# 2016 NorthEast United FC season

The 2016 NorthEast United FC season was the club's third season since its establishment in 2014 and their third season in the Indian Super League.

## Background

After the end of the 2014 ISL season, NorthEast United parted ways with their inaugural season head coach, Ricki Herbert. Soon after, César Farías, was named as the new head coach for the 2015 season. The season began for NorthEast United with a 3–1 loss to the Kerala Blasters on 6 October. The team ended the season with six wins through fourteen matches and almost qualified for the finals but were two points short.

## Transfers
### Pre-season
#### Loan in

| No. | Pos | Player | From | Start | End |
| 10 | MF | Katsumi Yusa | Mohun Bagan | 30 May 2016 | 31 December 2016 |
| 20 | MF | Jerry Mawihmingthanga | DSK Shivajians | 1 July 2016 | 31 December 2016 |
| 17 | FW | Lallianzuala Chhangte | DSK Shivajians | 1 July 2016 | 31 December 2016 |
| 26 | DF | Shouvik Ghosh | Mohun Bagan | 1 July 2016 | 31 December 2016 |
| 21 | GK | Wellington de Lima Gomes | Marítimo | 1 July 2016 | 31 December 2016 |
| 37 | DF | Salam Ranjan Singh | Bengaluru FC | 30 August 2016 | 31 December 2016 |

#### Released

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date |
| 30 August 2016 | FW | | Morais | Free Agent | |

### End-season
#### Out

List of players transferred or released from the club after 2016 Indian Super League season.
| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred To | Fee | Date |
| 19 | FW | Nicolás Vélez | Suphanburi | Free | 1 January 2017 |
| 22 | DF | Gustavo Lazzaretti | Brusque | Undisclosed | 1 January 2017 |
| 5 | MF | Didier Zokora | Free Agent/Released | | 1 January 2017 |
| 6 | MF | Romaric | Free Agent/Released | | 1 January 2017 |
| 30 | FW | Robert Cullen | Free Agent/Released | | 1 January 2017 |
| 7 | FW | Sasha Aneff | Free Agent/Released | | 1 January 2017 |
| — | MF | Fábio Neves | Free Agent/Released | | 1 January 2017 |
| 3 | MF | Wellington Priori | Pattaya United | Free | 5 January 2017 |
| 27 | DF | Maílson Alves | Volta Redonda | Free | 13 January 2017 |
| 9 | FW | Emiliano Alfaro | Al-Fujairah | Free | 18 January 2017 |

#### Loan out

After the end of 2016 Indian Super League season majority of domestic players from NorthEast United were loaned by I-League clubs for 2016–17 season.
| No. | Pos | Player | To | Start | End |
| 18 | FW | Holicharan Narzary | DSK Shivajians | 12 January 2017 | 30 June 2017 |
| 1 | GK | Subrata Pal | DSK Shivajians | 12 January 2017 | 30 June 2017 |
| 4 | DF | Nirmal Chettri | DSK Shivajians | 12 January 2017 | 30 June 2017 |
| 15 | FW | Sumeet Passi | DSK Shivajians | 12 January 2017 | 30 June 2017 |
| 11 | MF | Seityasen Singh | DSK Shivajians | 12 January 2017 | 30 June 2017 |
| 12 | DF | Reagan Singh | Mumbai F.C. | 12 January 2017 | 30 June 2017 |
| 13 | GK | Rehenesh TP | East Bengal | 12 January 2017 | 30 June 2017 |
| 14 | MF | Rowllin Borges | East Bengal | 12 January 2017 | 30 June 2017 |
| 16 | DF | Robin Gurung | East Bengal | 12 January 2017 | 30 June 2017 |
| 45 | MF | Fanai Lalrempuia | Minerva Punjab | 12 January 2017 | 30 June 2017 |

