2014 NorthEast United season

NorthEast United

2014 season
Manager	Ricki Herbert
Stadium	Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
ISL	8th' Last'
Top goalscorer	Koke (4)
Highest home attendance	30,870 (vs Goa, 19 October 2014)[1]
Lowest home attendance	25,530 (vs Atlético Kolkata, 16 October 2014)[2]
Average home league attendance	28,633
Home colours Away colours
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The 2014 Season is NorthEast United's 1st season in existence in the Indian Super League.

Background

In early 2014 it was announced that the All India Football Federation, the national federation for football in India, and IMG-Reliance would be accepting bids for ownership of eight of nine selected cities for the upcoming Indian Super League, an eight-team franchise league modeled along the lines of the Indian Premier League cricket tournament.^[3] On 13 April 2014, it was announced that John Abraham and I-league side Shillong Lajong F.C. had won the bidding for the Guwahati based franchise.^[4]

On 15 August 2014, during an official launch, it was announced that the name of the team would be NorthEast United FC representing the 8 north-eastern states of India. The first match for NorthEast United FC in Indian Super League was played against Kerala Blasters on 13 October 2014 at Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati which was won 1-0.^[5]

Signings

Foreign signings

#	Position:	Player	Last club	Date	Source
1	GK	Alexandros Tzorvas	Apollon Smyrni	1 September 2014	[6]
4	MF	Kondwani Mtonga	ZESCO United	2 September 2014	[7]
9	FW	James Keene	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	12 September 2014	[8]
10	FW	Koke	Blooming	15 September 2014	[9][10]
11	DF	Joan Capdevila	Espanyol	16 July 2014	[11]
14	MF	Leo Bertos	East Bengal	6 October 2015	[12]
15	DF	Miguel Garcia	Mallorca	2 September 2014	[13][14]

Drafted domestic players Round Position Player I-League club 1 GK Kunzang Bhutia Shillong Lajong 2 DF Jibon Singh Shillong Lajong 3 FW Durga Boro Shillong Lajong 4 DF Aiborlang Khongjee Shillong Lajong 5 DF Zohmingliana Ralte Shillong Lajong 6 GK Rehenesh Paramba Shillong Lajong 7 MF Boithang Haokip Shillong Lajong 8 DF Pritam Kumar Singh Shillong Lajong 9 MF Milan Singh Shillong Lajong 10 DF Robin Gurung Shillong Lajong 11 MF Alen Deory Shillong Lajong 12 MF Redeem Tlang Shillong Lajong 13 FW Seminlen Doungel Shillong Lajong 14 MF David Ngaihte Shillong Lajong

Drafted foreign players Round Position Player Last Club 1 MF Isaac Chansa Shillong Lajong 2 FW Cornell Glen Shillong Lajong 3 DF Massamba Sambou Châteauroux 4 FW Do Dong-hyun Gifu 5 MF Guilherme Batata Atlético Paranaense 6 DF Tomáš Josl Vysočina Jihlava 7 FW Luis Yanes Atlético Bucaramanga

Players and staff

Squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Alexandros Tzorvas 2 DF Aiborlang Khongjee 3 DF Tomáš Josl 4 MF Kondwani Mtonga 5 DF Massamba Sambou 6 MF Isaac Chansa 7 MF Do Dong-hyun 8 FW Luis Yanes 9 FW James Keene 10 FW Koke 11 DF Joan Capdevila 13 GK Rehnesh TP 14 FW Leo Bertos 15 DF Miguel Garcia (Captain)

No. Position Player 16 DF Robin Gurung 17 MF Zohmingliana Ralte 18 DF Jibon Singh 19 MF Guilherme Batata 20 MF Milan Singh 21 MF Redeem Tlang 22 MF Boithang Haokip 23 FW Seminlen Doungel 24 MF Alen Deory 25 FW Durga Boro 26 MF David Ngaihte 27 GK Kunzang Bhutia 30 DF Pritam Kumar Singh FW Cornell Glen

Technical staff

Position	Name
Manager	Ricki Herbert
Coach	Thangboi Singto
Performance Coach	Lee Taylor

Indian Super League

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chennaiyin	14	6	5	3	24	20	+4	23	2014 Indian Super League Semi-final
2	Goa	14	6	4	4	21	12	+9	22
3	Atlético de Kolkata	14	4	7	3	16	13	+3	19
4	Kerala Blasters	14	5	4	5	9	11	−2	19
5	Delhi Dynamos	14	4	6	4	16	14	+2	18
6	Pune City	14	4	4	6	12	17	−5	16
7	Mumbai City	14	4	4	6	12	21	−9	16
8	NorthEast United	14	3	6	5	11	13	−2	15

Updated to games played on 10 December 2014.
Source: Indian Super League standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
14	3	6	5	11	13	−2	15	2	3	2	7	6	+1	1	3	3	4	7	−3

Last updated: 28 August 2015.
Source: Matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ground	H	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	W	L	D	W	D	L	D	D	L	L	W	L	D	D

Last updated: 28 August 2015.
Source: Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

NorthEast United v Kerala Blasters

13 October 2014 1	NorthEast United	1 – 0	Kerala Blasters	Guwahati
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Koke  45'	Report	McAllister  44'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Referee: Pratap Singh

NorthEast United v Atlético de Kolkata

16 October 2014 7	NorthEast United	0 – 2	Atlético de Kolkata	Guwahati
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)		Report	Teferra  15' Borja  54', 84' Podaný  90+2'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar

NorthEast United v Goa

19 October 2014 2	NorthEast United	1 – 1	Goa	Guwahati
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Chansa  16' Koke  36' (pen.) Do  82'	Report	Grégory  17'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Referee: David Gantar

