2013–14 Pune FC season

The 2013–14 Pune F.C. season is the club's fifth season in I-League, the top flight of Indian football and the seventh season in the club's entire history. This season will also see the club participate in Asia's top footballing competition, the AFC Champions League, in 2014 after India was awarded a spot in the tournament qualifiers and the club were announced as the best club in India to complete the club licensing requirements set by the All India Football Federation.^[1]

Pune

2013–14 season
Chairmen	Nandan Piramal
Head coach	Mike Snoei
Ground	Balewadi Sports Complex
I-League	3rd
Federation Cup	Group
Durand Cup	Group
AFC Champions League	Qualifiers - Round 1
AFC Cup	Group
Top goalscorer	League: Mustapha (5 Goals) All: Mustapha (6 Goals)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2012–13

Former Netherlands international player and former Vitesse Arnhem manager Mike Snoei was hired to be the head coach of the club following the resignation of Derrick Pereira.

Background

See also: 2012–13 I-League

Pune began the 2012–13 campaign with hope. The club came into the season having lost some of their better players, including Subrata Pal,^[2] Baldeep Singh,^[3] and Lester Fernandez.^[4] The club also lost their top scorer from the previous season in former Guinea international Mandjou Keita.^[5] However, the club was able to make up for those loses with the signings of Abhra Mondal^[6] and James Moga.^[7] With these players added to the squad, Pune went into the 2012–13 I-League season with a bang, beating ONGC 3–2 on the opening day of the season.^[8] Then, after defeating Pailan Arrows on 9 November 2012, the club went on a nine-game unbeaten streak which eventually allowed the club to finish the season in second place, their best ever finish in the I-League to date.^[9]

Pre-season

Player movement

After the 2012–13 season ended, Pune did not make many major changes to the squad. The club did let go three of their four foreigners in Chika Wali, Boima Karpeh, and club top scorer James Moga. All three players subsequently signed for other I-League clubs with Wali signing for Salgaocar,^[10] Karpeh joining Sporting Goa,^[11] and Moga joining East Bengal.^[12] The club's number 1 goalkeeper from last season, Abhra Mondal, also left the club to join East Bengal.^[13] In addition to Mondal, the club also lost Subhash Singh, Karma Tsewang, and Nallappan Mohanraj to Shillong Lajong, Salgaocar, and Mumbai Tigers respectively. The club also lost their first ever signing in Jeje Lalpekhlua who decided to sign for former I-League champions, Dempo.^[14]

Air India forward Prakash Thorat was the first player signed by Pune for the new season.^[15] The club then proceeded to sign both Anthony D'Souza and Arup Debnath respectively from Salgaocar and Mumbai Tigers.^[16][17] The club then went on to sign three new foreigners to replace the three that left the club. The first to arrive was Equatorial Guinea international Raúl Fabiani.^[18] The second foreign signing for Pune came only two days later with the signing of Calum Angus from Swedish Superettan side GAIS.^[19] Then the third and final foreign signing for Pune before the season began was former A-Leaguer James Meyer who last played for the Brisbane Roar.^[20] Then, before the I-League season began, Pune signed up four players from their academy with Denechandra Meitei, Salam Ranjan Singh, Thongkhosiem Haokip, and Gobin Singh all earning promotions to the senior squad.^[21]

After the season began, Pune did make a change in their squad with Raúl Fabiani being released from the side and former Premier League and Bolton Wanderers player Riga Mustapha being brought in as a replacement.^[22] The club made further changes to their squad in January 2014 with the signings of Gabriel Fernandes, Nicolau Borges, and Nawab Zeeshan being announced. Fernandes comes on loan from Dempo while Borges comes on loan from Mohun Bagan.^[23]

Then, on 18 February 2014, the club announced that they had re-signed former Fans' Player of the Year Lester Fernandez for the rest of the season.^[24]

In

Former Bolton Wanderers player Riga Mustapha joined Pune in October 2013.

Pune's first ever signing, Jeje Lalpekhlua left the club in June 2013.

