2020–21 Gokulam Kerala FC season

Gokulam Kerala
2020–21 season
Chairman	Gokulam Gopalan
Head Coach	Vincenzo Alberto Annese
Stadium	EMS Stadium
I-League	2020–21 I-League
IFA Shield	quarter finals
Top goalscorer	League: Denny Antwi ; (11 goals); All: Denny Antwi ; (18 goals)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020-21 season was Gokulam Kerala's fourth season since its establishment in 2017 and their fourth season in the I-League.In addition to the I league Gokulam Kerala also participated in the Durand Cup and IFA Shield

Squad information

First-team squad

Squad no.	Name	Position(s)	Age	Previous club	Since
Goalkeepers
1	Ubaid CK	GK	30	East Bengal	2019
30	Vicky Bhaskaran	GK	30	Academy	2019
31	Ajmal PA	GK	24	Academy	2018
	Shayan Roy	GK	28	TRAU	2020
Defenders
2	Naocha Singh	LB	20	NEROCA	2019
3	Jasim	LB	20	Academy	2020
4	Rowilson Rodrigues	CB	33	Churchill Brothers	2020
5	Sharif Mukhammad	CB	30	Maziya	2020
6	Ashok Singh	CB	27	NEROCA	2019
14	Zodingliana Ralte	LB	25	NEROCA	2020
15	Mohamed Salah	LB	25	SAT Tirur	2019
24	Jestin George	CB	22	Academy	2018
26	Deepak Devrani	CB	28	TRAU	2020
27	Sebastian Thangmuansang	RB	22	NEROCA	2019
49	Mohamed Awal	CB	32	Wolkite City	2020
	Muhammad Asif	CB	23	Chyasal Youth Club	2020
	Chingkham Roshan Singh	CB	25	NEROCA	2020
MidFielders
12	Muhammed Rashid	CM	26	Academy	2017
13	Mayakkannan	CM	26	Academy	2019
16	Salman K	RW	24	Academy	2017
17	Thahir Zaman	CM/AM	22	Academy	2020
18	Jithin M S	CM/AM	22	Kerala blasters	2019
22	Shibil Muhammed	CM/AM	22	Academy	2019
47	Vincy Barreto	CM/AM	22	FC GOA Reserves	2020
	Mahip Adhikari	CM/AM	22	Garhwal	2020
Forwards
10	Ngangom Ronald Singh	RW/ST	23	NEROCA	2020
11	Emil Benny	RW	21	Academy	2020
20	Philip Adjah	FW	24	Mohammedan	2020
28	Lalromawia	RW	22	Chhinga Veng F.C.	2019
33	Denny Antwi	FW	27	Trelleborg	2020
	Malemngamba Meitei	RW		NEROCA	2019
	Faslu Rahman	RW	25	SAT Tirur	2020

Other contracts

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
6	MF	IND	Shameel
7	MF	IND	Sanathoi Singh
9	FW	IND	Shihad Nelliparamban
19	MF	IND	Ganesan
-	DF	IND	Safwan
-	DF	IND	Febin
-	MF	IND	Alphin
-	MF	IND	Mahin
-	FW	IND	Safeer
2	MF	IND	Pritam Singh

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	Previous club	Fee	Ref.
18 July 2020	FW	10	Ngangom Ronald Singh	NEROCA	None	^[1]
25 July 2020	DF		Muhammed Asif	Chyasal Youth Club	None
2 August 2020	FW		Faslu Rahman	Sports Academy Tirur	none
9 August 2020	DM		Rishad PP	Sports Academy Tirur	None
14 August 2020	GK		Shayan Roy	TRAU	none	^[2]
28 August 2020	DF		Chingkham Roshan Singh	NEROCA	None	^[3]
5 September 2020	DF	14	Zodingliana Ralte	NEROCA	None	^[4]
19 September 2020	DF	26	Deepak Devrani	TRAU	None	^[5]
25 September 2020	DF	4	Rowilson Rodrigues	Churchill Brothers	None	^[6]
25 October 2020	DF		Ajin Tom	Indian Arrows	None	^[7]
30 October 2020	FW	33	Denny Antwi	Trelleborg	None	^[8]
6 November 2020	MF		Mahip Adhikari	Garhwal	None	^[9]
13 November 2020	DF	5	Sharif Mukhammad	Maziya	None	^[10]
20 November 2020	DF	49	Mohamed Awal	Wolkite City	None
25 November 2020	FW	20	Saliou Guindo	Ankara Keçiörengücü	None
4 December 2020	MF	35	Vincy Barreto		None	^[11]
5 December 2020	DF	3	Jasim	Academy	None
5 December 2020	MF	28	Thahir Zaman	Academy	None
5 December 2020	MF	11	Emil Benny	Academy	None
2 January 2021	FW	50	Philip Adjah	Mohammedan	None
8 January 2021	DF	04	Alex Saji	Academy	None

