2019–20 Indian Arrows season

Indian Arrows
2019–20 season
Manager	Shanmugam Venkatesh
Stadium	Tilak Maidan; Cooperage Ground
I-League	11th
Top goalscorer	Vikram Pratap Singh (4 goals)
Highest home attendance	2,512 vs East Bengal FC
Lowest home attendance	150 vs Real Kashmir FC
Average home league attendance	1,232
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2019–20 season is Indian Arrows' 6th competitive season in the top-flight of Indian football, I-league. Indian Arrows was formed in 2010 on the behest on then Indian team coach, Bob Houghton, with the main goal of nurturing young talent in India in the hope of qualifying for 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.^[1] It was disbanded by AIFF in 2013 when their club sponsor, Pailan Group, could not financially support the group.^[2] But revived again in 2017-18 season immediately after FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Technical staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Shanmugam Venkatesh^[3]
Team Manager	Velu Dhayalamani
Assistant Coach	Mahesh Gawli
Goalkeeping Coach	Hameed
Team Analyst	Prashanth Murthy
Physiotherapist	Sulthan Basheer

Squad

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1	Lalbiakhlua Jongte	(2002-07-23) 23 July 2002 (age 22)
13	Samik Mitra	(2000-12-01) 1 December 2000 (age 23)
22	Tamal Naskar	(2000-01-30) 30 January 2000 (age 24)
Defenders
2	Ajin Tom	(2000-01-29) 29 January 2000 (age 24)
3	Harpreet Singh	(2002-11-01) 1 November 2002 (age 22)
4	Akash Mishra	(2001-11-27) 27 November 2001 (age 22)
5	Hendry Antonay	(2000-05-22) 22 May 2000 (age 24)
12	Saurabh Meher	(2000-01-12) 12 January 2000 (age 24)
15	Joseph Lalsangluara	(1999-10-07) 7 October 1999 (age 25)
16	Bikash Yumnam	(2003-09-06) 6 September 2003 (age 21)
20	Ruivah Hormipam	(2001-01-05) 5 January 2001 (age 23)
26	Gurkirat Singh	(2003-07-16) 16 July 2003 (age 21)
30	Surya Tirkey	(1998-07-28) 28 July 1998 (age 26)
Midfielders
6	Vikram Pratap Singh	(2002-01-16) 16 January 2002 (age 22)
10	Givson Singh	(2002-06-05) 5 June 2002 (age 22)
14	Ricky John Shabong	(2002-12-29) 29 December 2002 (age 21)
21	Telem Suranjit Singh	(1999-05-01) 1 May 1999 (age 25)
27	Ayush Adhikari	(2000-07-30) 30 July 2000 (age 24)
31	Lalliansangla Renthlei	(1999-06-05) 5 June 1999 (age 25)
Forwards
7	Gurkirat Singh	(2003-07-16) 16 July 2003 (age 21)
9	Aman Chetri	(2001-07-06) 6 July 2001 (age 23)
11	Rohmingthanga Bawlte	(1999-01-02) 2 January 1999 (age 25)
17	Harmanpreet Singh	(2001-09-02) 2 September 2001 (age 23)
19	Lalchhanhmia Sailo	(2003-05-03) 3 May 2003 (age 21)
26	Manvir Singh	(2001-06-15) 15 June 2001 (age 23)
34	Suraj Rawat	(1999-03-15) 15 March 1999 (age 25)

Last updated: 04 January 2020
Source: Indian Arrows First Team

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
I-League	6 December 2019	8 March 2020	11th	16	2	3	11	7	20	−13	012.50
Total				16	2	3	11	7	20	−13	012.50

Source: Competitions

I-League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Chennai City	15	5	5	5	20	21	−1	20
8	Churchill Brothers	15	6	2	7	23	21	+2	20
9	NEROCA	16	5	3	8	27	35	−8	18
10	Aizawl	15	3	7	5	17	19	−2	16
11	Indian Arrows	16	2	3	11	7	20	−13	9

Source: I-league, RSSSF
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

Results & Schedule

Win Draw Loss

6 December 2019 1	Indian Arrows	0-1	Gokulam Kerala FC	Goa
			Henry Kisekka 49'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Attendance: 1,618

