2018–19 ATK season

The 2018–19 ATK season is the club's fifth season since its establishment in 2014 and their fifth season in the Indian Super League. The fifth edition of ISL commenced with a new look ATK renewing its seasonal rivalry against Kerala Blasters FC on Saturday, September 29, at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan.

ATK
2018–19 season
OwnersKolkata Games and Sports Pvt. Ltd.
Head CoachSteve Coppell
StadiumSalt Lake Stadium
Indian Super League6th
Super CupSemi-final
Top goalscorerLeague: Manuel Lanzarote (5)
All: Manuel Lanzarote (7)
Highest home attendance41,202
Lowest home attendance15,333
Average home league attendance21,885

Background
See also: 2017–18 ATK season

Transfers

After a disappointing season, ATK has appointed Sanjoy Sen as their mentor to recruit national players.[1] The former Mohun Bagan A.C. head coach roped in some of his own former players who he had the experience of working with, along with former ATK players Arnab Mondal and Cavin Lobo[2]

In

Pre Season and friendlies

ATK went to Spain on August 18 for their pre-season. This campaign will end on September 15. In Spain they played some friendly matches with local clubs and one match with Premier League club Fulham F.C..

They played their first match on 31 August with Lorca FC and won by one goal scored by Kalu Uche. In the second friendly they won by one goal again by defeating Spanish club Real Murcia. ATK played their third match with highly competitive Premier League club Fulham F.C. and defeated just by a whisker.

31 August 2018 Friendly ATK 1–0 Lorca FC Murcia, Spain
22:30 IST
Report Stadium: Pinatar Arena
Referee: Salvador Lax Franco
4 September 2018 Friendly Real Murcia 0–1 ATK Murcia, Spain
22:30 IST Report
Stadium: Pinatar Arena
8 September 2018 Friendly[4] ATK 0–1 Fulham[5] Murcia, Spain
15:30 IST Report
Stadium: Pinatar Arena Stadium
11 September 2018 Friendly[6] ATK 5–2 CD Almunecar City Murcia, Spain
22:30 IST
Report
  •  67'
  •  86'
 Stadium: Pinatar Arena
13 September 2018 Friendly[7] ATK 0–3 FC Jumilla Murcia, Spain
14:00 IST Report
Stadium: Pinatar Arena
Referee: Martínez Montalbán[9]

Competitions

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
4 NorthEast United 18 7 8 3 22 18 +4 29 Advance to Indian Super League Playoffs
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
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
29 September 2018 1 ATK 0–2 Kerala Blasters FC Kolkata, India
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Matej Poplatnik  77'
Slavisa Stojanovic  86'		 Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan
Attendance: 41,202
4 October 2018 2 ATK 0-1 Northeast United FC Kolkata, India
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Rowllin Borges  89' Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan
Attendance: 19,853
17 October 2018 3 Delhi Dynamos FC 1-2 ATK New Delhi, India
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Pritam Kotal  54' Balwant Singh  20'
Noussair El Maimouni  84'		 Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 9,143
21 October 2018 4 Jamshedpur FC 1-1 ATK Jamshedpur, India
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Sergio Cidoncha  35' Manuel Lanzarote  45' Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex
Attendance: 22,812
26 October 2018 5 ATK 2–1 Chennaiyin Kolkata
19:00
Summary
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 15,382
Referee: Ajit Meetei
31 October 2018 6 ATK 1–2 Bengaluru Kolkata
19:30
Summary
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 17,656
Referee: R Venkatesh
10 November 2018 7 ATK 1–0 Pune City Kolkata
19:30
Summary
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 15,333
Referee: Raj Palmson Moses
24 November 2018 8 Mumbai City 0–0 ATK Mumbai
19:30
Summary
Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena
Attendance: 4,623
Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari bin Jahari
28 November 2018 9 ATK 0–0 FC Goa Kolkata
19:30
Summary
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 21,870
Referee: Raul Gupta

Super Cup
Main article: 2019 Indian Super Cup

As one of the top six teams in 2018–19 Indian Super League, ATK qualified for the main round in 2019 Indian Super Cup. ATK were scheduled to play the I-League side, Real Kashmir FC in Round of 16 match.

ATK defeated Real Kashmir Fc by 3 - 1 to reach quarter finals of Super cup. Now they will face Indian Super League team Delhi Dynamos in quarters.[10]

1 April 2019 Round of 16 ATK 3-1 Real Kashmir Bhubaneswar
20:30 IST Stadium: Kalinga Stadium
5 April 2019 Quarter-final Dehli Dynamos 3–4 ATK Bhubaneswar
20:00 IST Summary Stadium: Kalinga Stadium
10 April 2019 Semi-final ATK 0–2 Chennaiyin Bhubaneswar
20:00 IST Summary Stadium: Kalinga Stadium

Goalscorers

There have been 10 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 1 goal per match.

3 goals

1 goal

Goalscorers (Against)

There have been 10 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 1 goal per match.

1 goal

Player information

Current squad
As of 16 November 2018

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  IND Debjit Majumder
— GK  IND Arindam Bhattacharya
— GK  IND Avilash Paul
— DF  ENG John Johnson
— DF  BRA Gerson Vieira
— DF  IND Arnab Mondal
— DF  IND Aiborlang Khongjee
— DF  IND Sena Ralte
— DF  IND Ricky Lallawmawma
— DF  IND Prabir Das
— DF  IND Ankit Mukherjee
— MF  IND Pronay Halder
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  IND Eugeneson Lyngdoh
— MF  IND Malsawmzuala
— MF  IND Hitesh Sharma
— MF  IND Sheikh Faiaz
— MF  IND Komal Thatal
— MF  IND Cavin Lobo
— MF  ESP Manuel Lanzarote
— DF  CMR Andre Bikey
— FW  IND Jayesh Rane
— FW  IND Balwant Singh
— FW  URU Emiliano Alfaro
— FW  BRA Everton Santos

Management
As of 2 July 2018
Position Name
Head Coach Steve Coppell
Assistant Coach Wally Downes
Head of Youth Development Sanjoy Sen
Goalkeeper Coach Bobby Mimms
Physiotherapists Avinandan Chatterjee
Noel Augustine
Physical Trainer Djair Miranda Garcia
Team Manager Avishek Bhattacharjee

References
  1. "Sanjoy Sen joins ATK as head of youth development". Goal.com. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
  2. "ISL: Arnab Mondal & Cavin Lobo set to join ATK?". Goal.com. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
  3. "Whites Head To Spain". fulhamfc.com. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  4. "Atk on twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  5. "Whites Head To Spain". fulhamfc.com. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  6. "matchday ! atk on Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  7. "On to our final friendly fixture in Spain". twitter.com. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  8. "fc jumilla on twitter". com. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  9. "atk vs fc jumilla". com. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  10. "East Bengal and Mohun Bagan not to play Super Cup, others to follow suit". 28 March 2019.
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