2019–20 NorthEast United FC season

NorthEast United
2019–20 season
Owner	John Abraham
Head Coach	Robert Jarni; (until 10 February 2020); Khalid Jamil; (interim)
Stadium	Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati
ISL	9th
Super Cup	Tournament Suspended
Top goalscorer	League: ; Asamoah Gyan (4); All: ; Asamoah Gyan (4)
Highest home attendance	17,942
Lowest home attendance	1,000
Average home league attendance	8,253
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 NorthEast United FC season was the club's sixth season since its establishment in 2014 and their sixth season in the Indian Super League.

Players

Current squad

Squad No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1	Pawan Kumar	GK	(1990-07-01) 1 July 1990 (age 34)
16	Soram Anganba	GK	(1992-12-24) 24 December 1992 (age 31)
24	Subhasish Roy Chowdhury	GK	(1986-09-27) 27 September 1986 (age 38)
Defenders
5	Provat Lakra	LB / RB	(1997-08-12) 12 August 1997 (age 27)
15	Mislav Komorski	CB	(1992-04-17) 17 April 1992 (age 32)
14	Kai Heerings	CB	(1990-01-12) 12 January 1990 (age 34)
26	Shouvik Ghosh	LB	(1992-11-05) 5 November 1992 (age 32)
2	Wayne Vaz	CB / RB / DM	(1994-07-28) 28 July 1994 (age 30)
29	Nim Dorjee Tamang	CB / RB	(1995-10-28) 28 October 1995 (age 29)
33	Rakesh Pradhan	RB / LB	(1997-08-02) 2 August 1997 (age 27)
12	Reagan Singh	LB	(1991-04-01) 1 April 1991 (age 33)
34	Pawan Kumar	LB	(1995-05-12) 12 May 1995 (age 29)
Midfielders
32	Lalthathanga Khawlhring	CM / DM	(1998-03-30) 30 March 1998 (age 26)
8	Milan Singh	CM / DM / AM	(1992-05-15) 15 May 1992 (age 32)
22	Redeem Tlang	RM / RW / AM	(1995-02-22) 22 February 1995 (age 29)
10	Federico Gallego	AM / RM / LM	(1990-06-13) 13 June 1990 (age 34)
23	Nikhil Kadam	RW / LW	(1993-06-23) 23 June 1993 (age 31)
6	José David Leudo	CM	(1993-11-09) 9 November 1993 (age 31)
13	Fanai Lalrempuia	CM	(1996-05-11) 11 May 1996 (age 28)
21	Rupert Nongrum	RM / RB / CM	(1996-08-21) 21 August 1996 (age 28)
7	Ninthoinganba Meetei	RW / LW	(2001-07-13) 13 July 2001 (age 23)
30	Lalengmawia	CM / AM / LW	(2000-10-17) 17 October 2000 (age 24)
Strikers
11	Martín Cháves	CF / LW / RW	(1998-05-12) 12 May 1998 (age 26)
9	Andrew Keogh	CF	(1986-05-16) 16 May 1986 (age 38)
–	Simon Lundevall	LW / RW	(1988-09-23) 23 September 1988 (age 36)

Transfers

Loan return and Retained players

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Type	Ref.
24 May 2019	MF	Redeem Tlang	-	Retained	^[1]
30 May 2019	MF	Lalthathanga Khawlhring	-	Retained	^[2]
31 May 2019	FW	Kivi Zhimomi	TRAU	Loan return	^{[citation needed]}
5 June 2019	MF	Nikhil Kadam	-	Retained	^[3]
6 June 2019	MF	Fanai Lalrempuia			^[4]
7 June 2019	GK	Pawan Kumar			^[5]
10 June 2019	DF	Provat Lakra			^[6]
11 June 2019	GK	Gurmeet			^[7]
13 June 2019	MF	Rupert Nongrum			^[8]
18 June 2019	DF	Shouvik Ghosh			^[9]

In

No.	Pos.	Name	From	Date	Type	Ref.
TBD	MF	Lalengmawia	Indian Arrows	23 May 2019	Free	^[10]
TBD	MF	Ninthoinganba Meetei	Indian Arrows	31 May 2019		^[11]
TBD	DF	Wayne Vaz	FC Pune City	3 June 2019		^[12]

Management

As of 24 July 2019.

