2017–18 Mohun Bagan FC season

The 2017–18 Mohun Bagan FC season was the club's 11th season in I-League and 128th season since its establishment in 1889. They finished 3rd in the I-League and runners-up in the Calcutta Football League. Mohun Bagan reached the semifinals of the Super Cup where they were defeated by Bengaluru.

Mohun Bagan
2017–18 season
PresidentSwapan Sadhan Bose
Head coachSanjoy Sen (until 2 January 2018)
Sankarlal Chakraborty (from 3 January 2018)
StadiumMohun Bagan Ground
Salt Lake Stadium
I-League3rd
Calcutta Football LeagueRunners-up
Super CupSemi-finalist
Top goalscorerAser Pierrick Dipanda (17 goals)
Highest home attendance64,360
Lowest home attendance5,384
Average home league attendance17,258

Sanjoy Sen resigned as the coach of Mohun Bagan on 2 January 2018 following three home draws and a defeat against Chennai City placing the team in 4th position, virtually ending their title hopes.[1] Shankarlal Chakraborthy was appointed as head coach for the remainder of the season.[2]

Their title hopes however did stay intact till the last fixture of the season where they could have won the title had other results gone in their favour, but it was not to be and Minerva Punjab ultimately clinched the title. Although the 2017–18 season was not an ideal season for the club after a loss of form and change of coach midway through the season along with injuries to important players like Sony Norde and Yuta Kinowaki, they did manage to win both the home and away fixtures against arch rivals East Bengal.

As of 3 December 2017

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

Players

Current squad
As of March 2018.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK India IND Sankar Roy
2 DF India IND Debabrata Roy
3 DF Nigeria NGA Kingsley Obumneme
4 DF India IND Kingshuk Debnath
6 DF India IND Ricky Lallawmawma
7 MF India IND Chesterpoul Lyngdoh
8 MF India IND Sourav Das
9 FW Cameroon CMR Aser Pierrick Dipanda
11 FW Nepal   NEP Bimal Gharti Magar
12 MF Japan JPN Yuta Kinowaki
13 DF Lebanon LBN Akram Moghrabi
14 DF India IND Arijit Bagui
15 DF India IND Abhishek Das
16 DF India IND Rana Gharami
17 MF India IND Surchandra Singh
19 FW India IND Naro Hari Shrestha
21 MF Australia AUS Cameron Watson
22 GK India IND Shilton Paul
23 MF India IND Nikhil Kadam
25 DF India IND Bikramjeet Singh
26 MF India IND Shilton D'Silva
27 MF India IND Pintu Mahata
28 DF India IND Gurjinder Kumar
29 MF India IND Raynier Fernandes
31 GK India IND Soram Anganba
35 FW India IND Azharuddin Mallick
36 MF India IND Dipendu Dowary
37 MF India IND Beikhokhei Beingaichho
42 GK India IND Shibinraj Kunniyil
45 FW India IND Manandeep Singh
47 MF India IND Sheikh Faiaz

Competitions

I-League
Main article: 2017–18 I-League

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Minerva Punjab (C) 18 11 2 5 24 16 +8 35 Qualification to 2019 AFC Champions League qualifier
2 NEROCA 18 9 5 4 20 13 +7 32
3 Mohun Bagan 18 8 7 3 28 14 +14 31
4 East Bengal 18 8 7 3 32 19 +13 31
5 Aizawl 18 6 6 6 21 18 +3 24
Source: i-league.org
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
(C) Champions

