2018–19 Aizawl F.C. season

The 2018–19 season is Aizawl's 35th competitive season and its fourth competitive season in the I-League, India's top flight professional football league. The season covers the period from 1 June 2018 to 31 May 2019.

Aizawl

2018-19 season
Chairman	Robert Romawia Royte
Manager	Gift Raikhan[1][2][3] (until 7 January) Stanley Rozario[4] (from 9 February)
Stadium	Rajiv Gandhi Stadium
Mizoram Premier League	Winners
I-League	7th
Super Cup	Withdrew[5]
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Squad information

Current squad

As of 29 December 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 Lalremruata Arema 22 GK  IND Gurpreet Singh 44 GK  IND Lalawmpuia (Opa) 2 DF  IND Govin Singh 3 DF  IND Lal Biakzuala 4 DF  IND S.R. Lallawmawma 5 DF  IND Lalrinchhana Tochhawng (Rinchhana) 14 DF  IND Joe Zoherliana 16 DF  NGA Kareem Omolaja 19 DF  IND Lalchhuanawma Varte (Chhuantea) 24 DF  IND C. Lalrosanga 25 DF  IND Lalram Hmunmawia (Tea) 26 DF  UGA Richard Kasagga 27 DF  IND Lalhriatrenga (Achia) 31 DF  IND Hmingthanmawia (Valpuia) 33 DF  IND Vanlalthanga 37 DF  IND Vanlalduatsanga (Duata) 6 MF  KGZ Bektur Talgat Uulu

No. Pos. Nation Player 7 MF  IND Rochharzela (Chhara) 8 MF  IND Paul Ramfangzauva 11 MF  IND Albert Zohmingmawia 12 MF  IND Isak Vanlalruatfela 17 MF  IND David Lalrinmuana 18 MF  IND David Lalbiakzara 20 MF  LBR Alfred Jaryan 21 MF  IND Lalhmangaihkima (H. Kima) 23 MF  IND Lalrin Fela 34 MF  IND Lalrinchhana — MF  IND H. Lalbiakthanga (B.Tea) 9 FW  IND Lalkhawpuimawia (Mapuia) 10 FW  CIV Léonce Dodoz Zikahi 29 FW  IND F. Lalremsanga 30 FW  LBR Ansumana Kromah — FW  IND Jonathan Lalrawngbawla (Jojo) — FW  IND Jesse Laldinpuia — FW  IND Lalruatfela Zote

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Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Mizoram Premier League	7 September 2018	17 December 2018	Matchday 1	Winners	17	9	6	2	35	20	+15	052.94
I-League	28 October 2018	9 March 2019	Matchday 1	7th	20	6	6	8	27	28	−1	030.00
Super Cup	16 March 2019	16 March 2019	Qualification Round	Qualification Round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	—
Total					37	15	12	10	62	48	+14	040.54

Source: Competitions

Mizoram Premier League

The Mizoram Premier League fixtures were announced on 31 August 2018.[6]

League table Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Chhinga Veng 14 10 3 1 21 6 +15 33 Advance to Semi-finals 2 Aizawl 14 7 5 2 25 12 +13 26 3 Mizoram Police F.C. 14 7 0 7 22 16 +6 21 4 Chanmari 14 6 3 5 17 17 0 21 5 Electric Veng FC 14 6 2 6 16 17 −1 20 Updated to match(es) played on 19 November 2018. Source: Mizoram Premier League 2018-19 Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored Results by match Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Ground A H A H A H A A H H H H A A Result L D W D W D W D W W W W L D Position 5 5 4 5 3 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 Source: Fixtures A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Knockout stage   Semi-Finals Finals                           1 Chhinga Veng 1 1 2   4 Chanmari 0 0 0       1 Chhinga Veng 1(4)   2 Aizawl 1(5) 2 Aizawl 2 2 4 3 Mizoram Police 1 2 3

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

7 September 2018 1	Electric Veng	2–1	Aizawl	Aizawl
14:00 IST	Vanlalpeka  71' Jaryan  80' (o.g.)	Report	Jaryan  69'	Stadium: Lammual

13 September 2018 2	Aizawl	2–2	Chanmari	Aizawl
15:00 IST	Lalremsanga  6' Vanlalruatfela  39'	Report	Lalrosanga  14'  73' Lalnunzama  69'	Stadium: Lammual Man of the Match: Vanlalruatfela (Aizawl)

21 September 2018 3	Mizoram Police FC	1–3	Aizawl	Aizawl
19:00 IST	Lalramtharmawia  59' (pen.)	Report	Jaryan  9', 52' Lalrinfela  85'	Stadium: Lammual

