2020–21 Gokulam Kerala FC season

The 2020-21 season was Gokulam Kerala's fourth season since its establishment in 2017 and their fourth season in the I-League.In addition to the I league Gokulam Kerala also participated in the Durand Cup and IFA Shield

Gokulam Kerala
2020–21 season
ChairmanGokulam Gopalan
Head CoachVincenzo Alberto Annese
StadiumEMS Stadium
I-League2020–21 I-League
IFA Shieldquarter finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Denny Antwi
(11 goals)

All: Denny Antwi
(18 goals)

Squad information

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First-team squad

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Squad no. Name Nationality Position(s) Age Previous club Since
Goalkeepers
1 Ubaid CK   GK 30  East Bengal 2019
30 Vicky Bhaskaran   GK 30 Academy 2019
31 Ajmal PA   GK 24 Academy 2018
Shayan Roy   GK 28   TRAU 2020
Defenders
2 Naocha Singh   LB 20   NEROCA 2019
3 Jasim   LB 20 Academy 2020
4 Rowilson Rodrigues   CB 33   Churchill Brothers 2020
5 Sharif Mukhammad   CB 30   Maziya 2020
6 Ashok Singh   CB 27   NEROCA 2019
14 Zodingliana Ralte   LB 25   NEROCA 2020
15 Mohamed Salah   LB 25   SAT Tirur 2019
24 Jestin George   CB 22 Academy 2018
26 Deepak Devrani   CB 28   TRAU 2020
27 Sebastian Thangmuansang   RB 22   NEROCA 2019
49 Mohamed Awal   CB 32   Wolkite City 2020
Muhammad Asif   CB 23   Chyasal Youth Club 2020
Chingkham Roshan Singh   CB 25   NEROCA 2020
MidFielders
12 Muhammed Rashid   CM 26 Academy 2017
13 Mayakkannan   CM 26 Academy 2019
16 Salman K   RW 24 Academy 2017
17 Thahir Zaman   CM/AM 22 Academy 2020
18 Jithin M S   CM/AM 22   Kerala blasters 2019
22 Shibil Muhammed   CM/AM 22 Academy 2019
47 Vincy Barreto   CM/AM 22   FC GOA Reserves 2020
Mahip Adhikari   CM/AM 22 Garhwal 2020
Forwards
10 Ngangom Ronald Singh   RW/ST 23   NEROCA 2020
11 Emil Benny   RW 21 Academy 2020
20 Philip Adjah   FW 24   Mohammedan 2020
28 Lalromawia   RW 22   Chhinga Veng F.C. 2019
33 Denny Antwi   FW 27  Trelleborg 2020
Malemngamba Meitei   RW   NEROCA 2019
Faslu Rahman   RW 25   SAT Tirur 2020

Other contracts

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
6 MF   IND Shameel
7 MF   IND Sanathoi Singh
9 FW   IND Shihad Nelliparamban
19 MF   IND Ganesan
- DF   IND Safwan
- DF   IND Febin
- MF   IND Alphin
- MF   IND Mahin
- FW   IND Safeer
2 MF   IND Pritam Singh

Transfers and loans

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Transfers in

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Entry date Position No. Player Previous club Fee Ref.
18 July 2020 FW 10 Ngangom Ronald Singh   NEROCA None [1]
25 July 2020 DF Muhammed Asif   Chyasal Youth Club None
2 August 2020 FW Faslu Rahman   Sports Academy Tirur none
9 August 2020 DM Rishad PP   Sports Academy Tirur None
14 August 2020 GK Shayan Roy   TRAU none [2]
28 August 2020 DF Chingkham Roshan Singh   NEROCA None [3]
5 September 2020 DF 14 Zodingliana Ralte   NEROCA None [4]
19 September 2020 DF 26 Deepak Devrani   TRAU None [5]
25 September 2020 DF 4 Rowilson Rodrigues   Churchill Brothers None [6]
25 October 2020 DF   Ajin Tom   Indian Arrows None [7]
30 October 2020 FW 33  Denny Antwi  Trelleborg None [8]
6 November 2020 MF   Mahip Adhikari  Garhwal None [9]
13 November 2020 DF 5   Sharif Mukhammad   Maziya None [10]
20 November 2020 DF 49   Mohamed Awal   Wolkite City None
25 November 2020 FW 20   Saliou Guindo   Ankara Keçiörengücü None
4 December 2020 MF 35   Vincy Barreto   None [11]
5 December 2020 DF 3   Jasim Academy None
5 December 2020 MF 28   Thahir Zaman Academy None
5 December 2020 MF 11   Emil Benny Academy None
2 January 2021 FW 50   Philip Adjah   Mohammedan None
8 January 2021 DF 04   Alex Saji Academy None

