2017–18 Gokulam Kerala FC season

Gokulam Kerala
2017–18 season
Chairman	Gokulam Gopalan
Head Coach	Bino George
Stadium	EMS Corporation Stadium, Calicut, Kerala
I-League	7th
Super Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Henry Kisekka (4); All: Henry Kisekka (7)
Highest home attendance	25,841 vs Chennai City; (4 December 2017).
Lowest home attendance	621 vs Shillong Lajong; (28 January 2018)
Average home league attendance	8,131
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2017–18 season was the first ever season for Gokulam Kerala.^[3] The club competed in I-League and Super Cup.^[4]

Review and events

Pre-season

Gokulam Kerala played 2016–17 Kerala Premier League in pre-season. They started the campaign with a victory over Cochin Port Trust on 13 April 2017. They qualified to knockout Stage as group champions from Group A. But they lost against FC Thrissur in semi-final on penalties.

I-League

Gokulam Kerala debuted in I-League against Shillong Lajong on 21 November 2017 and they lost the match.^[5] Their first win was in their 4th match against Indian Arrows on 22 December 2017.^[6] With 21 points including 6 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses Gokulam Kerala finished 7th in the table.

Indian Super Cup

By finishing 7th in the 2017–18 I-League point table Gokulam Kerala qualified into Qualification round of 2018 Indian Super Cup. Gokulam Kerala won against NorthEast United in the qualifier match on 15 March 2018.^[7] Bengaluru FC eliminated Gokulam Kerala in Pre Quarter on 1 April 2018^[8]

Players

As of 1 January 2018^[9]

First-team squad

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	IND	Nikhil C Barnard
2	DF	IND	Mohamed Salah
3	DF	NGA	Emmanuel Chigozie
4	DF	IND	Provat Lakra (U-22)
5	DF	GHA	Daniel Addo
6	DF	IND	Mohamed Irshad
7	DF	IND	Sushanth Mathew (Captain)
8	FW	IND	Suhair V P
9	FW	MKD	Hristijan Denkovski
10	MF	UGA	Musa Mudde
11	MF	BHR	Mahmood Al-Ajmi
12	MF	IND	Mohammad Rashid K
13	FW	IND	Jimshad U
14	DF	IND	Shinu (U-22)
15	MF	IND	Arjun Jayaraj (U-22)
16	FW	IND	Salman K
17	FW	IND	Arif Shaikh
18	DF	IND	Santu Singh


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	IND	Francis Xavier
20	MF	UZB	Gulom Urunov
21	MF	IND	Vicky Meitei (U-22)
22	FW	IND	Usman Ashik
23	FW	IND	Lalramengmawia (U-22)
24	DF	IND	Dibin M D
25	DF	IND	Sanju G
26	MF	IND	Mohammad Saukat (U-22)
27	GK	IND	Bilal Khan
28	FW	IND	Rohit Mirza
29	FW	IND	Syed Shoaib Ahmed (U-22)
30	FW	UGA	Henry Kisekka
31	GK	IND	Priyant Singh
32	FW	IND	Laldampuia
33	GK	IND	Ajmal P A
35	DF	IND	Balwinder Singh
36	FW	IND	Kivi Zhimomi (U-22)

Players in

All players joined this season. Only winter transfer is listed.

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving From	Window
8	FW	Suhair V P	25	East Bengal	Winter
9	FW	Odafa Onyeka Okolie	32	Southern Samity	Winter
9	FW	Hristijan Denkovski	23	CD Ferriolense	Winter
10	MF	Musa Mudde	27	A.F.C. Leopards	Winter
11	MF	Mahmood Al-Ajmi	30	Manama Club	Winter
30	FW	Henry Kisekka	28	XSKT Cần Thơ	Winter
	DF	Jestin George	19		Winter

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Players out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving To	Window
8	FW	Kamo Stephane Bayi	21	Mohammedan S.C.	Winter
9	FW	Lelo Mbele	30	Free Agent	Winter
9	FW	Odafa Onyeka Okolie	32	Free Agent	Winter
10	MF	Francis Ambané	33	Free Agent	Winter
11	MF	Khaled Al Saleh	29	Free Agent	Winter

