2017–18 ATK season explained

Club:ATK
Season:2017–18
Manager:Teddy Sheringham
Mgrtitle:Head Coach
Chairman:Kolkata Games and Sports Pvt. Ltd.
Chrtitle:Owners
Stadium:Salt Lake Stadium
League:Indian Super League
League Result:9th
Cup1:Super Cup
Cup1 Result:Round of 16
Highest Attendance:32,816
Lowest Attendance:3,165
Average Attendance:12,669
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Prevseason:2016
Nextseason:2018–19

The 2017 ATK season was the club's fourth season since its establishment in 2014 and their fourth season in the Indian Super League. The club ended a three-season association with the Spanish La Liga club Atlético Madrid and was abbreviated to ATK[1] This season the club is coached by Teddy Sheringham and former Bengaluru FC coach, Ashley Westwood is given role of technical director.

Transfers

Pre-season

In:[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] Out:[8]

During the season

In:[9] Out:

Players

U18 Team

[10]

Indian Super League

See main article: 2017–18 Indian Super League season.

Super Cup

See main article: article and 2018 Indian Super Cup.

Qualification round

As one of the bottom four teams in Indian Super League, ATK entered the Super Cup in the qualifier round where they faced Chennai City for a spot in the Round of 16. The match began with ATK on the front foot as expected. They sealed their berth in the pre-quarter finals by winning the match 4–1.[11]

Super Cup

Qualification round

ATK drawn with Chennai City in qualification stage. They defeated them by 4-1. And qualified for Round of 16.

Round of 16

In the round of 16, ATK was defeated by fellow Indian Super League side, FC Goa 3-1.

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.PosNatPlayerIndian Super LeagueIndian Super Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoals
4MFConor Thomas18020
5DFTom Thorpe7000
6DFJordi15020
8MFRyan Taylor9010
9FWRobin Singh412+21
10FWRobbie Keane201+10
11FWJayesh Rane100+10
14MFEugeneson Lyngdoh3030
16MFShankar Sampingiraj200+20
17MFRupert Nongrum503+20
18MFHitesh Sharma4040
20DFKeegan Pereira4040
21MFRonald Singh100+10
22GKJussi Jääskeläinen1010
23DFAnwar Ali1010
24GKDebjit Majumder4040
29MFBipin Singh413+11
33DFPrabir Das5050
36DFAshutosh Mehta201+10
87FWZequinha5151
99FWNjazi Kuqi513+21
Players who left ATK due to injury during the season:

Goal scorers

PlacePositionNationNumberNameIndian Super LeagueTotal
1MF29Bipin Singh11
FW87Zequinha11
FW99Njazi Kuqi11
FW9Robin Singh11
TOTALS44

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Revealed - here's what Atletico de Kolkata will be called from now on. 22 July 2017.
  2. News: Join us in welcoming our new player. Atlético de Kolkata . 23 August 2017 . 23 August 2017.
  3. Web site: ATK sign Manchester United academy graduate Thorpe. Times of India. 7 October 2017. 11 September 2017.
  4. Web site: Indian Super League: ATK sign Spanish defender Jordi Figueras Montel. Hindustan Times. 9 September 2017. 7 October 2017.
  5. Web site: ATK sign former Coventry City skipper Carl Baker for 2017–18 Indian Super League. 4 September 2017. Hindustan Times. 7 October 2017.
  6. News: 'I hope to bring the ATK fans more success and enjoyment' – Robbie Keane completes move to Indian side. Irish Independent. 5 August 2017.
  7. Web site: ATK sign Finland goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen. Indian Express. 7 October 2017. 1 September 2017.
  8. Web site: Pearson returns to the 'Well. Motherwell F.C.. 2 February 2017. 2 February 2017.
  9. Web site: ISL 2017: ATK SIGN FORMER NEWCASTLE UNITED PLAYER RYAN TAYLOR TO REPLACE INJURED CARL BAKER. goal.com. 12 December 2017. 17 December 2017.
  10. Web site: Under 18 squad . Hero I-League . 10 March 2017 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170321093032/http://i-league.org/match-details/?mid=591 . 21 March 2017 . dmy-all.
  11. Web site: Mumbai stall Arrows' brilliance with a late revival. Supercup.in. 16 March 2018.