2017–18 Mohun Bagan FC season

The 2017–18 Mohun Bagan FC season was the club's 11th season in I-League and 128th season since its establishment in 1889. They finished 3rd in the I-League and runners-up in the Calcutta Football League. Mohun Bagan reached the semifinals of the Super Cup where they were defeated by Bengaluru.

Mohun Bagan

2017–18 season
President	Swapan Sadhan Bose
Head coach	Sanjoy Sen (until 2 January 2018) Sankarlal Chakraborty (from 3 January 2018)
Stadium	Mohun Bagan Ground Salt Lake Stadium
I-League	3rd
Calcutta Football League	Runners-up
Super Cup	Semi-finalist
Top goalscorer	Aser Pierrick Dipanda (17 goals)
Highest home attendance	64,360
Lowest home attendance	5,384
Average home league attendance	17,258
Home colours Away colours
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Sanjoy Sen resigned as the coach of Mohun Bagan on 2 January 2018 following three home draws and a defeat against Chennai City placing the team in 4th position, virtually ending their title hopes.^[1] Shankarlal Chakraborthy was appointed as head coach for the remainder of the season.^[2]

Their title hopes however did stay intact till the last fixture of the season where they could have won the title had other results gone in their favour, but it was not to be and Minerva Punjab ultimately clinched the title. Although the 2017–18 season was not an ideal season for the club after a loss of form and change of coach midway through the season along with injuries to important players like Sony Norde and Yuta Kinowaki, they did manage to win both the home and away fixtures against arch rivals East Bengal.

Sponsor

As of 3 December 2017

Sponsors Type	Sponsor's Name
Sponsor
Co-Sponsor	M.P Birla Cement, Nilkamal, Floral, Ripley
Kit Sponsor	Shiv Naresh

Players

Current squad

As of March 2018

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   IND Sankar Roy 2 DF   IND Debabrata Roy 3 DF   NGA Kingsley Obumneme 4 DF   IND Kingshuk Debnath 6 DF   IND Ricky Lallawmawma 7 MF   IND Chesterpoul Lyngdoh 8 MF   IND Sourav Das 9 FW   CMR Aser Pierrick Dipanda 11 FW     NEP Bimal Gharti Magar 12 MF   JPN Yuta Kinowaki 13 DF   LBN Akram Moghrabi 14 DF   IND Arijit Bagui 15 DF   IND Abhishek Das 16 DF   IND Rana Gharami 17 MF   IND Surchandra Singh 19 FW   IND Naro Hari Shrestha 21 MF   AUS Cameron Watson 22 GK   IND Shilton Paul 23 MF   IND Nikhil Kadam 25 DF   IND Bikramjeet Singh 26 MF   IND Shilton D'Silva 27 MF   IND Pintu Mahata 28 DF   IND Gurjinder Kumar 29 MF   IND Raynier Fernandes 31 GK   IND Soram Anganba 35 FW   IND Azharuddin Mallick 36 MF   IND Dipendu Dowary 37 MF   IND Beikhokhei Beingaichho 42 GK   IND Shibinraj Kunniyil 45 FW   IND Manandeep Singh 47 MF   IND Sheikh Faiaz

Competitions

Calcutta Football League

I-League

Main article: 2017–18 I-League

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Minerva Punjab (C)	18	11	2	5	24	16	+8	35	Qualification to 2019 AFC Champions League qualifier
2	NEROCA	18	9	5	4	20	13	+7	32
3	Mohun Bagan	18	8	7	3	28	14	+14	31
4	East Bengal	18	8	7	3	32	19	+13	31
5	Aizawl	18	6	6	6	21	18	+3	24

Source: i-league.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
(C) Champions

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	A	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	A	A	A
Result	D	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	D
Position	6	3	1	2	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2018. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures & results

Minerva Punjab v Mohun Bagan

25 November 2017 1	Minerva Punjab	1–1	Mohun Bagan	Ludhiana
17:30 IST	Moinuddin  89'	Report	Sony Norde   43' Gurjinder Kumar   55'	Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium Attendance: 5,995 Referee: Umesh Bora Man of the Match: Sony Norde (Mohun Bagan AC)

Mohun Bagan v East Bengal

3 December 2017 2	Mohun Bagan	1–0	East Bengal	Kolkata
14:00 IST	Aser Pierrick Dipanda   34' Kingsley Obumneme  39' Ricky Lallawmawma   45'	Report	Mehtab Singh   14' Gurwinder Singh   37'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 64360 Referee: C. R. Srikrishna Man of the Match: Kingsley Obumneme (Mohun Bagan AC)

Mohun Bagan v Churchill Brothers

10 December 2017 3	Mohun Bagan	5–0	Churchill Brothers	Kolkata
14:00 IST	Ansumana Kromah   23' Shilton D'Silva   27' Aser Pierrick Dipanda   34', 46' Sk.Faiaz   49' Sony Norde   84'	Report	Karthik Govindswamy   21' Precious Emuejeraye   26' Denchandra Meitei   68' Peter Omoduemuke   89'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 11,894 Referee: Venkatesh R Man of the Match: Aser Pierrick Dipanda (Mohun Bagan AC)

