2012–13 United Sikkim F.C. season

The 2012–13 United Sikkim F.C. season will be the club's third season since their formation in 2008 and their first season ever in the I-League which is India's top football league.

United Sikkim
2012–13 season
ChairmanBaichung Bhutia
ManagerNathan Hall
I-League13th
Federation CupGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague: 3 players on 1 goal
All: 3 players on 1 goal

Background

The road to the 2012 I-League 2nd Division did not start well for United Sikkim. On 11 June 2011 it was announced that Johnny Menyongar would leave the club to join I-League team Shillong Lajong as well as Indian internationals Renedy Singh and NS Manju in January 2012.[1][2] However, after firing coach Stanley Rozario, United Sikkim signed Belgian Philippe De Ridder as coach of the team.[3] The club the re-signed Nigerian Daniel Bedemi and Quinton Jacobs for the season. The club then began there charge for the I-League for the second season in a row with a 3–2 victory over Bhawanipore F.C. at the Satindra Mohan Dev Stadium in Assam on 2 February 2012.[4] The club then went on to win three more matches during the first round of the I-League 2nd Division against Eagles, Southern Samity, and Ar-Hima in order to qualify for the 2012 I-League 2nd Division Final Round in which the club won promotion on the last day of the season on 17 April 2012 at the Paljor Stadium in Gangtok, Sikkim in front of 30,000 fans as United Sikkim drew Mohammedan 1–1 with Daniel Bedemi scoring the goal for United Sikkim.[5]

Transfers

In

# Position Player Transferred from Fee Date Ref
FW Salau Nuruddin Green Valley Free 23 August 2012 [6]
FW Budhiram Tudu East Bengal Free 24 May 2012 [7]
DF Anwar Ali Mohun Bagan Free 5 August 2012 [8]
FW Nima Tamang Sikkim Football Academy Free 5 August 2012 [8]
DF Mobin Rai Sikkim Football Academy Free 5 August 2012 [8]
DF Shabbir Ali Prayag United Free 5 August 2012 [8]
DF Mashangva Zenith Shillong Lajong Free 5 August 2012 [8]
DF Ashish Chettri Royal Wahingdoh Free 5 August 2012 [8]
MF Lineker Machado Union Bank of India Free 5 August 2012 [8]
DF Rahul Jaiswal Unattached Free 5 August 2012 [8]
MF Raju Debnath Unattached Free 5 August 2012 [8]
MF Yoon Tae Unattached Free 5 August 2012 [8]
MF Michael Rodríguez Herediano Free 12 September 2012 [9]
FW Sogan Kokou Unattached Free 12 September 2012 [9]

Out

# Position Player Transferred to Fee Date Ref
MF Quinton Jacobs Salgaocar Free 6 May 2012 [10]
MF John Babatunde Released Free 8 June 2012 [11]
GK Basant Singh Shillong Lajong Free 8 June 2012 [12]
DF Govin Singh Shillong Lajong Free 8 June 2012 [12]
FW Karan Atwal Salgaocar Free 9 June 2012 [13]
GK Arnab Das Sharma Mohammedan Free 2 July 2012 [14]
MF Mumtaz Akhtar Pune Free 8 July 2012 [15]
DF Baldeep Singh Air India Free 16 August 2012 [16]
FW Daniel Bedemi Released Free 1 September 2012 [17]

Competitions

Federation Cup

United Sikkim entered the 2012 Indian Federation Cup automatically following promotion to the I-League. They were placed in Group D along with Salgaocar, Pune, and Prayag United and their matches were played in Jamshedpur.[18] The tournament did not end well for United Sikkim as they lost all three of their matches, finishing with 0 points, 0 goals scored and 6 conceded.

20 September 2012 Group StagePune1 – 0United SikkimJamshedpur, Orissa
15:00 IST Lalpekhlua  51' Report Stadium: Keenan Stadium
22 September 2012 Group StageUnited Sikkim0 – 3SalgaocarJamshedpur, Orissa
15:00 IST Report Guirado  2'
Colaco  81'
D'Souza  85'
Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex
24 September 2012 Group StagePrayag United2 – 0United SikkimJamshedpur, Orissa
15:00 IST Rafique  6', 14' Report Stadium: Keenan Stadium

I-League

United Sikkim began their first I-League campaign of 2012–13 at home on 6 October 2012 against the champions of the 2010-11 season, Salgaocar and took the victory 3–2 in what is considered an early upset in the season.[19]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
16 1 7 8 16 37  −21 10 1 4 3 7 9  −2 0 3 5 9 28  −19

Last updated: 19 January 2013.
Source: United Sikkim F.C results

Position by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
ResultWLLDLLDDDDLCDLDLL
Position5891011131312121211121413131313
Updated to match(es) played on 19 January 2013. Source: United Sikkim FC
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
28 October 2012 Round 3United Sikkim1 – 2DempoGangtok, Sikkim
14:30 IST Nuruddin  59' Report Sakibo  20'
Sueoka  90+3' (pen.)
Stadium: Paljor Stadium
4 November 2012 Round 4United Sikkim0 – 0Pailan ArrowsGangtok, Sikkim
14:00 IST Report Stadium: Paljor Stadium
Referee: C. Srikrishna
10 November 2012 Round 5Prayag United10 – 1United SikkimKolkata, West Bengal
14:00 IST Martins  3', 16', 39', 77', 79'
Hernández  22', 35'
Tulunga  71'
Rafique  90+1'
Rodríguez  90+2' (o.g.)
Report Tamang  5' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: N. Sundi
5 January 2013 Round 14United Sikkim1 - 2PuneGangtok, Sikkim
14:00 IST Tamang  63' Report Arata  23'
Moga  90+1'
Stadium: Paljor Stadium
Referee: P. Dhar
13 January 2013 Round 16Churchill Brothers2 - 1United SikkimMapusa, Goa
15:45 IST Beto  4'
Antchouet  72' (pen.)
Report Matkin  77' Stadium: Duler Stadium
Referee: R. Dsa
19 January 2013 Round 17Dempo7 – 0United SikkimMapusa, Goa
15:45 IST Abranches  5'
Miranda  35', 77'
Sakibo  56', 59', 90+4'
Ferrao  84'
Report Stadium: Duler Stadium
Referee: A. Meetei

Appearances and goals

As of 11 October 2012
No. Pos Nat Player TotalI-LeagueFederation Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Yoon Tae 202+000+00
GK Monotosh Ghosh 400+103+00
DF Mashangva Zenith 300+003+00
DF Munmun Lugun 502+003+00
DF Anwar Ali 502+003+00
DF Michael Rodríguez 202+000+00
DF Sandesh Jhingan 512+013+00
DF Rahul Jaiswal 502+003+00
DF Mobin Rai 000+000+00
MF Nim Lepcha 000+000+00
MF Ashish Chettri 502+003+00
MF Sogan Kokou 100+100+00
MF Shahensha Ansari 401+101+10
MF Raju Debnath 200+002+00
MF Lineker Machado 512+013+00
MF Shabbir Ali 300+102+00
FW Baichung Bhutia 000+000+00
FW Budhiram Tudu 502+003+00
FW Tenzin Bhutia 100+000+10
FW Nima Tamang 000+000+00
FW Salau Nuruddin 312+011+00
  • Source:

Goalscorers

Place Position Nationality Name I-League Federation Cup Total
1 FW Salau Nuruddin 1 0 1
MF Lineker Machado 1 0
DF Sandesh Jhingan 1 0
TOTALS 3 0 3

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