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		I-League		Super Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	IND	Nikhil C Barnard	7	0	5	0	2	0
27	GK	IND	Bilal Khan	13	0	13	0	0	0
31	GK	IND	Priyant Singh	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK	IND	Ajmal P A	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	IND	Mohamed Salah	9	0	3+6	0	0	0
3	DF	NGA	Emmanuel Chigozie	17	1	15	1	2	0
4	DF	IND	Provat Lakra	17	0	15	0	2	0
5	DF	GHA	Daniel Addo	19	2	17	2	2	0
6	DF	IND	Mohamed Irshad	17	0	13+2	0	2	0
7	DF	IND	Sushanth Mathew	7	0	3+3	0	0+1	0
14	DF	IND	Shinu	5	0	1+3	0	0+1	0
18	DF	IND	Santu Singh	9	1	9	1	0	0
24	DF	IND	Dibin M D	2	0	2	0	0	0
25	DF	IND	Sanju G	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	DF	IND	Balwinder Singh	6	0	3+3	0	0	0
Midfielders
10	MF	UGA	Musa Mudde	11	0	9	0	2	0
11	MF	BHR	Mahmood Al-Ajmi	11	3	8+2	3	1	0
12	MF	IND	Mohammad Rashid K	16	0	13+1	0	2	0
15	MF	IND	Arjun Jayaraj	17	1	10+5	1	1+1	0
19	MF	IND	Francis Xavier	3	0	2+1	0	0	0
20	MF	UZB	Gulom Urunov	1	0	1	0	0	0
21	MF	IND	Vicky Meitei	9	0	5+4	0	0	0
26	MF	IND	Mohammad Saukat	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Forwards
8	FW	IND	Suhair V P	1	0	0	0	1	0
9	FW	MKD	Hristijan Denkovski	2	0	0	0	1+1	0
13	FW	IND	Jimshad U	4	0	1+3	0	0	0
16	FW	IND	Salman K	12	0	10	0	2	0
17	FW	IND	Arif Shaikh	8	0	1+7	0	0	0
22	FW	IND	Usman Ashik	6	0	2+4	0	0	0
23	FW	IND	Lalramengmawia	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	FW	IND	Rohit Mirza	3	0	3	0	0	0
29	FW	IND	Syed Shoaib Ahmed	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
30	FW	UGA	Henry Kisekka	9	7	7	4	2	3
32	FW	IND	Laldampuia	5	0	4+1	0	0	0
36	FW	IND	Kivi Zhimomi	11	2	8+3	2	0	0
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
8	FW	CIV	Kamo Stephane Bayi	3	1	3	1	0	0
9	FW	COD	Lelo Mbele	3	0	3	0	0	0
9	FW	NGA	Odafa Onyeka Okolie	3	0	3	0	0	0
10	MF	CMR	Francis Ambané	3	0	1+2	0	0	0
11	MF	SYR	Khaled Al Saleh	5	1	5	1	0	0

Squad statistics

	I-League	Super Cup	Total
Games played	18	2	20
Games won	6	1	7
Games drawn	3	0	3
Games lost	9	1	10
Goals scored	17	3	20
Goals conceded	23	2	25
Goal difference	-6	1	-5
Clean sheets	3	1	4
Goal by Substitute	1	0	1
Yellow cards	32	4	36
Red cards	2	0	2

Players Used: Gokulam Kerala has used a total of 40 different players in all competitions.

Goalscorers

No.	Pos.	Name	I-League	Super Cup	Total
30	FW	Henry Kisekka	4	3	7
11	MF	Al-Ajmi	3	0	3
5	DF	Daniel Addo	2	0	2
36	FW	Kivi Zhimomi	2	0	2
3	DF	Emmanuel	1	0	1
15	MF	Arjun Jayaraj	1	0	1
18	DF	Santu Singh	1	0	1
8	FW	Kamo	1	0	1
11	MF	Khaled Al Saleh	1	0	1
Own goals			1	0	1
TOTAL			17	3	20

Clean sheets

No.	Name	I-League	Super Cup	Total	Games Played
27	Bilal Khan	3	0	3	13
1	Nikhil C Barnard	0	1	1	7
TOTAL		3	0	4	20

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Nation	Name	I-League			Super Cup			Total
No.	Pos.	Nation	Name
28	FW		Rohit Mirza	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
6	DF		Mohamed Irshad	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0
3	DF		Emmanuel	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
5	DF		Daniel Addo	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
10	MF		Musa Mudde	4	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
12	MF		M.Rashid	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
36	FW		Kivi Zhimomi	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
16	FW		Salman K	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
30	FW		Henry Kisekka	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
4	DF		Provat Lakra	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
14	DF		Shinu	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
15	MF		Arjun Jayaraj	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
18	DF		Santu Singh	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
19	MF		Francis Xavier	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
21	MF		Vicky Meitei	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
35	DF		Balwinder Singh	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
9	FW		Hristijan Denkovski	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
10	MF		A.Francis	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
TOTAL				32	1	1	4	0	0	36	1	1

