2017–18 NorthEast United FC season

NorthEast United
2017–18 season
Owner John Abraham
Head Coach Avram Grant
Stadium Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati
ISL 10th
Top goalscorer IndiaSeiminlen Doungel (4)
BrazilMarcinho (4)
Highest home attendance 21,151 vs Jamshedpur
(18 November 2017)
Lowest home attendance 1,121 vs Kerala Blasters FC
(17 February 2018)
Average home league attendance 8,217
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

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

Squad

Current Squad

Squad No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1 Ravi Kumar India GK 4 July 1993
13 Rehenesh TP India GK 13 February 1993
31 Gurpreet Singh Chabhal India GK 15 July 1995
Defenders
3 Sambinha Guinea-Bissau CB / DM 23 September 1992
4 Nirmal Chettri India RB / RWB / CB / DM 21 October 1991
5 Jose Goncalves (C) Portugal CB / LWB / LB 13 September 1985
12 Reagan Singh India RB / RWB / CB 1 April 1991
15 Abdul Hakku India CB / RB 10 June 1994
16 Robert Lalthlamuana India LB / LM / RB 4 September 1988
21 Martin Diaz Uruguay CB / LB / DM 17 March 1988
33 Gursimrat Singh Gill India CB 11 February 1997
Midfielders
6 Maic Sema Sweden RM / LM / AM 2 December 1988
10 Marcinho Brazil AM / LW / RW 14 May 1986
14 Rowllin Borges India DM 5 June 1992
17 Sushil Meitei India LW / RW / AM 8 February 1997
18 Malemngamba Meitei India RW / AM / LW 5 January 1992
20 Lalrindika Ralte India LM / LW / CF 7 September 1992
23 Helio Pinto Portugal CM / DM / AM 29 February 1984
45 Fanai Lalrempuia India CM 11 May 1996
Strikers
9 Seiminlen Doungel India LW / CF / RW 3 January 1994
11 Halicharan Narzary India LW / CF / RW 10 May 1994
27 John Mosquera Colombia CF 15 January 1988
99 Danilo Lopes Cezario Brazil CF 25 April 1991

Last updated: 6 March 2018.
Source:

Players

Players and squad numbers last updated on 6 March 2018.[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Since
App
Goals
Ends
Transfer fee
Notes
1 GK India Ravi Kumar25 2017 0 0 2018 Draft (₹1.5M) Transfer fee paid to Minerva Punjab[2]
Picked in draft.
13 GK India Rehenesh TP25 2015 27 0 2019 Retained Retained before draft.
31 GK India Gurpreet Singh Chabhal23 2017 0 0 Undisclosed Draft Picked in draft.
3 DF Guinea-Bissau Sambinha26 2017 0 0 Undisclosed Loan
4 DF India Nirmal Chettri27 2016 8 0 Undisclosed Draft Retained in draft.
12 DF India Reagan Singh27 2016 4 0 2018 Draft Retained in draft.
15 DF India Abdul Hakku24 2017 0 0 2018 Draft Picked in draft.
16 DF India Robert Lalthlamuana30 2017 0 0 2018 Draft Picked in draft.
5 DF Portugal José Gonçalves33 2017 0 0 Undisclosed Free
21 DF Uruguay Martín Díaz30 2017 0 0 Undisclosed Free
33 DF India Gursimrat Singh Gill21 2017 0 0 Undisclosed Draft Picked in draft.
8 MF Brazil Adilson30 2017 0 0 Undisclosed Free
10 MF Brazil Marcinho32 2017 0 0 2018 Free
14 MF India Rowllin Borges26 2016 13 0 2019 Retained Retained before draft.
17 MF India Sushil Meitei21 2017 0 0 2018 Draft Picked in draft.
18 MF India Malemngamba Meitei26 2017 0 0 2018 Draft Picked in draft.
20 MF India Lalrindika Ralte26 2017 0 0 Undisclosed Draft Picked in draft.
45 MF India Fanai Lalrempuia22 2016 2 0 Undisclosed Draft Retained in draft.
7 FW Cape Verde Odaïr Fortes31 2017 0 0 Undisclosed Free
9 FW India Seminlen Doungel24 2017 10 1 2018 Draft Picked in draft.
11 FW India Halicharan Narzary24 2017 0 0 Undisclosed Draft Retained in draft.
19 FW Colombia Luis Páez31 2017 0 0 Undisclosed Free
99 FW Brazil Danilo27 2017 0 0 2018 Free
23 MF Portugal Hélio Pinto33 2018 0 0 Undisclosed Free Signed in Mid-season transfer window
6 MF Sweden Maic Sema29 2018 0 0 Undisclosed Free Signed in Mid-season transfer window
27 FW Colombia John Mosquera30 2018 0 0 Undisclosed Free Signed in Mid-season transfer window

