# 2018–19 Gokulam Kerala FC season

The 2018–19 season was Gokulam Kerala's second season since its establishment in 2017 and their second season in the I-League. Gokulam Kerala was also involved in the Super Cup.

## Review and events
### I-League

Gokulam Kerala started their 2018-19 Hero I-League campaign against Mohun Bagan on 27 October 2018. The match resulted in a draw. Their first win was in their 4th match against Shillong Lajong on 11 November 2018.

## Squad information
### First-team squad

    As of 15 December 2018
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 | Ajmal PA |
| 3 | DF | IND | Deepak Kumar (on loan from East Bengal) |
| 4 | DF | TRI | Andre Ettienne |
| 5 | DF | GHA | Daniel Addo |
| 6 | DF | IND | Mohammed Irshad |
| 7 | FW | TRI | Marcus Joseph |
| 9 | FW | IND | Suhair V P |
| 11 | MF | HAI | Fabien Vorbe |
| 12 | MF | IND | Muhammed Rashid |
| 14 | DF | IND | Abhishek Das |
| 15 | MF | IND | Arjun Jayaraj |
| 16 | FW | IND | Salman K |
| 17 | FW | IND | Ghani Ahmmed Nigam |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | IND | Wungyanyg Muirang |
| 19 | DF | IND | Jishnu Balakrishnan |
| 20 | FW | IND | Bijesh T B |
| 22 | MF | IND | Pritam Singh |
| 23 | MF | IND | Imran Khan (on loan from FC Goa) |
| 24 | MF | IND | Jestin George |
| 25 | DF | IND | Mayakkannan |
| 27 | FW | NGA | Ejiogu Emmanual |
| 28 | DF | IND | Monotosh Chakladar |
| 29 | GK | IND | Arnab Das Sharma |
| 30 | FW | IND | Rajesh S |
| 42 | GK | IND | Shibinraj Kunniyil |
| 44 | DF | IND | Mehtab Singh |
| 46 | FW | IND | Rohit Mirza |
| - | FW | IND | Usman Ashik |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving From | Window | Notes |
| 3 | DF | Deepak kumar | 28 | East Bengal | Summer | Loan |
| 4 | DF | Fabricio Ortiz | 28 | Shabab Al-Aqaba | Summer | |
| 7 | MF | Antonio German | 26 | St Albans City | Summer | |
| 8 | MF | Guilherme Batata | 26 | Hamrun Spartans | Summer | |
| 11 | MF | Arthur Kouassi | 28 | Ulaanbaatar City | Summer | |
| 14 | DF | Abhishek Das | 24 | Mohun Bagan | Summer | |
| 17 | MF | Ghani Ahmmed Nigam | 20 | Pune City | Summer | |
| 18 | DF | Wungyanyg Muirang | 19 | | Summer | |
| 19 | DF | Jishnu Balakrishnan | 19 | Kerala Blasters | Summer | |
| 20 | FW | Bijesh T B | 22 | | Summer | |
| 21 | MF | Baoringdao Bodo | 18 | Chennaiyin FC | Summer | Loan |
| 22 | MF | Pritam Singh | 25 | NEROCA | Summer | |
| 25 | DF | Mayakkannan | 21 | | Summer | |
| 27 | FW | Christian Sabah | 20 | | Summer | |
| 28 | DF | Monotosh Chakladar | 20 | Mohammedan S.C. | Summer | |
| 29 | GK | Arnab Das Sharma | 30 | Delhi Dynamos | Summer | |
| 30 | FW | Rajesh S | 26 | | Summer | |
| 31 | GK | Satyajit Bordoloi | | | Summer | |
| 33 | FW | Nasar PA | | | Summer | |
| 42 | GK | Shibinraj Kunniyil | 25 | Mohun Bagan | Summer | |
| 13 | FW | Joel Sunday | 29 | Rainbow A.C. | Winter | |
| 32 | DF | Dimple Bhagat | | | Winter | |
| NA | MF | Fabien Vorbe | 28 | NEROCA | Winter | |
Source:

