2018–19 ATK season

ATK

2018–19 season
Owners	Kolkata Games and Sports Pvt. Ltd.
Head Coach	Steve Coppell
Stadium	Salt Lake Stadium
Indian Super League	6th
Super Cup	Semi-final
Top goalscorer	League: Manuel Lanzarote (5) All: Manuel Lanzarote (7)
Highest home attendance	41,202
Lowest home attendance	15,333
Average home league attendance	21,885
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2018–19 ATK season was the club's fifth season since its establishment in 2014 and their fifth season in the Indian Super League. The fifth edition of ISL commenced with a new look ATK renewing its seasonal rivalry against Kerala Blasters FC on Saturday, 29 September, at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan.

Background

Transfers

After a disappointing season, ATK has appointed Sanjoy Sen as their mentor to recruit national players.^[1] The former Mohun Bagan A.C. head coach roped in some of his own former players who he had the experience of working with, along with former ATK players Arnab Mondal and Cavin Lobo.^[2]

In

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  IND Arindam Bhattacharya — GK  IND Avilash Paul — DF  ENG John Johnson — DF  BRA Gerson Vieira — DF  IND Arnab Mondal — DF  IND Aiborlang Khongjee — DF  IND Sena Ralte — DF  IND Ricky Lallawmawma — DF  IND Ankit Mukherjee — MF  IND Pronay Halder — MF  MAR Noussair El Maimouni No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  IND Malsawmzuala — MF  IND Sheikh Faiaz — MF  IND Cavin Lobo — MF  ESP Manuel Lanzarote — FW  IND Yumnam Gopi Singh — FW  IND Balwant Singh — FW  NGA Kalu Uche 7 FW  BRA Everton Santos

Out

Pre Season and friendlies

ATK went to Spain on 18 August for their pre-season. This campaign will end on 15 September. In Spain they played some friendly matches with local clubs and one match with Premier League club Fulham F.C.

They played their first match on 31 August with Lorca FC and won by one goal scored by Kalu Uche. In the second friendly they won by one goal again by defeating Spanish club Real Murcia. ATK played their third match with highly competitive Premier League club Fulham F.C. and defeated just by a whisker.

ATK v Lorca FC

31 August 2018 Friendly	ATK	1–0	Lorca FC	Murcia, Spain
22:30 IST	Kalu Uche 62'	Report		Stadium: Pinatar Arena Referee: Salvador Lax Franco

Real Murcia v ATK

4 September 2018 Friendly	Real Murcia	0–1	ATK	Murcia, Spain
22:30 IST		Report	Balwant Singh 41'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena

ATK v Fulham^[4]

8 September 2018 Friendly[3]	ATK	0–1	Fulham[4]	Murcia, Spain
15:30 IST		Report	Andre Schurrle 71'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena Stadium

ATK v CD Almunecar City

11 September 2018 Friendly[5]	ATK	5–2	CD Almunecar City	Murcia, Spain
22:30 IST	Kalu Uche 25' (Pen.), 34', 73', 79' Jayesh Rane 60'	Report	67' 86'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena

ATK v FC Jumilla

13 September 2018 Friendly[6]	ATK	0–3	FC Jumilla	Murcia, Spain
14:00 IST		Report	Alex martinez 26' Boubacar Hanne 45' Carlos Álvarez 74'[7]	Stadium: Pinatar Arena Referee: Martínez Montalbán[8]

Competitions

Indian Super League

Table

Matches

ATK v Kerala Blasters FC

29 September 2018 1	ATK	0–2	Kerala Blasters FC	Kolkata, India
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30)			Matej Poplatnik 77' Slavisa Stojanovic 86'	Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Attendance: 41,202

ATK v Northeast United FC

4 October 2018 2	ATK	0-1	Northeast United FC	Kolkata, India
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30)			Rowllin Borges 89'	Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Attendance: 19,853

Delhi Dynamos FC v ATK

17 October 2018 3	Delhi Dynamos FC	1-2	ATK	New Delhi, India
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30)	Pritam Kotal 54'		Balwant Singh 20' Noussair El Maimouni 84'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 9,143

Jamshedpur FC v ATK

21 October 2018 4	Jamshedpur FC	1-1	ATK	Jamshedpur, India
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30)	Sergio Cidoncha 35'		Manuel Lanzarote 45'	Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex Attendance: 22,812

Mumbai City v ATK

24 November 2018 8	Mumbai City	0–0	ATK	Mumbai
19:30	Ali  63' Fernandes  90+3'	Summary	Gerson  90+1'	Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena Attendance: 4,623 Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari bin Jahari

Super Cup

As one of the top six teams in 2018–19 Indian Super League, ATK qualified for the main round in 2019 Indian Super Cup. ATK were scheduled to play the I-League side, Real Kashmir FC in Round of 16 match.

ATK defeated Real Kashmir Fc by 3 - 1 to reach quarter finals of Super cup. Now they will face Indian Super League team Delhi Dynamos in quarters.^[9]

Goalscorers

There have been 10 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 1 goal per match.

3 goals

1 goal

Goalscorers (Against)

There have been 10 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 1 goal per match.

1 goal

Player information

Current squad

As of 16 November 2018

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  IND Debjit Majumder — GK  IND Arindam Bhattacharya — GK  IND Avilash Paul — DF  ENG John Johnson — DF  BRA Gerson Vieira — DF  IND Arnab Mondal — DF  IND Aiborlang Khongjee — DF  IND Sena Ralte — DF  IND Ricky Lallawmawma — DF  IND Prabir Das — DF  IND Ankit Mukherjee — MF  IND Pronay Halder

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  IND Eugeneson Lyngdoh — MF  IND Malsawmzuala — MF  IND Hitesh Sharma — MF  IND Sheikh Faiaz — MF  IND Komal Thatal — MF  IND Cavin Lobo — MF  ESP Manuel Lanzarote — DF  CMR Andre Bikey — FW  IND Jayesh Rane — FW  IND Balwant Singh — FW  URU Emiliano Alfaro — FW  BRA Everton Santos

Management

As of 2 July 2018

Position	Name
Head coach	Steve Coppell
Assistant coach	Wally Downes
Head of Youth Development	Sanjoy Sen
Goalkeeper coach	Bobby Mimms
Physiotherapists	Avinandan Chatterjee
	Noel Augustine
Physical trainer	Djair Miranda Garcia
Team manager	Avishek Bhattacharjee

References