2014 Atlético de Kolkata season explained

Season:2014
Mgrtitle:Head Coach
Chrtitle:Sporting Director
Motto:Fatafati Football
Matches:16
Total Goals:13
League Topscorer: Fikru Teferra (5 goals)
Biggest Home Win:
(12 October 2014)
Biggest Away Win:
(16 October 2014)
Highest Attendance:65,000 [1]
Lowest Attendance:21,550 [2]
Average Attendance:45,171
Nextseason:2015

The 2014 season was Atlético de Kolkata's inaugural season in existence in the Indian Super League. They ended their first season as the champions of the inaugural edition of the competition.

Background

In early 2014 it was announced that the All India Football Federation, the national federation for football in India, and IMG-Reliance would be accepting bids for ownership of eight of nine selected cities for the upcoming Indian Super League, an eight-team franchise league modeled along the lines of the Indian Premier League cricket tournament.[3] On 13 April 2014, it was announced that Sourav Ganguly, Harshavardhan Neotia, Sanjiv Goenka, Utsav Parekh, and Spanish La Liga side Atlético Madrid had won the bidding for the Kolkata franchise. Shahrukh Khan also submitted bids for the franchise but lost out[4] The Kolkata franchise turned out to be the most expensive franchise, being purchased for 18 crore.[4]

On 7 May 2014, during an official launch, it was announced that the name of the team would be Atlético de Kolkata.[5] Indian Super League (ISL) Opening Ceremony Match will started with Atlético de Kolkata vs Mumbai City FC which will be the first match.[6]

Signings

The first ever signing by the team was made on 3 July 2014, when former Real Madrid midfielder Borja Fernández was signed. He is also the first ever player signing in league history.[7] Then, five days later, on 8 July 2014 it was confirmed that former Liverpool midfielder, Luis García, as their marquee for the 2014 season as well as the signing of Botswana international Ofentse Nato.[8] The club then signed 14 Indian players between 22 July and 23 July during the 2014 ISL Inaugural Domestic Draft.[9] This was followed by 6 foreigners from the Foreign Player Draft.

Atlético de Kolkata then began the month of August by signing Ethiopia international Fikru Teferra.[10] and Spanish Goalkeeper Basilio Sancho Agudo.

In September Atlético signed Bangladesh captain Mamunul Islam.[11]

Foreign signings

Position:PlayerLast clubDateSource
Getafe
Pumas UNAM
Bidvest Wits
Milano United
Dhanmondi Club[12]

Drafted domestic players

RoundPositionPlayerI-League club
1 Cavin LoboEast Bengal
2 Arnab MondalEast Bengal
3 Denzil FrancoChurchill Brothers
4 Rakesh MasihMohammedan
5 Mohammed RafiqueEast Bengal
6 Mohammed RafiMumbai
7 Biswajit SahaMohun Bagan
8 Sanju PradhanEast Bengal
9 Kingshuk DebnathMohun Bagan
10 Lester FernandezPune
11 Subhasish Roy ChowdhuryDempo
12 Baljit SahniEast Bengal
13 Climax LawrenceMumbai
14 Nallappan MohanrajSporting Goa

Drafted foreign players

RoundPositionPlayerLast Club
1 Borja Fernández (retained)Getafe
2 Jofre MateuGirona
3 JosemiXanthi
4 Arnal LlibertAlcorcon
5 Sylvain MonsoreauTroyes
6 Jakub PodanýPrague
7 Apoula EdelTel Aviv

Players

Player squad

Technical staff

As of October 2014.[13]

PositionName
Head coach Antonio López Habas
Assistant coach Jose Ramirez Barreto
Fitness coach Miguel Martinez

Pre-season and friendlies

Atlético de Kolkata trained in Spain in Los Angeles de San Rafael under manager Antonio Lopez Habas.

Competitions

Indian Super League

Matches

Player statistics

Goals

This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

width=20width=200Playerwidth=20width=50ISLwidth=50Otherwidth=50Total
1 Cavin LoboFW202
Fikru TeferraFW30
2 Borja FernándezMF101
Arnal LlibertFW10
Jakub PodanýMF10
Jofre MateuMF10
Baljit SahniFW10
Luis GarcíaMF20
Own goals000
Total10010

Discipline

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Indian Super League. 12 October 2014.
  2. Web site: Indian Super League. 19 October 2014.
  3. Web site: Indian Super League sees interest from 30 franchise bidders. Business Standard. 3 July 2014.
  4. Web site: Basu. Saumyajit. Stars embrace soccer through Indian Super League. Times of India. 3 July 2014.
  5. Web site: Indian Super League football: Sourav Ganguly-backed Atletico de Kolkata launched. NDTV Sports. 3 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006091644/http://sports.ndtv.com/football/news/223905-indian-super-league-football-sourav-ganguly-backed-atletico-de-kolkata-launched. 6 October 2014. dead. dmy-all.
  6. Web site: Hero Indian Super League 2014 Schedule. Indian. 28 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140910195140/http://indiansuperleague2014.org/. 10 September 2014. dead.
  7. Web site: Borja Fernández se va a la Superliga india . Lavozde Galicia . 3 July 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140707081915/http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/deportes/2014/07/03/borja-fernandez-va-superliga-india/00031404417929992323749.htm . 7 July 2014 .
  8. Web site: Luis Garcia heads to India. FourFourTwo. 12 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140908153206/http://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/news/luis-garcia-heads-india. 8 September 2014. dead.
  9. Web site: Ghoshal. Amoy. ISL domestic players draft analysis: Atletico de Kolkata. Yahoo News. 12 August 2014.
  10. Web site: Chansa enticed to Indian Super League. Kick-off. 12 August 2014.
  11. Web site: Atletico sign Mamunul Islam. 3 July 2014.
  12. https://web.archive.org/web/20140911035906/http://www.indiansuperleague.com/news/146-atletico-de-kolkata-sign-bangladesh-captain-mamunul-islam |Atletico de Kolkata sign Bangladesh captain Mamunul Islam
  13. Web site: Squad. Indian Super League. 5 October 2014. 31 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170731112446/http://www.indiansuperleague.com/atletico-de-kolkata/squad. dead.