2017–18 FC Pune City season
 | This article needs to be updated. (March 2018) |
| 2017–18 season | |
|---|---|
| Head Coach | Ranko Popović |
| Stadium | Balewadi Sports Complex |
| ISL | TBD |
| Top goalscorer | League: Emiliano Alfaro All: Emiliano Alfaro |
| Highest home attendance | 9,881 vs Chennaiyin (3 December 2017) |
| Lowest home attendance | 7,112 vs Delhi Dynamos (22 November 2017) |
| Average home league attendance | 8,668 |
| All statistics correct as of 10 December 2017. | |
The 2017–18 FC Pune City season will be the club's fourth season since its establishment in 2014 and their fourth season in the Indian Super League.This will be the first season for coach Ranko Popović with the club. He replaced Antonio López Habas middle of the pre–season.[1]
Background
Pune City finished sixth in 2016 ISL season and failed to qualify for the semifinals.
Player movement
Due to the Indian Super League regulation each club was allowed to retain a maximum of two Indian players over the age of twenty-one (21) and 3 under-21 players from previous squad.[2] Pune City retained goalkeeper Vishal Kaith and an under-21 forward Ashique Kuruniyan.[3] On 10 July Pune City announced signing of Uruguayan striker Emiliano Alfaro.[4]
In ISL players draft held on 23 July 2017, Pune City picked 14 players to the squad.[5] Pune City picked goalkeeper Kamaljit Singh and added defenders Adil Khan, Lalchhuanmawia, Nim Dorjee Tamang, Harpreet Singh, Wayne Vaz, Gurtej Singh and Pawan Kumar from draft. Pune City added midfielders Kean Lewis, Jewel Raja, Isaac Vanmalsawma and Rohit Kumar to the squad and also picked forwards Baljit Sahni and Ajay Singh from draft.
On 4 August Pune City announce signing of Spanish midfielder Marcos Tébar.[6] The club announced signing of Brazilian forward Marcelinho on 21 August.[7] On 23 August Pune City announced their next signing Spanish defender Rafa Lopez Gomez.[8] On 24 August Pune city announced signing of midfielder Jonatan Lucca.[9] The club then announced signing Croatian defender Damir Grgic on 29 August.[10] Pune City on 8 September announced their seventh foreigner as Brazilian forward Diego Carlos.[11] Pune City signed their last foreigner Argentinian midfielder Robertino Pugliara on 12 August.[12]
In
Out
| Pos. | Player | New Club | Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK |  Apoula Edel
|
Released | 1 January 2017 | |
| MF |  Manish Maithani
|
Released | 1 January 2017 | |
| FW |  Dramane Traoré
|
Released | 1 January 2017 | |
| FW |  Aníbal Zurdo
|
 Atletico Pinto
|
1 January 2017 | [13] |
| DF |  Eduardo Ferreira
|
Mohun Bagan | 4 January 2017 | [14] |
| FW | Arata Izumi
|
NEROCA | 9 January 2017 | [15] |
| MF | Bruno Herrero
|
San Fernando
|
19 January 2017 | [16] |
| MF | Pitu
|
Llagostera
|
24 January 2017 | [17] |
| FW |  Momar Ndoye
|
Arandina
|
26 January 2017 | [18] |
| MF | Jesús Tato
|
La Roda
|
14 February 2017 | [19] |
| MF | Mohamed Sissoko
|
 Ternana Calcio
|
17 February 2017 | [20] |
| GK | Arindam Bhattacharya
|
Mumbai City | 23 July 2017 | [21] |
| DF | Yumnam Raju
|
Jamshedpur | 23 July 2017 | [21] |
| DF | Narayan Das
|
Goa | 23 July 2017 | [21] |
| MF | Francis Fernandes
|
Chennaiyin | 23 July 2017 | [21] |
| MF | Sanju Pradhan
|
Mumbai City | 23 July 2017 | [21] |
| MF | Lenny Rodrigues
|
Bengaluru | 23 July 2017 | [21] |
| MF |  Gustavo Oberman
|
Argentino de Quilmes
|
1 August 2017 | [22] |
| DF | Gouramangi Singh
|
NEROCA | 17 October 2017 | [23] |
| DF | Dharmaraj Ravanan
|
Chennai City | 23 October 2017 | [24] |
Pre-season and friendlies
Pune City stayed at Pune for pre-season. The club played their first friendly against DSK Shivajians U18 on 30 September and won 3–0. Goals scored by Kean Lewis, Adil Khan and Gaurav Bora. Then in next friendly against Chanmari Pune City won 5–0 on 16 October. Jonatan Lucca, Emiliano Alfaro, Rohit, Ajay Singh and Isaac scored a goal each for the club. Pune City Played East Bengal on 30 October and won 2–1. Lucca and Alfaro scored for Pune City. Mahmoud Amnah scored for East Bengal from penalty. Pune City played their next friendly against Mohun Bagan and won it 4–1. Alfaro scored brace, while Ajay Singh and Isaac scored a goal each for Pune City. Dipanda pulled one back for Mohun Bagan. Pune City played a 2–2 draw against Chennaiyin in their last friendly. Marcelinho and Diego Carlos scored for Pune City. Baoringdao Bodo scored the first goal for Chennaiyin and the second goal was an own goal.