26 September 2018 4	Aizawl	0–0	Chhinga Veng	Aizawl
19:00 IST		Report		Stadium: Lammual

28 September 2018 5	Ramhlun North	0–2	Aizawl	Aizawl
19:00 IST		Report	Lalremsanga  10' Rochharzela  42'	Stadium: Lammual

5 October 2018 6	Aizawl	2–2	Chawnpui	Aizawl
19:00 IST	Lalremsanga  21' Lalkhawpuimawia  49' Hmingthanmawia  83'	Report	Laltlansanga  25' Vanlalthanga  45+3'	Stadium: Lammual

12 October 2018 7	Bethlehem VT	1–4	Aizawl	Aizawl
11:30 IST	Hruaia  49'	Report	Lalremsanga  8' Kromah  43' (pen.) Lalrinfela  53' Lalkhawpuimawia  90'	Stadium: Lammual Man of the Match: Lalrinfela

17 October 2018 8	Chawnpui	1–1	Aizawl	Aizawl
17:30 IST	Vanrammawwia  44'	Report	Lalthlamuana  90+2' (o.g.)	Stadium: Lammual

25 October 2018 9	Aizawl	1–0	Bethlehem VT	Aizawl
19:00 IST	Lalhmangaihkima  22'	Report		Stadium: Lammual

30 October 2018 10	Aizawl	4–0	Ramhlun North	Aizawl
15:00 IST	Zohmingmawia  31' Rochharzela  48' Lalhriatrenga  54' Zote  82'	Report		Stadium: Lammual

8 November 2018 11	Aizawl	2–0	Electric Veng	Aizawl
19:00 IST	Lalhmangaihkima  55' Lalremsanga  86'	[goalie365.com/fixture_details.php?match_id=2634/Mizoram%20Premier%20League%207/Aizawl%20vs%20Electric Report]		Stadium: Lammual

13 November 2018 12	Aizawl	2–1	Mizoram Police FC	Aizawl
14:30 IST	Vanlalruatfela  45+1' Lalkhawpuimawia  83'	Report	Malsawmfela  51'	Stadium: Lammual

17 November 2018 13	Chanmari	1–0	Aizawl	Aizawl
20:00 IST	Laldampuia  85'	Report		Stadium: Lammual

19 November 2018 14	Chhinga Veng	1–1	Aizawl	Aizawl
14:00 IST	Diomande  72'	Report	Zote  49'	Stadium: Lammual

Semi–finals

26 November 2018 Leg–1	Aizawl	2–1	Mizoram Police FC	Aizawl
19:00 IST	Uulu  28' Jaryan  90+3'	Report	Lalfakzuala  84'	Stadium: Lammual

1 December 2018 Leg–2	Mizoram Police FC	2–2	Aizawl	Aizawl
19:30 IST	Lalfakzuala  9' Malsawmtluanga  54'	Report	Rochharzela  16' Lalhmangaihkima  28'	Stadium: Lammual

Final

17 December 2018 Final	Chhinga Veng	1–1 (4–5 p)	Aizawl	Aizawl
19:00 IST	Lalromawia  73'	Report	Jaryan  39'	Stadium: Lammual
	Penalties
	Dawngliana Lalmuansanga Lalromawia Sanga Lalrinchhana Hmingthanmawia		Rochharzela Ramfangzauva Jaryan Zote Kromah Tochhawng

I–League

The I-League fixtures were announced on 5 October 2018.[7]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Mohun Bagan	20	8	5	7	27	28	−1	29
6	NEROCA	20	7	5	8	27	26	+1	26
7	Aizawl	20	6	6	8	27	28	−1	24
8	Indian Arrows	20	6	3	11	19	28	−9	21
9	Minerva Punjab	20	4	6	10	10	19	−9	18[lower-alpha 1]

Source: I-league
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
Notes:

1. The game between Minerva Punjab and Real Kashmir was rescheduled, but eventually it was not played and both teams were awarded a point.[8]

Results by match

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Ground	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	H
Result	L	D	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	D	W	L	D	W	W	W
Position	9	8	10	11	11	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	7	8	9	7	7	7

Source: Fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

28 October 2018 1	Shillong Lajong	2–1	Aizawl	Shillong
17:00 IST	Dohling  19' Mahesh  20', 53'	Report	Kromah  70' (pen.) Hmingthanmawia  90+4'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 14,697 Referee: Tanmoy Dhar Man of the Match: Mahesh (Shillong Lajong)

3 November 2018 2	Mohun Bagan	2–2	Aizawl	Kolkata
17:00 IST	Kisseka  15' Lalchhawnkima  43' Norde  69'	Report	Uulu  22' Lalkhawpuimawia  29' Jaryan  31' Lalrinmuana  90+3'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 18,785 Referee: Priyobarta Singh Langpoklakpam Man of the Match: Norde (Mohun Bagan)

