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Pune

2013–14 season
Chairmen	Nandan Piramal
Head Coach	Mike Snoei
Ground	Balewadi Sports Complex
I-League	2nd
Federation Cup	Group
Top goalscorer	League: Meyer (3 Goals) All: Meyer (3 Goals)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2013–14 Pune F.C. season is the club's fifth season in I-League, the top flight of Indian football and the seventh season in the clubs entire history.

Former Netherlands interational player and former Vitesse manager Mike Snoei was hired to be the head coach of the club following the resignation of Derrick Pereira.

Background

See also: 2012–13 I-League

Pune began the 2012–13 campaign with hope. The club had came into the season having lost some of their better players, including Subrata Pal, Baldeep Singh, and Lester Fernandez. The club also lost their top scorer from the previous season in former Guinea international Mandjou Keita. However, the club was able to make up for those loses with the signings of Abhra Mondal and James Moga. With these players added to the squad, Pune went into the 2012–13 I-League season with a bang, beating ONGC 3–2 on the opening day of the season. Then, after defeating Pailan Arrows on 9 November 2012, the club went on a nine-game unbeaten streak which eventually allowed the club to finish the season in second place, their best ever finish in the I-League to date.

Pre-Season

Player movement

After the 2012–13 season ended, Pune did not make many major changes to the squad. The club did let go three of their four foreigners in Chika Wali, Boima Karpeh, and club top scorer James Moga. All three players subsequently signed for other I-League clubs with Wali signing for Salgaocar, Karpeh joining Sporting Goa, and Moga joining East Bengal. The clubs number 1 goalkeeper from last season, Abhra Mondal, also left the club to join East Bengal. In addition to Mondal, the club also lost Subhash Singh, Karma Tsewang, and Nallappan Mohanraj to Shillong Lajong, Salgaocar, and Mumbai Tigers respectivly. The club also lost their first ever signing in Jeje Lalpekhlua who decided to sign for former I-League champions, Dempo.

Air India forward Prakash Thorat was the first player signed by Pune for the new season. The club then proceded to sign both Anthony D'Souza and Arup Debnath respectivly from Salgaocar and Mumbai Tigers. The club then went on to sign three new foreigners to replace the three that left the club. The first to arrive was Equatorial Guinea international Raúl Fabiani. The second foreign signing for Pune came only two days later with the signing of Calum Angus from Swedish Superettan side GAIS. Then the third and final foreign signing for Pune before the season began was former A-Leaguer James Meyer who last played for the Brisbane Roar. Then, before the I-League season began, Pune signed up four players from their academy with Denechandra Meitei, Salam Ranjan Singh, Thongkhosiem Haokip, and Gobin Singh all earning promotions to the senior squad.

After the season began, Pune did make a change in their squad with Raúl Fabiani being released from the side and former Premier League and Bolton Wanderers player Riga Mustapha being brought in as a replacement.

In

Former Bolton Wanderers player Riga Mustapha joined Pune in October 2013.

Pune's first ever signing, Jeje Lalpekhlua left the club in June 2013.

No.	Position	Player	Last played for	Fee	Date	Ref
20	FW	Prakash Thorat	Air India	Free	7 June 2013
21	MF	Anthony D'Souza	Salgaocar	Free	15 July 2013
22	GK	Arup Debnath	Mumbai Tigers	Free	31 July 2013
—	FW	Raúl Fabiani	Huracán	Free	5 August 2013
4	DF	Calum Angus	GAIS	Free	7 August 2013
10	FW	James Meyer	Brisbane Roar	Free	13 August 2013
14	DF	Denechandra Meitei	Academy	—	19 September 2013
24	DF	Salam Ranjan Singh	Academy	—	19 September 2013
28	FW	Thongkhosiem Haokip	Academy	—	19 September 2013
29	DF	Gobin Singh	Academy	—	19 September 2013
7	FW	Riga Mustapha	Cartagena	Free	26 October 2013

