2017–18 Minerva Punjab F.C. season

The 2017–18 Minerva Punjab F.C. season is the 2nd season of in the I-League which is India's top football league. They finished the season as I-League Champions becoming the first team from North India to win the I-League since its inception.[3]

Minerva Punjab
2017–18 season
OwnerRanjit Bajaj
Head coachKhogen Singh
StadiumGuru Nanak Stadium
I-LeagueWinners
Super CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Chencho Gyeltshen (7 goals)
All: Chencho Gyeltshen (7 goals)
Highest home attendance8,243 vs East Bengal
(13 February 2018)[1]
Lowest home attendance3,845 vs Chennai City
(11 December 2017)[2]
Average home league attendance5,736

Kit

Supplier: Astro[4] / Sponsor: Apollo Tyres[5]

Home
Away

Coaching staff
As of 25 November 2017.
Position Name
Head Coach Khogen Singh
Team Manager Sachin Badadhe
Physiotherapist Neeraj Churi
Technical Consultant Joel Williams
Source:

Squad information

First-team squad
As of 11 March 2018[6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  IND Arshdeep Singh
2 DF  IND Rahul Baishnab Jaydebdas
3 MF  IND Sukhdev Singh (Captain)
5 FW  IND Nadong Bhutia
7 FW  BHU Chencho Gyeltshen
8 MF  IND Randeep Singh
9 MF  IND Bali Gagandeep
10 FW  IND Moinuddin Khan
11 MF  IND Girik Khosla
13 MF  NGA Bazie Armand
14 MF  IND Altamash Sayed
15 MF  IND Souvik Das
16 MF  SEN Kassim Aidara
17 FW  IND Rajan Negi
18 MF  IND Akashdeep Singh
19 FW  IND Mohamman Ajaruddin
20 FW  IND Makan Chote
21 DF  IND Akash Sangwan
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 DF  IND Kamalpreet Singh
24 DF  CIV Guy Eric Dano
25 DF  IND Arashpreet Singh
26 DF  IND Deepak Devrani
27 DF  IND Abhishek Ambedkar
28 MF  IND Akhil Verma
31 GK    NEP Kiran Chemjong
39 FW  CIV Lago Dagbo Bei
40 GK  IND Rakshit Dagar
41 MF  IND Bhaskar Roy
42 MF  GHA William Opoku
49 MF  IND Amandeep Singh
— DF  IND Ramandeep Singh
— DF  IND Harpreet Singh

Competitions

Overview
Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
I-League 25 November 2017 8 March 2018 Matchday 1 Winners 18 11 2 5 24 16 +8 061.11
Super Cup 2 April 2018 2 April 2018 Round of 16 Round of 16 1 0 0 1 4 5 −1 000.00
Total 19 11 2 6 28 21 +7 057.89

Last updated: 12 March 2018 (2018-03-12).

Source: Competitions

I-League
Main article: 2017–18 I-League

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Minerva Punjab (C) 18 11 2 5 24 16 +8 35 Qualification to 2019 AFC Champions League qualifier
2 NEROCA 18 9 5 4 20 13 +7 32
3 Mohun Bagan 18 8 7 3 28 14 +14 31
4 East Bengal 18 8 7 3 32 19 +13 31
5 Aizawl 18 6 6 6 21 18 +3 24
Source: i-league.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
(C) Champion.

Result summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
18 11 2 5 24 16  +8 35 6 1 2 12 7  +5 5 1 3 12 9  +3

Last updated: 9 March 2018.
Source: i-league.org

Results by match
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ResultDWWWWLWWWWDLWLLWLW
Source: i-league.org
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

