2014 NorthEast United season

NorthEast United
2014 season
Manager	Ricki Herbert
Stadium	Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
ISL	8th
Top goalscorer	Koke (4)
Highest home attendance	30,870 (vs Goa, 19 October 2014)
Lowest home attendance	25,530 (vs Atlético Kolkata, 16 October 2014)
Average home league attendance	28,633
Home colours	Away colours
	2015 →

The 2014 Season was NorthEast United's 1st season in existence in the Indian Super League.

Background[edit]

In early 2014 it was announced that the All India Football Federation, the national federation for football in India, and IMG-Reliance would be accepting bids for ownership of eight of nine selected cities for the upcoming Indian Super League, an eight-team franchise league modeled along the lines of the Indian Premier League cricket tournament.^[3] On 13 April 2014, it was announced that John Abraham and I-league side Shillong Lajong F.C. had won the bidding for the Guwahati-based franchise.^[4]

On 15 August 2014, during an official launch, it was announced that the name of the team would be NorthEast United FC representing the 8 north-eastern states of India. The first match for NorthEast United FC in Indian Super League was played against Kerala Blasters on 13 October 2014 at Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati which was won 1–0.^[5]

Transfer[edit]

Foreign signings[edit]

#	Position:	Player	Last club	Date	Source
1	GK	Alexandros Tzorvas	Apollon Smyrni	1 September 2014	^[6]
4	MF	Kondwani Mtonga	ZESCO United	2 September 2014	^[7]
9	FW	James Keene	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	12 September 2014	^[8]
10	FW	Koke	Blooming	15 September 2014	^[9]^[10]
11	DF	Joan Capdevila	Espanyol	16 July 2014	^[11]
14	MF	Leo Bertos	East Bengal	6 October 2015	^[12]
15	DF	Miguel Garcia	Mallorca	2 September 2014	^[13]^[14]

Drafted domestic players[edit]

Round	Position	Player	I-League club
1	GK	Kunzang Bhutia	Shillong Lajong
2	DF	Jibon Singh	Shillong Lajong
3	FW	Durga Boro	Shillong Lajong
4	DF	Aiborlang Khongjee	Shillong Lajong
5	DF	Zodingliana Ralte	Shillong Lajong
6	GK	Rehenesh Paramba	Shillong Lajong
7	MF	Boithang Haokip	Shillong Lajong
8	DF	Pritam Kumar Singh	Shillong Lajong
9	MF	Milan Singh	Shillong Lajong
10	DF	Robin Gurung	Shillong Lajong
11	MF	Alen Deory	Shillong Lajong
12	MF	Redeem Tlang	Shillong Lajong
13	FW	Seminlen Doungel	Shillong Lajong
14	MF	David Ngaihte	Shillong Lajong

Drafted foreign players[edit]

Round	Position	Player	Last Club
1	MF	Isaac Chansa	Shillong Lajong
2	FW	Cornell Glen	Shillong Lajong
3	DF	Massamba Sambou	Châteauroux
4	FW	Do Dong-hyun	Gifu
5	MF	Guilherme Batata	Atlético Paranaense
6	DF	Tomáš Josl	Vysočina Jihlava
7	FW	Luis Yanes	Atlético Bucaramanga

Players and staff[edit]

Squad[edit]

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	GRE	Alexandros Tzorvas
2	DF	IND	Aiborlang Khongjee
3	DF	CZE	Tomáš Josl
4	MF	ZAM	Kondwani Mtonga
5	DF	SEN	Massamba Sambou
6	MF	ZAM	Isaac Chansa
7	MF	KOR	Do Dong-hyun
8	FW	COL	Luis Yanes
9	FW	ENG	James Keene
10	FW	ESP	Koke
11	DF	ESP	Joan Capdevila
13	GK	IND	Rehnesh TP
14	FW	NZL	Leo Bertos
15	DF	POR	Miguel Garcia (Captain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	IND	Robin Gurung
17	MF	IND	Zodingliana Ralte
18	DF	IND	Jibon Singh
19	MF	BRA	Guilherme Batata
20	MF	IND	Milan Singh
21	MF	IND	Redeem Tlang
22	MF	IND	Boithang Haokip
23	FW	IND	Seminlen Doungel
24	MF	IND	Alen Deory
25	FW	IND	Durga Boro
26	MF	IND	David Ngaihte
27	GK	IND	Kunzang Bhutia
30	DF	IND	Pritam Kumar Singh
—	FW	TRI	Cornell Glen

