2019–20 Indian Arrows season

The 2019–20 season is Indian Arrows' 6th competitive season in the top-flight of Indian football, I-league. Indian Arrows was formed in 2010 on the behest on then Indian team coach, Bob Houghton, with the main goal of nurturing young talent in India in the hope of qualifying for 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[1] It was disbanded by AIFF in 2013 when their club sponsor, Pailan Group, could not financially support the group.[2] But revived again in 2017-18 season immediately after FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Indian Arrows
2019–20 season
ManagerShanmugam Venkatesh
StadiumTilak Maidan
Cooperage Ground
I-League11th
Top goalscorerVikram Pratap Singh (4 goals)
Highest home attendance2,512 vs East Bengal FC
Lowest home attendance150 vs Real Kashmir FC
Average home league attendance1,232

Technical staff

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Position Name
Head Coach India Shanmugam Venkatesh[3]
Team Manager India Velu Dhayalamani
Assistant Coach India Mahesh Gawli
Goalkeeping Coach India Hameed
Team Analyst India Prashanth Murthy
Physiotherapist India Sulthan Basheer

Squad

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No. Name Nationality Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
1 Lalbiakhlua Jongte India (2002-07-23) 23 July 2002 (age 23)
13 Samik Mitra India (2000-12-01) 1 December 2000 (age 25)
22 Tamal Naskar India (2000-01-30) 30 January 2000 (age 26)
Defenders
2 Ajin Tom India (2000-01-29) 29 January 2000 (age 26)
3 Harpreet Singh India (2002-11-01) 1 November 2002 (age 23)
4 Akash Mishra India (2001-11-27) 27 November 2001 (age 24)
5 Hendry Antonay India (2000-05-22) 22 May 2000 (age 26)
12 Saurabh Meher India (2000-01-12) 12 January 2000 (age 26)
15 Joseph Lalsangluara India (1999-10-07) 7 October 1999 (age 26)
16 Bikash Yumnam India (2003-09-06) 6 September 2003 (age 22)
20 Ruivah Hormipam India (2001-01-05) 5 January 2001 (age 25)
26 Gurkirat Singh India (2003-07-16) 16 July 2003 (age 22)
30 Surya Tirkey India (1998-07-28) 28 July 1998 (age 27)
Midfielders
6 Vikram Pratap Singh India (2002-01-16) 16 January 2002 (age 24)
10 Givson Singh India (2002-06-05) 5 June 2002 (age 24)
14 Ricky John Shabong India (2002-12-29) 29 December 2002 (age 23)
21 Telem Suranjit Singh India (1999-05-01) 1 May 1999 (age 27)
27 Ayush Adhikari India (2000-07-30) 30 July 2000 (age 25)
31 Lalliansangla Renthlei India (1999-06-05) 5 June 1999 (age 27)
Forwards
7 Gurkirat Singh India (2003-07-16) 16 July 2003 (age 22)
9 Aman Chetri India (2001-07-06) 6 July 2001 (age 24)
11 Rohmingthanga Bawlte India (1999-01-02) 2 January 1999 (age 27)
17 Harmanpreet Singh India (2001-09-02) 2 September 2001 (age 24)
19 Lalchhanhmia Sailo India (2003-05-03) 3 May 2003 (age 23)
26 Manvir Singh India (2001-06-15) 15 June 2001 (age 24)
34 Suraj Rawat India (1999-03-15) 15 March 1999 (age 27)

Last updated: 04 January 2020
Source: Indian Arrows First Team

Competitions

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Overview

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Competition First match Last match Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
I-League 6 December 2019 8 March 2020 11th 16 2 3 11 7 20 −13 012.50
Total 16 2 3 11 7 20 −13 012.50

Source: Competitions

I-League

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
7 Chennai City 15 5 5 5 20 21 1 20
8 Churchill Brothers 15 6 2 7 23 21 +2 20
9 NEROCA 16 5 3 8 27 35 8 18
10 Aizawl 15 3 7 5 17 19 2 16
11 Indian Arrows 16 2 3 11 7 20 13 9
Source: I-league, RSSSF
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) drawing of lots

Results & Schedule

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  Win   Draw   Loss

9 December 2019 2 Aizawl FC 1-2 Indian Arrows Goa
Vikram Pratap Singh 81' W.Lalnunfela 64'
Zoherliana 90+4'
Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
Attendance: 1,217
9 January 2020 6 Mohun Bagan 1-0 Indian Arrows Kalyani
Nicholas Cyrus 18' Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Attendance: 10938
26 January 2020 8 Indian Arrows 0-2 Real Kashmir F.C. Goa
Mason Robertson 18', Gnohere Krizo 57' Stadium: EMC Corporation Stadium
Attendance: 150
Referee: M Sugandar
1 February 2020 9 East Bengal F.C. 0-1 Indian Arrows Kalyani
Vikram Pratap Singh 59' Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Attendance: 6340
Referee: Ibungo Meetei Ningthoukhongjam
5 February 2020 10 Chennai City F.C. 1-0 Indian Arrows Coiambatore
Katsumi Yusa 49' Stadium: Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 2457
Referee: Sumiraj Poorathil Sudhakaran
11 February 2020 11 NEROCA F.C. 0-0 Indian Arrows Imphal
Stadium: Khuman Lampak Stadium
Attendance: 15363
Referee: Tanmoy Dhar
17 February 2020 12 Indian Arrows 1-3 East Bengal F.C. Goa
Vikram Pratap Singh 59' Jamie Santos Colado 5' Asheer Akhtar 62' Lalrindika Ralte 67' Stadium: Cooperage Stadium
Attendance: 2512
Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta
24 February 2020 13 Real Kashmir F.C. 1-0 Indian Arrows Srinagar
Bazie Armand 70' Stadium: TRC Ground
Attendance: 10152
Referee: Ravindra Thapliyal
28 February 2020 14 Indian Arrows 0-2 Chennai City F.C. Goa
Adolfo Miranda Araujo 48'Katsumi Yusa 60' Stadium: Cooperage Stadium
Attendance: 2472
Referee: Crystal John
3 March 2020 15 Indian Arrows 1-1 Punjab F.C. Goa
Givson Singh 90+3' Dipanda Dicka 6' Stadium: Cooperage Stadium
Attendance: 1125
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee
8 March 2020 16 TRAU F.C. 1-0 Indian Arrows Imphal
Deepak Devrani 89' Stadium: Khuman Lampak Stadium
Attendance: 9682
Referee: Tanmoy Dhar

Statistics

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Goal Scorers

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Goal Scorers for Indian Arrows in 2019–20 season
Rank No. Pos. Name Goals
1 6 MF Vikram Pratap Singh 4
2 7 MF Moirangthem Givson Singh 2
3 21 MF Telem Suranjit Singh 1
Own goals 0
Total 7

References

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  1. Sharma, Siddharth. "Vital steps to improve the Indian U23 football team". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  2. Bali, Rahul. "AIFF decide to shut down Pailan Arrows". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 1 September 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  3. "Match Details | Hero I-League". Retrieved 30 April 2020.