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{{Short description|2018–19 season of Jamshedpur FC}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox football club season
| club = [[Jamshedpur]]
| logo =
| season = 2018–19
| manager = {{flagicon|ESP}} [[César Ferrando]]
| mgrtitle = Head Coach
| chairman = Mukul Choudhari
| chrtitle = CEO
| stadium = {{nowrap|[[JRD Tata Sports Complex]]}}
| league = [[Indian Super League|ISL]]
| league result = ''[[2018–19 Indian Super League#League table|5th]]''
| cup1 = Finals
| cup1 result = ''Did not qualify''
| cup2 = [[Super Cup (India)|Super Cup]]
| cup2 result = ''Quarter-finals''
| league topscorer = {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Pablo Morgado]] {{flagicon|IND}} [[Michael Soosairaj]] {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Carlos Calvo (footballer, born 1985)|Carlos Calvo]] (4 goals each)
| season topscorer =
| average attendance = 20,016
| highest attendance = 23,050 vs. [[Chennaiyin FC|Chennaiyin]] (25 November 2018)
| lowest attendance = 14,678 vs. [[Bengaluru FC|Bengaluru]] (27 February 2019)

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The '''2018–19 season''' was the second season of competitive football played by [[Jamshedpur FC|Jamshedpur]].

==Background==
{{See also|2017–18 Jamshedpur FC season}}

The 2017–18 season was [[Jamshedpur FC|Jamshedpur]]'s first ever season after they were awarded one of two expansion slots into the [[Indian Super League]].<ref>{{cite news|title=ISL expanded to 10 teams, Bengaluru FC one of them|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/indian-super-league/top-stories/isl-expanded-to-10-teams-bengaluru-fc-one-of-them/articleshow/59113316.cms|accessdate=23 April 2018|work=Times of India|date=12 June 2017}}</ref> After winning the expansion slot, the club announced the signing of their first head coach, [[Steve Coppell]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Steve Coppell joins Jamshedpur ISL team|url=https://twitter.com/TataSteelLtd/status/885855150321086464|website=Tata Steel (Twitter)}}</ref> The club then went on the assemble their inaugural season squad, bringing in [[India national football team|India]] international [[Anas Edathodika]] as their first player and the Spanish defender, [[Tiri (footballer)|Tiri]], as their first foreign player.<ref>{{cite web|title=Round 1|url=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DFZUyNNXoAEs3_n.jpg|website=Indian Super League}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tiri signs with Jamshedpur FC|url=https://twitter.com/FCJamshedpur/status/890940172552065025|website=Jamshedpur FC (Twitter)}}</ref>

Jamshedpur played their first game on 18 November 2017 against [[NorthEast United FC|NorthEast United]]. Despite being down a man due to a sending off, the club managed to hold on for a 0–0 draw.<ref>{{cite news|title=Another goalless draw|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/another-goalless-draw-187237|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201080818/https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/another-goalless-draw-187237|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 December 2017|accessdate=23 April 2018|work=Telegraph India|date=17 November 2017}}</ref> The club then played their first match at home on 1 December against [[ATK (football club)|ATK]], which turned out to be another 0–0 draw.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jamshedpur 0-0 ATK|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/12/01/india/indian-super-league/jamshedpur/atletico-de-kolkata/2597756/|website=Soccerway}}</ref> Throughout the season, scoring goals was a problem for Jamshedpur, with Coppell stating at the halfway mark of the campaign that scoring goals was "a big priority for us".<ref>{{cite news|title=Steve Coppell desperate for Jamshedpur to score goals|url=https://www.indiansuperleague.com/news/steve-coppell-desperate-for-jamshedpur-to-score-goals|accessdate=23 April 2018|work=Indian Super League|date=4 January 2018}}</ref> Despite that, Jamshedpur would go on to end the season in fifth, one place below a finals spot, with only 16 goals scored, tied second-lowest in the league in that category.<ref>{{cite web|title=ISL Table 2017-18|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/competition/ro75888/md18/results-and-standings/|website=worldfootball.net}}</ref>