Technical staff[edit]

Position	Name
Manager	Ricki Herbert
Coach	Thangboi Singto
Performance Coach	Lee Taylor

Indian Super League[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Delhi Dynamos	14	4	6	4	16	14	+2	18
6	Pune City	14	4	4	6	12	17	−5	16
7	Mumbai City	14	4	4	6	12	21	−9	16
8	NorthEast United	14	3	6	5	11	13	−2	15

Source: Soccerway
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

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
14	3	6	5	11	13	−2	15	2	3	2	7	6	+1	1	3	3	4	7	−3

Last updated: 28 August 2015.
Source: Matches

Results by round[edit]

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

Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

13 October 2014 1	NorthEast United	1 – 0	Kerala Blasters	Guwahati
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Koke 45'	Report	McAllister 44'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Referee: Pratap Singh

16 October 2014 7	NorthEast United	0 – 2	Atlético de Kolkata	Guwahati
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)		Report	Teferra 15' Borja 54' 84' Podaný 90+2'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar

19 October 2014 2	NorthEast United	1 – 1	Goa	Guwahati
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Chansa 16' Koke 36' (pen.) Do 82'	Report	Grégory 17'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Referee: David Gantar

24 October 2014 3	Mumbai City	0 – 2	NorthEast United	Mumbai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Letzelter 45+2' Čmovš 52' 75'	Report	Mtonga 57' Batata 90+2'	Stadium: DY Patil Stadium Referee: David Gantar

29 October 2014 4	Delhi Dynamos	0 – 0	NorthEast United	Delhi
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)		Report	Josl 42' Garcia 64' Batata 66'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Referee: Pratap Singh

3 November 2014 5	Pune City	1 – 0	NorthEast United	Pune
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Kotal 47' Goossens 88'	Report	Yanes 90+5'	Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Referee: Muringothumalil Bhaskaran Santosh Kumar

8 November 2014 11	Chennaiyin	2 – 2	NorthEast United	Chennai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Elano 25', 78' 84'	Report	Doungel 38' Batata 52' Khongjee 84' Koke 85'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Referee: Pratap Singh

15 November 2014 8	NorthEast United	0 – 0	Pune City	Guwahati
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Gurung 90+3'	Report	Katsouranis 31'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Referee: Pranjal Banerji

18 November 2014 9	Atlético de Kolkata	1 – 0	NorthEast United	Kolkata
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	García 51'	Report	Paramba 11' Sambou 37' Khongjee 64'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Muringothumalil Bhaskaran Santosh Kumar

24 November 2014 14	NorthEast United	1 – 2	Delhi Dynamos	Guwahati
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Gurung 27' Khongjee 59' 83' Keene 70' Mtonga 80'	Report	Marmentini 6' Mulder 14' Chakraborty 34' 45+1'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Referee: Ravshan Irmatov

27 November 2014 6	NorthEast United	3 – 0	Chennaiyin	Guwahati
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Boro 10' Sambou 21', 23' Capdevila 45+1' 72' Batata 67'	Report	Djemba-Djemba 23' Singh 45+3' Mendy 79'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Referee: Hettikankanamge Chrishantha Dilan Perera

1 December 2014 12	Goa	3 – 0	NorthEast United	Goa
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Fernandes 34' Slepička 45+1' 45+1' Santos 74' Das 79' Roy 90+6'	Report	Sambou 36'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Referee: Muringothumalil Bhaskaran Santosh Kumar

4 December 2014 13	Kerala Blasters	0 – 0	NorthEast United	Kochi
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Hossain 29' Hume 45+3' Chopra 75'	Report	Doungel 16' Batata 72' Keene 75'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Referee: Anthony Simoes

10 December 2014 10	NorthEast United	1 – 1	Mumbai City	Guwahati
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Koke 34' (pen.)	Report	Ribeiro 8' Čmovš 10' Mondal 33' Štohanzl 76' Singh 84'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Referee: Ranjit Bakshi

Squad statistics[edit]

