2016 Atlético de Kolkata season

Atlético de Kolkata

2016 season
Head Coach	José Francisco Molina
Stadium	Rabindra Sarobar Stadium
← 2015

The 2016 Atlético de Kolkata season will be the club's third season since its establishment in 2014 and their third season in the Indian Super League. This season will also be the first in which the club is coached by Spaniard José Francisco Molina, replacing Antonio López Habas who served as head coach the previous two seasons.^[1]

Background

Atlético de Kolkata entered the 2015 season as the first defending champions of the Indian Super League. Their title defense began on 3 October 2015 against Chennaiyin. A brace my new marquee, Hélder Postiga, helped Atlético de Kolkata win the match 3–2.^[2] They would go on the finish the regular season in second place, two points behind first place Goa.^[3] They would enter the finals facing off against Chennaiyin again. A 3–0 victory by Chennaiyin in the first leg all but sealed the fate for Kolkata, which was confirmed after Atlético de Kolkata could only manage a 2–1 victory in the second leg.^[4]

Player movement

Retained players

Foreign players Position Player DF Tiri[5] MF Ofentse Nato[5] MF Sameehg Doutie[5] FW Iain Hume[5]

Indian players Position Player DF Arnab Mondal[6] MF Jewel Raja[6]

Signings

In

Position	Player	Old club	Date	Ref
GK	Shilton Pal	Mohun Bagan	14 June 2016	[6]
GK	Debjit Majumder	Mohun Bagan	14 June 2016	[6]
DF	Pritam Kotal	Mohun Bagan	14 June 2016	[6]
DF	Kingshuk Debnath	Mohun Bagan	14 June 2016	[6]
DF	Robert Lalthlamuana	East Bengal	14 June 2016	[6]
DF	Prabir Das	Mohun Bagan	14 June 2016	[6]
MF	Bikramjit Singh	Mohun Bagan	14 June 2016	[6]
MF	Bidyananda Singh	India U20	14 June 2016	[6]
MF	Bikash Jairu	East Bengal	14 June 2016	[6]
MF	Lalrindika Ralte	East Bengal	14 June 2016	[6]

Indian Super League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Kerala Blasters	14	6	4	4	12	14	−2	22	2016 Indian Super League Semi-finals
3	Delhi Dynamos	14	5	6	3	27	17	+10	21
4	Atlético de Kolkata	14	4	8	2	15	13	+2	20
5	NorthEast United	14	5	3	6	14	14	0	18
6	Pune City	14	4	4	6	13	16	−3	16

Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2016. Source: Indian Super League
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) play-off match

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: October 2016.
Source: Matches

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

ATK v Chennaian FC

2016 1	ATK	v	Chennaian FC
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)

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2016 2		v
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2016 3		v
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2016 4		v
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2016 5		v
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2016 6		v
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2016 7		v
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2016 8		v
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2016 9		v
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)

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2016 10		v
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2016 11		v
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2016 12		v
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2016 13		v
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)

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2016 14		v
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)

Player statistics

Season stats

#	Position	Player	GP	G
	GK	Debjit Majumder	1	0
	GK	Shilton Pal	0	0
	DF	Arnab Mondal	0	0
	DF	Pritam Kotal	1	0
	DF	Kingshuk Debnath	0	0
	DF	Robert Lalthlamuana	1	0
	DF	Prabir Das	1	0
	DF	Tiri	1	0
	MF	Ofentse Nato	0	0
	MF	Bikramjit Singh	0	0
	MF	Bidyananda Singh	0	0
	MF	Bikash Jairu	0	0
	MF	Jewel Raja	0	0
	MF	Lalrindika Ralte	1	0
	MF	Sameehg Doutie	1	1
	FW	Iain Hume	1	1

See also

• 2016–17 in Indian football

References

1. "Atletico de Kolkata". Atletico de Kolkata (Twitter). 5 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
2. "Chennaiyin 3-2 Atletico de Kolkata". Soccerway.
3. "ISL 2015 Table & Results". India.com. 6 December 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
4. "Atletico de Kolkata 2-1 Chennaiyin". Soccerway.
5. "Four Retained Players ATK". Atletico de Kolkata (Twitter).
6. "ATK Indians". Atletico de Kolkata. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.