2020–21 Gokulam Kerala FC season explained

Season:	2020–21
Chairman:	Gokulam Gopalan
Mgrtitle:	Head Coach
League Topscorer:	Denny Antwi (11 goals)
Season Topscorer:	Denny Antwi (18 goals)
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Nextseason:	2021–22

The 2020-21 season was Gokulam Kerala's fourth season since its establishment in 2017 and their fourth season in the I-League.In addition to the I league Gokulam Kerala also participated in the Durand Cup and IFA Shield

Squad information

First-team squad

Squad no.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Age	Previous club	Since
Goalkeepers
1	Ubaid CK		GK	30	East Bengal	2019
30	Vicky Bhaskaran		GK	30	Academy	2019
31	Ajmal PA		GK	24	Academy	2018
	Shayan Roy		GK	28	TRAU	2020
Defenders
2	Naocha Singh		LB	20	NEROCA	2019
3	Jasim		LB	20	Academy	2020
4	Rowilson Rodrigues		CB	33	Churchill Brothers	2020
5	Sharif Mukhammad		CB	30	Maziya	2020
6	Ashok Singh		CB	27	NEROCA	2019
14	Zodingliana Ralte		LB	25	NEROCA	2020
15	Mohamed Salah		LB	25	SAT Tirur	2019
24	Jestin George		CB	22	Academy	2018
26	Deepak Devrani		CB	28	TRAU	2020
27	Sebastian Thangmuansang		RB	22	NEROCA	2019
49	Mohamed Awal		CB	32		2020
	Muhammad Asif		CB	23	Chyasal Youth Club	2020
	Chingkham Roshan Singh		CB	25	NEROCA	2020
MidFielders
12	Muhammed Rashid		CM	26	Academy	2017
13	Mayakkannan		CM	26	Academy	2019
16	Salman K		RW	24	Academy	2017
17	Thahir Zaman		CM/AM	22	Academy	2020
18	Jithin M S		CM/AM	22	Kerala blasters	2019
22	Shibil Muhammed		CM/AM	22	Academy	2019
47	Vincy Barreto		CM/AM	22	FC GOA Reserves	2020
	Mahip Adhikari		CM/AM	22	Garhwal	2020
Forwards
10	Ngangom Ronald Singh		RW/ST	23	NEROCA	2020
11	Emil Benny		RW	21	Academy	2020
20	Philip Adjah		FW	24	Mohammedan	2020
28	Lalromawia		RW	22	Chhinga Veng F.C.	2019
33	Denny Antwi		FW	27	Trelleborg	2020
	Malemngamba Meitei		RW		NEROCA	2019
	Faslu Rahman		RW	25	SAT Tirur	2020

Other contracts

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	Previous club	Fee	Ref.
18 July 2020	FW	10	Ngangom Ronald Singh	NEROCA	None	^[1]
25 July 2020	DF		Muhammed Asif	Chyasal Youth Club	None
2 August 2020	FW		Faslu Rahman	Sports Academy Tirur	none
9 August 2020	DM		Rishad PP	Sports Academy Tirur	None
14 August 2020	GK		Shayan Roy	TRAU	none	^[2]
28 August 2020	DF		Chingkham Roshan Singh	NEROCA	None	^[3]
5 September 2020	DF	14	Zodingliana Ralte	NEROCA	None	^[4]
19 September 2020	DF	26	Deepak Devrani	TRAU	None	^[5]
25 September 2020	DF	4	Rowilson Rodrigues	Churchill Brothers	None	^[6]
25 October 2020	DF		Ajin Tom	Indian Arrows	None	^[7]
30 October 2020	FW	33	Denny Antwi	Trelleborg	None	^[8]
6 November 2020	MF		Mahip Adhikari	Garhwal	None	^[9]
13 November 2020	DF	5	Sharif Mukhammad		None	^[10]
20 November 2020	DF	49	Mohamed Awal		None
25 November 2020	FW	20	Saliou Guindo		None
4 December 2020	MF	35	Vincy Barreto		None	^[11]
5 December 2020	DF	3	Jasim	Academy	None
5 December 2020	MF	28	Thahir Zaman	Academy	None
5 December 2020	MF	11	Emil Benny	Academy	None
2 January 2021	FW	50	Philip Adjah	Mohammedan	None
8 January 2021	DF	04	Alex Saji	Academy	None

