# 2015 Atlético de Kolkata season

The 2015 season was Atlético de Kolkata's second season in the Indian Super League. They started their second season as the defending champions, and ended the season as the semi-finalists.

## Background

On 15 May 2015, Atlético de Kolkata's board announced that they would retain former Bolivia and Valencia CF manager Antonio Lopez Habas for the 2015 season. It was under him that the team had won the title in 2014. However, in spite of their first season, the team decided in retaining just 7 players from their squad of 2014, including 3 foreigners. The team signed 5 Indians and 10 foreigners from the open market. This was followed by 7 more domestic signings from the Draft.
On 29 July 2015, the team signed Portuguese international Hélder Postiga as its marquee player.
On 25 August 2015, the team went on pre season tour to Madrid, Spain where they trained for a month.

## Players

On 5 June 2015, the team acquired Canadian international forward Iain Hume, whose five goals had helped Kerala to the final of the previous season. In the second season's domestic draft, Atlético de Kolkata had the first pick, choosing Pune F.C. goalkeeper Amrinder Singh for a fee of 4.5 lakhs; their most expensive purchase was that of defender Augustin Fernandes for 26 lakhs. On 29 July, with García released due to his injury record, the team brought in Portugal international forward Hélder Postiga as their new marquee player; aged 32, he became the youngest such player in the league. They finalized their squad of 26, for the year, by 29 July 2015.
On 4 November, the team decided to sign last year final's goalscorer Mohammed Rafique replacing Lalchhawnkima who was ruled out due to Dengue.
On 11 November 2015, the team announced the signing of Serbian international Dejan Lekić to replace injured Josemi
On 16 November 2015, the team announced replacement for another injured player Javi Lara, who found it hard to recover quickly from a groin injury. For him, another Spanish midfielder Jorge Alonso was signed.

### Current squad

    As of 18 November 2015.
| No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) |
| Goalkeepers ||||
| 1 | Juan Calatayud | (1979-12-21) 21 December 1979 (age 44) |
| 13 | Amrinder Singh (on loan from Pune) | (1993-05-27) 27 May 1993 (age 31) |
| 26 | Kunzang Bhutia | (1994-01-03) 3 January 1994 (age 30) |
| Defenders ||||
| 3 | Nallappan Mohanraj | (1989-02-23) 23 February 1989 (age 35) |
| 4 | Tiri | (1991-01-09) 9 January 1991 (age 33) |
| 5 | Arnab Mondal (on loan from East Bengal) | (1989-09-25) 25 September 1989 (age 35) |
| 12 | Denzil Franco | (1986-06-30) 30 June 1986 (age 38) |
| 19 | Syed Rahim Nabi | (1985-12-14) 14 December 1985 (age 39) |
| 20 | Rino Anto (on loan from Bengaluru FC) | (1988-01-03) 3 January 1988 (age 36) |
| 24 | Augustin Fernandes (on loan from Salgaocar) | (1988-10-13) 13 October 1988 (age 36) |
| Midfielders ||||
| 8 | Jaime Gavilán | (1985-05-12) 12 May 1985 (age 39) |
| 10 | Borja Fernández | (1981-01-14) 14 January 1981 (age 43) |
| 11 | Valdo | (1981-04-23) 23 April 1981 (age 43) |
| 15 | Clifford Miranda | (1982-07-11) 11 July 1982 (age 42) |
| 16 | Jewel Raja | (1990-01-19) 19 January 1990 (age 34) |
| 21 | Arata Izumi | (1982-07-31) 31 July 1982 (age 42) |
| 22 | Sameehg Doutie | (1989-05-31) 31 May 1989 (age 35) |
| 23 | Ofentse Nato | (1989-10-01) 1 October 1989 (age 35) |
| 85 | Jorge Alonso | (1985-01-05) 5 January 1985 (age 39) |
| Forwards ||||
| 6 | Baljit Sahni (on loan from East Bengal) | (1987-01-12) 12 January 1987 (age 37) |
| 7 | Iain Hume | (1983-10-30) 30 October 1983 (age 41) |
| 9 | Hélder Postiga | (1982-08-02) 2 August 1982 (age 42) |
| 14 | Nadong Bhutia | (1993-11-25) 25 November 1993 (age 31) |
| 18 | Sushil Kumar Singh (on loan from Shillong Lajong) | (1982-01-03) 3 January 1982 (age 42) |
| 28 | Mohammed Rafique (on loan from East Bengal) | (1992-09-20) 20 September 1992 (age 32) |
| 30 | Dejan Lekić | (1985-06-07) 7 June 1985 (age 39) |

## Competitions
### Indian Super League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Goa | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 20 | +9 | 25 | Advance to ISL Play-offs |
| 2 | Atlético de Kolkata | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 17 | +9 | 23 | Advance to ISL Play-offs |
| 3 | Chennaiyin (C) | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 15 | +10 | 22 | Advance to ISL Play-offs |
| 4 | Delhi Dynamos | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 20 | −2 | 22 | Advance to ISL Play-offs |
| 5 | NorthEast United | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 23 | −5 | 20 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 16 December 2015. Source: Matches

#### Results by round

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

### Matches
#### Semi-finals
## Player statistics
### Goal Scorers

| No. | Position | Nation | Player | Goal(s) | Appearance(s). |
| 7 | FW | | Hume | 11 | 16 |
| 21 | MF | | Izumi | 5 | 11 |
| 22 | MF | | Doutie | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | FW | | Postiga | 2 | 1 |
| 30 | FW | | Lekić | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | MF | | Valdo | 1 | 10 |
| 10 | MF | | Borja | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | MF | | Lara | 1 | 6 |
| 24 | DF | | Augustin | 1 | 13 |
| 3 | DF | | Mohanraj | 1 | 6 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 28 | – |
Last updated: 16 December 2015. Source: Matches

### Assists Table

| No. | Position | Nation | Player | Assist(s) | Appearance(s). |
| 22 | MF | | Doutie | 6 | 12 |
| 8 | MF | | Gavilán | 3 | 16 |
| 7 | FW | | Hume | 3 | 16 |
| 2 | MF | | Lara | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | MF | | Borja | 1 | 15 |
| 21 | MF | | Izumi | 1 | 11 |
| 23 | MF | | Nato | 1 | 12 |
| 30 | FW | | Lekić | 1 | 6 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 17 | – |
Last updated: 16 December 2015. Source: Matches