2016 NorthEast United FC season

The 2016 NorthEast United FC season was the club's third season since its establishment in 2014 and their third season in the Indian Super League.

NorthEast United

2016 season
Owner	John Abraham
Head Coach	Nelo Vingada
Stadium	Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
ISL	5th
Top goalscorer	League: Emiliano Alfaro (5) All: Emiliano Alfaro (5)
Highest home attendance	32,844 vs Chennaiyin (20 October 2016)
Lowest home attendance	18,673 vs Pune City (22 November 2016)
Average home league attendance	26,729
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Background

See also: 2015 NorthEast United FC season

After the end of the 2014 ISL season, NorthEast United parted ways with their inaugural season head coach, Ricki Herbert. Soon after, César Farías, was named as the new head coach for the 2015 season.^[1] The season began for NorthEast United with a 3–1 loss to the Kerala Blasters on 6 October.^[2] The team ended the season with six wins through fourteen matches and almost qualified for the finals but were two points short.^[3]

Transfers

Main article: List of 2016 Indian Super League season roster changes

Pre-season

In Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 25 May 2016 GK Subrata Pal Mumbai City Free [4] 25 May 2016 DF Nirmal Chettri Free [4] 25 May 2016 DF Sumeet Passi Sporting Goa Free [4] 25 May 2016 MF Rowllin Borges Sporting Goa ? [4] 31 May 2016 DF Maílson Voltaço Free [5] 6 June 2016 FW Morais São Bento Free [6] 23 June 2016 MF Fanai Lalrempuia Pune City Free [7] 24 June 2016 FW Sasha Aneff Syrianska Free [8] 2 August 2016 DF Gustavo Água Santa Free [9] 3 August 2016 MF Wellington Priori Gwangju Free [10] 14 August 2016 MF Romaric Omonia Free [11] 27 August 2016 FW Emiliano Alfaro Buriram United Free [12] 30 August 2016 DF Fábio Neves Gwangju Free [13] 30 September 2016 FW Robert Cullen Seoul E-Land Free [14]

Out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 January 2016 DF Carlos Javier López Deportivo Anzoátegui Free [15] 21 June 2016 MF Boithang Haokip Shillong Lajong Loan return 21 June 2016 DF Aiborlang Khongjee Shillong Lajong Loan return 5 July 2016 FW Sanju Pradhan Pune City Free 5 July 2016 DF Yumnam Raju Pune City Free 26 July 2016 MF Bruno Atlético Baleares Free 26 July 2016 DF André Bikey Pune City Free 2 August 2016 MF Siam Hanghal Bengaluru Loan return 16 August 2016 DF Cédric Hengbart Kerala Blasters Free [16] GK Gennaro Bracigliano MF Silas Cova da Piedade Free MF Simão FW Francis Dadzie Sporting Goa Free FW Diomansy Kamara FW Victor Mendy

Loan in

No.	Pos	Player	From	Start	End	Source
10	MF	Katsumi Yusa	Mohun Bagan	30 May 2016	31 December 2016	[17]
20	MF	Jerry Mawihmingthanga	DSK Shivajians	1 July 2016	31 December 2016	[18]
17	FW	Lallianzuala Chhangte	DSK Shivajians	1 July 2016	31 December 2016	[18]
26	DF	Shouvik Ghosh	Mohun Bagan	1 July 2016	31 December 2016	[4]
21	GK	Wellington de Lima Gomes	Marítimo	1 July 2016	31 December 2016	[19]
37	DF	Salam Ranjan Singh	Bengaluru FC	30 August 2016	31 December 2016	[20]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
30 August 2016[21]	FW		Morais	Free Agent

End-season

Out

List of players transferred or released from the club after 2016 Indian Super League season.

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date	Source
19	FW	Nicolás Vélez	Suphanburi	Free	1 January 2017	[22]
22	DF	Gustavo Lazzaretti	Brusque	Undisclosed	1 January 2017
5	MF	Didier Zokora	Free Agent/Released		1 January 2017
6	MF	Romaric	Free Agent/Released		1 January 2017
30	FW	Robert Cullen	Free Agent/Released		1 January 2017
7	FW	Sasha Aneff	Free Agent/Released		1 January 2017
—	MF	Fábio Neves	Free Agent/Released		1 January 2017
3	MF	Wellington Priori	Pattaya United	Free	5 January 2017	[23]
27	DF	Maílson Alves	Volta Redonda	Free	13 January 2017	[24]
9	FW	Emiliano Alfaro	Al-Fujairah	Free	18 January 2017	[25][26]

Loan out

After the end of 2016 Indian Super League season majority of domestic players from NorthEast United were loaned by I-League clubs for 2016–17 season.

