2017–18 Mohun Bagan A.C. season

The 2017–18 Mohun Bagan A.C. season is the 128th season of Mohun Bagan A.C. since the club's formation in 1889 and their 21st season in the I-League which is India's top football league. They finished 2nd in the table in the Calcutta Football League and finished 3rd in the I-League.

Mohun Bagan
2017–18 season
PresidentSwapan Sadhan Bose
Head coachSanjoy Sen (until 2 January 2018)
Sankarlal Chakraborty (from 3 January 2018)
StadiumMohun Bagan Ground
Salt Lake Stadium
I-League3rd
Calcutta Football League2nd
Super CupSemi-Finals
Top goalscorerAser Pierrick Dipanda (17 goals)
Highest home attendance64,360
Lowest home attendance5,384
Average home league attendance17,258

Sanjoy Sen resigned as the coach of Mohun Bagan on 2 January 2018 following three home draws and a defeat against Chennai City placing the team in 4th position, virtually ending their title hopes.[1] Shankarlal Chakraborthy was appointed as head coach for the remainder of the season.[2]

Their title hopes however did stay intact till the last fixture of the season where they could've won the title had other results gone in their favour, but it wasn't too be and Minerva Punjab ultimately clinched the title. Although the 2017–18 season was not an ideal season for the club after a loss of form and change of coach midway through the season along with injuries to important players like Sony Norde and Yuta Kinowaki, they did manage to win both the home and away fixtures against arch rivals East Bengal.

As of 3 December 2017

Sponsors Type Sponsor's Name
Sponsor
Co-Sponsor M.P Birla Cement, Nilkamal, Floral, Ripley
Kit Sponsor Shiv Naresh

Players

Current squad
As of March 2018.

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Sankar Roy
2 DF Debabrata Roy
3 DF Kingsley Obumneme
4 DF Kingshuk Debnath
6 DF Ricky Lallawmawma
7 MF Chesterpoul Lyngdoh
8 MF Sourav Das
9 FW Aser Pierrick Dipanda
11 FW Bimal Gharti Magar
12 MF Yuta Kinowaki
13 DF Akram Moghrabi
14 DF Arijit Bagui
15 DF Abhishek Das
16 DF Rana Gharami
17 MF Surchandra Singh
19 FW Naro Hari Shrestha
21 MF Cameron Watson
22 GK Shilton Paul
23 MF Nikhil Kadam
25 DF Bikramjeet Singh
26 MF Shilton D'Silva
27 MF Pintu Mahata
28 DF Gurjinder Kumar
29 MF Raynier Fernandes
31 GK Soram Anganba
35 FW Azharuddin Mallick
36 MF Dipendu Dowary
37 MF Beikhokhei Beingaichho
42 GK Shibinraj Kunniyil
45 FW Manandeep Singh
47 MF Sheikh Faiaz

Competitions

Calcutta Football League

I-League
Main article: 2017–18 I-League

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Minerva Punjab (C) 18 11 2 5 24 16 +8 35 Qualification to 2019 AFC Champions League qualifier
2 NEROCA 18 9 5 4 20 13 +7 32
3 Mohun Bagan 18 8 7 3 28 14 +14 31
4 East Bengal 18 8 7 3 32 19 +13 31
5 Aizawl 18 6 6 6 21 18 +3 24
Source: i-league.org
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
(C) Champion.

