2018–19 FC Pune City season

Last season in existence of FC Pune City

FC Pune City 2018–19 football season

FC Pune City2018–19 season

Manager|  Phil Brown
Stadium| Balewadi Sports Complex
ISL| 7th of 10
Super Cup| Round of 16

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The 2018–19 FC Pune City season is the club's fifth season since its establishment in 2014 and their fifth season in the Indian Super League. This was the club's last season in the Indian Super League.[1]

## Background

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Main article: 2017–18 FC Pune City season

### Transfers

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#### Contract Extension

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No.  | Position  | Player  | Date  | Ref

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9  | FW |  Emiliano Alfaro | 11 June 2018  | [2]
10  | FW |  Marcelinho | 13 June 2018  | [3]
5  | MF |  Adil Khan | 25 June 2018  | [4]
17  | MF |  Rohit Kumar | 29 June 2018  | [5]
20  | FW |  Diego Carlos | 4 July 2018  | [6]
15  | MF |  Marko Stanković | 4 July 2018  | [6]
3  | DF |  Gurtej Singh | 19 July 2018  | [7]
1  | GK |  Kamaljit Singh | 19 July 2018  | [7]
31  | DF |  Lalchhuanmawia | 19 July 2018  | [7]

#### In

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No.  | Position  | Player  | Previous club  | Transfer fee  | Date  | Ref

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11  | MF |  Gabriel Fernandes | East Bengal | Free agent  | 9 July 2018  | [8]
16  | MF |  Shankar Sampingiraj | ATK | Free agent  | 9 July 2018  | [8]
–  | FW | Robin Singh | ATK | Free agent  | 23 July 2018  | [9]
27  | MF |  Nikhil Poojari | East Bengal | Free agent  | 26 July 2018  | [10]
–  | MF |  Alwyn George | Bengaluru FC | Free agent  | 26 July 2018  | [10]
32  | DF |  Keenan Almeida | Chennaiyin | Free agent  | 30 July 2018  | [11]
–  | FW |  Iain Hume | Kerala Blasters | Free agent  | 2 August 2018  | [12]
21  | DF |  Martín Díaz | NorthEast United | Free agent  | 17 August 2018  | [13]
–  | DF |  Matt Mills | Barnsley | Free agent  | 21 August 2018  | [14]
–  | MF |  Jonathan Vila | Recreativo | Free agent  | 23 August 2018  | [15]
–  | DF |  Ashutosh Mehta |  ATK | Free agent  | 23 August 2018  | [16]

#### Out

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No.  | Position  | Player  | Outgoing club  | Ref

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19  | MF |  Kean Lewis |  Bengaluru FC | [17]
7  | MF  |  Jonatan Lucca |  C.F. Os Belenenses | [18]
| DF  |  Sebastian Thangmuansang |  NEROCA | [19]
4  | MF  |  Rafa |  CF Rayo Majadahonda |
6  | MF  |  Marcos Tébar |  Delhi Dynamos | [20]
11  | FW  |  Ajay Singh |  Gokulam Kerala |
23  |  FW |  Jewel Raja |  Mohammedan |
21  |  DF |  Lolo | unattached  |

## Pre-season and friendlies

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FC Pune City kicked -off their pre-season preparations by participating in the second edition of the AWES Cup in Goa from 29 August 2018.

In the last edition of AWES Cup, FC Pune City Reserves squad went up to semifinals before losing to Dempo Sports Club 1–0. But this time around, the club has decided to participate in the event with their entire first team squad. FC Pune City is placed along with Dempo SC, Salgaocar FC and FC Goa in Group A. [21]

Salgaocar v FC Pune City 29 August 2018 AWES Cup 2018|  Salgaocar | 2–0|  FC Pune City | Vasco da Gama, Goa, India

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16:00 IST |

* Ronaldo Olivera  23'
* Devendra Murgaokar  60'

| Report |  | Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium

Indian Arrows v FC Pune City 30 August 2018 Friendly[22]|  Indian Arrows | 1–1|  FC Pune City | Old Goa, India

