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{{Short description|2017–18 season of Minerva Punjab F.C.}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox football club season
| club = [[Minerva Punjab F.C.|Minerva Punjab]]
| season = '''2017–18'''
| mgrtitle = Head coach
| manager = Khogen Singh
| chrtitle = Owner
| chairman = Ranjit Bajaj
| stadium = [[Guru Nanak Stadium]]
| league = [[I-League]]
| league result = '''Winners'''
| cup1 = [[Super Cup (India)|Super Cup]]
| cup1 result = '''Round of 16'''
| cup2 =
| cup2 result =
| league topscorer = [[Chencho Gyeltshen]] (7 goals)
| season topscorer = [[Chencho Gyeltshen]] (7 goals)
| highest attendance = 8,243 vs [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]] (13 February 2018)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://administrator.the-aiff.com/reports/2232_Match_Summary_V1_1518520314.pdf|title=Minerva Punjab vs East Bengal Match Report|date=13 February 2018|website=i-league.org|language=en|access-date=10 March 2018}}</ref>
| lowest attendance = 3,845 vs [[Chennai City F.C.|Chennai City]] (11 December 2017)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://administrator.the-aiff.com/reports/2174_Match_Summary_V2_1513015292.pdf|title=Minerva Punjab vs Chennai City Match Report|date=11 December 2017|website=i-league.org|language=en|access-date=10 March 2018}}</ref>
| average attendance = 5,736

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The '''2017–18 Minerva Punjab F.C. season''' is the 2nd season of in the [[I-League]] which is [[India]]'s top football league. They finished the season as '''I-League Champions''' becoming the first team from North India to win the [[I-League]] since its inception.<ref>{{cite news|title=I-League 2017-18: Minerva Punjab FC clinch maiden title courtesy William Opoku's goal on thrilling last day of season |url=http://www.firstpost.com/sports/i-league-2017-18-minerva-punjab-fc-clinch-maiden-title-courtesy-william-opokus-goal-on-thrilling-last-day-of-season-4382363.html|accessdate=10 March 2018|work=firstpost.com|date=8 March 2018}}</ref>

==Kit==
'''Supplier:''' Astro<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Minerva_AFC/status/935437469746470912|title=We thank all our Sponsors and Partners who backed us for the ongoing @ILeagueOfficial season #chakdephatte #IndianFootball|last=FC|first=MINERVA PUNJAB|date=2017-11-28|website=@Minerva_AFC|language=en|access-date=2017-12-05}}</ref> / '''Sponsor:''' [[Apollo Tyres]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Minerva_AFC/status/933941594285260800|title=Join us in welcoming @apollotyres as our official title sponsors for the upcoming @ILeagueOfficial season #chakdephatte|last=FC|first=MINERVA PUNJAB|date=2017-11-24 |website=@Minerva_AFC |language=en|access-date=2017-11-24}}</ref>

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==Coaching staff==

:''As of 25 November 2017.''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position
! Name
|-
| Head Coach
| {{flagicon|India}} Khogen Singh
|-
| Team Manager
| {{flagicon|India}} Sachin Badadhe
|-
| Physiotherapist
| {{flagicon|India}} Neeraj Churi
|-
| Technical Consultant
| {{flagicon|Gibraltar}} Joel Williams
|-
! colspan="11" style="text-align:right;"| Source:{{Citation needed|reason=This information is copied from Minerva Punjab F.C. wiki page and needs a reliable source|date=March 2018}}
|}

==Squad information==
===First-team squad===
{{updated|11 March 2018}}<ref>{{cite web
| title = Squad
| url = https://int.soccerway.com/teams/india/india-minerva-fc/35319/squad/
| publisher= Soccerway
| accessdate = 11 December 2017}}</ref>
{{Fs start}}

