2012–13 United Sikkim F.C. season

United Sikkim
2012–13 season
Chairman Baichung Bhutia
Manager Nathan Hall
I-League 13th
Federation Cup Group Stage
Top goalscorer League: 3 players on 1 goal
All: 3 players on 1 goal
Home colours
Away colours

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.

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

Out

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

I-League

Main article: 2012–13 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
Result W L L D L L D D D D L C D L D L L                  
Position 5 8 9 10 11 13 13 12 12 12 11 12 14 13 13 13 13                  

Last updated: 19 January 2013.
Source: United Sikkim FC
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Appearances and goals

As of 11 October 2012
No. Pos Nat Player TotalI-League Federation Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK South Korea Yoon Tae 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
GK India Monotosh Ghosh 4 0 0+1 0 3+0 0
DF India Mashangva Zenith 3 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
DF India Munmun Lugun 5 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
DF India Anwar Ali 5 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
DF Costa Rica Michael Rodríguez 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
DF India Sandesh Jhingan 5 1 2+0 1 3+0 0
DF India Rahul Jaiswal 5 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
DF India Mobin Rai 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF India Nim Lepcha 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF India Ashish Chettri 5 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
MF Togo Sogan Kokou 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF India Shahensha Ansari 4 0 1+1 0 1+1 0
MF India Raju Debnath 2 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
MF India Lineker Machado 5 1 2+0 1 3+0 0
MF India Shabbir Ali 3 0 0+1 0 2+0 0
FW India Baichung Bhutia 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW India Budhiram Tudu 5 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
FW India Tenzin Bhutia 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
FW India Nima Tamang 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Nigeria Salau Nuruddin 3 1 2+0 1 1+0 0
  • Source:

Goalscorers

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

References

  1. ↑ "Menyongar signs with Shillong Lajong". India Blooms. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "Shillong Lajong sign Renedy Singh". Times of India. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  3. ↑ Choudhuri, Arunava. "Indian Football: Transfer Season 2011/12 - Version 13". Arunava Choudhuri. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  4. ↑ "I-League 2nd Div.: United Sikkim beats Bhawanipur 3-2". iSikkim. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  5. ↑ "USFC Top Group". The All India Football Federation. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  6. ↑ Bhutani, Rahul. "Indian Football Transfers – Live Updates, May 23rd". The Hard Tackle. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  7. ↑ "Indian Football Transfers – Live Updates, May 24th". The Hard Tackle. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Choudhuri, Arunava. "Sikkim United FC name squad for 2012/13 season". Arunava Choudhuri. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  9. 1 2 Choudhuri, Arunava. "United Sikkim FC announce Federation Cup squad". Arunava Choudhuri. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  10. ↑ "Salgaocar recruit Jacobs, Hamza for next season of I-League". Business Standard (India). Press Trust of India. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  11. ↑ "India - Latest Transfers/Loans/Injuries etc.". Champman0102. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  12. 1 2 "Desmond Bulpin signs for Lajong FC". Times of India. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  13. ↑ Bhutani, Rahul. "Indian Football Transfers – Live Updates, June 9th". The Hard Tackle. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  14. ↑ "Mohammedan Sporting announce squad for 2012/13 season". Arunava Choudhuri. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  15. ↑ Swamy, Rohan. "PFC gears up for gruelling season". Indian Express. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  16. ↑ Chaudhuri, Arunava. "Indian Football: Transfer Season 2012/13 - Version 2". Arunava Chaudhuri. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  17. ↑ Choudhuri, Arunava. "Indian Football: Transfer Season 2012/13 - Version 2". Arunava Choudhuri. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  18. ↑ Choudhuri, Arunava. "34th Federation Cup: Complete Fixtures out!". Arunava Choudhuri. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  19. ↑ "United Sikkim Football Club vs Salgaocar Football Club Lineups and Statistics". Goal.com. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
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