### Transfers out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving To | Window | Notes |
| 1 | GK | Nikhil C Barnard | 28 | Chennaiyin | Summer | |
| 2 | DF | Mohamed Salah | 23 | Sports Academy Tirur | Summer | |
| 3 | DF | Emmanuel Chigozie | 26 | Aryan | Summer | |
| 4 | DF | Provat Lakra | 20 | NorthEast United | Summer | |
| 6 | DF | Mohamed Irshad | 23 | Minerva Punjab | Summer | |
| 7 | DF | Sushanth Mathew | 36 | | Summer | |
| 9 | FW | Hristijan Denkovski | 24 | Belasica | Summer | |
| 11 | MF | Mahmood Al-Ajmi | 31 | | Summer | |
| 13 | FW | Jimshad U | 31 | | Summer | |
| 17 | FW | Arif Shaikh | 24 | | Summer | |
| 19 | MF | Francis Xavier | 25 | | Summer | |
| 20 | MF | Gulom Urunov | 29 | | Summer | |
| 21 | MF | Vicky Meitei | 21 | Real Kashmir | Summer | |
| 26 | MF | Mohammad Saukat | 20 | Tollygunge Agragami | Summer | |
| 27 | GK | Bilal Khan | 23 | Pune City | Summer | Loan Return |
| 29 | FW | Syed Shoaib Ahmed | 22 | ARA | Summer | |
| 30 | FW | Henry Kisekka | 28 | Mohun Bagan | Summer | |
| 31 | GK | Priyant Singh | 26 | Mohammedan S.C. | Summer | |
| 36 | FW | Kivi Zhimomi | 22 | NorthEast United | Summer | |
| 7 | FW | Antonio German | 26 | Selangor | Winter | |
| 11 | MF | Arthur Kouassi | 29 | Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata) | Winter | |
| 21 | MF | Baoringdao Bodo | 18 | Chennaiyin | Winter | Loan Return |
| 13 | FW | Joel Sunday | 29 | Rainbow A.C. | Winter | Loan Return |
| 4 | DF | Fabricio Ortiz | 28 | | Winter | |
| 10 | MF | Musa Mudde | 28 | SAT | Winter | |
Source:

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss
Gokulam Kerala Played a friendly against Bengaluru FC at Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru.

## Technical staff

    As of 15 April 2018.
| Position | Name |
| Head Coach | Gift Raikhan |
| Assistant Coach | Emiliano bustos |
| Assistant Coach India | Sapam Premkanta Singh |
| Technical Director | Bino George |
| Technical Consultant | Luiz Greco |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Fysal K Bappu |
| Team Manager | Rajah Rizwan |
| Head of Academy and Grassroots | Mizpha Richards |
| Academy Manager | Joel Richard Williams |
| Physiotherapist | Adhith K J |
| Performance Analyst | Muhammed Jaseel |
| Kit & Equipment Manager | Shamnad M |
| Massuer | Rashid M |
| Media manager | Kevin |

## Statistics

    As of 15 December 2018.

