The 2018–19 ATK season was the club's fifth season since its establishment in 2014 and their fifth season in the Indian Super League. The fifth edition of ISL commenced with a new look ATK renewing its seasonal rivalry against Kerala Blasters FC on Saturday, 29 September, at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan.
| 2018–19 season | ||||
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| Owners | Kolkata Games and Sports Pvt. Ltd. | |||
| Head Coach | Steve Coppell | |||
| Stadium | Salt Lake Stadium | |||
| Indian Super League | 6th | |||
| Super Cup | Semi-final | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Manuel Lanzarote (5) All: Manuel Lanzarote (7) | |||
| Highest home attendance | 41,202 | |||
| Lowest home attendance | 15,333 | |||
| Average home league attendance | 21,885 | |||
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Background edit
Transfers edit
After a disappointing season, ATK has appointed Sanjoy Sen as their mentor to recruit national players.[1] The former Mohun Bagan A.C. head coach roped in some of his own former players who he had the experience of working with, along with former ATK players Arnab Mondal and Cavin Lobo.[2]
In edit
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out edit
Pre Season and friendlies edit
ATK went to Spain on 18 August for their pre-season. This campaign will end on 15 September. In Spain they played some friendly matches with local clubs and one match with Premier League club Fulham F.C.
They played their first match on 31 August with Lorca FC and won by one goal scored by Kalu Uche. In the second friendly they won by one goal again by defeating Spanish club Real Murcia. ATK played their third match with highly competitive Premier League club Fulham F.C. and defeated just by a whisker.
| 31 August 2018 Friendly | ATK | 1–0 |  Lorca FC | Murcia, Spain |
| 22:30 IST |
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Report | Stadium: Pinatar Arena Referee: Salvador Lax Franco |
| 4 September 2018 Friendly | Real Murcia | 0–1 | ATK | Murcia, Spain |
| 22:30 IST | Report |
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Stadium: Pinatar Arena |
| 8 September 2018 Friendly[3] | ATK | 0–1 |  Fulham[4] | Murcia, Spain |
| 15:30 IST | Report |
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Stadium: Pinatar Arena Stadium |
| 11 September 2018 Friendly[5] | ATK | 5–2 | CD Almunecar City | Murcia, Spain |
| 22:30 IST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Pinatar Arena |
| 13 September 2018 Friendly[6] | ATK | 0–3 | FC Jumilla | Murcia, Spain |
| 14:00 IST | Report |
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Stadium: Pinatar Arena Referee: Martínez Montalbán[8] |
Competitions edit
Indian Super League edit
Table edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 4 | NorthEast United | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 18 | +4 | 29 | Advance to ISL Playoffs |
| 5 | Jamshedpur | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 29 | 21 | +8 | 27 | |
| 6 | ATK | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 22 | −4 | 24 | |
| 7 | Pune City | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 30 | −6 | 22 | |
| 8 | Delhi Dynamos | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 27 | −4 | 18 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair play ranking; 6) drawing of lots
Matches edit
| 29 September 2018 1 | ATK  | 0–2 | Kerala Blasters FC | Kolkata, India |
| 19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) | Matej Poplatnik  77'Slavisa Stojanovic 86' |
Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Attendance: 41,202 |
| 4 October 2018 2 | ATK | 0-1 | Northeast United FC | Kolkata, India |
| 19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) | Rowllin Borges 89' |
Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Attendance: 19,853 |
| 17 October 2018 3 | Delhi Dynamos FC | 1-2 | ATK | New Delhi, India |
| 19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) | Pritam Kotal 54' |
Balwant Singh 20' Noussair El Maimouni 84' |
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 9,143 |
| 21 October 2018 4 | Jamshedpur FC | 1-1 | ATK | Jamshedpur, India |
| 19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) | Sergio Cidoncha 35' |
Manuel Lanzarote 45' |
Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex Attendance: 22,812 |
| 26 October 2018 5 | ATK | 2–1 | Chennaiyin | Kolkata |
| 19:00 | Summary |
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Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 15,382 Referee: Ajit Meetei |
| 31 October 2018 6 | ATK | 1–2 | Bengaluru | Kolkata |
| 19:30 |
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Summary | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 17,656 Referee: R Venkatesh |
| 10 November 2018 7 | ATK | 1–0 | Pune City | Kolkata |
| 19:30 |
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Summary |
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Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 15,333 Referee: Raj Palmson Moses |
| 24 November 2018 8 | Mumbai City | 0–0 | ATK | Mumbai |
| 19:30 | Summary |
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Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena Attendance: 4,623 Referee:  Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari bin Jahari |
| 28 November 2018 9 | ATK | 0–0 | FC Goa | Kolkata |
| 19:30 | Summary | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 21,870 Referee: Raul Gupta |
Super Cup edit
As one of the top six teams in 2018–19 Indian Super League, ATK qualified for the main round in 2019 Indian Super Cup. ATK were scheduled to play the I-League side, Real Kashmir FC in Round of 16 match.
ATK defeated Real Kashmir Fc by 3 - 1 to reach quarter finals of Super cup. Now they will face Indian Super League team Delhi Dynamos in quarters.[9]
| 1 April 2019 Round of 16 | ATK | 3-1 | Real Kashmir | Bhubaneswar |
| 20:30 IST | Stadium: Kalinga Stadium |
| 5 April 2019 Quarter-final | Delhi Dynamos | 3–4 | ATK | Bhubaneswar |
| 20:00 IST | Summary | Stadium: Kalinga Stadium |
| 10 April 2019 Semi-final | ATK | 0–2 | Chennaiyin | Bhubaneswar |
| 20:00 IST | Summary | Stadium: Kalinga Stadium |
Goalscorers edit
There have been 10 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 1 goal per match.
3 goals
1 goal
Goalscorers (Against) edit
There have been 10 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 1 goal per match.
1 goal
Eric Paartalu (Bengaluru FC)
Isaac Vanmalsawma (Chennaiyin FC)- Pritam Kotal (Delhi Dynamos FC)
- Rowllin Borges (Northeast United FC)
- Thoi Singh (Chennaiyin FC)
Carlos Salom (Chennaiyin FC)
Slaviša Stojanović (Kerala Blasters FC)
Matej Poplatnik (Kerala Blasters FC)
Sergio Cidoncha (Jamshedpur FC)
Miku (Bengaluru FC)
Player information edit
Current squad edit
- As of 16 November 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Management edit
- As of 2 July 2018
| Position | Name |
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| Head coach | Steve Coppell
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| Assistant coach | Wally Downes
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| Head of Youth Development | Sanjoy Sen
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| Goalkeeper coach | Bobby Mimms
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| Physiotherapists | Avinandan Chatterjee
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| Noel Augustine
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| Physical trainer |  Djair Miranda Garcia
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| Team manager | Avishek Bhattacharjee
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References edit
- ^ "Sanjoy Sen joins ATK as head of youth development". Goal.com. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- ^ "ISL: Arnab Mondal & Cavin Lobo set to join ATK?". Goal.com. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- ^ "Atk on twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "Whites Head To Spain". fulhamfc.com. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "matchday ! atk on Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ "On to our final friendly fixture in Spain". twitter.com. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
- ^ "fc jumilla on twitter". com. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ "atk vs fc jumilla". com. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ "East Bengal and Mohun Bagan not to play Super Cup, others to follow suit". 28 March 2019.