Out

Position	Player	Moved to	Fee	Date	Ref
MF	Subhash Singh	Shillong Lajong	Free	18 May 2013
MF	Karma Tsewang	Salgaocar	Free	19 May 2013
DF	Chika Wali	Salgaocar	Free	19 May 2013
FW	Boima Karpeh	Sporting Goa	Free	1 June 2013
GK	Abhra Mondal	East Bengal	Free	6 June 2013
FW	James Moga	East Bengal	Free	13 June 2013
FW	Jeje Lalpekhlua	Dempo	Free	15 June 2013
DF	Nallappan Mohanraj	Mumbai Tigers	Free	26 June 2013
MF	Sukhwinder Singh	None		9 July 2013
FW	Raúl Fabiani	None		26 October 2013

Matches

The club began their pre-season campaign with new coach Mike Snoei in Goa. The club drew their first two matches against SESA Football Academy and Laxmi Prasad before beating Churchill Brothers 2–0 thanks to a double from Raúl Fabiani. In their next match, Pune defeated league-rivals Mumbai F.C. at the Balewadi Sports Complex in which strikes from James Meyer, Fabiani, and Zohmingliana Ralte earned the side a 3–0 victory. Then in their final match of pre-season, Pune defeated Deccan XI 2–0 thanks to strikes from Dhanpal Ganesh and Shanmugam Venkatesh.

Results

SESA F.A. v Pune

Friendly	SESA F.A.	0 – 0	Pune	Goa
		Report

Laxmi Prasad v Pune

Friendly	Laxmi Prasad	0 – 0	Pune	Goa
		Report

Churchill Brothers v Pune

14 August 2013 Friendly	Churchill Brothers	0 – 2	Pune	Goa
		Report	Fabiani 24', 25'

Pune v Mumbai

7 September 2013 Friendly	Pune	3 – 0	Mumbai	Pune, Maharashtra
	Meyer 28' Fabiani 54' Ralte 87'	Report		Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex

Pune v Deccan XI

14 September 2013 Friendly	Pune	2 – 0	Deccan XI	Pune, Maharashtra
	Ganesh 32' Venkatesh 35'	Report		Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex

I-League

Main article: 2013–14 I-League

Summary

Pune set out for their first ever I-League title in style with a victory away from home in round one of the 2013–14 I-League season against Mohammedan. Debut goals from Raúl Fabiani, who scored a brace, and James Meyer helped Pune to 3–1 victory at the Salt Lake Stadium. Josimar was the scorer for Mohammedan. Pune then suffered a goaless draw in their second match of the season against Shillong Lajong on 29 September 2013 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.

Pune then began what would be a home-only month of October in which all their matches that month would be played at home. The first of the three matches occured on 10 October against Mohun Bagan. Pune managed to come out on top in that match 2–0 thanks to goals from academy product Thongkhosiem Haokip and foreign import James Meyer. The second match then occured nine-days later on 19 October against the defending champions from the 2012–13 season Churchill Brothers. Despite that fact, Pune were able to come out of the match with a victory thanks to a 52nd minute goal from Calum Angus, his first for the club. Then, the third and final match of the month came on the 27 October against newly-promoted Rangdajied United in which a 29th minute goal from Angus lead Pune to a 1–0 victory. The victory was important for Pune as it meant that Pune went into November tied for first place in the I-League with Salgaocar

Despite their grand October form, Pune could not stop themselves from falling 2–0 to Sporting Goa on 2 November. Goals from Victorino Fernandes and Pratesh Shirodkar sealed Pune's fate. However, Pune managed to come back in their very next match against new direct-entry side Bengaluru FC at home on 6 November in which a goal from James Meyer lead Pune to a 1–0 victory.