### 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 | Ajmal PA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | IND | Arnab Das Sharma | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | GK | IND | Shibinraj Kunniyil | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | GK | IND | Satyajit Bordoloi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | IND | Deepak kumar | 10 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | TRI | Andre Ettienne | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GHA | Daniel Addo | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | IND | Mohammed Irshad | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | IND | Abhishek Das | 14 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | IND | Wungyanyg Muirang | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | IND | Jishnu Balakrishnan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | IND | Jestin George | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | IND | Mayakkannan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | IND | Monotosh Chakladar | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | IND | Dimple Bhagat | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | IND | Mehtab Singh | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | BRA | Guilherme Batata | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | HAI | Fabien Vorbe | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | IND | Muhammed Rashid | 10 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | IND | Arjun Jayaraj | 15 | 1 | 11+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | IND | Pritam Singh | 15 | 1 | 8+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | IND | Imran Khan | 9 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | IND | Suhair V P | 18 | 1 | 7+11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | TRI | Marcus Joseph | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | IND | Salman K | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | IND | Ghani Ahmmed Nigam | 5 | 1 | 3+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | IND | Bijesh T B | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | NGA | Ejiogu Emmanual | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | IND | Rajesh S | 12 | 2 | 7+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | IND | Nasar PA | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | IND | Lalmuankima | 6 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | FW | IND | Rohit Mirza | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 13 | FW | NGA | Joel Sunday | 4 | 3 | 3+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | GRN | Antonio German | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | CIV | Arthur Kouassi | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | IND | Baoringdao Bodo | 2 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ARG | Fabricio Ortiz | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | GHA | Christian Sabah | 6 | 1 | 5+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | FW | TRI | Russell Alfred | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | UGA | Musa Mudde | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | FW | GHA | Charles Teiko Folley | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Squad statistics

| | I-League | Super Cup | Total |
| Games played | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| Games won | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Games drawn | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Games lost | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Goals scored | 25 | 0 | 25 |
| Goals conceded | 33 | 0 | 33 |
| Goal difference | -8 | 0 | -8 |
| Clean sheets | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Goal by Substitute | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Yellow cards | 38 | 0 | 38 |
| Red cards | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Players Used: Gokulam Kerala has used a total of 38 different players in all competitions.

### Goalscorers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Name | I-League | Super Cup | Total |
| 7 | FW | | Marcus Joseph | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 13 | FW | | Joel Sunday | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | FW | | Antonio German | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 30 | FW | | Rajesh S | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | MF | | Arjun Jayaraj | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | | Suhair V P | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | | Ghani Ahmmed Nigam | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | | Baoringdao Bodo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | | Pritam Singh | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | FW | | Christian Sabah | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | FW | | Musa Mudde | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | FW | | Daniel Addo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 25 | 0 | 25 |

### Clean sheets

| No. | Nation | Name | I-League | Super Cup | Total | Games Played |
| 42 | | Shibinraj Kunniyil | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 29 | | Arnab Das Sharma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 |

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Name | I-League | I-League | I-League | Super Cup | Super Cup | Super Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 16 | FW | | Salman K | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Deepak kumar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Guilherme Batata | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | | Fabricio Ortiz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Pritam Singh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Suhair V P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Musa Mudde | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | | Daniel Addo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | GK | | Shibinraj Kunniyil | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | | Christian Sabah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | | Muhammed Rashid | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | | Arnab Das Sharma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Dimple Bhagat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Arjun Jayaraj | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Marcus Joseph | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Imran Khan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Andre Ettienne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | | Ejiogu Emmanual | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | | Monotosh Chakladar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 38 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 3 |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| I League | 27 October 2018 | 03 March 2019 | Matchday 1 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 33 | −8 | 015.00 |
| Super Cup | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 33 | −8 | 015.00 |
Last updated: 15 December 2018 (2018-12-15). Source: Competitions

### I-League
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Aizawl | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 28 | −1 | 24 | |
| 8 | Indian Arrows | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 21 | |
| 9 | Minerva Punjab | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 19 | −9 | 18 | |
| 10 | Gokulam Kerala | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 33 | −8 | 17 | |
| 11 | Shillong Lajong (R) | 20 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 23 | 56 | −33 | 11 | Relegation to I-League 2nd Division (withdrew) |
* ↑ The game between Minerva Punjab and Real Kashmir was rescheduled, but eventually it was not played and both teams were awarded a point.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 15 December 2018. Source: Matchday

#### 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 | H | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | H |
| Result | D | D | L | W | W | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | D | D | L | W | L |
| Position | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
Last updated: 15 December 2018. Source: Matchday