No.	Position	Player	Last played for	Fee	Date	Ref
20	FW	Prakash Thorat	Air India	Free	7 June 2013	[15]
21	MF	Anthony D'Souza	Salgaocar	Free	15 July 2013	[16]
22	GK	Arup Debnath	Mumbai Tigers	Free	31 July 2013	[17]
—	FW	Raúl Fabiani	Huracán	Free	5 August 2013	[18]
4	DF	Calum Angus	GAIS	Free	7 August 2013	[19]
10	FW	James Meyer	Brisbane Roar	Free	13 August 2013	[20]
14	DF	Denechandra Meitei	Academy	—	19 September 2013	[21]
24	DF	Salam Ranjan Singh	Academy	—	19 September 2013	[21]
28	FW	Thongkhosiem Haokip	Academy	—	19 September 2013	[21]
29	DF	Gobin Singh	Academy	—	19 September 2013	[21]
7	FW	Riga Mustapha	Cartagena	Free	26 October 2013	[22]
12	DF	Nicolau Borges	Mohun Bagan	Loan	13 January 2014	[23]
18	DF	Nawab Zeeshan	Mumbai Tigers	Free	13 January 2014	[23]
30	MF	Gabriel Fernandes	Dempo	Loan	13 January 2014	[23]
31	MF	Lester Fernandez	Mumbai Tigers	Free	18 February 2014	[24]

Out

Position	Player	Moved to	Fee	Date	Ref
MF	Subhash Singh	Shillong Lajong	Free	18 May 2013	[25]
MF	Karma Tsewang	Salgaocar	Free	19 May 2013	[10]
DF	Chika Wali	Salgaocar	Free	19 May 2013	[10]
FW	Boima Karpeh	Sporting Goa	Free	1 June 2013	[11]
GK	Abhra Mondal	East Bengal	Free	6 June 2013	[13]
FW	James Moga	East Bengal	Free	13 June 2013	[12]
FW	Jeje Lalpekhlua	Dempo	Free	15 June 2013	[14]
DF	Nallappan Mohanraj	Mumbai Tigers	Free	26 June 2013	[26]
MF	Sukhwinder Singh	None	Free	9 July 2013	[27]
FW	Raúl Fabiani	Huracán Valencia CF	Free	26 October 2013	[22]
FW	James Meyer	None	Free	1 December 2013

Matches

The club began their pre-season campaign with new coach Mike Snoei in Goa. The club drew their first two matches against SESA Football Academy and Laxmi Prasad before beating Churchill Brothers 2–0 thanks to a double from Raúl Fabiani. In their next match, Pune defeated league-rivals Mumbai F.C. at the Balewadi Sports Complex in which strikes from James Meyer, Fabiani, and Zohmingliana Ralte earned the side a 3–0 victory. Then in their final match of pre-season, Pune defeated Deccan XI 2–0 thanks to strikes from Dhanpal Ganesh and Shanmugam Venkatesh.

Results

SESA F.A. v Pune

Friendly	SESA F.A.	0 – 0	Pune	Goa
		Report

Laxmi Prasad v Pune

Friendly	Laxmi Prasad	0 – 0	Pune	Goa
		Report

Churchill Brothers v Pune

14 August 2013 Friendly	Churchill Brothers	0 – 2	Pune	Goa
		Report	Fabiani 24', 25'

Pune v Mumbai

7 September 2013 Friendly	Pune	3 – 0	Mumbai	Pune, Maharashtra
	Meyer 28' Fabiani 54' Ralte 87'	Report		Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex

Pune v Deccan XI

14 September 2013 Friendly	Pune	2 – 0	Deccan XI	Pune, Maharashtra
	Ganesh 32' Venkatesh 35'	Report		Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex

I-League

Main article: 2013–14 I-League

Summary

Pune set out for their first ever I-League title in style with a victory away from home in round one of the 2013–14 I-League season against Mohammedan. Debut goals from Raúl Fabiani, who scored a brace, and James Meyer helped Pune to 3–1 victory at the Salt Lake Stadium. Josimar was the scorer for Mohammedan.^[28] Pune then suffered a goalless draw in their second match of the season against Shillong Lajong on 29 September 2013 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.^[29]