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
I-League	27 November 2017	8 March 2018	Matchday 1	7th	18	6	3	9	17	23	−6	033.33
Total					18	6	3	9	17	23	−6	033.33

Source: Competitions

I-League

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Aizawl	18	6	6	6	21	18	+3	24
6	Shillong Lajong	18	6	4	8	17	25	−8	22
7	Gokulam Kerala	18	6	3	9	17	23	−6	21
8	Chennai City	18	4	7	7	15	24	−9	19
9	Churchill Brothers^[a]	18	5	2	11	17	28	−11	17

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
Notes:

^ Churchill Brothers were relegated, but reinstated after the appeal.^[10]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
18	6	3	9	17	23	−6	21	2	2	5	9	15	−6	4	1	4	8	8	0

Source: Matchday

Results by round

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

Source: Matchday
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matchday

27 November 2017 (2017-11-27) 1	Shillong Lajong	1-0	Gokulam Kerala	Shillong, India
20:00 IST (UTC+05:30)	Lakra 78' (o.g.)	Report	Addo 23' Shinu 72'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 6,900 Referee: Akash Jackson Routh

4 December 2017 (2017-12-04) 2	Gokulam Kerala	1-1	Chennai City	Calicut, India
20:00 IST (UTC+05:30)	Kamo 21' A.FRANCIS 24'	Report	JUNIOR 28'	Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium Attendance: 25,841 Referee: Rosario Fernandes

9 December 2017 (2017-12-09) 3	Gokulam Kerala	0-3	NEROCA	Calicut, India
14:00 IST (UTC+05:30)		Report	ODILI.F 24' PRITAM 43' RONALD 90+6'	Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium Attendance: 9,952 Referee: Pratik Mondal

22 December 2017 (2017-12-22) 4	Indian Arrows	0-2	Gokulam Kerala	Delhi, India
14:00 IST (UTC+05:30)	J.Aniket 30' Stalin 64' A.Haldar 79'	Report	Addo 11' Khaled 65' Lakra 90+1'	Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium Attendance: 3,701 Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta

27 December 2017 (2017-12-27) 5	East Bengal	1-0	Gokulam Kerala	Kolkata, India
20:00 IST (UTC+05:30)	Rafique 44'	Report	Rohit 54' Emmanuel 85'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 9,983 Referee: Umesh Bora

31 December 2017 (2017-12-31) 6	Gokulam Kerala	0-2	Aizawl	Calicut, India
14:00 IST (UTC+05:30)	Irshad 45+2' Santu 68'	Report	Yugo 45' Andrei 52' Dinliana 90+2'	Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium Attendance: 3,720 Referee: Priyobarta Singh Langpoklakpam

6 January 2018 (2018-01-06) 7	Gokulam Kerala	0-1	Minerva Punjab	Calicut, India
17:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Kivi 51' Emmanuel 76' Addo 84'	Report	BALI 19'	Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium Attendance: 4,534 Referee: Senthil Nathan S

12 January 2018 (2018-01-12) 8	Gokulam Kerala	0-1	Indian Arrows	Calicut, India
17:30 IST (UTC+05:30)		Report	K.Amarjit 54' Abhijit 77'	Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium Attendance: 8,355 Referee: Tanmoy Dhar

15 January 2018 (2018-01-15) 9	Gokulam Kerala	2-3	Churchill Brothers	Calicut, India
20:00 IST (UTC+05:30)	Emmanuel 40' 70' Addo 59' 59' FRANCIS 85' Vicky 86'	Report	Kalu 16', 74' Nicholas 22' Koffi 90+2'	Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium Attendance: 6,325 Referee: R Palmson Moses Raj

20 January 2018 (2018-01-20) 10	Chennai City	0-1	Gokulam Kerala	Coimbatore, India
17:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Veniamin Shumeyko 83'	Report	Santu 60' Salman 70' Kivi 83'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Coimbatore Attendance: 8,762 Referee: Rabichandra Singh Irengbam

28 January 2018 (2018-01-28) 11	Gokulam Kerala	3-2	Shillong Lajong	Calicut, India
14:00 IST (UTC+05:30)	ALAJMI 52' Addo 61' Kivi 74' Arjun 90' Musa 90+2'	Report	KOFFI 25' JUHO 53'	Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium Attendance: 621 Referee: Pranjal Banerjee

