2017–18 FC Pune City season

The 2017–18 FC Pune City season will be the club's fourth season since its establishment in 2014 and their fourth season in the Indian Super League.This will be the first season for coach Ranko Popović with the club. He replaced Antonio López Habas middle of the pre–season.[1]

FC Pune City
2017–18 season
Head CoachRanko Popović
StadiumBalewadi Sports Complex
ISLTBD
Top goalscorerLeague: Emiliano Alfaro
All: Emiliano Alfaro
Highest home attendance9,881 vs Chennaiyin
(3 December 2017)
Lowest home attendance7,112 vs Delhi Dynamos
(22 November 2017)
Average home league attendance8,668
All statistics correct as of 10 December 2017.

Background
See also: 2016 FC Pune City season

Pune City finished sixth in 2016 ISL season and failed to qualify for the semifinals.

Player movement

Due to the Indian Super League regulation each club was allowed to retain a maximum of two Indian players over the age of twenty-one (21) and 3 under-21 players from previous squad.[2] Pune City retained goalkeeper Vishal Kaith and an under-21 forward Ashique Kuruniyan.[3] On 10 July Pune City announced signing of Uruguayan striker Emiliano Alfaro.[4]

In ISL players draft held on 23 July 2017, Pune City picked 14 players to the squad.[5] Pune City picked goalkeeper Kamaljit Singh and added defenders Adil Khan, Lalchhuanmawia, Nim Dorjee Tamang, Harpreet Singh, Wayne Vaz, Gurtej Singh and Pawan Kumar from draft. Pune City added midfielders Kean Lewis, Jewel Raja, Isaac Vanmalsawma and Rohit Kumar to the squad and also picked forwards Baljit Sahni and Ajay Singh from draft.

On 4 August Pune City announce signing of Spanish midfielder Marcos Tébar.[6] The club announced signing of Brazilian forward Marcelinho on 21 August.[7] On 23 August Pune City announced their next signing Spanish defender Rafa Lopez Gomez.[8] On 24 August Pune city announced signing of midfielder Jonatan Lucca.[9] The club then announced signing Croatian defender Damir Grgic on 29 August.[10] Pune City on 8 September announced their seventh foreigner as Brazilian forward Diego Carlos.[11] Pune City signed their last foreigner Argentinian midfielder Robertino Pugliara on 12 August.[12]

In
Position Player Old club Date Ref
FW Emiliano Alfaro Al-Fujairah 10 July 2017 [4]
DF Adil Khan Churchill Brothers 23 July 2017 [5]
MF Kean Lewis Mohun Bagan 23 July 2017 [5]
DF Lalchhuanmawia Bengaluru 23 July 2017 [5]
MF Jewel Raja Minerva Punjab 23 July 2017 [5]
DF Nim Dorjee Tamang Shillong Lajong 23 July 2017 [5]
MF Isaac Vanmalsawma Shillong Lajong 23 July 2017 [5]
DF Harpreet Singh Sporting Clube de Goa 23 July 2017 [5]
DF Wayne Vaz Chennai City 23 July 2017 [5]
GK Kamaljit Singh Minerva Punjab 23 July 2017 [5]
FW Baljit Sahni Mumbai 23 July 2017 [5]
MF Rohit Kumar DSK Shivajians 23 July 2017 [5]
FW Ajay Singh Southern Samity 23 July 2017 [5]
DF Gurtej Singh Fateh Hyderabad 23 July 2017 [5]
DF Pawan Kumar Delhi United 23 July 2017 [5]
MF Marcos Tébar Reus Deportiu 4 August 2017 [6]
FW Marcelinho Avaí 21 August 2017 [7]
DF Rafa Gomez Real Valladolid 23 August 2017 [8]
MF Jonatan Lucca Bnei Sakhnin 24 August 2017 [9]
DF Damir Grgic Rudar Velenje 29 August 2017 [10]
FW Diego Carlos São Bento 8 September 2017 [11]
MF Robertino Pugliara Persipura Jayapura 12 September 2017 [12]

