2016 Delhi Dynamos FC season

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Delhi Dynamos
2016 season
Owner Flag of the United States.svg GMS Inc.
Head Coach Flag of Italy.svg Gianluca Zambrotta
Stadium Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
ISL 3rd
ISL Playoffs Semi-final
  2015
2017–18  

The 2016 Delhi Dynamos FC season was club's third season since its establishment in 2014 and also their third season in the Indian Super League.

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Background

After the end of the 2014 ISL season, Delhi Dynamos parted ways with their inaugural season head coach, Harm van Veldhoven. Soon after, Roberto Carlos, was named as the new head coach for the 2015 season. [1] The season began for Delhi Dynamos with a 2–0 loss to the Goa on 4 October. [2] The team ended the season with six wins through fourteen matches and qualified for the finals. [3] In the finals, the Delhi Dynamos took on Goa. In the home-leg, the Dynamos won 1–0 with Robin Singh scoring the winner. [4] However, in the away second-leg, the Dynamos lost 3–0 and were thus knocked-out of the ISL finals 3–1 aggregate. [5]

Player movement

Retained players

Signings

PositionPlayerOld clubDateRef
MF Flag of India.svg Kean Lewis Flag of India.svg Mohun Bagan 21 June 2016 [9]

Indian Super League

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Mumbai City 14653168+823Advance to ISL Play-offs
2 Kerala Blasters 146441214222
3 Delhi Dynamos 145632717+1021
4 Atlético de Kolkata (C)144821614+220
5 NorthEast United 145361414018
Source: Indian Super 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) play-off match
(C) ISL Cup winners

Player statistics

Season stats
#PositionPlayerGPG
GK Flag of India.svg Sanjiban Ghosh 00
GK Flag of Spain.svg Toni Doblas 00
DF Flag of India.svg Anas Edathodika 00
MF Flag of India.svg Kean Lewis 00
MF Flag of India.svg Souvik Chakraborty 00

See also

References

  1. Bali, Rahul (9 July 2015). "Roberto Carlos named marquee player for Delhi Dynamos". Goal.com. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  2. "FC Goa 2-0 Delhi Dynamos 2015". Soccerway.
  3. "ISL 2015 Table & Results". India.com. 6 December 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  4. "Delhi Dynamos 1-0 FC Goa". Soccerway.
  5. "FC Goa thrash Delhi Dynamos 3-0 to breeze into ISL final". Zee News. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  6. "Toni Doblas retained". Delhi Dynamos (twitter).
  7. "Sanjiban Ghosh retained". Delhi Dynamos (twitter).
  8. "Anas Edathodika Retained". Delhi Dynamos FC (Twitter).
  9. 1 2 "Souvik and Kean Lewis". Delhi Dynamos FC. Archived from the original on 26 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.