# 2014 Atlético de Kolkata season

The 2014 season was Atlético de Kolkata's inaugural season in existence in the Indian Super League. They ended their first season as the champions of the inaugural edition of the competition.

## Background

In early 2014 it was announced that the All India Football Federation, the national federation for football in India, and IMG-Reliance would be accepting bids for ownership of eight of nine selected cities for the upcoming Indian Super League, an eight-team franchise league modeled along the lines of the Indian Premier League cricket tournament. On 13 April 2014, it was announced that Sourav Ganguly, Harshavardhan Neotia, Sanjiv Goenka, Utsav Parekh, and Spanish La Liga side Atlético Madrid had won the bidding for the Kolkata franchise. Shahrukh Khan also submitted bids for the franchise but lost out The Kolkata franchise turned out to be the most expensive franchise, being purchased for 18 crore.
On 7 May 2014, during an official launch, it was announced that the name of the team would be Atlético de Kolkata. Indian Super League (ISL) Opening Ceremony Match will started with Atlético de Kolkata vs Mumbai City FC which will be the first match.

## Signings

The first ever signing by the team was made on 3 July 2014, when former Real Madrid midfielder Borja Fernández was signed. He is also the first ever player signing in league history. Then, five days later, on 8 July 2014 it was confirmed that former Liverpool midfielder, Luis García, as their marquee for the 2014 season as well as the signing of Botswana international Ofentse Nato. The club then signed 14 Indian players between 22 July and 23 July during the 2014 ISL Inaugural Domestic Draft. This was followed by 6 foreigners from the Foreign Player Draft.
Atlético de Kolkata then began the month of August by signing Ethiopia international Fikru Teferra. and Spanish Goalkeeper Basilio Sancho Agudo.
In September Atlético signed Bangladesh captain Mamunul Islam.

### Foreign signings

| Position: | Player | Last club | Date |
| MF | Borja Fernández | Getafe | 3 July 2014 |
| MF | Luis García | Pumas UNAM | 8 July 2014 |
| MF | Ofentse Nato | Bidvest Wits | 8 July 2014 |
| FW | Fikru Teferra | Milano United | 11 August 2014 |
| MF | Mamunul Islam | Dhanmondi Club | 5 September 2014 |

### Drafted domestic players

| Round | Position | Player | I-League club |
| 1 | FW | Cavin Lobo | East Bengal |
| 2 | DF | Arnab Mondal | East Bengal |
| 3 | DF | Denzil Franco | Churchill Brothers |
| 4 | DF | Rakesh Masih | Mohammedan |
| 5 | MF | Mohammed Rafique | East Bengal |
| 6 | FW | Mohammed Rafi | Mumbai |
| 7 | DF | Biswajit Saha | Mohun Bagan |
| 8 | MF | Sanju Pradhan | East Bengal |
| 9 | DF | Kingshuk Debnath | Mohun Bagan |
| 10 | MF | Lester Fernandez | Pune |
| 11 | GK | Subhasish Roy Chowdhury | Dempo |
| 12 | FW | Baljit Sahni | East Bengal |
| 13 | MF | Climax Lawrence | Mumbai |
| 14 | DF | Nallappan Mohanraj | Sporting Goa |

### Drafted foreign players

| Round | Position | Player | Last Club |
| 1 | MF | Borja Fernández (retained) | Getafe |
| 2 | MF | Jofre Mateu | Girona |
| 3 | DF | Josemi | Xanthi |
| 4 | FW | Arnal Llibert | Alcorcon |
| 5 | DF | Sylvain Monsoreau | Troyes |
| 6 | MF | Jakub Podaný | Prague |
| 7 | GK | Apoula Edel | Tel Aviv |

