2019–20 Hyderabad FC season

The 2019–20 Hyderabad FC season is the first ever competitive season in the club's history and the inaugural season in the Indian Super League.[4]

Hyderabad

2019–20 season
Head coach	Phil Brown (until 10 January 2020)[1] Mehrajuddin Wadoo (interim, until 16 January 2020)[2] Xavier Gurri Lopez (interim, from 24 January 2020)[3]
Stadium	G.M.C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium
ISL	10th
Top goalscorer	League: Marcelinho (7) All: Marcelinho (7)
Highest home attendance	12,114 (vs. Kerala Blasters, 2 November 2019, ISL)
Lowest home attendance	3,000 (vs. Chennaiyin, 10 January 2020, ISL)
Average home league attendance	7,299
Biggest win	5–1 (vs. NorthEast United, 20 February 2020, ISL)
Biggest defeat	0–5 (vs. ATK, 25 October 2019, ISL)
Home colours Away colours
All statistics correct as of 20 February 2020.

Background

The Hyderabad FC replaced the FC Pune City in 2019 and will debut in the 2019–20 Indian Super League season. FC Pune City was dissolved after the 2018–19 season due to prolonged financial and technical troubles. The franchise was taken over by Vijay Madduri, a Hyderabad based entrepreneur, and Varun Tripuraneni, the former CEO of the Kerala Blasters. The owners decided to move the franchise to their home city of Hyderabad.[5] The club was announced on 27 August 2019.[4] The Hyderabad FC will be the first club from Hyderabad to feature in the Indian Super League.[5]

The club officially unveiled their logo on 21 September and the home jersey for their maiden season on 29 September.[6][7] The Hyderabad FC will play their home matches at G.M.C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium which has a capacity of 30,000.[8][9]

Kits

Home

Away

Management team

Role	Name
Head Coach	Xavier Gurri Lopez
Assistant Coach	Mehrajuddin Wadoo
Head Performance Analyst	Joy Gabriel

Players

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of Birth	Signed Year	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1	Kamaljit Singh		GK	(1995-12-28)28 December 1995 (aged 23)	2019	Pune City
33	Laxmikant Kattimani		GK	(1989-05-03)3 May 1989 (aged 30)	2019	FC Goa
40	Kunzang Bhutia		GK	(1994-01-03)3 January 1994 (aged 25)	2020	Churchill Brothers
Defenders
3	Sahil Panwar		DF	(1999-12-15)15 December 1999 (aged 19)	2019	Pune City
4	Rafa		DF	(1985-04-09)9 April 1985 (aged 34)	2019	Rayo Majadahonda
5	Adil Khan		DF	(1988-07-07)7 July 1988 (aged 31)	2019	Pune City
6	Matthew Kilgallon		DF	(1984-01-08)8 January 1984 (aged 35)	2019	Hamilton Academical
13	Gurtej Singh		DF	(1989-12-18)18 December 1989 (aged 29)	2019	Pune City
25	Dimple Bhagat		DF	(1998-12-12)12 December 1998 (aged 20)	2019	Gokulam Kerala
36	Souvik Chakrabarti		DF	(1991-07-12)12 July 1991 (aged 28)	2020	Mumbai City
44	Ashish Rai		DF	(1999-02-02)2 February 1999 (aged 20)	2019	Pune City
Midfielders
8	Sahil Tavora		MF	(1995-10-19)19 October 1995 (aged 24)	2019	Mumbai City
11	Abhishek Halder		MF	(1999-10-05)5 October 1999 (aged 20)	2019	Pune City
12	Deependra Negi		MF	(1998-11-20)20 November 1998 (aged 20)	2019	Kerala Blasters
14	Néstor Gordillo		MF	(1989-08-22)22 August 1989 (aged 30)	2019	Chennai City
15	Marko Stanković		MF	(1986-02-17)17 February 1986 (aged 33)	2019	Pune City
16	Shankar Sampingiraj		MF	(1994-12-14)14 December 1994 (aged 24)	2019	Pune City
19	Rohit Kumar		MF	(1997-04-01)1 April 1997 (aged 22)	2019	Pune City
20	Ajay Chhetri		MF	(1999-07-01)1 July 1999 (aged 20)	2020	Bengaluru
22	Ghani Ahmmed Nigam		MF	(1988-05-01)1 May 1988 (aged 31)	2019	Gokulam Kerala
26	Hitesh Sharma		MF	(1997-12-25)25 December 1997 (aged 21)	2020	ATK
27	Nikhil Poojari		MF	(1995-09-03)3 September 1995 (aged 24)	2019	Pune City
32	Mohammad Yasir		MF	(1998-04-14)14 April 1998 (aged 21)	2019	Pune City
Forwards
7	Giles Barnes		FW	(1988-08-05)5 August 1988 (aged 31)	2019	Colorado Rapids
9	Bobô		FW	(1985-01-09)9 January 1985 (aged 34)	2019	Alanyaspor
10	Marcelinho (C)		FW	(1987-07-05)5 July 1987 (aged 32)	2019	Pune City
28	Liston Colaco		FW	(1998-11-12)12 November 1998 (aged 20)	2020	Goa

