The 2017–18 Mohun Bagan FC season was the club's 11th season in I-League and 128th season since its establishment in 1889. They finished 3rd in the I-League and runners-up in the Calcutta Football League. Mohun Bagan reached the semifinals of the Super Cup where they were defeated by Bengaluru.
| 2017–18 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| President | Swapan Sadhan Bose | ||
| Head coach | Sanjoy Sen (until 2 January 2018) Sankarlal Chakraborty (from 3 January 2018) | ||
| Stadium | Mohun Bagan Ground Salt Lake Stadium | ||
| I-League | 3rd | ||
| Calcutta Football League | Runners-up | ||
| Super Cup | Semi-finalist | ||
| Top goalscorer | Aser Pierrick Dipanda (17 goals) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 64,360 | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 5,384 | ||
| Average home league attendance | 17,258 | ||
Sanjoy Sen resigned as the coach of Mohun Bagan on 2 January 2018 following three home draws and a defeat against Chennai City placing the team in 4th position, virtually ending their title hopes.[1] Shankarlal Chakraborthy was appointed as head coach for the remainder of the season.[2]
Their title hopes however did stay intact till the last fixture of the season where they could have won the title had other results gone in their favour, but it was not to be and Minerva Punjab ultimately clinched the title. Although the 2017–18 season was not an ideal season for the club after a loss of form and change of coach midway through the season along with injuries to important players like Sony Norde and Yuta Kinowaki, they did manage to win both the home and away fixtures against arch rivals East Bengal.
Sponsor
As of 3 December 2017
| Sponsors Type | Sponsor's Name |
|---|---|
| Sponsor | |
| Co-Sponsor | M.P Birla Cement, Nilkamal, Floral, Ripley |
| Kit Sponsor | Shiv Naresh |
Players
Current squad
- As of March 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Competitions
Calcutta Football League
I-League
Table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minerva Punjab (C) | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 16 | +8 | 35 | Qualification to 2019 AFC Champions League qualifier |
| 2 | NEROCA | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 32 | |
| 3 | Mohun Bagan | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 14 | +14 | 31 | |
| 4 | East Bengal | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 19 | +13 | 31 | |
| 5 | Aizawl | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 24 |
Source: i-league.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
(C) Champions
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
(C) Champions
Results by round
Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2018. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Fixtures & results
| 25 November 2017 1 | Minerva Punjab | 1–1 | Mohun Bagan | Ludhiana |
| 17:30 IST | Moinuddin 89' | Report | Sony Norde 43' Gurjinder Kumar  55' | Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium Attendance: 5,995 Referee: Umesh Bora Man of the Match: Sony Norde (Mohun Bagan AC) |
| 3 December 2017 2 | Mohun Bagan | 1–0 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
| 14:00 IST | Aser Pierrick Dipanda 34' Kingsley Obumneme 39' Ricky Lallawmawma 45' | Report | Mehtab Singh 14' Gurwinder Singh 37' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 64360 Referee: C. R. Srikrishna Man of the Match: Kingsley Obumneme (Mohun Bagan AC) |
| 10 December 2017 3 | Mohun Bagan | 5–0 | Churchill Brothers | Kolkata |