Position	Name
Head Coach	Khalid Jamil (interim)
Assistant Coach	Sasa Glavas
Assistant Coach and Head of Academy	Khalid Jamil^[13]
Goalkeeping Coach	Sandip Nandy
Technical Advisor	Avram Grant^[14]
Strength and conditioning coach	Jose Carlos Barosso
Strength and conditioning coach	Ivica Vrgoc
Physiotherapist	Arvind Yadav

Competitions

Indian Super League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Odisha	18	7	4	7	28	31	−3	25
7	Kerala Blasters	18	4	7	7	29	32	−3	19
8	Jamshedpur	18	4	6	8	22	35	−13	18
9	NorthEast United	18	2	8	8	16	30	−14	14
10	Hyderabad	18	2	4	12	21	39	−18	10

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

^
Note 1: Originally, Mohun Bagan, the 2019–20 I-League champions (they were already assured of the title before the league was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India), would qualify as India 2 (2021 AFC Cup group stage), and ATK, the 2019–20 Indian Super League playoffs winners, would qualify as India 3 (2021 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs).^[15] However, ATK owners KGSPL ceased their football operation and bought majority stakes in Mohun Bagan FC (India) Private Limited and rebranded Mohun Bagan football team as ATK Mohun Bagan FC from the 2020–21 Indian Super League season which qualified as India 2 in 2021 AFC club competition. The All India Football Federation decided that Bengaluru FC, the 2019–20 Indian Super League regular season 3rd place (behind FC Goa, which qualified for the 2021 AFC Champions League, and ATK), will qualify as India 3.^[16]

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
18	2	8	8	16	30	−14	14	1	5	3	12	20	−8	1	3	5	4	10	−6

Last updated: 20 February 2020.
Source: Matches

Results by matchday

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

Updated to match(es) played on 25 February 2020. Source: soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures

League stage

21 October 2019 (2019-10-21) 1	Bengaluru	0–0	NorthEast United	Bengaluru
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)		Report	Chowdhury 66'	Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: 15,971 Referee: Venkatesh Man of the Match: Augusto (Kerala)

26 October 2019 (2019-10-26) 2	NorthEast United	2–1	Odisha	Guwahati
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Tlang 2' 89' Triadis 38' Chowdhury 45+1' Gyan 45+2' 84' Vaz 71'	Report	Sarangi 21' Hernández 71' Delgado 73' Kumar 90'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 14,672 Referee: Baksi Man of the Match: Gyan (NorthEast)

1 November 2019 (2019-11-01) 3	NorthEast United	2–2	Goa	Guwahati
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Pradhan 33' Leudo 37' Gyan 54' Tlang 58' 74' Heerings 90+5'	Report	Boumous 31' Doungel 90+3' Singh 90+6'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 17,273 Referee: Srikrishna Man of the Match: Tlang (NorthEast)

6 November 2019 (2019-11-06) 4	Hyderabad	0–1	NorthEast United	Hyderabad
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Singh 13' Halder 76' Sampingiraj 85' Kilgallon 89' Singh 90+5'	Report	Vaz 85' Barreiro 86' (pen.) Singh 90+2' Chowdhury 90+4'	Stadium: G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 8,190 Referee: Thakur Man of the Match: Barreiro (NorthEast)

27 November 2019 (2019-11-27) 5	NorthEast United	2–2	Mumbai City	Guwahati
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Triadis 9' Gyan 42'	Report	Chermiti 23', 32' 50' Sougou 50' Bose 80'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 17,942 Referee: Thakur Man of the Match: Gyan (NorthEast)

