2016 FC Pune City season

Pune City

2016 season
Head Coach	Antonio López Habas
Stadium	Balewadi Sports Complex
← 2015

The 2016 FC Pune City 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 Antonio López Habas, replacing David Platt who served as head coach the previous season.^[1]

Background

After the end of the 2014 ISL season, FC Pune City parted ways with their inaugural season head coach, Franco Colomba. Soon after, David Platt, was named as the new head coach for the 2015 season.^[2] The season began for Pune City with a 3–1 victory to the Mumbai City on 5 October.^[3] The team ended the season with four wins through fourteen matches and failed to qualify for the finals but were seven points short.^[4]

Player movement

Retained players

Domestic

Position	Player
GK	Arindam Bhattacharya[5]
DF	Gouramangi Singh[5]
DF	Dharmaraj Ravanan[5]
MF	Lenny Rodrigues[5]
MF	Eugeneson Lyngdoh[5]

Signings

Position	Player	Old club	Date	Ref
GK	Vishal Kaith	Shillong Lajong	10 May 2016	[6]
DF	Zodingliana Ralte	Delhi Dynamos	10 May 2016	[6]
DF	Rahul Bheke	East Bengal	15 June 2016	[7]
MF	Pitu	Llagostera	21 June 2016	[8]

Indian Super League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mumbai City	14	6	5	3	16	8	+8	23	2016 Indian Super League Semi-finals
2	Kerala Blasters	14	6	4	4	12	14	−2	22
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
7	Chennaiyin	14	3	6	5	20	25	−5	15
8	Goa	14	4	2	8	15	25	−10	14

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

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2016 14		v
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Player statistics

Season stats

#	Position	Player	GP	G
	GK	Arindam Bhattacharya	0	0
	GK	Vishal Kaith	0	0
	DF	Dharmaraj Ravanan	0	0
	DF	Gouramangi Singh	0	0
	DF	Zodingliana Ralte	0	0
	DF	Rahul Bheke	0	0
	MF	Eugeneson Lyngdoh	0	0
	MF	Lenny Rodrigues	0	0
	MF	Pitu	0	0

See also

• 2016–17 in Indian football

References

1. "Pune City". FC Pune City (Twitter). 25 April 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
2. Suchindran, Aravind (27 May 2015). "Platt in the City". Pune Mirror. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
3. "Pune City 3-1 Mumbai City 2015". Soccerway.
4. "ISL 2015 Table & Results". India.com. 6 December 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
5. "FCPC Retained Indians 25 April". FC Pune City (Twitter). Retrieved 25 April 2016.
6. "We are glad to announce Zodingliana Ralte and Vishal Kaith for FC Pune City". FC Pune City (Twitter). 10 May 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
7. "Rahul Bheke Pune". FC Pune City (Twitter).
8. "Pitu". FC Pune City (Twitter).