| 30 September 2017 Friendly | Pune City | 3–0 | DSK Shivajians U18 | Pune |
| 9:30 IST | Kean  30'Adil 49'Gaurav Bora 68' |
Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex |
| 16 October 2017 Friendly | Pune City | 5–0 | Chanmari | Pune |
| 19:00 IST | Lucca 9' Alfaro 25'Rohit 40'Ajay 51'Isaac 72' |
Report | Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex |
| 30 October 2017 Friendly | Pune City | 2–1 | East Bengal | Pune |
| IST | Lucca Alfaro |
Report | Amnah (pen.) |
Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex |
| 6 November 2017 Friendly | Pune City | 4–1 | Mohun Bagan | Pune |
| 19:00 IST | Report | Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex |
| 12 November 2017 Friendly | Pune City | 2–2 | Chennaiyin | Pune |
| IST | Report | Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex |
Indian Super League
November
Pune City started with 2–3 loss against Delhi Dynamos in their first match of 2017–18 Indian Super League season at home on 22 November.[25] Paulinho Dias opened the scoring for Delhi in the 46th minute, while Lallianzuala Chhangte and Matías Mirabaje netted in the 54th and 65th minute, respectively. Emiliano Alfaro scored Pune’s first goal of the match in the 67th minute and Marcos Tebar netted their second in injury–time.
Table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Chennaiyin[a] (C) | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 19 | +5 | 32 | Qualification for ISL play-offs |
| 3 | Goa | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 42 | 28 | +14 | 30 | |
| 4 | Pune City | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 21 | +9 | 30 | |
| 5 | Jamshedpur | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 26 | |
| 6 | Kerala Blasters | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 22 | −2 | 25 |
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
(C) Champions
Matches
| 22 November 2017 1 | Pune City | 2–3 | Delhi Dynamos | Pune, India |
| 20:00 IST | Alfaro 67' Marcelinho  87' Tebar 90' |
Report | Paulinho 46' Changte 54' Mirabaje 65' 79' Cichero 88' |
Stadium: Balewadi Stadium Attendance: 7,912 Man of the Match: Lallianzuala Chhangte (Delhi Dynamos) |
| 26 November 2017 2 | ATK | 1–4 | Pune City | Kolkata |
| 17:30 IST | Lyngdoh 27' Bipin 50' Kuqi 73' |
Report | Marcelinho 13', 60' Sahni 48' Rohit 51' Alfaro 80' Grgič 87' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 32816[26] Man of the Match: Marcelinho (Pune City) |
| 29 November 2017 3 | Pune City | 2–1 | Mumbai City | Pune |
| 20:00 IST | Tebar 47' Alfaro 74', 90' |
Report | Balwant 15' Sehnaj 45' |
Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Attendance: 8,211 Man of the Match: Gerson Vieira (Mumbai City) |
| 3 December 2017 4 | Pune City | 0–1 | Chennaiyin | Pune |
| 17:30 IST | Adil 54' |
Report | Calderón 18' Sereno 50' 81' Dhanpal 60' Anirudh 78' |
Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Attendance: 9,881 Man of the Match: Jerry Lalrinzuala (Chennaiyin) |
| 10 December 2017 5 | Jamshedpur | 0–1 | Pune City | Jamshedpur |
| 17:30 IST | Azuka 26' Mehtab 55' |
Report | Alfaro 26' Adil 30' Marcelinho 57' Carlos 70' Lalchhuanmawia 72'  81' |
Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex Attendance: 23,913 Man of the Match: Souvik Chakrabarti (Jamshedpur) |
