# 2018–19 FC Pune City season

The 2018–19 FC Pune City season is the club's fifth season since its establishment in 2014 and their fifth season in the Indian Super League. This was the club's last season in the Indian Super League.

## Background
### Transfers
#### Contract Extension

| No. | Position | Player | Date |
| 9 | FW | Emiliano Alfaro | 11 June 2018 |
| 10 | FW | Marcelinho | 13 June 2018 |
| 5 | MF | Adil Khan | 25 June 2018 |
| 17 | MF | Rohit Kumar | 29 June 2018 |
| 20 | FW | Diego Carlos | 4 July 2018 |
| 15 | MF | Marko Stanković | 4 July 2018 |
| 3 | DF | Gurtej Singh | 19 July 2018 |
| 1 | GK | Kamaljit Singh | 19 July 2018 |
| 31 | DF | Lalchhuanmawia | 19 July 2018 |

#### In

| No. | Position | Player | Previous club | Transfer fee | Date |
| 11 | MF | Gabriel Fernandes | East Bengal | Free agent | 9 July 2018 |
| 16 | MF | Shankar Sampingiraj | ATK | Free agent | 9 July 2018 |
| – | FW | Robin Singh | ATK | Free agent | 23 July 2018 |
| 27 | MF | Nikhil Poojari | East Bengal | Free agent | 26 July 2018 |
| – | MF | Alwyn George | Bengaluru FC | Free agent | 26 July 2018 |
| 32 | DF | Keenan Almeida | Chennaiyin | Free agent | 30 July 2018 |
| – | FW | Iain Hume | Kerala Blasters | Free agent | 2 August 2018 |
| 21 | DF | Martín Díaz | NorthEast United | Free agent | 17 August 2018 |
| – | DF | Matt Mills | Barnsley | Free agent | 21 August 2018 |
| – | MF | Jonathan Vila | Recreativo | Free agent | 23 August 2018 |
| – | DF | Ashutosh Mehta | ATK | Free agent | 23 August 2018 |

#### Out

| No. | Position | Player | Outgoing club |
| 19 | MF | Kean Lewis | Bengaluru FC |
| 7 | MF | Jonatan Lucca | C.F. Os Belenenses |
| | DF | Sebastian Thangmuansang | NEROCA |
| 4 | MF | Rafa | CF Rayo Majadahonda |
| 6 | MF | Marcos Tébar | Delhi Dynamos |
| 11 | FW | Ajay Singh | Gokulam Kerala |
| 23 | FW | Jewel Raja | Mohammedan |
| 21 | DF | Lolo | unattached |

## Pre-season and friendlies

FC Pune City kicked -off their pre-season preparations by participating in the second edition of the AWES Cup in Goa from 29 August 2018.
In the last edition of AWES Cup, FC Pune City Reserves squad went up to semifinals before losing to Dempo Sports Club 1–0. But this time around, the club has decided to participate in the event with their entire first team squad. FC Pune City is placed along with Dempo SC, Salgaocar FC and FC Goa in Group A.

## Players

    As of 31 August 2018

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | ISL | ISL | Super Cup | Super Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | IND | Kamaljit Singh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | IND | Vishal Kaith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | IND | Anuj Kumar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 18 | DF | IND | Ashutosh Mehta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | IND | Gurtej Singh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | IND | Sahil Panwar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Matt Mills | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | IND | Sarthak Golui | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | IND | Nim Dorjee Tamang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | IND | Lalchhuanmawia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | URU | Martín Díaz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | IND | Keenan Almeida | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | ESP | Jonathan Vila | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | IND | Shankar Sampingiraj | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | IND | Rohit Kumar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | IND | Adil Khan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | AUT | Marko Stanković | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | IND | Abhishek Halder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | IND | Alwyn George | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | IND | Nikhil Poojari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | IND | Abhijit Sarkar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 23 | FW | IND | Robin Singh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Marcelinho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | BRA | Diego Carlos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | IND | Jakob Vanlalhimpuia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | IND | Gabriel Fernandes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | CAN | Iain Hume | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: soccerway

## Competitions
### Indian Super League
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Jamshedpur | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 29 | 21 | +8 | 27 |
| 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 |

#### League stage
## Technical staff

| Position | Name |
| Manager | Phil Brown |
| Assistant Coach | Gonzalo Yarza |
| Technical Director | Pradyum Reddy |
| Assistant Coach | TBD |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Ali Uzunhasanoglu |
| Team Physiotherapists | TBD |
| Team Physiotherapists | Sumedh Desai |
| Team Doctor | |
| Team Operations Manager | Ankur Paliwal |
| Team Masseur | Ramkishan Singh |
| Kit Manager | |
| Youth Team – Head Coach | Anshul Katiyar |
| Youth Team – Assistant Coach | |