The 2014 season was Atlético de Kolkata's inaugural season in existence in the Indian Super League. They ended their first season as the champions of the inaugural edition of the competition.
| 2014 season | |
|---|---|
| Head Coach |  Antonio López Habas |
| Stadium | Salt Lake Stadium |
| ISL | Champions |
| Top goalscorer |  Fikru Teferra (5 goals) |
| Highest home attendance | 65,000 (vs Mumbai City, 12 October 2014)[1] |
| Lowest home attendance | 21,550 (vs Pune City, 7 November 2014)[2] |
| Average home league attendance | 45,171 |
Background
editIn early 2014 it was announced that the All India Football Federation, the national federation for football in India, and IMG-Reliance would be accepting bids for ownership of eight of nine selected cities for the upcoming Indian Super League, an eight-team franchise league modeled along the lines of the Indian Premier League cricket tournament.[3] On 13 April 2014, it was announced that Sourav Ganguly, Harshavardhan Neotia, Sanjiv Goenka, Utsav Parekh, and Spanish La Liga side Atlético Madrid had won the bidding for the Kolkata franchise. Shahrukh Khan also submitted bids for the franchise but lost out[4] The Kolkata franchise turned out to be the most expensive franchise, being purchased for 18 crore.[4]
On 7 May 2014, during an official launch, it was announced that the name of the team would be Atlético de Kolkata.[5] Indian Super League (ISL) Opening Ceremony Match will started with Atlético de Kolkata vs Mumbai City FC which will be the first match.[6]
Signings
editThe first ever signing by the team was made on 3 July 2014, when former Real Madrid midfielder Borja Fernández was signed. He is also the first ever player signing in league history.[7] Then, five days later, on 8 July 2014 it was confirmed that former Liverpool midfielder, Luis García, as their marquee for the 2014 season as well as the signing of Botswana international Ofentse Nato.[8] The club then signed 14 Indian players between 22 July and 23 July during the 2014 ISL Inaugural Domestic Draft.[9] This was followed by 6 foreigners from the Foreign Player Draft.
Atlético de Kolkata then began the month of August by signing Ethiopia international Fikru Teferra.[10] and Spanish Goalkeeper Basilio Sancho Agudo.
In September Atlético signed Bangladesh captain Mamunul Islam.[11]
Foreign signings
edit| # | Position: | Player | Last club | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF | Borja Fernández
|
Getafe
|
3 July 2014 | [7] | |
| MF | Luis García
|
 Pumas UNAM
|
8 July 2014 | [8] | |
| MF |  Ofentse Nato
|
 Bidvest Wits
|
8 July 2014 | [8] | |
| FW | Fikru Teferra
|
Milano United
|
11 August 2014 | [10] | |
| MF |  Mamunul Islam
|
Dhanmondi Club
|
5 September 2014 | [12] |
Drafted domestic players
edit| Round | Position | Player | I-League club |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW |  Cavin Lobo
|
East Bengal |
| 2 | DF | Arnab Mondal
|
East Bengal |
| 3 | DF | Denzil Franco
|
Churchill Brothers |
| 4 | DF | Rakesh Masih
|
Mohammedan |
| 5 | MF | Mohammed Rafique
|
East Bengal |
| 6 | FW | Mohammed Rafi
|
Mumbai |
| 7 | DF | Biswajit Saha
|
Mohun Bagan |
| 8 | MF | Sanju Pradhan
|
East Bengal |
| 9 | DF | Kingshuk Debnath
|
Mohun Bagan |
| 10 | MF | Lester Fernandez
|
Pune |
| 11 | GK | Subhasish Roy Chowdhury
|
Dempo |
| 12 | FW | Baljit Sahni
|
East Bengal |
| 13 | MF | Climax Lawrence
|
Mumbai |
| 14 | DF | Nallappan Mohanraj
|
Sporting Goa |
Drafted foreign players
edit| Round | Position | Player | Last Club |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MF | Borja Fernández (retained)
|
Getafe |
| 2 | MF | Jofre Mateu
|
Girona |
| 3 | DF | Josemi
|
Xanthi |
| 4 | FW | Arnal Llibert
|
Alcorcon |
| 5 | DF |  Sylvain Monsoreau
|
Troyes |
| 6 | MF |  Jakub Podaný
|
Prague |
| 7 | GK |  Apoula Edel
|
Tel Aviv |
Players
editPlayer squad
edit- As of 19 October 2014
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Technical staff
edit- As of October 2014.[13]
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Antonio López Habas
|
| Assistant coach |  Jose Ramirez Barreto
|
| Fitness coach | Miguel Martinez
|
Pre-season and friendlies
editAtlético de Kolkata trained in Spain in Los Angeles de San Rafael under manager Antonio Lopez Habas.
