| Club: | Hyderabad |
| Season: | 2019–20 |
| Manager: | Phil Brown (until 10 January 2020)[1] Mehrajuddin Wadoo (interim, until 16 January 2020) Xavier Gurri Lopez (interim, from 24 January 2020)[2] |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Stadium: | G.M.C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium |
| League: | Indian Super League |
| League Result: | 10th |
| Cup1: | Super Cup |
| League Topscorer: | Marcelinho (7) |
| Season Topscorer: | Marcelinho (7) |
| Average Attendance: | 7,299 |
| Highest Attendance: | 12,114 (vs. Kerala Blasters, 2 November 2019, ISL) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 3,000 (vs. Chennaiyin, 10 January 2020, ISL) |
| Largest Win: | 5–1 (vs. NorthEast United, 20 February 2020, ISL) |
| Largest Loss: | 0–5 (vs. ATK, 25 October 2019, ISL) |
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| Updated: | 20 February 2020 |
| Nextseason: | 2020–21 |
The 2019–20 Hyderabad FC season was the first ever competitive season in the club's history and the inaugural season in the Indian Super League.[3]
The Hyderabad FC replaced the FC Pune City in 2019 and will debut in the 2019–20 Indian Super League season. FC Pune City was dissolved after the 2018–19 season due to prolonged financial and technical troubles. The franchise was taken over by Vijay Madduri, a Hyderabad based entrepreneur, and Varun Tripuraneni, the former CEO of the Kerala Blasters. The owners decided to move the franchise to their home city of Hyderabad.[4] The club was announced on 27 August 2019.[3] The Hyderabad FC will be the first club from Hyderabad to feature in the Indian Super League.[4]
The club officially unveiled their logo on 21 September and the home jersey for their maiden season on 29 September.[5] [6] The Hyderabad FC will play their home matches at G.M.C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium which has a capacity of 30,000.[7] [8]
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Head Coach |  Xavier Gurri Lopez |
| Assistant Coach |  Mehrajuddin Wadoo |
| Head Performance Analyst | Joy Gabriel |
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of Birth | Signed Year | Previous Club | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | |||||||
| 1 | Kamaljit Singh | | GK | 2019 10, df=yes | 2019 | Pune City | |
| 33 | Laxmikant Kattimani | | GK | 2019 10, df=yes | 2019 | FC Goa | |
| 40 | Kunzang Bhutia | | GK | 2019 10, df=yes | 2020 | Churchill Brothers | |
| Defenders | |||||||
| 3 | Sahil Panwar | | DF | 2019 10, df=yes | 2019 | Pune City | |
| 4 | Rafa | | DF | 2019 10, df=yes | 2019 | Rayo Majadahonda | |
| 5 | Adil Khan | | DF | 2019 10, df=yes | 2019 | Pune City | |
| 6 | Matthew Kilgallon | DF | 2019 10, df=yes | 2019 | Hamilton Academical | ||
| 13 | Gurtej Singh | | DF | 2019 10, df=yes | 2019 | Pune City | |
| 25 | Dimple Bhagat | | DF | 2019 10, df=yes | 2019 | Gokulam Kerala | |
| 36 | Souvik Chakrabarti | | DF | 2019 10, df=yes | 2020 | Mumbai City | |
| 44 | Ashish Rai | | DF | 2019 10, df=yes | 2019 | Pune City | |
| Midfielders | |||||||
| 8 | Sahil Tavora | | MF | 2019 10, df=yes | 2019 | Mumbai City | |
| 11 | Abhishek Halder | | MF | 2019 10, df=yes | 2019 | Pune City | |
| 12 | Deependra Negi | | MF | 2019 10, df=yes | 2019 | Kerala Blasters | |
| 14 | Néstor Gordillo | | MF | 2019 10, df=yes | 2019 | Chennai City | |
| 15 | Marko Stanković |  | MF | 2019 10, df=yes | 2019 | Pune City | |
| 16 | Shankar Sampingiraj | | MF | 2019 10, df=yes | 2019 | Pune City | |
| 19 | Rohit Kumar | | MF | 2019 10, df=yes | 2019 | Pune City | |
| 20 | Ajay Chhetri | | MF | 2019 10, df=yes | 2020 | Bengaluru | |
| 22 | Ghani Ahmmed Nigam | | MF | 2019 10, df=yes | 2019 | Gokulam Kerala | |
| 26 | Hitesh Sharma | | MF | 2019 10, df=yes | 2020 | ATK | |
| 27 | Nikhil Poojari | | MF | 2019 10, df=yes | 2019 | Pune City | |
| 32 | Mohammad Yasir | | MF | 2019 10, df=yes | 2019 | Pune City | |
| Forwards | |||||||
| 7 | Giles Barnes |  | FW | 2019 10, df=yes | 2019 |  Colorado Rapids | |
| 9 | Bobô |  | FW | 2019 10, df=yes | 2019 |  Alanyaspor | |
| 10 | Marcelinho (C) | | FW | 2019 10, df=yes | 2019 | Pune City | |
| 28 | Liston Colaco | | FW | 2019 10, df=yes | 2020 | Goa | |