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
5 June 2020	DF	06	Wungngayam Muirang	Bengaluru FC	None	^[12]
17 June 2020	DF	06	Mohammed Irshad	East Bengal FC	None
22 June 2020	DF	04	Zohib Islam Amiri	Real Kashmir
28 June 2020	DF	06	Dharmaraj Ravanan	Real Kashmir
14 September 2020	MF	23	Nicholas Fernandes	Bengaluru United		^[13]
15 September 2020	CF	31	Henry Kisekka	URA Kampala		^[14]
30 September 2020	MF	08	Nathaniel Garcia	NEROCA
23 November 2020	DF	05	Andre Ettienne
23 November 2020	FW	10	Marcus Joseph
23 November 2020	FW	11	Atuheire Kipson
2 December 2020	FW	06	Rajesh S	Chennai City FC
2 January 2021	FW	20	Saliou Guindo

Competitions

Overview

I-league

See main article: 2020–21 I-League.

League table

• Due to COVID-19 pandemic, this season's league format was shortened. All teams will face each other once in the first leg of the league, then they will be divided into two different groups. According to points table from first leg, top six teams will face each other once again in the Championship stage, where the team with maximum points (cumulative points collected from all fifteen matches) will be declared the winner of the league and qualify for the 2022 AFC Cup group stage. Whereas the other five teams will play against each other in a Relegation stage where the team with the lowest points (cumulative points collected from all fourteen matches) will be relegated to the 2nd Division League.^[15]

Matches

IFA Shield

See main article: 2020 IFA Shield.

Group D

Quarter-finals

Current technical staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Vincenzo Alberto Annese
Fitness and conditioning Coach	Djair Miranda Garcia
Technical Director	Bino George^[16]
Goalkeeping Coach	Mihir Sawant ^[17]
Academy Manager	Joel Richard Williams^[18]

Statistics

As of 19 February 2021.

Squad appearances

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	I-League		2020 IFA Shield		Super Cup		Total
				Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts
01	GK		Ubaid CK	14	14	3	3	0	0	17	17
02	LB		Naocha Singh	15	15	3	3	0	0	18	18
03	CB		Mohammed Jassim	2	0	-	-	0	0	2	0
04	CB		Alex Saji	5	3	-	-	0	0	5	3
10	FW		Ngangom Ronald Singh	12	4	3	3	0	0	15	7
11	FW		Emil Benny	13	12	-	-	0	0	13	12
12	MF		Muhammed Rashid	8	3	3	3	0	0	11	6
13	MF		Mayakkannan	14	14	3	3	0	0	17	17
14	FW		Zodingliana Ralte	6	1	0	0	0	0	6	1
16	FW		Salman K	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	1
17	MF		Thahir Zaman	8	1	1	0	0	0	9	1
18	FW		Jithin M S	6	0	2	1	0	0	8	1
20	FW		Saliou Guindo	0	0	3	1	0	0	3	1
21	DF		Sharif Mukhammad	14	14	-	-	0	0	14	14
22	MF		Shibil Muhammed	2	1	3	3	0	0	5	4
24	DF		Jestin George	3	3	3	3	0	0	6	6
26	DF		Deepak Devrani	14	14	1	0	0	0	15	14
27	DF		Sebastian Thangmuansang	11	10	3	3	0	0	14	13
28	RB		Lalromawia	8	4	0	0	0	0	8	4
31	GK		Ajmal P. A.	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	1
33	FW		Denny Antwi	15	15	2	2	0	0	18	18
47	MF		Vincy Barretto	13	7	-	-	0	0	13	7
49	DF		Mohamed Awal	14	14	3	3	0	0	17	17
50	FW		Philip Adjah	15	15	-	-	0	0	15	15