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15:30 IST |  | Source |  | Stadium: Dempo S.C. training ground

FC Pune City v FC Goa(R) 6 September 2018 AWES Cup 2018|  FC Pune City | 3–3[23]|  FC Goa(R) | Vasco da Gama, Goa, India

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16:00 IST |

* Matt Mills 15'
* Diego Carlos 36'
* Emiliano Alfaro 90+2'

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* Hayden Fernandes  ?'
* Opa Ralte  ?', ?' [24]

| Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium

Dempo v FC Pune City 9 September 2018 AWES Cup 2018|  Dempo | 3–1|  FC Pune City | Vasco da Gama, Goa, India

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16:00 IST |

* Velito Cruz 56'
* Jessel Carneiro
* Latesh  68'

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* Jakob Vanlalhimpuia

| Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium

Churchill Brothers v FC Pune City 16 September 2018 Friendly[25]|  Churchill Brothers | 1–2|  FC Pune City | Old Goa, India

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* Willis Plaza

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* Emiliano Alfaro

| Stadium: Dempo S.C. training ground

Gokulam Kerala v FC Pune City 17 September 2018 Friendly|  Gokulam Kerala | 2–3|  FC Pune City | Old Goa, India

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* Erisa[26]

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* Abhishek Halder
* R.Singh
* Marko Stanković (p)

| Stadium: Dempo S.C. training ground

Pune City FC v Chennai City 26 September 2018 Friendly|  Pune City FC | 1–1|  Chennai City |

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IST |  | Report |

* Néstor Gordillo

## Players

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As of 31 August 2018

### Appearances and goals

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No. | Pos | Nat | Player  | Total | ISL | Super Cup

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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals
Goalkeepers
1  | GK |  IND | Kamaljit Singh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
13  | GK |  IND | Vishal Kaith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
24  | GK |  IND | Anuj Kumar  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Defenders
18  | DF |  IND | Ashutosh Mehta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
3  | DF |  IND | Gurtej Singh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
36  | DF |  IND | Sahil Panwar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
4  | DF |  ENG | Matt Mills | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
16  | DF |  IND | Sarthak Golui | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
2  | DF |  IND | Nim Dorjee Tamang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
31  | DF |  IND | Lalchhuanmawia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
21  | DF |  URU | Martín Díaz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| DF |  IND | Keenan Almeida | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Midfielders
6  | MF |  ESP | Jonathan Vila | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
8  | MF |  IND | Shankar Sampingiraj | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
19  | MF |  IND | Rohit Kumar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
5  | MF |  IND | Adil Khan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
15  | MF |  AUT | Marko Stanković | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
28  | MF |  IND | Abhishek Halder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
12  | MF |  IND | Alwyn George | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
11  | MF |  IND | Nikhil Poojari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| MF |  IND | Abhijit Sarkar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Forwards
23  | FW |  IND | Robin Singh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
10  | FW |  BRA | Marcelinho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
20  | FW |  BRA | Diego Carlos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
25  | FW |  IND | Jakob Vanlalhimpuia  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| FW |  IND | Gabriel Fernandes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| MF |  CAN | Iain Hume | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0

*   * Source: soccerway

## Competitions

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### Indian Super League

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Main article: 2018–19 Indian Super League season

#### Table

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5  | Jamshedpur | 18  | 6  | 9  | 3  | 29  | 21  | +8  | 27
6  | ATK | 18  | 6  | 6  | 6  | 18  | 22  | −4  | 24
7  | Pune City | 18  | 6  | 4  | 8  | 24  | 30  | −6  | 22
8  | Delhi Dynamos | 18  | 4  | 6  | 8  | 23  | 27  | −4  | 18
9  | Kerala Blasters | 18  | 2  | 9  | 7  | 18  | 28  | −10  | 15

Source: Indian Super League
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