Mumbai City v NorthEast United

24 October 2014 3	Mumbai City	0 – 2	NorthEast United	Mumbai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Letzelter  45+2' Čmovš  52', 75'	Report	Mtonga  57' Batata  90+2'	Stadium: DY Patil Stadium Referee: David Gantar

Delhi Dynamos v NorthEast United

29 October 2014 4	Delhi Dynamos	0 – 0	NorthEast United	Delhi
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)		Report	Josl  42' Garcia  64' Batata  66'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Referee: Pratap Singh

Pune City v NorthEast United

3 November 2014 5	Pune City	1 – 0	NorthEast United	Pune
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Kotal  47' Goossens  88'	Report	Yanes  90+5'	Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Referee: Muringothumalil Bhaskaran Santosh Kumar

Chennaiyin v NorthEast United

8 November 2014 11	Chennaiyin	2 – 2	NorthEast United	Chennai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Elano  25', 78' 84'	Report	Doungel  38' Batata  52' Khongjee  84' Koke  85'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Referee: Pratap Singh

NorthEast United v Pune City

15 November 2014 8	NorthEast United	0 – 0	Pune City	Guwahati
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Gurung  90+3'	Report	Katsouranis  31'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Referee: Pranjal Banerji

Atlético de Kolkata v NorthEast United

18 November 2014 9	Atlético de Kolkata	1 – 0	NorthEast United	Kolkata
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	García  51'	Report	Paramba  11' Sambou  37' Khongjee  64'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Muringothumalil Bhaskaran Santosh Kumar

NorthEast United v Delhi Dynamos

24 November 2014 14	NorthEast United	1 – 2	Delhi Dynamos	Guwahati
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Gurung  27' Khongjee  59', 83' Keene  70' Mtonga  80'	Report	Marmentini  6' Mulder  14' Chakraborty  34', 45+1'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Referee: Ravshan Irmatov

NorthEast United v Chennaiyin

27 November 2014 6	NorthEast United	3 – 0	Chennaiyin	Guwahati
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Boro  10' Sambou  21', 23' Capdevila  45+1', 72' Batata  67'	Report	Djemba-Djemba  23' Singh  45+3' Mendy  79'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Referee: Hettikankanamge Chrishantha Dilan Perera

Goa v NorthEast United

1 December 2014 12	Goa	3 – 0	NorthEast United	Goa
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Fernandes  34' Slepička  45+1' 45+1' Santos  74' Das  79' Roy  90+6'	Report	Sambou  36'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Referee: Muringothumalil Bhaskaran Santosh Kumar

Kerala Blasters v NorthEast United

4 December 2014 13	Kerala Blasters	0 – 0	NorthEast United	Kochi
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Hossain  29' Hume  45+3' Chopra  75'	Report	Doungel  16' Batata  72' Keene  75'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Referee: Anthony Simoes

NorthEast United v Mumbai City

10 December 2014 10	NorthEast United	1 – 1	Mumbai City	Guwahati
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Koke  34' (pen.)	Report	Ribeiro  8' Čmovš  10' Mondal  33' Štohanzl  76' Singh  84'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Referee: Ranjit Bakshi

Squad Statistics

As of Match played 10 December 2014

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Indian Super League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Alexandros Tzorvas	2	0	2	0
2	DF		Aiborlang Khongjee	13	0	13	0
3	DF		Tomáš Josl	6	0	2+4	0
4	MF		Kondwani Mtonga	13	2	13	2
5	DF		Massamba Sambou	6	2	6	2
6	MF		Isaac Chansa	8	0	5+3	0
7	MF		Do Dong-hyun	8	0	4+4	0
8	FW		Luis Yanes	6	0	0+6	0
9	FW		James Keene	10	0	6+4	0
10	FW		Koke	12	4	12	4
11	DF		Joan Capdevila	12	0	12	0
13	GK		Rehenesh Paramba	12	0	12	0
14	FW		Leo Bertos	4	0	0+4	0
15	DF		Miguel Garcia	13	0	13	0
16	DF		Robin Gurung	11	0	11	0
17	MF		Zohmingliana Ralte	10	0	9+1	0
19	MF		Guilherme Batata	10	1	9+1	1
20	MF		Milan Singh	5	0	2+3	0
21	MF		Redeem Tlang	1	0	0+1	0
22	MF		Boithang Haokip	7	0	4+3	0
23	FW		Seminlen Doungel	9	1	5+4	1
24	MF		Alen Deory	5	0	2+3	0
25	FW		Durga Boro	11	1	11	1
26	MF		David Ngaihte	2	0	1+1	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Indian Super League	Total
1	FW		10	Koke	4	4
2	MF		4	Kondwani Mtonga	2	2
	DF		5	Massamba Sambou	2	2
4	MF		19	Guilherme Batata	1	1
	FW		23	Seminlen Doungel	1	1
	FW		25	Durga Boro	1	1
				TOTALS	11	11

Disciplinary Record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Indian Super League		Total
2		DF	Aiborlang Khongjee	4	1	4	1
3		DF	Tomáš Josl	1	0	1	0
5		DF	Massamba Sambou	2	0	2	0
6		MF	Isaac Chansa	1	0	1	0
7		MF	Do Dong-hyun	1	0	1	0
8		FW	Luis Yanes	1	0	1	0
9		FW	James Keene	1	1	1	1
11		DF	Joan Capdevila	2	1	2	1
13		GK	Rehenesh Paramba	1	0	1	0
15		DF	Miguel Garcia	1	0	1	0
16		DF	Robin Gurung	2	0	2	0
19		MF	Guilherme Batata	4	0	4	0
23		FW	Seminlen Doungel	1	0	1	0
			TOTALS	22	3	22	3

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