Last updated: 4 February 2020.
Source: Indian Super League

New contracts

No.	Position	Player	Date	Until	Source
5	DF	Adil Khan	23 January 2020	31 May 2023	[10]
11	DF	Abhishek Halder	28 January 2020	31 May 2022	[11][12]
32	MF	Mohammad Yasir	17 February 2020	31 May 2023	[13]
44	DF	Ashish Rai	17 February 2020	31 May 2023	[13]
27	MF	Nikhil Poojari	20 April 2020	31 May 2023	[14]
25	DF	Dimple Bhagat	2 May 2020	31 May 2022	[12]
33	GK	Laxmikant Kattimani	30 May 2020	31 May 2021	[15]

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Date	Until	Fee	Source
Winter
28	FW	Liston Colaco	Goa	14 January 2020	31 May 2022	Free transfer	[16][17][18]
40	GK	Kunzang Bhutia	Churchill Brothers	14 January 2020		Free transfer	[19]
36	DF	Souvik Chakrabarti	Mumbai City	28 January 2020	31 May 2023	Free transfer	[20][21][22]
26	MF	Hitesh Sharma	ATK	31 January 2020		Free transfer	[23]

Loan in

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Date	Until	Fee	Source
Winter
20	MF	Ajay Chhetri	Bengaluru	7 January 2020	31 May 2020	Undisclosed	[24][25]

Loan out

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Date	Until	Fee	Source
Winter
34	DF	Tarif Akhand	Chennai City	5 January 2020	31 May 2020	Undisclosed	[26][27]
	DF	Abhash Thapa	East Bengal	8 January 2020	31 May 2020	Undisclosed	[28]
21	GK	Anuj Kumar	Indian Arrows	14 January 2020	31 May 2020	Undisclosed	[19][29]
17	MF	Laldanmawia Ralte	Real Kashmir	31 January 2020	31 May 2020	Undisclosed	[30]
23	FW	Robin Singh	Real Kashmir	31 January 2020	31 May 2020	Undisclosed	[29][30]
	DF	Keenan Almeida	Mumbai City	31 January 2020	31 May 2020	Undisclosed	[29][31]

Pre-season and friendlies

The Hyderabad FC played a pre-season friendly against an I-League club Real Kashmir FC on 4 October 2019. They drew the match 1–1 with Laldanmawia Ralte scoring the solitary goal for the Hyderabad.[32] The hat-trick from Robin Singh in their next friendly guided the Hyderabad to a 4-2 win over the Velsao with Rafa scoring the fourth goal.[33] The Hyderabad ended their pre-season tour on a winning note as Robin's brace and goal apiece from Marcelinho and Abhishek Halder helped them defeat the Minerva Punjab 4–0 in their last friendly match on 18 October.[34]

Hyderabad v Real Kashmir

4 October 2019 Friendly	Hyderabad	1–1	Real Kashmir	Goa
	Ralte	Report

Hyderabad v Velsao

9 October 2019 Friendly	Hyderabad	4–2	Velsao	Goa
	R Singh  (3) Rafa	Report

Hyderabad v Minerva Punjab

18 October 2019 Friendly	Hyderabad	4–0	Minerva Punjab	Goa
	R Singh  (2) Marcelinho Halder	Report

Competitions

Indian Super League

Main article: 2019–20 Indian Super League season

Phil Brown was appointed as the head coach of the Hyderabad FC who previously managed FC Pune City. He roped in Neil McDonald and Mehrajuddin Wadoo as his assistant coaches and Aidan Davison as the goalkeeping coach.[35][36][37]

The Hyderabad FC announced their squad on 8 October for their first competitive season.[38] Despite being named in the squad, Néstor Gordillo will not be available until late December owing to the ban handed to him by All India Football Federation (AIFF).[39][40]