| 9 September 2014 Exhibition match | Atlético de Kolkata | 6 – 0 | Gimnástica Segoviana - B | Madrid, Spain |
| 19:00 IST | Report | Stadium: Los Ángeles De San Rafael |
| 11 September 2014 Exhibition match | Atlético de Kolkata | 6 – 0 | Gimnástica Segoviana - B | Madrid, Spain |
| 19:00 IST | Stadium: Los Ángeles De San Rafael |
| 18 September 2014 Exhibition match | Atlético de Kolkata | 2 – 2 | Gimnástica Segoviana | Madrid, Spain |
| 19:00 IST |
| 23 September 2014 Exhibition match | Atlético de Kolkata | 0 – 0 | Collado Villalba | Madrid, Spain |
| 19:00 IST |
Competitions
editIndian Super League
editLeague table
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chennaiyin | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 23 | Advance to ISL Play-offs |
| 2 | Goa | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 22 | |
| 3 | Atlético de Kolkata (C) | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 19 | |
| 4 | Kerala Blasters | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 19 | |
| 5 | Delhi Dynamos | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 18 |
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) play-off match
(C) Champions
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 |
| 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 |
Last updated: 7 November 2014.
Source: Matches
Results by round
editA = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
edit| 12 October 2014 1 | Atlético de Kolkata | 3 – 0 | Mumbai City | Kolkata |
| 19:00 IST | Teferra  27'Fernández 69'Llibert 90+3' |
Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Chris Penso |
| 16 October 2014 2 | NorthEast United | 0 – 2 | Atlético de Kolkata | Guwahati |
| 19:00 IST | Report | Teferra 15' Podaný 90+2' |
Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 25,530 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar |
| 19 October 2014 3 | Atlético de Kolkata | 1 – 1 | Delhi Dynamos | Kolkata |
| 16:30 IST | Mateu 49' (pen.) |
Report | Pavel Eliáš 73' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 55,793 Referee: Santosh Kumar |
| 23 October 2014 4 | FC Goa | 1 – 2 | Atlético de Kolkata | Goa |
| 19:00 IST | Santos 21' |
Report | Lobo 72', 84' |
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 17,343 Referee: Chris Penso |
| 26 October 2014 5 | Atlético de Kolkata | 1 – 1 | Kerala Blasters | Kolkata |
| 16:30 IST | Sahni 23' |
Report | Hume 41' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 30,000 |
| 4 November 2014 6 | Chennaiyin FC | 1 – 1 | Atlético de Kolkata | Chennai |
| 16:30 IST | Elano 90 +3' (pen.) |
[1] | García 35' (pen.) |
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai) Attendance: 24,088 |
| 7 November 2014 7 | Atlético de Kolkata | 1 – 3 | Pune | Kolkata |
| 16:30 IST | Teferra 84' (pen.) |
[2] | Dudu 35' Kostas 55'Davide 89' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 21,550 |
| 14 November 2014 8 | Atlético de Kolkata | 0 - 0 | Chennaiyin FC | Kolkata |
| 19:00IST | [3] | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 46,288 Referee: Pratap Singh |
| 18 November 2014 9 | Atlético de Kolkata | 1 - 0 | Northeast United FC | Kolkata |
| 19:00IST | Luis Garcia 51' |
[4] | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 37,153 |
| 21 November 2014 10 | Kerala Blasters | 2 - 1 | Atlético de Kolkata | Kochi |
| 19:00IST | Hume 4' Gusmao 42' |
[5] | Teferra 55' |
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 57,296 |
| 29 November 2014 11 | Pune | 1 - 1 | Atlético de Kolkata | Pune |
| 19:00IST | [6] | Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Stadium Attendance: 8,342 |
Player statistics
editStatistics
edit- As of 3 November 2014
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | ISL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1 | GK | IND
|
Subhasish Roy Chowdhury | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | IND
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Arnab Mondal | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | IND
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Biswajit Saha | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | IND
|
Denzil Franco | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | IND
|
Kingshuk Debnath | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| DF | IND
|
Nallappan Mohanraj | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 10 | MF | ESP
|
Luis García | 3 | 2 | 3+0 | 2 |
| 23 | MF | BOT
|
Ofentse Nato | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| MF | IND
|
Climax Lawrence | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 22 | MF | IND
