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{{Short description|2016 season of Delhi Dynamos FC}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox Football club season
|club = [[Delhi Dynamos FC|Delhi Dynamos]]
|season = 2016
|owner = {{flagicon|USA}} GMS Inc.
| mgrtitle = Head Coach
| manager = {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gianluca Zambrotta]]
|stadium = [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Delhi)|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]]
|league = [[2016 Indian Super League season|ISL]]
|league result = 3rd
|cup1 = [[2016 Indian Super League finals|ISL Playoffs]]
|cup1 result = Semi-Final
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|prevseason = [[2015 Delhi Dynamos FC season|2015]]
|nextseason = [[2017–18 Delhi Dynamos FC season|2017–18]]
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The '''2016 Delhi Dynamos FC season''' was club's third season since its establishment in 2014 and also their third season in the [[Indian Super League]].

==Background==
{{See also|2015 Delhi Dynamos FC season}}

After the end of the [[2014 Indian Super League season|2014 ISL season]], Delhi Dynamos parted ways with their inaugural season head coach, [[Harm van Veldhoven]]. Soon after, [[Roberto Carlos]], was named as the new head coach for the [[2015 Indian Super League season|2015 season]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bali|first1=Rahul|title=Roberto Carlos named marquee player for Delhi Dynamos|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/7083/isl/2015/07/09/13430952/indian-super-league-roberto-carlos-named-marquee-player-for|accessdate=22 May 2016|work=Goal.com|date=9 July 2015}}</ref> The season began for Delhi Dynamos with a 2–0 loss to the [[FC Goa|Goa]] on 4 October.<ref>{{cite web|title=FC Goa 2-0 Delhi Dynamos 2015|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/10/04/india/indian-super-league/india-fc-goa/delhi-dynamos/2037293/|website=Soccerway}}</ref> The team ended the season with six wins through fourteen matches and qualified for the [[2015 Indian Super League finals|finals]].<ref>{{cite news|title=ISL 2015 Table & Results|url=http://www.india.com/whatever/isl-2015-table-results-points-table-and-team-standings-of-hero-indian-super-league-football-tournament-598065/|accessdate=22 May 2016|work=India.com|date=6 December 2015}}</ref> In the finals, the Delhi Dynamos took on Goa. In the home-leg, the Dynamos won 1–0 with [[Robin Singh (footballer)|Robin Singh]] scoring the winner.<ref>{{cite web|title=Delhi Dynamos 1-0 FC Goa|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/12/11/india/indian-super-league/delhi-dynamos/india-fc-goa/2168590/?ICID=PL_MS_01|website=Soccerway}}</ref> However, in the away second-leg, the Dynamos lost 3–0 and were thus knocked-out of the ISL finals 3–1 aggregate.<ref>{{cite news|title=FC Goa thrash Delhi Dynamos 3-0 to breeze into ISL final|url=http://zeenews.india.com/sports/football/fc-goa-thrash-delhi-dynamos-3-0-to-breeze-into-isl-final_1834925.html|accessdate=22 May 2016|work=Zee News|date=15 December 2015}}</ref>

==Player movement==
===Retained players===
{{col-start}}
{{col-2}}
;Foreign players
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Position
! Player
|-
| [[Goalkeeper (association football)|GK]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Toni Doblas]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Toni Doblas retained|url=https://twitter.com/DelhiDynamos/status/743329830347800576|website=Delhi Dynamos (twitter)}}</ref>
|}
{{col-2}}

====Domestic====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Position
! Player
|-
| [[Goalkeeper (association football)|GK]]
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sanjiban Ghosh]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Sanjiban Ghosh retained|url=https://twitter.com/DelhiDynamos/status/734717598596616192|website=Delhi Dynamos (twitter)}}</ref>
|-
| [[Defender (association football)|DF]]
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Anas Edathodika]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Anas Edathodika Retained|url=https://twitter.com/DelhiDynamos/status/733576146361548800|website=Delhi Dynamos FC (Twitter)}}</ref>
|-
| [[Midfielder|MF]]
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Souvik Chakraborty]]<ref name="Lewis">{{cite web|title=Souvik and Kean Lewis|url=http://www.delhidynamos.com/news/1134-delhi-dynamos-f-c-sign-duo-shouvik-chakraborty-and-kean-lewis|website=Delhi Dynamos FC|access-date=21 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160626193504/http://www.delhidynamos.com/news/1134-delhi-dynamos-f-c-sign-duo-shouvik-chakraborty-and-kean-lewis|archive-date=26 June 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|}
{{col-end}}

===Signings===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center; text-align:left"
!scope="col"|Position
!scope="col"|Player
!scope="col"|Old club
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Ref
|-
|{{sort|?|MF}}
!scope="row"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Kean Lewis]]
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|21 June 2016
|<ref name="Lewis"/>
|}

==Indian Super League==
{{main|2016 Indian Super League season}}
{{:2016 Indian Super League season|showteam=DD}}

==Player statistics==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:50%; text-align:center;"
|+ style="background:#FFFFFFF; border-top:#FF4000 5px solid; border-bottom:#0B0B61 5px solid;"| Season stats
|-
! #
! Position
! Player
! {{abbr|GP|Games Played}}
! {{abbr|G|Goals}}
|-
| || GK ||align="left"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sanjiban Ghosh]] || 0 || 0
|-
| || GK ||align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Toni Doblas]] || 0 || 0
|-
| || DF ||align="left"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Anas Edathodika]] || 0 || 0
|-
| || MF ||align="left"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Kean Lewis]] || 0 || 0
|-
| || MF ||align="left"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Souvik Chakraborty]] || 0 || 0
|}

==See also==
* [[2016–17 in Indian football]]

==References==
{{reflist}}


{{2016–17 in Indian football}}

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[[Category:2016 Indian Super League season by team|Delhi]]
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