## Players
### Player squad

    As of 19 October 2014
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | IND | Subhasish Roy Chowdhury |
| 2 | DF | IND | Biswajit Saha |
| 3 | DF | IND | Nallappan Mohanraj |
| 4 | DF | IND | Kingshuk Debnath |
| 5 | DF | IND | Arnab Mondal |
| 6 | FW | IND | Baljit Sahni |
| 7 | MF | IND | Cavin Lobo |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Borja Fernández |
| 9 | FW | ETH | Fikru Teferra |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Luis García (captain) |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Jofre Mateu |
| 12 | DF | IND | Denzil Franco |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Basilio Sancho |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | FW | IND | Mohammed Rafi |
| 15 | MF | IND | Sanju Pradhan |
| 16 | MF | IND | Climax Lawrence |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Josemi |
| 18 | FW | IND | Mohammed Rafique |
| 19 | MF | BAN | Mamunul Islam |
| 20 | MF | IND | Rakesh Masih |
| 21 | MF | CZE | Jakub Podaný |
| 22 | MF | IND | Lester Fernandez |
| 23 | MF | BOT | Ofentse Nato |
| 24 | FW | ESP | Arnal Llibert |
| 25 | GK | ARM | Apoula Edel |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Sylvain Monsoreau |

## Technical staff

    As of October 2014.
| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Antonio López Habas |
| Assistant coach | Jose Ramirez Barreto |
| Fitness coach | Miguel Martinez |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Atlético de Kolkata trained in Spain in Los Angeles de San Rafael under manager Antonio Lopez Habas.

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Chennaiyin | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 23 | Advance to ISL Play-offs |
| 2 | Goa | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 22 | Advance to ISL Play-offs |
| 3 | Atlético de Kolkata (C) | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 19 | Advance to ISL Play-offs |
| 4 | Kerala Blasters | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 19 | Advance to ISL Play-offs |
| 5 | Delhi Dynamos | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 18 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 November 2014. Source: Matches

#### Results by round

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

#### Matches
## Player statistics
### Statistics

    As of 3 November 2014
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | ISL | ISL |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | IND | Subhasish Roy Chowdhury | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | IND | Arnab Mondal | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | IND | Biswajit Saha | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | IND | Denzil Franco | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | IND | Kingshuk Debnath | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | IND | Nallappan Mohanraj | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Luis García | 3 | 2 | 3+0 | 2 |
| 23 | MF | BOT | Ofentse Nato | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| | MF | IND | Climax Lawrence | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | IND | Lester Fernandez | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | IND | Rakesh Masih | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | IND | Sanju Pradhan | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Borja Fernández | 3 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 |
| | MF | BAN | Mamunul Islam | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ETH | Fikru Teferra | 4 | 3 | 4+0 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | IND | Baljit Sahni | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | IND | Cavin Lobo | 1 | 2 | 1+0 | 2 |
| 14 | FW | IND | Mohammed Rafi | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | IND | Mohammed Rafique | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ARM | Apoula Edel | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | GK | ESP | Basilio Sancho Agudo | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Sylvain Monsoreau | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Josemi | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Jofre Mateu | 4 | 1 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | CZE | Jakub Podaný | 3 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 24 | FW | ESP | Arnal Llibert | 4 | 1 | 0+4 | 1 |
* Source:

### Goals

    As of 4 November 2014
This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Rank | Player | Pos | ISL | Other | Total |
| 1 | Cavin Lobo | FW | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | Fikru Teferra | FW | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Borja Fernández | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Arnal Llibert | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Jakub Podaný | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Jofre Mateu | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Baljit Sahni | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Luis García | MF | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 10 | 0 | 10 |

### Discipline

| N | P | Name | ISL | ISL | Total | Total |
| 8 | MF | Borja Fernández | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | Rakesh Masih | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Fikru Tefera | 2 | | 2 | |
| 23 | MF | Ofentse Nato | 1 | | 1 | |
| 24 | FW | Arnal Llibert | 1 | | 1 | |
| 2 | DF | Biswajit Saha | 1 | | 1 | |
| 7 | FW | Cavin Lobo | 1 | | 1 | |
Last updated: 3 November 2014 Source: Matches Ordered by , and = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.