# 2019–20 NorthEast United FC season

The 2019–20 NorthEast United FC season was the club's sixth season since its establishment in 2014 and their sixth season in the Indian Super League.

## Players
### Current squad

| Squad No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of Birth (Age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Pawan Kumar | GK | (1990-07-01) 1 July 1990 (age 34) |
| 16 | Soram Anganba | GK | (1992-12-24) 24 December 1992 (age 31) |
| 24 | Subhasish Roy Chowdhury | GK | (1986-09-27) 27 September 1986 (age 38) |
| Defenders |||||
| 5 | Provat Lakra | LB / RB | (1997-08-12) 12 August 1997 (age 27) |
| 15 | Mislav Komorski | CB | (1992-04-17) 17 April 1992 (age 32) |
| 14 | Kai Heerings | CB | (1990-01-12) 12 January 1990 (age 34) |
| 26 | Shouvik Ghosh | LB | (1992-11-05) 5 November 1992 (age 32) |
| 2 | Wayne Vaz | CB / RB / DM | (1994-07-28) 28 July 1994 (age 30) |
| 29 | Nim Dorjee Tamang | CB / RB | (1995-10-28) 28 October 1995 (age 29) |
| 33 | Rakesh Pradhan | RB / LB | (1997-08-02) 2 August 1997 (age 27) |
| 12 | Reagan Singh | LB | (1991-04-01) 1 April 1991 (age 33) |
| 34 | Pawan Kumar | LB | (1995-05-12) 12 May 1995 (age 29) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 32 | Lalthathanga Khawlhring | CM / DM | (1998-03-30) 30 March 1998 (age 26) |
| 8 | Milan Singh | CM / DM / AM | (1992-05-15) 15 May 1992 (age 32) |
| 22 | Redeem Tlang | RM / RW / AM | (1995-02-22) 22 February 1995 (age 29) |
| 10 | Federico Gallego | AM / RM / LM | (1990-06-13) 13 June 1990 (age 34) |
| 23 | Nikhil Kadam | RW / LW | (1993-06-23) 23 June 1993 (age 31) |
| 6 | José David Leudo | CM | (1993-11-09) 9 November 1993 (age 31) |
| 13 | Fanai Lalrempuia | CM | (1996-05-11) 11 May 1996 (age 28) |
| 21 | Rupert Nongrum | RM / RB / CM | (1996-08-21) 21 August 1996 (age 28) |
| 7 | Ninthoinganba Meetei | RW / LW | (2001-07-13) 13 July 2001 (age 23) |
| 30 | Lalengmawia | CM / AM / LW | (2000-10-17) 17 October 2000 (age 24) |
| Strikers |||||
| 11 | Martín Cháves | CF / LW / RW | (1998-05-12) 12 May 1998 (age 26) |
| 9 | Andrew Keogh | CF | (1986-05-16) 16 May 1986 (age 38) |
| – | Simon Lundevall | LW / RW | (1988-09-23) 23 September 1988 (age 36) |

## Transfers
### Loan return and Retained players

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Type |
| 24 May 2019 | MF | Redeem Tlang | - | Retained |
| 30 May 2019 | MF | Lalthathanga Khawlhring | - | Retained |
| 31 May 2019 | FW | Kivi Zhimomi | TRAU | Loan return |
| 5 June 2019 | MF | Nikhil Kadam | - | Retained |
| 6 June 2019 | MF | Fanai Lalrempuia | - | Retained |
| 7 June 2019 | GK | Pawan Kumar | - | Retained |
| 10 June 2019 | DF | Provat Lakra | - | Retained |
| 11 June 2019 | GK | Gurmeet Singh | - | Retained |
| 13 June 2019 | MF | Rupert Nongrum | - | Retained |
| 18 June 2019 | DF | Shouvik Ghosh | - | Retained |

### In

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| No. | Pos. | Name | From | Date | Type | Ref. | Ref. |
| TBD | MF | Lalengmawia | Indian Arrows | 23 May 2019 | Free | |
| TBD | MF | Ninthoinganba Meetei | Indian Arrows | 31 May 2019 | Free | |
| TBD | DF | Wayne Vaz | FC Pune City | 3 June 2019 | Free | |

## Management

    As of 24 July 2019.
| Position | Name |
| Head Coach | Khalid Jamil (interim) |
| Assistant Coach | Sasa Glavas |
| Assistant Coach and Head of Academy | Khalid Jamil |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Sandip Nandy |
| Technical Advisor | Avram Grant |
| Strength and conditioning coach | Jose Carlos Barosso |
| Strength and conditioning coach | Ivica Vrgoc |
| Physiotherapist | Arvind Yadav |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | Odisha | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 31 | −3 | 25 |
| 7 | Kerala Blasters | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 19 |
| 8 | Jamshedpur | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 35 | −13 | 18 |
| 9 | NorthEast United | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 30 | −14 | 14 |
| 10 | Hyderabad | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 39 | −18 | 10 |
* ^ Note 1: Originally, Mohun Bagan, the 2019–20 I-League champions (they were already assured of the title before the league was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India), would qualify as India 2 (2021 AFC Cup group stage), and ATK, the 2019–20 Indian Super League playoffs winners, would qualify as India 3 (2021 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs). However, ATK owners KGSPL ceased their football operation and bought majority stakes in Mohun Bagan FC (India) Private Limited and rebranded Mohun Bagan football team as ATK Mohun Bagan FC from the 2020–21 Indian Super League season which qualified as India 2 in 2021 AFC club competition. The All India Football Federation decided that Bengaluru FC, the 2019–20 Indian Super League regular season 3rd place (behind FC Goa, which qualified for the 2021 AFC Champions League, and ATK), will qualify as India 3.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 20 February 2020. Source: Matches

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | H |
| Result | D | W | D | W | D | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | D |
| Position | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |

#### Fixtures
##### League stage
## Squad statistics
### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | League | Super Cup | Total |
| 1 | 3 | FW | Asamoah Gyan | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 22 | FW | Redeem Tlang | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 11 | FW | Martin Chaves | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 21 | FW | Panagiotis Triadis | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 9 | FW | Andrew Keogh | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 20 | FW | Maximiliano Barreiro | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 10 | MF | Federico Gallego | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 6 | MF | José David Leudo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 16 | 0 | 16 |