The 2016 FC Pune City season will be the club's third season since its establishment in 2014 and their third season in the Indian Super League. This season will also be the first in which the club is coached by Spaniard Antonio López Habas, replacing David Platt who served as head coach the previous season.
Background
After the end of the 2014 ISL season, FC Pune City parted ways with their inaugural season head coach, Franco Colomba. Soon after, David Platt, was named as the new head coach for the 2015 season. The season began for Pune City with a 3–1 victory to the Mumbai City on 5 October. The team ended the season with four wins through fourteen matches and failed to qualify for the finals but were seven points short.
Player movement Retained players
Domestic Position Player GK Arindam Bhattacharya DF Gouramangi Singh DF Dharmaraj Ravanan MF Lenny Rodrigues MF Eugeneson Lyngdoh
Signings PositionPlayerOld clubDateRef Vishal Kaith Shillong Lajong10 May 2016 Zodingliana Ralte Delhi Dynamos10 May 2016 Rahul Bheke East Bengal15 June 2016 Pitu Llagostera21 June 2016
Indian Super League
Results summary
Matches
Player statistics Season stats # Position Player GK Arindam Bhattacharya 0 0 GK Vishal Kaith 0 0 DF Dharmaraj Ravanan 0 0 DF Gouramangi Singh 0 0 DF Zodingliana Ralte 0 0 DF Rahul Bheke 0 0 MF Eugeneson Lyngdoh 0 0 MF Lenny Rodrigues 0 0 MF Pitu 0 0
See also 2016–17 in Indian football
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