| No. | Position | Player | Date | Until | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | DF | Adil Khan | 23 January 2020 | 31 May 2023 | [9] | |
| 11 | DF | Abhishek Halder | 28 January 2020 | 31 May 2022 | [10] | |
| 32 | MF | Mohammad Yasir | 17 February 2020 | 31 May 2023 | [11] | |
| 44 | DF | Ashish Rai | 17 February 2020 | 31 May 2023 | ||
| 27 | MF | Nikhil Poojari | 20 April 2020 | 31 May 2023 | [12] | |
| 25 | DF | Dimple Bhagat | 2 May 2020 | 31 May 2022 | [13] | |
| 33 | GK | Laxmikant Kattimani | 30 May 2020 | 31 May 2021 | [14] |
| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Date | Until | Fee | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | ||||||||
| 28 | FW | Goa | 14 January 2020 | 31 May 2022 | Free transfer | [15] [16] [17] | ||
| 40 | GK | Churchill Brothers | 14 January 2020 | Free transfer | [18] | |||
| 36 | DF | Souvik Chakrabarti | Mumbai City | 28 January 2020 | 31 May 2023 | Free transfer | [19] [20] [21] | |
| 26 | MF | Hitesh Sharma | ATK | 31 January 2020 | 31 May 2021 | Free transfer | [22] |
| No. | Pos. | Player | To | Date | Until | Fee | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | ||||||||
| 34 | DF | Tarif Akhand | Chennai City | 5 January 2020 | 31 May 2020 | Undisclosed | [25] [26] | |
| DF | Abhash Thapa | East Bengal | 8 January 2020 | 31 May 2020 | Undisclosed | [27] | ||
| 21 | GK | Indian Arrows | 14 January 2020 | 31 May 2020 | Undisclosed | [28] | ||
| 17 | MF | Real Kashmir | 31 January 2020 | 31 May 2020 | Undisclosed | |||
| 23 | FW | Real Kashmir | 31 January 2020 | 31 May 2020 | Undisclosed | [29] | ||
| DF | Mumbai City | 31 January 2020 | 31 May 2020 | Undisclosed | [30] |
The Hyderabad FC played a pre-season friendly against an I-League club Real Kashmir FC on 4 October 2019. They drew the match 1–1 with Laldanmawia Ralte scoring the solitary goal for the Hyderabad.[31] The hat-trick from Robin Singh in their next friendly guided the Hyderabad to a 4–2 win over the Velsao with Rafa scoring the fourth goal.[32] The Hyderabad ended their pre-season tour on a winning note as Robin's brace and goal apiece from Marcelinho and Abhishek Halder helped them defeat the Minerva Punjab 4–0 in their last friendly match on 18 October.[33]
See main article: article and 2019–20 Indian Super League season. Phil Brown was appointed as the head coach of the Hyderabad FC who previously managed FC Pune City. He hired Neil McDonald and Mehrajuddin Wadoo as his assistant coaches and Aidan Davison as the goalkeeping coach.[34] [35] [36]
The Hyderabad FC announced their squad on 8 October for their first competitive season.[37] Despite being named in the squad, Néstor Gordillo will not be available until late December owing to the ban handed to him by All India Football Federation (AIFF).[38] [39]
The Hyderabad FC made their debut in the Indian Super League against the ATK in an away match at Kolkata on 25 October.[40] The Hyderabad registered their heaviest defeat of the debut season in their first ever competitive match with a 5-0 loss against the ATK.[41]
On 2 November, the Hyderabad came from behind to register a 2-1 win against the Kerala Blasters. This was their first ever competitive win in their third match of this season.[42]
On 11 January, after loss against the Chennaiyin and after losing nine out of twelve league games, manager Phil Brown was sacked by Hyderabad.[43] [44] The current assistant coach, Wadoo, took charge as interim head coach.[45] Former Bengaluru coach Albert Roca was appointed Hyderabad new head coach on two season deal starting from 2020–21 season while taking up the advisory role to the new coaching staff for the remainder of the season.[46] [47] On 23 January, Roca appointed Xavier Gurri Lopez as the interim coach until the end of the season.[2]
On 20 February, the Hyderabad finished the league stage with a 5-1 win against the NorthEast United which also snapped their 14-match win-less streak and recorded their first away win in any competition.[48] They ended their campaign with a last place finish as they registered two wins and four draws in 18 matches in their debut season and were eventually not qualified for the playoff stage.