Pune then began what would be a home-only month of October in which all their matches that month would be played at home. The first of the three matches occurred on 10 October against Mohun Bagan. Pune managed to come out on top in that match 2–0 thanks to goals from academy product Thongkhosiem Haokip and foreign import James Meyer.^[30] The second match then occurred nine-days later on 19 October against the defending champions from the 2012–13 season Churchill Brothers. Despite that fact, Pune were able to come out of the match with a victory thanks to a 52nd-minute goal from Calum Angus, his first for the club.^[31] Then, the third and final match of the month came on 27 October against newly promoted Rangdajied United in which a 29th-minute goal from Angus lead Pune to a 1–0 victory. The victory was important for Pune as it meant that Pune went into November tied for first place in the I-League with Salgaocar^[32]

Despite their grand October form, Pune could not stop themselves from falling 2–0 to Sporting Goa on 2 November. Goals from Victorino Fernandes and Pratesh Shirodkar sealed Pune's fate.^[33] However, Pune managed to come back in their very next match against new direct-entry side Bengaluru FC at home on 6 November in which a goal from James Meyer lead Pune to a 1–0 victory.^[34] Then, after a two-week international break, Pune returned to Goa to take on Salgaocar in a top of the table match as the winner would take first place in the league.^[35] After going down a goal in the fourth minute from Darryl Duffy, Pune managed to equalize through a Riga Mustapha penalty, his first goal for the club, in the 61st minute.^[35] Five days later, Pune returned to the same venue to this time take on Dempo.^[36] After going down early once again to a Beto 47th-minute goal it was again Riga Mustapha who came through for Pune with his 51st-minute goal earning Pune a 1–1 draw.^[36]

The club then began the month of December with a home match against United on 1 December 2013.^[37] After taking the lead in the 77th minute through academy product Nikhil Kadam, United scored their equalizer seven minutes later to force Pune to begin the month with a 1–1 draw.^[37] The month then did not get better for Pune as they succumbed to their second defeat of the season at home to arch-rivals Mumbai on 7 December 2013.^[38] After going down early to a goal from former India international Pappachen Pradeep, Pune equalized through current India international Arata Izumi in the 41st minute. However, Mumbai scored the winning goal in the 60th minute through Yusif Yakubu.^[38] The club then fell to their second defeat in a row in their next match against Rangdajied United at the Nehru Stadium in which, after taking a halftime 2–0 lead through Riga Mustapha and Gurjinder Kumar, the club gave away three second half goals (including two in stoppage time) to lose 3–2.^[39] However the club then returned to winning ways when they faced United for the second time that month at the Kalyani Stadium on 15 December 2013.^[40] An early brace from Riga Mustapha helped Pune to a 2–1 victory.^[40] But that was only a short-lived moment for the club as the side quickly fell to third loss of the season in their next match against Mohun Bagan on 21 December 2013.^[41] A brace from Odafe Onyeka Okolie and a goal from Ram Malik saw Pune lose 3–1 with the only Pune goal coming from Academy product Thongkhosiem Haokip.^[41]

Once the league restarted for Pune in February 2014, the club first took on Sporting Goa at home on 16 February 2014. After going down early in the 39th minute through Beevan D'Mello goal, Pune managed to equalize in the 56th minute through Thongkhosiem Haokip as Pune drew 1–1.^[42] Pune then won their first match of the year only three days later on the 19th against Mohammedan at the Balewadi Sports Complex when they defeated the Kolkata club 2–0. The goals came from Thongkhosiem Haokip and Gabriel Fernandes.