Out
Pos. Player New Club Date Ref
GK Apoula Edel Released 1 January 2017
MF Manish Maithani Released 1 January 2017
FW Dramane Traoré Released 1 January 2017
FW Aníbal Zurdo Atletico Pinto 1 January 2017 [13]
DF Eduardo Ferreira Mohun Bagan 4 January 2017 [14]
FW Arata Izumi NEROCA 9 January 2017 [15]
MF Bruno Herrero San Fernando 19 January 2017 [16]
MF Pitu Llagostera 24 January 2017 [17]
FW Momar Ndoye Arandina 26 January 2017 [18]
MF Jesús Tato La Roda 14 February 2017 [19]
MF Mohamed Sissoko Ternana Calcio 17 February 2017 [20]
GK Arindam Bhattacharya Mumbai City 23 July 2017 [21]
DF Yumnam Raju Jamshedpur 23 July 2017 [21]
DF Narayan Das Goa 23 July 2017 [21]
MF Francis Fernandes Chennaiyin 23 July 2017 [21]
MF Sanju Pradhan Mumbai City 23 July 2017 [21]
MF Lenny Rodrigues Bengaluru 23 July 2017 [21]
MF Gustavo Oberman Argentino de Quilmes 1 August 2017 [22]
DF Gouramangi Singh NEROCA 17 October 2017 [23]
DF Dharmaraj Ravanan Chennai City 23 October 2017 [24]

Pre-season and friendlies

Pune City stayed at Pune for pre-season. The club played their first friendly against DSK Shivajians U18 on 30 September and won 3–0. Goals scored by Kean Lewis, Adil Khan and Gaurav Bora. Then in next friendly against Chanmari Pune City won 5–0 on 16 October. Jonatan Lucca, Emiliano Alfaro, Rohit, Ajay Singh and Isaac scored a goal each for the club. Pune City Played East Bengal on 30 October and won 2–1. Lucca and Alfaro scored for Pune City. Mahmoud Amnah scored for East Bengal from penalty. Pune City played their next friendly against Mohun Bagan and won it 4–1. Alfaro scored brace, while Ajay Singh and Isaac scored a goal each for Pune City. Dipanda pulled one back for Mohun Bagan. Pune City played a 2–2 draw against Chennaiyin in their last friendly. Marcelinho and Diego Carlos scored for Pune City. Baoringdao Bodo scored the first goal for Chennaiyin and the second goal was an own goal.

30 September 2017 Friendly Pune City 3–0 DSK Shivajians U18 Pune
9:30 IST Kean  30'
Adil  49'
Gaurav Bora  68'		 Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
16 October 2017 Friendly Pune City 5–0 Chanmari Pune
19:00 IST Lucca  9'
Alfaro  25'
Rohit  40'
Ajay  51'
Isaac  72'		 Report Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
30 October 2017 Friendly Pune City 2–1 East Bengal Pune
IST Lucca
Alfaro 		Report Amnah  (pen.) Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
6 November 2017 Friendly Pune City 4–1 Mohun Bagan Pune
19:00 IST

Report
Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
12 November 2017 Friendly Pune City 2–2 Chennaiyin Pune
IST
Report
Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex

Indian Super League
Main article: 2017–18 Indian Super League season

November

Pune City started with 2–3 loss against Delhi Dynamos in their first match of 2017–18 Indian Super League season at home on 22 November.[25] Paulinho Dias opened the scoring for Delhi in the 46th minute, while Lallianzuala Chhangte and Matías Mirabaje netted in the 54th and 65th minute, respectively. Emiliano Alfaro scored Pune’s first goal of the match in the 67th minute and Marcos Tebar netted their second in injury–time.

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Chennaiyin[lower-alpha 1] (C) 18 9 5 4 24 19 +5 32 Qualification for the semifinals
3 Goa 18 9 3 6 42 28 +14 30
4 Pune City 18 9 3 6 30 21 +9 30
5 Jamshedpur 18 7 5 6 16 18 −2 26
6 Kerala Blasters 18 6 7 5 20 22 −2 25
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
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Qualified for 2019 AFC Cup qualifier