| No. | Pos. | Player | ISL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1 | GK | Kamaljit Singh | 12 | 0 | |
| 3 | DF | Sahil Panwar | 9 (3) | 0 | |
| 4 | DF | Rafa | 6 | 0 | |
| 5 | DF | Adil Khan | 14 | 0 | |
| 6 | DF | Matthew Kilgallon | 17 | 1 | |
| 7 | FW | Giles Barnes | 5 (7) | 0 | |
| 8 | MF | Sahil Tavora | 1 (1) | 0 | |
| 9 | FW | Bobô | 13 | 5 | |
| 10 | FW | Marcelinho | 17 | 7 | |
| 11 | MF | Abhishek Halder | 3 (5) | 0 | |
| 12 | MF | Deependra Negi | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | DF | Gurtej Singh | 11 (2) | 0 | |
| 14 | MF | Néstor Gordillo | 7 (2) | 1 | |
| 15 | MF | Marko Stanković | 13 (2) | 2 | |
| 16 | MF | Shankar Sampingiraj | 3 (2) | 0 | |
| 19 | MF | Rohit Kumar | 8 (1) | 1 | |
| 20 | MF | Ajay Chhetri | 0 (2) | 0 | |
| 22 | MF | Ghani Ahmmed Nigam | 1 (4) | 0 | |
| 25 | DF | Dimple Bhagat | 1 (1) | 0 | |
| 26 | MF | Hitesh Sharma | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | MF | Nikhil Poojari | 18 | 0 | |
| 28 | FW | Liston Colaco | 2 (2) | 2 | |
| 32 | MF | Mohammad Yasir | 10 (5) | 1 | |
| 33 | GK | Laxmikant Kattimani | 6 | 0 | |
| 36 | DF | Souvik Chakrabarti | 2 (1) | 0 | |
| 40 | GK | Kunzang Bhutia | 0 | 0 | |
| 44 | DF | Ashish Rai | 11 (3) | 0 | |
| Players have left the club | |||||
| 17 | MF | Laldanmawia Ralte | 3 (2) | 0 | |
| 21 | GK | Anuj Kumar | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | FW | Robin Singh | 5 (4) | 1 | |
| 34 | DF | Tarif Akhand | 0 (1) | 0 | |
| DF | Keenan Almeida | 0 | 0 | ||
| DF | Abhash Thapa | 0 | 0 |
| Rank | No. | Pos | Player | ISL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | FW | Marcelinho | 7 | |
| 2 | 9 | FW | Bobô | 5 | |
| 3 | 15 | MF | Marko Stanković | 2 | |
| 28 | FW | Liston Colaco | |||
| 5 | 6 | DF | Matthew Kilgallon | 1 | |
| 14 | MF | Néstor Gordillo | |||
| 19 | MF | Rohit Kumar | |||
| 23 | FW | Robin Singh | |||
| 32 | MF | Mohammad Yasir | |||
| Own goals | 0 | ||||
| Total | 21 | ||||
| Rank | No. | Pos | Player | ISL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | FW | Marcelinho | 2 | |
| 2 | 11 | MF | Abhishek Halder | 1 | |
| 13 | MF | Gurtej Singh | |||
| 14 | MF | Néstor Gordillo | |||
| 15 | MF | Marko Stanković | |||
| 19 | MF | Rohit Kumar | |||
| 44 | DF | Ashish Rai | |||
| Total | 8 | ||||
| No. | Pos | Player | ISL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Kamaljit Singh | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | DF | Sahil Panwar | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | DF | Adil Khan | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | DF | Matthew Kilgallon | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | FW | Giles Barnes | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | FW | Bobô | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | FW | Marcelinho | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | MF | Abhishek Halder | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | DF | Gurtej Singh | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | MF | Marko Stanković | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | MF | Shankar Sampingiraj | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | FW | Robin Singh | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | DF | Dimple Bhagat | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 27 | MF | Nikhil Poojari | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 32 | MF | Mohammad Yasir | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 36 | DF | Souvik Chakrabarti | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 44 | DF | Ashish Rai | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| TOTALS | 42 | 1 | 1 | |||