# 2019–20 Gokulam Kerala FC season

The 2019–20 season was Gokulam Kerala's third season since its establishment in 2017 and their third season in the I-League. Gokulam Kerala was also involved in the Durand Cup, Sheikh Kamal Cup.

## Squad information
### First-team squad

    As of 28 November 2019
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 | Ubaid CK |
| 2 | DF | IND | Naocha singh |
| 3 | DF | IND | Ashok Singh |
| 4 | DF | AFG | Zohib Islam Amiri |
| 5 | DF | TRI | Andre Ettienne |
| 6 | DF | IND | Mohammed Irshad (vice-captain) |
| 8 | MF | TRI | Nathaniel Garcia |
| 10 | FW | TRI | Marcus Joseph (captain) |
| 11 | FW | RWA | Atuheire Kipson |
| 12 | MF | IND | Muhammed Rashid |
| 13 | DF | IND | Dharmaraj Ravanan |
| 14 | FW | IND | Malemngamba Meitei |
| 15 | DF | IND | Mohamed Salah |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | FW | IND | Salman K |
| 18 | DF | IND | Wungngayam Muirang |
| 21 | GK | IND | Vicky |
| 22 | MF | IND | Shibil Muhammed |
| 23 | MF | IND | Nicholas Fernandes |
| 24 | DF | IND | Jestin George |
| 25 | DF | IND | Mayakannan |
| 27 | DF | IND | Sebastian Thangmuansang |
| 29 | FW | IND | Lalromawia |
| 30 | FW | IND | Rajesh S |
| 31 | FW | UGA | Henry Kisekka |
| 32 | FW | IND | Jithin MS |
| 33 | GK | IND | Ajmal PA |
| 40 | FW | IND | Rahul KP |

### other contracts

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 |
| 6 | MF | IND | Shameel |
| 7 | MF | IND | Sanathoi singh |
| 9 | FW | IND | Shihad Nelliparamban |
| 11 | MF | IND | Thahir Zaman |
| 19 | MF | IND | Ganesan |
| 27 | DF | IND | Jasim |
| 28 | FW | GHA | Charles Teiko Folley |
| - | DF | IND | Safwan |
| - | DF | IND | Febin |
| - | MF | IND | Alphin |
| - | MF | IND | Mahin |
| - | FW | IND | Safeer |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | MF | IND | Pritam Singh |
| — | MF | IND | Emil Benny |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 27 June 2019 | MF | 14 | Malemngamba Meitei | NEROCA FC | none |
| 29 June 2019 | MF | 30 | Lalromawia | Chhinga Veng FC | none |
| 3 July 2019 | GK | — | Lalit Thapa | NEROCA FC | none |
| 5 July 2019 | DF | 03 | Ashok Singh | NEROCA FC | none |
| 10 July 2019 | LB | 15 | Mohamed Salah | Sports Academy Tirur | none |
| 11 July 2019 | DF | — | Alex Saji | Kerala Blasters FC Reserves | none |
| 20 July 2019 | MF | 11 | Bruno Pelissari | Votuporanguense | none |
| 21 July 2019 | FW | 31 | Henry Kisekka | Mohun Bagan | none |
| 31 July 2019 | DF | 19 | Sebastian Thangmuansang | NEROCA FC | none |
| 1 August 2019 | GK | 01 | Ubaid CK | East Bengal | none |
| 6 August 2019 | MF | - | Myron Mendes | Bengaluru FC | none |
| 6 August 2019 | DF | 02 | Naocha singh | NEROCA FC | none |
| 6 August 2019 | DF | - | Sanju G | Academy | none |
| 6 August 2019 | MF | 23 | Shibil Muhammed | Academy | none |
| 6 August 2019 | FW | 07 | Rahul KP | Academy | none |
| 6 August 2019 | GK | 44 | Vigneswaran Bhaskaran | Academy | none |
| 6 August 2019 | GK | 33 | Satyajit Bordoloi | Academy | none |
| 20 August 2019 | MF | — | Lalmuanzova | Chhinga Veng FC | none |
| 20 August 2019 | FW | — | Lalliansanga | Chhinga Veng FC | none |
| 18 September 2019 | DF | 08 | Dharmaraj Ravanan | Real Kashmir | none |
| 1 October 2019 | MF | 22 | Nathaniel Garcia | Point Fortin | none |
| 2 November 2019 | DF | 18 | Zohib Islam Amiri | New Radiant S.C. | none |
| 16 November 2019 | FW | | Jithin MS | Kerala Blasters | none |
| 10 February 2020 | FW | | Atuheire Kipson | Nagaworld FC | none |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 1 March 2019 | MF | 08 | Guilherme Batata | PSS Sleman | None |
| 3 June 2019 | FW | 09 | Suhair VP | Mohun Bagan | None |
| 3 July 2019 | GK | 42 | Shibinraj Kunniyil | Kerala Blasters FC | Undisclosed |
| 3 July 2019 | MF | 21 | Imran Khan | FC Goa | Loan return |
| 3 July 2019 | RB | 21 | Mehtab Singh | East Bengal | Loan return |
| 20 July 2019 | FW | 27 | Ejiogu Emmanual | Aryan | None |
| 20 July 2019 | DF | 03 | Deepak Kumar | | None |
| 31 July 2019 | MF | 15 | Arjun Jayaraj | Kerala Blasters FC | Undisclosed |
| 19 August 2019 | FW | - | Christian Saba | Mohammedan | None |
| 3 September 2019 | DF | 14 | Abhishek Das | TRAU | None |
| 4 September 2019 | DF | 05 | Daniel Addo | BSS Sporting Club | None |
| 17 September 2019 | FW | 17 | Gani Ahamed Nigam | Hyderabad FC | None |
| 2 November 2019 | MF | 11 | Fabien Vorbe | | None |
| 27 November 2019 | DF | | Jishnu Balakrishnan | Chennai City FC | None |
| 27 November 2019 | GK | 29 | Arnab Das Sharma | | None |
| 27 November 2019 | DF | 30 | Monotosh Chakladar | Peerless | Loan Return |
| 27 November 2019 | FW | 46 | Rohit Mirza | Chennai City FC | None |
| 27 November 2019 | MF | 11 | Bruno Pelissari | | |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss  Cancelled