===Squad changes===
Less than a week after their last match of the [[2017–18 Indian Super League|2017–18 ISL season]], Jamshedpur confirmed their first signing for the next season as [[Chennai City F.C.|Chennai City]] midfielder [[Michael Soosairaj]].<ref name="Soosairaj">{{cite web|title=Michael Soosairaj signs for Jamshedpur|url=https://twitter.com/JamshedpurFC/status/972066089466146817|website=Jamshedpur FC (Twitter)}}</ref> The club then announced that they had retained goalkeeper [[Subrata Pal]], defenders [[Tiri (footballer)|Tiri]], [[Yumnam Raju]], midfielders [[Memo (footballer)|Memo]], [[Wellington Priori]], [[Bikash Jairu]], and forwards [[Farukh Choudhary]] and [[Sumeet Passi]].<ref name="Rafique">{{cite news|title=Md. Rafique Ali Sardar signs extension till 2020|url=https://www.fcjamshedpur.com/news/md-rafique-ali-sardar-signs-extension-till-2020|accessdate=23 April 2018|work=Jamshedpur FC|date=20 April 2018}}</ref> Then, on 17 April 2018, the club announced their second signing, defender [[Pratik Chaudhari]] of [[Delhi Dynamos FC|Delhi Dynamos]].<ref name="Pratik">{{cite web|title=Pratik signs for Jamshedpur|url=https://twitter.com/JamshedpurFC/status/986171190187261952|website=Jamshedpur FC (Twitter)}}</ref> Nine days later, the club announced their third signing, goalkeeper [[Subhasish Roy Chowdhary]] of [[Kerala Blasters FC|Kerala Blasters]].<ref name="Roy">{{cite web|title=Subhasish Roy Chowdhary signs for Jamshedpur|url=https://twitter.com/JamshedpurFC/status/989360976893014018|website=Jamshedpur FC (Twitter)}}</ref>

====In====
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center; text-align:left"
|-
!scope="col"|Position
!scope="col"|Player
!scope="col"|Transferred from
!scope="col"|Fee
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Ref
|-
|MF
!scope="row"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Michael Soosairaj]]
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Chennai City F.C.|Chennai City]]
|Free
|{{dts|10 March 2018}}
|<ref name="Soosairaj"/>
|-
|DF
!scope="row"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Pratik Chaudhari]]
|[[Delhi Dynamos FC|Delhi Dynamos]]
|Free
|{{dts|17 April 2018}}
|<ref name="Pratik"/>
|-
|GK
!scope="row"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Subhasish Roy Chowdhury]]
|[[Kerala Blasters FC|Kerala Blasters]]
|Free
|{{dts|26 April 2018}}
|<ref name="Roy"/>
|}

==Pre-season and friendlies==
Jamshedpur FC departed for [[Madrid]], [[Spain]] on 14 August 2018 to take part in the pre-season camp. The team will be playing five practice matches in the duration of a month-long tour.<ref name="Business Standard">{{cite web|url=https://wap.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/jamshedpur-fc-to-have-pre-season-camp-in-spain-118081001301_1.html?_e_pi_=7%2CPAGE_ID10%2C1680410969|title=Jamshedpur FC to have pre season in Spain|date=10 August 2018|agency=[[Indo-Asian News Service|IANS]]|publisher=Business Standard}}</ref>
The team will be training at the Los Ángeles de San Rafael facility in Spain. This training facility is famous for hosting the preseason for La Liga giants [[Atlético de Madrid]].
The team will be playing practice matches during the preseason with teams such as [[Atlético Madrid B]], [[Gimnástica Segoviana CF]], Torrelodones C.F., [[CD Móstoles URJC]]. etc which majorly are from second and third division of Spain.<ref name="Business Standard"/>
{{Football box collapsible
|round = Friendly
|date=25 August 2018
|time= 13:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1=Torrelodones CF
|score=0–1
|report=[https://www.fcjamshedpur.com/news/jamshedpur-fc-beat-torrelodones-cf-1-0-in-madrid-spain Report]
|team2=Jamshedpur
|goals1=
|goals2= *[[Memo (footballer)|Memo]]{{goal|47}}
|location=[[Torrelodones]], [[Madrid]]
|stadium= Los Ángeles de San Rafael Facility Ground
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = Friendly
|date=29 August 2018
|time= 14:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1=[[UD San Sebastián de los Reyes|S.S. Reyes]]
|score=3–0
|report=[https://www.fcjamshedpur.com/news/jamshedpur-fc-suffer-a-3-0-loss-against-ud-san-sebastin-de-los-reyes Report]
|team2=Jamshedpur
|goals1=* Sergio Castle {{goal|41}}
* Andy Escudero{{goal|71}}
*Giovanni Navarro{{goal|73}}
|goals2=
|location=[[San Sebastián de los Reyes]], [[Madrid]]
|stadium=Los Ángeles de San Rafael Facility Ground
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=L
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = Friendly
|date = 5 September 2018
|time=23:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1=[[Gimnástica Segoviana CF|Gimnástica Segoviana]]
|score=1–1
|report=[https://www.fcjamshedpur.com/news/jamshedpur-fc-earn-a-1---1-draw-against-gimnstica-segoviana Report]
|team2=Jamshedpur
|goals1=* {{goal|35}}
|goals2= * [[Gourav Mukhi]] {{goal|82}}
|location=[[Segovia]], [[Madrid]]
|stadium=Los Ángeles de San Rafael Facility Ground
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=D
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = Friendly
|date=8 September 2018
|time= 14:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1=[[CD Móstoles URJC|Móstoles URJC]]
|score=0–3
|report=[https://www.fcjamshedpur.com/news/jamshedpur-fc-put-mostoles-balompie-to-sword-with-a-3-0-victory Report]
|team2=Jamshedpur
|goals1=
|goals2=* [[Gourav Mukhi]] {{goal|68||70}}
*[[Tiri (footballer)|Tiri]] {{goal|81}}
|location= [[Móstoles]], [[Madrid]]
|stadium=[[Estadio El Soto]]
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = Friendly
|date=12 September 2018
|time= 20:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1=[[Atlético Madrid B]]
|score=0-1
|report=[https://www.twitter.com/JamshedpurFC/status/1039921375601782785 Report]
|team2=Jamshedpur
|goals1=
|goals2=*[[Sergio Cidoncha]]{{goal|54}}
|location=[[Majadahonda]], [[Madrid]]
|stadium=[[Estadio Cerro del Espino]]
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=W
}}

