2018–19 ATK season

ATK
2018–19 season
Owners	Kolkata Games and Sports Pvt. Ltd.
Head Coach	Steve Coppell
Stadium	Salt Lake Stadium
Indian Super League	6th
Super Cup	Semi-final
Top goalscorer	League: Manuel Lanzarote (5); All: Manuel Lanzarote (7)
Highest home attendance	41,202
Lowest home attendance	15,333
Average home league attendance	21,885
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 ATK season was the club's fifth season since its establishment in 2014 and their fifth season in the Indian Super League. The fifth edition of ISL commenced with a new look ATK renewing its seasonal rivalry against Kerala Blasters FC on Saturday, 29 September, at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan.

Background

Transfers

After a disappointing season, ATK has appointed Sanjoy Sen as their mentor to recruit national players.^[1] The former Mohun Bagan A.C. head coach roped in some of his own former players who he had the experience of working with, along with former ATK players Arnab Mondal and Cavin Lobo.^[2]

In

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	Arindam Bhattacharya
—	GK	IND	Avilash Paul
—	DF	ENG	John Johnson
—	DF	BRA	Gerson Vieira
—	DF	IND	Arnab Mondal
—	DF	IND	Aiborlang Khongjee
—	DF	IND	Sena Ralte
—	DF	IND	Ricky Lallawmawma
—	DF	IND	Ankit Mukherjee
—	MF	IND	Pronay Halder
—	MF	MAR	Noussair El Maimouni


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	IND	Malsawmzuala
—	MF	IND	Sheikh Faiaz
—	MF	IND	Cavin Lobo
—	MF	ESP	Manuel Lanzarote
—	FW	IND	Yumnam Gopi Singh
—	FW	IND	Balwant Singh
—	FW	NGA	Kalu Uche
7	FW	BRA	Everton Santos

Out

Pre Season and friendlies

ATK went to Spain on 18 August for their pre-season. This campaign will end on 15 September. In Spain they played some friendly matches with local clubs and one match with Premier League club Fulham F.C.

They played their first match on 31 August with Lorca FC and won by one goal scored by Kalu Uche. In the second friendly they won by one goal again by defeating Spanish club Real Murcia. ATK played their third match with highly competitive Premier League club Fulham F.C. and defeated just by a whisker.

31 August 2018 Friendly	ATK	1–0	Lorca FC	Murcia, Spain
22:30 IST	Kalu Uche 62'	Report		Stadium: Pinatar Arena Referee: Salvador Lax Franco

4 September 2018 Friendly	Real Murcia	0–1	ATK	Murcia, Spain
22:30 IST		Report	Balwant Singh 41'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena

8 September 2018 Friendly^[3]	ATK	0–1	Fulham^[4]	Murcia, Spain
15:30 IST		Report	Andre Schurrle 71'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena Stadium

11 September 2018 Friendly^[5]	ATK	5–2	CD Almunecar City	Murcia, Spain
22:30 IST	Kalu Uche 25' (Pen.), 34', 73', 79' Jayesh Rane 60'	Report	67' 86'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena

13 September 2018 Friendly^[6]	ATK	0–3	FC Jumilla	Murcia, Spain
14:00 IST		Report	Alex martinez 26' Boubacar Hanne 45' Carlos Álvarez 74'^[7]	Stadium: Pinatar Arena Referee: Martínez Montalbán^[8]

Competitions

Indian Super League

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
4	NorthEast United	18	7	8	3	22	18	+4	29	Advance to ISL Playoffs
5	Jamshedpur	18	6	9	3	29	21	+8	27
6	ATK	18	6	6	6	18	22	−4	24
7	Pune City	18	6	4	8	24	30	−6	22
8	Delhi Dynamos	18	4	6	8	23	27	−4	18

Source: Indian Super League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair play ranking; 6) drawing of lots

Matches

29 September 2018 1	ATK	0–2	Kerala Blasters FC	Kolkata, India
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30)			Matej Poplatnik 77' Slavisa Stojanovic 86'	Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Attendance: 41,202

4 October 2018 2	ATK	0-1	Northeast United FC	Kolkata, India
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30)			Rowllin Borges 89'	Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Attendance: 19,853

17 October 2018 3	Delhi Dynamos FC	1-2	ATK	New Delhi, India
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30)	Pritam Kotal 54'		Balwant Singh 20' Noussair El Maimouni 84'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 9,143

21 October 2018 4	Jamshedpur FC	1-1	ATK	Jamshedpur, India
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30)	Sergio Cidoncha 35'		Manuel Lanzarote 45'	Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex Attendance: 22,812

26 October 2018 5	ATK	2–1	Chennaiyin	Kolkata
19:00	Uche 3' Johnson 13' Halder 27' Singh 60' Bhattacharya 72' Lanzarote 83'	Summary	Salom 17'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 15,382 Referee: Ajit Meetei

31 October 2018 6	ATK	1–2	Bengaluru	Kolkata
19:30	Singh 13' Thatal 15' Bhattacharya 33' Halder 84'	Summary	Miku 45+3' Paartalu 47' 49' Kumar 57' Juanan 89'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 17,656 Referee: R Venkatesh

10 November 2018 7	ATK	1–0	Pune City	Kolkata
19:30	Gerson 82'	Summary	Kuruniyan 25' Jonathan Vila 33' Panwar 71' Díaz 75'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 15,333 Referee: Raj Palmson Moses

24 November 2018 8	Mumbai City	0–0	ATK	Mumbai
19:30	Ali 63' Fernandes 90+3'	Summary	Gerson 90+1'	Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena Attendance: 4,623 Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari bin Jahari

28 November 2018 9	ATK	0–0	FC Goa	Kolkata
19:30	Bikey 32' Halder 32' Johnson 79'	Summary	Peña 32' Edu Bedia 70'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 21,870 Referee: Raul Gupta

Super Cup

As one of the top six teams in 2018–19 Indian Super League, ATK qualified for the main round in 2019 Indian Super Cup. ATK were scheduled to play the I-League side, Real Kashmir FC in Round of 16 match.

ATK defeated Real Kashmir Fc by 3 - 1 to reach quarter finals of Super cup. Now they will face Indian Super League team Delhi Dynamos in quarters.^[9]

1 April 2019 Round of 16	ATK	3-1	Real Kashmir	Bhubaneswar
20:30 IST				Stadium: Kalinga Stadium

5 April 2019 Quarter-final	Delhi Dynamos	3–4	ATK	Bhubaneswar
20:00 IST		Summary		Stadium: Kalinga Stadium

10 April 2019 Semi-final	ATK	0–2	Chennaiyin	Bhubaneswar
20:00 IST		Summary		Stadium: Kalinga Stadium

Goalscorers

There have been 10 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 1 goal per match.

3 goals

Manuel Lanzarote

1 goal

Goalscorers (Against)