2017–18 Minerva Punjab FC season

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Minerva Punjab
2017–18 season
OwnerRanjit Bajaj
Head coachKhogen Singh
Stadium Guru Nanak Stadium
I-League Winners
Super Cup Round of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Chencho Gyeltshen (7 goals)
All: Chencho Gyeltshen (7 goals)
Highest home attendance8,243 vs East Bengal
(13 February 2018) [1]
Lowest home attendance3,845 vs Chennai City
(11 December 2017) [2]
Average home league attendance5,736
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The 2017–18 Minerva Punjab F.C. season was the second season in the I-League. They finished the season as I-League Champions becoming the first team from North India to win the I-League since its inception. [3]

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Supplier: Astro [4] / Sponsor: Apollo Tyres [5]

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Coaching staff

As of 25 November 2017.
PositionName
Head Coach Flag of India.svg Khogen Singh
Team Manager Flag of India.svg Sachin Badadhe
Physiotherapist Flag of India.svg Neeraj Churi
Technical Consultant Flag of Gibraltar.svg Joel Williams
Source:[ citation needed ]

Squad information

First-team squad

As of 11 March 2018 [6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of India.svg  IND Arshdeep Singh
2 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Rahul Baishnab Jaydebdas
3 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Sukhdev Singh (Captain)
5 FW Flag of India.svg  IND Nadong Bhutia
7 FW Flag of Bhutan.svg  BHU Chencho Gyeltshen
8 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Randeep Singh
9 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Bali Gagandeep
10 FW Flag of India.svg  IND Moinuddin Khan
11 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Girik Khosla
13 MF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Bazie Armand
14 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Altamash Sayed
15 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Souvik Das
16 MF Flag of Senegal.svg  SEN Kassim Aidara
17 FW Flag of India.svg  IND Rajan Negi
18 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Akashdeep Singh
19 FW Flag of India.svg  IND Mohamman Ajaruddin
20 FW Flag of India.svg  IND Makan Chote
21 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Akash Sangwan
No.Pos.NationPlayer
22 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Kamalpreet Singh
24 DF Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  CIV Guy Eric Dano
25 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Arashpreet Singh
26 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Deepak Devrani
27 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Abhishek Ambedkar
28 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Akhil Verma
31 GK Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Kiran Chemjong
39 FW Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  CIV Lago Dagbo Bei
40 GK Flag of India.svg  IND Rakshit Dagar
41 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Bhaskar Roy
42 MF Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA William Opoku
49 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Amandeep Singh
— DF Flag of India.svg  IND Ramandeep Singh
— DF Flag of India.svg  IND Harpreet Singh

Competitions

Overview

CompetitionFirst matchLast matchStarting roundFinal positionRecord
PldWDLGFGAGDWin %
I-League 25 November 20178 March 2018Matchday 1Winners1811252416+8061.11
Super Cup 2 April 20182 April 2018 Round of 16 Round of 16 100145−1000.00
Total1911262821+7057.89

Last updated: 12 March 2018 (2018-03-12).
Source: Competitions

I-League

League table

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Minerva Punjab (C)1811252416+835Qualification to 2019 AFC Champions League qualifier
2 NEROCA 189542013+732
3 Mohun Bagan 188732814+1431
4 East Bengal 188733219+1331
5 Aizawl 186662118+324
Source: i-league.org
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
(C) Champions

Result summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
1811252416 +835612127 +5513129 +3

Last updated: 9 March 2018.
Source: i-league.org

Results by match

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ResultDWWWWLWWWWDLWLLWLW
Source: i-league.org
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win  Draw  Loss