==Competitions==
===Indian Super League===
{{main article|2018–19 Indian Super League}}

====Table====
{{:2018–19 Indian Super League|showteam=JFC}}

==Player statistics==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
!rowspan="2"|No.
!rowspan="2"|Pos.
! rowspan="2" style="width:200px;"|Name
! colspan="2" style="width:100px;"|[[2017–18 Indian Super League|ISL]]
! colspan="2" style="width:100px;"|[[2018 Indian Super Cup|Super Cup]]
! colspan="2" style="width:87px;"|Total
! colspan="2" style="width:87px;"|Discipline
|-
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
![[File:Yellow card.svg|13px|Booked|alt=A yellow rectangular card]]
![[File:Red card.svg|13px|Sent off|alt=A red rectangular card]]
|-
! colspan=11 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers
|-
|1
|GK
!scope="row"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Subrata Pal]]
||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|13
|GK
!scope="row"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Rafique Ali Sardar]]
||1||0||0||0||1||0||0||0
|-
|29
|GK
!scope="row"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Subhasish Roy Chowdhury]]
||1||0||0||0||1||0||0||0
|-
! colspan=11 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders
|-
|2
|DF
!scope="row"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sanjay Balmuchu]]
||1||0||0||0||1||0||0||0
|-
|3
|DF
!scope="row"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Raju Gaikwad]]
||1||0||0||0||1||0||1||0
|-
|4
|DF
!scope="row"|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Tiri (footballer)|Tiri]]
||1||0||0||0||1||0||1||0
|-
|5
|DF
!scope="row"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Pratik Chaudhari]]
||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|16
|DF
!scope="row"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Robin Gurung]]
||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|25
|DF
!scope="row"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Dhanachandra Singh]]
||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|26
|DF
!scope="row"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Yumnam Raju]]
||1
|0||0||0||1||0||0||0
|-
|27
|DF
!scope="row"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Karan Amin]]
||1||0||0||0||1||0||0||0
|-
! colspan=11 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders
|-
|6
|MF
!scope="row"|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Mario Arqués]]
||1||1||0||0||1||1||1||0
|-
|7
|MF
!scope="row"|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Pablo Morgado]]
||1||1||0||0||1||1||0||0
|-
|8
|MF
!scope="row"|{{flagicon|IND}} Vishal Das
||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|10
|MF
!scope="row"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Jerry Mawihmingthanga]]
||1||0||0||0||1||0||0||0
|-
|15
|MF
!scope="row"|{{flagicon|IND}} Mobashir Rahman
||1||0||0||0||1||0||0||0
|-
|19
|MF
!scope="row"|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Carlos Calvo (Spanish footballer)|Carlos Calvo]]
||1||0||0||0||1||0||0||0
|-
|21
|MF
!scope="row"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Bikash Jairu]]
||1||0||0||0||1||0||0||0
|-
|22
|MF
!scope="row"|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Memo (footballer)|Memo]]
||1||0||0||0||1||0||0||0
|-
|23
|MF
!scope="row"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Michael Soosairaj]]
||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
! colspan=11 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
|-
|11
|FW
!scope="row"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Farukh Choudhary]]
||1||0||0||0||1||0||0||0
|-
|12
|FW
!scope="row"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sumeet Passi]]
||1||0||0||0||1||0||0||0
|-
|17
|FW
!scope="row"|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Tim Cahill]]
||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|20
|FW
!scope="row"|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Sergio Cidoncha]]
||1||0||0||0||1||0||0||0
|-
|28
|FW
!scope="row"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Gourav Mukhi]]
||1||0||0||0||1||0||0||0
|}

===Goalscorers===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
!rowspan="1"|Player
!rowspan="1"|Goals
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Sergio Cidoncha]]
| 2
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Mario Arques]]
| 1
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Gourav Mukhi]]
| 1
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Pablo Morgado]]
| 1
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[2018–19 in Indian football]]
* [[Jamshedpur FC]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Jamshedpur FC}}
{{2018–19 in Indian football}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:2018-19 Jamshedpur FC season}}
[[Category:Jamshedpur FC seasons]]
[[Category:2018–19 Indian Super League season by team|Jamshedpur]]

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PabloLabarre at 16:20, 29 November 2025