2019–20 Hyderabad FC season

Hyderabad
2019–20 season
Head coach	Phil Brown ; (until 10 January 2020) ; Mehrajuddin Wadoo (interim,; until 16 January 2020); Xavier Gurri Lopez (interim,; from 24 January 2020)
Stadium	G.M.C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium
Indian Super League	10th
Top goalscorer	League: Marcelinho (7); All: Marcelinho (7)
Highest home attendance	12,114 ; (vs. Kerala Blasters, 2 November 2019, ISL)
Lowest home attendance	3,000 ; (vs. Chennaiyin, 10 January 2020, ISL)
Average home league attendance	7,299
Biggest win	5–1 ; (vs. NorthEast United, 20 February 2020, ISL)
Biggest defeat	0–5 ; (vs. ATK, 25 October 2019, ISL)
Home colours	Away colours
	2020–21 →
	All statistics correct as of 20 February 2020.

The 2019–20 Hyderabad FC season was the first ever competitive season in the club's history and the inaugural season in the Indian Super League.^[4]

Background

The Hyderabad FC replaced the FC Pune City in 2019 and will debut in the 2019–20 Indian Super League season. FC Pune City was dissolved after the 2018–19 season due to prolonged financial and technical troubles. The franchise was taken over by Vijay Madduri, a Hyderabad based entrepreneur, and Varun Tripuraneni, the former CEO of the Kerala Blasters. The owners decided to move the franchise to their home city of Hyderabad.^[5] The club was announced on 27 August 2019.^[4] The Hyderabad FC will be the first club from Hyderabad to feature in the Indian Super League.^[5]

The club officially unveiled their logo on 21 September and the home jersey for their maiden season on 29 September.^[6]^[7] The Hyderabad FC will play their home matches at G.M.C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium which has a capacity of 30,000.^[8]^[9]

Kits

Home

Away

Management team

Role	Name
Head Coach	Xavier Gurri Lopez
Assistant Coach	Mehrajuddin Wadoo
Head Performance Analyst	Joy Gabriel

Players

No.	Name	Position	Date of Birth	Signed Year	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1	Kamaljit Singh	GK	(1995-12-28)28 December 1995 (aged 23)	2019	Pune City
33	Laxmikant Kattimani	GK	(1989-05-03)3 May 1989 (aged 30)	2019	FC Goa
40	Kunzang Bhutia	GK	(1994-01-03)3 January 1994 (aged 25)	2020	Churchill Brothers
Defenders
3	Sahil Panwar	DF	(1999-12-15)15 December 1999 (aged 19)	2019	Pune City
4	Rafa	DF	(1985-04-09)9 April 1985 (aged 34)	2019	Rayo Majadahonda
5	Adil Khan	DF	(1988-07-07)7 July 1988 (aged 31)	2019	Pune City
6	Matthew Kilgallon	DF	(1984-01-08)8 January 1984 (aged 35)	2019	Hamilton Academical
13	Gurtej Singh	DF	(1989-12-18)18 December 1989 (aged 29)	2019	Pune City
25	Dimple Bhagat	DF	(1998-12-12)12 December 1998 (aged 20)	2019	Gokulam Kerala
36	Souvik Chakrabarti	DF	(1991-07-12)12 July 1991 (aged 28)	2020	Mumbai City
44	Ashish Rai	DF	(1999-02-02)2 February 1999 (aged 20)	2019	Pune City
Midfielders
8	Sahil Tavora	MF	(1995-10-19)19 October 1995 (aged 24)	2019	Mumbai City
11	Abhishek Halder	MF	(1999-10-05)5 October 1999 (aged 20)	2019	Pune City
12	Deependra Negi	MF	(1998-11-20)20 November 1998 (aged 20)	2019	Kerala Blasters
14	Néstor Gordillo	MF	(1989-08-22)22 August 1989 (aged 30)	2019	Chennai City
15	Marko Stanković	MF	(1986-02-17)17 February 1986 (aged 33)	2019	Pune City
16	Shankar Sampingiraj	MF	(1994-12-14)14 December 1994 (aged 24)	2019	Pune City
19	Rohit Kumar	MF	(1997-04-01)1 April 1997 (aged 22)	2019	Pune City
20	Ajay Chhetri	MF	(1999-07-01)1 July 1999 (aged 20)	2020	Bengaluru
22	Ghani Ahmmed Nigam	MF	(1988-05-01)1 May 1988 (aged 31)	2019	Gokulam Kerala
26	Hitesh Sharma	MF	(1997-12-25)25 December 1997 (aged 21)	2020	ATK
27	Nikhil Poojari	MF	(1995-09-03)3 September 1995 (aged 24)	2019	Pune City
32	Mohammad Yasir	MF	(1998-04-14)14 April 1998 (aged 21)	2019	Pune City
Forwards
7	Giles Barnes	FW	(1988-08-05)5 August 1988 (aged 31)	2019	Colorado Rapids
9	Bobô	FW	(1985-01-09)9 January 1985 (aged 34)	2019	Alanyaspor
10	Marcelinho ^(C)	FW	(1987-07-05)5 July 1987 (aged 32)	2019	Pune City
28	Liston Colaco	FW	(1998-11-12)12 November 1998 (aged 20)	2020	Goa