| 14:00 IST | Ansumana Kromah 23' Shilton D'Silva 27' Aser Pierrick Dipanda 34', 46' Sk.Faiaz 49' Sony Norde 84' | Report | Karthik Govindswamy 21' Precious Emuejeraye 26' Denchandra Meitei 68' Peter Omoduemuke 89' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 11,894 Referee: Venkatesh R Man of the Match: Aser Pierrick Dipanda (Mohun Bagan AC) |
| 14 December 2017 4 | Mohun Bagan | 1–1 | Shillong Lajong | Kolkata |
| 14:00 IST | Aser Pierrick Dipanda 12' (pen) Shilton D'Silva 43' Kingsley Obumneme 55'  73' | Report | Rakesh Pradhan 12' Daniel Odafin 35' Hardy Nongbri 54' Samuel Lalmuanpuia 72' (pen) | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 9,882 Referee: Rabichandra Singh Irengbam Man of the Match: Sheikh Faiaz (Mohun Bagan AC) |
| 19 December 2017 5 | Mohun Bagan | 0–0 | NEROCA | Kolkata |
| 17:30 IST | Report | Ngasepam Tondonba 90+4' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 7,722 Referee: Rowan Arumugham Man of the Match: Rana Gharami (Mohun Bagan AC) |
| 29 December 2017 6 | Mohun Bagan | 1-1 | Indian Arrows | Kolkata |
| 14:00 IST | Aser Pierrick Dipanda 27' (pen) Manandeep Singh 71' | Report | Anwar Ali 6' Rahul Praveen 33' Amarjit Singh Kiyam 50' 65' Jitendra Singh 90' | Stadium: Mohun Bagan Ground Attendance: 14,718 Referee: Tejas Visvasrao Nagvenkar Man of the Match: D Singh (Indian Arrows) |
| 2 January 2018 7 | Mohun Bagan | 1-2 | Chennai City | Kolkata |
| 17:30 IST | Ansumana Kromah 36' (pen) Abhishek Das 57' Nikhil Kadam 76' Manandeep Singh 82' | Report | Jean-Michel Joachim 5' Michael Soosairaj 62' Edwin Sydney Vanspaul 62' Venyamin Shumeyko 71' Tarif Akhand 76' | Stadium: Mohun Bagan Ground Attendance: 18,316 Referee: Santhosh Kumar Bhaskaran Man of the Match: Murilo de Almeida (Chennai City FC) |
| 7 January 2018 8 | Mohun Bagan | 2-0 | Aizawl | Kolkata |
| 14:00 IST | Ricky Lallawmawma 19' Masih Saighani 54' (o.g.) Aser Pierrick Dipanda 75' Kingsley Obumneme 81' Raynier Fernandes 81' | Report | William Lalnunfela 40' Kareem Omolaja 49' Lalthathanga Khawlhring 88' Lalramhmunmawia 90+1' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 5,785 Referee: Ajitkumar Meitei Lairenlakpam Man of the Match: Aser Pierrick Dipanda (Mohun Bagan AC) |
| 10 January 2018 9 | Mohun Bagan | 1-2 | Minerva Punjab | Kolkata |
| 17:30 IST | Kingshuk Debnath 45+1' Cameron Watson 75' Kingsley Obumneme 90+4' | Report | Chencho Gyeltshen 23', 30' Kassim Aidara 26' William Opoku 45+1' Rakshit Dagar 90+5' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 5,384 Referee: Umesh Bora Man of the Match: Chencho Gyeltshen (Minerva Punjab FC) |
| 21 January 2018 10 | East Bengal | 0-2 | Mohun Bagan | Kolkata |
| 14:00 IST | Armand Bazzie 18' | Report | Dicka 2', 35' Kingshuk Debnath 17' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 52,951 Referee: C. R. Srikrishna Man of the Match: Aser Pierrick Dipanda (Mohun Bagan AC) |
| 25 January 2018 11 | Aizawl | 1-1 | Mohun Bagan | Aizawl |
| 14:00 IST | Yugo Kobayashi 1' Lalthathanga Khawlhring 73' C Lalrosanga 85' Alfred Jaryan  89' | Report | Manandeep Singh 56' 77' (pen.) Raynier Fernandes 85' | Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium (Aizawl) Attendance: 3,272 Referee: Senthil Nathan Man of the Match: Leonce Dodoz Zikahi (Aizawl FC) |
| 3 February 2018 12 | Shillong Lajong | 0-3 | Mohun Bagan | Shillong |
| 17:30 IST | Report | Aser Pierrick Dipanda 30' Akram Moghrabi 86' Sheikh Faiaz 89' Arijit Bagui 90+1' | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Shillong) Attendance: 4,700 Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta Man of the Match: Akram Moghrabi (Mohun Bagan AC) |
| 7 February 2018 13 | Chennai City | 0-0 | Mohun Bagan | Coimbatore |
| 17:30 IST | Tarif Akhand 39' Edwin Sydney Vanspaul 81' 84' Kabir Thaufiq 90+9' | Report | Kingsley Obumneme 47' | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Coimbatore) Attendance: 7,680 Referee: Akash Jackson Routh Man of the Match: Jean-Michel Joachim (Chennai City FC) |