2 December 2019 (2019-12-02) 6	Jamshedpur	1–1	NorthEast United	Jamshedpur
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Castel 28' Gurung 87'	Report	Cháves 22' Triadis 90' 90+1'	Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex Attendance: 20,633 Referee: Nathan Man of the Match: Choudhary (Jamshedpur)

7 December 2019 7	NorthEast United	0–3	ATK	Guwahati
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Triadis 48' Leudo 70' Khawlhring 83'	Report	Williams 11' Krishna 35', 90+4' Das 71' Singh 76' Bhattacharya 86'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 13,393 Referee: Alkhudhayr Man of the Match: Williams (ATK)

18 December 2019 (2019-12-18) 8	NorthEast United	0–2	Bengaluru	Guwahati
18:00 IST (UTC+05:30)	Tlang 41'	Report	Paartalu 42' Chhetri 68' (pen.) Serrán 81'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Referee: Bora Man of the Match: Juanan (Bengaluru)

28 December 2019 (2019-12-28) 9	Kerala Blasters	1-1	NorthEast United	Kochi
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Singh 37' Ogbeche 43' (pen.) Jessel 52'	Report	Chowdhury 42' Gyan 50' (pen.) 53' Lalengmawia 62'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 12,168 Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta Man of the Match: Mario Arques (Kerala)

8 January 2020 (2020-01-08) 10	Goa	2-0	NorthEast United	Goa
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Brandon Fernandes 38' Mislav Komorski 69' (og.) Mandar 77' Coro 82' (pen.)	Report	Reagan Singh 31' Leudo 80' Gallego 81'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 12,744 Referee: Crystal John Man of the Match: Lenny Rodrigues (FC Goa)

16 January 2020 (2020-01-16) 11	Chenniyin	2-0	NorthEast United	Chennai
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Rafael Crivellaro 57' Nerijus Valskis 60'	Report		Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 8,250 Referee: Kasimov Sherzod Man of the Match: Rafael Crivellaro (Chennaiyin)

27 January 2020 (2020-01-27) 12	ATK	1-0	NorthEast United	Kolkata
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Victor Mongil 53' Roy 66' Balwant Singh 90'	Report	Chowdhury 75' Reagan Singh 87'	Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Attendance: 15,101 Referee: Crystal John Man of the Match: Balwant Singh (ATK)

31 January 2020 (2020-01-31) 13	Mumbai City FC	1-0	NorthEast United	Mumbai
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Diego Carlos 7' Mohammed Rafique 19' Diego Carlos 44' Modou Sougou 79'	Report	Reagan Singh 87+90' 90' Nikhil Kadam 90'	Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena Attendance: 4,563 Referee: R Venkatesh Man of the Match: Diego Carlos (Mumbai)

7 February 2020 (2020-02-07) 14	NorthEast United	0-0	Kerala Blasters	Guwahati
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Milan Singh 12' Rakesh Pradhan 21' Wayne Vaz 44' Gallego 81'	Report	Ogbeche 35' Moustapha Gning 90'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Referee: Ranjit Baksi Man of the Match: Lalengmawia (NorthEast United)

10 February 2020 (2020-02-10) 15	NorthEast United	3-3	Jamshedpur	Guwahati
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Gallego 5' 90' Heerings 55' Tlang 77' Lalengmawia 87' Leudo 88' 90' Chaves 90'	Report	Grande 45' Choudhary 67+87' 87' Acosta 76' 82' Memo 85' Mandi 90'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Referee: Dingert Christian Man of the Match: Leudo (NorthEast United)

14 February 2020 (2020-02-14) 16	Odisha	2-1	NorthEast United	Bhubaneswar
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Sarangi 29' Vinit Rai 31' Manuel Onwu 46' 84' Martín Pérez Guedes 72' 90'	Report	Redeem Tlang 19' Cháves 24' Leudo 35' Rakesh Pradhan 37' Wayne Vaz 84'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Attendance: 6,456 Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari Man of the Match: Xisco Hernández (Odisha FC)