{{Fs player|no=1|nat=IND|pos=GK|name=[[Arshdeep Singh (footballer, born 1997)|Arshdeep Singh]]}}
{{Fs player|no=2|nat=IND|pos=DF|name=Rahul Baishnab Jaydebdas}}
{{Fs player|no=3|nat=IND|pos=MF|name=[[Sukhdev Singh (footballer)|Sukhdev Singh]]|other=[[captain (association football)|Captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=5|nat=IND|pos=FW|name=[[Nadong Bhutia]]}}
{{Fs player|no=7|nat=BHU|pos=FW|name=[[Chencho Gyeltshen]]}}
{{Fs player|no=8|nat=IND|pos=MF|name=[[Randeep Singh]]}}
{{Fs player|no=9|nat=IND|pos=MF|name=[[Bali Gagandeep]]}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=IND|pos=FW|name=[[Moinuddin Khan (footballer)|Moinuddin Khan]]}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=IND|pos=MF|name=[[Girik Khosla]]}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat=NGA|pos=MF|name=[[Bazie Armand]]}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=IND|pos=MF|name=[[Altamash Sayed]]}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=IND|pos=MF|name=[[Souvik Das]]}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=SEN|pos=MF|name=[[Kassim Aidara]]}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=IND|pos=FW|name=Rajan Negi}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=IND|pos=MF|name=[[Akashdeep Singh]]}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=IND|pos=FW|name=[[Mohamman Ajaruddin]]}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=IND|pos=FW|name=[[Makan Chote]]}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=IND|pos=DF|name=[[Akash Sangwan]]}}
{{fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=IND|pos=DF|name=[[Kamalpreet Singh]]}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=CIV|pos=DF|name=[[Guy Eric Dano]]}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=IND|pos=DF|name=[[Arashpreet Singh]]}}
{{Fs player|no=26|nat=IND|pos=DF|name=[[Deepak Devrani]]}}
{{Fs player|no=27|nat=IND|pos=DF|name=[[Abhishek Ambedkar]]}}
{{Fs player|no=28|nat=IND|pos=MF|name=[[Akhil Verma(footballer)|Akhil Verma]]}}
{{Fs player|no=31|nat=NEP|pos=GK|name=[[Kiran Chemjong]]}}
{{Fs player|no=39|nat=CIV|pos=FW|name=[[Lago Dagbo Bei]]}}
{{Fs player|no=40|nat=IND|pos=GK|name=[[Rakshit Dagar]]}}
{{Fs player|no=41|nat=IND|pos=MF|name=Bhaskar Roy}}
{{Fs player|no=42|nat=Ghana|pos=MF|name=[[William Opoku]]}}
{{Fs player|no=49|nat=IND|pos=MF|name=[[Amandeep Singh (footballer, born 1993)|Amandeep Singh]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=IND|pos=DF|name=[[Ramandeep Singh (footballer)|Ramandeep Singh]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=IND|pos=DF|name=Harpreet Singh}}
{{fs end}}

==Competitions==

===Overview===
{{Fb overview2
|c=2
|c1=[[2017–18 I-League|I-League]] |fm1= 25 November 2017 |lm1= 8 March 2018 |sr1=Matchday 1 |fp1= Winners
|w1=11 |d1=2 |l1=5 |f1=24 |a1=16

|c2=[[2018 Indian Super Cup|Super Cup]] |fm2=2 April 2018 |lm2=2 April 2018 |sr2=[[2018 Indian Super Cup#Bracket|Round of 16]] |fp2= [[2018 Indian Super Cup#Bracket|Round of 16]]
|w2=0 |d2=0 |l2=1 |f2=4 |a2=5

|u={{Start date|2018|03|12|df=y}}.
}}

===I-League===
{{Main|2017–18 I-League}}

====League table====
{{:2017–18 I-League|showteam=MIN}}

====Result summary====
{{Fb_rs |hw=6 |hd=1 |hl=2 |hgf=12 |hga=7 |aw=5 |ad=1 |al=3 |agf=12 |aga=9}}
{{Fb rs footer|s=[http://i-league.org/ i-league.org]|u=9 March 2018|date=November 2017}}