Last updated: 4 February 2020.
Source: Indian Super League

New contracts

No.	Position	Player	Date	Until	Source
5	DF	Adil Khan	23 January 2020	31 May 2023	^[10]
11	DF	Abhishek Halder	28 January 2020	31 May 2022	^[11]^[12]
32	MF	Mohammad Yasir	17 February 2020	31 May 2023	^[13]
44	DF	Ashish Rai	17 February 2020	31 May 2023	^[13]
27	MF	Nikhil Poojari	20 April 2020	31 May 2023	^[14]
25	DF	Dimple Bhagat	2 May 2020	31 May 2022	^[12]
33	GK	Laxmikant Kattimani	30 May 2020	31 May 2021	^[15]

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Date	Until	Fee	Source
Winter
28	FW	Liston Colaco	Goa	14 January 2020	31 May 2022	Free transfer	^[16]^[17]^[18]
40	GK	Kunzang Bhutia	Churchill Brothers	14 January 2020		Free transfer	^[19]
36	DF	Souvik Chakrabarti	Mumbai City	28 January 2020	31 May 2023	Free transfer	^[20]^[21]^[22]
26	MF	Hitesh Sharma	ATK	31 January 2020	31 May 2021	Free transfer	^[23]

Loan in

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Date	Until	Fee	Source
Winter
20	MF	Ajay Chhetri	Bengaluru	7 January 2020	31 May 2020	Undisclosed	^[24]^[25]

Loan out

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Date	Until	Fee	Source
Winter
34	DF	Tarif Akhand	Chennai City	5 January 2020	31 May 2020	Undisclosed	^[26]^[27]
	DF	Abhash Thapa	East Bengal	8 January 2020	31 May 2020	Undisclosed	^[28]
21	GK	Anuj Kumar	Indian Arrows	14 January 2020	31 May 2020	Undisclosed	^[19]^[29]
17	MF	Laldanmawia Ralte	Real Kashmir	31 January 2020	31 May 2020	Undisclosed	^[30]
23	FW	Robin Singh	Real Kashmir	31 January 2020	31 May 2020	Undisclosed	^[29]^[30]
	DF	Keenan Almeida	Mumbai City	31 January 2020	31 May 2020	Undisclosed	^[29]^[31]

Pre-season and friendlies

The Hyderabad FC played a pre-season friendly against an I-League club Real Kashmir FC on 4 October 2019. They drew the match 1–1 with Laldanmawia Ralte scoring the solitary goal for the Hyderabad.^[32] The hat-trick from Robin Singh in their next friendly guided the Hyderabad to a 4–2 win over the Velsao with Rafa scoring the fourth goal.^[33] The Hyderabad ended their pre-season tour on a winning note as Robin's brace and goal apiece from Marcelinho and Abhishek Halder helped them defeat the Minerva Punjab 4–0 in their last friendly match on 18 October.^[34]

4 October 2019 Friendly	Hyderabad	1–1	Real Kashmir	Goa
	Ralte	Report

9 October 2019 Friendly	Hyderabad	4–2	Velsao	Goa
	R Singh (3) Rafa	Report

18 October 2019 Friendly	Hyderabad	4–0	Minerva Punjab	Goa
	R Singh (2) Marcelinho Halder	Report

Competitions

Indian Super League

Phil Brown was appointed as the head coach of the Hyderabad FC who previously managed FC Pune City. He hired Neil McDonald and Mehrajuddin Wadoo as his assistant coaches and Aidan Davison as the goalkeeping coach.^[35]^[36]^[37]