The Hyderabad FC made their debut in the Indian Super League against the ATK in an away match at Kolkata on 25 October.[41] The Hyderabad registered their heaviest defeat of the debut season in their first ever competitive match with a 5-0 loss against the ATK.[42]

On 2 November, the Hyderabad came from behind to register a 2-1 win against the Kerala Blasters. This was their first ever competitive win in their third match of this season.[43]

On 11 January, after loss against the Chennaiyin and after losing nine out of twelve league games, manager Phil Brown was sacked by Hyderabad.[44][45] The current assistant coach, Wadoo, took charge as interim head coach.[2] Former Bengaluru coach Albert Roca was appointed Hyderabad new head coach on two season deal starting from 2020–21 season while taking up the advisory role to the new coaching staff for the remainder of the season.[46][47] On 23 January, Roca appointed Xavier Gurri Lopez as the interim coach until the end of the season.[3]

On 20 February, the Hyderabad finished the league stage with a 5-1 win against the NorthEast United which also snapped their 14-match win-less streak and recorded their first away win in any competition.[48] They ended their campaign with a last place finish as they registered two wins and four draws in 18 matches in their debut season and were eventually not qualified for the playoff stage.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Odisha	18	7	4	7	28	31	−3	25
7	Kerala Blasters	18	4	7	7	29	32	−3	19
8	Jamshedpur	18	4	6	8	22	35	−13	18
9	NorthEast United	18	2	8	8	14	28	−14	14
10	Hyderabad	18	2	4	12	21	39	−18	10

Updated to match(es) played on 25 February 2020. 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

1. ^
   Note 1: Originally, Mohun Bagan, the 2019–20 I-League champions (they were already assured of the title before the league was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India), would qualify as India 2 (AFC Cup group stage), and ATK, the 2019–20 Indian Super League playoffs winners, would qualify as India 3 (AFC Cup qualifying play-offs).[49] However, ATK merged with Mohun Bagan for the 2020–21 Indian Super League season, and the new team will qualify as India 2. The All India Football Federation decided that Bengaluru FC, the 2019–20 Indian Super League regular season 3rd place (behind FC Goa, which qualified for the 2021 AFC Champions League, and ATK), will qualify as India 3.[50]

Results by matchday

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

Updated to match(es) played on 20 February 2020. Source: soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures

League stage

ATK v Hyderabad

25 October 2019 (2019-10-25) 1	ATK	5–0	Hyderabad	Kolkata
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Williams  25', 44' Krishna  27' Soosairaj  81' García  88', 90+4'	Report	Panwar  42' R Singh  60' Marcelinho  87'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 26,240 Referee: Bora Man of the Match: Williams (ATK)

Jamshedpur v Hyderabad

29 October 2019 (2019-10-29) 2	Jamshedpur	3–1	Hyderabad	Jamshedpur
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Choudhary  34' Jadhav  62' Castel  75'	Report	Stanković  12' Marcelinho  45+1'	Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex Attendance: 20,539 Referee: Nagvenkar Man of the Match: Choudhary (Jamshedpur)

Hyderabad v Kerala Blasters

2 November 2019 (2019-11-02) 3	Hyderabad	2–1	Kerala Blasters	Hyderabad
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Halder  45+1' Stanković  54' (pen.)  65' G Singh  78' Marcelinho  81'  83'	Report	Rahul  34' Gning  80' Rodrigues  90+1'	Stadium: G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 12,114 Referee: Venkatesh Man of the Match: Marcelinho (Hyderabad)

Hyderabad v NorthEast United

6 November 2019 (2019-11-06) 4	Hyderabad	0–1	NorthEast United	Hyderabad
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	G Singh  13' Halder  76' Sampingiraj  85' Kilgallon  89' K Singh  90+5'	Report	Vaz  85' Barreiro  86' (pen.) Singh  90+2' Chowdhury  90+4'	Stadium: G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 8,190 Referee: Thakur Man of the Match: Barreiro (NorthEast)

Chennaiyin v Hyderabad

25 November 2019 (2019-11-25) 5	Chennaiyin	2–1	Hyderabad	Chennai
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Thapa  48' Firțulescu  84' Schembri  90+2'  90+2' Valskis  90+6'  90+7'	Report	Bobô  61' G Singh  84' Kilgallon  90+5'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Metei Man of the Match: Thapa (Chennaiyin)