==== Results by match ====
{{#invoke:sports rbr table|table|legendpos=b
|title=
|header=Round
|label1= Ground
| res1= H/ H/ A/ H/ H/ A/ A/ A/ A/ A/ A/ A/ H/ H/ H/ H/ A/ H
|label2= Result
| res2= D/ W/ W /W/ W /L/ W/ W/ W/ W/ D/ L/ W/ L/ L/ W/ L/ W

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| color_D = yellow2|text_D=Draw
| color_L = red2|text_L=Loss
| text_H = Home|text_A = Away
| color_1=gold| color_2=silver| color_10=red1
| source = [http://i-league.org/ i-league.org]
}}

====Matches====
{{legend2|#CCFFCC|Win|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|#FFFFCC|Draw|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|#FFCCCC|Loss|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
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|round = 1
|date = 25 November 2017
|time = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1 = Minerva Punjab
|score = 1–1
|report = http://www.goal.com/en-us/match/minerva-punjab-v-mohun-bagan/report/bj5hgwjt2tlzofaz3sue3xhm2
|team2 = [[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|goals1 = [[Moinuddin Khan (footballer)|Moinuddin]]{{goal|89}}
|goals2 = [[Sony Norde]] {{goal|43}} [[Gurjinder Kumar]] {{yel|55}}
|stadium = [[Guru Nanak Stadium]]
|location = [[Ludhiana]]
|attendance = 5,995
|referee = Umesh Bora
|result = D
|motm = [[Sony Norde]] (Mohun Bagan AC)
}}
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|round = 2
|date = 1 December 2017
|time = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1 = Minerva Punjab
|score = 2–1
|report = http://www.goal.com/en-us/match/minerva-punjab-v-neroca/report/bk6ma0rg2u6ol5xpgy990ghuy
|team2 = [[NEROCA F.C.|NEROCA]]
|goals1 = [[Chencho Gyeltshen]] {{goal|24}} Lago Dagbo Bei {{goal|45+2}}
|goals2 = [[Felix Chidi Odili]] {{goal|18}} Moirangmayum Ashok Singh {{yel|49}} [[Aryn Williams]] {{yel|90+6}}
|stadium = [[Guru Nanak Stadium]]
|location = [[Ludhiana]]
|attendance = 5,734
|referee = Senthil Nathan
|result = W
|motm = [[Chencho Gyeltshen]] (Minerva Punjab FC)
}}
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|round = 3
|date = 5 December 2017
|time = 20:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1 = [[Indian Arrows]]
|score = 0–2
|report = http://www.goal.com/en-us/match/indian-arrows-v-minerva-punjab/report/bkmofkh4aupg1ewa0artxgxgq
|team2 = Minerva Punjab
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[William Opoku]] {{goal|7||84}} [[Kamalpreet Singh]] {{yel|86}}
|stadium = GMC Bambolim
|location = [[Bambolim]]
|attendance = 776
|referee = Akash Jackson Routh
|result = W
|motm = [[William Opoku]] (Minerva Punjab)
}}
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|round = 4
|date = 11 December 2017
|time = 20:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1 = Minerva Punjab
|score = 2–1
|report = http://www.goal.com/en-us/match/minerva-punjab-v-chennai-city/report/blkmssv7dodlxdr7fyrkb9ch6
|team2 = [[Chennai City F.C.|Chennai City]]
|goals1 = [[William Opoku]] {{goal|48}} [[Kassim Aidara]] {{goal|59}} [[Bali Gagandeep]] {{yel|70}}
|goals2 = [[Jean-Michel Joachim]] {{goal|5}} [[Murilo de Almeida]] {{yel|19}} Pradeep Mohannraj {{yel|89}}
|stadium = [[Guru Nanak Stadium]]
|location = [[Ludhiana]]
|attendance = 3,845
|referee = Om Prakash Thakur
|result = W
|motm = [[Kassim Aidara]] (Minerva Punjab)
}}
