2018–19 NorthEast United FC season

The 2018–19 NorthEast United FC season was the club's fifth season since its establishment in 2014 and their fifth season in the Indian Super League.

NorthEast United
2018–19 season
OwnerJohn Abraham
Head CoachEelco Schattorie
StadiumIndira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati
ISL4th (Semi-finalists)
Super CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Bartholomew Ogbeche (12)
All: Bartholomew Ogbeche (12)
Highest home attendance22,567
Lowest home attendance9,134
Average home league attendance17,656

Squad

Current squad
Squad no. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
13 Rehenesh TP GK (1993-02-13) 13 February 1993
1 Pawan Kumar GK (1990-07-01) 1 July 1990
31 Gurmeet Singh GK (1999-12-03) 3 December 1999
Defenders
2 Janeiler Rivas CB (1988-05-18) 18 May 1988
12 Reagan Singh RB / CB (1991-04-01) 1 April 1991
19 Robert Lalthlamuana LB / RB / LM (1988-09-04) 4 September 1988
5 Provat Lakra LB / RB (1997-08-12) 12 August 1997
4 Pawan Kumar CB / RB (1995-05-12) 12 May 1995
16 Gurwinder Singh CB / DM (1986-04-16) 16 April 1986
20 Keegan Pereira LB (1987-11-07) 7 November 1987
3 Mislav Komorski CB / LB / DM (1992-04-17) 17 April 1992
18 Mato Grgić CB (1987-09-27) 27 September 1987
TBD Shouvik Ghosh LB (1992-11-05) 5 November 1992
Midfielders
7 Fanai Lalrempuia CM (1996-05-11) 11 May 1996
9 Federico Gallego AM / RW / LW (1990-06-13) 13 June 1990
6 José David Leudo CM (1993-11-09) 9 November 1993
21 Rupert Nongrum RM / RB / CM (1996-08-21) 21 August 1996
11 Simranjit Singh RM / CM / RB / CB / DM (1992-01-25) 25 January 1992
32 Lalthathanga Khawlhring CM / DM (1998-03-30) 30 March 1998
22 Redeem Tlang RM / RW / AM (1995-02-22) 22 February 1995
14 Rowllin Borges DM (1992-06-05) 5 June 1992
TBD Seityasen Singh RM / LM (1992-03-12) 12 March 1992
27 Panagiotis Triadis LW / SS / RW (1992-09-09) 9 September 1992
23 Nikhil Kadam RW / LW (1993-06-23) 23 June 1993
Strikers
15 Kivi Zhimomi CF / SS (1996-05-03) 3 May 1996
8 Girik Khosla CF / LW / RW (1995-01-04) 4 January 1995
24 Juan Cruz Mascia CF (1994-01-03) 3 January 1994
10 Bartholomew Ogbeche (C) CF / LW / RW (1984-10-01) 1 October 1984

Transfers

Loan return and Retained players
Date Pos. Name From Type Ref.
28 July 2018 MF Lalthathanga Khawlhring Aizawl F.C. Loan return [1]
21 July 2018 MF Rowllin Borges – Retained [2]
21 July 2018 MF Rehenesh TP – Retained
21 July 2018 MF Fanai Lalrempuia – Retained
21 July 2018 MF Reagan Singh – Retained
9 August 2018 MF Robert Lalthlamuana – Retained [3]

In
No. Pos. Name From Date Type Ref.
TBD MF Seityasen Singh Delhi Dynamos 1 August 2018 Free [4] [5]
22 MF Redeem Tlang Shillong Lajong 31 July 2018 Free [6]
23 MF Nikhil Kadam Mohun Bagan 24 July 2018 Free [7]
1 GK Pawan Kumar Chennaiyin 25 July 2018 Free [8]
5 DF Provat Lakra Pathachakra 6 August 2018 Free [9]
16 DF Gurwinder Singh East Bengal 25 July 2018 Free [10]
4 DF Pawan Kumar FC Pune City 25 July 2018 Free [11]
15 FW Kivi Zhimomi Gokulam 24 July 2018 Free [12]
8 FW Girik Khosla Minerva Punjab 3 August 2018 Free [13]
11 MF Simranjit Singh Delhi Dynamos 16 August 2018 Free [5]
21 MF Rupert Nongrum ATK 16 August 2018 Free [14]
10 FW Bartholomew Ogbeche Willem II 26 August 2018 Free [15]
24 FW Juan Cruz Mascia Plaza Colonia 27 August 2018 Free [16]
17 MF Augustine Okrah Al-Hilal 30 August 2018 Free [17]
6 MF José David Leudo Atlético Huila 29 August 2018 Free [18]
18 DF Mato Grgić NK Inter Zaprešić 1 September 2018 Free [19]
3 Mislav Komorski
9 MF Federico Gallego Boston River 5 September 2018 Loan [20]
27 MF Panagiotis Triadis Apollon Smyrnis 17 January 2019 Free [21]
TBD DF Shouvik Ghosh Mumbai City FC 18 January 2019 Free [22]

