2018–19 Mohun Bagan FC season

The 2018–19 Mohun Bagan FC season was the club's 12th season in I-League and 129th season since its establishment in 1889. They finished 5th in the I-League and were crowned Champions in the Calcutta Football League.

Mohun Bagan

2018–19 season
President	Swapan Sadhan Bose
Head coach	Sankarlal Chakraborty (until 6 January 2018) Khalid Jamil (from 7 January 2018)
Stadium	Mohun Bagan Ground Salt Lake Stadium
I-League	5th
Calcutta Football League	Champions
Super Cup	Walkover
Top goalscorer	League: Dipanda Dicka (8 goals) All: Dipanda Dicka (18 goals)
Highest home attendance	62628
Lowest home attendance	3388
Average home league attendance	27270
Home colours Away colours
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Sponsors

As of 7 July 2018

Sponsors Type	Sponsor's Name
Sponsor	—
Co-Sponsor	M.P Birla Cement, Ripley
Kit Sponsor	Shiv Naresh

Players

Current Squad

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position
Goalkeepers
1	Shankar Roy		GK
22	Shilton Paul		GK
31	Ricardo Cardozo		GK
—	Mainak Akuli		GK
Defenders
3	Kingsley Obumneme (C)		DF
4	Dalraj Singh		DF
5	Gurjinder Kumar		DF
14	Arijit Bagui		DF
18	Abhishek Ambekar		DF
19	Lalchhawnkima		DF
28	Bikramjeet Singh		DF
37	Amey Ranawade		DF
Midfielders
7	Yuta Kinowaki		MF
8	Sourav Das		MF
11	William Lalnunfela		MF
15	Darren Caldeira		MF
21	Omar Elhussieny		MF
23	Mehtab Hossain		MF
25	Tirthankar Sarkar		MF
26	Shilton D'Silva		MF
27	Pintu Mahata		MF
33	Britto PM		MF
34	Abhinas Ruidas		MF
47	Sheikh Faiaz (on loan from ATK)		MF
50	Sony Norde (VC)		MF
—	Dipankar Das		MF
—	Lalramzauva Khiangte		MF
Forwards
9	Dipanda Dicka		FW
10	Henry Kisekka		FW
35	Azharuddin Mallick		FW

Last updated: 9 January 2019
Source:

Technical staff

Position	Name
Chief coach	Khalid Jamil
Assistant coach	Naseem Ali
Goalkeeping coach	Arpan Dey
Physical Trainer	Samiran Nag
Physiotherapist	Soumya Bhattacharjee
Club Doctor	Dr. Protim Roy
Team Manager	—

Last updated: 7 January 2019
Source:

Competitions

Overall

Competition	First match	Last match	Current Position	Final Position
I-League	27 October 2018	8 March 2019	—	5th
Super Cup	Withdrew
IFA Shield	7 July 2018	19 July 2018	—	2nd
Calcutta Football League	4 August 2018	18 September 2018	—	1st

Updated to match played 12 January 2019
Source: Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
I-League	20	8	5	7	27	28	−1	040.00
Super Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
CFL	11	9	2	0	27	6	+21	081.82
Total	31	17	7	7	54	34	+20	054.84

Updated to match played March 2019
Source: Competitions

I-League

Main article: 2018–19 I-League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Real Kashmir	20	10	7	3	25	14	+11	37[a]
4	Churchill Brothers	20	9	7	4	35	23	+12	34
5	Mohun Bagan	20	8	5	7	27	28	−1	29
6	NEROCA	20	7	5	8	27	26	+1	26
7	Aizawl	20	6	6	8	27	28	−1	24

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
Notes:

1. The game between Minerva Punjab and Real Kashmir was rescheduled, but eventually it was not played and both teams were awarded a point.^[1]

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
20	8	5	7	27	28	−1	29	3	3	4	12	15	−3	5	2	3	15	13	+2

Last updated: 12 January 2019.
Source:

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	A
Result	D	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	W

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Last updated: 12 January 2019.
Source: Competitions

Calcutta Football League

Main article: 2018 CFL Premier Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mohun Bagan (C)	11	9	2	0	27	6	+21	29	Champion
2	Peerless SC	11	8	1	2	20	8	+12	25
3	East Bengal	11	7	2	2	19	7	+12	23
4	Mohammedan	11	6	1	4	12	8	+4	19	Qualified for I-League 2nd Division
5	Rainbow	11	5	2	4	15	13	+2	17