Matches
22 November 2017 1 Pune City 2–3 Delhi Dynamos Pune, India
20:00 IST Alfaro  67'
Marcelinho  87'
Tebar  90'		 Report Paulinho  46'
Changte  54'
Mirabaje  65'  79'
Cichero  88'		 Stadium: Balewadi Stadium
Attendance: 7,912
Man of the Match: Lallianzuala Chhangte (Delhi Dynamos)
26 November 2017 2 ATK 1–4 Pune City Kolkata
17:30 IST Lyngdoh  27'
Bipin  50'
Kuqi  73'		 Report Marcelinho  13', 60'
Sahni  48'
Rohit  51'
Alfaro  80'
Grgič  87'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 32816[26]
Man of the Match: Marcelinho (Pune City)
29 November 2017 3 Pune City 2–1 Mumbai City Pune
20:00 IST Tebar  47'
Alfaro  74', 90'		 Report Balwant  15'
Sehnaj  45'		 Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
Attendance: 8,211
Man of the Match: Gerson Vieira (Mumbai City)
3 December 2017 4 Pune City 0–1 Chennaiyin Pune
17:30 IST Adil  54' Report Calderón  18'
Sereno 50'  81'
Dhanpal 60'
Anirudh 78'		 Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
Attendance: 9,881
Man of the Match: Jerry Lalrinzuala (Chennaiyin)
10 December 2017 5 Jamshedpur 0–1 Pune City Jamshedpur
17:30 IST Azuka  26'
Mehtab  55'		 Report Alfaro  26'
Adil  30'
Marcelinho  57'
Carlos  70'
Lalchhuanmawia  72'  81'		 Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex
Attendance: 23,913
Man of the Match: Souvik Chakrabarti (Jamshedpur)
14 December 2017 6 Pune City 1–3 Bengaluru Pune
20:00 IST
Report
Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
Attendance: 9968
Man of the Match: Miku (Bengaluru)
23 December 2017 7 Goa 0–2 Pune City Margao
17:30 IST
Report
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Attendance: 18,600
Man of the Match: Adil Khan (Pune City)
30 December 2017 8 Pune City 5–0 NorthEast United Pune
20:00 IST
Report Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
Attendance: 8762
Man of the Match: Marcelinho (Pune City)
4 January 2018 9 Kerala Blasters 1–1 Pune City Kochi
20:00 IST Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
13 January 2018 10 Chennaiyin 0–1 Pune City Chennai
20:00 IST Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
20 January 2018 11 Pune City 3–0 ATK Pune
20:00 IST Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
24 January 2018 12 Pune City 2–1 Jamshedpur Pune
20:00 IST Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex

Technical staff
As of September 2017
Position Name
Head Coach Ranko Popovic
Assistant Coach Vladica Grujic
Assistant Coach / Head of Football (Youth) Pradyum Reddy
Assistant Coach Ivica Barbaric
Goalkeeping Coach Ali Uzunhasanoglu
Team Physiotherapists Vasant Bandi
Siddharth Parab
Team Doctor Ajit Mapari
Team Operations Manager Ankur Paliwal
Youth Team – Head Coach Anshul Katiyar
Youth Team – Assistant Coach Mohan Dass

Players statistics

Top scorers
Rank No. Pos Nat Player ISL
1 9 FW Emiliano Alfaro 6
10 FW Marcelinho 6
3 5 DF Adil Khan 4
4 17 MF Rohit Kumar 2
5 3 DF Gurtej Singh 1
6 MF Marcos Tebar 1
7 MF Jonatan Lucca 1
22 MF Ashique Kuruniyan 1
20 MF Diego Carlos 1
TOTALS 23

Source: soccerway
Updated: 24 January 2018

Clean sheets
Rank No. Pos Nat Player ISL
1 13 GK Vishal Kaith 5
1 GK Kamaljit Singh 0
TOTALS 5

Source: soccerway
Updated: 24 January 2018

Disciplinary record
Rank No. Pos Nat Player ISL Notes
1 12 MF Baljit Sahni 1 1 Missed a game against Goa (red card).[27]
(23 December 2017)
2 31 DF Lalchhuanmawia 0 1 Missed a game against Bengaluru (red card).[28]
(14 December 2017)
3 10 FW Marcelinho 4 0 Missed a game against Chennai
4 5 DF Adil Khan 1 0
6 MF Marcos Tebar 1 0
9 FW Emiliano Alfaro 1 0
20 FW Diego Carlos 1 0
22 MF Ashique Kuruniyan 1 0
49 DF Damir Grgič 1 0
TOTALS 10 2

Source: soccerway
Updated: 30 December 2017

See also

References
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