Pre-season and friendlies

NorthEast United was rumoured to travel to Sweden for its preseason.[23] The tour was cancelled and the club continued their preparations in India itself playing against teams like I-League champion Minerva Punjab and runner up NEROCA.

3 September 2018 1 NorthEast United 6–0 Guwahati Town Guwahati, Assam
Borges
Ogbeche

Mascia
Khosla
Simranjit 		Report
8 September 2018 2 NorthEast United 4–0 Laban S.C. Guwahati, Assam
Ogbeche
Borges
Okrah
Mascia 		Report
15 September 2018 3 NEROCA 1–0 NorthEast United Imphal, Manipur
14:00 Aryn 25' Report Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
21 September 2018 4 Rainbow 0–4 NorthEast United Kolkata, West Bengal
15:30 Report Gallego
13'
Ogbeche
16' 21'
Leudo 44'		 Stadium: Salt Lake training ground
25 September 2018 5 NorthEast United 1–0 Minerva Punjab Guwahati, Assam
15:00 IST Mascia 71' (p) Report Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
6 October 2018 6 NorthEast United 5–1 Assam Police Blues Guwahati, Assam
15:00 IST Puia
Mascia
Khosla
Okrah 		Report Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
16 November 2018 7 NorthEast United 2-0 Morning Star Guwahati, Assam
15:00 IST Okrah 28'
Khosla 88'		 Report Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium

Indian Super League
Main article: 2018–19 Indian Super League season
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
2 Goa 18 10 4 4 36 20 +16 34[lower-alpha 1] Advance to ISL Playoffs
3 Mumbai City 18 9 3 6 25 20 +5 30
4 NorthEast United 18 7 8 3 22 18 +4 29
5 Jamshedpur 18 6 9 3 29 21 +8 27
6 ATK 18 6 6 6 18 22 −4 24
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
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head standings: Bengaluru 6 pts, Goa 0 pts.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
18 7 8 3 22 18  +4 29 2 6 1 9 8  +1 5 2 2 13 10  +3

Last updated: 01 March 2019.
Source: Matches

1st Half: Results by round
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GroundHAAHAHHAAHHA
ResultDWWDWLWWDDDL
Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

2nd Half: Results by round
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GroundHAHAHA
ResultWLDWDD
Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

