Delhi Dynamos". delhidynamos.com. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.

[13] "Delhi Dynamos sign Nandha Kumar on a loan deal". delhidynamos.com. 21 September 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.

[14] "Delhi Dynamos sign Brazilian midfielder Paulinho Dias". Goal. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.

[15] "Delhi Dynamos sign Uruguayan midfielder Matias Mirabaje". TOI. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.

[16] "Delhi Dynamos FC sign Argentine striker Juan Leandro Vogliotti". Goal. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.

[17] "Delhi Dynamos sign Venezuela international Gabriel Cichero". The Indian Express. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.

[18] Easwar, Nisanth (7 September 2017). "Delhi Dynamos sign Nigerian forward Kalu Uche". Goal. Retrieved 28 October 2017.

[Edu_&_Guyon-19] 1 2 Easwar, Nisanth (12 September 2017). "Delhi Dynamos Sign Spanish full-back Edu Moya and Dutch forward Guyon Fernandez". Goal. Retrieved 28 October 2017.

[20] "Delhi rope in Dutch winger Lumu". The Asian Age. 14 September 2017.

[21] "Steven Dias to helm Mumbai FC". The Hindu. 5 January 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.

[22] Karunakar, Virendra (10 January 2017). "With time not their greatest ally, Chennai City FC make assured start to life on the national stage". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 28 October 2017.

[23] "Not paid, Marcelinho threatens legal action against Delhi Dynamos". TOI. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.

[24] Diges, Jesus (28 January 2017). "Rubén González se suma al Coruxo, pendiente del sueco Osterholm". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 October 2017.

[25] Papamakarios, Petros (26 January 2017). "Επίσημο: Ανακοίνωσε Νιάς ο Λεβαδειακός". Sport 24 (in Greek). Retrieved 28 October 2017.

[26] "Marcos Tébar refuerza al Reus" (in Spanish). 31 January 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.

[27] Atte, Ruhtila (31 March 2017). "Veikkausliigaennakko: Nuorentunutta RoPSia ympäröivät negatiiviset pilvet". Faneille (in Finnish). Retrieved 28 October 2017.

[28] "Richard Gadze grabs winner for Zira in Azerbaijan". Ghanasoccer. 13 August 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.

[29] "Mohun Bagan sign goalkeeper Soram Poirei as Debjit Majumder's future remains unclear". Goal. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.

[Draft_out-30] 1 2 3 4 "ISL 2017 Draft LIVE: Complete list of players signed". Goal.com. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.

[31] "Delhi Dynamos sign Nandha Kumar on a loan deal from Chennai City FC". Sportskeeda. 24 September 2017.

[Squad-32] "Squad". Indian Super League. Retrieved 22 October 2017.

[33] "Delhi Dynamos announces Spaniard Miguel Angel as head coach". The Indian Express. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.