4 February 2018 (2018-02-04) 12	NEROCA	1-0	Gokulam Kerala	Imphal, India
14:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	KIATAMBA.JR 43'	Report		Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium Attendance: 17,300 Referee: Senthil Nathan S

12 February 2018 (2018-02-12) 13	Mohun Bagan	1-2	Gokulam Kerala	Kolkata, India
14:00 IST (UTC+05:30)	NIKHIL 17' D'DICKA 73', 78'	Report	ALAJMI 76' Henry 90'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 4,360 Referee: R Palmson Moses Raj

17 February 2018 (2018-02-17) 14	Gokulam Kerala	2-1	East Bengal	Calicut, India
14:00 IST (UTC+05:30)	Kivi 51' Irshad 55' 90+1' Emmanuel 71' Salam 88' (o.g.)	Report	Katsumi 39', 45+5' (pen.) Arnab 90+1' 90+6' Chullova 90+1'	Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium Attendance: 3,257 Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta

20 February 2018 (2018-02-20) 15	Minerva Punjab	0-1	Gokulam Kerala	Panchkula, India
14:00 IST (UTC+05:30)	RANDEEP 4'	Report	Rashi 16' Musa 19' Balwinder 42' Henry 75'	Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium Attendance: 3,890 Referee: R Palmson Moses Raj

24 February 2018 (2018-02-24) 16	Churchill Brothers	1-1	Gokulam Kerala	Salcete, India
17:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Cessay 87' Bektur 89' Francis 90+2'	Report	Arjun 59' Henry 72' Musa 87'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Attendance: 2,785 Referee: Senthil Nathan S

2 March 2018 (2018-03-02) 17	Aizawl	3-1	Gokulam Kerala	Aizawl, India
14:00 IST (UTC+05:30)	Saighani 43' Dodoz 57', 59', 74' Mapuia 78'	Report	ALAJMI 25' (pen.) Rashi 55' Emmanuel 83'	Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Crystal John

8 March 2018 (2018-03-08) 18	Gokulam Kerala	1-1	Mohun Bagan	Calicut, India
15:00 IST (UTC+05:30)	Henry 45+1', 64' Irshad 50' Addo 78' Musa 84'	Report	D'DICKA 25' NIKHIL 84'	Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium Attendance: 9,572 Referee: C. R. Srikrishna

Indian Super Cup

Qualification round

15 March 2018	NorthEast United	0-2	Gokulam Kerala	Bhubaneswar, India
20:00 IST (UTC+05:30)	Lalrindika 9'	Report	Kisekka 43', 74', 44' Salman 71' Hristijan 90+3'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar

Round of 16

1 April 2018	Bengaluru	2-1	Gokulam Kerala	Bhubaneswar, India
17:00 IST (UTC+05:30)	Miku 69' U. Singh 90+2'	Report	Kisekka 33' Musa 64'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Attendance: 4,233 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar

References

^ "Gokulam Kerala FC vs Chennai City FC Match Report" (PDF). i-league.org. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
^ "Gokulam Kerala FC vs Shillong Lajong FC Match Report" (PDF). i-league.org. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^ "AIFF WELCOMES SREE GOKULAM GROUP IN HERO I-LEAGUE". 20 September 2017. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
^ Sen, Debayen (20 September 2017). "Kerala's Gokulam FC get direct entry into I-League". espn.in. ESPN India. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
^ "Shillong Lajong FC vs Gokulam Kerala FC Match Report" (PDF). i-league.org. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
^ "Indian Arrows vs Gokulam Kerala FC Match Report" (PDF). i-league.org. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
^ "Kisekka fires Gokulam Kerala to a win over NorthEast United". supercup.in. 15 March 2018.
^ "Bengaluru break Gokulam Kerala's heart to enter quarter-final". supercup.in. 1 April 2018.
^ "Squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
^ "AIFF reinstates Churchill Brothers in I-League". The Times of India. 20 September 2018. Archived from the original on 18 November 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.

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Review and events

Pre-season

I-League

Indian Super Cup

Players

First-team squad

Players in

Players out

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

Squad statistics

Goalscorers

Clean sheets

Disciplinary record

Competitions

Overview

I-League

Standings

Results summary

Results by round

Matchday

Indian Super Cup

Qualification round

Round of 16

References

See also