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|round = 5
|date = 18 December 2017
|time = 20:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1 = Minerva Punjab
|score = 1–0
|report = http://www.goal.com/en-us/match/minerva-punjab-v-indian-arrows/bmsrkwhspx2m0yjnff4phnotm
|team2 = [[Indian Arrows]]
|goals1 = [[Chencho Gyeltshen]] {{goal|80}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Guru Nanak Stadium]]
|location = [[Ludhiana]]
|attendance = 5,342
|referee = Rahul Kumar Gupta
|result = W
|motm = [[Dheeraj Singh Moirangthem|Dheeraj Singh]] (Indian Arrows)
}}
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|round = 6
|date = 27 December 2017
|time = 14:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1 = [[Aizawl F.C.|Aizawl]]
|score = 2–1
|report = http://www.goal.com/en-us/match/aizawl-v-minerva-punjab/report/bosi6g39r6c8mchqke2ogn6ui
|team2 = Minerva Punjab
|goals1 = [[Kareem Omolaja]] {{goal|72}} [[Masih Saighani]] {{yel|75}} [[Andrei Ionescu]] {{goal|86}}
|goals2 = [[Chencho Gyeltshen]] {{yel|61}} Amandeep Singh {{yel|78}} [[Girik Khosla]] {{goal|90+4}}
|stadium = [[Rajiv Gandhi Stadium (Aizawl)]]
|location = [[Aizawl]]
|attendance = 4,200
|referee = Raktim Saha
|result = L
|motm = [[Léonce Dodoz Zikahi]] (Aizawl FC)
}}
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|round = 7
|date = 6 January 2018
|time = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1 = [[Gokulam Kerala F.C.|Gokulam Kerala]]
|score = 0–1
|report = http://www.goal.com/en-us/match/gokulam-v-minerva-punjab/report/bqsqkopainr7sgrj64qas1b3e
|team2 = Minerva Punjab
|goals1 = Kivi Zhimomi {{yel|51}} [[Emmanuel Chigozie]] {{yel|76}} [[Daniel Ashley Addo]] {{yel|84}}
|goals2 = [[Bali Gagandeep]] {{goal|19}}
|stadium = [[EMS Corporation Stadium]]
|location = [[Kozhikode]]
|attendance = 4,534
|referee = Senthil Nathan
|result = W
|motm = [[Bali Gagandeep]] (Minerva Punjab FC)
}}
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|round = 8
|date = 10 January 2018
|time = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1 = [[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|score = 1–2
|report = http://www.goal.com/en-us/match/mohun-bagan-v-minerva-punjab/report/brf5fpvwa6voukltr75kooq5m
|team2 = Minerva Punjab
|goals1 = [[Kingshuk Debnath]] {{yel|45+1}} [[Cameron Watson (footballer)|Cameron Watson]] {{yel|75}} [[Kingsley Obumneme]] {{goal|90+4}}
|goals2 = [[Chencho Gyeltshen]] {{goal|23||30}} [[Kassim Aidara]] {{yel|26}} [[William Opoku]] {{yel|45+1}} [[Rakshit Dagar]] {{yel|90+5}}
|stadium = [[Salt Lake Stadium]]
|location = [[Kolkata]]
|attendance = 5,384
|referee = Umesh Bora
|result = W
|motm = [[Chencho Gyeltshen]] (Minerva Punjab FC)
}}
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|round = 9
|date = 14 January 2018
|time = 14:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1 = [[Shillong Lajong F.C.|Shillong Lajong]]
|score = 0–1
|report = http://www.goal.com/en-us/match/shillong-lajong-v-minerva-punjab/report/bs2l681olgsws7j3i0m4se2y2
|team2 = Minerva Punjab
|goals1 = [[Daniel Odafin]] {{yel|32}}
|goals2 = [[William Opoku]] {{goal|57}} [[Kassim Aidara]] {{yel|61}} [[Rakshit Dagar]] {{yel|86}}
|stadium = [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Shillong)|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]]