25 November 20171 Minerva Punjab 1–1 Mohun Bagan Ludhiana
17:30 IST Moinuddin Soccerball shade.svg89' Report Sony Norde Soccerball shade.svg43'
Gurjinder Kumar Yellow card.svg 55'		Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium
Attendance: 5,995
Referee: Umesh Bora
Man of the Match: Sony Norde (Mohun Bagan AC)
1 December 20172 Minerva Punjab 2–1 NEROCA Ludhiana
17:30 IST Chencho Gyeltshen Soccerball shade.svg24'
Lago Dagbo Bei Soccerball shade.svg45+2'		 Report Felix Chidi Odili Soccerball shade.svg18'
Moirangmayum Ashok Singh Yellow card.svg 49'
Aryn Williams Yellow card.svg 90+6'		Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium
Attendance: 5,734
Referee: Senthil Nathan
Man of the Match: Chencho Gyeltshen (Minerva Punjab FC)
5 December 20173 Indian Arrows 0–2 Minerva Punjab Bambolim
20:00 IST Report William Opoku Soccerball shade.svg7', 84'
Kamalpreet Singh Yellow card.svg 86'		Stadium: GMC Bambolim
Attendance: 776
Referee: Akash Jackson Routh
Man of the Match: William Opoku (Minerva Punjab)
11 December 20174 Minerva Punjab 2–1 Chennai City Ludhiana
20:00 IST William Opoku Soccerball shade.svg48'
Kassim Aidara Soccerball shade.svg59'
Bali Gagandeep Yellow card.svg 70'		 Report Jean-Michel Joachim Soccerball shade.svg5'
Murilo de Almeida Yellow card.svg 19'
Pradeep Mohannraj Yellow card.svg 89'		Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium
Attendance: 3,845
Referee: Om Prakash Thakur
Man of the Match: Kassim Aidara (Minerva Punjab)
18 December 20175 Minerva Punjab 1–0 Indian Arrows Ludhiana
20:00 IST Chencho Gyeltshen Soccerball shade.svg80' Report Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium
Attendance: 5,342
Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta
Man of the Match: Dheeraj Singh (Indian Arrows)
27 December 20176 Aizawl 2–1 Minerva Punjab Aizawl
14:00 IST Kareem Omolaja Soccerball shade.svg72'
Masih Saighani Yellow card.svg 75'
Andrei Ionescu Soccerball shade.svg86'		 Report Chencho Gyeltshen Yellow card.svg 61'
Amandeep Singh Yellow card.svg 78'
Girik Khosla Soccerball shade.svg90+4'		Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium (Aizawl)
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Raktim Saha
Man of the Match: Léonce Dodoz Zikahi (Aizawl FC)
6 January 20187 Gokulam Kerala 0–1 Minerva Punjab Kozhikode
17:30 IST Kivi Zhimomi Yellow card.svg 51'
Emmanuel Chigozie Yellow card.svg 76'
Daniel Ashley Addo Yellow card.svg 84'		 Report Bali Gagandeep Soccerball shade.svg19'Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium
Attendance: 4,534
Referee: Senthil Nathan
Man of the Match: Bali Gagandeep (Minerva Punjab FC)
10 January 20188 Mohun Bagan 1–2 Minerva Punjab Kolkata
17:30 IST Kingshuk Debnath Yellow card.svg 45+1'
Cameron Watson Yellow card.svg 75'
Kingsley Obumneme Soccerball shade.svg90+4'		 Report Chencho Gyeltshen Soccerball shade.svg23', 30'
Kassim Aidara Yellow card.svg 26'
William Opoku Yellow card.svg 45+1'
Rakshit Dagar Yellow card.svg 90+5'		Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 5,384
Referee: Umesh Bora
Man of the Match: Chencho Gyeltshen (Minerva Punjab FC)
14 January 20189 Shillong Lajong 0–1 Minerva Punjab Shillong
14:00 IST Daniel Odafin Yellow card.svg 32' Report William Opoku Soccerball shade.svg57'
Kassim Aidara Yellow card.svg 61'
Rakshit Dagar Yellow card.svg 86'		Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 5,800
Referee: Ranjit Bakshi
Man of the Match: Rakshit Dagar (Minerva Punjab FC)
27 January 201810 NEROCA 0–1 Minerva Punjab Imphal
14:00 IST Govin Singh Yellow card.svg 41' Report Chencho Gyeltshen Soccerball shade.svg3'
Kassim Aidara Yellow card.svg 17'
Guy Eric Dano Soccerball shade.svg21'
Altamash Sayed Yellow card.svg 42'		Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: 17,014
Referee: Palmson Moses Raj
Man of the Match: Chencho Gyeltshen (Minerva Punjab FC)
30 January 201811 East Bengal 2–2 Minerva Punjab Barasat Stadium
13:55 IST Katsumi Yusa Soccerball shade cross.svg47'
Joby JustinSoccerball shade.svg59'
Eduardo Ferreira Yellow card.svg 72'
Brandon Vanlalremdika Soccerball shade.svg88'		 Report Sukhdev Singh Soccerball shade.svg20'
Chencho Gyeltshen Soccerball shade.svg33'
Souvik Das Yellow card.svg 68'
Guy Eric Dano Yellow card.svg 90+2'		Attendance: 11,200
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar
Man of the Match: Kiran Chemjong (Minerva Punjab FC)
2 February 201812 Churchill Brothers 2–1 Minerva Punjab Vasco da Gama
17:30 IST Mechac Koffi Soccerball shade.svg17' (pen.)
Bektur Talgat Uulu Yellow card.svg 39'
Wayne Vaz Soccerball shade.svg45'
Hussein Eldor Yellow card.svg 84'		 Report Sukhdev Singh Yellow card.svg 16'
Girik Khosla Yellow card.svg 51'
Kassim Aidara Soccerball shade.svg57'		Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
Attendance: 2,442
Referee: Akash Jackson Routh
Man of the Match: Wayne Vaz (Churchill Brothers SC)
7 February 201813 Minerva Punjab 3–2 Shillong Lajong Panchkula
14:00 IST Guy Eric Dano Soccerball shade.svg5'
Bali Gagandeep Soccerball shade.svg45+1', 80'Yellow card.svg 53'		 Report Daniel Odafin Soccerball shade.svg60'
Lawrence Doe Soccerball shade.svg63'Yellow card.svg 90+3'
Novin Gurung Yellow card.svg 89'		Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium
Attendance: 6,898
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar
Man of the Match: Bali Gagandeep (Minerva Punjab)
13 February 201814 Minerva Punjab 0–1 East Bengal Panchkula
14:00 IST Amandeep SinghYellow card.svg 45+1'
Bali Gagandeep Yellow card.svg 70'		 Report Cavin Lobo Soccerball shade.svg60'
Mahmoud Amnah Yellow card.svg 77'
Ubaid C.K.Yellow card.svg 90+2'		Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium
Attendance: 8,243
Referee: Ajit Kumar Meitei
Man of the Match: Mahmoud Amnah (East Bengal FC)
20 February 201815 Minerva Punjab 0–1 Gokulam Kerala Panchkula
14:00 IST Randeep Singh Yellow card.svg 4' Report Mohamed Rashid Yellow card.svg 16'
Mudde Musa Yellow card.svg 19'
Balwinder Singh Yellow card.svg 42'
Henry Kisekka Soccerball shade.svg75'		Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium
Attendance: 3,890
Referee: Palmson Moses Raj
Man of the Match: Bilal Husain Khan (Gokulam Kerala)
26 February 201816 Minerva Punjab 2–0 Aizawl Panchkula
14:00 IST Akash Sangwan Soccerball shade.svg50'
Akashdeep Singh Yellow card.svg 59'
Armand Bazie Soccerball shade.svg90+5'		 Report David Lalrinmuana Yellow card.svg 90+5'Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium
Attendance: 4,428
Referee: Khamruddin Mohammed Avez
Man of the Match: Guy Eric Dano (Minerva Punjab FC)
2 March 201817 Chennai City 2–1 Minerva Punjab Coimbatore
17:30 IST Michael Soosairaj Soccerball shade.svg5'
Dharmaraj Ravanan Yellow card.svg 21'
Aleksandar Rakić Soccerball shade.svg59'
Edwin Sydney Vanspaul Yellow card.svg 81'
Asif Kottayil Yellow card.svg 90+3'		 Report Chencho Gyeltshen Soccerball shade.svg26'
Souvik Das Yellow card.svg 29'		Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 7,342
Referee: Santhosh Kumar Bhaskaran
Man of the Match: Michael Soosairaj (Chennai City FC)
8 March 201818 Minerva Punjab 1–0 Churchill Brothers Panchkula
17:30 IST William Opoku Soccerball shade.svg16'
Guy Eric Dano Yellow card.svg 36'
Amandeep Singh Yellow card.svg 58'		 Report Francis Oneyama Yellow card.svg 41'Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium
Attendance: 7,852
Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta
Man of the Match: Ricardo Cardozo (Churchill Brothers SC)