7 November 2018 3	Aizawl	0–0	NEROCA	Aizawl
14:00 IST	Uulu  50'	Report	Kallon  8' Thangmuansang  89' Tondomba  90+3'	Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Attendance: 4,592 Referee: Santosh Kumar Man of the Match: Meitei (NEROCA)

10 November 2018 4	Aizawl	1–2	Minerva Punjab	Aizawl
14:00 IST	Singh  29' Omolaja  63' Dodoz  84' (pen.)	Report	Touré  10', 59'  55' Dahir  36'	Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Attendance: 3,871 Referee: Raktim Saha Man of the Match: Touré (Minerva Punjab)

16 November 2018 5	Aizawl	1–2	Chennai City	Aizawl
14:00 IST	Singh  62' Kromah  72'	Report	Eslava  20' Gordillo  20' Kumar  23' Rodríguez  49', 77' 78'	Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Attendance: 1,690 Referee: Tanmoy Dhar Man of the Match: Thaufiq (Chennai City)

24 November 2018 6	Aizawl	3–2	East Bengal	Aizawl
14:00 IST	Dodoz  25' Lalrinmuana  33' Zohmingmawia  36' Zoherliana  74' Lalbiakzara  79' Lalkhawpuimawia  84'	Report	Ralte  13' Esqueda  33' Jobi  64' Borja  70'	Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Attendance: 3,612 Referee: Rosario Fernandes Man of the Match: Dodoz (Aizawl)

5 December 2018 7	Real Kashmir	1–0	Aizawl	Srinagar
14:00 IST	Armand  30' Krizo  70' Enyinnaya  76'	Report	Hmingthanmawia  29' Omolaja  82'	Stadium: TRC Turf Ground Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Tejas Visvasrao Nagvenkar Man of the Match: Armand (Real Kashmir)

9 December 2018 8	Churchill Brothers	4–1	Aizawl	Vasco da Gama
17:00 IST	Aucho  23' Gurung  24' Wolfe  61' Ceesay  74' Novakovic  75' Plaza  77' Vaz  90+3'	Report	Vanlalduatsanga  32' Hmunmawia  43' Kromah  54' Lalrinfela  59' Omolaja  65'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Attendance: 2,911 Referee: R Palmson Moses Raj Man of the Match: Gurung (Churchill Brothers)

14 December 2018 9	Indian Arrows	0–0	Aizawl	Cuttack
17:00 IST	Ali  73'	Report	Vanlalduatsanga  7' Omolaja  89'	Stadium: Barabati Stadium Attendance: 3,122 Referee: Mithun Kumar Kundu Man of the Match: Kiyam (Indian Arrows)

29 December 2018 10	Aizawl	3–2	Gokulam Kerala	Aizawl
14:00 IST	Kromah  51' Lalkhawpuimawia  63' Rochharzela  70'	Report	Ortiz  24' Singh  28' Kunniyil  53' Sunday  90+3', 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Attendance: 5,324 Referee: Raktim Saha Man of the Match: Jaryan (Aizawl)

5 January 2019 11	Aizawl	0–1	Indian Arrows	Aizawl
14:00 IST	Vanlalruatfela  43'	Report	Danu  14'	Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Attendance: 863 Referee: Ibungo Meetei Ningthoukhongjam Man of the Match: Ali (Indian Arrows)

11 January 2019 12	Aizawl	0–0	Real Kashmir	Aizawl
14:00 IST		Report	Ravanan  25' Thapa  90+1'	Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Attendance: 1,235 Referee: Pratik Mondal Man of the Match: Jaryan (Aizawl)

18 January 2019 13	Chennai City	4–3	Aizawl	Coimbatore
19:30 IST	Rodríguez  28', 69' Kapláň  34' Manzi  60', 80'	Report	Zohmingmawia  37' Singh  68' Vanlalruatfela  90+1' Lalkhawpuimawia  90+2'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 6,876 Referee: Maria Joseph Arokia Man of the Match: Rodríguez (Chennai City)

27 January 2019 14	NEROCA	0–0	Aizawl	Imphal
14:00 IST	Ferreira  48' Thangmuansang  50' Williams  52' Yusa  90+1'	Report	Omolaja  19' Hmingthanmawia  70'	Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium Attendance: 12,765 Referee: Pratik Mondal Man of the Match: Meitei (NEROCA)

1 February 2019 15	Minerva Punjab	0–1	Aizawl	Panchkula
14:00 IST		Report	Lalrinchhana  90+3'	Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium Attendance: 7,830 Referee: Maria Joseph Arokia Man of the Match: Lalrinchhana (Aizawl)