Mohun Bagan v Shillong Lajong

14 December 2017 4	Mohun Bagan	1–1	Shillong Lajong	Kolkata
14:00 IST	Aser Pierrick Dipanda   12' (pen) Shilton D'Silva   43' Kingsley Obumneme  55'   73'	Report	Rakesh Pradhan   12' Daniel Odafin   35' Hardy Nongbri   54' Samuel Lalmuanpuia   72' (pen)	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 9,882 Referee: Rabichandra Singh Irengbam Man of the Match: Sheikh Faiaz (Mohun Bagan AC)

Mohun Bagan v NEROCA

19 December 2017 5	Mohun Bagan	0–0	NEROCA	Kolkata
17:30 IST		Report	Ngasepam Tondonba   90+4'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 7,722 Referee: Rowan Arumugham Man of the Match: Rana Gharami (Mohun Bagan AC)

Mohun Bagan v Indian Arrows

29 December 2017 6	Mohun Bagan	1-1	Indian Arrows	Kolkata
14:00 IST	Aser Pierrick Dipanda   27' (pen) Manandeep Singh   71'	Report	Anwar Ali   6' Rahul Praveen   33' Amarjit Singh Kiyam   50'   65' Jitendra Singh   90'	Stadium: Mohun Bagan Ground Attendance: 14,718 Referee: Tejas Visvasrao Nagvenkar Man of the Match: D Singh (Indian Arrows)

Mohun Bagan v Chennai City

2 January 2018 7	Mohun Bagan	1-2	Chennai City	Kolkata
17:30 IST	Ansumana Kromah   36' (pen) Abhishek Das   57' Nikhil Kadam   76' Manandeep Singh   82'	Report	Jean-Michel Joachim   5' Michael Soosairaj   62' Edwin Sydney Vanspaul   62' Venyamin Shumeyko   71' Tarif Akhand   76'	Stadium: Mohun Bagan Ground Attendance: 18,316 Referee: Santhosh Kumar Bhaskaran Man of the Match: Murilo de Almeida (Chennai City FC)

Mohun Bagan v Aizawl

7 January 2018 8	Mohun Bagan	2-0	Aizawl	Kolkata
14:00 IST	Ricky Lallawmawma   19' Masih Saighani   54' (o.g.) Aser Pierrick Dipanda   75' Kingsley Obumneme   81' Raynier Fernandes   81'	Report	William Lalnunfela   40' Kareem Omolaja   49' Lalthathanga Khawlhring   88' Lalramhmunmawia   90+1'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 5,785 Referee: Ajitkumar Meitei Lairenlakpam Man of the Match: Aser Pierrick Dipanda (Mohun Bagan AC)

Mohun Bagan v Minerva Punjab

10 January 2018 9	Mohun Bagan	1-2	Minerva Punjab	Kolkata
17:30 IST	Kingshuk Debnath   45+1' Cameron Watson   75' Kingsley Obumneme   90+4'	Report	Chencho Gyeltshen   23', 30' Kassim Aidara   26' William Opoku   45+1' Rakshit Dagar   90+5'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 5,384 Referee: Umesh Bora Man of the Match: Chencho Gyeltshen (Minerva Punjab FC)

East Bengal v Mohun Bagan

21 January 2018 10	East Bengal	0-2	Mohun Bagan	Kolkata
14:00 IST	Armand Bazzie   18'	Report	Dicka   2', 35' Kingshuk Debnath   17'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 52,951 Referee: C. R. Srikrishna Man of the Match: Aser Pierrick Dipanda (Mohun Bagan AC)

Aizawl v Mohun Bagan

25 January 2018 11	Aizawl	1-1	Mohun Bagan	Aizawl
14:00 IST	Yugo Kobayashi   1' Lalthathanga Khawlhring   73' C Lalrosanga   85' Alfred Jaryan   89'	Report	Manandeep Singh   56'  77' (pen.) Raynier Fernandes   85'	Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium (Aizawl) Attendance: 3,272 Referee: Senthil Nathan Man of the Match: Leonce Dodoz Zikahi (Aizawl FC)

Shillong Lajong v Mohun Bagan

3 February 2018 12	Shillong Lajong	0-3	Mohun Bagan	Shillong
17:30 IST		Report	Aser Pierrick Dipanda   30' Akram Moghrabi   86' Sheikh Faiaz   89' Arijit Bagui   90+1'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Shillong) Attendance: 4,700 Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta Man of the Match: Akram Moghrabi (Mohun Bagan AC)