### 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 | 30 November 2019 | TBD | Matchday 1 | - | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 045.45 |
| Durand Cup | 8 August 2019 | 24 August 2019 | Group Stage | Champions | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 080.00 |
| Sheikh Kamal Cup | 19 October 2019 | 28 October 2019 | Group Stage | Semi Final | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Super Cup | TBD | TBD | | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 20 | +15 | 055.00 |
Last updated: 12 February 2020 (2020-02-12). Source: Competitions

## I-league
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 3 | Punjab | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 23 |
| 4 | Real Kashmir | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 22 |
| 5 | Gokulam Kerala | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 22 |
| 6 | TRAU | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 27 | −10 | 22 |
| 7 | Chennai City | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 20 |

### Result summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| Ground | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | ✖ | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | D | W | | | | |
| Position | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Attendances

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | Gokulam Kerala | 110,200 | 31,183 | 10,135 | 18,366 | +23.9%$^†$ |

### Durand Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Gokulam Kerala | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Indian Air Force | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 4 | |
| 3 | TRAU | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 | |
| 4 | Chennaiyin | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 2 | |

#### Final
### Sheikh Kamal Cup

The tournament is being organised by Chittagong Abahoni, a club based in Chittagong, and the Bangladesh Football Federation. Gokulam are in group 'B' along with the Bangladesh premiere league champions Bashundhara Kings, I League champions Chennai City FC and Malaysian club Terengganu Football Club.
The tournament has started on 19 October. Only the group winners and runners up will proceed to the knockout round.

#### Group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Terengganu F.C. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 7 | Advance to Semi-Finals |
| 2 | Gokulam Kerala F.C. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advance to Semi-Finals |
| 3 | Bashundhara Kings | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Chennai City FC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 0 | |

#### Semi-finals
## Current technical staff

    As of 15 April 2018.
| Position | Name |
| Head Coach | Fernando Andres Santiago Valera |
| Technical Director | Bino George |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Fysal K Bappu |
| Fitness and conditioning Coach | Djair Miranda Garcia |
| Academy Manager | Joel Richard Williams |

## Statistics

    As of 02 Februaryt 2020.

### Squad appearances and goals

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | 2019 Durand Cup | 2019 Durand Cup | Sheikh Kamal Cup | Sheikh Kamal Cup | I-League | I-League | Super Cup | Super Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts |
| 01 | GK | | Ubaid CK | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 02 | LB | | Naocha Singh | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| 03 | DF | | Ashok Singh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 04 | DF | | Zohib Islam Amiri | - | - | - | - | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| 05 | DF | | Andre Ettienne | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| 06 | DF | | Mohammed Irshad | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| 08 | MF | | Nathaniel Garcia | - | - | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 11 |
| 10 | FW | | Marcus Joseph | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 15 |
| 12 | MF | | Muhammed Rashid | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 13 | DF | | Dharmaraj Ravanan | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 14 | FW | | Malemngamba Meitei | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 |
| 15 | DF | | Mohamed Salah | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | | Salman K | - | - | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 18 | DF | | Wungngayam Muirang | - | - | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| 21 | GK | | Vignash Bhaskaran | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | | Shibil Muhammed | 4 | 4 | - | - | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 |
| 23 | MF | | Nicholas Fernandes | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Jestin George | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 11 |
| 25 | MF | | Mayakkannan | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 |
| 27 | DF | | Sebastian Thangmuansang | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 29 | FW | | Lalromawia | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 |
| 31 | FW | | Henry Kisekka | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| 32 | FW | | Jithin MS | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | | Rahul KP | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | | Alex Saji | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | | Bijesh Balan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | MF | | Myron Mendes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | | Sanju G | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club ||||||||||||||
| 11 | MF | | Bruno Pelissari | 5 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |

### Squad statistics

| I-League | Super Cup | Total |

### Goal Scorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Durand Cup | I League | Indian Super Cup | Sheikh Kamal Cup | Total |
| 1 | 10 | FW | | Marcus Joseph | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| 2 | 31 | FW | | Henry Kisekka | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | 23 | MF | | Shibil Muhammed | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 05 | DF | | Andre Ettienne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 22 | MF | | Nathaniel Garcia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 30 | MF | | Lalromawia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 14 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 35 |

### Clean sheets

| No. | Nation | Name | Durand Cup | Sheikh Kamal Cup | I-League | Super Cup | Total |
| 1 | | Ubaid CK | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 44 | | Vigneswaran Bhaskaran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 |

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Name | I-League | I-League | I-League | Super Cup | Super Cup | Super Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 5 | DF | | Andre Ettienne | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | | Naocha singh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Zohib Islam Amiri | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Mohammed Irshad | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Nathaniel Garcia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Marcus Joseph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | | Muhammed Rashid | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | Malemngamba Meitei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | | Vicky | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | | Mayakannan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | | Wungngayam Muirang | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 1 |