The 2015 season was Atlético de Kolkata's second season in the Indian Super League. They started their second season as the defending champions, and ended the season as the semi-finalists.
Background
On 15 May 2015, Atlético de Kolkata's board announced that they would retain former Bolivia and Valencia CF manager Antonio Lopez Habas for the 2015 season. It was under him that the team had won the title in 2014. However, in spite of their first season, the team decided in retaining just 7 players from their squad of 2014, including 3 foreigners. The team signed 5 Indians and 10 foreigners from the open market. This was followed by 7 more domestic signings from the Draft.
On 29 July 2015, the team signed Portuguese international Hélder Postiga as its marquee player.
On 25 August 2015, the team went on pre season tour to Madrid, Spain where they trained for a month.
Pre-season friendlies
Players On 5 June 2015, the team acquired Canadian international forward Iain Hume, whose five goals had helped Kerala to the final of the previous season. In the second season's domestic draft, Atlético de Kolkata had the first pick, choosing Pune F.C. goalkeeper Amrinder Singh for a fee of 4.5 lakhs; their most expensive purchase was that of defender Augustin Fernandes for 26 lakhs. On 29 July, with García released due to his injury record, the team brought in Portugal international forward Hélder Postiga as their new marquee player; aged 32, he became the youngest such player in the league. They finalized their squad of 26, for the year, by 29 July 2015.
On 4 November, the team decided to sign last year final's goalscorer Mohammed Rafique replacing Lalchhawnkima who was ruled out due to Dengue.
On 11 November 2015, the team announced the signing of Serbian international Dejan Lekić to replace injured Josemi
On 16 November 2015, the team announced replacement for another injured player Javi Lara, who found it hard to recover quickly from a groin injury. For him, another Spanish midfielder Jorge Alonso was signed.
Current squad
No.Nat.NameDate of birth (age)Goalkeepers1Juan Calatayud13Amrinder Singh (on loan from Pune)26Kunzang BhutiaDefenders3Nallappan Mohanraj4Tiri5Arnab Mondal (on loan from East Bengal)12Denzil Franco19Syed Rahim Nabi20Rino Anto (on loan from Bengaluru FC)24Augustin Fernandes (on loan from Salgaocar)Midfielders8Jaime Gavilán10Borja Fernández11Valdo15Clifford Miranda16Jewel Raja21Arata Izumi22Sameehg Doutie23Ofentse Nato85Jorge AlonsoForwards6Baljit Sahni (on loan from East Bengal)7Iain Hume9Hélder Postiga14Nadong Bhutia18Sushil Kumar Singh (on loan from Shillong Lajong)28Mohammed Rafique (on loan from East Bengal)30Dejan Lekić
Competitions
Indian Super League
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
League Stage
Semi-finals
Player statistics
Goal Scorers No.PositionNationPlayerGoal(s)Appearance(s).7FWHume111621MFIzumi51122MFDoutie3129FWPostiga2130FWLekić2611MFValdo11010MFBorja1152MFLara1624DFAugustin1133DFMohanraj16Total28 –
Assists Table No.PositionNationPlayerAssist(s)Appearance(s).22MFDoutie6128MFGavilán3167FWHume3162MFLara1610MFBorja11521MFIzumi11123MFNato11230FWLekić16Total17 –
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