Background

2016 was another disappointing season for NorthEast United. NorthEast United started their campaign on a high note with two consecutive wins over Kerala Blasters and Goa.[3] By mid-season NorthEast United lost all the momentum and had longest winless run of 5 matches (shared with Pune City and Chennaiyin) and longest losing run of 4 matches.[4] By the end of season NorthEast United came very close to qualifying for knockout phase. In their final match of regular league phase NorthEast United needed a win against Kerala Blasters to proceed further, which they ended up losing 1–0 by conceding a goal at 66th minute.[5] NorthEast United finished 5th on points table with 18 points from 14 matches.[5] After the end of season, NorthEast United parted ways with coach Nelo Vingada on mutual consent.[6]

Transfers

At the end of 2016 Indian Super League season majority of domestic players from NorthEast United were loaned by or transferred to I-League clubs for 2016–17 season. After I-League season all loaned out players returned to club. However, due to the Indian Super League regulation each club was allowed to retain a maximum of two Indian players over the age of twenty-one (21) from previous squad.[7]

NorthEast United announced on 17 July 2017 that João Carlos Pires de Deus will be taking over as head coach.[8] Deus said:[9]

On 8 July, NorthEast United announced they are retaining Rehenesh TP[10] and Rowllin Borges[11] for two years.[12] Remaining players from previous squad who had returned from loans namely Nirmal Chettri, Reagan Singh, Fanai Lalrempuia, Subrata Pal, Seityasen Singh, Robin Gurung and Sumeet Passi went straight into players draft.

In ISL draft held on 23 July 2017, NorthEast United retained defenders Nirmal Chettri and Reagan Singh and midfielder Fanai Lalrempuia. NorthEast United added eight new players from draft, goalkeepers Ravi Kumar and Gurpreet Singh Chabhal, defenders Robert Lalthlamuana, Gursimrat Singh Gill and Abdul Hakku, midfielders Lalrindika Ralte, Malemngamba Meitei and Sushil Meitei. Forward Seminlen Doungel made his come back to NorthEast United for a second stint along with forward Halicharan Narzary.[2]

In ISL draft, goalkeeper Subrata Pal, defender Robin Gurung and forward Sumeet Passi drafted to new expansion franchise Jamshedpur FC.[13] Midfielder Seityasen Singh was picked by Delhi Dynamos.[14]

On 13 September, NorthEast United announced their eight foreign singing namely defenders Martín Díaz, Sambinha and José Gonçalves, midfielders Adilson and Marcinho and forwards Luis Páez, Odaïr Fortes and Wellington da Silva on their official Twitter account from series of Tweets.[15][16]

Wellington da Silva was later replaced by forward Danilo for unknown reasons.

