# 2018–19 NorthEast United FC season

The 2018–19 NorthEast United FC season was the club's fifth season since its establishment in 2014 and their fifth season in the Indian Super League.

## Players
### Current squad

| Squad no. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 13 | Rehenesh TP | GK | (1993-02-13) 13 February 1993 (age 31) |
| 1 | Pawan Kumar | GK | (1990-07-01) 1 July 1990 (age 34) |
| 31 | Gurmeet Singh | GK | (1999-12-03) 3 December 1999 (age 25) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Janeiler Rivas | CB | (1988-05-18) 18 May 1988 (age 36) |
| 12 | Reagan Singh | RB / CB | (1991-04-01) 1 April 1991 (age 33) |
| 19 | Robert Lalthlamuana | LB / RB / LM | (1988-09-04) 4 September 1988 (age 36) |
| 5 | Provat Lakra | LB / RB | (1997-08-12) 12 August 1997 (age 27) |
| 4 | Pawan Kumar | CB / RB | (1995-05-12) 12 May 1995 (age 29) |
| 16 | Gurwinder Singh | CB / DM | (1986-04-16) 16 April 1986 (age 38) |
| 20 | Keegan Pereira | LB | (1987-11-07) 7 November 1987 (age 37) |
| 3 | Mislav Komorski | CB / LB / DM | (1992-04-17) 17 April 1992 (age 32) |
| 18 | Mato Grgić | CB | (1987-09-27) 27 September 1987 (age 37) |
| TBD | Shouvik Ghosh | LB | (1992-11-05) 5 November 1992 (age 32) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 7 | Fanai Lalrempuia | CM | (1996-05-11) 11 May 1996 (age 28) |
| 9 | Federico Gallego | AM / RW / LW | (1990-06-13) 13 June 1990 (age 34) |
| 6 | José David Leudo | CM | (1993-11-09) 9 November 1993 (age 31) |
| 21 | Rupert Nongrum | RM / RB / CM | (1996-08-21) 21 August 1996 (age 28) |
| 11 | Simranjit Singh | RM / CM / RB / CB / DM | (1992-01-25) 25 January 1992 (age 32) |
| 32 | Lalthathanga Khawlhring | CM / DM | (1998-03-30) 30 March 1998 (age 26) |
| 22 | Redeem Tlang | RM / RW / AM | (1995-02-22) 22 February 1995 (age 29) |
| 14 | Rowllin Borges | DM | (1992-06-05) 5 June 1992 (age 32) |
| TBD | Seityasen Singh | RM / LM | (1992-03-12) 12 March 1992 (age 32) |
| 27 | Panagiotis Triadis | LW / SS / RW | (1992-09-09) 9 September 1992 (age 32) |
| 23 | Nikhil Kadam | RW / LW | (1993-06-23) 23 June 1993 (age 31) |
| Strikers |||||
| 15 | Kivi Zhimomi | CF / SS | (1996-05-03) 3 May 1996 (age 28) |
| 8 | Girik Khosla | CF / LW / RW | (1995-01-04) 4 January 1995 (age 29) |
| 24 | Juan Cruz Mascia | CF | (1994-01-03) 3 January 1994 (age 30) |
| 10 | Bartholomew Ogbeche (C) | CF / LW / RW | (1984-10-01) 1 October 1984 (age 40) |

## Transfers
### Loan return and Retained players

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Type |
| 28 July 2018 | MF | Lalthathanga Khawlhring | Aizawl F.C. | Loan return |
| 21 July 2018 | MF | Rowllin Borges | – | Retained |
| 21 July 2018 | MF | Rehenesh TP | – | Retained |
| 21 July 2018 | MF | Fanai Lalrempuia | – | Retained |
| 21 July 2018 | MF | Reagan Singh | – | Retained |
| 9 August 2018 | MF | Robert Lalthlamuana | – | Retained |