Matches

Mohammedan v Pune

21 September 2013 Round 1	Mohammedan	1 – 3	Pune	Kolkata, West Bengal
15:00 IST	Josimar 11'	Report	Fabiani 16', 76' Meyer 52'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Umesh Bora

Shillong Lajong v Pune

29 September 2013 Round 2	Shillong Lajong	0 – 0	Pune	Shillong, Meghalaya
16:30 IST		Report		Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Referee: Rabichandra Singh

Pune v Mohun Bagan

10 October 2013 Round 3	Pune	2 – 0	Mohun Bagan	Pune, Maharashtra
19:00 IST	Haokip 72' Meyer 79'	Report		Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex Referee: Umesh Bora

Pune v Churchill Brothers

19 October 2013 Round 4	Pune	1 – 0	Churchill Brothers	Pune, Maharashtra
19:15 IST	Angus 52'	Report		Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex Referee: Pranjal Banerji

Pune v Rangdajied United

27 October 2013 Round 5	Pune	1 – 0	Rangdajied United	Pune, Maharashtra
18:30 IST	Angus 29'	Report		Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex Referee: Pratap Singh

Sporting Goa v Pune

2 November 2013 Round 6	Sporting Goa	0 – 2	Pune	Mapusa, Goa
15:30 IST		Report	Fernandes 54' Shirodkar 90+4'	Stadium: Duler Stadium Referee: Arumughan Rowan

Pune v Bengaluru FC

6 November 2013 Round 7	Pune	1 – 0	Bengaluru FC	Pune, Maharashtra
18:30 IST	Meyer 71'	Report		Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex Referee: Ajit Dutta

Salgaocar v Pune

22 November 2013 Round 8	Salgaocar	v	Pune	Mapusa, Goa
15:30 IST				Stadium: Duler Stadium

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Sporting Goa	24	9	7	8	34	34	0	34
6	Shillong Lajong	24	8	9	7	35	37	−2	33
7	Pune	24	7	8	9	28	32	−4	29
8	Mohun Bagan	24	6	10	8	23	24	−1	28
9	Mumbai	24	5	13	6	31	32	−1	28

Source: IndiaFooty.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored; 5) taking lots

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
7	5	1	1	8	3	+5	16	4	0	0	5	0	+5	1	1	1	3	3	0

Last updated: 16 November 2013.
Source: I-League

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Ground	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	W	W	L	W

Updated to match(es) played on 16 November 2013. Source: I-League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Federation Cup

Main article: 2013 Indian Federation Cup

On 29 August 2013 it was announced by the All India Football Federation that the format for the 2013 Indian Federation Cup would be the same as in past years. Also at that meeting, it was announced that Pune had been placed in Group A with Churchill Brothers and United with another team to be decided. Then on 28 October 2013 it was announced that the fourth and final team to be placed in Group A would be I-League 2nd Division regulars, Langsning. Matches for the group stage and final rounds were also released around that time.

Table

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Churchill Brothers	3	3	0	0	7	4	+3	9
Eagles	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
United	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
Pune	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

Source:

Matches

Pune v Langsning

1 January 2014 Group Stage

Pune

v

Langsning

United v Pune

4 January 2013 Group Stage

United

v

Pune

Churchill Brothers v Pune

7 January 2014 Group Stage

Churchill Brothers

v

Pune

Durand Cup

See also: 2013 Durand Cup

For the fifth time in their history, Pune entered the Durand Cup as their opening tournament of the season. On 7 September 2013 it was announced by the club that they would send a mainly academy squad mixed with four senior players; Caitano Costa, Prakash Thorat, Shahinlal Meloly, and Gobin Singh. It was also announced that Naushad Moosa would coach the side during the tournament.

The tournament would turn out to be a short-lived one for the young Pune squad as the team lost both of their two group stage matches, thus ending them in last place in their group. The first loss came against Army Red on 9 September 2013 in which goals from Vipin TV and Lallidianmawia meant that Pune lost 2–0. Then their second loss came four days later against former I-League club ONGC F.C. in which a quick double from Henry Ezeh and an own goal from Hassan Odeola left Pune FC with a 2–1 loss.