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
5 June 2020	DF	06	Wungngayam Muirang	Bengaluru FC	None	^[12]
17 June 2020	DF	06	Mohammed Irshad	East Bengal FC	None
22 June 2020	DF	04	Zohib Islam Amiri	Real Kashmir
28 June 2020	DF	06	Dharmaraj Ravanan	Real Kashmir
14 September 2020	MF	23	Nicholas Fernandes	Bengaluru United		^[13]
15 September 2020	CF	31	Henry Kisekka	URA Kampala		^[14]
30 September 2020	MF	08	Nathaniel Garcia	NEROCA
23 November 2020	DF	05	Andre Ettienne
23 November 2020	FW	10	Marcus Joseph
23 November 2020	FW	11	Atuheire Kipson
2 December 2020	FW	06	Rajesh S	Chennai City FC
2 January 2021	FW	20	Saliou Guindo

Pre-season

	Gokulam Kerala	4-1	Indian Arrows	Kolkata
19.00 IST				Stadium: Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

	Gokulam Kerala	5-0	TRIJIT DAS FA	Kolkata
19.00 IST				Stadium: Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

	Gokulam Kerala	1-0	Real Kashmir	Kolkata
19.00 IST				Stadium: Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

	Gokulam Kerala	1-0	TRIJIT DAS FA	Kolkata
19.00 IST				Stadium: Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

Competitions

Win Draw Loss Cancelled

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
I League	9 January 2021	27 March 2021	Matchday 1	Champions	15	9	2	4	31	17	+14	060.00
2020 IFA Shield	6 December 2020	14 December 2020	Group Stage	Quarter finals	3	1	0	2	7	4	+3	033.33
Super Cup	TBD	TBD		-	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					18	10	2	6	38	21	+17	055.56

Last updated: 13 February 2021 (2021-02-13).
Source: Competitions

I-league

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Punjab	10	5	3	2	12	7	+5	18	Promote to Championship Stage (Group A)
3	Real Kashmir	10	4	5	1	18	9	+9	17
4	Gokulam Kerala	10	5	1	4	20	14	+6	16
5	TRAU	10	4	4	2	17	13	+4	16
6	Mohammedan	10	4	4	2	9	8	+1	16

Source: I-League
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

Due to COVID-19 pandemic, this season's league format was shortened. All teams will face each other once in the first leg of the league, then they will be divided into two different groups. According to points table from first leg, top six teams will face each other once again in the Championship stage, where the team with maximum points (cumulative points collected from all fifteen matches) will be declared the winner of the league and qualify for the 2022 AFC Cup group stage. Whereas the other five teams will play against each other in a Relegation stage where the team with the lowest points (cumulative points collected from all fourteen matches) will be relegated to the 2nd Division League.^[15]

Result summary

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Result	L	W	L	W	D	-	L	W	W	W	L
Position	8	5	10	3	4	6	9	5	4	3	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

09.01.2021 1	Gokulam Kerala	1-2	Chennai City	Kolkata
19.00 IST				Stadium: Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

14.01.2020 2	Gokulam Kerala	4-3	Punjab	Kolkata
14.00 IST				Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium

20.01.2021 3	Aizawl	2-0	Gokulam Kerala	Kolkata
16.00 IST

25.01.2021 4	NEROCA	1-4	Gokulam Kerala	Kolkata
19.00 IST				Stadium: Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

30.01.2021 5	Gokulam Kerala	0-0	Real Kashmir	Kolkata
19.00 IST				Stadium: Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