## Squad

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 | Subrata Pal |
| 3 | MF | BRA | Wellington Priori |
| 4 | DF | IND | Nirmal Chettri |
| 5 | MF | CIV | Didier Zokora |
| 6 | MF | CIV | Romaric |
| 7 | FW | URU | Sasha Aneff |
| 9 | FW | URU | Emiliano Alfaro |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Katsumi Yusa (on loan from Mohun Bagan) |
| 11 | MF | IND | Seityasen Singh |
| 12 | DF | IND | Reagan Singh |
| 13 | GK | IND | Rehenesh TP |
| 14 | MF | IND | Rowllin Borges |
| 15 | FW | IND | Sumeet Passi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | IND | Robin Gurung |
| 17 | FW | IND | Lallianzuala Chhangte (on loan from DSK Shivajians) |
| 18 | MF | IND | Holicharan Narzary |
| 19 | FW | ARG | Nicolás Vélez |
| 20 | MF | IND | Jerry Mawihmingthanga (on loan from DSK Shivajians) |
| 21 | GK | BRA | Wellington de Lima Gomes (on loan from Marítimo) |
| 22 | DF | BRA | Gustavo Lazzaretti |
| 26 | DF | IND | Shouvik Ghosh |
| 27 | DF | BRA | Mailson Alves |
| 30 | FW | JPN | Robert Cullen |
| 37 | DF | IND | Salam Ranjan Singh |
| 45 | MF | IND | Fanai Lalrempuia |

## Indian Super League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 3 | Delhi Dynamos | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 17 | +10 | 21 | Advance to ISL Play-offs |
| 4 | Atlético de Kolkata (C) | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 20 | Advance to ISL Play-offs |
| 5 | NorthEast United | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 18 | |
| 6 | Pune City | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 16 | |
| 7 | Chennaiyin | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 15 | |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 5 December 2016. Source: Matches

### Results by round

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

### Matches
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 4 December 2016

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Indian Super League | Indian Super League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | IND | Subrata Pal | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | IND | Salam Ranjan Singh | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | BRA | Wellington Priori | 12 | 0 | 3+9 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | IND | Nirmal Chettri | 8 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | CIV | Didier Zokora | 14 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | CIV | Romaric | 12 | 2 | 11+1 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | URU | Sasha Aneff | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | JPN | Robert Cullen | 8 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | URU | Emiliano Alfaro | 13 | 5 | 13 | 5 |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Katsumi Yusa | 14 | 1 | 13+1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | IND | Seityasen Singh | 9 | 2 | 7+2 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | IND | Reagan Singh | 8 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | IND | Rehenesh TP | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | IND | Rowllin Borges | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | IND | Sumeet Passi | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | IND | Robin Gurung | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | IND | Lallianzuala Chhangte | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | IND | Holicharan Narzary | 12 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ARG | Nicolás Vélez | 11 | 3 | 10+1 | 3 |
| 20 | MF | IND | Jerry Mawihmingthanga | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | BRA | Wellington de Lima Gomes | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | BRA | Gustavo | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | IND | Shouvik Ghosh | 6 | 1 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 27 | DF | BRA | Maílson | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | IND | Fanai Lalrempuia | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Players who left NorthEast United due to injury during the season: ||||||||

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Indian Super League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Emiliano Alfaro | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | FW | 19 | Nicolás Vélez | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | MF | 11 | Seityasen Singh | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | MF | 6 | Romaric | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | 10 | Katsumi Yusa | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | 26 | Shouvik Ghosh | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 14 | 14 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Indian Super League | Indian Super League | Total | Total |
| 9 | FW | Emiliano Alfaro | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Romaric | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Rowllin Borges | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Nirmal Chettri | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | Didier Zokora | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Katsumi Yusa | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Nicolás Vélez | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Subrata Pal | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Wellington Priori | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Reagan Singh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Rehenesh TP | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Robin Gurung | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Holicharan Narzary | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Gustavo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 34 | 1 | 34 | 1 |