Chennai City v Mohun Bagan

7 February 2018 13	Chennai City	0-0	Mohun Bagan	Coimbatore
17:30 IST	Tarif Akhand   39' Edwin Sydney Vanspaul   81'   84' Kabir Thaufiq   90+9'	Report	Kingsley Obumneme   47'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Coimbatore) Attendance: 7,680 Referee: Akash Jackson Routh Man of the Match: Jean-Michel Joachim (Chennai City FC)

Mohun Bagan v Gokulam Kerala

12 February 2018 14	Mohun Bagan	1-2	Gokulam Kerala	Kolkata
14:00 IST	Nikhil Kadam   16' Aser Pierrick Dipanda   73'  78'	Report	Mahmood Al-Ajmi   76' Henry Kisekka   90'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 4,360 Referee: R Palmson Moses Raj Man of the Match: Aser Pierrick Dipanda (Mohun Bagan AC)

NEROCA v Mohun Bagan

18 February 2018 15	NEROCA	2-3	Mohun Bagan	Imphal
14:00 IST	Subhash Singh   16' Felix Chidi Odili   24' Varney Kallon   33' Aryn Williams   58'	Report	Aser Pierrick Dipanda   21' (pen.), 30' Akram Moghrabi   38'  45+1'	Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium Attendance: 20,428 Referee: Crystal John Man of the Match: Subhash Singh (NEROCA FC)

Indian Arrows v Mohun Bagan

27 February 2018 16	Indian Arrows	0-2	Mohun Bagan	New Delhi
17:30 IST	Deepak Tangri   45+2'	Report	Aser Pierrick Dipanda   26' Akram Moghrabi   41'	Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium Attendance: 2,743 Referee: Velu Dhayalamani Man of the Match: Aser Pierrick Dipanda (Mohun Bagan AC)

Churchill Brothers v Mohun Bagan

3 March 2018 17	Churchill Brothers	1-2	Mohun Bagan	Vasco da Gama
17:30 IST	Israil Gurung   64' Monday Osagie   74'	Report	Nikhil Kadam   54' Aser Pierrick Dipanda   62' Akram Moghrabi   76'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Attendance: 3,173 Referee: Om Prakash Thakur Man of the Match: Nikhil Kadam (Mohun Bagan AC)

Gokulam Kerala v Mohun Bagan

8 March 2018 18	Gokulam Kerala	1-1	Mohun Bagan	Kozhikode
15:00 IST	Henry Kisekka   45+1'  64' Mohamed Irshad   50' Daniel Ashley Addo   77' Mahmood Al-Ajmi   84'	Report	Aser Pierrick Dipanda   26' Nikhil Kadam   84'	Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium Attendance: 9,572 Referee: Ramaswamy Srikrishna Coimbatore Man of the Match: Nikhil Bernard (Gokulam Kerala FC)

Super Cup

Round of 16

Churchill Brothers v Mohun Bagan

1 April 2018	Churchill Brothers	1–2	Mohun Bagan	Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
20:00 IST	Plaza   30'	Report	Dicka   45+3' (pen.), 70'	Attendance: 8,120 Referee: Venkatesh R

Quarter final

Mohun Bagan v Shillong Lajong

11 April 2018	Mohun Bagan	3–1	Shillong Lajong	Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
16:00 IST	Faiaz   12' Kadam   22' Moghrabi   59'	Report	Koffi   28'	Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Santosh Kumar

Semi final

Mohun Bagan v Bengaluru

17 April 2018	Mohun Bagan	2–4	Bengaluru	Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
16:00 IST	Dipanda   42', 90+3'	Report	Miku   62', 65', 88' (pen.) Chhetri   90+1'	Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar

Player statistics

Goal scorers

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Goal(s)	Appearance(s)
9	FW		Aser Pierrick Dipanda	17	21
13	FW		Akram Moghrabi	5	12
47	MF		Sheikh Faiaz	3	21
3	DF		Kingsley Obumneme	2	20
10	MF		Sony Norde	2	4
23	MF		Nikhil Kadam	2	19
45	FW		Mandeep Singh	1	3

Last updated: 17 April 2018.
Source: Competitions

Technical staff

Position	Name
Chief coach	Sankarlal Chakraborty
Assistant coach	—
Goalkeeping coach	Arpan Dey
Physical Trainer	Samiran Bag
Physiotherapist	Abhinandan Chatterjee
Club Doctor	Dr. Protim Roy
Team Manager	Satyajit Chatterjee

Last updated: 9 March 2018
Source: mohunbaganac.com

Awards

Player

No.	Player	Award	Tournament	Source
22	Shilton Paul	Best Goalkeeper of the Tournament	I-League	^[3]
9	Aser Pierrick Dipanda	Highest Scorer of the Tournament

References

1. "'I did not have the mentality to continue' - Sanjoy Sen". 2 January 2018.
2. "I-LEAGUE 2017-18: MOHUN BAGAN APPOINT SHANKARLAL CHAKRABORTY AS HEAD COACH". 2 January 2018.
3. "I-League 2017-18: Minerva Punjab presented with winners' trophy; NEROCA's Gift Raikhan named season's best coach". firstpost.com. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.