Updated to match(es) played on 26 September 2018. Source: ^[2]
(C) Champions

Matches

Calcutta Football League

Mohun Bagan v Pathachakra

4 August 2018 1	Mohun Bagan	1–0	Pathachakra	Kolkata
16:30 IST	Kisekka 76'	Report	Lalkamal  47'	Stadium: Mohun Bagan Ground Referee: Debasish Mandi

Mohun Bagan v Rainbow

7 August 2018 2	Mohun Bagan	3–2	Rainbow	Kolkata
16:30 IST	Dicka 49' Ambekar 68' Azharuddin 73' Kingsley  37'	Report	Sarkar 39' Sunday 83'	Stadium: Mohun Bagan Ground Referee: Tanmoy Dhar

Mohun Bagan v George Telegraph

12 August 2018 3	Mohun Bagan	1–0	George Telegraph	Kolkata
16:30 IST	Dicka 73'	Report	Shaw  59' Eche  75'	Stadium: Mohun Bagan Ground Referee: Nipen Haldar

Mohun Bagan v Peerless SC

16 August 2018 4	Mohun Bagan	1–1	Peerless SC	Kolkata
16:30 IST	Kisekka 73'	Report	Kromah 90+1'	Stadium: Mohun Bagan Ground Referee: Dipu Roy

Mohun Bagan v Tollygunge Agragami

19 August 2018 5	Mohun Bagan	3–0	Tollygunge Agragami	Kolkata
16:30 IST	Dicka 29' Azharuddin 35' William 85' Kingsley  90+4'	Report		Stadium: Mohun Bagan Ground Referee: Pranjal Banerjee

Mohun Bagan v West Bengal Police FC

25 August 2018 6	Mohun Bagan	5–0	West Bengal Police FC	Kolkata
16:30 IST	Dicka 2', 52', 90+5' Britto 33' Kisekka 90+2'	Report	Soumava  24' Naskar  33' Pradip  38' Subrata  41' Mahendar  62'	Stadium: Mohun Bagan Ground Referee: Pratick Mondal

Mohun Bagan v Aryan FC

29 August 2018 7	Mohun Bagan	2–0	Aryan FC	Kalyani
14:00 IST	D'Silva 9' Dicka 84'	Report	Roy  54'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Referee: Subhankar Kharmi

East Bengal v Mohun Bagan

2 September 2018 8	East Bengal	2–2	Mohun Bagan	Kolkata
16:30 IST	Acosta 45+1' Ralte 62' Amnah  57'	Report	Mahata 19' Kisekka 29' Shilton  57'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 66,182 Referee: Pranjal Banerjee

Mohun Bagan v FCI

5 September 2018 9	Mohun Bagan	5–0	FCI	Kolkata
16:30 IST	Dicka 45+4', 62', 68' Sarkar 75' Kimkima 84' Kingsley  20'	Report	Dey  72'	Stadium: Mohun Bagan Ground Referee: Mithun Kundu

Mohun Bagan v Calcutta Customs

12 September 2018 10	Mohun Bagan	2–0	Calcutta Customs	Kolkata
16:30 IST	Kisekka 3', 44'	Report		Stadium: Mohun Bagan Ground Referee: Robin Biswas

Mohammedan v Mohun Bagan

18 September 2018 11	Mohammedan	1–2	Mohun Bagan	Kolkata
16:30 IST	Adjah 76' L. Hembram  12' Farooq  49'	Report	Sarkar 82' Mahata 89'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Tanmoy Dhar

I-League

Gokulam v Mohun Bagan

27 October 2018 1	Gokulam	1–1	Mohun Bagan	Kozhikode
17:00 IST	Jayaraj 71' Salman K  21' Deepak  39' Batata  70'	Report	Kisekka 41'	Stadium: EMS Stadium Attendance: 28,437 Referee: Maria J. Arokia

Mohun Bagan v Aizawl

3 November 2018 2	Mohun Bagan	2–2	Aizawl	Kolkata
17:00 IST	Kimkima 44' Norde 69' Kisekka  15'	Report	Lalkhawpuimawia 29' David 90+3' Bektur  22' Jaryan  31'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 18,785 Referee: Priyobarta Singh