Results by round
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ResultDWWDDDLWLWDWDLWWWD
Position631234434443444433
Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2018. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures & results
25 November 2017 1Minerva Punjab1–1Mohun BaganLudhiana
17:30 IST Moinuddin 89' Report Sony Norde  43'
Gurjinder Kumar  55'		 Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium
Attendance: 5,995
Referee: Umesh Bora
Man of the Match: Sony Norde (Mohun Bagan AC)
3 December 2017 2Mohun Bagan1–0East BengalKolkata
14:00 IST Aser Pierrick Dipanda  34'
Kingsley Obumneme 39'
Ricky Lallawmawma  45'		 Report Mehtab Singh  14'
Gurwinder Singh  37'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 64360
Referee: C. R. Srikrishna
Man of the Match: Kingsley Obumneme (Mohun Bagan AC)
10 December 2017 3Mohun Bagan5–0Churchill BrothersKolkata
14:00 IST Ansumana Kromah  23'
Shilton D'Silva  27'
Aser Pierrick Dipanda  34', 46'
Sk.Faiaz  49'
Sony Norde  84'		 Report Karthik Govindswamy  21'
Precious Emuejeraye  26'
Denchandra Meitei  68'
Peter Omoduemuke  89'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 11,894
Referee: Venkatesh R
Man of the Match: Aser Pierrick Dipanda (Mohun Bagan AC)
14 December 2017 4Mohun Bagan1–1Shillong LajongKolkata
14:00 IST Aser Pierrick Dipanda  12' (pen)
Shilton D'Silva  43'
Kingsley Obumneme 55'  73'		 Report Rakesh Pradhan  12'
Daniel Odafin  35'
Hardy Nongbri  54'
Samuel Lalmuanpuia  72' (pen)		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 9,882
Referee: Rabichandra Singh Irengbam
Man of the Match: Sheikh Faiaz (Mohun Bagan AC)
19 December 2017 5Mohun Bagan0–0NEROCAKolkata
17:30 IST Report Ngasepam Tondonba  90+4' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 7,722
Referee: Rowan Arumugham
Man of the Match: Rana Gharami (Mohun Bagan AC)
29 December 2017 6Mohun Bagan1-1Indian ArrowsKolkata
14:00 IST Aser Pierrick Dipanda  27' (pen)
Manandeep Singh  71'		 Report Anwar Ali  6'
Rahul Praveen  33'
Amarjit Singh Kiyam  50'  65'
Jitendra Singh  90'		 Stadium: Mohun Bagan Ground
Attendance: 14,718
Referee: Tejas Visvasrao Nagvenkar
Man of the Match: D Singh (Indian Arrows)
2 January 2018 7Mohun Bagan1-2Chennai CityKolkata
17:30 IST Ansumana Kromah  36' (pen)
Abhishek Das  57'
Nikhil Kadam  76'
Manandeep Singh  82'		 Report Jean-Michel Joachim  5'
Michael Soosairaj  62'
Edwin Sydney Vanspaul  62'
Venyamin Shumeyko  71'
Tarif Akhand  76'		 Stadium: Mohun Bagan Ground
Attendance: 18,316
Referee: Santhosh Kumar Bhaskaran
Man of the Match: Murilo de Almeida (Chennai City FC)
7 January 2018 8Mohun Bagan2-0AizawlKolkata
14:00 IST Ricky Lallawmawma  19'
Masih Saighani  54' (o.g.)
Aser Pierrick Dipanda  75'
Kingsley Obumneme  81'
Raynier Fernandes  81'		 Report William Lalnunfela  40'
Kareem Omolaja  49'
Lalthathanga Khawlhring  88'
Lalramhmunmawia  90+1'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 5,785
Referee: Ajitkumar Meitei Lairenlakpam
Man of the Match: Aser Pierrick Dipanda (Mohun Bagan AC)
10 January 2018 9Mohun Bagan1-2Minerva PunjabKolkata
17:30 IST Kingshuk Debnath  45+1'
Cameron Watson  75'
Kingsley Obumneme  90+4'		 Report Chencho Gyeltshen  23', 30'
Kassim Aidara  26'
William Opoku  45+1'
Rakshit Dagar  90+5'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 5,384
Referee: Umesh Bora
Man of the Match: Chencho Gyeltshen (Minerva Punjab FC)
21 January 2018 10East Bengal0-2Mohun BaganKolkata
14:00 IST Armand Bazzie  18' Report Dicka  2', 35'
Kingshuk Debnath  17'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 52,951
Referee: C. R. Srikrishna
Man of the Match: Aser Pierrick Dipanda (Mohun Bagan AC)
25 January 2018 11Aizawl1-1Mohun BaganAizawl
14:00 IST Yugo Kobayashi  1'
Lalthathanga Khawlhring  73'
C Lalrosanga  85'
Alfred Jaryan  89'		 Report Manandeep Singh  56' 77' (pen.)
Raynier Fernandes  85'		 Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium (Aizawl)
Attendance: 3,272
Referee: Senthil Nathan
Man of the Match: Leonce Dodoz Zikahi (Aizawl FC)
3 February 2018 12Shillong Lajong0-3Mohun BaganShillong
17:30 IST Report Aser Pierrick Dipanda  30'
Akram Moghrabi  86'
Sheikh Faiaz  89'
Arijit Bagui  90+1'		 Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Shillong)
Attendance: 4,700
Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta
Man of the Match: Akram Moghrabi (Mohun Bagan AC)
7 February 2018 13Chennai City0-0Mohun BaganCoimbatore
17:30 IST Tarif Akhand  39'
Edwin Sydney Vanspaul  81'  84'
Kabir Thaufiq  90+9'		 Report Kingsley Obumneme  47' Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Coimbatore)
Attendance: 7,680
Referee: Akash Jackson Routh
Man of the Match: Jean-Michel Joachim (Chennai City FC)
12 February 2018 14Mohun Bagan1-2Gokulam KeralaKolkata
14:00 IST Nikhil Kadam  16'
Aser Pierrick Dipanda  73' 78'		 Report Mahmood Al-Ajmi  76'
Henry Kisekka  90'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 4,360
Referee: R Palmson Moses Raj
Man of the Match: Aser Pierrick Dipanda (Mohun Bagan AC)
18 February 2018 15NEROCA2-3Mohun BaganImphal
14:00 IST Subhash Singh  16'
Felix Chidi Odili  24'
Varney Kallon  33'
Aryn Williams  58'		 Report Aser Pierrick Dipanda  21' (pen.), 30'
Akram Moghrabi  38' 45+1'		 Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: 20,428
Referee: Crystal John
Man of the Match: Subhash Singh (NEROCA FC)
27 February 2018 16Indian Arrows0-2Mohun BaganNew Delhi
17:30 IST Deepak Tangri  45+2' Report Aser Pierrick Dipanda  26'
Akram Moghrabi  41'		 Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
Attendance: 2,743
Referee: Velu Dhayalamani
Man of the Match: Aser Pierrick Dipanda (Mohun Bagan AC)
3 March 2018 17Churchill Brothers1-2Mohun BaganVasco da Gama
17:30 IST Israil Gurung  64'
Monday Osagie  74'		 Report Nikhil Kadam  54'
Aser Pierrick Dipanda  62'
Akram Moghrabi  76'		 Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
Attendance: 3,173
Referee: Om Prakash Thakur
Man of the Match: Nikhil Kadam (Mohun Bagan AC)
8 March 2018 18Gokulam Kerala1-1Mohun BaganKozhikode
15:00 IST Henry Kisekka  45+1' 64'
Mohamed Irshad  50'
Daniel Ashley Addo  77'
Mahmood Al-Ajmi  84'		 Report Aser Pierrick Dipanda  26'
Nikhil Kadam  84'		 Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium
Attendance: 9,572
Referee: Ramaswamy Srikrishna Coimbatore
Man of the Match: Nikhil Bernard (Gokulam Kerala FC)

