2019–20 Gokulam Kerala FC season

The 2019–20 season was Gokulam Kerala's third season since its establishment in 2017 and their third season in the I-League. Gokulam Kerala was also involved in the Durand Cup, Sheikh Kamal Cup.

Gokulam Kerala

2019–20 season
Chairman	Gokulam Gopalan
Head Coach	Santiago Valera
Stadium	EMS Stadium
I-League	2nd
Durand Cup	Champions
Top goalscorer	League: Marcus Joseph (7 goals) All: Marcus Joseph (19)
Home colours Away colours
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Squad information

First-team squad

As of 28 November 2019^[1]

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 Ubaid CK 2 DF  IND Naocha singh 3 DF  IND Ashok Singh 4 DF  AFG Zohib Islam Amiri 5 DF  TRI Andre Ettienne 6 DF  IND Mohammed Irshad (vice-captain) 8 MF  TRI Nathaniel Garcia 10 FW  TRI Marcus Joseph (captain) 11 FW  RWA Atuheire Kipson 12 MF  IND Muhammed Rashid 13 DF  IND Dharmaraj Ravanan 14 FW  IND Malemngamba Meitei 15 DF  IND Mohamed Salah

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 FW  IND Salman K 18 DF  IND Wungngayam Muirang 21 GK  IND Vicky 22 MF  IND Shibil Muhammed 23 MF  IND Nicholas Fernandes 24 DF  IND Jestin George 25 DF  IND Mayakannan 27 DF  IND Sebastian Thangmuansang 29 FW  IND Lalromawia 30 FW  IND Rajesh S 31 FW  UGA Henry Kisekka 32 FW  IND Jithin MS 33 GK  IND Ajmal PA 40 FW  IND Rahul KP

other contracts

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 6 MF  IND Shameel 7 MF  IND Sanathoi singh 9 FW  IND Shihad Nelliparamban 11 MF  IND Thahir Zaman 19 MF  IND Ganesan 27 DF  IND Jasim 28 FW  GHA Charles Teiko Folley - DF  IND Safwan - DF  IND Febin - MF  IND Alphin - MF  IND Mahin - FW  IND Safeer

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 MF  IND Pritam Singh — MF  IND Emil Benny

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
27 June 2019	MF	14	Malemngamba Meitei	NEROCA FC	none	[citation needed]
29 June 2019	MF	30	Lalromawia	Chhinga Veng FC	none	[2]
3 July 2019	GK	—	Lalit Thapa	NEROCA FC	none	[3]
5 July 2019	DF	03	Ashok Singh	NEROCA FC	none	[2]
10 July 2019	LB	15	Mohamed Salah	Sports Academy Tirur	none	[2]
11 July 2019	DF	—	Alex Saji	Kerala Blasters FC Reserves	none	[2]
20 July 2019	MF	11	Bruno Pelissari	Votuporanguense	none	[4]
21 July 2019	FW	31	Henry Kisekka	Mohun Bagan	none
31 July 2019	DF	19	Sebastian Thangmuansang	NEROCA FC	none
1 August 2019	GK	01	Ubaid CK	East Bengal	none	[5]
6 August 2019	MF	-	Myron Mendes	Bengaluru FC	none	[6]
6 August 2019	DF	02	Naocha singh	NEROCA FC	none
6 August 2019	DF	-	Sanju G	Academy	none
6 August 2019	MF	23	Shibil Muhammed	Academy	none
6 August 2019	FW	07	Rahul KP	Academy	none
6 August 2019	GK	44	Vigneswaran Bhaskaran	Academy	none
6 August 2019	GK	33	Satyajit Bordoloi	Academy	none
20 August 2019	MF	—	Lalmuanzova	Chhinga Veng FC	none
20 August 2019	FW	—	Lalliansanga	Chhinga Veng FC	none
18 September 2019	DF	08	Dharmaraj Ravanan	Real Kashmir	none	[7]
1 October 2019	MF	22	Nathaniel Garcia	Point Fortin	none	[8]
2 November 2019	DF	18	Zohib Islam Amiri	New Radiant S.C.	none	[9]
16 November 2019	FW		Jithin MS	Kerala Blasters	none
10 February 2020	FW		Atuheire Kipson	Nagaworld FC	none

