2015 FC Pune City season

Pune City

2015 season
Chairman	Gaurav Modwel
Head Coach	David Platt
Stadium	Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
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The 2015 Season is Pune City's 2nd season in existence in the Indian Super League.

Transfers

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 2 DF Govin Singh (from Royal Wahingdoh) 3 DF Diego Colotto (from Espanyol)[1] 4 MF Didier Zokora (from Akhisar Belediyespor)[2] 5 DF Roger Johnson (from Charlton Athletic)[3] 7 FW Yendrick Ruiz (loan from Herediano)[4] 8 MF James Bailey (from Barnsley)[5] 9 FW Kalu Uche (from Levante)[6] 10 FW Adrian Mutu (from Petrolul Ploiești)[7] 11 MF Jackichand Singh (loan from Royal Wahingdoh) 12 DF Pritam Kotal (loan from Mohun Bagan) 15 DF Gurjinder Kumar (loan from Salgaocar) 16 MF Eugeneson Lyngdoh (loan from Bengaluru) 17 MF Tuncay Şanlı (from Umm Salal)[8] 19 DF Gouramangi Singh (from Chennaiyin) 20 DF Sushanth Mathew (from Kerala Blasters) 22 DF Nicky Shorey (from Portsmouth)[9] 23 MF Bikash Jairu (loan from East Bengal) 25 GK Steve Simonsen (from Rangers)[9][10][11] 26 MF Wesley Verhoek (from Feyenoord)[6] 29 GK Lalit Thapa (from Sporting Goa) 45 MF Fanai Lalrempuia (loan from Pune)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 2 DF Andrés González (to Alianza Atlético) 3 DF Park Kwang-il (to Matsumoto Yamaga) 4 DF Daniele Magliocchetti (to Aversa Normanna) 5 DF Bruno Cirillo (to Reggina) 7 MF Pratik Shinde 8 MF Tapan Maity (to Bharat) 9 FW Davide Colomba 10 MF John Goossens (to Voluntari)[12] 11 MF Ashutosh Mehta (loan return to Mumbai) 12 DF Anupam Sarkar (loan to Adeli Batumi) 15 MF Omar Andrés Rodríguez 16 DF Deepak Devrani (loan to Mohun Bagan) 17 FW David Trezeguet (Retired) 18 DF Saïdou Panandétiguiri 20 FW Iván Bolado 21 MF Kostas Katsouranis (to Atromitos) 22 FW Joaquim Abranches (loan return to East Bengal) 23 FW Dudu (to East Bengal) 25 GK Emanuele Belardi (to Reggina) 26 MF Mehrajuddin Wadoo (to Chennaiyin) 31 MF Krisztián Vadócz (to Grasshopper)[13][14] 32 MF Jermaine Pennant (to Wigan Athletic)[15]

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 2 DF Govin Singh 3 DF Diego Colotto 4 MF Didier Zokora (captain) 5 DF Roger Johnson 6 MF Manish Maithani 7 FW Yendrick Ruiz (on loan from Herediano) 8 MF James Bailey 9 FW Kalu Uche 10 FW Adrian Mutu 11 FW Jackichand Singh (on loan from Royal Wahingdoh) 12 DF Pritam Kotal (on loan from Mohun Bagan) 13 DF Dharmaraj Ravanan 14 MF Israil Gurung

No. Position Player 15 DF Gurjinder Kumar (on loan from Salgaocar) 16 MF Eugeneson Lyngdoh (on loan from Bengaluru FC) 17 MF Tuncay Şanlı 19 DF Gouramangi Singh 20 MF Sushanth Mathew 22 DF Nicky Shorey 23 MF Bikash Jairu (on loan from East Bengal) 24 MF Lenny Rodrigues 25 GK Steve Simonsen 26 FW Wesley Verhoek 27 GK Arindam Bhattacharya 29 GK Lalit Thapa 45 MF Fanai Lalrempuia (on loan from Pune)

Coaching staff

Role	Name	Nation
Head coach	David Platt
Assistant coach	Renedy Singh
Goalkeeping coach	Massimo Battara
Fitness coach	Niall Clark
Physiotherapist	Matt Radcliffe

Indian Super League

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Goa	14	7	4	3	29	20	+9	25	2015 Indian Super League Semi-final
2	Atlético de Kolkata	14	7	2	5	26	17	+9	23
3	Chennaiyin	14	7	1	6	25	15	+10	22
4	Delhi Dynamos	14	6	4	4	18	20	−2	22
5	NorthEast United	14	6	2	6	18	23	−5	20
6	Mumbai City	14	4	4	6	16	26	−10	16
7	Pune City	14	4	3	7	17	23	−6	15
8	Kerala Blasters	14	3	4	7	22	27	−5	13

Updated to games played on 6 December 2015.
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	4	3	7	17	23	−6	15	4	1	2	11	8	+3	0	2	5	6	15	−9

Last updated: 5 December 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	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	A	H
Result	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	D	D	L	L	L	L

Last updated: 5 December 2015.
Source: Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Pune City v Mumbai City

5 October 2015 1	Pune City	3 – 1	Mumbai City	Pune
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Tuncay  8' 12', 56' Zokora  50' Kumar  66' Gurung  68'	Report	Piquionne  34' Mehta  83'	Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Referee: Bhuvana Balasubramaniam

Pune City v NorthEast United

9 October 2015 2	Pune City	1 – 0	NorthEast United	Pune
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Maithani  16' Ralte  73' (o.g.)	Report	Silas  14'	Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Referee: Matthew Conger