Matches

Mohammedan v Pune

21 September 2013 Match 1	Mohammedan	1 – 3	Pune	Kolkata, West Bengal
15:00 IST	Josimar 11'	Report	Fabiani 16', 76' Meyer 52'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Umesh Bora

Shillong Lajong v Pune

29 September 2013 Match 2	Shillong Lajong	0 – 0	Pune	Shillong, Meghalaya
16:30 IST		Report		Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Referee: Rabichandra Singh

Pune v Mohun Bagan

10 October 2013 Match 3	Pune	2 – 0	Mohun Bagan	Pune, Maharashtra
19:00 IST	Haokip 72' Meyer 79'	Report		Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex Referee: Umesh Bora

Pune v Churchill Brothers

19 October 2013 Match 4	Pune	1 – 0	Churchill Brothers	Pune, Maharashtra
19:15 IST	Angus 52'	Report		Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex Referee: Pranjal Banerji

Pune v Rangdajied United

27 October 2013 Match 5	Pune	1 – 0	Rangdajied United	Pune, Maharashtra
18:30 IST	Angus 29'	Report		Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex Referee: Pratap Singh

Sporting Goa v Pune

2 November 2013 Match 6	Sporting Goa	0 – 2	Pune	Mapusa, Goa
15:30 IST		Report	Fernandes 54' Shirodkar 90+4'	Stadium: Duler Stadium Referee: Rowan Arumughan

Pune v Bengaluru FC

6 November 2013 Match 7	Pune	1 – 0	Bengaluru FC	Pune, Maharashtra
18:30 IST	Meyer 71'	Report		Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex Referee: Ajit Dutta

Salgaocar v Pune

22 November 2013 Match 8	Salgaocar	1 – 1	Pune	Mapusa, Goa
15:30 IST	Duffy 4'	Report	Mustapha 61' (pen.)	Stadium: Duler Stadium Referee: Pranjal Banerji

Dempo v Pune

27 November 2013 Match 9	Dempo	1 – 1	Pune	Margao, Goa
15:30 IST	Beto 47'	Report	Mustapha 51'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Referee: Rowan Arumughan

Pune v United

1 December 2013 Match 10	Pune	1 – 1	United	Pune, Maharashtra
18:00 IST	Kadam 77'	Report	Kottayil 84'	Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex Referee: Anthony Simoes

Pune v Mumbai

7 December 2013 Match 11	Pune	1 – 2	Mumbai	Pune, Maharashtra
18:00 IST	Izumi 41'	Report	Pradeep 12' Yakubu 60'	Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex Referee: Vishnu Chauhan

Rangdajied United v Pune

11 December 2013 Match 12	Rangdajied United	3 – 2	Pune	Shillong, Meghalaya
17:00 IST	Figueira 62' Seng-Yong 90+3' Lalnunpuia 90+5'	Report	Mustapha 23' Kumar 34'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Referee: Ranjit Bakshi

United v Pune

15 December 2013 Match 13	United	1 – 2	Pune	Kalyani, West Bengal
14:00 IST	Al Moustafa 47'	Report	Mustapha 11', 23'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Referee: Ratheesh Kumar

Mohun Bagan v Pune

21 December 2013 Match 14	Mohun Bagan	3 – 1	Pune	Barasat, West Bengal
19:00 IST	Okolie 30', 88' Malik 75'	Report	Haokip 79'	Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: Umesh Bora

Pune v Sporting Goa

15 February 2014 Match 15	Pune	1 – 1	Sporting Goa	Pune, Maharashtra
19:00 IST	Haokip 56'	Report	D'Mello 39'	Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex Referee: C.R. Srikrishna

Pune v Mohammedan

19 February 2014 Match 16	Pune	2 – 0	Mohammedan	Pune, Maharashtra
18:30 IST	Haokip 43' Fernandes 54'			Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex

Mumbai v Pune

1 March 2014 Match 17	Mumbai	v	Pune	Pune, Maharashtra
19:00 IST				Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Sporting Goa	24	9	7	8	34	34	0	34
6	Shillong Lajong	24	8	9	7	35	37	−2	33
7	Pune	24	7	8	9	28	32	−4	29
8	Mohun Bagan	24	6	10	8	23	24	−1	28
9	Mumbai	24	5	13	6	31	32	−1	28

Source: IndiaFooty.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored; 5) taking lots^[43]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
16	7	5	4	20	16	+4	26	5	2	1	10	4	+6	2	3	3	10	12	−2

Last updated: 19 February 2014.
Source: I-League

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Ground	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A
Result	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	D	L	L	W	L	D	W