Loan return and players draft

Loan Return   Draft / Retain
Date Pos. Name From Date To Draft Round Ref.
30 June 2017 GK India Rehenesh TP East Bengal 8 July 2017 Retained Pre-draft [12]
MF India Rowllin Borges East Bengal Pre-draft [12]
GK India Subrata Pal DSK Shivajians 23 July 2017 Jamshedpur FC Round 2 [13]
FW India Halicharan Narzary DSK Shivajians Retained Round 3 [2]
DF India Nirmal Chettri DSK Shivajians Retained Round 4 [2]
MF India Seityasen Singh DSK Shivajians Delhi Dynamos Round 5 [14]
DF India Robin Gurung East Bengal Jamshedpur FC Round 5 [13]
DF India Reagan Singh Mumbai F.C. Retained Round 8 [2]
FW India Sumeet Passi DSK Shivajians Jamshedpur FC Round 12 [13]
MF India Fanai Lalrempuia Minerva Punjab Retained Round 13 [2]

In

No. Pos. Name From Date Type Ref.
13 GK India Rehenesh TP India East Bengal 8 July 2017 Retained[n1] [12]
14 MF India Rowllin Borges India East Bengal [12]
11 FW India Halicharan Narzary India DSK Shivajians 23 July 2017 Draft[n2] [2]
4 DF India Nirmal Chettri India DSK Shivajians Draft[n2] [2]
20 MF India Lalrindika Ralte India East Bengal Draft [2]
16 DF India Robert Lalthlamuana India East Bengal Draft [2]
9 FW India Seminlen Doungel India Bengaluru Draft [2]
12 DF India Reagan Singh India Mumbai F.C. Draft[n2] [2]
1 GK India Ravi Kumar India Sporting Goa Draft [2]
33 DF India Gursimrat Singh Gill India Bengaluru Draft [2]
18 MF India Malemngamba Meitei India NEROCA Draft [2]
15 DF India Abdul Hakku India Fateh Hyderabad Draft [2]
45 MF India Fanai Lalrempuia India Minerva Punjab Draft[n2] [2]
31 GK India Gurpreet Singh Chabhal India Delhi United Draft [2]
17 MF India Sushil Meitei India Royal Wahingdoh Draft [2]
19 FW Colombia Luis Páez Colombia Rionegro Águilas 13 September 2017 Free [17]
21 DF Uruguay Martín Díaz Uruguay Liverpool Montevideo Free [18]
3 DF Guinea-Bissau Sambinha Portugal Sporting CP Loan [19]
10 MF Brazil Marcinho Free Agent [20]
5 DF Portugal José Gonçalves [21]
7 FW Cape Verde Odaïr Fortes [22]
8 MF Brazil Adilson [23]
99 FW Brazil Danilo
23 MF Portugal Helio Pinto NorwayKongsvinger IL 1 January 2018 Free
6 MF Colombia Maic Sema SwedenÖrebro SK 20 January 2018 Free
27 FW Sweden John Mosquera Chile La Serena 25 January 2018 Free
n1. ^ Player was retained by club before draft.
n2. ^ Player was part of club's previous season squad but had to enter players draft due to the Indian Super League regulation.[7]

Pre-season and friendlies

NorthEast United began their pre-season training on 27 September.[24] Squad gather in Imphal on 17 October for 10-day pre-season training camp where they played an exhibition match against NEROCA[25] which ended as 2–0 in favor of NorthEast United.[26]

After training in Imphal, club went to Antalya, Turkey for the final leg of the pre-season.[27][28] In Turkey, NorthEast United played friendly matches against Iraqi top division sides Al-Kahraba FC,[29] Al-Naft SC,[30] Naft Al-Janoob SC,[31][32] Al-Najaf FC[33] and Turkish top division side Alanyaspor.[34]

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 summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
18 3 2 13 12 27  −15 11 2 1 6 5 9  −4 1 1 7 7 18  −11

Last updated: 6 March 2018.
Source: Matches

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718
GroundHAAHAHAHHHAAHAHHAA
ResultDLWLLLLWLWLDLLLLLL

Updated to match(es) played on 6 March 2018. Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Indian Super Cup

Announced on 15 March 2018, 2018 Indian Super Cup is a replacement for the Federation Cup. The qualifiers for the inaugural tournament are to begin on 15 March and conclude on 31 March 2018. The tournament proper will then commence on 5 April and conclude with the final on 25 April 2018.