Transfers out

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Exit date Position No. Player To club Fee Ref.
5 June 2020 DF 06   Wungngayam Muirang   Bengaluru FC None [12]
17 June 2020 DF 06   Mohammed Irshad   East Bengal FC None
22 June 2020 DF 04   Zohib Islam Amiri   Real Kashmir
28 June 2020 DF 06   Dharmaraj Ravanan   Real Kashmir
14 September 2020 MF 23   Nicholas Fernandes   Bengaluru United [13]
15 September 2020 CF 31   Henry Kisekka   URA Kampala [14]
30 September 2020 MF 08   Nathaniel Garcia   NEROCA
23 November 2020 DF 05   Andre Ettienne
23 November 2020 FW 10   Marcus Joseph
23 November 2020 FW 11   Atuheire Kipson
2 December 2020 FW 06   Rajesh S   Chennai City FC
2 January 2021 FW 20   Saliou Guindo

Pre-season

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Gokulam Kerala 5-0 TRIJIT DAS FA Kolkata
19.00 IST Stadium: Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani
Gokulam Kerala 1-0 TRIJIT DAS FA Kolkata
19.00 IST Stadium: Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

Competitions

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Cancelled

Overview

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
I League 9 January 2021 27 March 2021 Matchday 1 Champions 15 9 2 4 31 17 +14 060.00
2020 IFA Shield 6 December 2020 14 December 2020 Group Stage Quarter finals 3 1 0 2 7 4 +3 033.33
Super Cup TBD TBD - 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Total 18 10 2 6 38 21 +17 055.56

Last updated: 13 February 2021 (2021-02-13).
Source: Competitions

I-league

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Punjab 10 5 3 2 12 7 +5 18 Promote to Championship Stage (Group A)
3 Real Kashmir 10 4 5 1 18 9 +9 17
4 Gokulam Kerala 10 5 1 4 20 14 +6 16
5 TRAU 10 4 4 2 17 13 +4 16
6 Mohammedan 10 4 4 2 9 8 +1 16
Source: I-League
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
  • Due to COVID-19 pandemic, this season's league format was shortened. All teams will face each other once in the first leg of the league, then they will be divided into two different groups. According to points table from first leg, top six teams will face each other once again in the Championship stage, where the team with maximum points (cumulative points collected from all fifteen matches) will be declared the winner of the league and qualify for the 2022 AFC Cup group stage. Whereas the other five teams will play against each other in a Relegation stage where the team with the lowest points (cumulative points collected from all fourteen matches) will be relegated to the 2nd Division League.[15]

Result summary

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Results by round

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Round1234567891011
ResultLWLWD-LWWWL
Position851034695434
Source: [citation needed]
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss

Second phase

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Championship Stage (Group A)

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Gokulam Kerala (C) 15 9 2 4 31 17 +14 29 Champions and Qualification for 2022 AFC Cup group stage
2 Churchill Brothers 15 8 5 2 22 17 +5 29
3 TRAU 15 7 5 3 27 19 +8 26
4 Punjab 15 6 4 5 18 15 +3 22
5 Real Kashmir 15 5 6 4 23 18 +5 21
6 Mohammedan 15 5 5 5 18 20 −2 20
Updated to match(es) played on 27 March 2021. Source: I-League
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
(C) Champions

Results by round

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Round12345
ResultWWDWW
Position22211
Source: [citation needed]
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss


IFA Shield

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Group stage

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Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 United 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 6 Advance to the quarterfinals
2 Gokulam Kerala 2 1 0 1 7 3 +4 3
3 BSS 2 0 0 2 3 9 −6 0
Source: ifawb.org


12 December 2020 Gokulam Kerala 7–2 BSS Sailen Manna Stadium, Howrah
13:30 IST Dennis Antwi   8'   12'
  19'   47'
Shibil Muhammed   66'
Jithin M S   72'
Saliou Guindo   85'
Report Pritam Roy   67'
Asif Ali Moula   74'
Attendance: 0

Quarter-finals

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Current technical staff

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Position Name
Head Coach   Vincenzo Alberto Annese
Fitness and conditioning Coach   Djair Miranda Garcia
Technical Director   Bino George[16]
Goalkeeping Coach   Mihir Sawant [17]
Academy Manager   Joel Richard Williams[18]

Statistics

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As of 19 February 2021.

