2018 19 Minerva Punjab FC season

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The 2018–19 Minerva Punjab FC Season was the club's third season in the I-League.

Sponsors

As of 16 October 2018

Sponsors Type Sponsor's Name
Sponsor Apollo Tyres
Kit Sponsor Apollo Tyres
Sports Drink Sponsor Gatorade[1]
Nutrition Partner Fast&Up[2]
Performance Analysis Partner Catapult Sports[3]
Fitness Partner Anytime Fitness[4]

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Transfers

Minerva Punjab saw an exodus of top players after their I-League victory in the 2017 season. Perhaps the biggest departure that Minerva Punjab was that of Chencho Gyeltshen. The Bhutanese attacker was the stand-out performer for Minerva in 2017 and was subsequently sold to Bengaluru FC.[5] His departure left a huge gap in the Minerva squad.

Following Chencho out of the door were Kiran Chemjong, Sukhdev Singh, Kamalpreet Singh, Bali Gagandeep, Kassim Aidara, Girik Khosla, Rakshit Dagar, and Abhishek Ambekar.

Kamalpreet Singh, Gagandeep, Aidara, and Rakshit Dagar all signed for Minerva's title rivals East Bengal F.C. Sukhdev Singh and Ambekar moved on to Mohun Bagan.[6] Ahead of the 2018-19 I-League season, Minerva were left with a depleted squad.

On 6 July 2018 Minerva Punjab signed forward Yu Kuboki on a permanent transfer from Australian club Sydney Olympic FC. He had been in scintillating form for Sydney the previous season, scoring 11 goals in 22 matches as an attacking midfielder or a withdrawn striker.[7]

In August 2018 Minerva signed three players including Nigerian forward Philip Njoku.[8]

In September 2018 they signed former Ozone FC striking duo C. S. Sabeeth and Brazilian Robert De Souza.[9] They also extended contracts with defender Akashdeep Singh and striker Akash Sangwan.[10][11]

Contract extension

No. Position Player Date Ref
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Akash Sangwan 6 September 2018 [10]
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Akashdeep Singh 9 September 2018 [11]
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Amandeep Singh 10 September 2018 [12]
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Souvik Das 14 September 2018 [13]
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Deepak Devrani 19 September 2018 [14]
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon William Opoku 21 September 2018 [15][16]
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Arshdeep Singh 22 September 2018 [17]
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Arshpreet Singh 23 September 2018 [18]
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Bhaskar Roy 26 September 2018 [19]
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Randeep Singh 1 October 2018 [20]
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Rajan Negi 9 October 2018 [21]

In

No. Position Player Previous club Transfer fee Date Ref
10 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Yu Kuboki Template:FlagiconSydney Olympic FC Free agent 6 July 2018 [7]
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Sandeep Rajput MPFC winter Camp Free agent 30 July 2018 [22]
4 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Philip Njoku Template:Flagicon FC Inter Turku Free agent 7 August 2018 [8]
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Liandala Fanai Template:Flagicon Aizawl Free agent 12 August 2018 [23]
7 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Hitova Ayemi Template:Flagicon Fateh Hyderabad Free agent 25 August 2018 [24]
9 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon C. S. Sabeeth Template:Flagicon Ozone F.C. Free agent 2 September 2018 [25]
14 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Dilli Ram Sanyasi Template:Flagicon Hindustan FC Free agent 5 September 2018 [26]
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Robert De Souza Template:Flagicon Ozone FC Free agent 7 September 2018 [9]
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Mohamed Irshad Template:FlagiconGokulam Kerala Free agent 8 September 2018 [27][28]
28 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Prabhjot Singh unattached Free agent 11 September 2018 [29]
50 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Aimable Nsabimana Template:Flagicon APR FC Free agent 13 September 2018 [30][31]
12 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Nikhil Pal Template:Flagicon Chennai City Free agent 16 September 2018 [32]
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Akhil PM Template:FlagiconFC Kerala Free agent 26 September 2018 [33][34]
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Atinder Mani Template:FlagiconReal Kashmir Free agent 19 October 2018 [35]
11 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Manandeep Singh Template:FlagiconMohun Bagan Free agent 19 October 2018 [36]
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Jagpreet Singh unattached Free agent 27 October 2018 [37]
22 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Nidhin Lal Template:Flagicon Shillong Lajong Free agent 27 October 2018 [38]
5 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Lancine Touré Template:FlagiconMohammedan Free agent 27 October 2018 [39]
47 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Alex Kouame unattached Free agent 31 October 2018
6 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Bala Al Hassan Dahir Template:FlagiconF.C. Kerala Free agent 5 November 2018 [40]
18 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Donatus Edafe Template:Flagicon ND Gorica Free agent 8 November 2018 [41]
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Moinuddin Khan Template:Flagicon Mohun Bagan Free agent 9 November 2018 [42]
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Caicedo Rodriguez Template:Flagicon Thinadhoo Sports Free agent 27 November 2018 [43]
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Juan Quero Template:Flagicon Fuenlabrada Free agent 27 January 2019
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Cornelius Stewart Template:Flagicon Maziya Free agent 31 January 2019