Squad

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	IND	Shahinlal Meloly
—	GK	IND	Avilash Paul
—	DF	IND	Caitano Costa (captain)
—	DF	IND	Gobin Singh
—	DF	IND	Henry Monsang
—	DF	IND	Kaushal Singh
—	DF	IND	Harshad Lunawat
—	MF	IND	Roushab Dhere
—	MF	IND	Manimaran R

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	IND	Kiran C
—	MF	IND	Rohit Kalsotra
—	MF	IND	Altamash Sayed
—	MF	IND	Soubhagyan Somrajan
—	MF	IND	Diganta Khaddar
—	MF	IND	Sumit Kumar Dubey
—	FW	IND	Prakash Thorat
—	FW	IND	Subhasish Bose
—	FW	IND	Vikas Zanje

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
ONGC	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	6
Army Red FC	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	3
Pune	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

Source:

Matches

Army Red v Pune

9 September 2013 Group Stage	Army Red	2 – 0	Pune	Delhi
17:45 IST	TV 36' Lallidianmawia 87'	Report		Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

ONGC v Pune

13 September 2013 Group Stage	ONGC	2 – 1	Pune	Delhi
13:30 IST	Ezeh 61', 63'	Report	Odeola 64' (o.g.)	Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

Stats

Position	Player	Games	Minutes	Goals
GK	Shahinlal Meloly	1	90	0
GK	Avilash Paul	1	90	0
DF	Caitano Costa	2	180	0
DF	Gobin Singh	2	180	0
DF	Henry Monsang	2	180	0
DF	Kaushal Singh	1	90	0
DF	Harshad Lunawat	1	1	0
MF	Roushab Dhere	2	140	0
MF	Manimaran R	2	142	0
MF	Kiran C	2	180	0
MF	Rohit Kalsotra	1	29	0
MF	Altamash Sayed	2	156	0
MF	Soubhagyan Somrajan	0	0	0
MF	Diganta Khaddar	2	78	0
MF	Sumit Kumar Dubey	1	90	0
FW	Prakash Thorat	1	24	0
FW	Subhasish Bose	2	151	0
FW	Vikas Zanje	2	180	0

Player Information

Squad Information

As of 16 November 2013.

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1	Amrinder Singh		GK	(1993-05-27) May 27, 1993	Academy
22	Arup Debnath		GK	(1987-07-15) July 15, 1987	Mumbai Tigers
27	Shahinlal Meloly		GK	(1990-02-15) February 15, 1990	Viva Kerala
Defenders
2	Othallo Tabia		RB	(1983-10-20) October 20, 1983	Viva Kerala
4	Calum Angus		CB	(1986-04-15) April 15, 1986	GAIS
5	Gurjinder Kumar		LB	(1990-10-10) October 10, 1990	Tata Football Academy
13	Zohmingliana Ralte		CB	(1989-10-02) October 2, 1989	Shillong Lajong
14	Denechandra Meitei		LB	(1994-03-28) March 28, 1994	Academy
15	Anas Edathodika		CB	(1987-02-15) February 15, 1987	Mumbai
24	Salam Ranjan Singh		CB	(1995-12-04) December 4, 1995	Academy
25	Srikanth Ramu		RB	(1988-11-28) November 28, 1988	Youth Team
29	Gobin Singh		LB	(1993-03-04) March 4, 1993	Academy
Midfielders
6	Shanmugam Venkatesh		AMF	(1978-11-21) November 21, 1978	Mohun Bagan
8	Arata Izumi		AMF	(1982-07-31) July 31, 1982	Mahindra United
11	Douhou Pierre		AMF	(1987-12-21) December 21, 1987	Mahindra United
16	Velington Rocha		MF	(1991-05-24) May 24, 1991	Margao
17	Dhanpal Ganesh		MF	(1994-06-13) June 13, 1994	Academy
19	Nikhil Kadam		CMF	(1994-06-23) June 23, 1994	Academy
21	Anthony D'Souza		LW	(1987-03-02) March 2, 1987	Salgaocar
23	Mumtaz Akhtar		CMF	(1988-12-08) December 8, 1988	United Sikkim
26	Fanai Lalrempuia		CMF	(1996-05-11) May 11, 1996	Academy
Forwards
7	Riga Mustapha		ST	(1981-10-10) October 10, 1981	Cartagena
10	James Meyer		FW	(1986-05-28) May 28, 1986	Brisbane Roar
20	Prakash Thorat		FW	(1985-03-11) March 11, 1985	Air India
28	Thongkhosiem Haokip		ST	(1993-08-26) August 26, 1993	Academy

Management

Mike Snoei coaches Pune this season.