25 November 2017 1 Minerva Punjab 1–1 Mohun Bagan Ludhiana
17:30 IST Moinuddin 89' Report Sony Norde  43'
Gurjinder Kumar  55'		 Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium
Attendance: 5,995
Referee: Umesh Bora
Man of the Match: Sony Norde (Mohun Bagan AC)
1 December 2017 2 Minerva Punjab 2–1 NEROCA Ludhiana
17:30 IST Chencho Gyeltshen  24'
Lago Dagbo Bei  45+2'		 Report Felix Chidi Odili  18'
Moirangmayum Ashok Singh  49'
Aryn Williams  90+6'		 Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium
Attendance: 5,734
Referee: Senthil Nathan
Man of the Match: Chencho Gyeltshen (Minerva Punjab FC)
5 December 2017 3 Indian Arrows 0–2 Minerva Punjab Bambolim
20:00 IST Report William Opoku  7', 84'
Kamalpreet Singh  86'		 Stadium: GMC Bambolim
Attendance: 776
Referee: Akash Jackson Routh
Man of the Match: William Opoku (Minerva Punjab)
11 December 2017 4 Minerva Punjab 2–1 Chennai City Ludhiana
20:00 IST William Opoku  48'
Kassim Aidara  59'
Bali Gagandeep  70'		 Report Jean-Michel Joachim  5'
Murilo de Almeida  19'
Pradeep Mohannraj  89'		 Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium
Attendance: 3,845
Referee: Om Prakash Thakur
Man of the Match: Kassim Aidara (Minerva Punjab)
18 December 2017 5 Minerva Punjab 1–0 Indian Arrows Ludhiana
20:00 IST Chencho Gyeltshen  80' Report Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium
Attendance: 5,342
Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta
Man of the Match: Dheeraj Singh (Indian Arrows)
27 December 2017 6 Aizawl 2–1 Minerva Punjab Aizawl
14:00 IST Kareem Omolaja  72'
Masih Saighani  75'
Andrei Ionescu  86'		 Report Chencho Gyeltshen  61'
Amandeep Singh  78'
Girik Khosla  90+4'		 Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium (Aizawl)
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Raktim Saha
Man of the Match: Léonce Dodoz Zikahi (Aizawl FC)
6 January 2018 7 Gokulam Kerala 0–1 Minerva Punjab Kozhikode
17:30 IST Kivi Zhimomi  51'
Emmanuel Chigozie  76'
Daniel Ashley Addo  84'		 Report Bali Gagandeep  19' Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium
Attendance: 4,534
Referee: Senthil Nathan
Man of the Match: Bali Gagandeep (Minerva Punjab FC)
10 January 2018 8 Mohun Bagan 1–2 Minerva Punjab Kolkata
17:30 IST Kingshuk Debnath  45+1'
Cameron Watson  75'
Kingsley Obumneme  90+4'		 Report Chencho Gyeltshen  23', 30'
Kassim Aidara  26'
William Opoku  45+1'
Rakshit Dagar  90+5'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 5,384
Referee: Umesh Bora
Man of the Match: Chencho Gyeltshen (Minerva Punjab FC)
14 January 2018 9 Shillong Lajong 0–1 Minerva Punjab Shillong
14:00 IST Daniel Odafin  32' Report William Opoku  57'
Kassim Aidara  61'
Rakshit Dagar  86'		 Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 5,800
Referee: Ranjit Bakshi
Man of the Match: Rakshit Dagar (Minerva Punjab FC)
27 January 2018 10 NEROCA 0–1 Minerva Punjab Imphal
14:00 IST Govin Singh  41' Report Chencho Gyeltshen  3'
Kassim Aidara  17'
Guy Eric Dano  21'
Altamash Sayed  42'		 Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: 17,014
Referee: Palmson Moses Raj
Man of the Match: Chencho Gyeltshen (Minerva Punjab FC)
30 January 2018 11 East Bengal 2–2 Minerva Punjab Barasat Stadium
13:55 IST Katsumi Yusa47'
Joby Justin 59'
Eduardo Ferreira 72'
Brandon Vanlalremdika 88'		 Report Sukhdev Singh 20'
Chencho Gyeltshen 33'
Souvik Das 68'
Guy Eric Dano 90+2'		 Attendance: 11,200
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar
Man of the Match: Kiran Chemjong (Minerva Punjab FC)
2 February 2018 12 Churchill Brothers 2–1 Minerva Punjab Vasco da Gama
17:30 IST Mechac Koffi  17' (pen.)
Bektur Talgat Uulu  39'
Wayne Vaz  45'
Hussein Eldor  84'		 Report Sukhdev Singh  16'
Girik Khosla  51'
Kassim Aidara  57'		 Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
Attendance: 2,442
Referee: Akash Jackson Routh
Man of the Match: Wayne Vaz (Churchill Brothers SC)
7 February 2018 13 Minerva Punjab 3–2 Shillong Lajong Panchkula
14:00 IST Guy Eric Dano  5'
Bali Gagandeep  45+1', 80' 53'		 Report Daniel Odafin  60'
Lawrence Doe  63' 90+3'
Novin Gurung  89'		 Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium
Attendance: 6,898
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar
Man of the Match: Bali Gagandeep (Minerva Punjab)
13 February 2018 14 Minerva Punjab 0–1 East Bengal Panchkula
14:00 IST Amandeep Singh 45+1'
Bali Gagandeep 70'		 Report Cavin Lobo 60'
Mahmoud Amnah 77'
Ubaid C.K. 90+2'		 Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium
Attendance: 8,243
Referee: Ajit Kumar Meitei
Man of the Match: Mahmoud Amnah (East Bengal FC)
20 February 2018 15 Minerva Punjab 0–1 Gokulam Kerala Panchkula
14:00 IST Randeep Singh  4' Report Mohamed Rashid  16'
Mudde Musa  19'
Balwinder Singh  42'
Henry Kisekka  75'		 Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium
Attendance: 3,890
Referee: Palmson Moses Raj
Man of the Match: Bilal Husain Khan (Gokulam Kerala)
26 February 2018 16 Minerva Punjab 2–0 Aizawl Panchkula
14:00 IST Akash Sangwan  50'
Akashdeep Singh  59'
Armand Bazie  90+5'		 Report David Lalrinmuana  90+5' Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium
Attendance: 4,428
Referee: Khamruddin Mohammed Avez
Man of the Match: Guy Eric Dano (Minerva Punjab FC)
2 March 2018 17 Chennai City 2–1 Minerva Punjab Coimbatore
17:30 IST Michael Soosairaj  5'
Dharmaraj Ravanan  21'
Aleksandar Rakić  59'
Edwin Sydney Vanspaul  81'
Asif Kottayil  90+3'		 Report Chencho Gyeltshen  26'
Souvik Das  29'		 Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 7,342
Referee: Santhosh Kumar Bhaskaran
Man of the Match: Michael Soosairaj (Chennai City FC)
8 March 2018 18 Minerva Punjab 1–0 Churchill Brothers Panchkula
17:30 IST William Opoku  16'
Guy Eric Dano  36'
Amandeep Singh  58'		 Report Francis Oneyama  41' Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium
Attendance: 7,852
Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta
Man of the Match: Ricardo Cardozo (Churchill Brothers SC)