Results by round
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ResultDWWDDDLWLWDWDLWWWD
Position631234434443444433
Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2018. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures & results
25 November 2017 1 Minerva Punjab 1–1 Mohun Bagan Ludhiana
17:30 IST Moinuddin 89' Report Sony Norde 43'
Gurjinder Kumar Yellow card 55'		 Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium
Attendance: 5,995
Referee: Umesh Bora
Man of the Match: Sony Norde (Mohun Bagan AC)
3 December 2017 2 Mohun Bagan 1–0 East Bengal Kolkata
14:00 IST Aser Pierrick Dipanda Yellow card 34'
Kingsley Obumneme 39'
Ricky Lallawmawma Yellow card 45'		 Report Mehtab Singh Yellow card 14'
Gurwinder Singh Yellow card 37'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 64360
Referee: C. R. Srikrishna
Man of the Match: Kingsley Obumneme (Mohun Bagan AC)
10 December 2017 3 Mohun Bagan 5–0 Churchill Brothers Kolkata
14:00 IST Ansumana Kromah 23'
Shilton D'Silva Yellow card 27'
Aser Pierrick Dipanda 34', 46'
Sk.Faiaz 49'
Sony Norde 84'		 Report Karthik Govindswamy Yellow card 21'
Precious Emuejeraye Yellow card 26'
Denchandra Meitei Yellow card 68'
Peter Omoduemuke Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 11,894
Referee: Venkatesh R
Man of the Match: Aser Pierrick Dipanda (Mohun Bagan AC)
14 December 2017 4 Mohun Bagan 1–1 Shillong Lajong Kolkata
14:00 IST Aser Pierrick Dipanda 12' (pen)
Shilton D'Silva Yellow card 43'
Kingsley ObumnemeYellow card 55' Yellow-red card 73'		 Report Rakesh Pradhan Yellow card 12'
Daniel Odafin Yellow card 35'
Hardy Nongbri Yellow card 54'
Samuel Lalmuanpuia 72' (pen)		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 9,882
Referee: Rabichandra Singh Irengbam
Man of the Match: Sheikh Faiaz (Mohun Bagan AC)
19 December 2017 5 Mohun Bagan 0–0 NEROCA Kolkata
17:30 IST Report Ngasepam Tondonba Yellow card 90+4' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 7,722
Referee: Rowan Arumugham
Man of the Match: Rana Gharami (Mohun Bagan AC)
29 December 2017 6 Mohun Bagan 1-1 Indian Arrows Kolkata
14:00 IST Aser Pierrick Dipanda 27' (pen)
Manandeep Singh Yellow card 71'		 Report Anwar Ali Yellow card 6'
Rahul Praveen 33'
Amarjit Singh Kiyam Yellow card 50' Yellow-red card 65'
Jitendra Singh Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Mohun Bagan Ground
Attendance: 14,718
Referee: Tejas Visvasrao Nagvenkar
Man of the Match: D Singh (Indian Arrows)
2 January 2018 7 Mohun Bagan 1-2 Chennai City Kolkata
17:30 IST Ansumana Kromah 36' (pen)
Abhishek Das Yellow card 57'
Nikhil Kadam Yellow card 76'
Manandeep Singh Yellow card 82'		 Report Jean-Michel Joachim 5'
Michael Soosairaj Yellow card 62'
Edwin Sydney Vanspaul Yellow card 62'
Venyamin Shumeyko 71'
Tarif Akhand Yellow card 76'		 Stadium: Mohun Bagan Ground
Attendance: 18,316
Referee: Santhosh Kumar Bhaskaran
Man of the Match: Murilo de Almeida (Chennai City FC)
7 January 2018 8 Mohun Bagan 2-0 Aizawl Kolkata
14:00 IST Ricky Lallawmawma Yellow card 19'
Masih Saighani 54' (o.g.)
Aser Pierrick Dipanda 75'
Kingsley Obumneme Yellow card 81'
Raynier Fernandes Yellow card 81'		 Report William Lalnunfela Yellow card 40'
Kareem Omolaja Yellow card 49'
Lalthathanga Khawlhring Yellow card 88'
Lalramhmunmawia Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 5,785
Referee: Ajitkumar Meitei Lairenlakpam
Man of the Match: Aser Pierrick Dipanda (Mohun Bagan AC)
10 January 2018 9 Mohun Bagan 1-2 Minerva Punjab Kolkata
17:30 IST Kingshuk Debnath Yellow card 45+1'
Cameron Watson Yellow card 75'
Kingsley Obumneme 90+4'		 Report Chencho Gyeltshen 23', 30'
Kassim Aidara Yellow card 26'
William Opoku Yellow card 45+1'
Rakshit Dagar Yellow card 90+5'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 5,384
Referee: Umesh Bora
Man of the Match: Chencho Gyeltshen (Minerva Punjab FC)
21 January 2018 10 East Bengal 0-2 Mohun Bagan Kolkata
14:00 IST Armand Bazzie Yellow card 18' Report Dicka 2', 35'
Kingshuk Debnath Yellow card 17'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 52,951
Referee: C. R. Srikrishna
Man of the Match: Aser Pierrick Dipanda (Mohun Bagan AC)
25 January 2018 11 Aizawl 1-1 Mohun Bagan Aizawl
14:00 IST Yugo Kobayashi Yellow card 1'
Lalthathanga Khawlhring 73'
C Lalrosanga Yellow card 85'
Alfred Jaryan Red card 89'		 Report Manandeep Singh Yellow card 56' 77' (pen.)
Raynier Fernandes Yellow card 85'		 Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium (Aizawl)
Attendance: 3,272
Referee: Senthil Nathan
Man of the Match: Leonce Dodoz Zikahi (Aizawl FC)
3 February 2018 12 Shillong Lajong 0-3 Mohun Bagan Shillong
17:30 IST Report Aser Pierrick Dipanda 30'
Akram Moghrabi 86'
Sheikh Faiaz 89'
Arijit Bagui Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Shillong)
Attendance: 4,700
Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta
Man of the Match: Akram Moghrabi (Mohun Bagan AC)
7 February 2018 13 Chennai City 0-0 Mohun Bagan Coimbatore
17:30 IST Tarif Akhand Yellow card 39'
Edwin Sydney Vanspaul Yellow card 81' Yellow-red card 84'
Kabir Thaufiq Yellow card 90+9'		 Report Kingsley Obumneme Yellow card 47' Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Coimbatore)
Attendance: 7,680
Referee: Akash Jackson Routh
Man of the Match: Jean-Michel Joachim (Chennai City FC)
12 February 2018 14 Mohun Bagan 1-2 Gokulam Kerala Kolkata
14:00 IST Nikhil Kadam Yellow card 16'
Aser Pierrick Dipanda Yellow card 73' 78'		 Report Mahmood Al-Ajmi 76'
Henry Kisekka 90'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 4,360
Referee: R Palmson Moses Raj
Man of the Match: Aser Pierrick Dipanda (Mohun Bagan AC)
18 February 2018 15 NEROCA 2-3 Mohun Bagan Imphal
14:00 IST Subhash Singh 16'
Felix Chidi Odili 24'
Varney Kallon Yellow card 33'
Aryn Williams Yellow card 58'		 Report Aser Pierrick Dipanda 21' (pen.), 30'
Akram Moghrabi Yellow card 38' 45+1'		 Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: 20,428
Referee: Crystal John
Man of the Match: Subhash Singh (NEROCA FC)
27 February 2018 16 Indian Arrows 0-2 Mohun Bagan New Delhi
17:30 IST Deepak Tangri Yellow card 45+2' Report Aser Pierrick Dipanda 26'
Akram Moghrabi 41'		 Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
Attendance: 2,743
Referee: Velu Dhayalamani
Man of the Match: Aser Pierrick Dipanda (Mohun Bagan AC)
3 March 2018 17 Churchill Brothers 1-2 Mohun Bagan Vasco da Gama
17:30 IST Israil Gurung Yellow card 64'
Monday Osagie 74'		 Report Nikhil Kadam 54'
Aser Pierrick Dipanda Yellow card 62'
Akram Moghrabi 76'		 Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
Attendance: 3,173
Referee: Om Prakash Thakur
Man of the Match: Nikhil Kadam (Mohun Bagan AC)
8 March 2018 18 Gokulam Kerala 1-1 Mohun Bagan Kozhikode
15:00 IST Henry Kisekka 45+1'Yellow card 64'
Mohamed Irshad Yellow card 50'
Daniel Ashley Addo Yellow card 77'
Mahmood Al-Ajmi Yellow card 84'		 Report Aser Pierrick Dipanda 26'
Nikhil Kadam Yellow card 84'		 Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium
Attendance: 9,572
Referee: Ramaswamy Srikrishna Coimbatore
Man of the Match: Nikhil Bernard (Gokulam Kerala FC)