|location = [[Shillong]]
|attendance = 5,800
|referee = Ranjit Bakshi
|result = W
|motm = [[Rakshit Dagar]] (Minerva Punjab FC)
}}
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|round = 10
|date = 27 January 2018
|time = 14:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1 = [[NEROCA F.C.|NEROCA]]
|score = 0–1
|report = http://www.goal.com/en-us/match/neroca-v-minerva-punjab/report/buojvellxtgr7jh0y7g479mqy
|team2 = Minerva Punjab
|goals1 = [[Govin Singh]] {{yel|41}}
|goals2 = [[Chencho Gyeltshen]] {{goal|3}} [[Kassim Aidara]] {{yel|17}} [[Guy Eric Dano]] {{goal|21}} [[Altamash Sayed]] {{yel|42}}
|stadium = [[Khuman Lampak Main Stadium]]
|location = [[Imphal]]
|attendance = 17,014
|referee = Palmson Moses Raj
|result = W
|motm = [[Chencho Gyeltshen]] (Minerva Punjab FC)
}}
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|round = 11
|date = 30 January 2018
|time = 13:55 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1 = [[Kingfisher East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
|score = 2–2
|report = http://www.goal.com/en-in/match/east-bengal-v-minerva-punjab/report/btp2bwl41j7rr5abvi3rbdkyy
|team2 = Minerva Punjab
|goals1 = [[Katsumi Yusa]]{{penmiss}}47' Joby Justin{{goal|59}} [[Eduardo Ferreira]]{{yel|72}} [[Brandon Vanlalremdika]]{{goal|88}}
|goals2 = [[Sukhdev Singh (footballer)|Sukhdev Singh]]{{goal|20}} [[Chencho Gyeltshen]]{{goal|33}} [[Souvik Das]]{{yel|68}} [[Guy Eric Dano]]{{yel|90+2}}
|stadium = [[Barasat Stadium]]
|attendance = 11,200
|referee = Tejas Nagvenkar
|result = D
|motm = [[Kiran Chemjong]] (Minerva Punjab FC)
}}
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|round = 12
|date = 2 February 2018
|time = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1 = [[Churchill Brothers S.C.|Churchill Brothers]]
|score = 2–1
|report = http://www.goal.com/en-us/match/churchill-brothers-v-minerva-punjab/report/bpndndv36gdkdzicbmjyob90q
|team2 = Minerva Punjab
|goals1 = [[Mechac Koffi]] {{goal|17|pen.}} [[Bektur Talgat Uulu]] {{yel|39}} [[Wayne Vaz]] {{goal|45}} Hussein Eldor {{yel|84}}
|goals2 = [[Sukhdev Singh (footballer)|Sukhdev Singh]] {{yel|16}} [[Girik Khosla]] {{yel|51}} [[Kassim Aidara]] {{goal|57}}
|stadium = [[Tilak Maidan Stadium]]
|location = [[Vasco da Gama, Goa|Vasco da Gama]]
|attendance = 2,442
|referee = Akash Jackson Routh
|result = L
|motm = [[Wayne Vaz]] (Churchill Brothers SC)
}}
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|date = 7 February 2018
|round = 13
|time = 14:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1 = Minerva Punjab
|score = 3–2
|report = http://www.goal.com/en-us/match/minerva-punjab-v-shillong-lajong/report/bzfw5pvdc0eccl5qhe5smp9ii
|team2 = [[Shillong Lajong F.C.|Shillong Lajong]]
|goals1 = [[Guy Eric Dano]] {{goal|5}} [[Bali Gagandeep]] {{goal|45+1||80}}{{yel|53}}
|goals2 = [[Daniel Odafin]] {{goal|60}} [[Lawrence Doe]] {{goal|63}}{{yel|90+3}} [[Novin Gurung]] {{yel|89}}
|stadium = [[Tau Devi Lal Stadium]]
|location = [[Panchkula]]
|attendance = 6,898
|referee = Tejas Nagvenkar
|result = W
|motm = [[Bali Gagandeep]] (Minerva Punjab)
}}
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|date = 13 February 2018
|round = 14
|time = 14:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1 = Minerva Punjab
|score = 0–1