|
Lester Fernandez | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | IND
|
Rakesh Masih | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | IND
|
Sanju Pradhan | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP
|
Borja Fernández | 3 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 |
| MF | BAN
|
Mamunul Islam | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 9 | FW | ETH
|
Fikru Teferra | 4 | 3 | 4+0 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | IND
|
Baljit Sahni | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | IND
|
Cavin Lobo | 1 | 2 | 1+0 | 2 |
| 14 | FW | IND
|
Mohammed Rafi | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| FW | IND
|
Mohammed Rafique | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 25 | GK | ARM
|
Apoula Edel | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| GK | ESP
|
Basilio Sancho Agudo | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 26 | DF | FRA
|
Sylvain Monsoreau | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ESP
|
Josemi | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ESP
|
Jofre Mateu | 4 | 1 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | CZE
|
Jakub Podaný | 3 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 24 | FW | ESP
|
Arnal Llibert | 4 | 1 | 0+4 | 1 |
- Source: [citation needed]
Goals
edit- As of 4 November 2014
This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Rank | Player | Pos | ISL | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cavin Lobo
|
FW | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Fikru Teferra
|
FW | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2 | Borja Fernández
|
MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Arnal Llibert
|
FW | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jakub Podaný
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MF | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jofre Mateu
|
MF | 1 | 0 | ||
| Baljit Sahni
|
FW | 1 | 0 | ||
| Luis García
|
MF | 2 | 0 | ||
| Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||
Discipline
edit| N | P | Nat. | Name | ISL | Others | Total | Notes | ||||||
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| 8 | MF |
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Borja Fernández | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 20 | MF |
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Rakesh Masih | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 9 | FW |
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Fikru Tefera | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 23 | MF |
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Ofentse Nato | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 24 | FW |
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Arnal Llibert | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2 | DF |
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Biswajit Saha | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 7 | FW |
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Cavin Lobo | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Last updated: 3 November 2014
Source: Matches
Ordered by , and = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Indian Super League". Retrieved 12 October 2014.
- ^ "Indian Super League". Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ "Indian Super League sees interest from 30 franchise bidders". Business Standard. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ^ a b Basu, Saumyajit. "Stars embrace soccer through Indian Super League". Times of India. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ^ "Indian Super League football: Sourav Ganguly-backed Atletico de Kolkata launched". NDTV Sports. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ^ "Hero Indian Super League 2014 Schedule". Indian. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ a b "Borja Fernández se va a la Superliga india". Lavozde Galicia. Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ^ a b c "Luis Garcia heads to India". FourFourTwo. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ Ghoshal, Amoy. "ISL domestic players draft analysis: Atletico de Kolkata". Yahoo News. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ a b "Chansa enticed to Indian Super League". Kick-off. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ "Atletico sign Mamunul Islam". Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ^ |Atletico de Kolkata sign Bangladesh captain Mamunul Islam
- ^ "Squad". Indian Super League. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2014.