2016 FC Pune City season

The 2016 FC Pune City season will be the club's third season since its establishment in 2014 and their third season in the Indian Super League. This season will also be the first in which the club is coached by Spaniard Antonio López Habas, replacing David Platt who served as head coach the previous season.[1]

Pune City
2016 season
Head CoachAntonio López Habas
StadiumBalewadi Sports Complex

Background
See also: 2015 FC Pune City season

After the end of the 2014 ISL season, FC Pune City parted ways with their inaugural season head coach, Franco Colomba. Soon after, David Platt, was named as the new head coach for the 2015 season.[2] The season began for Pune City with a 3–1 victory to the Mumbai City on 5 October.[3] The team ended the season with four wins through fourteen matches and failed to qualify for the finals but were seven points short.[4]

Player movement

Retained players

Domestic
Position Player
GK Arindam Bhattacharya[5]
DF Gouramangi Singh[5]
DF Dharmaraj Ravanan[5]
MF Lenny Rodrigues[5]
MF Eugeneson Lyngdoh[5]

Signings
Position Player Old club Date Ref
GK Vishal Kaith Shillong Lajong 10 May 2016 [6]
DF Zodingliana Ralte Delhi Dynamos 10 May 2016 [6]
DF Rahul Bheke East Bengal 15 June 2016 [7]
MF Pitu Llagostera 21 June 2016 [8]

Indian Super League
Main article: 2016 Indian Super League season
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
4 Atlético de Kolkata 14 4 8 2 16 14 +2 20 2016 Indian Super League Semi-finals
5 NorthEast United 14 5 3 6 14 14 0 18
6 Pune City 14 4 4 6 13 16 −3 16
7 Chennaiyin 14 3 6 5 20 25 −5 15
8 Goa 14 4 2 8 15 25 −10 14
Source: Indian Super League
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

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: October 2016.
Source: Matches

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

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2016 10v
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2016 11v
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2016 12v
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2016 13v
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2016 14v
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Player statistics
Season stats
# Position Player GP G
GK Arindam Bhattacharya00
GK Vishal Kaith00
DF Dharmaraj Ravanan00
DF Gouramangi Singh00
DF Zodingliana Ralte00
DF Rahul Bheke00
MF Eugeneson Lyngdoh00
MF Lenny Rodrigues00
MF Pitu00

See also

References
  1. "Pune City". FC Pune City (Twitter). 25 April 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  2. Suchindran, Aravind (27 May 2015). "Platt in the City". Pune Mirror. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  3. "Pune City 3-1 Mumbai City 2015". Soccerway.
  4. "ISL 2015 Table & Results". India.com. 6 December 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  5. "FCPC Retained Indians 25 April". FC Pune City (Twitter). Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  6. "We are glad to announce Zodingliana Ralte and Vishal Kaith for FC Pune City". FC Pune City (Twitter). 10 May 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  7. "Rahul Bheke Pune". FC Pune City (Twitter).
  8. "Pitu". FC Pune City (Twitter).
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