Super Cup

Minerva Punjab FC entered the competition in Round of 16 and were drawn against Jamshedpur. [7] However, they lost in the first game in penalty shootouts, concluding the season for I-League champions.

  Win  Draw  Loss

2 April 2018 (2018-04-02)Round of 16 Minerva Punjab 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)		 Jamshedpur Bhubaneshwar
Report Stadium: Kalinga Stadium
Attendance: 3,256
Referee: Santosh Kumar
Man of the Match: Sanjiban Ghosh (Jamshedpur FC)
Penalties

Awards

Player

No. PlayerAwardTournamentSource
7 Flag of Bhutan.svg Chencho Gyeltshen Best Forward of the Tournament
[8]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Minerva Punjab vs Chennai City Match Report" (PDF). i-league.org. 11 December 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "I-League 2017-18: Minerva Punjab FC clinch maiden title courtesy William Opoku's goal on thrilling last day of season". firstpost.com. 8 March 2018. Archived from the original on 10 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  4. ↑ FC, MINERVA PUNJAB (28 November 2017). "We thank all our Sponsors and Partners who backed us for the ongoing @ILeagueOfficial season #chakdephatte #IndianFootball". @Minerva_AFC. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  5. ↑ FC, MINERVA PUNJAB (24 November 2017). "Join us in welcoming @apollotyres as our official title sponsors for the upcoming @ILeagueOfficial season #chakdephatte". @Minerva_AFC. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
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