08.02.2021 6	Mohammedan	2-1	Gokulam Kerala	Kolkata
16.45 IST				Stadium: Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

13.02.2021 7	TRAU	1-3	Gokulam Kerala	Kolkata
14.00 IST				Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium

19.02.2021 8	Gokulam Kerala	4-0	Indian Arrows	Kolkata
19.00 IST				Stadium: Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

23.02.2021 9	Sudeva Delhi FC	0-1	Gokulam Kerala	Kolkata
16.00 IST				Stadium: Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

01.03.2021 10	Gokulam Kerala	2-3	Churchill Brothers	Kolkata
14.00				Stadium: Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

Second phase

Championship Stage (Group A)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Gokulam Kerala (C)	15	9	2	4	31	17	+14	29	Champions and Qualification for 2022 AFC Cup group stage
2	Churchill Brothers	15	8	5	2	22	17	+5	29
3	TRAU	15	7	5	3	27	19	+8	26
4	Punjab	15	6	4	5	18	15	+3	22
5	Real Kashmir	15	5	6	4	23	18	+5	21
6	Mohammedan	15	5	5	5	18	20	−2	20

Updated to match(es) played on 27 March 2021. Source: I-League
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) Champions

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5
Result	W	W	D	W	W
Position	2	2	2	1	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

05.03.2020 1	Punjab	0-1	Gokulam Kerala	Kolkata
19.00 IST				Stadium: Kalyani Stadium

10.03.2021 2	Churchill Brothers	0-3	Gokulam Kerala	Kolkata
14.00				Stadium: Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

15.03.2021 3	Gokulam Kerala	1-1	Real Kashmir	Kolkata
14.00 IST				Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium

21.03.2021 4	Mohammedan	1-2	Gokulam Kerala	Kolkata
19.00 IST				Stadium: Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

24.03.21 5	Gokulam Kerala	4-1	TRAU	Kolkata
IST

IFA Shield

Group stage

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	United	2	2	0	3	1	+2	6	Advance to the quarterfinals
2	Gokulam Kerala	2	1	1	7	3	+4	3	Advance to the quarterfinals
3	BSS	2	0	2	3	9	−6	0

Source: ifawb.org

6 December 2020	Gokulam Kerala	0-1	United SC	Howrah
15:00		Report		Stadium: Howrah Stadium,

12 December 2020	Gokulam Kerala	7–2	BSS	Sailen Manna Stadium, Howrah
13:30 IST	Dennis Antwi 8' 12' 19' 47' Shibil Muhammed 66' Jithin M S 72' Saliou Guindo 85'	Report	Pritam Roy 67' Asif Ali Moula 74'	Attendance: 0

Quarter-finals

14 December 2020	Mohammedan	1-0	Gokulam Kerala	Kalyani
13:00				Stadium: Kalyani Stadium

Current technical staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Vincenzo Alberto Annese
Fitness and conditioning Coach	Djair Miranda Garcia
Technical Director	Bino George^[16]
Goalkeeping Coach	Mihir Sawant ^[17]
Academy Manager	Joel Richard Williams^[18]

Statistics

As of 19 February 2021.

Squad appearances

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	I-League		2020 IFA Shield		Super Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts
01	GK		Ubaid CK	14	14	3	3	0	0	17	17
02	LB		Naocha Singh	15	15	3	3	0	0	18	18
03	CB		Mohammed Jassim	2	0	-	-	0	0	2	0
04	CB		Alex Saji	5	3	-	-	0	0	5	3
10	FW		Ngangom Ronald Singh	12	4	3	3	0	0	15	7
11	FW		Emil Benny	13	12	-	-	0	0	13	12
12	MF		Muhammed Rashid	8	3	3	3	0	0	11	6
13	MF		Mayakkannan	14	14	3	3	0	0	17	17
14	FW		Zodingliana Ralte	6	1	0	0	0	0	6	1
16	FW		Salman K	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	1
17	MF		Thahir Zaman	8	1	1	0	0	0	9	1
18	FW		Jithin M S	6	0	2	1	0	0	8	1
20	FW		Saliou Guindo	0	0	3	1	0	0	3	1
21	DF		Sharif Mukhammad	14	14	-	-	0	0	14	14
22	MF		Shibil Muhammed	2	1	3	3	0	0	5	4
24	DF		Jestin George	3	3	3	3	0	0	6	6
26	DF		Deepak Devrani	14	14	1	0	0	0	15	14
27	DF		Sebastian Thangmuansang	11	10	3	3	0	0	14	13
28	RB		Lalromawia	8	4	0	0	0	0	8	4
31	GK		Ajmal P. A.	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	1
33	FW		Denny Antwi	15	15	2	2	0	0	18	18
47	MF		Vincy Barretto	13	7	-	-	0	0	13	7
49	DF		Mohamed Awal	14	14	3	3	0	0	17	17
50	FW		Philip Adjah	15	15	-	-	0	0	15	15