No.	Pos	Player	To	Start	End	Source
18	FW	Holicharan Narzary	DSK Shivajians	12 January 2017	30 June 2017	[27][28]
1	GK	Subrata Pal	DSK Shivajians	12 January 2017	30 June 2017	[27][28]
4	DF	Nirmal Chettri	DSK Shivajians	12 January 2017	30 June 2017	[27][28]
15	FW	Sumeet Passi	DSK Shivajians	12 January 2017	30 June 2017	[29][28]
11	MF	Seityasen Singh	DSK Shivajians	12 January 2017	30 June 2017	[30][28]
12	DF	Reagan Singh	Mumbai F.C.	12 January 2017	30 June 2017	[28]
13	GK	Rehenesh TP	East Bengal	12 January 2017	30 June 2017	[31][28]
14	MF	Rowllin Borges	East Bengal	12 January 2017	30 June 2017	[31][28]
16	DF	Robin Gurung	East Bengal	12 January 2017	30 June 2017	[31][28]
45	MF	Fanai Lalrempuia	Minerva Punjab	12 January 2017	30 June 2017	[28]

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 1 GK  IND Subrata Pal 3 MF  BRA Wellington Priori 4 DF  IND Nirmal Chettri 5 MF  CIV Didier Zokora 6 MF  CIV Romaric 7 FW  URU Sasha Aneff 9 FW  URU Emiliano Alfaro 10 MF  JPN Katsumi Yusa (on loan from Mohun Bagan) 11 MF  IND Seityasen Singh 12 DF  IND Reagan Singh 13 GK  IND Rehenesh TP 14 MF  IND Rowllin Borges 15 FW  IND Sumeet Passi

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  IND Robin Gurung 17 FW  IND Lallianzuala Chhangte (on loan from DSK Shivajians) 18 MF  IND Holicharan Narzary 19 FW  ARG Nicolás Vélez 20 MF  IND Jerry Mawihmingthanga (on loan from DSK Shivajians) 21 GK  BRA Wellington de Lima Gomes (on loan from Marítimo) 22 DF  BRA Gustavo Lazzaretti 26 DF  IND Shouvik Ghosh 27 DF  BRA Mailson Alves 30 FW  JPN Robert Cullen 37 DF  IND Salam Ranjan Singh 45 MF  IND Fanai Lalrempuia

Indian Super League

Main article: 2016 Indian Super League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
3	Delhi Dynamos	14	5	6	3	27	17	+10	21	Advance to ISL Play-offs
4	Atlético de Kolkata (C)	14	4	8	2	16	14	+2	20
5	NorthEast United	14	5	3	6	14	14	0	18
6	Pune City	14	4	4	6	13	16	−3	16
7	Chennaiyin	14	3	6	5	20	25	−5	15

Source: Indian Super 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) play-off match
(C) ISL Cup winners

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
14	5	3	6	14	14	0	18	4	0	3	7	5	+2	1	3	3	7	9	−2

Last updated: 5 December 2016.
Source: Matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ground	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	W	L

Updated to match(es) played on 5 December 2016. Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

NorthEast United v Kerala Blasters

1 October 2016 1	NorthEast United	1–0	Kerala Blasters	Guwahati
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Borges  34' Yusa 55'	Report	Belfort  60'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 27,629 Referee: Pranjal Banerji

NorthEast United v Goa

4 October 2016 2	NorthEast United	2–0	Goa	Guwahati
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Alfaro 20', 62' 32' Lazzaretti  60' Gurung  76' Yusa  78'	Report	Desai  51'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 27,816 Referee: CR Srikrishna

Mumbai City v NorthEast United

7 October 2016 3	Mumbai City	1–0	NorthEast United	Mumbai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Forlán 55' (pen.) Halder  70'	Report	Borges  34' Nicolás Vélez  83'	Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena Attendance: 6,147 Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramirez

Pune City v NorthEast United

12 October 2016 4	Pune City	0–1	NorthEast United	Pune
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Ferreira  15'  71'	Report	Vélez  7' Chettri  36' Alfaro 79'	Stadium: Balewadi Stadium Attendance: 7,911 Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramirez

Delhi Dynamos v NorthEast United

15 October 2016 5	Delhi Dynamos	1–1	NorthEast United	Delhi
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Rubén  7' Lewis 38' Gadze  45+2' Tébar  53'	Report	Yusa  18' Romaric  36' Zokora  37' Alfaro 51' 58' Pal  86'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 27,463 Referee: Ali Abdulnabi

NorthEast United v Chennaiyin

20 October 2016 6	NorthEast United	0–1	Chennaiyin	Guwahati
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Wellington.P  59'	Report	Mendy  35' Succi 49' Lalrinzuala  83'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 32,844 Referee: Umesh Bora

NorthEast United v Atlético de Kolkata

28 October 2016 7	NorthEast United	1–2	Atlético de Kolkata	Guwahati
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Alfaro 39' 45+1'	Report	Borja  27' Pearson  43' Mondal  55' Postiga 63' Belencoso 82' Lalthlamuana  90+1'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 30,033 Referee: Sandro Ricci

NorthEast United v Mumbai City

5 November 2016 8	NorthEast United	0–1	Mumbai City	Guwahati
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Zokora  50' Yusa  50' Alfaro  63' Chettri  90+1'	Report	J.Singh 45' Ralte  49' Gomes  90'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 29,989 Referee: O.P. Thakur