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#### League stage

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FC Pune City v Bengaluru FC 22 October 2018 3|  FC Pune City | 0–3|  Bengaluru FC | Pune

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19:30 IST |

* Kuruniyan 10'
* Panwar 59'

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* Chhetri 41', 43'
* Khabra 47'
* Miku 64'

| Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
Attendance: 8,193
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee
Man of the Match: Sunil Chhetri (Bengaluru FC)

## Technical staff

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Position  | Name

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Manager  |  Phil Brown
Assistant Coach  |  Gonzalo Yarza
Technical Director  |  Pradyum Reddy
Assistant Coach  | TBD
Goalkeeping Coach  |  Ali Uzunhasanoglu
Team Physiotherapists  | TBD
Sumedh Desai
Team Doctor  |
Team Operations Manager  |  Ankur Paliwal
Team Masseur  |  Ramkishan Singh
Kit Manager  |
Youth Team – Head Coach  |  Anshul Katiyar
Youth Team – Assistant Coach  |

## References

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1. ^ "FC Pune City over and out; club to re-branded, renamed and moved to Hyderabad". Hindustan Times. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
2. ^ "ALFARO EXTENDS HIS CONTRACT WITH FC PUNE CITY". fcpunecity. com. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
3. ^ "MARCELINHO IS Back FOR Fc pune city". fcpunecity. com. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
4. ^ "FC PUNE CITY RETAINS ADIL KHAN ON A 2-YEAR DEAL". fcpunecity. com. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
5. ^ "ROHIT KUMAR SIGNS A 2-YEAR EXTENSION WITH FC PUNE CITY". fcpunecity. com. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
6. ^ a b "MARKO STANKOVIC & DIEGO CARLOS TO CONTINUE WITH FC PUNE CITY". fcpunecity. com. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
7. ^ a b c "ISL 2018: FC Pune City retain Gurtej Singh, Kamaljit Singh and Chhauntea Fanai". sportskeeda. com. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
8. ^ a b "FC PUNE CITY SIGN GABRIEL AND SHANKAR". fcpunecity.com. Archived from the original on 30 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
9. ^ "Indian Super League transfers : Pune City sign forward Robin Singh". insidesport.co. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
10. ^ a b "Alwyn George, Nikhil Poojari join FC Pune City". sportslive.com. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
11. ^ "Keenan Almeida signs with FC Pune City". asianage.com. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
12. ^ "FC PUNE CITY SIGN IAIN HUME". fcpunecity.com. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
13. ^ "fc pune city sign martin diaz". www.fcpunecity.com. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
14. ^ "fc pune city announce signing of matthew mills". www.fcpunecity.com. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
15. ^ "fc pune city sign Jonathan Vila". www.fcpunecity.com. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
16. ^ "ISL: Ashutosh Mehta set to sign for FC Pune City from ATK". goal.com. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
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26. ^ "ഉഗാണ്ടൻ സ്ട്രൈക്കർ ഗോകുലം കേരളയിൽ". fanport.in. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

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Pune, Maharashtra

The Club|

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Other teams|

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Key personnel|

Owners
Wadhawan Group
Hrithik Roshan
General manager
Gaurav Modwel
Head coach
Antonio López Habas

Seasons

Seasons|

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National teams|

| Men|

* Senior
* 2018 SAFF Championship
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* U23
* 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification
* U17 (2018 AFC U-16 Championship)

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Women|

* Senior (2019 SAFF Women's Championship)
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* U15 (2018 SAFF U-15 Women's Championship)

League competitions|

| First division|

* I-League
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* Final

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Second division|

* I-League 2nd Division

State leagues|

* Assam
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* Women's)
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Women|

* Indian Women's League
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Youth|

* Elite League

Cup competitions|

| Men|

* Super Cup
* Final
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* Qualifiers
* Final

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Women|

* Women's Championship (State)

Club seasons

I-League|

* Aizawl
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Indian Super League|

* ATK
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