Pune City v Delhi Dynamos

14 October 2015 3	Pune City	1 – 2	Delhi Dynamos	Pune
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Uche  90+8'	Report	R.Singh  23' Riise  45' Edathodika  60' Gadze  90+7'	Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex

Pune City v Atlético de Kolkata

18 October 2015 4	Pune City	1 – 0	Atlético de Kolkata	Pune
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	J.Singh  2'	Report	Mohanraj  56' Josemi  73'	Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex

Chennaiyin v Pune City

24 October 2015 5	Chennaiyin	2 – 1	Pune City	Chennai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Blasi  2' Bernard Mendy  34' Mendoza  48'	Report	Ravanan  50' Uche  75' Johnson  53' Lyngdoh  90'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 26,821

Pune City v Kerala Blasters

27 October 2015 6	Pune City	3 – 2	Kerala Blasters	Pune
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Uche  16', 23' Lyngdoh  60' Tuncay  72'	Report	Rafi  1', 30'	Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex

Goa v Pune City

30 October 2015 7	Goa	1 – 1	Pune City	Goa
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Johnson  46' (o.g.)	Report	Lyngdoh  64' 66' Uche  66'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium

Kerala Blasters v Pune City

4 November 2015 8	Kerala Blasters	2 – 0	Pune City	Kochi
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Dagnall  45+1' Watt  60' Ahmed  73'	Report	Zokora  59'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Pune City v Goa

8 November 2015 9	Pune City	2 – 2	Goa	Pune
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Lyngdoh  32' Mutu  90+4'	Report	Coelho  34' Moura  36' Lucca  44'	Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex

Mumbai City v Pune City

13 November 2015 10	Mumbai City	0 – 0	Pune City	Mumbai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)		Report	Zokora  87'	Stadium: DY Patil Stadium

Delhi Dynamos v Pune City

19 November 2015 11	Delhi Dynamos	3 – 1	Pune City	Delhi
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Nabi  35' Edathodika  40' Malouda  58' Riise  87' (pen.)	Report	Johnson  13' Shorey  51' G.Singh  67', 86' Mutu  90+5'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Atlético de Kolkata v Pune City

27 November 2015 12	Atlético de Kolkata	4 – 1	Pune City	Kolkata
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Hume  9', 47', 83' Nato  38' Lekić  90+4'	Report	Lyngdoh  27' Maithani  45+2' Mutu  86'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium

NorthEast United v Pune City

2 December 2015 13	NorthEast United	3 – 2	Pune City	Guwahati
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Vélez  4' Kamara  18' 90+5' López  28' Bikey  43' 61' S.Singh  63' Bruno  74'	Report	Bailey  8' G.Singh  43' Zokora  77' Mutu  86'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium

Pune City v Chennaiyin

5 December 2015 14	Pune City	0 – 1	Chennaiyin	Pune
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Ravanan  57' Lyngdoh  66'	Report	Elano  57' Lalpekhlua  64' Wadoo  89'	Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex

Squad Statistics

As of Match played 5 December 2015

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Indian Super League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF		Govin Singh	4	0	4	0
3	DF		Diego Colotto	3	0	3	0
4	MF		Didier Zokora	12	0	12	0
5	DF		Roger Johnson	11	0	10+1	0
6	MF		Manish Maithani	8	0	6+2	0
7	FW		Yendrick Ruiz	9	0	5+4	0
8	MF		James Bailey	8	1	7+1	1
9	FW		Kalu Uche	11	4	6+5	4
10	FW		Adrian Mutu	10	4	7+3	4
11	FW		Jackichand Singh	9	1	6+3	1
12	DF		Pritam Kotal	2	0	2	0
13	DF		Dharmaraj Ravanan	10	0	9+1	0
14	MF		Israil Gurung	2	1	2	1
15	DF		Gurjinder Kumar	4	0	4	0
16	MF		Eugeneson Lyngdoh	9	2	9	2
17	MF		Tuncay Şanlı	10	3	8+2	3
19	DF		Gouramangi Singh	8	0	8	0
20	MF		Sushanth Mathew	4	0	2+2	0
22	DF		Nicky Shorey	14	0	14	0
23	MF		Bikash Jairu	11	0	3+8	0
24	MF		Lenny Rodrigues	9	0	9	0
25	GK		Steve Simonsen	10	0	10	0
26	FW		Wesley Verhoek	6	0	2+4	0
27	GK		Arindam Bhattacharya	4	0	4	0
45	MF		Fanai Lalrempuia	3	0	2+1	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Indian Super League	Total
1	FW		9	Kalu Uche	4	4
	MF		10	Adrian Mutu	4	4
3	MF		17	Tuncay Şanlı	3	3
4	FW		16	Eugeneson Lyngdoh	2	2
5	MF		14	Israil Gurung	1	1
	FW		11	Jackichand Singh	1	1
	MF		8	James Bailey	1	1
				Own goal	1	1
				TOTALS	17	17

Disciplinary Record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Indian Super League		Total
2		DF	Govin Singh	3	1	3	1
4		MF	Didier Zokora	4	0	4	0
5		DF	Roger Johnson	2	0	2	0
6		MF	Manish Maithani	2	0	2	0
9		FW	Kalu Uche	1	0	1	0
13		DF	Dharmaraj Ravanan	2	0	2	0
15		DF	Gurjinder Kumar	1	0	1	0
16		MF	Eugeneson Lyngdoh	5	0	5	0
17		MF	Tuncay Şanlı	1	0	1	0
22		DF	Nicky Shorey	1	0	1	0
			TOTALS	21	1	21	1

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