Updated to match(es) played on 19 February 2014. Source: I-League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Federation Cup

Main article: 2013–14 Indian Federation Cup

On 29 August 2013 it was announced by the All India Football Federation that the format for the 2013–14 Indian Federation Cup would be the same as in past years.^[44] Also at that meeting, it was announced that Pune had been placed in Group A with Churchill Brothers and United with another team to be decided.^[44] Then on 28 October 2013 it was announced that the fourth and final team to be placed in Group A would be I-League 2nd Division regulars, Langsning.^[45] Matches for the group stage and final rounds were also released around that time.^[46] However, on 13 December 2013, it was announced that Langsning had withdrawn from the Federation Cup, meaning that Eagles would replace them.^[47]

Pune began their Federation Cup campaign on 14 January 2014 against Eagles at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi. Despite taking the lead first through Riga Mustapha in the 55th minute, Eagles managed to equalize through Koko Sakibo to draw the match 1–1.^[48] Three days later, Pune suffered their first loss of the tournament when they were defeated by United 1–0 through a goal from former Pune player Baldeep Singh.^[49]

Then, three days after that, Pune were officially out of the Federation Cup after a 3–2 defeat against eventual champions Churchill Brothers. Pune went down early in the match through an eighth-minute goal from Anthony Wolfe before equalizing through Gabriel Fernandes in the 19th. Lenny Rodrigues then scored for Churchill Brothers to make the score 2–1 before Pune equalized again through Gabriel Fernandes in the 53rd minute. However, Churchill Brothers then scored the winner in the 74th minute through a second Anthony Wolfe goal.^[50]

Table

Main article: 2013–14 Indian Federation Cup Group stage § Group A

2013–14 Indian Federation Cup Group stage

Matches

Pune v Eagles

14 January 2014 Group stage	Pune	1–1	Eagles	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi
	Mustapha 55'	Report	Sakibo 78'

United v Pune

17 January 2014 Group stage	United	1–0	Pune	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi
	Singh 71'	Report

Churchill Brothers v Pune

20 January 2014 Group stage	Churchill Brothers	3–2	Pune	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi
	Wolfe 8', 74' Rodrigues 24'	Report	Fernandes 19', 53'

Durand Cup

See also: 2013 Durand Cup

For the fifth time in their history, Pune entered the Durand Cup as their opening tournament of the season. On 7 September 2013 it was announced by the club that they would send a mainly academy squad mixed with four senior players; Caitano Costa, Prakash Thorat, Shahinlal Meloly, and Gobin Singh.^[51] It was also announced that Naushad Moosa would coach the side during the tournament.^[51]

The tournament would turn out to be a short-lived one for the young Pune squad as the team lost both of their two group stage matches, thus ending them in last place in their group. The first loss came against Army Red on 9 September 2013 in which goals from Vipin TV and Lallidianmawia meant that Pune lost 2–0.^[52] Then their second loss came four days later against former I-League club ONGC F.C. in which a quick double from Henry Ezeh and an own goal from Hassan Odeola left Pune FC with a 2–1 loss.^[53]

Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  IND Shahinlal Meloly — GK  IND Avilash Paul — DF  IND Caitano Costa (captain) — DF  IND Gobin Singh — DF  IND Henry Monsang — DF  IND Kaushal Singh — DF  IND Harshad Lunawat — MF  IND Roushab Dhere — MF  IND Manimaran R

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  IND Kiran C — MF  IND Rohit Kalsotra — MF  IND Altamash Sayed — MF  IND Soubhagyan Somrajan — MF  IND Diganta Khaddar — MF  IND Sumit Kumar Dubey — FW  IND Prakash Thorat — FW  IND Subhasish Bose — FW  IND Vikas Zanje

Table

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
ONGC	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	6
Army Red FC	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	3
Pune	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches

Army Red v Pune

9 September 2013 Group stage	Army Red	2 – 0	Pune	Delhi
17:45 IST	TV 36' Lallidianmawia 87'	Report		Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

