# 2017–18 Mohun Bagan FC season

The 2017–18 Mohun Bagan FC season was the club's 11th season in I-League and 128th season since its establishment in 1889. They finished 3rd in the I-League and runners-up in the Calcutta Football League. Mohun Bagan reached the semifinals of the Super Cup where they were defeated by Bengaluru.
Sanjoy Sen resigned as the coach of Mohun Bagan on 2 January 2018 following three home draws and a defeat against Chennai City placing the team in 4th position, virtually ending their title hopes. Shankarlal Chakraborthy was appointed as head coach for the remainder of the season.
Their title hopes however did stay intact till the last fixture of the season where they could have won the title had other results gone in their favour, but it was not to be and Minerva Punjab ultimately clinched the title. Despite a midseason coaching change and injuries to key players like Sony Norde and Yuta Kinowaki during the 2017–18 season, they won both the home and away fixtures against arch-rivals East Bengal.

## Sponsor

As of 3 December 2017
| Sponsors Type | Sponsor's Name |
| Sponsor | |
| Co-Sponsor | M.P Birla Cement, Nilkamal, Floral, Ripley |
| Kit Sponsor | Shiv Naresh |

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 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 | Sankar Roy |
| 2 | DF | IND | Debabrata Roy |
| 3 | DF | NGA | Kingsley Obumneme |
| 4 | DF | IND | Kingshuk Debnath |
| 6 | DF | IND | Ricky Lallawmawma |
| 7 | MF | IND | Chesterpoul Lyngdoh |
| 8 | MF | IND | Sourav Das |
| 9 | FW | CMR | Aser Pierrick Dipanda |
| 11 | FW | NEP | Bimal Gharti Magar |
| 12 | MF | JPN | Yuta Kinowaki |
| 13 | DF | LBN | Akram Moghrabi |
| 14 | DF | IND | Arijit Bagui |
| 15 | DF | IND | Abhishek Das |
| 16 | DF | IND | Rana Gharami |
| 17 | MF | IND | Surchandra Singh |
| 19 | FW | IND | Naro Hari Shrestha |
| 21 | MF | AUS | Cameron Watson |
| 22 | GK | IND | Shilton Paul |
| 23 | MF | IND | Nikhil Kadam |
| 25 | DF | IND | Bikramjeet Singh |
| 26 | MF | IND | Shilton D'Silva |
| 27 | MF | IND | Pintu Mahata |
| 28 | DF | IND | Gurjinder Kumar |
| 29 | MF | IND | Raynier Fernandes |
| 31 | GK | IND | Soram Anganba |
| 35 | FW | IND | Azharuddin Mallick |
| 36 | MF | IND | Dipendu Dowary |
| 37 | MF | IND | Beikhokhei Beingaichho |
| 42 | GK | IND | Shibinraj Kunniyil |
| 45 | FW | IND | Manandeep Singh |
| 47 | MF | IND | Sheikh Faiaz |

## Competitions
### I-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 | |

#### Results by round

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

#### Fixtures & results
### Super Cup
#### Semi final
## Player statistics
### Goal scorers

| No. | Pos. | Player | Goal(s) | Appearance(s) |
| 9 | FW | Aser Pierrick Dipanda | 17 | 21 |
| 13 | FW | Akram Moghrabi | 5 | 12 |
| 47 | MF | Sheikh Faiaz | 3 | 21 |
| 3 | DF | Kingsley Obumneme | 2 | 20 |
| 10 | MF | Sony Norde | 2 | 4 |
| 23 | MF | Nikhil Kadam | 2 | 19 |
| 45 | FW | Mandeep Singh | 1 | 3 |
Last updated: 17 April 2018. Source: Competitions

## Technical staff

| Position | Name |
| Chief coach | Sankarlal Chakraborty |
| Assistant coach | — |
| Goalkeeping coach | Arpan Dey |
| Physical Trainer | Samiran Bag |
| Physiotherapist | Abhinandan Chatterjee |
| Club Doctor | Dr. Protim Roy |
| Team Manager | Satyajit Chatterjee |
Last updated: 9 March 2018 Source: mohunbaganac.com

## Awards
### Player

| No. | Player | Award | Tournament | Source |
| 22 | Shilton Paul | Best Goalkeeper of the Tournament | I-League | |
| 9 | Aser Pierrick Dipanda | Highest Scorer of the Tournament | I-League | |