Indian Arrows v Mohun Bagan

10 November 2018 3	Indian Arrows	0–2	Mohun Bagan	Cuttack
17:00 IST	Kiyam  40'	Report	Dicka 30', 45+1'	Stadium: Barabati Stadium Attendance: 4,520 Referee: Rahul K. Gupta

Real Kashmir v Mohun Bagan

20 November 2018 4	Real Kashmir	0–1	Mohun Bagan	Srinagar
14:00 IST	Katebe  7'	Report	Dipanda 70' Kinowaki  90+3'	Stadium: TRC Turf Ground Attendance: 12,760 Referee: A.K. Meitei

Mohun Bagan v Churchill Brothers

25 November 2018 5	Mohun Bagan	0–3	Churchill Brothers	Kolkata
17:00 IST	Kingsley  71'	Report	Ceesay 21' Plaza 51', 55' Vaz  53' Eldor  77'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 22,387 Referee: Venkatesh R.

Mohun Bagan v Chennai City

1 December 2018 6	Mohun Bagan	1–1	Chennai City	Kolkata
17:00 IST	Norde 50' Das  70'	Report	Nestor 81',  90+2'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 21,985 Referee: Maria J. Arokia

East Bengal v Mohun Bagan

16 December 2018 7	East Bengal	3–2	Mohun Bagan	Kolkata
17:00 IST	Ralte 17', 63' Justin 44' Acosta  48' Manoj  53'	Report	Azharuddin 13' Dicka 75' Kingsley  12'  59' Shilton  18' Kinowaki  25' Gurjinder  76' Ambekar  82'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 64,867 Referee: Venkatesh R.

Minerva Punjab v Mohun Bagan

19 December 2018 8	Minerva Punjab	0–1	Mohun Bagan	Panchkula
14:00 IST	Das  38' Opoku  49' Njoku  90+4'	Report	Kisekka 79'	Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium Attendance: 5,157 Referee: Rabichandra Singh

Mohun Bagan v Shillong Lajong

23 December 2018 9	Mohun Bagan	2–0	Shillong Lajong	Kolkata
17:00 IST	Kinowaki 48' Kisekka 60'	Report	Dohling  45'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 14,436 Referee: Umesh Bora

NEROCA v Mohun Bagan

28 December 2018 10	NEROCA	2–1	Mohun Bagan	Imphal
14:00 IST	Eduardo 24' Williams 69' Naorem  45' Malemn  72'	Report	Kisekka 63' Kimkima  57'	Stadium: Khuman Lampak Stadium Attendance: 20,232 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar

Mohun Bagan v Real Kashmir

6 January 2019 11	Mohun Bagan	1–2	Real Kashmir	Kolkata
14:00 IST	Norde 42' Faiaz  45+1' Kingsley  60'	Report	Robertson 33' (74) Armand  34' Thapa  41' Katebe  90+3'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 11,356 Referee: Crystal John

Mohun Bagan v Minerva Punjab

9 January 2019 12	Mohun Bagan	2–0	Minerva Punjab	Kolkata
14:00 IST	Elhussieny 30' (pen.) Dicka 69' Caldeira  49' Kinowaki  90+2' Mehtab  90+3'	Report	Touré  29' Amandeep  55'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 9,185 Referee: C.R. Srikrishna

Mohun Bagan v NEROCA

12 January 2019 13	Mohun Bagan	1–0	NEROCA	Kolkata
14:00 IST	Norde 78' Caldeira  78'	Report	Eduardo  81'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 8,780 Referee: Umesh Bora

Mohun Bagan v East Bengal

27 January 2019 14	Mohun Bagan	0-2	East Bengal	Kolkata
17:00 IST	Omar Nabil Rashad Elhussieny  22' Darren Dominic Caldeira  73' Sony Norde  83'	Report	Jaime Santos Colado 35' Lalram Chullova  47' Jobby Justin 75',  76'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 62,628

