2014 Atlético de Kolkata season

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Atlético de Kolkata
2014 season
Head CoachSpain Antonio López Habas
StadiumSalt Lake Stadium
ISLChampions
Top goalscorerEthiopia Fikru Teferra (5 goals)
Highest home attendance65,000 (vs Mumbai City, 12 October 2014)[1]
Lowest home attendance21,550 (vs Pune City, 7 November 2014)[2]
Average home league attendance45,171
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The 2014 season was Atlético de Kolkata's inaugural season in existence in the Indian Super League. They ended their first season as the champions of the inaugural edition of the competition.

Background[edit | edit source]

In early 2014 it was announced that the All India Football Federation, the national federation for football in India, and IMG-Reliance would be accepting bids for ownership of eight of nine selected cities for the upcoming Indian Super League, an eight-team franchise league modeled along the lines of the Indian Premier League cricket tournament.[3] On 13 April 2014, it was announced that Sourav Ganguly, Harshavardhan Neotia, Sanjiv Goenka, Utsav Parekh, and Spanish La Liga side Atlético Madrid had won the bidding for the Kolkata franchise. Shahrukh Khan also submitted bids for the franchise but lost out[4] The Kolkata franchise turned out to be the most expensive franchise, being purchased for 18 crore.[4]

On 7 May 2014, during an official launch, it was announced that the name of the team would be Atlético de Kolkata.[5] Indian Super League (ISL) Opening Ceremony Match will started with Atlético de Kolkata vs Mumbai City FC which will be the first match.[6]

Signings[edit | edit source]

The first ever signing by the team was made on 3 July 2014, when former Real Madrid midfielder Borja Fernández was signed. He is also the first ever player signing in league history.[7] Then, five days later, on 8 July 2014 it was confirmed that former Liverpool midfielder, Luis García, as their marquee for the 2014 season as well as the signing of Botswana international Ofentse Nato.[8] The club then signed 14 Indian players between 22 July and 23 July during the 2014 ISL Inaugural Domestic Draft.[9] This was followed by 6 foreigners from the Foreign Player Draft.

Atlético de Kolkata then began the month of August by signing Ethiopia international Fikru Teferra.[10] and Spanish Goalkeeper Basilio Sancho Agudo.

In September Atlético signed Bangladesh captain Mamunul Islam.[11]

Foreign signings[edit | edit source]

# Position: Player Last club Date Source
MF Spain Borja Fernández Spain Getafe 3 July 2014 [7]
MF Spain Luis García Mexico Pumas UNAM 8 July 2014 [8]
MF Botswana Ofentse Nato South Africa Bidvest Wits 8 July 2014 [8]
FW Ethiopia Fikru Teferra South Africa Milano United 11 August 2014 [10]
MF Bangladesh Mamunul Islam Bangladesh Dhanmondi Club 5 September 2014 [12]

Drafted domestic players[edit | edit source]

Round Position Player I-League club
1 FW India Cavin Lobo East Bengal
2 DF India Arnab Mondal East Bengal
3 DF India Denzil Franco Churchill Brothers
4 DF India Rakesh Masih Mohammedan
5 MF India Mohammed Rafique East Bengal
6 FW India Mohammed Rafi Mumbai
7 DF India Biswajit Saha Mohun Bagan
8 MF India Sanju Pradhan East Bengal
9 DF India Kingshuk Debnath Mohun Bagan
10 MF India Lester Fernandez Pune
11 GK India Subhasish Roy Chowdhury Dempo
12 FW India Baljit Sahni East Bengal
13 MF India Climax Lawrence Mumbai
14 DF India Nallappan Mohanraj Sporting Goa

Drafted foreign players[edit | edit source]

Round Position Player Last Club
1 MF Spain Borja Fernández (retained) Getafe
2 MF Spain Jofre Mateu Girona
3 DF Spain Josemi Xanthi
4 FW Spain Arnal Llibert Alcorcon
5 DF France Sylvain Monsoreau Troyes
6 MF Czech Republic Jakub Podaný Prague
7 GK Armenia Apoula Edel Tel Aviv

Players[edit | edit source]

Player squad[edit | edit source]

