# 2017–18 Gokulam Kerala FC season

The 2017–18 season was the first ever season for Gokulam Kerala. The club competed in I-League and Super Cup.

## Review and events
### Pre-season

Gokulam Kerala played 2016–17 Kerala Premier League in pre-season. They started the campaign with a victory over Cochin Port Trust on 13 April 2017. They qualified to knockout Stage as group champions from Group A. But they lost against FC Thrissur in semi-final on penalties.

### I-League

Gokulam Kerala debuted in I-League against Shillong Lajong on 21 November 2017 and they lost the match. Their first win was in their 4th match against Indian Arrows on 22 December 2017. With 21 points including 6 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses Gokulam Kerala finished 7th in the table.

### Indian Super Cup

By finishing 7th in the 2017–18 I-League point table Gokulam Kerala qualified into Qualification round of 2018 Indian Super Cup. Gokulam Kerala won against NorthEast United in the qualifier match on 15 March 2018. Bengaluru FC eliminated Gokulam Kerala in Pre Quarter on 1 April 2018

## Players

    As of 1 January 2018

### First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | IND | Nikhil C Barnard |
| 2 | DF | IND | Mohamed Salah |
| 3 | DF | NGA | Emmanuel Chigozie |
| 4 | DF | IND | Provat Lakra (U-22) |
| 5 | DF | GHA | Daniel Addo |
| 6 | DF | IND | Mohamed Irshad |
| 7 | DF | IND | Sushanth Mathew (Captain) |
| 8 | FW | IND | Suhair V P |
| 9 | FW | MKD | Hristijan Denkovski |
| 10 | MF | UGA | Musa Mudde |
| 11 | MF | BHR | Mahmood Al-Ajmi |
| 12 | MF | IND | Mohammad Rashid K |
| 13 | FW | IND | Jimshad U |
| 14 | DF | IND | Shinu (U-22) |
| 15 | MF | IND | Arjun Jayaraj (U-22) |
| 16 | FW | IND | Salman K |
| 17 | FW | IND | Arif Shaikh |
| 18 | DF | IND | Santu Singh |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | IND | Francis Xavier |
| 20 | MF | UZB | Gulom Urunov |
| 21 | MF | IND | Vicky Meitei (U-22) |
| 22 | FW | IND | Usman Ashik |
| 23 | FW | IND | Lalramengmawia (U-22) |
| 24 | DF | IND | Dibin M D |
| 25 | DF | IND | Sanju G |
| 26 | MF | IND | Mohammad Saukat (U-22) |
| 27 | GK | IND | Bilal Khan |
| 28 | FW | IND | Rohit Mirza |
| 29 | FW | IND | Syed Shoaib Ahmed (U-22) |
| 30 | FW | UGA | Henry Kisekka |
| 31 | GK | IND | Priyant Singh |
| 32 | FW | IND | Laldampuia |
| 33 | GK | IND | Ajmal P A |
| 35 | DF | IND | Balwinder Singh |
| 36 | FW | IND | Kivi Zhimomi (U-22) |

### Players in

    All players joined this season. Only winter transfer is listed.
| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving From | Window |
| 8 | FW | Suhair V P | 25 | East Bengal | Winter |
| 9 | FW | Odafa Onyeka Okolie | 32 | Southern Samity | Winter |
| 9 | FW | Hristijan Denkovski | 23 | CD Ferriolense | Winter |
| 10 | MF | Musa Mudde | 27 | A.F.C. Leopards | Winter |
| 11 | MF | Mahmood Al-Ajmi | 30 | Manama Club | Winter |
| 30 | FW | Henry Kisekka | 28 | XSKT Cần Thơ | Winter |
| | DF | Jestin George | 19 | | Winter |
Source:

### Players out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving To | Window |
| 8 | FW | Kamo Stephane Bayi | 21 | Mohammedan S.C. | Winter |
| 9 | FW | Lelo Mbele | 30 | Free Agent | Winter |
| 9 | FW | Odafa Onyeka Okolie | 32 | Free Agent | Winter |
| 10 | MF | Francis Ambané | 33 | Free Agent | Winter |
| 11 | MF | Khaled Al Saleh | 29 | Free Agent | Winter |
Source:

## Statistics
### Squad appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | I-League | I-League | Super Cup | Super Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | IND | Nikhil C Barnard | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | IND | Bilal Khan | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | IND | Priyant Singh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | IND | Ajmal P A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | IND | Mohamed Salah | 9 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NGA | Emmanuel Chigozie | 17 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | IND | Provat Lakra | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GHA | Daniel Addo | 19 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | IND | Mohamed Irshad | 17 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | IND | Sushanth Mathew | 7 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | IND | Shinu | 5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | IND | Santu Singh | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | IND | Dibin M D | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | IND | Sanju G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | IND | Balwinder Singh | 6 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 10 | MF | UGA | Musa Mudde | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | BHR | Mahmood Al-Ajmi | 11 | 3 | 8+2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | IND | Mohammad Rashid K | 16 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | IND | Arjun Jayaraj | 17 | 1 | 10+5 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | IND | Francis Xavier | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | UZB | Gulom Urunov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | IND | Vicky Meitei | 9 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | IND | Mohammad Saukat | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 8 | FW | IND | Suhair V P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | MKD | Hristijan Denkovski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | IND | Jimshad U | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | IND | Salman K | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | IND | Arif Shaikh | 8 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | IND | Usman Ashik | 6 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | IND | Lalramengmawia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | IND | Rohit Mirza | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | IND | Syed Shoaib Ahmed | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | UGA | Henry Kisekka | 9 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| 32 | FW | IND | Laldampuia | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | IND | Kivi Zhimomi | 11 | 2 | 8+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 8 | FW | CIV | Kamo Stephane Bayi | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | COD | Lelo Mbele | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NGA | Odafa Onyeka Okolie | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | CMR | Francis Ambané | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SYR | Khaled Al Saleh | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |

### Squad statistics

| | I-League | Super Cup | Total |
| Games played | 18 | 2 | 20 |
| Games won | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Games drawn | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Games lost | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| Goals scored | 17 | 3 | 20 |
| Goals conceded | 23 | 2 | 25 |
| Goal difference | -6 | 1 | -5 |
| Clean sheets | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Goal by Substitute | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Yellow cards | 32 | 4 | 36 |
| Red cards | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Players Used: Gokulam Kerala has used a total of 40 different players in all competitions.

### Goalscorers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Name | I-League | Super Cup | Total |
| 30 | FW | | Henry Kisekka | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | MF | | Al-Ajmi | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | | Daniel Addo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | FW | | Kivi Zhimomi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | DF | | Emmanuel | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | | Arjun Jayaraj | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | | Santu Singh | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | | Kamo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | | Khaled Al Saleh | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 17 | 3 | 20 |

### Clean sheets

| No. | Nation | Name | I-League | Super Cup | Total | Games Played |
| 27 | | Bilal Khan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| 1 | | Nikhil C Barnard | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 3 | 0 | 4 | 20 |

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Name | I-League | I-League | I-League | Super Cup | Super Cup | Super Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 28 | FW | | Rohit Mirza | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | | Mohamed Irshad | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Emmanuel | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Daniel Addo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Musa Mudde | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | | M.Rashid | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | | Kivi Zhimomi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | | Salman K | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | | Henry Kisekka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Provat Lakra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | | Shinu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Arjun Jayaraj | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | | Santu Singh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | | Francis Xavier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Vicky Meitei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | | Balwinder Singh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Hristijan Denkovski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | A.Francis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 32 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 1 |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### 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 | 27 November 2017 | 8 March 2018 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 033.33 |
Source: Competitions

### I-League
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Aizawl | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 24 |
| 6 | Shillong Lajong | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 25 | −8 | 22 |
| 7 | Gokulam Kerala | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 21 |
| 8 | Chennai City | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 24 | −9 | 19 |
| 9 | Churchill Brothers | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 28 | −11 | 17 |
* ↑ Churchill Brothers were relegated, but reinstated after the appeal.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Matchday

#### 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 | A | A | H | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | H |
| Result | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | D |