As of Match played 10 December 2014

Appearances and goals[edit]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Indian Super League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	GRE	Alexandros Tzorvas	2	0	2	0
2	DF	IND	Aiborlang Khongjee	13	0	13	0
3	DF	CZE	Tomáš Josl	6	0	2+4	0
4	MF	ZAM	Kondwani Mtonga	13	2	13	2
5	DF	SEN	Massamba Sambou	6	2	6	2
6	MF	ZAM	Isaac Chansa	8	0	5+3	0
7	MF	KOR	Do Dong-hyun	8	0	4+4	0
8	FW	COL	Luis Yanes	6	0	0+6	0
9	FW	ENG	James Keene	10	0	6+4	0
10	FW	ESP	Koke	12	4	12	4
11	DF	ESP	Joan Capdevila	12	0	12	0
13	GK	IND	Rehenesh Paramba	12	0	12	0
14	FW	NZL	Leo Bertos	4	0	0+4	0
15	DF	POR	Miguel Garcia	13	0	13	0
16	DF	IND	Robin Gurung	11	0	11	0
17	MF	IND	Zodingliana Ralte	10	0	9+1	0
19	MF	BRA	Guilherme Batata	10	1	9+1	1
20	MF	IND	Milan Singh	5	0	2+3	0
21	MF	IND	Redeem Tlang	1	0	0+1	0
22	MF	IND	Boithang Haokip	7	0	4+3	0
23	FW	IND	Seminlen Doungel	9	1	5+4	1
24	MF	IND	Alen Deory	5	0	2+3	0
25	FW	IND	Durga Boro	11	1	11	1
26	MF	IND	David Ngaihte	2	0	1+1	0

Goal scorers[edit]

Place	Position	Number	Name	Indian Super League	Total
1	FW	10	Koke	4	4
2	MF	4	Kondwani Mtonga	2	2
2	DF	5	Massamba Sambou	2	2
4	MF	19	Guilherme Batata	1	1
	FW	23	Seminlen Doungel	1	1
	FW	25	Durga Boro	1	1
			TOTALS	11	11

Disciplinary record[edit]

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Indian Super League		Total
2		DF	Aiborlang Khongjee	4	1	4	1
3		DF	Tomáš Josl	1	0	1	0
5		DF	Massamba Sambou	2	0	2	0
6		MF	Isaac Chansa	1	0	1	0
7		MF	Do Dong-hyun	1	0	1	0
8		FW	Luis Yanes	1	0	1	0
9		FW	James Keene	1	1	1	1
11		DF	Joan Capdevila	2	1	2	1
13		GK	Rehenesh Paramba	1	0	1	0
15		DF	Miguel Garcia	1	0	1	0
16		DF	Robin Gurung	2	0	2	0
19		MF	Guilherme Batata	4	0	4	0
23		FW	Seminlen Doungel	1	0	1	0
			TOTALS	22	3	22	3

References[edit]

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^ "Πάει Ινδία ο Τζόρβας!".
^ "NorthEast United sign Garcia, Mtonga and Tzvoras for ISL". ibnlive.com/. ibnlive.com. 3 September 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
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[2] "Indian Super League". Retrieved 16 October 2014.

[3] "Indian Super League sees interest from 30 franchise bidders". Business Standard. 24 March 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.

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[5] "Hero Indian Super League 2014 Schedule". Indian. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.

[6] "Πάει Ινδία ο Τζόρβας!".

[7] "NorthEast United sign Garcia, Mtonga and Tzvoras for ISL". ibnlive.com/. ibnlive.com. 3 September 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2015.

[8] "ISL: NorthEast United FC sign English striker James Keene". sportskeeda.com. sportskeeda. 12 September 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2015.

[9] "Koke signs for NorthEast United FC". The Times of India. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.

[10] "Koke signs with NorthEast United FC". Goal.com. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.

[11] Bali, Rahul (16 July 2014). "Capdevila: 'It's a privilege to popularise football in India'". Goal.com. Retrieved 16 July 2014.

[12] "Leo Bertos signs for NorthEast United FC". Goal. Retrieved 8 December 2014.

[13] "Sindicato consegue clube para Miguel Garcia na Índia" [Union finds club for Miguel Garcia in India]. Mais Futebol. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.

[14] "NorthEast United FC Signs Portuguese Miguel Garcia". Football Masala. 3 September 2014. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.

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