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2012–13 United Sikkim F.C. season

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.

United Sikkim
2012–13 season
ChairmanBaichung Bhutia
ManagerNathan Hall
I-League13th
Federation CupGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague: 3 players on 1 goal
All: 3 players on 1 goal

Background

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See also: 2012 I-League 2nd Division

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

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In

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

Out

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# Position Player Transferred to Fee Date Ref
MF   Quinton Jacobs   Salgaocar Free 6 May 2012 [10]
MF   John Babatunde Released Free 8 June 2012 [11]
GK   Basant Singh   Shillong Lajong Free 8 June 2012 [12]
DF   Govin Singh   Shillong Lajong Free 8 June 2012 [12]
FW   Karan Atwal   Salgaocar Free 9 June 2012 [13]
GK   Arnab Das Sharma   Mohammedan Free 2 July 2012 [14]
MF   Mumtaz Akhtar   Pune Free 8 July 2012 [15]
DF   Baldeep Singh   Air India Free 16 August 2012 [16]
FW   Daniel Bedemi Released Free 1 September 2012 [17]

Competitions

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Federation Cup

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Main article: 2012 Indian 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.

20 September 2012 Group Stage Pune 1 – 0 United Sikkim Jamshedpur, Orissa
15:00 IST Lalpekhlua   51' Report Stadium: Keenan Stadium
22 September 2012 Group Stage United Sikkim 0 – 3 Salgaocar Jamshedpur, Orissa
15:00 IST Report Guirado   2'
Colaco   81'
D'Souza   85'		 Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex
24 September 2012 Group Stage Prayag United 2 – 0 United Sikkim Jamshedpur, Orissa
15:00 IST Rafique   6', 14' Report Stadium: Keenan Stadium

I-League

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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

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
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

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
ResultWLLDLLDDDDLCDLDLL
Position5891011131312121211121413131313
Updated to match(es) played on 19 January 2013. Source: United Sikkim FC
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
6 October 2012 Round 1 United Sikkim 3 – 2 Salgaocar Gangtok, Sikkim
15:00 IST Nuruddin   53'
Machado   67'
Jhingan   73'		 Report Guirado   49'
Gonsalves   57'		 Stadium: Paljor Stadium
11 October 2012 Round 2 United Sikkim 0 – 1 East Bengal Gangtok, Sikkim
14:30 IST Report Ralte   82' Stadium: Paljor Stadium
28 October 2012 Round 3 United Sikkim 1 – 2 Dempo Gangtok, Sikkim
14:30 IST Nuruddin   59' Report Sakibo   20'
Sueoka   90+3' (pen.)		 Stadium: Paljor Stadium
4 November 2012 Round 4 United Sikkim 0 – 0 Pailan Arrows Gangtok, Sikkim
14:00 IST Report Stadium: Paljor Stadium
Referee: C. Srikrishna
10 November 2012 Round 5 Prayag United 10 – 1 United Sikkim Kolkata, West Bengal
14:00 IST Martins   3', 16', 39', 77', 79'
Hernández   22', 35'
Tulunga   71'
Rafique   90+1'
Rodríguez   90+2' (o.g.)		 Report Tamang   5' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: N. Sundi
5 January 2013 Round 14 United Sikkim 1 - 2 Pune Gangtok, Sikkim
14:00 IST Tamang   63' Report Arata   23'
Moga   90+1'		 Stadium: Paljor Stadium
Referee: P. Dhar
13 January 2013 Round 16 Churchill Brothers 2 - 1 United Sikkim Mapusa, Goa
15:45 IST Beto   4'
Antchouet   72' (pen.)		 Report Matkin   77' Stadium: Duler Stadium
Referee: R. Dsa
19 January 2013 Round 17 Dempo 7 – 0 United Sikkim Mapusa, Goa
15:45 IST Abranches   5'
Miranda   35', 77'
Sakibo   56', 59', 90+4'
Ferrao   84'		 Report Stadium: Duler Stadium
Referee: A. Meetei

Appearances and goals

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As of 11 October 2012
No. Pos Nat Player Total I-League Federation Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   KOR Yoon Tae 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
GK   IND Monotosh Ghosh 4 0 0+1 0 3+0 0
DF   IND Mashangva Zenith 3 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
DF   IND Munmun Lugun 5 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
DF   IND Anwar Ali 5 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
DF   CRC Michael Rodríguez 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
DF   IND Sandesh Jhingan 5 1 2+0 1 3+0 0
DF   IND Rahul Jaiswal 5 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
DF   IND Mobin Rai 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   IND Nim Lepcha 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   IND Ashish Chettri 5 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
MF   TOG Sogan Kokou 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF   IND Shahensha Ansari 4 0 1+1 0 1+1 0
MF   IND Raju Debnath 2 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
MF   IND Lineker Machado 5 1 2+0 1 3+0 0
MF   IND Shabbir Ali 3 0 0+1 0 2+0 0
FW   IND Baichung Bhutia 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   IND Budhiram Tudu 5 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
FW   IND Tenzin Bhutia 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
FW   IND Nima Tamang 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   NGA Salau Nuruddin 3 1 2+0 1 1+0 0

Goalscorers

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

References

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