| 12 February 2018 14 | Mohun Bagan | 1-2 | Gokulam Kerala | Kolkata |
| 14:00 IST | Nikhil Kadam 16' Aser Pierrick Dipanda 73' 78' | Report | Mahmood Al-Ajmi 76' Henry Kisekka 90' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 4,360 Referee: R Palmson Moses Raj Man of the Match: Aser Pierrick Dipanda (Mohun Bagan AC) |
| 18 February 2018 15 | NEROCA | 2-3 | Mohun Bagan | Imphal |
| 14:00 IST | Subhash Singh 16' Felix Chidi Odili 24' Varney Kallon 33' Aryn Williams 58' | Report | Aser Pierrick Dipanda 21' (pen.), 30' Akram Moghrabi 38' 45+1' | Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium Attendance: 20,428 Referee: Crystal John Man of the Match: Subhash Singh (NEROCA FC) |
| 27 February 2018 16 | Indian Arrows | 0-2 | Mohun Bagan | New Delhi |
| 17:30 IST | Deepak Tangri 45+2' | Report | Aser Pierrick Dipanda 26' Akram Moghrabi 41' | Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium Attendance: 2,743 Referee: Velu Dhayalamani Man of the Match: Aser Pierrick Dipanda (Mohun Bagan AC) |
| 3 March 2018 17 | Churchill Brothers | 1-2 | Mohun Bagan | Vasco da Gama |
| 17:30 IST | Israil Gurung 64' Monday Osagie 74' | Report | Nikhil Kadam 54' Aser Pierrick Dipanda 62' Akram Moghrabi 76' | Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Attendance: 3,173 Referee: Om Prakash Thakur Man of the Match: Nikhil Kadam (Mohun Bagan AC) |
| 8 March 2018 18 | Gokulam Kerala | 1-1 | Mohun Bagan | Kozhikode |
| 15:00 IST | Henry Kisekka 45+1' 64' Mohamed Irshad 50' Daniel Ashley Addo 77' Mahmood Al-Ajmi 84' | Report | Aser Pierrick Dipanda 26' Nikhil Kadam 84' | Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium Attendance: 9,572 Referee: Ramaswamy Srikrishna Coimbatore Man of the Match: Nikhil Bernard (Gokulam Kerala FC) |
Super Cup
Round of 16
| 1 April 2018 | Churchill Brothers | 1–2 | Mohun Bagan | Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar |
| 20:00 IST | Plaza 30' | Report | Dicka 45+3' (pen.), 70' | Attendance: 8,120 Referee: Venkatesh R |
Quarter final
| 11 April 2018 | Mohun Bagan | 3–1 | Shillong Lajong | Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar |
| 16:00 IST | Faiaz 12' Kadam 22' Moghrabi 59' | Report |
| Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Santosh Kumar |
Semi final
| 17 April 2018 | Mohun Bagan | 2–4 | Bengaluru | Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar |
| 16:00 IST |
| Report | Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar |
Player statistics
Goal scorers
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Goal(s) | Appearance(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | FW |  | Aser Pierrick Dipanda | 17 | 21 |
| 13 | FW |  | Akram Moghrabi | 5 | 12 |
| 47 | MF |  | Sheikh Faiaz | 3 | 21 |
| 3 | DF |  | Kingsley Obumneme | 2 | 20 |
| 10 | MF |  | Sony Norde | 2 | 4 |
| 23 | MF | | Nikhil Kadam | 2 | 19 |
| 45 | FW | | Mandeep Singh | 1 | 3 |
Last updated: 17 April 2018.
Source: Competitions
Technical staff
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Chief coach | Sankarlal Chakraborty |
| Assistant coach | — |
| Goalkeeping coach | Arpan Dey |
| Physical Trainer | Samiran Bag |
| Physiotherapist | Abhinandan Chatterjee |
| Club Doctor | Dr. Protim Roy |
| Team Manager | Satyajit Chatterjee |
Last updated: 9 March 2018
Source: mohunbaganac.com
Awards
Player
| No. | Player | Award | Tournament | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | Shilton Paul | Best Goalkeeper of the Tournament | ||
| 9 | Aser Pierrick Dipanda | Highest Scorer of the Tournament |
References
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