ONGC v Pune

13 September 2013 Group stage	ONGC	2 – 1	Pune	Delhi
13:30 IST	Ezeh 61', 63'	Report	Odeola 64' (o.g.)	Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

Stats

Position	Player	Games	Minutes	Goals
GK	Shahinlal Meloly	1	90	0
GK	Avilash Paul	1	90	0
DF	Caitano Costa	2	180	0
DF	Gobin Singh	2	180	0
DF	Henry Monsang	2	180	0
DF	Kaushal Singh	1	90	0
DF	Harshad Lunawat	1	1	0
MF	Roushab Dhere	2	140	0
MF	Manimaran R	2	142	0
MF	Kiran C	2	180	0
MF	Rohit Kalsotra	1	29	0
MF	Altamash Sayed	2	156	0
MF	Soubhagyan Somrajan	0	0	0
MF	Diganta Khaddar	2	78	0
MF	Sumit Kumar Dubey	1	90	0
FW	Prakash Thorat	1	24	0
FW	Subhasish Bose	2	151	0
FW	Vikas Zanje	2	180	0

AFC Champions League

See also: 2014 AFC Champions League

On 26 November 2013 it was announced by the Asian Football Confederation that India would be awarded 1 spot in the AFC Champions League, Asia's top footballing competition, for 2014 and that Pune would be the representatives for the club in the competition.^[54] It was also announced by the AFC that Pune would first have to play in a qualifier in order to make the Champions League group stage proper.^[54]

On 10 December 2013, during the AFC Champions League draw, it was announced that Pune would first play in the first round of qualifiers in the East Zone against Hanoi T&T of the V.League 1.^[55] They took on the Vietnamese club on 29 January 2014 at the Balewadi Sports Complex in which they were defeated 3–0 by the visitors and thus knocked-out of the AFC Champions League and relegated to the AFC Cup.^[56]

Qualifiers

Pune v Hanoi T&T

29 January 2014 First Round	Pune	0 – 3	Hanoi T&T	Pune, Maharashtra
18:30 IST		Report	Gallagher 52' Nguyễn Văn Quyết 71' Hector 83'	Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

AFC Cup

See also: 2014 AFC Cup

Group stage

Main article: 2014 AFC Cup group stage § Group H

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kitchee	6	4	1	1	15	5	+10	13
Nay Pyi Taw	6	2	2	2	10	10	0	8
Tampines Rovers	6	2	0	4	9	16	−7	6[a]
Pune	6	1	3	2	12	15	−3	6[a]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Tiebreakers: Tampines Rovers and Pune are ranked on head-to-head record.

Pune v Nay Pyi Taw

26 February 2014 Match 1	Pune	2–2	Nay Pyi Taw	Pune, Maharashtra
18:30 IST	Mustapha 9' Pierre 88'	Report	Zaw Lin 17' Khine Htoo 85'	Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune Attendance: 3,017 Referee: Vo Minh Tri (Vietnam)

Kitchee v Pune

12 March 2014 Match 2	Kitchee	2–2	Pune	Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
20:00 UTC+8	Recio 29' Belencoso 43'	Report	Pavlović 55' Fernandes 74'	Attendance: 1,837 Referee: Chaiya Mahapab (Thailand)

Tampines Rovers v Pune

19 March 2014 Match 3	Tampines Rovers	3–1	Pune	Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
19:30 UTC+8	Mrdaković 38', 69' Closa 62'	Report	Mustapha 16' (pen.)	Attendance: 778 Referee: Wang Di (China PR)

Pune v Tampines Rovers

1 April 2014 Match 4	Pune	2–5	Tampines Rovers	Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune
19:00 UTC+5:30	Mustapha 12' D'Souza 14'	Report	Mrdaković 5' Ali 43' Đurić 57', 69' Fahrudin 60' (pen.)	Attendance: 2,013 Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)

Nay Pyi Taw v Pune

8 April 2014 Match 5	Nay Pyi Taw	3–3	Pune	Paung Laung Stadium, Naypyidaw
16:00 UTC+6:30	Aung Kyaw Naing 41' Nyein Tayzar Win 62' Khine Htoo 72'	Report	Haokip 36' Izumi 55' Angus 80'	Attendance: 464 Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab (Malaysia)

