2016 Delhi Dynamos FC season explained

Club:Delhi Dynamos
Season:2016
Owner: GMS Inc.
Mgrtitle:Head Coach
Manager: Gianluca Zambrotta
Stadium:Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
League:ISL
League Result:3rd
Cup1:ISL Playoffs
Cup1 Result:Semi-final
Prevseason:2015
Nextseason:2017–18

The 2016 Delhi Dynamos FC season was club's third season since its establishment in 2014 and also their third season in the Indian Super League.

Background

See also: 2015 Delhi Dynamos FC season.

After the end of the 2014 ISL season, Delhi Dynamos parted ways with their inaugural season head coach, Harm van Veldhoven. Soon after, Roberto Carlos, was named as the new head coach for the 2015 season.[1] The season began for Delhi Dynamos with a 2–0 loss to the Goa on 4 October.[2] The team ended the season with six wins through fourteen matches and qualified for the finals.[3] In the finals, the Delhi Dynamos took on Goa. In the home-leg, the Dynamos won 1–0 with Robin Singh scoring the winner.[4] However, in the away second-leg, the Dynamos lost 3–0 and were thus knocked-out of the ISL finals 3–1 aggregate.[5]

Player movement

Retained players

Foreign players

Domestic

PositionPlayer
GK Sanjiban Ghosh[7]
DF Anas Edathodika[8]
MF Souvik Chakraborty[9]

Signings

Indian Super League

See main article: 2016 Indian Super League season.

Player statistics

Season stats
PositionPlayer
GK 0 0
GK 0 0
DF 0 0
MF 0 0
MF 0 0

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Bali. Rahul. Roberto Carlos named marquee player for Delhi Dynamos. 22 May 2016. Goal.com. 9 July 2015.
  2. Web site: FC Goa 2-0 Delhi Dynamos 2015. Soccerway.
  3. News: ISL 2015 Table & Results. 22 May 2016. India.com. 6 December 2015.
  4. Web site: Delhi Dynamos 1-0 FC Goa. Soccerway.
  5. News: FC Goa thrash Delhi Dynamos 3-0 to breeze into ISL final. 22 May 2016. Zee News. 15 December 2015.
  6. Web site: Toni Doblas retained. Delhi Dynamos (twitter).
  7. Web site: Sanjiban Ghosh retained. Delhi Dynamos (twitter).
  8. Web site: Anas Edathodika Retained. Delhi Dynamos FC (Twitter).
  9. Web site: Souvik and Kean Lewis. Delhi Dynamos FC. 21 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160626193504/http://www.delhidynamos.com/news/1134-delhi-dynamos-f-c-sign-duo-shouvik-chakraborty-and-kean-lewis. 26 June 2016. dead. dmy-all.