2016 Delhi Dynamos FC season

2016 season of Delhi Dynamos FC

Delhi Dynamos 2016 football season
Delhi Dynamos
2016 season
OwnerUnited States GMS Inc.
Head CoachItaly Gianluca Zambrotta
StadiumJawaharlal Nehru Stadium
ISL3rd
ISL PlayoffsSemi-final
← 2015

The 2016 Delhi Dynamos FC season was club's third season since its establishment in 2014 and also their third season in the Indian Super League.

Background

After the end of the 2014 ISL season, Delhi Dynamos parted ways with their inaugural season head coach, Harm van Veldhoven. Soon after, Roberto Carlos, was named as the new head coach for the 2015 season.[1] The season began for Delhi Dynamos with a 2–0 loss to the Goa on 4 October.[2] The team ended the season with six wins through fourteen matches and qualified for the finals.[3] In the finals, the Delhi Dynamos took on Goa. In the home-leg, the Dynamos won 1–0 with Robin Singh scoring the winner.[4] However, in the away second-leg, the Dynamos lost 3–0 and were thus knocked-out of the ISL finals 3–1 aggregate.[5]

Player movement

Retained players

Foreign players
Position Player
GK Spain Toni Doblas[6]

Domestic

Position Player
GK India Sanjiban Ghosh[7]
DF India Anas Edathodika[8]
MF India Souvik Chakraborty[9]

Signings

Position Player Old club Date Ref
MF India Kean Lewis India Mohun Bagan 21 June 2016 [9]

Indian Super League

Pos Team
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  • e
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Mumbai City 14 6 5 3 16 8 +8 23 Advance to ISL Play-offs
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 (C) 14 4 8 2 16 14 +2 20
5 NorthEast United 14 5 3 6 14 14 0 18
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
(C) Champions

Player statistics

Season stats
# Position Player GP G
GK India Sanjiban Ghosh 0 0
GK Spain Toni Doblas 0 0
DF India Anas Edathodika 0 0
MF India Kean Lewis 0 0
MF India Souvik Chakraborty 0 0

See also

References

  1. ^ Bali, Rahul (9 July 2015). "Roberto Carlos named marquee player for Delhi Dynamos". Goal.com. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  2. ^ "FC Goa 2-0 Delhi Dynamos 2015". Soccerway.
  3. ^ "ISL 2015 Table & Results". India.com. 6 December 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Delhi Dynamos 1-0 FC Goa". Soccerway.
  5. ^ "FC Goa thrash Delhi Dynamos 3-0 to breeze into ISL final". Zee News. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  6. ^ "Toni Doblas retained". Delhi Dynamos (twitter).
  7. ^ "Sanjiban Ghosh retained". Delhi Dynamos (twitter).
  8. ^ "Anas Edathodika Retained". Delhi Dynamos FC (Twitter).
  9. ^ a b "Souvik and Kean Lewis". Delhi Dynamos FC. Archived from the original on 26 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
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