Pune v Kitchee

22 April 2014 Match 6	Pune	2–0	Kitchee	Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune
17:00 UTC+5:30	Ralte 74', 80'	Report		Attendance: 1,317 Referee: Ali Sabah Adday Al-Qaysi (Iraq)

Player information

Squad information

Updated 18 February 2014.^[57]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1	Amrinder Singh		GK	(1993-05-27) 27 May 1993 (age 32)	Academy
22	Arup Debnath		GK	(1987-07-15) 15 July 1987 (age 38)	Mumbai Tigers
27	Shahinlal Meloly		GK	(1990-02-15) 15 February 1990 (age 35)	Viva Kerala
Defenders
2	Othallo Tabia		RB	(1983-10-20) 20 October 1983 (age 41)	Viva Kerala
4	Calum Angus		CB	(1986-04-15) 15 April 1986 (age 39)	GAIS
5	Gurjinder Kumar		LB	(1990-10-10) 10 October 1990 (age 34)	Tata Football Academy
13	Zohmingliana Ralte		CB	(1989-10-02) 2 October 1989 (age 35)	Shillong Lajong
14	Denechandra Meitei		LB	(1994-03-28) 28 March 1994 (age 31)	Academy
15	Anas Edathodika		CB	(1987-02-15) 15 February 1987 (age 38)	Mumbai
18	Nawab Zeeshan		LB	(1989-04-02) 2 April 1989 (age 36)	Mumbai Tigers
24	Salam Ranjan Singh		CB	(1995-12-04) 4 December 1995 (age 29)	Academy
25	Srikanth Ramu		RB	(1988-11-28) 28 November 1988 (age 36)	Youth Team
29	Gobin Singh		LB	(1993-03-04) 4 March 1993 (age 32)	Academy
Midfielders
6	Shanmugam Venkatesh		AMF	(1978-11-21) 21 November 1978 (age 46)	Mohun Bagan
8	Arata Izumi		AMF	(1982-07-31) 31 July 1982 (age 43)	Mahindra United
11	Douhou Pierre		AMF	(1987-12-21) 21 December 1987 (age 37)	Mahindra United
12	Nicolau Borges		MF	(1979-01-20) 20 January 1979 (age 46)	Mohun Bagan
16	Velington Rocha		MF	(1991-05-24) 24 May 1991 (age 34)	Margao
17	Dhanpal Ganesh		MF	(1994-06-13) 13 June 1994 (age 31)	Academy
19	Nikhil Kadam		CMF	(1994-06-23) 23 June 1994 (age 31)	Academy
21	Anthony D'Souza		LW	(1987-03-02) 2 March 1987 (age 38)	Salgaocar
23	Mumtaz Akhtar		CMF	(1988-12-08) 8 December 1988 (age 36)	United Sikkim
26	Fanai Lalrempuia		CMF	(1996-05-11) 11 May 1996 (age 29)	Academy
30	Gabriel Fernandes		MF	(1988-04-22) 22 April 1988 (age 37)	Dempo
31	Lester Fernandez		MF	(1986-12-06) 6 December 1986 (age 38)	Mumbai Tigers
Forwards
7	Riga Mustapha		ST	(1981-10-10) 10 October 1981 (age 43)	Cartagena
10	James Meyer		FW	(1986-05-28) 28 May 1986 (age 39)	Brisbane Roar
20	Prakash Thorat		FW	(1985-03-11) 11 March 1985 (age 40)	Air India
28	Thongkhosiem Haokip		ST	(1993-08-26) 26 August 1993 (age 31)	Academy

Management

Mike Snoei coaches Pune this season.