20 February 2020 (2020-02-20) 17	NorthEast United	1-5	Hyderabad	Guwahati
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Keogh 34' Gallego 57' Chaves 78'	Report	Colaco 12' 41' Marcelinho 13' 87' Panwar 45' Yasir 55'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Man of the Match: Colaco (Hyderabad FC)

25 February 2020 (2020-02-25) 18	NorthEast United	2-2	Chennaiyin	Guwahati
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Chaves 43' (pen.) 71'	Report	Saighani 17' German 32' Singh Chhangte 90+2'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Man of the Match: Chaves (NorthEast United)

Squad Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	League	Total
1	3	FW	Asamoah Gyan	4	4
2	22	FW	Redeem Tlang	3	3
2	11	FW	Martin Chaves	3	3
4	21	FW	Panagiotis Triadis	2	2
5	9	FW	Andrew Keogh	1	1
	20	FW	Maximiliano Barreiro	1	1
	10	MF	Federico Gallego	1	1
	6	MF	José David Leudo	1	1
Totals				16	16

References

^ "Redeem Tlang retained". 24 May 2019.
^ "Puitea retained". 30 June 2019.
^ "Nikhil Kadam retained". 5 June 2019.
^ "Puia retained". 6 June 2019.
^ "Pawan Kumar retained". 7 June 2019.
^ "Provat Lakra retained". 10 June 2019.
^ "Gurmeet retained". 11 June 2019.
^ "Repert Nongrum retained". 13 June 2019.
^ "Shouvik Ghosh retained". 18 June 2019.
^ "Northeast United signs Mawia". 23 May 2019.
^ "Northeast United signs Ninthoi". 31 May 2019.
^ "Northeast United signs Wayne Vaz". 3 June 2019.
^ "Khalid Jamil joins club as Assistant coach and Head of Academy". Retrieved 19 June 2019.
^ "Grant appointed back as advisor". neufc.com. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
^ "Clarification over AFC Club Competition slots from 2021 onwards". www.the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
^ "Bengaluru FC to play in AFC Cup playoffs as AIFF confirms all three continental spots for ISL teams". Scroll.in. 4 June 2020. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.

[cnote_Note_1] 
Note 1: Originally, Mohun Bagan, the 2019–20 I-League champions (they were already assured of the title before the league was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India), would qualify as India 2 (2021 AFC Cup group stage), and ATK, the 2019–20 Indian Super League playoffs winners, would qualify as India 3 (2021 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs).^[15] However, ATK owners KGSPL ceased their football operation and bought majority stakes in Mohun Bagan FC (India) Private Limited and rebranded Mohun Bagan football team as ATK Mohun Bagan FC from the 2020–21 Indian Super League season which qualified as India 2 in 2021 AFC club competition. The All India Football Federation decided that Bengaluru FC, the 2019–20 Indian Super League regular season 3rd place (behind FC Goa, which qualified for the 2021 AFC Champions League, and ATK), will qualify as India 3.^[16]

[1] "Redeem Tlang retained". 24 May 2019.

[2] "Puitea retained". 30 June 2019.

[3] "Nikhil Kadam retained". 5 June 2019.

[4] "Puia retained". 6 June 2019.

[5] "Pawan Kumar retained". 7 June 2019.

[6] "Provat Lakra retained". 10 June 2019.

[7] "Gurmeet retained". 11 June 2019.

[8] "Repert Nongrum retained". 13 June 2019.

[9] "Shouvik Ghosh retained". 18 June 2019.

[10] "Northeast United signs Mawia". 23 May 2019.

[11] "Northeast United signs Ninthoi". 31 May 2019.

[12] "Northeast United signs Wayne Vaz". 3 June 2019.

[13] "Khalid Jamil joins club as Assistant coach and Head of Academy". Retrieved 19 June 2019.

[14] "Grant appointed back as advisor". neufc.com. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.

[15] "Clarification over AFC Club Competition slots from 2021 onwards". www.the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.

[16] "Bengaluru FC to play in AFC Cup playoffs as AIFF confirms all three continental spots for ISL teams". Scroll.in. 4 June 2020. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.

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