The Hyderabad FC announced their squad on 8 October for their first competitive season.^[38] Despite being named in the squad, Néstor Gordillo will not be available until late December owing to the ban handed to him by All India Football Federation (AIFF).^[39]^[40]

The Hyderabad FC made their debut in the Indian Super League against the ATK in an away match at Kolkata on 25 October.^[41] The Hyderabad registered their heaviest defeat of the debut season in their first ever competitive match with a 5-0 loss against the ATK.^[42]

On 2 November, the Hyderabad came from behind to register a 2-1 win against the Kerala Blasters. This was their first ever competitive win in their third match of this season.^[43]

On 11 January, after loss against the Chennaiyin and after losing nine out of twelve league games, manager Phil Brown was sacked by Hyderabad.^[44]^[45] The current assistant coach, Wadoo, took charge as interim head coach.^[2] Former Bengaluru coach Albert Roca was appointed Hyderabad new head coach on two season deal starting from 2020–21 season while taking up the advisory role to the new coaching staff for the remainder of the season.^[46]^[47] On 23 January, Roca appointed Xavier Gurri Lopez as the interim coach until the end of the season.^[3]

On 20 February, the Hyderabad finished the league stage with a 5-1 win against the NorthEast United which also snapped their 14-match win-less streak and recorded their first away win in any competition.^[48] They ended their campaign with a last place finish as they registered two wins and four draws in 18 matches in their debut season and were eventually not qualified for the playoff stage.

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Odisha	18	7	4	7	28	31	−3	25
7	Kerala Blasters	18	4	7	7	29	32	−3	19
8	Jamshedpur	18	4	6	8	22	35	−13	18
9	NorthEast United	18	2	8	8	16	30	−14	14
10	Hyderabad	18	2	4	12	21	39	−18	10

Source: Indian Super League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair play ranking; 6) drawing of lots

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A
Result	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	W
Position	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Updated to match(es) played on 20 February 2020. Source: soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures

League stage

25 October 2019 (2019-10-25) 1	ATK	5–0	Hyderabad	Kolkata
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Williams 25', 44' Krishna 27' Soosairaj 81' García 88', 90+4'	Report	Panwar 42' R Singh 60' Marcelinho 87'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 26,240 Referee: Bora Man of the Match: Williams (ATK)

29 October 2019 (2019-10-29) 2	Jamshedpur	3–1	Hyderabad	Jamshedpur
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Choudhary 34' Jadhav 62' Castel 75'	Report	Stanković 12' Marcelinho 45+1'	Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex Attendance: 20,539 Referee: Nagvenkar Man of the Match: Choudhary (Jamshedpur)

2 November 2019 (2019-11-02) 3	Hyderabad	2–1	Kerala Blasters	Hyderabad
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Halder 45+1' Stanković 54' (pen.) 65' G Singh 78' Marcelinho 81' 83'	Report	Rahul 34' Gning 80' Rodrigues 90+1'	Stadium: G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 12,114 Referee: Venkatesh Man of the Match: Marcelinho (Hyderabad)

6 November 2019 (2019-11-06) 4	Hyderabad	0–1	NorthEast United	Hyderabad
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	G Singh 13' Halder 76' Sampingiraj 85' Kilgallon 89' K Singh 90+5'	Report	Vaz 85' Barreiro 86' (pen.) Singh 90+2' Chowdhury 90+4'	Stadium: G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 8,190 Referee: Thakur Man of the Match: Barreiro (NorthEast)

25 November 2019 (2019-11-25) 5	Chennaiyin	2–1	Hyderabad	Chennai
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Thapa 48' Firțulescu 84' Schembri 90+2' 90+2' Valskis 90+6' 90+7'	Report	Bobô 61' G Singh 84' Kilgallon 90+5'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Metei Man of the Match: Thapa (Chennaiyin)

29 November 2019 (2019-11-29) 6	Hyderabad	1–1	Bengaluru	Hyderabad
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Yasir 27' Panwar 56' Marcelinho 60' G Singh 82' R Singh 87' 90+2'	Report	Chhetri 2' Serrán 37' Paartalu 47' Delgado 59'	Stadium: G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 8,172 Referee: Metei Man of the Match: R Singh (Hyderabad)

