# 2017–18 Minerva Punjab FC season

The 2017–18 Minerva Punjab F.C. season was the second season in the I-League. They finished the season as I-League Champions becoming the first team from North India to win the I-League since its inception.

## Kit

Supplier: Astro / Sponsor: Apollo Tyres
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## Coaching staff

    As of 25 November 2017.
| Position | Name |
| Head Coach | Khogen Singh |
| Team Manager | Sachin Badadhe |
| Physiotherapist | Neeraj Churi |
| Technical Consultant | Joel Williams |
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## Squad information
### First-team squad

    As of 11 March 2018
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 | Arshdeep Singh |
| 2 | DF | IND | Rahul Baishnab Jaydebdas |
| 3 | MF | IND | Sukhdev Singh (Captain) |
| 5 | FW | IND | Nadong Bhutia |
| 7 | FW | BHU | Chencho Gyeltshen |
| 8 | MF | IND | Randeep Singh |
| 9 | MF | IND | Bali Gagandeep |
| 10 | FW | IND | Moinuddin Khan |
| 11 | MF | IND | Girik Khosla |
| 13 | MF | NGA | Bazie Armand |
| 14 | MF | IND | Altamash Sayed |
| 15 | MF | IND | Souvik Das |
| 16 | MF | SEN | Kassim Aidara |
| 17 | FW | IND | Rajan Negi |
| 18 | MF | IND | Akashdeep Singh |
| 19 | FW | IND | Mohamman Ajaruddin |
| 20 | FW | IND | Makan Chote |
| 21 | DF | IND | Akash Sangwan |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | IND | Kamalpreet Singh |
| 24 | DF | CIV | Guy Eric Dano |
| 25 | DF | IND | Arashpreet Singh |
| 26 | DF | IND | Deepak Devrani |
| 27 | DF | IND | Abhishek Ambedkar |
| 28 | MF | IND | Akhil Verma |
| 31 | GK | NEP | Kiran Chemjong |
| 39 | FW | CIV | Lago Dagbo Bei |
| 40 | GK | IND | Rakshit Dagar |
| 41 | MF | IND | Bhaskar Roy |
| 42 | MF | GHA | William Opoku |
| 49 | MF | IND | Amandeep Singh |
| — | DF | IND | Ramandeep Singh |
| — | DF | IND | Harpreet Singh |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| I-League | 25 November 2017 | 8 March 2018 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 16 | +8 | 061.11 |
| Super Cup | 2 April 2018 | 2 April 2018 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 057.89 |
Last updated: 12 March 2018 (2018-03-12). Source: Competitions

### I-League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Minerva Punjab (C) | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 16 | +8 | 35 | Qualification to 2019 AFC Champions League qualifier |
| 2 | NEROCA | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 32 | |
| 3 | Mohun Bagan | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 14 | +14 | 31 | |
| 4 | East Bengal | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 19 | +13 | 31 | |
| 5 | Aizawl | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 24 | |

#### Result summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 9 March 2018. Source: i-league.org

#### Results by match

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

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Super Cup

Minerva Punjab FC entered the competition in Round of 16 and were drawn against Jamshedpur. However, they lost in the first game in penalty shootouts, concluding the season for I-League champions.
Win  Draw  Loss

## Awards
### Player

| No. | Player | Award | Tournament | Source |
| 7 | Chencho Gyeltshen | Best Forward of the Tournament | I-League | |