As of October 2013.^[58]

Position	Name
Head coach	Mike Snoei
Assistant coach	Gift Raikhan
Goalkeeping coach	Glen Johnson
Physiotherapist	Tariq Shaikh
Fitness coach	Sridhar Krishnamurthy
Kit manager	Prashant Naidu
Academy director	Ranjan Chowdhury
Academy coach	Naushad Moosa

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 19 February 2014

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		I-League		AFC Champions League		Federation Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	IND	Amrinder Singh	19	0	15+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
2	DF	IND	Othallo Tabia	14	0	8+3	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
4	DF	ENG	Calum Angus	18	2	14+0	2	1+0	0	3+0	0
5	DF	IND	Gurjinder Kumar	17	1	13+0	1	1+0	0	3+0	0
6	DF	IND	Shanmugam Venkatesh	7	0	0+7	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	FW	NED	Riga Mustapha	14	6	10+0	5	1+0	0	3+0	1
8	MF	IND	Arata Izumi	17	0	13+0	0	1+0	0	2+1	0
10	FW	AUS	James Meyer	15	3	10+1	3	0+1	0	3+0	0
11	MF	CIV	Douhou Pierre	20	0	15+1	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
12	DF	IND	Nicolau Borges	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
13	DF	IND	Zohmingliana Ralte	3	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	DF	IND	Denechandra Meitei	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	DF	IND	Anas Edathodika	18	0	14+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
16	MF	IND	Velington Rocha	6	0	2+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	MF	IND	Dhanpal Ganesh	10	0	6+1	0	1+0	0	1+1	0
18	DF	IND	Nawab Zeeshan	3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+1	0
19	MF	IND	Nikhil Kadam	10	1	10+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	FW	IND	Prakash Thorat	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	MF	IND	Anthony D'Souza	16	0	6+6	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
22	GK	IND	Arup Debnath	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	MF	IND	Mumtaz Akhtar	14	0	12+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
24	DF	IND	Salam Ranjan Singh	7	0	6+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	MF	IND	Srikanth Ramu	5	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	MF	IND	Fanai Lalrempuia	12	0	5+4	0	1+0	0	0+2	0
27	GK	IND	Shahinlal Meloly	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	FW	IND	Thongkhosiem Haokip	15	4	5+7	4	0+1	0	0+2	0
29	DF	IND	Gobin Singh	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	MF	IND	Gabriel Fernandes	6	2	2+0	0	1+0	0	1+2	2
31	MF	IND	Lester Fernandez	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	IND	Caitano Costa [ONL]	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	EQG	Raúl Fabiani [L]	2	2	2+0	2	0+0	0	0+0	0

• Source: ^{[citation needed]}

• ONL = Out on loan.
• L = Has left the club during the season.

Top scorers

Place	Position	Nationality	Number	Name	I-League	AFC Champions League	Federation Cup	Total
1	FW		7	Riga Mustapha	5	0	1	6
2	FW		28	Thongkhosiem Haokip	4	0	0	4
3	FW		10	James Meyer	3	0	0	3
	MF		30	Gabriel Fernandes	1	0	2	3
5	DF		4	Calum Angus	2	0	0	2
	FW		—	Raúl Fabiani	2	0	0	2
7	MF		19	Nikhil Kadam	1	0	0	1
	MF		8	Arata Izumi	1	0	0	1
	DF		5	Gurjinder Kumar	1	0	0	1
TOTALS					20	0	3	23

International Caps

Players called for senior international duty during the 2013–14 season while under contract with Pune.

Nationality	Position	Player	Competition	Date	Contribution	Opponent
India	MF	Arata Izumi	Friendly	14 August 2013	Subbed on in the 46th minute.[59]	v Tajikistan
India	MF	Arata Izumi	2013 SAFF Championship	3 September 2013	Subbed on in the 78th minute.[60]	v Bangladesh
India	MF	Arata Izumi	2013 SAFF Championship	5 September 2013	Started and played 76 minutes.[61]	v Nepal
India	MF	Arata Izumi	2013 SAFF Championship	9 September 2013	Started and played 80 minutes.[62]	v Maldives
India	MF	Arata Izumi	2013 SAFF Championship Final	11 September 2013	Started and the played full match.[63]	v Afghanistan
India	DF	Gurjinder Kumar	Friendly	15 November 2013	Started and the played full match.[64]	v Philippines

See also

• 2013–14 in Indian football
• Pune F.C.