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The 2012–13 United Sikkim F.C. season will be the club's third season since their formation in 2008 and their first season ever in the I-League which is India's top football league.
Background
The road to the 2012 I-League 2nd Division did not start well for United Sikkim. On 11 June 2011 it was announced that Johnny Menyongar would leave the club to join I-League team Shillong Lajong as well as Indian internationals Renedy Singh and NS Manju in January 2012.[1][2] However, after firing coach Stanley Rozario, United Sikkim signed Belgian Philippe De Ridder as coach of the team.[3] The club the re-signed Nigerian Daniel Bedemi and Quinton Jacobs for the season. The club then began there charge for the I-League for the second season in a row with a 3–2 victory over Bhawanipore F.C. at the Satindra Mohan Dev Stadium in Assam on 2 February 2012.[4] The club then went on to win three more matches during the first round of the I-League 2nd Division against Eagles, Southern Samity, and Ar-Hima in order to qualify for the 2012 I-League 2nd Division Final Round in which the club won promotion on the last day of the season on 17 April 2012 at the Paljor Stadium in Gangtok, Sikkim in front of 30,000 fans as United Sikkim drew Mohammedan 1–1 with Daniel Bedemi scoring the goal for United Sikkim.[5]
Transfers
In
Out
| # | Position | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Ref |
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| MF | Template:Flagicon Quinton Jacobs | Template:Flagicon Salgaocar | Free | 6 May 2012 | [10] | |
| MF | Template:Flagicon John Babatunde | Released | Free | 8 June 2012 | [11] | |
| GK | Template:Flagicon Basant Singh | Template:Flagicon Shillong Lajong | Free | 8 June 2012 | [12] | |
| DF | Template:Flagicon Govin Singh | Template:Flagicon Shillong Lajong | Free | 8 June 2012 | [12] | |
| FW | Template:Flagicon Karan Atwal | Template:Flagicon Salgaocar | Free | 9 June 2012 | [13] | |
| GK | Template:Flagicon Arnab Das Sharma | Template:Flagicon Mohammedan | Free | 2 July 2012 | [14] | |
| MF | Template:Flagicon Mumtaz Akhtar | Template:Flagicon Pune | Free | 8 July 2012 | [15] | |
| DF | Template:Flagicon Baldeep Singh | Template:Flagicon Air India | Free | 16 August 2012 | [16] | |
| FW | Template:Flagicon Daniel Bedemi | Released | Free | 1 September 2012 | [17] |
Competitions
Federation Cup
Template:Main United Sikkim entered the 2012 Indian Federation Cup automatically following promotion to the I-League. They were placed in Group D along with Salgaocar, Pune, and Prayag United and their matches were played in Jamshedpur.[18] The tournament did not end well for United Sikkim as they lost all three of their matches, finishing with 0 points, 0 goals scored and 6 conceded.
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I-League
United Sikkim began their first I-League campaign of 2012–13 at home on 6 October 2012 against the champions of the 2010-11 season, Salgaocar and took the victory 3–2 in what is considered an early upset in the season.[19]
Results summary
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Position by round
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Appearances and goals
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Goalscorers
| Place | Position | Nationality | Name | I-League | Federation Cup | Total |
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| 1 | FW | Template:Flagicon | Salau Nuruddin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MF | Template:Flagicon | Lineker Machado | 1 | 0 | ||
| DF | Template:Flagicon | Sandesh Jhingan | 1 | 0 | ||
| TOTALS | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
References
- ↑ Menyongar signs with Shillong Lajong. India Blooms.
- ↑ Shillong Lajong sign Renedy Singh. Times of India.
- ↑ Indian Football: Transfer Season 2011/12 - Version 13, Choudhuri, Arunava.
- ↑ I-League 2nd Div.: United Sikkim beats Bhawanipur 3-2. iSikkim.
- ↑ USFC Top Group. The All India Football Federation.
- ↑ Indian Football Transfers – Live Updates, May 23rd, Bhutani, Rahul. The Hard Tackle.
- ↑ Indian Football Transfers – Live Updates, May 24th. The Hard Tackle.
- ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 Sikkim United FC name squad for 2012/13 season, Choudhuri, Arunava. Arunava Choudhuri.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 United Sikkim FC announce Federation Cup squad, Choudhuri, Arunava. Arunava Choudhuri.
- ↑ Salgaocar recruit Jacobs, Hamza for next season of I-League. Press Trust of India.
- ↑ India - Latest Transfers/Loans/Injuries etc..
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Desmond Bulpin signs for Lajong FC.
- ↑ Indian Football Transfers – Live Updates, June 9th, Bhutani, Rahul.
- ↑ Mohammedan Sporting announce squad for 2012/13 season. Arunava Choudhuri.
- ↑ PFC gears up for gruelling season, Swamy, Rohan. Indian Express.
- ↑ Indian Football: Transfer Season 2012/13 - Version 2, Chaudhuri, Arunava.
- ↑ Indian Football: Transfer Season 2012/13 - Version 2, Choudhuri, Arunava. Arunava Choudhuri.
- ↑ 34th Federation Cup: Complete Fixtures out!, Choudhuri, Arunava.
- ↑ United Sikkim Football Club vs Salgaocar Football Club Lineups and Statistics. Goal.com.
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