Super Cup
Main article: 2018 Indian Super Cup

Minerva Punjab FC entered the competition in Round of 16 and were drawn against Jamshedpur.[7] However, they lost in the first game in penalty shootouts, concluding the season for I-League champions.

  Win   Draw   Loss

2 April 2018 (2018-04-02) Round of 16 Minerva Punjab 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)		 Jamshedpur Bhubaneshwar
Report Stadium: Kalinga Stadium
Attendance: 3,256
Referee: Santosh Kumar
Man of the Match: Sanjiban Ghosh (Jamshedpur FC)
Penalties

Awards

Player
No. Player Award Tournament Source
7 Chencho Gyeltshen Best Forward of the Tournament
I-League
[8]

References
  1. "Minerva Punjab vs East Bengal Match Report" (PDF). i-league.org. 13 February 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  2. "Minerva Punjab vs Chennai City Match Report" (PDF). i-league.org. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  3. "I-League 2017-18: Minerva Punjab FC clinch maiden title courtesy William Opoku's goal on thrilling last day of season". firstpost.com. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  4. FC, MINERVA PUNJAB (28 November 2017). "We thank all our Sponsors and Partners who backed us for the ongoing @ILeagueOfficial season #chakdephatte #IndianFootball". @Minerva_AFC. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  5. FC, MINERVA PUNJAB (24 November 2017). "Join us in welcoming @apollotyres as our official title sponsors for the upcoming @ILeagueOfficial season #chakdephatte". @Minerva_AFC. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  6. "Squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  7. "Super Cup 2018: Jamshedpur FC face I-League champions Minerva Punjab and the Round of 16 fixtures". goal.com. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  8. "I-League 2017-18: Minerva Punjab presented with winners' trophy; NEROCA's Gift Raikhan named season's best coach". firstpost.com. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.

See also
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