As of 19 October 2014

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK India IND Subhasish Roy Chowdhury
2 DF India IND Biswajit Saha
3 DF India IND Nallappan Mohanraj
4 DF India IND Kingshuk Debnath
5 DF India IND Arnab Mondal
6 FW India IND Baljit Sahni
7 MF India IND Cavin Lobo
8 MF Spain ESP Borja Fernández
9 FW Ethiopia ETH Fikru Teferra
10 MF Spain ESP Luis García (captain)
11 MF Spain ESP Jofre Mateu
12 DF India IND Denzil Franco
13 GK Spain ESP Basilio Sancho
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW India IND Mohammed Rafi
15 MF India IND Sanju Pradhan
16 MF India IND Climax Lawrence
17 DF Spain ESP Josemi
18 FW India IND Mohammed Rafique
19 MF Bangladesh BAN Mamunul Islam
20 MF India IND Rakesh Masih
21 MF Czech Republic CZE Jakub Podaný
22 MF India IND Lester Fernandez
23 MF Botswana BOT Ofentse Nato
24 FW Spain ESP Arnal Llibert
25 GK Armenia ARM Apoula Edel
26 DF France FRA Sylvain Monsoreau

Technical staff[edit | edit source]

As of October 2014.[13]
Position Name
Head coach Spain Antonio López Habas
Assistant coach Brazil Jose Ramirez Barreto
Fitness coach Spain Miguel Martinez

Pre-season and friendlies[edit | edit source]

Atlético de Kolkata trained in Spain in Los Angeles de San Rafael under manager Antonio Lopez Habas.

9 September 2014 Exhibition match Atlético de Kolkata India 6 – 0 Spain Gimnástica Segoviana - B Madrid, Spain
19:00 IST Report Stadium: Los Ángeles De San Rafael
11 September 2014 Exhibition match Atlético de Kolkata India 6 – 0 Spain Gimnástica Segoviana - B Madrid, Spain
19:00 IST Stadium: Los Ángeles De San Rafael
16 September 2014 Exhibition match Atlético de Kolkata India 3 – 0 Spain Unami Madrid, Spain
19:00 IST
18 September 2014 Exhibition match Atlético de Kolkata India 2 – 2 Spain Gimnástica Segoviana Madrid, Spain
19:00 IST
23 September 2014 Exhibition match Atlético de Kolkata India 0 – 0 Spain Collado Villalba Madrid, Spain
19:00 IST
30 September 2014 Exhibition match Atlético de Kolkata India 1 – 0 India Chima Okorie XI Kolkata, India
19:00 IST
5 October 2014 Exhibition match Atlético de Kolkata India 1 – 3 India Pinki Roy XI Kolkata, India
19:00 IST

Competitions[edit | edit source]

Indian Super League[edit | edit source]

League table[edit | edit source]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Chennaiyin 14 6 5 3 24 20 +4 23 Advance to ISL Play-offs
2 Goa 14 6 4 4 21 12 +9 22
3 Atlético de Kolkata (C) 14 4 7 3 16 13 +3 19
4 Kerala Blasters 14 5 4 5 9 11 −2 19
5 Delhi Dynamos 14 4 6 4 16 14 +2 18
Source: Soccerway
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.

Results summary[edit | edit source]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
9 4 4 1 11 7 Template:Fb gd 16 2 3 1 6 5 Template:Fb gd 2 1 0 5 2 Template:Fb gd

Last updated: 7 November 2014.
Source: Matches

Results by round[edit | edit source]

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Matches[edit | edit source]

12 October 2014 1 Atlético de Kolkata 3 – 0 Mumbai City Kolkata
19:00 IST Teferra Goal 27'
Fernández Goal 69'
Llibert Goal 90+3'		 Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Chris Penso
16 October 2014 2 NorthEast United 0 – 2 Atlético de Kolkata Guwahati
19:00 IST Report Teferra Goal 15'
Podaný Goal 90+2'		 Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 25,530
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar
19 October 2014 3 Atlético de Kolkata 1 – 1 Delhi Dynamos Kolkata
16:30 IST Mateu Goal 49' (pen.) Report Pavel Eliáš Goal 73' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 55,793
Referee: Santosh Kumar
23 October 2014 4 FC Goa 1 – 2 Atlético de Kolkata Goa
19:00 IST Santos Goal 21' Report Lobo Goal 72', 84' Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Attendance: 17,343
Referee: Chris Penso
26 October 2014 5 Atlético de Kolkata 1 – 1 Kerala Blasters Kolkata
16:30 IST Sahni Goal 23' Report Hume Goal 41' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
4 November 2014 6 Chennaiyin FC 1 – 1 Atlético de Kolkata Chennai
16:30 IST Elano Goal 90 +3' (pen.) [1] García Goal 35' (pen.) Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai)
Attendance: 24,088
7 November 2014 7 Atlético de Kolkata 1 – 3 Pune Kolkata
16:30 IST Teferra Goal 84' (pen.) [2] Dudu Goal 35'
Kostas Goal 55'
Davide Goal 89'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 21,550
14 November 2014 8 Atlético de Kolkata 0 - 0 Chennaiyin FC Kolkata
19:00IST [3] Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 46,288
Referee: Pratap Singh
18 November 2014 9 Atlético de Kolkata 1 - 0 Northeast United FC Kolkata
19:00IST Luis Garcia Goal 51' [4] Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 37,153
21 November 2014 10 Kerala Blasters 2 - 1 Atlético de Kolkata Kochi
19:00IST Hume Goal 4'
Gusmao Goal 42'		 [5] Teferra Goal 55' Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 57,296
29 November 2014 11 Pune 1 - 1 Atlético de Kolkata Pune
19:00IST [6] Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Stadium
Attendance: 8,342