NorthEast, having finished the 2017–18 ISL at the bottom spot, had to play the qualifiers to enter the competition. They played their qualifier match against Gokulam Kerala on 15 Match 2018 at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar[35] which they lost 0-2.

Foreign Players

Indian Super Cup, unlike Indian Super League, allows only 6 foreign players in squad for the tournament.[36] Out of the 6 players 5 can be fielded by the teams.

As of 14 March 2018 [37]
No. Position Nationality Player
3 DF Guinea-Bissau Sambinha
5 DF Portugal José Gonçalves
6 MF Sweden Maic Sema
10 MF Brazil Marcinho
21 DF Uruguay Martín Díaz
99 FW Brazil Danilo

Qualifiers

Management

As of 12 January 2018.
Position Name
Head Coach Israel Avram Grant [38]
Assistant Coach Netherlands Eelco Schattorie[39]
Goalkeeping Coach India Joseph Sidy[40]
Strength and conditioning coach Portugal Mauro André Claro Martins[41]
Physiotherapist India Arvind Yadav[42]

Squad statistics

As of 15 March 2018

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalIndian Super LeagueIndian Super Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK India Ravi Kumar 201+1000
3 DF Guinea-Bissau Sambinha 15114110
4 DF India Nirmal Chettri 17016010
5 DF Portugal José Gonçalves 17016010
6 MF Sweden Maic Sema 805+200+10
9 FW India Seminlen Doungel 16413+240+10
10 MF Brazil Marcinho 17415+1410
11 FW India Halicharan Narzary 14010+3010
12 DF India Reagan Singh 16014+100+10
13 GK India Rehenesh TP 18017010
14 FW India Rowllin Borges 17016010
15 DF India Abdul Hakku 403+1000
16 DF India Robert Lalthlamuana 1006+3010
17 MF India Sushil Meitei 100+1000
18 MF India Malemngamba Meitei 704+3000
20 MF India Lalrindika Ralte 1307+5010
21 DF Uruguay Martín Díaz 17014+3000
23 MF Portugal Helio Pinto 301+2000
27 FW Colombia John Mosquera 812+6100
33 DF India Gursimrat Singh Gill 512+3100
45 MF India Fanai Lalrempuia 402+1010
99 FW Brazil Danilo 19113+5110
Players who left NorthEast United during the season:
8 MF Brazil Adilson Goiano 404000
7 FW Cape Verde Odaïr Fortes 402+2000
19 FW Colombia Luis Páez 601+5000

Goal scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name Indian Super League Indian Super Cup Total
1FWIndia9Seminlen Doungel404
1MFBrazil10Marcinho404
3FWBrazil99Danilo101
3FWColombia27John Mosquera101
3DFGuinea-Bissau3Sambinha101
3DFIndia33Gursimrat Singh Gill101
TOTALS 12 0 12

Disciplinary record

Number Nation Position Name Indian Super League Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
3Guinea-BissauDFSambinha1010
4IndiaDFNirmal Chettri6060
5PortugalDFJosé Gonçalves1010
8BrazilMFAdilson1010
9IndiaFWSeiminlen Doungel4040
10BrazilMFMarcinho2020
12IndiaDFReagan Singh2020
13IndiaGKRehenesh TP1111
14IndiaMFRowllin Borges2020
16IndiaDFRobert Lalthlamuana1010
19ColombiaFWLuis Páez2020
20IndiaMFLalrindika Ralte2020
21UruguayDFMartín Díaz2020
33IndiaDFGursimrat Singh Gill1010
27ColombiaDFJohn Mosquera1010
99BrazilFWDanilo2020
TOTALS 25 1 25 1

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