Goa v NorthEast United

11 November 2016 9	Goa	2–1	NorthEast United	Goa
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Tavora  53'  72' Almeida  61' Singh 62' Fernandes 90+4' 90+5'	Report	S.Singh 50' Narzary  64'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 16,317 Referee: Santhosh Kumar

Atlético de Kolkata v NorthEast United

17 November 2016 10	Atlético de Kolkata	1–1	NorthEast United	Kolkata
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Vélez 5' Borges  32' Chettri  84' Pal  90+5'	Summary	Hume 90'	Stadium: Rabindra Sarobar Stadium Attendance: 12,426 Referee: Umesh Bora

NorthEast United v Pune City

22 November 2016 11	NorthEast United	1–0	Pune City	Guwahati
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Romaric  45' 81' Borges  54' Zokora  55'	Summary	Jonatan  45+2' Sissoko  45+3' Izumi  52'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 18,673 Referee: Nick Waldron

Chennaiyin v NorthEast United

26 November 2016 12	Chennaiyin	3–3	NorthEast United	Chennai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Dudu 34', 45+1', 81' Hanghal  88' Wadoo  90'	Summary	Vélez 38', 51' 90' Romaric  90+1' Ghosh 90+6'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 25,235 Referee: Muhd Jahari

NorthEast United v Delhi Dynamos

30 November 2016 13	NorthEast United	2-1	Delhi Dynamos	Guwahati
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Se.Singh 60' Romaric 71' TP  88' Alfaro  90+4'	Summary	Rubén  31' Edathodika  62' Marcelinho  90+1' 90+3'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 20,120 Referee: CR Srikrishna

Kerala Blasters v NorthEast United

4 December 2016 14	Kerala Blasters	1-0	NorthEast United	Kochi
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Vineeth  30' 66' Anto  33' Ahmed  41' Jhingan  61' Belfort  79'	Summary	Chettri  36' Alfaro  61' Romaric  89' Singh  90'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 55,148 Referee: Muhad Jahari

Squad statistics

As of Match played 4 December 2016

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Indian Super League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	IND	Subrata Pal	11	0	11	0
2	DF	IND	Salam Ranjan Singh	2	0	2	0
3	MF	BRA	Wellington Priori	12	0	3+9	0
4	DF	IND	Nirmal Chettri	8	0	7+1	0
5	MF	CIV	Didier Zokora	14	0	11+3	0
6	MF	CIV	Romaric	12	2	11+1	2
7	FW	URU	Sasha Aneff	1	0	0+1	0
8	FW	JPN	Robert Cullen	8	0	2+6	0
9	FW	URU	Emiliano Alfaro	13	5	13	5
10	MF	JPN	Katsumi Yusa	14	1	13+1	1
11	MF	IND	Seityasen Singh	9	2	7+2	2
12	DF	IND	Reagan Singh	8	0	5+3	0
13	GK	IND	Rehenesh TP	3	0	2+1	0
14	MF	IND	Rowllin Borges	13	0	13	0
15	FW	IND	Sumeet Passi	4	0	1+3	0
16	DF	IND	Robin Gurung	8	0	8	0
17	FW	IND	Lallianzuala Chhangte	1	0	0+1	0
18	MF	IND	Holicharan Narzary	12	0	8+4	0
19	FW	ARG	Nicolás Vélez	11	3	10+1	3
20	MF	IND	Jerry Mawihmingthanga	1	0	0+1	0
21	GK	BRA	Wellington de Lima Gomes	2	0	1+1	0
22	DF	BRA	Gustavo	11	0	11	0
26	DF	IND	Shouvik Ghosh	6	1	5+1	1
27	DF	BRA	Maílson	9	0	9	0
45	MF	IND	Fanai Lalrempuia	2	0	1+1	0
Players who left NorthEast United due to injury during the season:

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Indian Super League	Total
1	FW		9	Emiliano Alfaro	5	5
2	FW		19	Nicolás Vélez	3	3
3	MF		11	Seityasen Singh	2	2
	MF		6	Romaric	2	2
5	MF		10	Katsumi Yusa	1	1
	DF		26	Shouvik Ghosh	1	1
				TOTALS	14	14

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Indian Super League		Total
9		FW	Emiliano Alfaro	6	0	6	0
6		MF	Romaric	4	0	4	0
14		MF	Rowllin Borges	4	0	4	0
4		DF	Nirmal Chettri	3	1	3	1
5		MF	Didier Zokora	3	0	3	0
10		MF	Katsumi Yusa	3	0	3	0
19		FW	Nicolás Vélez	3	0	3	0
1		GK	Subrata Pal	2	0	2	0
3		DF	Wellington Priori	1	0	1	0
12		DF	Reagan Singh	1	0	1	0
13		GK	Rehenesh TP	1	0	1	0
16		DF	Robin Gurung	1	0	1	0
18		MF	Holicharan Narzary	1	0	1	0
22		DF	Gustavo	1	0	1	0
			TOTALS	34	1	34	1