The 2017–18 season was the first ever season for Gokulam Kerala. The club competed in I-League and Super Cup.
Review and events Pre-season Gokulam Kerala played 2016–17 Kerala Premier League in pre-season. They started the campaign with a victory over Cochin Port Trust on 13 April 2017. They qualified to knockout Stage as group champions from Group A. But they lost against FC Thrissur in semi-final on penalties.
I-League
Gokulam Kerala debuted in I-League against Shillong Lajong on 21 November 2017 and they lost the match. Their first win was in their 4th match against Indian Arrows on 22 December 2017. With 21 points including 6 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses Gokulam Kerala finished 7th in the table.
Indian Super Cup
By finishing 7th in the 2017–18 I-League point table Gokulam Kerala qualified into Qualification round of 2018 Indian Super Cup. Gokulam Kerala won against NorthEast United in the qualifier match on 15 March 2018. Bengaluru FC eliminated Gokulam Kerala in Pre Quarter on 1 April 2018
Players
First-team squad
Players in All players joined this season. Only winter transfer is listed. No.Pos.NationNameAgeMoving FromWindow8FWSuhair V P East BengalWinter9FWOdafa Onyeka Okolie Southern SamityWinter9FWHristijan Denkovski CD FerriolenseWinter10MFMusa Mudde A.F.C. LeopardsWinter11MFMahmood Al-Ajmi Manama ClubWinter30FWHenry Kisekka XSKT Cần ThơWinterDFJestin GeorgeWinter Source:
Players out No.Pos.NationNameAgeMoving ToWindow8FWKamo Stephane BayiMohammedan S.C.Winter9FWLelo MbeleFree AgentWinter9FWOdafa Onyeka OkolieFree AgentWinter10MFFrancis AmbanéFree AgentWinter11MFKhaled Al SalehFree AgentWinter Source:
Statistics
Squad appearances and goals
! colspan=10 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers
! colspan=10 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders
! colspan=10 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders
! colspan=10 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
! colspan=10 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
Squad statistics I-LeagueSuper CupTotalGames played 18 2 20Games won 6 1 7Games drawn 3 0 3Games lost 9 1 10Goals scored 17 3 20Goals conceded 23 2 25Goal difference -6 1 -5Clean sheets 3 1 4Goal by Substitute 1 0 1Yellow cards 32 4 36Red cards 2 0 2
Players Used: Gokulam Kerala has used a total of 40 different players in all competitions.
Goalscorers No.Pos.NationNameI-LeagueSuper CupTotal30FWHenry Kisekka43711MFAl-Ajmi3035DFDaniel Addo20236FWKivi Zhimomi2023DFEmmanuel10115MFArjun Jayaraj10118DFSantu Singh1018FWKamo10111MFKhaled Al Saleh101 Own goals101 TOTAL17320
Clean sheets No.NationNameI-LeagueSuper CupTotalGames played27Bilal Khan303131Nikhil C Barnard0117 TOTAL30420
Disciplinary record No.Pos.NationNameI-LeagueSuper CupTotal28FWRohit Mirza0010000016DFMohamed Irshad4100004103DFEmmanuel5000005005DFDaniel Addo50000050010MFMusa Mudde40010050012MFM.Rashid20000020036FWKivi Zhimomi200 000200 16FWSalman K10010020030FWHenry Kisekka1001002004DFProvat Lakra10000010014DFShinu10000010015MFArjun Jayaraj10000010018DFSantu Singh10000010019MFFrancis Xavier10000010021MFVicky Meitei10000010035DFBalwinder Singh1000001009FWHristijan Denkovski00010010010MFA.Francis100000100 TOTAL32114003611
Competitions
Overview
I-League
Standings
Results summary
Results by round
Matchday
Indian Super Cup
Qualification round
Round of 16
References
See also 2017–18 in Indian football 2017–18 I-League