9 December 2019 2	Aizawl FC	1-2	Indian Arrows	Goa
	Vikram Pratap Singh 81'		W.Lalnunfela 64' Zoherliana 90+4'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Attendance: 1,217

16 December 2019 3	Punjab FC	1-0	Indian Arrows	Punjab
	Dipanda Dicka 80'			Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium

28 December 2019 4	Churchill Brothers	1-2	Indian Arrows	Goa
	Abu Bakr 42'		Gurkirat Singh 78' Telem Suranjit Singh 90'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium

5 January 2020 5	Indian Arrows	1-1	NEROCA FC	Goa
	Sushil Meitei 24'		Vikram Pratap Singh 42'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Attendance: 250

9 January 2020 6	Mohun Bagan	1-0	Indian Arrows	Kalyani
	Nicholas Cyrus 18'			Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 10938

12 January 2020 7	Indian Arrows	0-2	TRAU F.C.	Goa
			Naocha Singh 45' Princewell Emeka 79'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Attendance: 500

26 January 2020 8	Indian Arrows	0-2	Real Kashmir F.C.	Goa
			Mason Robertson 18', Gnohere Krizo 57'	Stadium: EMC Corporation Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: M Sugandar

1 February 2020 9	East Bengal F.C.	0-1	Indian Arrows	Kalyani
			Vikram Pratap Singh 59'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 6340 Referee: Ibungo Meetei Ningthoukhongjam

5 February 2020 10	Chennai City F.C.	1-0	Indian Arrows	Coiambatore
	Katsumi Yusa 49'			Stadium: Nehru Stadium Attendance: 2457 Referee: Sumiraj Poorathil Sudhakaran

11 February 2020 11	NEROCA F.C.	0-0	Indian Arrows	Imphal
				Stadium: Khuman Lampak Stadium Attendance: 15363 Referee: Tanmoy Dhar

17 February 2020 12	Indian Arrows	1-3	East Bengal F.C.	Goa
	Vikram Pratap Singh 59'		Jamie Santos Colado 5' Asheer Akhtar 62' Lalrindika Ralte 67'	Stadium: Cooperage Stadium Attendance: 2512 Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta

24 February 2020 13	Real Kashmir F.C.	1-0	Indian Arrows	Srinagar
	Bazie Armand 70'			Stadium: TRC Ground Attendance: 10152 Referee: Ravindra Thapliyal

28 February 2020 14	Indian Arrows	0-2	Chennai City F.C.	Goa
			Adolfo Miranda Araujo 48'Katsumi Yusa 60 '	Stadium: Cooperage Stadium Attendance: 2472 Referee: Crystal John

3 March 2020 15	Indian Arrows	1-1	Punjab F.C.	Goa
	Givson Singh 90+3'		Dipanda Dicka 6'	Stadium: Cooperage Stadium Attendance: 1125 Referee: Pranjal Banerjee

8 March 2020 16	TRAU F.C.	1-0	Indian Arrows	Imphal
	Deepak Devrani 89'			Stadium: Khuman Lampak Stadium Attendance: 9682 Referee: Tanmoy Dhar

17	Gokulam Kerala F.C.	abandoned	Indian Arrows	Kozhikode
				Stadium: EMS Stadium

18	Indian Arrows	abandoned	Mohun Bagan	Goa
				Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium

19	Aizawl F.C.	abandoned	Indian Arrows	Aizawl
				Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium

20	Indian Arrows	abandoned	Churchill Brothers	Goa
				Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium

Statistics

Goal Scorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	Goals
Goal Scorers for Indian Arrows in 2019–20 season
1	6	MF	Vikram Pratap Singh	4
2	7	MF	Moirangthem Givson Singh	2
3	21	MF	Telem Suranjit Singh	1
			Own goals	0
Total				7

References

^ Sharma, Siddharth. "Vital steps to improve the Indian U23 football team". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
^ Bali, Rahul. "AIFF decide to shut down Pailan Arrows". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 1 September 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
^ "Match Details | Hero I-League". Retrieved 30 April 2020.

[1] Sharma, Siddharth. "Vital steps to improve the Indian U23 football team". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 25 August 2012.

[2] Bali, Rahul. "AIFF decide to shut down Pailan Arrows". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 1 September 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.

[3] "Match Details | Hero I-League". Retrieved 30 April 2020.

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