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
1 March 2019	MF	08	Guilherme Batata	PSS Sleman	None
3 June 2019	FW	09	Suhair VP	Mohun Bagan	None	[citation needed]
3 July 2019	GK	42	Shibinraj Kunniyil	Kerala Blasters FC	Undisclosed	[10]
3 July 2019	MF	21	Imran Khan	FC Goa	Loan return	[citation needed]
3 July 2019	RB	21	Mehtab Singh	East Bengal	Loan return
20 July 2019	FW	27	Ejiogu Emmanual	Aryan	None
20 July 2019	DF	03	Deepak Kumar		None
31 July 2019	MF	15	Arjun Jayaraj	Kerala Blasters FC	Undisclosed	[11]
19 August 2019	FW	-	Christian Saba	Mohammedan	None
3 September 2019	DF	14	Abhishek Das	TRAU	None	[citation needed]
4 September 2019	DF	05	Daniel Addo	BSS Sporting Club	None
17 September 2019	FW	17	Gani Ahamed Nigam	Hyderabad FC	None
2 November 2019	MF	11	Fabien Vorbe		None
27 November 2019	DF		Jishnu Balakrishnan	Chennai City FC	None
27 November 2019	GK	29	Arnab Das Sharma		None
27 November 2019	DF	30	Monotosh Chakladar	Peerless	Loan Return
27 November 2019	FW	46	Rohit Mirza	Chennai City FC	None
27 November 2019	MF	11	Bruno Pelissari

Pre-season

Gokulam Kerala v Kerala football team

21 September 2019	Gokulam Kerala	0-1	Kerala football team	Kozhikode
16:00			Nasar	Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium

Mumbai City v Gokulam Kerala

27 September 2019	Mumbai City	1-1	Gokulam Kerala	Mumbai
18:00	Machado 40'		Joseph 67'	Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena,

Bengaluru v Gokulam Kerala

1 October 2019	Bengaluru	1-3	Gokulam Kerala	Bellary
09:00	Lewis		Joseph Kisekka Rahul KP	Stadium: JSW Township

Chennaiyin v Gokulam Kerala

8 October 2019	Chennaiyin	1-1	Gokulam Kerala	Chennai
	Crivellaro		Ettienne	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium,

Gokulam Kerala v Sports Academy Tirur

12 October 2019	Gokulam Kerala	1-1	Sports Academy Tirur	Malappuram
16:00	Kisekka			Stadium: Kottappadi Football Stadium,

Jamshedpur v Gokulam Kerala

16 October 2019	Jamshedpur	2-0	Gokulam Kerala	Jamshedpur
07.00	Jairu Castel			Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Cancelled

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
I League	30 November 2019	TBD	Matchday 1	-	11	5	2	4	14	13	+1	045.45
Durand Cup	8 August 2019	24 August 2019	Group Stage	Champions	5	4	1	0	14	3	+11	080.00
Sheikh Kamal Cup	19 October 2019	28 October 2019	Group Stage	Semi Final	4	2	1	1	7	4	+3	050.00
Super Cup	TBD	TBD		-	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					20	11	4	5	35	20	+15	055.00

Last updated: 12 February 2020 (2020-02-12).
Source: Competitions

I-league

Main article: 2019–20 I-League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Punjab	16	5	8	3	23	21	+2	23
4	Real Kashmir	15	6	4	5	16	14	+2	22
5	Gokulam Kerala	15	6	4	5	20	19	+1	22
6	TRAU	17	6	4	7	17	27	−10	22
7	Chennai City	15	5	5	5	20	21	−1	20

Source: I-league, RSSSF
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

Result summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6	1	0	0	2	1	+1	1	0	1	2	2	0

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	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	✖	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	D	W
Position	2	2	3	5	5	6	4	6	4	4	6	3

Updated to match(es) played on 2 February 2020. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Gokulam Kerala v NEROCA