Round of 16
1 April 2018 Churchill Brothers 1–2 Mohun Bagan Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
20:00 IST Plaza 30' Report Dicka 45+3' (pen.), 70' Attendance: 8,120
Referee: Venkatesh R

Quarter final
11 April 2018 Mohun Bagan 3–1 Shillong Lajong Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
16:00 IST Faiaz 12' Kadam 22' Moghrabi 59' Report
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Santosh Kumar

Semi final
17 April 2018 Mohun Bagan 2–4 Bengaluru Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
16:00 IST
Report
Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar

Player statistics

Goal scorers
No. Pos. Nat. Player Goal(s) Appearance(s)
9 FW Cameroon Aser Pierrick Dipanda 17 21
13 FW Lebanon Akram Moghrabi 5 12
47 MF India Sheikh Faiaz 3 21
3 DF Nigeria Kingsley Obumneme 2 20
10 MF Haiti Sony Norde 2 4
23 MF India Nikhil Kadam 2 19
45 FW India Mandeep Singh 1 3

Last updated: 17 April 2018.
Source: Competitions

Technical staff
Position Name
Chief coach India Sankarlal Chakraborty
Assistant coach
—
Goalkeeping coach India Arpan Dey
Physical Trainer India Samiran Bag
Physiotherapist India Abhinandan Chatterjee
Club Doctor India Dr. Protim Roy
Team Manager India Satyajit Chatterjee

Last updated: 9 March 2018
Source: mohunbaganac.com

Awards

Player
No. Player Award Tournament Source
22 India Shilton Paul Best Goalkeeper of the Tournament
I-League
[3]
9 Cameroon Aser Pierrick Dipanda Highest Scorer of the Tournament

References
  1. "'I did not have the mentality to continue' - Sanjoy Sen". 2 January 2018.
  2. "I-LEAGUE 2017-18: MOHUN BAGAN APPOINT SHANKARLAL CHAKRABORTY AS HEAD COACH". 2 January 2018.
  3. "I-League 2017-18: Minerva Punjab presented with winners' trophy; NEROCA's Gift Raikhan named season's best coach". firstpost.com. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
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