2017–18 Delhi Dynamos FC season
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The 2017–18 season was the club's fourth season since its establishment in 2014 and their fourth season in the Indian Super League.
| 2017–18 season | |
|---|---|
| Owner | GMS Inc. |
| Head Coach | Miguel Ángel Portugal |
| Stadium | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium |
| ISL | 8th |
| Super Cup | Qualifying round |
| Top goalscorer | Kalu Uche (11 goals) |
Season overview
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Pre Season Friendlies
The club headed to Spain and Qatar on a 41 days pre-season tour, starting from 10 September.[1]
| 20 September 2017 Friendly | Atlético Astorga FC | 5–2 | Delhi Dynamos FC | Astorga, Spain |
| 20:00 CET | Emilio 29' Samuel Villa 40' Gonzalo González 55' Roberto Puente 75' Javi Amor 79' | Report | G. Fernandez 30' Seityasen 87' | Stadium: Estadio La Eragudina |
| 27 September 2017 Friendly | Real Oviedo | 1–0 | Delhi Dynamos FC | Oviedo, Spain |
| 18:00 CET | David González 21' | Report | Stadium: El Requexón |
| 5 October 2017 Friendly | Muaither SC | 0–1 | Delhi Dynamos FC | Doha, Qatar |
| 18:00 AST | Report | Chhangte 15' | Stadium: Aspire Academy |
| 12 October 2017 Friendly | Al-Wakrah SC | 3–1 | Delhi Dynamos FC | Al Wakrah, Qatar |
| 18:00 AST | | Report | Ngaihte 65' | Stadium: Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium |
Transfers
Unlike other Indian Super League franchises Delhi Dynamos decided not retain any players from their previous season squad before 2017–18 players draft which enabled them to enter in the round one of players draft along with new entrant Jamshedpur FC.[2]
In ISL draft held on 23 July 2017, Delhi Dynamos added fifteen new players to their squad. Goalkeeper Albino Gomes, Sukhdev Patil and Arnab Das Sharma, defender Pritam Kotal, Sena Ralte, Pratik Chowdhary, Mohammad Sajid Dhot, Rowilson Rodrigues and Munmun Lugun, midfielder Seityasen Singh, Vinit Rai, Romeo Fernandes, David Ngaihte and Simranjit Singh and Lallianzuala Chhangte.[3]
Delhi Dynamos announced signing of Brazilian midfielder Paulinho Dias on 28 July 2017.[4] On 1 August, Delhi Dynamos announced signing of Uruguayan midfielder Matías Mirabaje.[5] Signing of Argentinian forward Juan Vogliotti was announced on 4 August.[6] Franchise announced on 10 August, they signed Venezuelan defender Gabriel Cichero.[7] On 29 August, Delhi Dynamos published a statement on their website that signing of Argentinian forward Juan Vogliotti could not be completed due to unavoidable circumstances. Juan Vogliotti said:[8]
I want to let you all know that I never had any bad intentions. Things were badly planned from my end and I should have completed all formalities before agreeing with Delhi Dynamos. Please accept my sincere apologies as I will not be able to leave this club and play in front of the amazing crowd in Delhi. Maybe, sometimes things do not go the way you want them too.
Delhi Dynamos announced on 7 September, they signed Nigerian forward Kalu Uche.[9] On 12 September, Delhi Dynamos announced signing of Curaçaoan forward Guyon Fernandez and Spanish defender Edu Moya.[10] On 14 September, Delhi Dynamos announced signing of their seventh foreign player, Dutch forward Jeroen Lumu.[11]
On 19 September, Delhi Dynamos announced they signed Indian U19 international players Kishan Singh Thongam and Jayananda Singh Moirangthem. On the matter managing director Rohan Sharma said:[12]
I’d like to extend my warmest greetings to Jayananda and Kishan, these two players have a lot of potential and I’m happy they have chosen Delhi Dynamos to be their new club. We hope we can help Jayananda and Kishan grow and develop into the next Indian superstars.