### In

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| No. | Pos. | Name | From | Date | Type | Ref. | Ref. |
| TBD | MF | Seityasen Singh | Delhi Dynamos | 1 August 2018 | Free | | |
| 22 | MF | Redeem Tlang | Shillong Lajong | 31 July 2018 | Free | | |
| 23 | MF | Nikhil Kadam | Mohun Bagan | 24 July 2018 | Free | | |
| 1 | GK | Pawan Kumar | Chennaiyin | 25 July 2018 | Free | | |
| 5 | DF | Provat Lakra | Pathachakra | 6 August 2018 | Free | | |
| 16 | DF | Gurwinder Singh | East Bengal | 25 July 2018 | Free | | |
| 4 | DF | Pawan Kumar | FC Pune City | 25 July 2018 | Free | | |
| 15 | FW | Kivi Zhimomi | Gokulam | 24 July 2018 | Free | | |
| 8 | FW | Girik Khosla | Minerva Punjab | 3 August 2018 | Free | | |
| 11 | MF | Simranjit Singh | Delhi Dynamos | 16 August 2018 | Free | | |
| 21 | MF | Rupert Nongrum | ATK | 16 August 2018 | Free | | |
| 10 | FW | Bartholomew Ogbeche | Willem II | 26 August 2018 | Free | | |
| 24 | FW | Juan Cruz Mascia | Plaza Colonia | 27 August 2018 | Free | | |
| 17 | MF | Augustine Okrah | Al-Hilal | 30 August 2018 | Free | | |
| 6 | MF | José David Leudo | Atlético Huila | 29 August 2018 | Free | | |
| 18 | DF | Mato Grgić | NK Inter Zaprešić | 1 September 2018 | Free | | |
| 3 | DF | Mislav Komorski | NK Inter Zaprešić | 1 September 2018 | Free | | |
| 9 | MF | Federico Gallego | Boston River | 5 September 2018 | Loan | | |
| 27 | MF | Panagiotis Triadis | Apollon Smyrnis | 17 January 2019 | Free | | |
| TBD | DF | Shouvik Ghosh | Mumbai City FC | 18 January 2019 | Free | | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

NorthEast United was rumoured to travel to Sweden for its preseason. The tour was cancelled and the club continued their preparations in India itself playing against teams like I-League champion Minerva Punjab and runner up NEROCA.

## Indian Super League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 2 | Goa | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 20 | +16 | 34 | Advance to ISL Playoffs |
| 3 | Mumbai City | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 20 | +5 | 30 | Advance to ISL Playoffs |
| 4 | NorthEast United | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 18 | +4 | 29 | Advance to ISL Playoffs |
| 5 | Jamshedpur | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 29 | 21 | +8 | 27 | |
| 6 | ATK | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 22 | −4 | 24 | |
* ↑ Head-to-head standings: Bengaluru 6 pts, Goa 0 pts.

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 01 March 2019. Source: Matches

### 1st Half: Results by round

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

### 2nd Half: Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | D | W | D | D |

### Semi-finals
#### Leg-1
#### Leg-2
## Management

As of 17 August 2018.
| Position | Name |
| Head Coach | Eelco Schattorie |
| Assistant Coach | Shaun Ontong |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Joseph Sidy |
| Technical Advisor | Avram Grant |
| Strength and conditioning coach | Mauro André Claro Martins |
| Physiotherapist | Arvind Yadav |

## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Indian Super League | Indian Super League | Indian Super Cup | Indian Super Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | IND | Pawan Kumar | 16 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | COL | Janeiler Rivas | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | IND | Pawan Kumar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | IND | Provat Lakra | 6 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | COL | José David Leudo | 20 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | IND | Fanai Lalrempuia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | IND | Girik Khosla | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | URU | Federico Gallego | 20 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | NGA | Bartholomew Ogbeche | 18 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | IND | Simranjit Singh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | IND | Reagan Singh | 19 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | IND | Rehenesh TP | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | IND | Rowllin Borges | 20 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | IND | Gurwinder Singh | 12 | 0 | 5+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | CRO | Mato Grgić | 20 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | IND | Robert Lalthlamuana | 14 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | IND | Keegan Pereira | 15 | 0 | 5+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | IND | Rupert Nongrum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | IND | Redeem Tlang | 19 | 1 | 17+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | IND | Nikhil Kadam | 13 | 0 | 4+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | URU | Juan Cruz Mascia | 16 | 3 | 7+8 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | GRE | Panagiotis Triadis | 8 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | IND | Gurmeet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | IND | Lalthathanga Khawlhring | 21 | 0 | 13+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| - | MF | IND | Seityasen Singh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | IND | Shouvik Ghosh | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left NorthEast United during the season: ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | CRO | Mislav Komorski (Injury) | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | IND | Kivi Zhimomi (on loan at TRAU F.C.) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | GHA | Augustine Okrah (Injury) | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

| Rnk | No. | Nation | Player | Pos | Indian Super League | Indian Super Cup | Total |
| 1 | 10 | | Bartholomew Ogbeche | FW | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | 9 | | Federico Gallego | MF | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 14 | | Rowllin Borges | MF | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 24 | | Juan Cruz Mascia | MF | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 22 | | Redeem Tlang | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 24 | 1 | 25 |

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Nation | Player | Pos | Yellow Card | Red Card |
| 20 | | Keegan Pereira | DF | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | | Robert Lalthlamuana | DF | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | | Reagan Singh | DF | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | | Rowllin Borges | MF | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | | Redeem Tlang | MF | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | | Federico Gallego | MF | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | | Provat Lakra | DF | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | | José David Leudo | MF | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | | Bartholomew Ogbeche | FW | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | | Mislav Komorski | DF | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | | Mato Grgić | DF | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | | Gurwinder Singh | DF | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 30 | 3 |