Super Cup

Round of 16
1 April 2018 Churchill Brothers1–2Mohun BaganKalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
20:00 IST Plaza  30' Report Dicka  45+3' (pen.), 70' Attendance: 8,120
Referee: Venkatesh R

Quarter Final
11 April 2018 Mohun Bagan3–1Shillong LajongKalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
16:00 IST Faiaz  12' Kadam  22' Moghrabi  59' Report
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Santosh Kumar

Semi Final
17 April 2018 Mohun Bagan2–4BengaluruKalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
16:00 IST
Report
Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar

Player Statistics

Goal Scorers
No. Pos. Nat. Player Goal(s) Appearance(s)
9 FW Aser Pierrick Dipanda 17 21
13 FW Akram Moghrabi 5 12
47 MF Sheikh Faiaz 3 21
3 DF Kingsley Obumneme 2 20
10 MF Sony Norde 2 4
23 MF Nikhil Kadam 2 19
45 FW Mandeep Singh 1 3

Last updated: 17 April 2018.
Source: Competitions

Technical staff
Position Name
Chief Coach Sankarlal Chakraborty
Assistant Coach
—
Goalkeeping Coach Arpan Dey
Physical Trainer Samiran Bag
Physiotherapist Abhinandan Chatterjee
Club Doctor Dr. Protim Roy
Team Manager Satyajit Chatterjee

Last updated: 9 March 2018
Source: mohunbaganac.com

Awards

Player
No. Player Award Tournament Source
22 Shilton Paul Best Goalkeeper of the Tournament
I-League
[3]
9 Aser Pierrick Dipanda Highest Scorer of the Tournament

References
  1. "'I did not have the mentality to continue' - Sanjoy Sen". 2 January 2018.
  2. "I-LEAGUE 2017-18: MOHUN BAGAN APPOINT SHANKARLAL CHAKRABORTY AS HEAD COACH". 2 January 2018.
  3. "I-League 2017-18: Minerva Punjab presented with winners' trophy; NEROCA's Gift Raikhan named season's best coach". firstpost.com. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
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