|report = http://www.goal.com/en-in/match/minerva-punjab-v-east-bengal/bxy30gk2kk0ykghby61ot3d62
|team2 = [[Kingfisher East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
|goals1 = Amandeep Singh{{yel|45+1}} [[Bali Gagandeep]]{{yel|70}}
|goals2 = [[Cavin Lobo]]{{goal|60}} [[Mahmoud Amnah]]{{yel|77}} Ubaid C.K.{{yel|90+2}}
|stadium = [[Tau Devi Lal Stadium]]
|location = [[Panchkula]]
|attendance = 8,243
|referee = Ajit Kumar Meitei
|result = L
|motm = [[Mahmoud Amnah]] (East Bengal FC)
}}
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|date = 20 February 2018
|round = 15
|time = 14:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1 = Minerva Punjab
|score = 0–1
|report = http://www.goal.com/en-us/match/minerva-punjab-v-gokulam/report/bz4ykvmeylm8udiqqdgl0maga
|team2 = [[Gokulam Kerala F.C.|Gokulam Kerala]]
|goals1 = [[Randeep Singh]] {{yel|4}}
|goals2 = Mohamed Rashid {{yel|16}} Mudde Musa {{yel|19}} [[Balwinder Singh (footballer)|Balwinder Singh]] {{yel|42}} [[Henry Kisekka]] {{goal|75}}
|stadium = [[Tau Devi Lal Stadium]]
|location = [[Panchkula]]
|attendance = 3,890
|referee = Palmson Moses Raj
|result = L
|motm = Bilal Husain Khan (Gokulam Kerala)
}}
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|round = 16
|date = 26 February 2018
|time = 14:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1 = Minerva Punjab
|score = 2–0
|report = http://www.goal.com/en-us/match/minerva-punjab-v-aizawl/report/bzwsx65eylvprkf9gqsee4zfu
|team2 = [[Aizawl F.C.|Aizawl]]
|goals1 = Akash Sangwan {{goal|50}} Akashdeep Singh {{yel|59}} Armand Bazie {{goal|90+5}}
|goals2 = [[David Lalrinmuana]] {{yel|90+5}}
|stadium = [[Tau Devi Lal Stadium]]
|location = [[Panchkula]]
|attendance = 4,428
|referee = Khamruddin Mohammed Avez
|result = W
|motm = [[Guy Eric Dano]] (Minerva Punjab FC)
}}
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|round = 17
|date = 2 March 2018
|time = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1 = [[Chennai City F.C.|Chennai City]]
|score = 2–1
|report = http://www.goal.com/en-us/match/chennai-city-v-minerva-punjab/report/c0847ftq5fi77ctzate5qur1m
|team2 = Minerva Punjab
|goals1 = [[Michael Soosairaj]] {{goal|5}} [[Dharmaraj Ravanan]] {{yel|21}} [[Aleksandar Rakić (footballer)|Aleksandar Rakić]] {{goal|59}} [[Edwin Sydney Vanspaul]] {{yel|81}} [[Asif Kottayil]] {{yel|90+3}}
|goals2 = [[Chencho Gyeltshen]] {{goal|26}} [[Souvik Das]] {{yel|29}}
|stadium = [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Coimbatore|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]]
|location = [[Coimbatore]]
|attendance = 7,342
|referee = Santhosh Kumar Bhaskaran
|result = L
|motm = [[Michael Soosairaj]] (Chennai City FC)
}}
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|round = 18
|date = 8 March 2018
|time = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1 = Minerva Punjab
|score = 1–0
|report = http://www.goal.com/en-us/match/minerva-punjab-v-churchill-brothers/report/c11k5w13egkj3oep9ien9m73e
|team2 = [[Churchill Brothers S.C.|Churchill Brothers]]
|goals1 = [[William Opoku]] {{goal|16}} [[Guy Eric Dano]] {{yel|36}} Amandeep Singh {{yel|58}}
|goals2 = Francis Oneyama {{yel|41}}
|stadium = [[Tau Devi Lal Stadium]]
|location = [[Panchkula]]
|attendance = 7,852
|referee = Rahul Kumar Gupta
|result = W
|motm = Ricardo Cardozo (Churchill Brothers SC)
}}

