The 2012–13 United Sikkim F.C. season will be the club's third season since their formation in 2008 and their first season ever in the I-League which is India's top football league.
| 2012–13 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Baichung Bhutia | ||
| Manager | Nathan Hall | ||
| I-League | 13th | ||
| Federation Cup | Group Stage | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: 3 players on 1 goal All: 3 players on 1 goal | ||
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Background edit
The road to the 2012 I-League 2nd Division did not start well for United Sikkim. On 11 June 2011 it was announced that Johnny Menyongar would leave the club to join I-League team Shillong Lajong as well as Indian internationals Renedy Singh and NS Manju in January 2012.[1][2] However, after firing coach Stanley Rozario, United Sikkim signed Belgian Philippe De Ridder as coach of the team.[3] The club the re-signed Nigerian Daniel Bedemi and Quinton Jacobs for the season. The club then began there charge for the I-League for the second season in a row with a 3–2 victory over Bhawanipore F.C. at the Satindra Mohan Dev Stadium in Assam on 2 February 2012.[4] The club then went on to win three more matches during the first round of the I-League 2nd Division against Eagles, Southern Samity, and Ar-Hima in order to qualify for the 2012 I-League 2nd Division final round in which the club won promotion on the last day of the season on 17 April 2012 at the Paljor Stadium in Gangtok, Sikkim in front of 30,000 fans as United Sikkim drew Mohammedan 1–1 with Daniel Bedemi scoring the goal for United Sikkim.[5]
Transfers edit
In edit
| # | Position | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW |  Salau Nuruddin
|
 Green Valley
|
Free | 23 August 2012 | [6] | |
| FW | Budhiram Tudu
|
East Bengal
|
Free | 24 May 2012 | [7] | |
| DF | Anwar Ali
|
Mohun Bagan
|
Free | 5 August 2012 | [8] | |
| FW | Nima Tamang
|
Sikkim Football Academy
|
Free | 5 August 2012 | [8] | |
| DF | Mobin Rai
|
Sikkim Football Academy
|
Free | 5 August 2012 | [8] | |
| DF | Shabbir Ali
|
Prayag United
|
Free | 5 August 2012 | [8] | |
| DF | Mashangva Zenith
|
Shillong Lajong
|
Free | 5 August 2012 | [8] | |
| DF | Ashish Chettri
|
Royal Wahingdoh
|
Free | 5 August 2012 | [8] | |
| MF | Lineker Machado
|
Union Bank of India
|
Free | 5 August 2012 | [8] | |
| DF | Rahul Jaiswal
|
Unattached | Free | 5 August 2012 | [8] | |
| MF | Raju Debnath
|
Unattached | Free | 5 August 2012 | [8] | |
| MF |  Yoon Tae
|
Unattached | Free | 5 August 2012 | [8] | |
| MF |  Michael Rodríguez
|
Herediano
|
Free | 12 September 2012 | [9] | |
| FW |  Sogan Kokou
|
Unattached | Free | 12 September 2012 | [9] |
Out edit
| # | Position | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF |  Quinton Jacobs
|
Salgaocar
|
Free | 6 May 2012 | [10] | |
| MF | John Babatunde
|
Released | Free | 8 June 2012 | [11] | |
| GK | Basant Singh
|
Shillong Lajong
|
Free | 8 June 2012 | [12] | |
| DF | Govin Singh
|
Shillong Lajong
|
Free | 8 June 2012 | [12] | |
| FW | Karan Atwal
|
Salgaocar
|
Free | 9 June 2012 | [13] | |
| GK | Arnab Das Sharma
|
Mohammedan
|
Free | 2 July 2012 | [14] | |
| MF | Mumtaz Akhtar
|
Pune
|
Free | 8 July 2012 | [15] | |
| DF | Baldeep Singh
|
Air India
|
Free | 16 August 2012 | [16] | |
| FW | Daniel Bedemi
|
Released | Free | 1 September 2012 | [17] |
Competitions edit
Federation Cup edit
United Sikkim entered the 2012 Indian Federation Cup automatically following promotion to the I-League. They were placed in Group D along with Salgaocar, Pune, and Prayag United and their matches were played in Jamshedpur.[18] The tournament did not end well for United Sikkim as they lost all three of their matches, finishing with 0 points, 0 goals scored and 6 conceded.