Out

No. Position Player Outgoing club Ref
27 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Abhishek Ambekar Template:Flagicon Mohun Bagan [44]
7 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Chencho Gyeltshen Template:Flagicon Bengaluru [44]
16 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Kassim Aidara Template:Flagicon East Bengal [44]
9 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Bali Gagandeep Template:Flagicon East Bengal [44]
40 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Rakshit Dagar Template:Flagicon East Bengal [44]
22 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Kamalpreet Singh Template:Flagicon East Bengal [44]
31 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Kiran Chemjong Template:Flagicon T.C. Sports Club [44]
3 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Sukhdev Singh Template:Flagicon Mohun Bagan [44]
10 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Moinuddin Khan Template:Flagicon Mohun Bagan [44]
11 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Girik Khosla Template:Flagicon NorthEast United FC [44]
13 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Bazie Armand Template:Flagicon Mohammedan [45]
24 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Guy Eric Dano Template:Flagicon Rainbow AC [46]
48 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Robert Dzouza unattached
50 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Aimable Nsabimana unattached
10 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Yu Kuboki unattached
4 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Philip Njoku unattached
6 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Bala Dahir unattached
18 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Donatus Edafe unattached

Squad

First-team squad

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Team management

Paul Munster, current Minerva Punjab technical director
As of 9 August 2018.
Position Name
Technical director Template:FlagiconPaul Munster
Head coach Template:Flagicon Sachin Badadhe
Assistant coach Vacant
Team manager vacant
Physiotherapist Template:Flagicon Karuna Kant Gupta

Pre-season and friendlies

Minerva Punjab kicked off their pre-season preparations by participating in the 2018 Punjab State Super Football League from 26 August 2018.[48] With 4 wins and 3 draws Minerva finished second in the league table.[49] They beat league leader FC Punjab Police in the finals to win the 32nd Punjab State Super Football League title.[50] [51]

Punjab State Super League

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Notes

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J&K Invitational Cup

Minerva Punjab participated in the J&K Invitational Cup organized by Real Kashmir FC. It was a knock out tournament.[52]

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Friendlies

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Competitions

I-League

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Matches

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League table

2018–19 I-League

Results summary

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Results by round

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2019 AFC Champions League

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The AFC Champions League is the premier continental football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). As the champions of the I-League the previous season, Minerva Punjab FC earned a chance to qualify for the tournament. India did not have a direct-entry spot in the AFC Champions League and thus the champion team from India had to qualify for the tournament through the preliminary rounds. Minerva Punjab were put up against Saipa FC of Iran.

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2019 AFC Cup

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Statistics

Goal Scorers

Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name I-League AFC Indian Super Cup Total
1 22 DF Template:Flagicon Lancine Touré 2 0 0 2
9 MF Template:Flagicon Philip Njoku 2 0 0 2
17 FW Template:Flagicon William Opoku 2 0 0 2
Own Goals - - -
Total 6 6 0 6