Goal Scorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	I League	IFA Shield	Indian Super Cup	Total
1	33	FW		Denny Antwi		11	4	0	15
2	50	FW		Philip Adjah		5	0	0	5
3	21	MF		Sharif Mukhammad		4	0	0	4
4	11	FW		Emil Benny		3	0	0	3
5	18	FW		Jithin M S		1	1	0	2
6	10	FW		Ngangom Ronald Singh		1	0	0	1
	12	MF		Muhammed Rashid		1	0	0	1
	14	FW		Zodingliana Ralte		1	0	0	1
	20	FW		Saliou Guindo		0	1	0	1
	22	MF		Shibil Muhammed		0	1	0	1
	24	DF		Jestin George		1	0	0	1
	27	FW		Lalromawia		1	0	0	1
Own Goals					2	0	0	2
Total					31	7	0	38

Clean sheets

No.	Nation	Name	I-League	Super Cup	Total
1		Ubaid CK	5	0	5
TOTAL			5	0	5

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2020-07-17. Gokulam Kerala sign Ngangom Ronald Singh from NEROCA FC. 2020-09-22. Khel Now. en-US.
2. Web site: 2020-08-14. Gokulam Kerala sign former TRAU FC goalkeeper Shayan Roy. 2020-09-22. Khel Now. en-US.
3. Web site: 2020-08-28. I League 2020 Gokulam Kerala FC Rope In Roshan Singh From NEROCA The Fan Garage (TFG). 2020-09-22. thefangarage.com.
4. Web site: Zodingliana Ralte and Roshan Singh join Gokulam Kerala FC Goal.com. 2020-09-22. www.goal.com.
5. Web site: Kumar. P. K. Ajith. I-League: Defender Deepak Devrani joins Gokulam Kerala. 2020-09-22. Sportstar. en.
6. Web site: Gokulam Kerala FC signs up Rowilson Rodrigues for upcoming I-League season. 26 September 2020.
7. Web site: I-League 2020/21: Ajin Tom signs for Gokulam Kerala FC. Vyshakh. K. 24 October 2020. www.sportskeeda.com.
8. Web site: Gokulam Kerala sign Ghanaian striker Dennis Antwi Agyare. 30 October 2020.
9. Web site: Gokulam Kerala sign former Garhwal FC vice-captain Mahip Adhikari. 6 November 2020.
10. Web site: Comments on: I-League 2020-21: Gokulam Kerala sign Sharif Mukhammad.
11. Web site: I-League: Gokulam Kerala rope in Goan winger Vincy Barreto. ANI News.
12. Web site: 2020-06-05. Bengaluru FC sign Joe Zoherliana, Wungngayam Muirang. 2020-09-22. BengaluruFC.com. en-US.
13. Web site: 14 September 2020. Flavio. Lopes. Nicholas, Ronaldo, Jason join FC Bengaluru United - Times of India. 2020-09-22. The Times of India. en.
14. Web site: Comments on: Striker Steven Mukwala will ignite URA FC's attacking force in the 2020-21 season. 2020-09-22. kawowo.com.
15. Web site: Hero I-League 2020-21 to start on January 9 with a new shorter format. 7 November 2020. the-aiff.com. en. 7 November 2020.
16. Web site: Bino George replaces Fernando Santiago as Gokulam Kerala head coach. 28 September 2018.
17. Web site: 22 November 2020. I-League: Gokulam Kerala FC appoint new goalkeeping coach. Times of India. 23 November 2020.
18. Web site: Joel Williams - The 'brains' behind dreaming big. Aashin. Prasad. Sportstar.