Hyderabad v Bengaluru

29 November 2019 (2019-11-29) 6	Hyderabad	1–1	Bengaluru	Hyderabad
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Yasir  27' Panwar  56' Marcelinho  60' G Singh  82' R Singh  87'  90+2'	Report	Chhetri  2' Serrán  37' Paartalu  47' Delgado  59'	Stadium: G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 8,172 Referee: Metei Man of the Match: R Singh (Hyderabad)

Hyderabad v Goa

8 December 2019 (2019-12-08) 7	Hyderabad	0–1	Goa	Hyderabad
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	K Singh  41' Marcelinho  76'	Report	Fernandes  49' Singh  50' Singh  68' Nawaz  73' Boumous  90+1'	Stadium: G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 6,123 Referee: Baksi Man of the Match: Singh (Goa)

Odisha v Hyderabad

11 December 2019 (2019-12-11) 8	Odisha	3–2	Hyderabad	Pune
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Rai  11'  64' Delgado  27' Hernández  41' Sarangi  55' Guedes  71' (pen.) Tébar  90+2'	Report	Bobô  65' (pen.) R Kumar  89'	Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Alkhudhayr Man of the Match: Mawihmingthanga (Odisha)

Hyderabad v ATK

21 December 2019 (2019-12-21) 9	Hyderabad	2–2	ATK	Hyderabad
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Barnes  9' Bobô  39', 85' R Singh  86' Khan  89'	Report	Krishna  15' (pen.), 90' Rathi  45+2' Singh  64'	Stadium: G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Senthil Man of the Match: Bobô (Hyderabad)

Mumbai City v Hyderabad

29 December 2019 (2019-12-29) 10	Mumbai City	2–1	Hyderabad	Mumbai
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Sougou  6', 78' Golui  24'  68' Chaudhari  51' Kevyn  70' Carlos  77'	Report	Bobô  81'	Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena Attendance: 5,500 Referee: C. R. Srikrishna Man of the Match: Sougou (Mumbai)

Kerala Blasters v Hyderabad

5 January 2020 (2020-01-05) 11	Kerala Blasters	5–1	Hyderabad	Kochi
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Ogbeche  33', 74' Drobarov  39' Bouli  45'  45+1' Zuiverloon  58' Singh  59' Samad  87'	Report	Bobô  14' Stanković  44' Halder  62'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 9,856 Referee: John Man of the Match: Ogbeche (Kerala)

Hyderabad v Chennaiyin

10 January 2020 (2020-01-10) 12	Hyderabad	1–3	Chennaiyin	Hyderabad
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Stanković  17' Marcelinho  88'  90+1'	Report	Crivellaro  40' Valskis  43', 65' Singh  51'	Stadium: G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Baksi Man of the Match: Valskis (Chennaiyin)

Hyderabad v Odisha

15 January 2020 (2020-01-15) 13	Hyderabad	1–2	Odisha	Hyderabad
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Marcelinho  1' Bhagat  15'  45+2'	Report	Santana  15', 45+4' Rai  42' Hernández  49' Dorronsoro  90+2'	Stadium: G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Venkatesh Man of the Match: Santana (Odisha)

Hyderabad v Mumbai City

24 January 2020 (2020-01-24) 14	Hyderabad	1–1	Mumbai City	Hyderabad
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Poojari  42' Stanković  90+4' (pen.)	Report	Das  34' Larbi  43' (pen.) Kevyn  73' Chaudhari  78'	Stadium: G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Sherzod Man of the Match: Khan (Hyderabad)

Bengaluru v Hyderabad

30 January 2020 (2020-01-30) 15	Bengaluru	1–0	Hyderabad	Bengaluru
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Kumar  7'  25' Delgado  27' Khabra  28' Juanan  78'	Report	Barnes  45+2' Yasir  59' Khan  70' Kilgallon  90+4'	Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: 9,834 Referee: Nagvenkar Man of the Match: Kumar (Bengaluru)

Goa v Hyderabad

5 February 2020 (2020-02-05) 16	Goa	4–1	Hyderabad	Margao
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Boumous  19', 50' Jahouh  63' Coro  68', 87' (pen.)	Report	Rai  23' Marcelinho  64' Kilgallon  66' Chakrabarti  85'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 10,212 Referee: Gupta Man of the Match: Boumous (Goa)

Hyderabad v Jamshedpur

12 February 2020 (2020-02-12) 17	Hyderabad	1–1	Jamshedpur	Hyderabad
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Gordillo  39' Marcelinho  81' Halder  90' Panwar  90+5' Stanković  90+6'	Report	Amin  45' Passi  90+3'  90+6'	Stadium: G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Saha Man of the Match: Colaco (Hyderabad)