8 December 2019 (2019-12-08) 7	Hyderabad	0–1	Goa	Hyderabad
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	K Singh 41' Marcelinho 76'	Report	Fernandes 49' Singh 50' Singh 68' Nawaz 73' Boumous 90+1'	Stadium: G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 6,123 Referee: Baksi Man of the Match: Singh (Goa)

11 December 2019 (2019-12-11) 8	Odisha	3–2	Hyderabad	Pune
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Rai 11' 64' Delgado 27' Hernández 41' Sarangi 55' Guedes 71' (pen.) Tébar 90+2'	Report	Bobô 65' (pen.) R Kumar 89'	Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Alkhudhayr Man of the Match: Mawihmingthanga (Odisha)

21 December 2019 (2019-12-21) 9	Hyderabad	2–2	ATK	Hyderabad
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Barnes 9' Bobô 39', 85' R Singh 86' Khan 89'	Report	Krishna 15' (pen.), 90' Rathi 45+2' Singh 64'	Stadium: G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Senthil Man of the Match: Bobô (Hyderabad)

29 December 2019 (2019-12-29) 10	Mumbai City	2–1	Hyderabad	Mumbai
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Sougou 6', 78' Golui 24' 68' Chaudhari 51' Kevyn 70' Carlos 77'	Report	Bobô 81'	Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena Attendance: 5,500 Referee: C. R. Srikrishna Man of the Match: Sougou (Mumbai)

5 January 2020 (2020-01-05) 11	Kerala Blasters	5–1	Hyderabad	Kochi
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Ogbeche 33', 74' Drobarov 39' Bouli 45' 45+1' Zuiverloon 58' Singh 59' Samad 87'	Report	Bobô 14' Stanković 44' Halder 62'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 9,856 Referee: John Man of the Match: Ogbeche (Kerala)

10 January 2020 (2020-01-10) 12	Hyderabad	1–3	Chennaiyin	Hyderabad
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Stanković 17' Marcelinho 88' 90+1'	Report	Crivellaro 40' Valskis 43', 65' Singh 51'	Stadium: G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Baksi Man of the Match: Valskis (Chennaiyin)

15 January 2020 (2020-01-15) 13	Hyderabad	1–2	Odisha	Hyderabad
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Marcelinho 1' Bhagat 15' 45+2'	Report	Santana 15', 45+4' Rai 42' Hernández 49' Dorronsoro 90+2'	Stadium: G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Venkatesh Man of the Match: Santana (Odisha)

24 January 2020 (2020-01-24) 14	Hyderabad	1–1	Mumbai City	Hyderabad
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Poojari 42' Stanković 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Das 34' Larbi 43' (pen.) Kevyn 73' Chaudhari 78'	Stadium: G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Sherzod Man of the Match: Khan (Hyderabad)

30 January 2020 (2020-01-30) 15	Bengaluru	1–0	Hyderabad	Bengaluru
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Kumar 7' 25' Delgado 27' Khabra 28' Juanan 78'	Report	Barnes 45+2' Yasir 59' Khan 70' Kilgallon 90+4'	Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: 9,834 Referee: Nagvenkar Man of the Match: Kumar (Bengaluru)

5 February 2020 (2020-02-05) 16	Goa	4–1	Hyderabad	Margao
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Boumous 19', 50' Jahouh 63' Coro 68', 87' (pen.)	Report	Rai 23' Marcelinho 64' Kilgallon 66' Chakrabarti 85'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 10,212 Referee: Gupta Man of the Match: Boumous (Goa)

12 February 2020 (2020-02-12) 17	Hyderabad	1–1	Jamshedpur	Hyderabad
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Gordillo 39' Marcelinho 81' Halder 90' Panwar 90+5' Stanković 90+6'	Report	Amin 45' Passi 90+3' 90+6'	Stadium: G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Saha Man of the Match: Colaco (Hyderabad)

20 February 2020 (2020-02-20) 18	NorthEast United	1–5	Hyderabad	Guwahati
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Keogh 35' Gallego 58' Cháves 78' Nongrum 90+3'	Report	Colaco 4', 40' Marcelinho 13', 88' Poojari 33' Panwar 45+2' Yasir 55'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Referee: Mondal Man of the Match: Colaco (Hyderabad)