2018–19 FC Pune City season

The 2018–19 FC Pune City season is the club's fifth season since its establishment in 2014 and their fifth season in the Indian Super League.

FC Pune City
2018–19 season
Manager Phil Brown
StadiumBalewadi Sports Complex
ISL7th of 10
Super CupRound of 16

Background
Main article: 2017–18 FC Pune City season

Transfers

Contract Extension
No. Position Player Date Ref
9 FW Emiliano Alfaro 11 June 2018 [1]
10 FW Marcelinho 13 June 2018 [2]
5 MF Adil Khan 25 June 2018 [3]
17 MF Rohit Kumar 29 June 2018 [4]
20 FW Diego Carlos 4 July 2018 [5]
15 MF Marko Stanković 4 July 2018 [5]
3 DF Gurtej Singh 19 July 2018 [6]
1 GK Kamaljit Singh 19 July 2018 [6]
31 DF Lalchhuanmawia 19 July 2018 [6]

In
No. Position Player Previous club Transfer fee Date Ref
11 MF Gabriel Fernandes East Bengal Free agent 9 July 2018 [7]
16 MF Shankar Sampingiraj ATK Free agent 9 July 2018 [7]
– FW Robin Singh ATK Free agent 23 July 2018 [8]
27 MF Nikhil Poojari East Bengal Free agent 26 July 2018 [9]
– MF Alwyn George Bengaluru FC Free agent 26 July 2018 [9]
32 DF Keenan Almeida Chennaiyin Free agent 30 July 2018 [10]
– FW Iain Hume Kerala Blasters Free agent 2 August 2018 [11]
21 DF Martín Díaz NorthEast United Free agent 17 August 2018 [12]
– DF Matt Mills Barnsley Free agent 21 August 2018 [13]
– MF Jonathan Vila Recreativo Free agent 23 August 2018 [14]
– DF Ashutosh Mehta ATK Free agent 23 August 2018 [15]

Out
No. Position Player Outgoing club Ref
19 MF Kean Lewis Bengaluru FC [16]
7 MF Jonatan Lucca C.F. Os Belenenses [17]
DF Sebastian Thangmuansang NEROCA [18]
4 MF Rafa CF Rayo Majadahonda
6 MF Marcos Tébar Delhi Dynamos [19]
11 FW Ajay Singh Gokulam Kerala
23 FW Jewel Raja Mohammedan
21 DF Lolo unattached

Pre-season and friendlies

FC Pune City kicked -off their pre-season preparations by participating in the second edition of the AWES Cup in Goa from 29 August 2018.

In the last edition of AWES Cup, FC Pune City Reserves squad went up to semifinals before losing to Dempo Sports Club 1–0. But this time around, the club has decided to participate in the event with their entire first team squad. FC Pune City is placed along with Dempo SC, Salgaocar FC and FC Goa in Group A. [20]

29 August 2018 AWES Cup 2018Salgaocar2–0FC Pune CityVasco da Gama, Goa, India
16:00 IST
  • Ronaldo Olivera  23'
  • Devendra Murgaokar  60'
 Report Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
30 August 2018 Friendly[21]Indian Arrows1–1FC Pune CityOld Goa, India
15:30 IST Source Stadium: Dempo S.C. training ground
6 September 2018 AWES Cup 2018FC Pune City3–3[22]FC Goa(R)Vasco da Gama, Goa, India
16:00 IST
Report
  • Hayden Fernandes  ?'
  • Opa Ralte  ?', ?' [23]
 Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
9 September 2018 AWES Cup 2018Dempo3–1FC Pune CityVasco da Gama, Goa, India
16:00 IST
Report
  • Jakob Vanlalhimpuia
Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
16 September 2018 Friendly[24]Churchill Brothers1–2FC Pune CityOld Goa, India
 Report
Stadium: Dempo S.C. training ground
17 September 2018 FriendlyGokulam Kerala2–3FC Pune CityOld Goa, India
 Report
Stadium: Dempo S.C. training ground
26 September 2018 FriendlyPune City FC1–1Chennai City
IST Report

Players
As of 31 August 2018

Appearances and goals
No. Pos Nat Player TotalISLSuper Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Kamaljit Singh 000000
13 GK Vishal Kaith 000000
24 GK Anuj Kumar 000000
Defenders
18 DF Ashutosh Mehta 000000
3 DF Gurtej Singh 000000
36 DF Sahil Panwar 000000
4 DF Matt Mills 000000
16 DF Sarthak Golui 000000
2 DF Nim Dorjee Tamang 000000
31 DF Lalchhuanmawia 000000
21 DF Martín Díaz 000000
DF Keenan Almeida 000000
Midfielders
6 MF Jonathan Vila 000000
8 MF Shankar Sampingiraj 000000
19 MF Rohit Kumar 000000
5 MF Adil Khan 000000
15 MF Marko Stanković 000000
28 MF Abhishek Halder 000000
12 MF Alwyn George 000000
11 MF Nikhil Poojari 000000
MF Abhijit Sarkar 000000
Forwards
23 FW Robin Singh 000000
10 FW Marcelinho 000000
20 FW Diego Carlos 000000
25 FW Jakob Vanlalhimpuia 000000
FW Gabriel Fernandes 000000
MF Iain Hume 000000

Competitions

Indian Super League
Main article: 2018–19 Indian Super League season

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5 Jamshedpur 18 6 9 3 29 21 +8 27
6 ATK 18 6 6 6 18 22 −4 24
7 Pune City 18 6 4 8 24 30 −6 22
8 Delhi Dynamos 18 4 6 8 23 27 −4 18
9 Kerala Blasters 18 2 9 7 18 28 −10 15
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

Matches

League stage
22 October 2018 3FC Pune City0–3Bengaluru FCPune
19:30 IST
Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
Attendance: 8,193
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee
Man of the Match: Sunil Chhetri (Bengaluru FC)

Technical staff
Position Name
Manager Phil Brown
Assistant Coach Gonzalo Yarza
Technical Director Pradyum Reddy
Assistant Coach TBD
Goalkeeping Coach Ali Uzunhasanoglu
Team Physiotherapists TBD
Sumedh Desai
Team Doctor
Team Operations Manager Ankur Paliwal
Team Masseur Ramkishan Singh
Kit Manager
Youth Team – Head Coach Anshul Katiyar
Youth Team – Assistant Coach

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