Hat-tricks

Player Against Result Date Competition

References

  1. ↑ GatoradeIndia continues to quench the thirst as The Warriors strive to reach new heights this season.
  2. ↑ fast&up official nutrition partner.
  3. ↑ catapult on board.
  4. ↑ anytime fitness official fitness partner.
  5. ↑ Chencho Gyeltshen signs with Bengaluru FC. Bengaluru FC.
  6. ↑ I-League 2018: Mohun Bagan name Henry Kisekka, Abhishek Ambekar in squad, Akram Moghrabi and Cameron Watson left out. sportskeeda(2 May 2018).
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 I-League 2018/19: Yu Kuboki joins Minerva Punjab from Sydney Olympic FC.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Minerva Punjab FC Sign Nigerian Philip Njoku From Finland Premier Division Club FC Inter Turku.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Minerva Punjab rope in 2nd Division I-League top scorer Robert De Souza.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Local lad Aakash Sangwan extends his stay.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 We’ve retained Defender, Akashdeep Singh for yet another exciting season.
  12. ↑ Amandeep Stays! Amandeep Singh extends his stay for the upcoming season!.
  13. ↑ Midfield genius Souvik Das extends his stay.
  14. ↑ Our Central Defender Deepak Devrani extends his stay at the Club for yet another season.
  15. ↑ I-league 2018-19: William Opoku rejoins Minerva Punjab.
  16. ↑ William Opoku Extends His Stay With the Warriors.
  17. ↑ MrSafe Hands arshsainistays to guard the woodwork for yet another season.
  18. ↑ Defender Arshpreet Singh has been retained for the upcoming season.
  19. ↑ Goalkeeper Bhaskar Roy extends his stay for the upcoming season.
  20. ↑ The midfield engine Randeep Singh extends his stay.
  21. ↑ Local lad Rajan Negi extends his stay.
  22. ↑ tête-a-tête with Sandeep who was scouted from MPFC Winter Camps to join MPFC First Team.
  23. ↑ Sena Fanai Signs For Minerva Punjab FC.
  24. ↑ The Warriors Snap Up Young Hitova Ayemi.
  25. ↑ CS Sabeeth Signs!.
  26. ↑ Welcome Back, Dilli!.
  27. ↑ We’re happy to announce the signing of promising Defender, T.V. Mohamed Irshad.
  28. ↑ Md. Irshad Signs for the Warriors!.
  29. ↑ Welcome back Prabhjot.Template:Dead link
  30. ↑ Nsabimana off to India for Pro move to Minerva Punjab.
  31. ↑ Rwanda International Defender Aimable Nsabimana is now a warrior.
  32. ↑ The Warriors Secure the Signature of Nikhil Pal.
  33. ↑ Ranjit bajaj on twitter.
  34. ↑ Warriors have added Akhil Praveen to the roster!.
  35. ↑ Local Lad Atinder Mani Signs for the Warriors.
  36. ↑ The Warriors Re-Sign Manandeep Singh.
  37. ↑ Midfielder Jagpreet Singh is Back Again to Wear Blue!.
  38. ↑ Goalkeeper Nidhin Lal Is Now a Warrior!.
  39. ↑ Minerva Punjab FC Snap Côte D’Ivoire Defender Lancine Touré For The Upcoming Season.
  40. ↑ We’ve bought in Defensive Midfielder Bala Al Hassan Dahir for the upcoming season.
  41. ↑ Nigerian attacker Donatus Edafe joins the warriors.
  42. ↑ Our magical winger is back on board for his third season.
  43. ↑ Reigning I-League champion Minerva Punjab FC has roped in Colombian defender Jorge Ivan Caicedo Rodriguez..
  44. ↑ 44.00 44.01 44.02 44.03 44.04 44.05 44.06 44.07 44.08 44.09 I-League 2018: Champions Minerva Punjab sign Philip N'Joku on board from Finnish club FC Inter.
  45. ↑ Midfielder Bazie Armand reach Kolkata – Mohammedan Sporting Club's Ivorian midfielder has arrived in Kolkata.Template:Dead link
  46. ↑ Rainbow AC Sign I-League Winning Foreigner.
  47. ↑ Squad. Soccerway.
  48. ↑ Punjab League Fixtures.
  49. ↑ PSSFL 2018 League table.
  50. ↑ The warriors clinched the 32 and JCT PFL title.
  51. ↑ Minerva Punjab FC clinch the 32nd JCT Punjab State Super Football League title defeating Punjab Police in the Finals.
  52. ↑ J&K Invitational Cup to be held in Srinagar!.

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See also

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