30.11.2019 1	Gokulam Kerala	2–1	NEROCA	Kozhikode
19.00 IST	Henry Kisekka 43'Marcus Joseph 49'		Taryk sampson 88'	Stadium: Kozhikode EMS Stadium Attendance: 31,184

Indian Arrows v Gokulam Kerala

06.12.2019 2	Indian Arrows	0-1	Gokulam Kerala	Vasco da Gama, Goa
17.00 IST			Henry Kisekka 49'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Attendance: 1,217

Real Kashmir v Gokulam Kerala

TBD	Real Kashmir	postponed	Gokulam Kerala	Srinagar
14.00 IST				Stadium: TRC Turf Ground

Mohun Bagan v Gokulam Kerala

16.12.2019 4	Mohun Bagan	2-1	Gokulam Kerala	Kalyani
17.00 IST	Gonzalez 24', (pen.)', 48' Mehta  28' Beitia  73' Gurjinder  78'  90+3'		Naocho  26' Mayakkannam  63' Amiri  79' Joseph 45+3', (pen.)'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 14,137

Gokulam Kerala v Aizawl

04.01.2020 5	Gokulam Kerala	1–1	Aizawl	Kozhikode
19.00 IST			Collapse bled	Stadium: Kozhikode EMS Stadium Attendance: 13,351

Gokulam Kerala v Chennai City

09.01.2020 6	Gokulam Kerala	2-3	Chennai City	Kozhikode
19.00 IST				Stadium: Kozhikode EMS Stadium Attendance: 19,000

Quess East Bengal v Gokulam Kerala

15.01.2020 7	Quess East Bengal	1-3	Gokulam Kerala	Kalyani
17.00 IST				Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 9,232

Punjab v Gokulam Kerala

18.01.2020 8	Punjab	3–1	Gokulam Kerala	Chandigarh
17.00 IST				Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium

Gokulam Kerala v Churchill Brothers

26.01.2020 9	Gokulam Kerala	1–0	Churchill Brothers	Kozhikode
19.00 IST	Marcus Joseph 38'			Stadium: Kozhikode EMS Stadium Attendance: 21,346

Gokulam Kerala v TRAU

02.02.2020 10	Gokulam Kerala	1–1	TRAU	Kozhikode
19.00 IST				Stadium: Kozhikode EMS Stadium Attendance: 10,135

Gokulam Kerala v Real Kashmir

08.02.2020 11	Gokulam Kerala	0-1	Real Kashmir	Kozhikode
19.00 IST				Stadium: Kozhikode EMS Stadium Attendance: 15,184

Chennai City v Gokulam Kerala

12.02.2020 12	Chennai City	0-1	Gokulam Kerala	Coimbatore
19.00 IST			Marcus Joseph 79'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 4237

NEROCA v Gokulam Kerala

21.02.2020 13	NEROCA	3-2	Gokulam Kerala	Imphal
17.00 IST				Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium

Gokulam Kerala v Punjab

29.02.2020 14	Gokulam Kerala	1-1	Punjab	Kozhikode
19.00 IST				Stadium: Kozhikode EMS Stadium Man of the Match: D

Gokulam Kerala v Quess East Bengal

03.03.2020 15	Gokulam Kerala	1-1	Quess East Bengal	Kozhikode
19.00 IST				Stadium: Kozhikode EMS Stadium

Churchill Brothers v Gokulam Kerala

08.03.2020 16	Churchill Brothers	1-2	Gokulam Kerala	Margao
17.00 IST				Stadium: Fatorda Stadium

Gokulam Kerala v Indian Arrows

15.03.2020 17	Gokulam Kerala	–cancelled	Indian Arrows	Kozhikode
19.00 IST				Stadium: Kozhikode EMS Stadium

TRAU v Gokulam Kerala

20.03.2020 18	TRAU	–cancelled	Gokulam Kerala	Imphal
17.00 IST				Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium

Aizawl v Gokulam Kerala

05.04.2020 19	Aizawl	–cancelled	Gokulam Kerala	Aizawl
14.00 IST				Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium

Gokulam Kerala v Mohun Bagan

TBD 20	Gokulam Kerala	–cancelled	Mohun Bagan	Kozhikode
19.00 IST				Stadium: Kozhikode EMS Stadium

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Gokulam Kerala	110,200	31,183	10,135	18,366	+23.9%†

Durand Cup

Main article: 2019 Durand Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Gokulam Kerala	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	9	Knockout stage
2	Indian Air Force	3	1	1	1	1	3	−2	4
3	TRAU	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1
4	Chennaiyin	3	0	2	1	0	4	−4	2

Updated to match(es) played on 18 August 2019. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Gokulam Kerala v Chennaiyin

8 August 2019	Gokulam Kerala	4–0	Chennaiyin	Howrah
15:00	Marcus Joseph 39', 66', 75' Henry Kisekka 68'	Report		Stadium: Howrah Stadium,

Indian Air Force v Gokulam Kerala

14 August 2019	Indian Air Force	0–3	Gokulam Kerala	Howrah
15:00			Joseph 43', 87' Shibil 56'	Stadium: Howrah Stadium,

TRAU v Gokulam Kerala

18 August 2019	TRAU	1-4	Gokulam Kerala	Howrah
15:00	Rger 89'		Marcus Joseph 57', 64', 79' Andre Ettienne 71'	Stadium: Howrah Stadium,

Semi-final

East Bengal v Gokulam Kerala

21 August 2019	East Bengal	1-1 (2–3 p)	Gokulam Kerala	Kolkata
15.00	Samad Ali Mallick 17'		Marcus Joseph 90+2'	Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Attendance: 18,162 Referee: Tejas Narvenkar
	Penalties
	Ralte Colado Pascual Haokip Naorem		Pelissari Meitei Jestin Lalromawia

Final

Mohun Bagan v Gokulam Kerala

24 August 2019	Mohun Bagan	1–2	Gokulam Kerala	Kolkata
17:00	Chamorro 64'		Joseph 45+1' (pen.), 51'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium,

Sheikh Kamal Cup

Main article: 2019 Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup

The tournament is being organised by Chittagong Abahoni, a club based in Chittagong, and the Bangladesh Football Federation. Gokulam are in group 'B' along with the Bangladesh premiere league champions Bashundhara Kings, I League champions Chennai City FC and Malaysian club Terengganu Football Club.

The tournament has started on 19 October. Only the group winners and runners up will proceed to the knockout round.^[12]

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Terengganu F.C.	3	2	1	0	9	5	+4	7	Advance to Semi-Finals
2	Gokulam Kerala F.C.	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
3	Bashundhara Kings	3	1	0	2	6	9	−3	3
4	Chennai City FC	3	0	0	3	5	10	−5	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored;

Bashundhara Kings v Gokulam Kerala F.C.

22 October 2019	Bashundhara Kings	1-3	Gokulam Kerala F.C.	Chittagong, Bangladesh
19:00	Motin 74'		Henry 25', 46' Garcia 31'	Stadium: M. A. Aziz Stadium Referee: Shraban Kurnar Tamang (Nepal)

Terengganu F.C. v Gokulam Kerala F.C.

24 October 2019	Terengganu F.C.	0-0	Gokulam Kerala F.C.	Chittagong, Bangladesh
19:00				Stadium: M. A. Aziz Stadium Referee: Murad Alzawahreh (Jordan)

Gokulam Kerala F.C. v Chennai City FC

26 October 2019	Gokulam Kerala F.C.	2−0	Chennai City FC	Chittagong, Bangladesh
16:00	Lalromawia 8' Kisekka 11'	Report		Stadium: M. A. Aziz Stadium Referee: Jalal Uddin (Bangladesh)

Semi-finals

Chittagong Abahani v Gokulam Kerala F.C.

28 October 2019	Chittagong Abahani	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Gokulam Kerala F.C.	Chittagong, Bangladesh
19:00	Brossou 47', 90' Chinedu 105'	Report	Kisekka 29' Joseph 80'	Stadium: M. A. Aziz Stadium Referee: Murad Alzawahreh (Jordan)

Current technical staff

As of 15 April 2018.