===Super Cup===
{{main|2018 Indian Super Cup}}
Minerva Punjab FC entered the competition in Round of 16 and were drawn against [[Jamshedpur FC|Jamshedpur]].<ref name=ISCR16>{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/super-cup-2018-round-of-16-fixtures-isl-ileague/1vrt68z9011hq1l0jaxhlw6xw8|title=Super Cup 2018: Jamshedpur FC face I-League champions Minerva Punjab and the Round of 16 fixtures|date=12 March 2018|work=goal.com|accessdate=12 March 2018}}</ref> However, they lost in the first game in penalty shootouts, concluding the season for I-League champions.

{{legend2|#BBF3BB|Win|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|#FFFFBB|Draw|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|#FFBBBB|Loss|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{Football box collapsible
|id =
|round = Round of 16
|date = {{Start date|2018|4|02|df=y}}
|time = 
|team1 = Minerva Punjab
|score = 0–0
|team2 = [[Jamshedpur FC|Jamshedpur]]
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|aet = yes
|penaltyscore=4–5
|penalties1=
* [[William Opoku|Opoku]] {{pengoal}}
* [[Guy Eric Dano|Dano]] {{pengoal}}
* [[Moinuddin Khan (footballer)|Khan]] {{penmiss}}
* [[Akashdeep Singh|A. Singh]] {{pengoal}}
* [[Kamalpreet Singh|K. Singh]] {{pengoal}}
* [[Kiran Chemjong|Kiran]] {{penmiss}}
* [[Bali Gagandeep|Gagandeep]] {{penmiss}}
|penalties2=
* {{pengoal}} [[Kervens Belfort|Belfort]]
* {{pengoal}} [[Wellington Priori|Priori]]
* {{penmiss}} [[Memo (footballer)|Memo]]
* {{pengoal}} [[André Bikey|Bikey]]
* {{pengoal}} [[Sumeet Passi|Passi]]
* {{penmiss}} [[Bikash Jairu|Jairu]]
* {{pengoal}} [[Mehtab Hossain|Hossain]]
|stadium = [[Kalinga Stadium]]
|location = [[Bhubaneshwar]]
|attendance = 3,256
|referee = [[Santosh Kumar (referee)|Santosh Kumar]]
|report = http://www.supercup.in/news/jamshedpur-win-5-4-on-penalties-to-bid-minerva-goodbye
|motm = [[Sanjiban Ghosh]] (Jamshedpur FC)
|result = L
}}

==Awards==
===Player===
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left; font-size:95%;"
|-
! {{Abbr| No. | Squad Number }}
! Player
! Award
! Tournament
! Source
|-
|align=center|7
|{{flagicon|BHU}} [[Chencho Gyeltshen]]
|align=center|Best Forward of the Tournament
|<center>[[2017-18 I-League|I-League]]</center>
|<center><ref>{{cite web|title=I-League 2017-18: Minerva Punjab presented with winners' trophy; NEROCA's Gift Raikhan named season's best coach|url=http://www.firstpost.com/sports/i-league-2017-18-minerva-punjab-presented-with-winners-trophy-nerocas-gift-raikhan-named-seasons-best-coach-4401551.html|accessdate=23 March 2018|publisher=firstpost.com|date=22 March 2018}}</ref></center>
|}

==References==
{{reflist|25em}}

==See also==
* [[2017–18 in Indian football]]
* [[2017–18 I-League]]

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