Player statistics[edit | edit source]

Statistics[edit | edit source]

As of 3 November 2014
No. Pos Nat Player Total ISL
Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK India Subhasish Roy Chowdhury 3 0 3+0 0
5 DF India Arnab Mondal 4 0 4+0 0
2 DF India Biswajit Saha 4 0 4+0 0
12 DF India Denzil Franco 4 0 4+0 0
4 DF India Kingshuk Debnath 0 0 0+0 0
DF India Nallappan Mohanraj 0 0 0+0 0
10 MF Spain Luis García 3 2 3+0 2
23 MF Botswana Ofentse Nato 4 0 4+0 0
MF India Climax Lawrence 0 0 0+0 0
22 MF India Lester Fernandez 0 0 0+0 0
20 MF India Rakesh Masih 1 0 0+1 0
15 MF India Sanju Pradhan 4 0 0+4 0
8 MF Spain Borja Fernández 3 1 3+0 1
MF Bangladesh Mamunul Islam 0 0 0+0 0
9 FW Ethiopia Fikru Teferra 4 3 4+0 3
6 FW India Baljit Sahni 4 0 4+0 0
7 FW India Cavin Lobo 1 2 1+0 2
14 FW India Mohammed Rafi 0 0 0+0 0
FW India Mohammed Rafique 0 0 0+0 0
25 GK Armenia Apoula Edel 1 0 1+0 0
GK Spain Basilio Sancho Agudo 0 0 0+0 0
26 DF France Sylvain Monsoreau 1 0 0+1 0
17 DF Spain Josemi 4 0 4+0 0
11 MF Spain Jofre Mateu 4 1 4+0 1
21 MF Czech Republic Jakub Podaný 3 1 1+2 1
24 FW Spain Arnal Llibert 4 1 0+4 1

Goals[edit | edit source]

As of 4 November 2014

This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rank Player Pos ISL Other Total
1 India Cavin Lobo FW 2 0 2
Ethiopia Fikru Teferra FW 3 0
2 Spain Borja Fernández MF 1 0 1
Spain Arnal Llibert FW 1 0
Czech Republic Jakub Podaný MF 1 0
Spain Jofre Mateu MF 1 0
India Baljit Sahni FW 1 0
Spain Luis García MF 2 0
Own goals 0 0 0
Total 10 0 10

Discipline[edit | edit source]

N P Nat. Name ISL Others Total Notes
Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
8 [[Template:Fb position|MF]] Template:Fb flag Borja Fernández 2 1 2 1
20 [[Template:Fb position|MF]] Template:Fb flag Rakesh Masih 1 1 1 1
9 [[Template:Fb position|FW]] Template:Fb flag Fikru Tefera 2 2 Template:Fb ban
23 [[Template:Fb position|MF]] Template:Fb flag Ofentse Nato 1 1
24 [[Template:Fb position|FW]] Template:Fb flag Arnal Llibert 1 1
2 [[Template:Fb position|DF]] Template:Fb flag Biswajit Saha 1 1
7 [[Template:Fb position|FW]] Template:Fb flag Cavin Lobo 1 1

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See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Indian Super League". Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Indian Super League". Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Indian Super League sees interest from 30 franchise bidders". Business Standard. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Basu, Saumyajit. "Stars embrace soccer through Indian Super League". Times of India. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "Indian Super League football: Sourav Ganguly-backed Atletico de Kolkata launched". NDTV Sports. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  6. ↑ "Hero Indian Super League 2014 Schedule". Indian. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Borja Fernández se va a la Superliga india". Lavozde Galicia. Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Luis Garcia heads to India". FourFourTwo. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  9. ↑ Ghoshal, Amoy. "ISL domestic players draft analysis: Atletico de Kolkata". Yahoo News. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Chansa enticed to Indian Super League". Kick-off. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  11. ↑ "Atletico sign Mamunul Islam". Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  12. ↑ |Atletico de Kolkata sign Bangladesh captain Mamunul Islam
  13. ↑ "Squad". Indian Super League. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2014.


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