1st Half: Matches
1 October 2018 1 NorthEast United 2–2 Goa Guwahati
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Gallego 8'
Bart 53'
Pereira  56'
Tlang  90'		 Report Coro 14', 39'
Jahouh  30'		 Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 18,321
Referee: R Venkatesh
Man of the Match: Ferran Corominas (Goa)
4 October 2018 2 ATK 0–1 NorthEast United Kolkata
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Halder  9'
Ralte  19'  32'
Johnson  55'
Lanza  76'		 Report Leudo  20'
Grgiç  44'
Borges 89'		 Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan
Attendance: 19,853
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar
Man of the Match: John Johnson (ATK)
18 October 2018 3 Chennaiyin 3–4 NorthEast United Chennai
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Borges 5' (og)
Thoi 15', 32'
Calderón  82'		 Report Gallego  23'
Bart 29', 37', 39'
Borges 54'		 Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 14,293
Referee: Umesh Bora
Man of the Match: Bartholomew Ogbeche (NEUFC)
25 October 2018 4 NorthEast United 1-1 Jamshedpur Guwahati
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Bart 20'
Borges  29'
Komorski  45'
Tlang  61'		 Report Farukh 49' Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 16,992
Referee: R Palmson Moses
Man of the Match: Farukh Choudhary (Jamshedpur)
30 October 2018 5 Delhi Dynamos 0-2 NorthEast United Delhi
20:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Tebar  59'
Kotal  64'		 Report Gallego 82'
Bart 90+3'		 Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 12,342
Referee: Senthil Nathan S
Man of the Match: Federico Gallego (NEUFC)
9 November 2018 6 NorthEast United 0-1 Mumbai City Guwahati
20:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Robert  45'
Grgić  68'		 Report Issoko 4'
Goian  9'
Singh  15'
Bose  85'
Mirabaje  90'		 Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 13,941
Referee: A Rowan
Man of the Match: Arnold Issoko (MCFC)
23 November 2018 7 NorthEast United 2-1 Kerala Blasters Guwahati
20:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Reagan  39'
Ogbeche 90+3'
Mascia 90+5'		 Report Pešić  35'
Poplatnik 73'  88'
Dheeraj  88'
Lalruatthara  90+4'		 Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 9,134
Referee: R Gupta
Man of the Match: Sandesh Jhingan (KBFC)
27 November 2018 8 Pune City 0-2 NorthEast United Pune
20:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Marcelinho  55'
Ashutosh Mehta  61'
Sahil Panwar  90'		 Report Bartholomew Ogbeche 23'
Provat Lakra  75'
Mascia 90+1'		 Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
Attendance: 2,941
Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari
Man of the Match: Federico Gallego (NEUFC)
1 December 2018 9 Jamshedpur 0-0 NorthEast United Jamshedpur
20:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Report Mislav Komorski  42'
Redeem Tlang  45'		 Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex
Attendance: 21,847
Referee: R Venkatesh
Man of the Match: José David Leudo (NEUFC)
5 December 2018 10 NorthEast United 1-1 Bengaluru Guwahati
20:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Federico Gallego 64'
Bartholomew Ogbeche  71'		 Report Gurpreet Singh Sandhu  66'
Chencho Gyeltshen 90+2'		 Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 12,371
Referee: Coimbatore Ramaswamy Srikrishna
Man of the Match: Chencho Gyeltshen (Bengaluru)
8 December 2018 11 NorthEast United 0-0 ATK Guwahati
20:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Reagan Singh  72' Report Ankit Mukherjee  10' Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 10,231
Referee: Crystal John
Man of the Match: José David Leudo (NEUFC)
14 December 2018 12 Goa 5-1 NorthEast United Goa
20:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Ferran Corominas 59', 84'
Edu Bedia 69'
Hugo Boumous 71'
Miguel Palanca 90+1'		 Report Robert Lalthlamuana  24'
Reagan Singh  34'
Rowllin Borges  43'
Bartholomew Ogbeche 90'		 Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Attendance: 17,385
Referee: Coimbatore Ramaswamy Srikrishna
Man of the Match: Ferran Corominas (FC Goa)

2nd Half: Matches
26 January 2019 13 NorthEast United 1-0 Chennaiyin Guwahati
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Komorski  12'
Ogbeche 87'		 Report Orlandi  6' Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 8,563
Referee: Mb Santhosh Kumar
Man of the Match: Bartholomew Ogbeche (NEUFC)
30 January 2019 14 Bengaluru 2-1 NorthEast United Bengaluru
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Komorski 14' (og)
Chencho 71'
Bheke  74'		 Report Grgić  28'
Leudo  45'
Gallego 60'		 Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium
Attendance: 11,970
Referee: Coimbatore Ramaswamy Srikrishna
Man of the Match: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (Bengaluru)
7 February 2019 15 NorthEast United 1-1 Delhi Dynamos Guwahati
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Robert  61'
Ogbeche 71' (pen)		 Report Tebar 67'
Gianni  90'		 Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 6,873
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee
Man of the Match: Panagiotis Triadis (NEUFC)
13 February 2019 16 Mumbai City 0-2 NorthEast United Mumbai
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Bastos  45'
Rafique  45'
Milan  69'		 Report Borges 4'
Ogbeche 33'
Ogbeche  37'
Leudo  56'
Gallego  81'		 Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena
Attendance: 3,627
Referee: Adham Mohammad Tumah Makhadmeh
Man of the Match: Rowllin Borges (NEUFC)
20 February 2019 17 NorthEast United 1-1 Pune City Guwahati
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Gurwinder Singh  22'
Borges 47'
José David Leudo  88'
José David Leudo  89'
Mato Grgić  90'		 Report Martín Díaz  53'
Adil Khan  54'
Adil Khan 69'
Sahil Panwar  90'		 Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 11,473
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar
Man of the Match: Rowllin Borges (NEUFC)
1 March 2019 18 Kerala Blasters 0-0 NorthEast United Kochi
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Jhingan  32'
Prasanth  84'		 Report Gurwinder  23' Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru
Attendance: 6,651
Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta
Man of the Match: Lalthathanga Khawlhring (NEUFC)