Mohun Bagan v Gokulam Kerala FC

30 January 2019 15	Mohun Bagan	2-2	Gokulam Kerala FC	Kolkata
17:00 IST	Shilton Sydney Dsilva 18' Dicka 60' Kingsley  79' Mehtab Hossain  82'	Report	Lalchhawnkima 21' (o.g) Marcus Leric Jr Joseph  24',  58' Mudde Musa  89' Arnab Das Sarma  90+2'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium

Churchill Brothers v Mohun Bagan

09 February 2019 16	Churchill Brothers	1-1	Mohun Bagan	Goa
17:00 IST	Vigneshwaran Baskaran  50' Khalid Aucho 72' Dawda Ceesay 73' Anthony Anton Wolfe 78'	Report	Dicka 39' Bikramjit Singh  42' Sony Norde  44' Arijit Bagui 70' Mehtab Hossain  77'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan

Aizawl FC v Mohun Bagan

16 February 2019 17	Aizawl FC	1-2	Mohun Bagan	Aizawl
14:00 IST	Ghanefo Ansumana Kromah 38' Zikahi Leonce Dodoz 74' Govin Singh Moirangthem 77'	Report	Gurjinder Kumar  13' Kisekka 22' Bikramjeet Singh 78' Abinash Ruidas 90+4'	Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium

Chennai City FC v Mohun Bagan

24 February 2019 18	Chennai City FC	3-1	Mohun Bagan	Chennai
17:00 IST	Nestor Jesus G  8', 8' Sandro R 15' Pedro Javier M 23',  73' Mashoor Shereef Thangalakath  45' Regin M  60'	Report	William Lalnunfela 37' Omar Nabil Rashad Elhussieny  45+1' Bikramjit Singh  55' Shilton Paul  78'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Mohun Bagan v Indian Arrows

28 February 2019 19	Mohun Bagan	1-3	Indian Arrows	Kolkata
17:00 IST	Azharuddin Mallick 17',  54'	Report	Abhijit Sarkar 28' Asish Rai  45' Amarjit Singh Kiyamh  68' Rahul Kannoly Praveen 74' Rohit Danu 90+4'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium

Shillong Lajong v Mohun Bagan

08 March 2019 20	Shillong Lajong	2-3	Mohun Bagan	Shillong
17:00 IST	Phurba Tempa Lachenpa  3' Phrangki Buam 45+1', 53'	Report	Dicka 4' Sony Norde 78' Britto PM 88'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Statistics

Goal scorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	I-League	Super Cup	CFL	Total
1	9	FW	Aser Pierrick Dipanda	8	-	10	18
2	10	FW	Henry Kisekka	5	-	6	11
3	50	MF	Sony Norde	5	-	-	5
4	35	FW	Azharuddin Mallick	2	-	2	4
5	48	DF	Lalchhawnkima	1	-	1	2
	25	MF	Tirthankar Sarkar	-	-	2	2
	27	MF	Pintu Mahata	-	-	2	2
	26	MF	Shilton D'Silva	1	-	1	2
	33	MF	Britto PM	1	-	1	2
	11	MF	William Lalnunfela	1	-	1	2
6	18	DF	Abhishek Ambekar	-	-	1	1
	7	MF	Yuta Kinowaki	1	-	-	1
	11	MF	Bikramjeet Singh	1	-	-	1
	21	MF	Omar Elhussieny	1	-	-	1
Total				27	-	27	54

Updated to match played 8 March 2019
Source: Competitions

Disciplinary record

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	I-League			Super Cup			CFL			Total
1	3	DF	Kingsley Obumneme	2	1	0				3	0	0	5	1	0
2	7	DF	Yuta Kinowaki	3	0	0				0	0	0	3	0	0
3	22	GK	Shilton Paul	1	0	0				1	0	0	2	0	0
4	15	MF	Darren Caldeira	2	0	0				0	0	0	2	0	0
5	5	DF	Gurjinder Kumar	1	0	0				0	0	0	1	0	0
	18	DF	Abhishek Ambekar	1	0	0				0	0	0	1	0	0
6	23	MF	Mehtab Hossain	1	0	0				0	0	0	1	0	0
	47	MF	Sheikh Faiaz	1	0	0				0	0	0	1	0	0
7	10	FW	Henry Kisekka	1	0	0				0	0	0	1	0	0

Updated to match played 12 January 2019
Source: Competitions