Position	Name
Head Coach	Fernando Andres Santiago Valera[13]
Technical Director	Bino George[14]
Goalkeeping Coach	Fysal K Bappu
Fitness and conditioning Coach	Djair Miranda Garcia
Academy Manager	Joel Richard Williams[15]

Statistics

As of 02 Februaryt 2020.

Squad appearances and goals

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	2019 Durand Cup		Sheikh Kamal Cup		I-League		Super Cup		Total
				Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts
01	GK		Ubaid CK	4	4	4	4	6	6	0	0	14	14
02	LB		Naocha Singh	5	5	4	4	9	9	0	0	18	18
03	DF		Ashok Singh	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
04	DF		Zohib Islam Amiri	-	-	-	-	6	5	0	0	6	5
05	DF		Andre Ettienne	5	5	4	4	8	8	0	0	17	17
06	DF		Mohammed Irshad	5	5	4	4	8	8	0	0	17	17
08	MF		Nathaniel Garcia	-	-	3	3	9	8	0	0	12	11
10	FW		Marcus Joseph	5	5	3	1	9	9	0	0	17	15
12	MF		Muhammed Rashid	3	3	4	4	4	4	0	0	11	11
13	DF		Dharmaraj Ravanan	-	-	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	3
14	FW		Malemngamba Meitei	4	4	0	0	5	2	0	0	9	6
15	DF		Mohamed Salah	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	6	1
16	FW		Salman K	-	-	1	0	2	2	0	0	3	2
18	DF		Wungngayam Muirang	-	-	2	0	4	4	0	0	6	4
21	GK		Vignash Bhaskaran	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
22	MF		Shibil Muhammed	4	4	-	-	5	1	0	0	9	5
23	MF		Nicholas Fernandes	-	-	-	-	1	0	0	0	1	0
24	DF		Jestin George	4	4	1	1	7	6	0	0	12	11
25	MF		Mayakkannan	1	1	4	4	6	5	0	0	11	10
27	DF		Sebastian Thangmuansang	4	4	4	4	8	8	0	0	16	16
29	FW		Lalromawia	3	2	4	3	8	1	0	0	15	6
31	FW		Henry Kisekka	3	3	4	4	9	9	0	0	18	18
32	FW		Jithin MS	-	-	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	FW		Rahul KP	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
	DF		Alex Saji	-	-	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Bijesh Balan	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	MF		Myron Mendes	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Sanju G	1	1	-	-	0	0	0	0	1	1
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
11	MF		Bruno Pelissari	5	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	5	0

Squad statistics

	I-League	Super Cup	Total

Goal Scorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Durand Cup	I League	Indian Super Cup	Sheikh Kamal Cup	Total
1	10	FW		Marcus Joseph	11	6	0	1	18
2	31	FW		Henry Kisekka	1	5	0	4	10
3	23	MF		Shibil Muhammed	1	2	0	0	3
	05	DF		Andre Ettienne	1	0	0	0	1
	22	MF		Nathaniel Garcia	0	0	0	1	1
	30	MF		Lalromawia	0	0	0	1	1
Own Goals					0	1	0	0	1
Total					14	14	0	7	35

Clean sheets

No.	Nation	Name	Durand Cup	Sheikh Kamal Cup	I-League	Super Cup	Total
1		Ubaid CK	2	2	3	0	7
44		Vigneswaran Bhaskaran	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL			2	2	2	0	7

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Nation	Name	I-League			Super Cup			Total
5	DF		Andre Ettienne	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
2	DF		Naocha singh	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
4	DF		Zohib Islam Amiri	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
6	DF		Mohammed Irshad	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
8	MF		Nathaniel Garcia	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
10	FW		Marcus Joseph	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
12	MF		Muhammed Rashid	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
14	FW		Malemngamba Meitei	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
21	GK		Vicky	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
25	MF		Mayakannan	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	DF		Wungngayam Muirang	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
TOTAL				17	2	1	0	0	0	17	2	1

See also

• 2019–20 in Indian football
• 2019–20 I-League