16 February 2019 16	Aizawl	1–2	Mohun Bagan	Aizawl
14:00 IST	Kromah  38' Dodoz  74' Singh  77'	Report	Kumar  12' Kisseka  22' Singh  78' Ruidas  90+4'	Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Attendance: 4,832 Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta Man of the Match: Kisseka (Mohun Bagan)

25 February 2019 17	East Bengal	1–1	Aizawl	Kolkata
17:00 IST	Esqueda  65' Borja  70'	Report	Dodoz  23' Kromah  45' Omolaja  70'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 17,204 Referee: Umesh Bora Man of the Match: Dodoz (Aizawl)

28 February 2019 18	Gokulam Kerala	1–3	Aizawl	Kozhikode
17:00 IST	Marcus Joseph  9'	Report	Ramfangzauva  83' Lalkhawpuimawia  88' Ansumana Kromah  90+6'	Stadium: EMS Stadium Attendance: 3,282 Referee: Williams Joy Koshy Man of the Match: Lalkhawpuimawia (Aizawl)

2 March 2019 19	Aizawl	4–1	Shillong Lajong	Aizawl
14:00 IST	Kromah  40', 83' Ramfangzauva  75' Lalkhawpuimawia  81' Vanlalruatfela  89'	Report	Lyngdoh  90+3'	Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Attendance: 1,020 Referee: Ibungo Meetei Ningthoukhongjam Man of the Match: Ramfangzauva (Aizawl)

9 March 2019 20	Aizawl	2–1	Churchill Brothers	Aizawl
14:00 IST	Singh  14' Kassaga  31' Eldor  43' (o.g.) Kromah  87'	Report	Plaza  5' Novakovic  44' Fernandez  48' Bhutia  87'	Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Attendance: 1,762 Referee: Ajitkumar Meitei Lairenlakpam Man of the Match: Lalawmpuia (Aizawl)

Super Cup

The Super Cup venue and fixtures were announced on 5 February 2019 with all matches to be played at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.[9][10] By the virtue of finishing outside top-6, the Aizawl had to play a qualification round in the Super Cup.[9][11] Before the qualification round, seven I-League clubs including the Aizawl announced they will withdraw from the Super Cup, citing "unfair treatment to I-League clubs."[12][13] They boycotted the qualifying round which resulted in walkover for the Chennaiyin to the main tournament.[5]

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

16 March 2019 Qualification Round	Chennaiyin	w/o	Aizawl	Bhubaneswar
20:30 IST				Stadium: Kalinga Stadium

Awards

Player

No.	Player	Award	Tournament	Source
7	Alfred Jaryan	Best Player of the Tournament	Mizoram Premier League

References

1. Noronha, Anselm (6 June 2018). "I-League: Aizawl FC snap up Gift Raikhan from NEROCA FC". Goal. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
2. @AizawlFC (6 June 2018). "We are more than happy to announce that GIFT RAIKHAN will be our new head coach for the upcoming season 2018-2019" (Tweet). Retrieved 6 June 2018 – via Twitter.
3. @AizawlFC (7 January 2019). "We certainly have had great times together. Thank you for all the things you have done for us" (Tweet). Retrieved 9 January 2019 – via Twitter.
4. @AizawlFC (9 January 2019). "We are happy to announce the appointment of Standly Rozario Henry (AFC PRO) as the head coach for the remaining season" (Tweet). Retrieved 9 January 2019 – via Twitter.
5. @IndianFootball (16 March 2019). ".@AizawlFC failed to report for their #HeroSuperCup Qualifier against Chennaiyin FC till the scheduled kick-off time" (Tweet). Retrieved 16 March 2019 – via Twitter.
6. "MPL7 will kick off from 6th September". Goalie365. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
7. "I-League 2018-19: Fixtures announced as Chennai City face Indian Arrows in opener". Goal. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
8. "AIFF league committee meets in Bhubaneshwar". 13 April 2019.
9. Easwar, Nisanth (5 February 2019). "Super Cup 2019 to start on March 15 in Bhubaneshwar". Goal. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
10. Parasar, Swapnaneel (8 March 2019). "Super Cup 2019: Qualifiers on March 15, final on April 13 in Bhubaneshwar". Goal. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
11. "Hero Super Cup Qualifiers to kick off on March 15". Hero Super Cup (Official website). 11 March 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
12. Vasudevan, Shyam (15 March 2019). "Minerva FC pulls out of Super Cup". The Hindu. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
13. "Super Cup: Minerva Punjab miss pre-match conference, meeting; AIFF terms it 'blatant disregard'". Scroll.in. Press Trust of India. 14 March 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

See also

• 2018–19 in Indian football
• 2018–19 I-League