On 21 September, Delhi Dynamos announced signing of Nanda Kumar on a loan deal from I-League side Chennai City.[13]
In
Out
| Pos. | Player | New Club | Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF | Lalchhawnkima | Mumbai | 1 January 2017 | [21] |
| MF | Bruno Pelissari | Released | 1 January 2017 | |
| MF | Denson Devadas | Chennai City | 1 January 2017 | [22] |
| FW | Arjun Tudu | Released | 1 January 2017 | |
| FW | Badara Badji | Released | 1 January 2017 | |
| FW | Marcelinho | Avaí | 18 January 2017 | [23] |
| DF | Rubén González | Coruxo | 25 January 2017 | [24] |
| MF | Ibrahima Niasse | Levadiakos | 26 January 2017 | [25] |
| MF | Marcos Tébar | Reus | 31 January 2017 | [26] |
| DF | David Addy | RoPS | 30 March 2017 | [27] |
| MF | Florent Malouda | Released | 1 July 2017 | |
| FW | Richard Gadze | Zira | 1 July 2017 | [28] |
| GK | Soram Anganba | Mohun Bagan | 1 July 2017 | [29] |
| DF | Anas Edathodika | Jamshedpur | 23 July 2017 | [30] |
| MF | Amoes Do | Released | 23 July 2017 | [30] |
| MF | Sahil Tavora | Mumbai City | 23 July 2017 | [30] |
| MF | Romeo Fernandes | Delhi Dynamos | 23 July 2017 | [30] |
Loan in
| Pos. | Name | From | Date from | Date to | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF | Nanda Kumar | Chennai City | 17 September 2017 | 30 July 2017 | [31] |
Squad
- As of 27 October 2017[32]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Current Technical Staff
| Position | Name | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Head coach | Miguel Ángel Portugal[33] | ||
| Assistant coach | Shakti Chauhan | ||
| Assistant coach | Gonzalo Yarza | ||
| Head of Performance Analysis | Joy Gabriel | Goalkeeping coach | Martín Ruiz |
Indian Super League
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Kerala Blasters | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 22 | −2 | 25 |
| 7 | Mumbai City | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 29 | −4 | 23 |
| 8 | Delhi Dynamos | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 19 |
| 9 | ATK | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 30 | −14 | 16 |
| 10 | NorthEast United | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 27 | −15 | 11 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair play ranking; 6) drawing of lots
Matches
| 22 November 2017 1 | Pune City | 2–3 | Delhi Dynamos | Pune, India |
| 20:00 IST (UTC+5:30) | Emiliano Alfaro 67' Marcelo Leite Pereira 87' Marcos Tébar 90' | Paulinho Dias 46' Lallianzuala Chhangte 54' Matías Mirabaje 65' 79' Gabriel Cichero 88' | Stadium: Balewadi Stadium Attendance: 7,912 Man of the Match: Lallianzuala Chhangte (Delhi Dynamos) |
| 26 November 2017 2 | Bengaluru | 4–1 | Delhi Dynamos | Bengaluru, India |
| 20:00 IST (UTC+5:30) | Erik Paartalu 23', 45' Lenny Rodrigues 57' Miku 87' | Gabriel Cichero 27' Guyon Fernandez 67' Kalu Uche 86' (pen) | Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: 18,249 Man of the Match: Erik Paartalu (Bengaluru FC) |
| 2 December 2017 3 | Delhi Dynamos | 0–2 | NorthEast United | Delhi, India |
| 20:00 IST (UTC+5:30) | Guyon Fernandez 55' Ngaihte 82' | Marcinho 17' Danilo 22' 90' Rehenesh 89' | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 11,453 Referee: O Thakur Man of the Match: Halicharan Narzary (NEUFC) |
| 6 December 2017 4 | Delhi dynamos | 0–1 | Jamshedpur | Delhi, India |
| 20:00 IST (UTC+5:30) | Izu Azuka 55' 61' | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Delhi) Attendance: 7,953 Man of the Match: André Bikey (Jamshedpur) |
| 16 December 2017 5 | Delhi dynamos | 1–5 | Goa | Delhi, India |
| 20:00 IST (UTC+5:30) | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Delhi) Attendance: 6,345 |
| 23 December 2017 6 | ATK | 1–0 | Delhi Dynamos | Kolkata, India |
| 20:00 IST (UTC+5:30) | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 22,478 |
| 29 December 2017 7 | Mumbai City | 4–0 | Delhi Dynamos | Mumbai, India |
| 20:00 IST (UTC+5:30) | Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena Attendance: 5,672 |
| 7 January 2017 8 | Chennaiyin | 2–2 | Delhi Dynamos | Chennai, India |
| 20:00 IST (UTC+5:30) | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 13,889 |
| 10 January 2017 9 | Delhi Dynamos | 1–3 | Kerala Blasters | Delhi, India |
| 20:00 IST (UTC+5:30) | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Delhi) Attendance: 10,132 |
| 14 January 2017 10 | Delhi Dynamos | 2–0 | Bengaluru | Delhi, India |
| 20:00 IST (UTC+5:30) | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Delhi) Attendance: 5,124 |
Player statistics
- As of 28 October 2017
List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Indian Super League | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| GK | IND | Albino Gomes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| GK | IND | Sukhadev Patil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| GK | IND | Arnab Das Sharma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DF | IND | Pritam Kotal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DF | IND | Sena Ralte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DF | VEN | Gabriel Cichero | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DF | ESP | Edu Moya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DF | IND | Pratik Chowdhary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DF | IND | Mohammad Sajid Dhot | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DF | IND | Rowilson Rodrigues | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DF | IND | Simranjit Singh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DF | IND | Jayananda Singh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DF | IND | Munmun Lugun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DF | IND | Kishan Singh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | BRA | Paulinho Dias | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | URU | Matías Mirabaje | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | IND | David Ngaihte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | IND | Romeo Fernandes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | IND | Pratesh Shirodkar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | IND | Vinit Rai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | IND | Seityasen Singh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | IND | Nanda Kumar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | IND | Lallianzuala Chhangte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | NGA | Kalu Uche | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | CUW | Guyon Fernandez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | NED | Jeroen Lumu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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