| 20 September 2012 Group Stage | Pune | 1 – 0 | United Sikkim | Jamshedpur, Orissa |
| 15:00 IST | Lalpekhlua  51' |
Report | Stadium: Keenan Stadium |
| 22 September 2012 Group Stage | United Sikkim | 0 – 3 | Salgaocar | Jamshedpur, Orissa |
| 15:00 IST | Report | Guirado 2' Colaco 81' D'Souza 85' |
Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex |
| 24 September 2012 Group Stage | Prayag United | 2 – 0 | United Sikkim | Jamshedpur, Orissa |
| 15:00 IST | Rafique 6', 14' |
Report | Stadium: Keenan Stadium |
I-League edit
United Sikkim began their first I-League campaign of 2012–13 at home on 6 October 2012 against the champions of the 2010-11 season, Salgaocar and took the victory 3–2 in what is considered an early upset in the season.[19]
Results summary edit
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 37 | −21 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 28 | −19 |
Last updated: 19 January 2013.
Source: United Sikkim F.C results
Position by round edit
| 6 October 2012 Round 1 | United Sikkim | 3 – 2 | Salgaocar | Gangtok, Sikkim |
| 15:00 IST | Nuruddin 53' Machado 67'Jhingan 73' |
Report | Guirado 49' Gonsalves 57' |
Stadium: Paljor Stadium |
| 11 October 2012 Round 2 | United Sikkim | 0 – 1 | East Bengal | Gangtok, Sikkim |
| 14:30 IST | Report | Ralte 82' |
Stadium: Paljor Stadium |
| 28 October 2012 Round 3 | United Sikkim | 1 – 2 | Dempo | Gangtok, Sikkim |
| 14:30 IST | Nuruddin 59' |
Report | Sakibo 20' Sueoka 90+3' (pen.) |
Stadium: Paljor Stadium |
| 4 November 2012 Round 4 | United Sikkim | 0 – 0 | Pailan Arrows | Gangtok, Sikkim |
| 14:00 IST | Report | Stadium: Paljor Stadium Referee: C. Srikrishna |
| 10 November 2012 Round 5 | Prayag United | 10 – 1 | United Sikkim | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| 14:00 IST | Martins 3', 16', 39', 77', 79' Hernández 22', 35'Tulunga 71'Rafique 90+1'Rodríguez 90+2' (o.g.) |
Report | Tamang 5' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: N. Sundi |
| 5 January 2013 Round 14 | United Sikkim | 1 - 2 | Pune | Gangtok, Sikkim |
| 14:00 IST | Tamang 63' |
Report | Arata 23' Moga 90+1' |
Stadium: Paljor Stadium Referee: P. Dhar |
| 13 January 2013 Round 16 | Churchill Brothers | 2 - 1 | United Sikkim | Mapusa, Goa |
| 15:45 IST | Beto 4' Antchouet 72' (pen.) |
Report | Matkin 77' |
Stadium: Duler Stadium Referee: R. Dsa |
Appearances and goals edit
- As of 11 October 2012
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | I-League | Federation Cup | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| GK | KOR
|
Yoon Tae | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| GK | IND
|
Monotosh Ghosh | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | |
| DF | IND
|
Mashangva Zenith | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | |
| DF | IND
|
Munmun Lugun | 5 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | |
| DF | IND
|
Anwar Ali | 5 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | |
| DF | CRC
|
Michael Rodríguez | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| DF | IND
|
Sandesh Jhingan | 5 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | |
| DF | IND
|
Rahul Jaiswal | 5 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | |
| DF | IND
|
Mobin Rai | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| MF | IND
|
Nim Lepcha | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| MF | IND
|
Ashish Chettri | 5 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | |
| MF | TOG
|
Sogan Kokou | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| MF | IND
|
Shahensha Ansari | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | |
| MF | IND
|
Raju Debnath | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
| MF | IND
|
Lineker Machado | 5 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | |
| MF | IND
|
Shabbir Ali | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
| FW | IND
|
Baichung Bhutia | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| FW | IND
|
Budhiram Tudu | 5 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | |
| FW | IND
|
Tenzin Bhutia | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
| FW | IND
|
Nima Tamang | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| FW | NGA
|
Salau Nuruddin | 3 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | |
- Source: [citation needed]
Goalscorers edit
| Place | Position | Nationality | Name | I-League | Federation Cup | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW |
|
Salau Nuruddin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MF |
|
Lineker Machado | 1 | 0 | ||
| DF |
|
Sandesh Jhingan | 1 | 0 | ||
| TOTALS | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
References edit
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