Goal Scorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	I League	IFA Shield	Total
1	33	FW	Denny Antwi	11	4	15
2	50	FW	Philip Adjah	5	0	5
3	21	MF	Sharif Mukhammad	4	0	4
4	11	FW	Emil Benny	3	0	3
5	18	FW	Jithin M S	1	1	2
6	10	FW	Ngangom Ronald Singh	1	0	1
	12	MF	Muhammed Rashid	1	0	1
	14	FW	Zodingliana Ralte	1	0	1
	20	FW	Saliou Guindo	0	1	1
	22	MF	Shibil Muhammed	0	1	1
	24	DF	Jestin George	1	0	1
	27	FW	Lalromawia	1	0	1
Own Goals				2	0	2
Total				31	7	38

Clean sheets

No.	Nation	Name	I-League	Super Cup	Total
1		Ubaid CK	5	0	5
TOTAL			5	0	5

References

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^ "Gokulam Kerala sign former TRAU FC goalkeeper Shayan Roy". Khel Now. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
^ "I League 2020 Gokulam Kerala FC Rope In Roshan Singh From NEROCA | The Fan Garage (TFG)". thefangarage.com. 28 August 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
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[2] "Gokulam Kerala sign former TRAU FC goalkeeper Shayan Roy". Khel Now. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.

[3] "I League 2020 Gokulam Kerala FC Rope In Roshan Singh From NEROCA | The Fan Garage (TFG)". thefangarage.com. 28 August 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.

[4] "Zodingliana Ralte and Roshan Singh join Gokulam Kerala FC | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 22 September 2020.

[5] Kumar, P. K. Ajith. "I-League: Defender Deepak Devrani joins Gokulam Kerala". Sportstar. Retrieved 22 September 2020.

[6] " "Gokulam Kerala FC signs up Rowilson Rodrigues for upcoming I-League season". 26 September 2020.

[7] K, Vyshakh (24 October 2020). "I-League 2020/21: Ajin Tom signs for Gokulam Kerala FC". www.sportskeeda.com.

[8] "Gokulam Kerala sign Ghanaian striker Dennis Antwi Agyare". 30 October 2020.

[9] "Gokulam Kerala sign former Garhwal FC vice-captain Mahip Adhikari". 6 November 2020.

[10] "Comments on: I-League 2020-21: Gokulam Kerala sign Sharif Mukhammad".

[11] "I-League: Gokulam Kerala rope in Goan winger Vincy Barreto". ANI News.

[12] "Bengaluru FC sign Joe Zoherliana, Wungngayam Muirang". BengaluruFC.com. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.

[13] Lopes, Flavio (14 September 2020). "Nicholas, Ronaldo, Jason join FC Bengaluru United - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 September 2020.

[14] "Comments on: Striker Steven Mukwala will ignite URA FC's attacking force in the 2020-21 season". kawowo.com. Retrieved 22 September 2020.

[15] "Hero I-League 2020-21 to start on January 9 with a new shorter format". the-aiff.com. 7 November 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.

[16] "Bino George replaces Fernando Santiago as Gokulam Kerala head coach". 28 September 2018.

[17] "I-League: Gokulam Kerala FC appoint new goalkeeping coach". Times of India. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.

[18] Prasad, Aashin. "Joel Williams - The 'brains' behind dreaming big". Sportstar.

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