Squad appearances

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No. Pos. Nat. Name I-League 2020 IFA Shield Super Cup Total
Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts
01 GK   Ubaid CK 14 14 3 3 0 0 17 17
02 LB   Naocha Singh 15 15 3 3 0 0 18 18
03 CB   Mohammed Jassim 2 0 - - 0 0 2 0
04 CB   Alex Saji 5 3 - - 0 0 5 3
10 FW   Ngangom Ronald Singh 12 4 3 3 0 0 15 7
11 FW   Emil Benny 13 12 - - 0 0 13 12
12 MF   Muhammed Rashid 8 3 3 3 0 0 11 6
13 MF   Mayakkannan 14 14 3 3 0 0 17 17
14 FW   Zodingliana Ralte 6 1 0 0 0 0 6 1
16 FW   Salman K 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1
17 MF   Thahir Zaman 8 1 1 0 0 0 9 1
18 FW   Jithin M S 6 0 2 1 0 0 8 1
20 FW   Saliou Guindo 0 0 3 1 0 0 3 1
21 DF   Sharif Mukhammad 14 14 - - 0 0 14 14
22 MF   Shibil Muhammed 2 1 3 3 0 0 5 4
24 DF   Jestin George 3 3 3 3 0 0 6 6
26 DF   Deepak Devrani 14 14 1 0 0 0 15 14
27 DF   Sebastian Thangmuansang 11 10 3 3 0 0 14 13
28 RB   Lalromawia 8 4 0 0 0 0 8 4
31 GK   Ajmal P. A. 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1
33 FW   Denny Antwi 15 15 2 2 0 0 18 18
47 MF   Vincy Barretto 13 7 - - 0 0 13 7
49 DF   Mohamed Awal 14 14 3 3 0 0 17 17
50 FW   Philip Adjah 15 15 - - 0 0 15 15

Goal Scorers

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Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name I League IFA Shield Indian Super Cup Total
1 33 FW   Denny Antwi 11 4 0 15
2 50 FW   Philip Adjah 5 0 0 5
3 21 MF   Sharif Mukhammad 4 0 0 4
4 11 FW   Emil Benny 3 0 0 3
5 18 FW   Jithin M S 1 1 0 2
6 10 FW   Ngangom Ronald Singh 1 0 0 1
12 MF   Muhammed Rashid 1 0 0 1
14 FW   Zodingliana Ralte 1 0 0 1
20 FW   Saliou Guindo 0 1 0 1
22 MF   Shibil Muhammed 0 1 0 1
24 DF   Jestin George 1 0 0 1
27 FW   Lalromawia 1 0 0 1
Own Goals 2 0 0 2
Total 31 7 0 38

Clean sheets

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No. Nation Name I-League Super Cup Total
1   Ubaid CK 5 0 5
TOTAL 5 0 5

References

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  1. ^ "Gokulam Kerala sign Ngangom Ronald Singh from NEROCA FC". Khel Now. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Gokulam Kerala sign former TRAU FC goalkeeper Shayan Roy". Khel Now. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  3. ^ "I League 2020 Gokulam Kerala FC Rope In Roshan Singh From NEROCA | The Fan Garage (TFG)". thefangarage.com. 28 August 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Zodingliana Ralte and Roshan Singh join Gokulam Kerala FC | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  5. ^ Kumar, P. K. Ajith. "I-League: Defender Deepak Devrani joins Gokulam Kerala". Sportstar. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  6. ^ " "Gokulam Kerala FC signs up Rowilson Rodrigues for upcoming I-League season". 26 September 2020.
  7. ^ K, Vyshakh (24 October 2020). "I-League 2020/21: Ajin Tom signs for Gokulam Kerala FC". www.sportskeeda.com.
  8. ^ "Gokulam Kerala sign Ghanaian striker Dennis Antwi Agyare". 30 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Gokulam Kerala sign former Garhwal FC vice-captain Mahip Adhikari". 6 November 2020.
  10. ^ "Comments on: I-League 2020-21: Gokulam Kerala sign Sharif Mukhammad".
  11. ^ "I-League: Gokulam Kerala rope in Goan winger Vincy Barreto". ANI News.
  12. ^ "Bengaluru FC sign Joe Zoherliana, Wungngayam Muirang". BengaluruFC.com. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  13. ^ Lopes, Flavio (14 September 2020). "Nicholas, Ronaldo, Jason join FC Bengaluru United - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  14. ^ "Comments on: Striker Steven Mukwala will ignite URA FC's attacking force in the 2020-21 season". kawowo.com. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  15. ^ "Hero I-League 2020-21 to start on January 9 with a new shorter format". the-aiff.com. 7 November 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  16. ^ "Bino George replaces Fernando Santiago as Gokulam Kerala head coach". 28 September 2018.
  17. ^ "I-League: Gokulam Kerala FC appoint new goalkeeping coach". Times of India. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  18. ^ Prasad, Aashin. "Joel Williams - The 'brains' behind dreaming big". Sportstar.