Leg-1
7 March 2019 1 NorthEast United 2-1 Bengaluru Guwahati
20:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Tlang 20'  61'
Mascia (P) 90+4'		 Report Miku  41'
Xisco 82'
Khabra  90'		 Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 21,768
Referee: Mb Santhosh Kumar
Man of the Match: Jose Leudo (NEUFC)

Leg-2
11 March 2019 2 Bengaluru 3-0
(Agg 4-2)		 NorthEast United Bengaluru
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Bheke  63'
Miku 72'
Dimas  79' 87'
Luisma  86'
Chhetri 90'		 Report Tlang  90' Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium
Attendance: 21,636
Referee: Hamad Ali Yousef Abdulla Alali
Man of the Match: Miku (Bengaluru)

Indian Super Cup

Round of 16
April 2019 1 NorthEast United Walkover NEROCA Bhubaneswar, Odisha
20:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Stadium: Kalinga Stadium

Quarter-finals
April 2019 2 NorthEast United 1-2 Chennaiyin Bhubaneswar, Odisha
20:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Borges 9' Report Mailson 33'
Thapa 40'		 Stadium: Kalinga Stadium

Management
As of 17 August 2018.
Position Name
Head Coach Eelco Schattorie[24]
Assistant Coach Shaun Ontong
Goalkeeping Coach Joseph Sidy
Technical Advisor Avram Grant[25]
Strength and conditioning coach Mauro André Claro Martins
Physiotherapist Arvind Yadav

Squad statistics
No. Pos Nat Player TotalIndian Super LeagueIndian Super Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK  IND Pawan Kumar 16015+1000
2 DF  COL Janeiler Rivas 503+1010
4 DF  IND Pawan Kumar 000000
5 DF  IND Provat Lakra 602+4000
6 MF  COL José David Leudo 20019010
7 MF  IND Fanai Lalrempuia 202000
8 FW  IND Girik Khosla 20100+10
9 MF  URU Federico Gallego 20420400
10 FW  NGA Bartholomew Ogbeche 1812181200
11 DF  IND Simranjit Singh 000000
12 MF  IND Reagan Singh 19017+1010
13 GK  IND Rehenesh TP 505000
14 MF  IND Rowllin Borges 20519411
16 DF  IND Gurwinder Singh 1205+7000
18 DF  CRO Mato Grgić 20019010
19 DF  IND Robert Lalthlamuana 14013+1000
20 DF  IND Keegan Pereira 1505+900+10
21 MF  IND Rupert Nongrum 000000
22 MF  IND Redeem Tlang 19117+2100
23 MF  IND Nikhil Kadam 1304+8010
24 FW  URU Juan Cruz Mascia 1637+8310
27 MF  GRE Panagiotis Triadis 805+2010
31 GK  IND Gurmeet 100010
32 MF  IND Lalthathanga Khawlhring 21013+7010
- MF  IND Seityasen Singh 000000
26 DF  IND Shouvik Ghosh 301+1010
Players who left NorthEast United during the season:
3 DF  CRO Mislav Komorski (Injury) 10010000
15 FW  IND Kivi Zhimomi (on loan at TRAU F.C.) 000000
17 MF  GHA Augustine Okrah (Injury) 400+4000

Top scorers
Rnk No. Nation Player Pos Indian Super League Indian Super Cup Total
110Bartholomew OgbecheFW12012
29Federico GallegoMF404
314Rowllin BorgesMF415
424Juan Cruz MasciaMF303
522Redeem TlangMF101
Totals 24125

Disciplinary record
No. Nation Player Pos Yellow Card Red Card
20Keegan PereiraDF10
19Robert LalthlamuanaDF30
12Reagan SinghDF30
14Rowllin BorgesMF20
22Redeem TlangMF50
9Federico GallegoMF20
5Provat LakraDF10
6José David LeudoMF41
6Bartholomew OgbecheFW20
18Mislav KomorskiDF21
18Mato GrgićDF40
16Gurwinder SinghDF11
Totals 303

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