The 2014 season was Atlético de Kolkata's inaugural season in existence in the Indian Super League. They ended their first season as the champions of the inaugural edition of the competition.
Background In early 2014 it was announced that the All India Football Federation, the national federation for football in India, and IMG-Reliance would be accepting bids for ownership of eight of nine selected cities for the upcoming Indian Super League, an eight-team franchise league modeled along the lines of the Indian Premier League cricket tournament. On 13 April 2014, it was announced that Sourav Ganguly, Harshavardhan Neotia, Sanjiv Goenka, Utsav Parekh, and Spanish La Liga side Atlético Madrid had won the bidding for the Kolkata franchise. Shahrukh Khan also submitted bids for the franchise but lost out The Kolkata franchise turned out to be the most expensive franchise, being purchased for 18 crore.
On 7 May 2014, during an official launch, it was announced that the name of the team would be Atlético de Kolkata. Indian Super League (ISL) Opening Ceremony Match will started with Atlético de Kolkata vs Mumbai City FC which will be the first match.
Signings The first ever signing by the team was made on 3 July 2014, when former Real Madrid midfielder Borja Fernández was signed. He is also the first ever player signing in league history. Then, five days later, on 8 July 2014 it was confirmed that former Liverpool midfielder, Luis García, as their marquee for the 2014 season as well as the signing of Botswana international Ofentse Nato. The club then signed 14 Indian players between 22 July and 23 July during the 2014 ISL Inaugural Domestic Draft. This was followed by 6 foreigners from the Foreign Player Draft.
Atlético de Kolkata then began the month of August by signing Ethiopia international Fikru Teferra. and Spanish Goalkeeper Basilio Sancho Agudo.
In September Atlético signed Bangladesh captain Mamunul Islam.
Foreign signings #Position:PlayerLast clubDateSource Getafe Pumas UNAM Bidvest Wits Milano United Dhanmondi Club|Atletico de Kolkata sign Bangladesh captain Mamunul Islam
Drafted domestic players Round Position Player I-League club 1 Cavin Lobo East Bengal 2 Arnab Mondal East Bengal 3 Denzil Franco Churchill Brothers 4 Rakesh Masih Mohammedan 5 Mohammed Rafique East Bengal 6 Mohammed Rafi Mumbai 7 Biswajit Saha Mohun Bagan 8 Sanju Pradhan East Bengal 9 Kingshuk Debnath Mohun Bagan 10 Lester Fernandez Pune 11 Subhasish Roy Chowdhury Dempo 12 Baljit Sahni East Bengal 13 Climax Lawrence Mumbai 14 Nallappan Mohanraj Sporting Goa
Drafted foreign players Round Position Player Last Club 1 Borja Fernández (retained) Getafe 2 Jofre Mateu Girona 3 Josemi Xanthi 4 Arnal Llibert Alcorcon 5 Sylvain Monsoreau Troyes 6 Jakub Podaný Prague 7 Apoula EdelTel Aviv
Players
Player squad
Technical staff
As of October 2014.
Position Name Head coach Antonio López Habas Assistant coach Jose Ramirez Barreto Fitness coach Miguel Martinez
Pre-season and friendlies
Atlético de Kolkata trained in Spain in Los Angeles de San Rafael under manager Antonio Lopez Habas.
Competitions
Indian Super League
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Player statistics
Statistics
Goals
This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
PlayerISLOtherTotal1 Cavin LoboFW202 Fikru TeferraFW302 Borja FernándezMF101 Arnal LlibertFW10 Jakub PodanýMF10 Jofre MateuMF10 Baljit SahniFW10 Luis GarcíaMF20Own goals000Total10010
Discipline
See also Atlético Madrid 2014 Indian Super League season 2014-15 Atlético Madrid season
References