2018–19 Delhi Dynamos FC season

The 2018–19 Delhi Dynamos FC Season was the club's fifth season in the Indian Super League since their establishment in 2014. This was also the club's last season as Delhi Dynamos FC before relocating to Odisha to get rebranded as Odisha FC.[1][2]

Delhi Dynamos
2018–19 season
OwnerUnited States GMS Inc.
Head Coachnone
StadiumJawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Indian Super League8th
Super CupQuarter-finals

Pre-season and friendlies

This time, the Delhi Dynamos will do their pre-season in two phases. In the first phase, they will train in Kolkata to get accustomed to Indian conditions. After that, they will go to Doha to train at Aspire Academy for their final preparation before Indian Super League.

On 16 August 2018, they started their first phase of pre-season with Indian players in Kolkata under the watchful eyes of assistant coach Mridul Banerjee. They played two friendly games with local clubs Taltala Dipti Sangha and Peerless SC, beating both clubs comfortably by 3-0 and 4-0 respectively.

On 5 September 2018, They flew to Doha to train at Aspire Academy. Where they played three friendly games with local UAE clubs.[3]

25 August 2018 Friendly Delhi Dynamos FC 3–0 Taltala Dipti Sangha Bidhannagar, Kolkata
15:00 IST
  • Das
  • Romeo
  • Manchong
Report Stadium: Training Ground, Salt Lake Stadium
31 August 2018 Friendly Delhi Dynamos FC 4–0 Peerless SC Bidhannagar, Kolkata
15:00 IST
Report Stadium: Training Ground, Salt Lake Stadium
8 September 2018 Friendly Delhi Dynamos FC 1–1 Al Shamal SC Doha, Qatar
20:00 IST
Report Stadium: Aspire Academy Ground
27 September 2018 3[4] Delhi Dynamos FC 3–3 Minerva Punjab New Delhi
16:00 IST
Report
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Training Pitch

Players

Current squad
As of 15 August 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 Albino Gomes
31 GK India IND Sukhdev Patil
13 GK Spain ESP Francisco Dorronsoro
51 DF Netherlands NED Gianni Zuiverloon
–24 DF Spain ESP Martí Crespí
3 DF India IND Narayan Das
13 DF India IND Mohammad Sajid Dhot
26 DF India IND Rana Gharami
16 MF India IND Vinit Rai
6 MF India IND Bikramjeet Singh
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF India IND Pradeep Mohanraj
11 MF Spain ESP Adrià Carmona
8 MF Spain ESP Marcos Tebar
10 MF Slovenia SVN Rene Mihelič
2 MF India IND Nanda Kumar
19 MF India IND Romeo Fernandes
7 FW India IND Lallianzuala Chhangte
17 FW India IND Shubham Sarangi
18 FW India IND Daniel Lalhlimpuia

Indian Super League

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
6 ATK 18 6 6 6 18 22 −4 24
7 Pune City 18 6 4 8 24 30 −6 22
8 Delhi Dynamos 18 4 6 8 23 27 −4 18
9 Kerala Blasters 18 2 9 7 18 28 −10 15
10 Chennaiyin 18 2 3 13 16 32 −16 9
Source: Indian Super League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair play ranking; 6) drawing of lots

References
  1. "Delhi Dynamos to have pre-season in Kolkata and Doha". Press Trust of India. 16 August 2018 – via Business Standard.
  2. "Delhi Dynamos sign goalkeeper Dorronsoro Sanchez". The Times of India.
  3. "Delhi leaves for Doha". Delhi Dynamos.
  4. "We're heading back to the capital". twitter. com. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
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