As of October 2013.

Position	Name
Head coach	Mike Snoei
Assistant coach	Gift Raikhan
Goalkeeping coach	Glen Johnson
Physiotherapist	Tariq Shaikh
Fitness coach	Sridhar Krishnamurthy
Kit manager	Prashant Naidu
Academy director	Ranjan Chowdhury
Academy coach	Naushad Moosa

Player statistics

Appearences and goals

As of 16 November 2013

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		I-League		Federation Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	IND	Amrinder Singh	6	0	6+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	IND	Othallo Tabia	7	0	6+1	0	0+0	0
4	DF	ENG	Calum Angus	6	2	6+0	2	0+0	0
5	DF	IND	Gurjinder Kumar	7	0	7+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF	IND	Shanmugam Venkatesh	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0
7	FW	NED	Riga Mustapha	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF	IND	Arata Izumi	7	0	7+0	0	0+0	0
10	FW	AUS	James Meyer	5	3	4+1	3	0+0	0
11	MF	CIV	Douhou Pierre	7	0	6+1	0	0+0	0
13	DF	IND	Zohmingliana Ralte	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	DF	IND	Denechandra Meitei	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
15	DF	IND	Anas Edathodika	7	0	7+0	0	0+0	0
16	MF	IND	Velington Rocha	4	0	2+2	0	0+0	0
17	MF	IND	Dhanpal Ganesh	3	0	2+1	0	0+0	0
19	MF	IND	Nikhil Kadam	6	0	6+0	0	0+0	0
20	FW	IND	Prakash Thorat	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	MF	IND	Anthony D'Souza	5	0	2+3	0	0+0	0
22	GK	IND	Arup Debnath	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
23	MF	IND	Mumtaz Akhtar	7	0	7+0	0	0+0	0
24	DF	IND	Salam Ranjan Singh	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
25	MF	IND	Srikanth Ramu	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
26	MF	IND	Fanai Lalrempuia	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
27	GK	IND	Shahinlal Meloly	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	FW	IND	Thongkhosiem Haokip	5	1	2+3	1	0+0	0
29	DF	IND	Gobin Singh	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	IND	Caitano Costa [ONL]	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	EQG	Raúl Fabiani [L]	2	2	2+0	2	0+0	0

• Source:

• ONL = Out on loan.
• L = Has left the club during the season.

Top scorers

Place	Position	Nationality	Number	Name	I-League	Federation Cup	Total
1	FW		10	James Meyer	3	0	3
2	DF		4	Calum Angus	2	0	2
	FW		—	Raúl Fabiani	2	0	2
4	FW		28	Thongkhosiem Haokip	1	0	1
TOTALS					8	0	8

International Caps

Players called for senior international duty during the 2013–14 season while under contract with Pune.

Nationality	Position	Player	Competition	Date	Contribution	Opponent
India	MF	Arata Izumi	Friendly	14 August 2013	Subbed on in the 46th minute.	v Tajikistan
India	MF	Arata Izumi	2013 SAFF Championship	3 September 2013	Subbed on in the 78th minute.	v Bangladesh
India	MF	Arata Izumi	2013 SAFF Championship	5 September 2013	Started and played 76 minutes.	v Nepal
India	MF	Arata Izumi	2013 SAFF Championship	9 September 2013	Started and played 80 minutes.	v Maldives
India	MF	Arata Izumi	2013 SAFF Championship Final	11 September 2013	Started and the played full match.	v Afghanistan
India	DF	Gurjinder Kumar	Friendly	15 November 2013	Started and the played full match.	v Philippines

See also

• 2013–14 in Indian football
• Pune F.C.