| 14 December 2017 6 | Pune City | 1–3 | Bengaluru | Pune |
| 20:00 IST | Report | Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Attendance: 9968 Man of the Match: Miku (Bengaluru) |
| 23 December 2017 7 | Goa | 0–2 | Pune City | Margao |
| 17:30 IST | Report | Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 18,600 Man of the Match: Adil Khan (Pune City) |
| 30 December 2017 8 | Pune City | 5–0 | NorthEast United | Pune |
| 20:00 IST |
|
Report | Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Attendance: 8762 Man of the Match: Marcelinho (Pune City) |
| 4 January 2018 9 | Kerala Blasters | 1–1 | Pune City | Kochi |
| 20:00 IST | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium |
| 13 January 2018 10 | Chennaiyin | 0–1 | Pune City | Chennai |
| 20:00 IST | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium |
| 20 January 2018 11 | Pune City | 3–0 | ATK | Pune |
| 20:00 IST | Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex |
| 24 January 2018 12 | Pune City | 2–1 | Jamshedpur | Pune |
| 20:00 IST | Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex |
Technical staff
- As of September 2017
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Head Coach |  Ranko Popovic
|
| Assistant Coach | Vladica Grujic
|
| Assistant Coach / Head of Football (Youth) |  Pradyum Reddy
|
| Assistant Coach |  Ivica Barbaric
|
| Goalkeeping Coach |  Ali Uzunhasanoglu
|
| Team Physiotherapists | Vasant Bandi
|
| Siddharth Parab
| |
| Team Doctor | Ajit Mapari
|
| Team Operations Manager | Ankur Paliwal
|
| Youth Team – Head Coach | Anshul Katiyar
|
| Youth Team – Assistant Coach | Mohan Dass
|
Players statistics
Top scorers
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | ISL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | FW | 
|
Emiliano Alfaro | 6 |
| 10 | FW | 
|
Marcelinho | 6 | |
| 3 | 5 | DF |
|
Adil Khan | 4 |
| 4 | 17 | MF |
|
Rohit Kumar | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | DF |
|
Gurtej Singh | 1 |
| 6 | MF |
|
Marcos Tebar | 1 | |
| 7 | MF |
|
Jonatan Lucca | 1 | |
| 22 | MF |
|
Ashique Kuruniyan | 1 | |
| 20 | MF |
|
Diego Carlos | 1 | |
| TOTALS | 23 | ||||
Source: soccerway
Updated: 24 January 2018
Clean sheets
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | ISL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | GK |
|
Vishal Kaith | 5 |
| 1 | GK |
|
Kamaljit Singh | 0 | |
| TOTALS | 5 | ||||
Source: soccerway
Updated: 24 January 2018
Disciplinary record
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | ISL | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
| ||||||
| 1 | 12 | MF |
|
Baljit Sahni | 1 | 1 | Missed a game against Goa (red card).[27] (23 December 2017) |
| 2 | 31 | DF |
|
Lalchhuanmawia | 0 | 1 | Missed a game against Bengaluru (red card).[28] (14 December 2017) |
| 3 | 10 | FW |
|
Marcelinho | 4 | 0 | Missed a game against Chennai |
| 4 | 5 | DF |
|
Adil Khan | 1 | 0 | |
| 6 | MF |
|
Marcos Tebar | 1 | 0 | ||
| 9 | FW |
|
Emiliano Alfaro | 1 | 0 | ||
| 20 | FW |
|
Diego Carlos | 1 | 0 | ||
| 22 | MF |
|
Ashique Kuruniyan | 1 | 0 | ||
| 49 | DF |
|
Damir Grgič | 1 | 0 | ||
| TOTALS | 10 | 2 | |||||
Source: soccerway
Updated: 30 December 2017
See also
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