NorthEast United v Hyderabad

20 February 2020 (2020-02-20) 18	NorthEast United	1–5	Hyderabad	Guwahati
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Keogh  35' Gallego  58' Cháves  78' Nongrum  90+3'	Report	Colaco  4', 40' Marcelinho  13', 88' Poojari  33' Panwar  45+2' Yasir  55'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Referee: Mondal Man of the Match: Colaco (Hyderabad)

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos.	Player	ISL
			Apps	Goals
1	GK	Kamaljit Singh	12	0
3	DF	Sahil Panwar	9 (3)	0
4	DF	Rafa	6	0
5	DF	Adil Khan	14	0
6	DF	Matthew Kilgallon	17	1
7	FW	Giles Barnes	5 (7)	0
8	MF	Sahil Tavora	1 (1)	0
9	FW	Bobô	13	5
10	FW	Marcelinho	17	7
11	MF	Abhishek Halder	3 (5)	0
12	MF	Deependra Negi	0	0
13	DF	Gurtej Singh	11 (2)	0
14	MF	Néstor Gordillo	7 (2)	1
15	MF	Marko Stanković	13 (2)	2
16	MF	Shankar Sampingiraj	3 (2)	0
19	MF	Rohit Kumar	8 (1)	1
20	MF	Ajay Chhetri	0 (2)	0
22	MF	Ghani Ahmmed Nigam	1 (4)	0
25	DF	Dimple Bhagat	1 (1)	0
26	MF	Hitesh Sharma	0	0
27	MF	Nikhil Poojari	18	0
28	FW	Liston Colaco	2 (2)	2
32	MF	Mohammad Yasir	10 (5)	1
33	GK	Laxmikant Kattimani	6	0
36	DF	Souvik Chakrabarti	2 (1)	0
40	GK	Kunzang Bhutia	0	0
44	DF	Ashish Rai	11 (3)	0
Players have left the club
17	MF	Laldanmawia Ralte	3 (2)	0
21	GK	Anuj Kumar	0	0
23	FW	Robin Singh	5 (4)	1
34	DF	Tarif Akhand	0 (1)	0
	DF	Keenan Almeida	0	0
	DF	Abhash Thapa	0	0

Last updated: 20 February 2020.
Source: Competitions

Top scorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Player	ISL
1	10	FW	Marcelinho	7
2	9	FW	Bobô	5
3	15	MF	Marko Stanković	2
	28	FW	Liston Colaco
5	6	DF	Matthew Kilgallon	1
	14	MF	Néstor Gordillo
	19	MF	Rohit Kumar
	23	FW	Robin Singh
	32	MF	Mohammad Yasir
Own goals				0
Total				21

Last updated: 20 February 2020.
Source: Competitions

Top assists

Rank	No.	Pos	Player	ISL
1	10	FW	Marcelinho	2
2	11	MF	Abhishek Halder	1
	13	MF	Gurtej Singh
	14	MF	Néstor Gordillo
	15	MF	Marko Stanković
	19	MF	Rohit Kumar
	44	DF	Ashish Rai
Total				8

Last updated: 20 February 2020.
Source: Competitions

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Player	ISL
Total				0

Last updated: 20 February 2020.
Source: Competitions

Discipline

No.	Pos	Player	ISL
1	GK	Kamaljit Singh	2	0	0
3	DF	Sahil Panwar	3	0	1
5	DF	Adil Khan	2	0	0
6	DF	Matthew Kilgallon	3	0	0
7	FW	Giles Barnes	2	0	0
9	FW	Bobô	1	0	0
10	FW	Marcelinho	6	0	0
11	MF	Abhishek Halder	4	0	0
13	DF	Gurtej Singh	4	0	0
15	MF	Marko Stanković	5	0	0
16	MF	Shankar Sampingiraj	1	0	0
23	FW	Robin Singh	3	0	0
25	DF	Dimple Bhagat	0	1	0
27	MF	Nikhil Poojari	2	0	0
32	MF	Mohammad Yasir	2	0	0
36	DF	Souvik Chakrabarti	1	0	0
44	DF	Ashish Rai	1	0	0
TOTALS			42	1	1

Last updated: 20 February 2020.
Source: Competitions

Summary

Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	CS
Indian Super League	18	2	4	12	21	39	0	42	1	1

Last updated: 20 February 2020.
Source: Competitions

Awards

No.	Pos.	Player	Award	Source
10	FW	Marcelinho	ISL Fans' Goal of the Week (Week 3)	[51]

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