2019–20 ATK season

ATK
2019–20 season
Head Coach	Antonio López Habas
Stadium	Salt Lake Stadium
Indian Super League	2nd
ISL playoffs	Champions
Super Cup	Cancelled
Top goalscorer	Roy Krishna (15)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2018–19

The 2019–20 season was ATK's sixth season since its establishment in 2014 and their sixth season in the Indian Super League. The 2019–20 season was ATK's last season before it got merged with I-League club Mohun Bagan FC to form ATK Mohun Bagan FC.^[1]^[2]

Pre-season and friendlies

12 September 2019 Friendly	ATK	4–0	ATK Reserves	Kolkata
	Krishna Javi Jobby			Stadium: Salt Lake Practice Ground II

21 September 2019 Friendly	ATK	6–0	Southern Samity	Kolkata
	Balwant Krishna Soosairaj Sehnaj			Stadium: Salt Lake Practice Ground II

29 September 2019 Friendly	ATK	3–5	Mohammedan	Kolkata
	Krishna Williams Jayesh		Camara V. Chhangte	Stadium: Salt Lake Practice Ground II

4 October 2019 Friendly	ATK	4–1	Peerless	Kolkata
	Krishna Williams		Kromah	Stadium: Salt Lake Practice Ground II

10 October 2019 Friendly	ATK	abandoned	TRAU	Kolkata
				Stadium: Salt Lake Practice Ground II

Competitions

Indian Super League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Goa (L)	18	12	3	3	46	23	+23	39	Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League group stage and ISL playoffs
2	ATK (C)	18	10	4	4	33	16	+17	34	Advance to ISL playoffs^{[Note 1]}
3	Bengaluru	18	8	6	4	22	13	+9	30	Qualification for 2021 AFC Cup play-off round and ISL playoffs^{[Note 1]}
4	Chennaiyin	18	8	5	5	32	26	+6	29	Advance to ISL playoffs
5	Mumbai City	18	7	5	6	25	29	−4	26

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
(C) Champions; (L) League Winners' Shield Winners

^
Note 1: Originally, Mohun Bagan, the 2019–20 I-League champions (they were already assured of the title before the league was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India), would qualify as India 2 (2021 AFC Cup group stage), and ATK, the 2019–20 Indian Super League playoffs winners, would qualify as India 3 (2021 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs).^[3] However, ATK owners KGSPL ceased their football operation and bought majority stakes in Mohun Bagan FC (India) Private Limited and rebranded Mohun Bagan football team as ATK Mohun Bagan FC from the 2020–21 Indian Super League season which qualified as India 2 in 2021 AFC club competition. The All India Football Federation decided that Bengaluru FC, the 2019–20 Indian Super League regular season 3rd place (behind FC Goa, which qualified for the 2021 AFC Champions League, and ATK), will qualify as India 3.^[4]

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	D	W
Position	10	5	2	1	1	1	1	2	3

Updated to match(es) played on 25 December 2019. Source: soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures

League stage

20 October 2019 (2019-10-20) 1	Kerala Blasters	2–1	ATK	Kochi
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Ogbeche 30' (pen.), 45' Rodrigues 18'	Report	McHugh 6' Rane 15' Hernández 70' Agus 88'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 36,298 Referee: Srikrishna Man of the Match: Ogbeche (Kerala)

25 October 2019 2	ATK	5–0	Hyderabad	Kolkata
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Williams 25', 44' Krishna 27' Soosairaj 81' García 88', 90+4'	Report	Panwar 42' Singh 60' Marcelinho 87'x	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 26,240 Referee: Bora Man of the Match: Williams (ATK)

30 October 2019 3	Chennaiyin	0–1	ATK	Chennai
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Valskis 90+3'	Report	Williams 48'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Referee: Saha Man of the Match: Williams (ATK)

9 November 2019 4	ATK	3–1	Jamshedpur	Kolkata
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Kotal 30' Krishna 57' (pen.), 71' (pen.) McHugh 76' García 90+4'	Report	Pereira 3' Choudhary 42' Tiri 69' Pal 70' Sergio Castel 85'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 8,690 Referee: Gupta Man of the Match: Krishna (ATK)

24 November 2019 5	Odisha	0–0	ATK	Pune
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Diagne 90+1'	Report	Edathodika 15' Agus 90+1'	Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Referee: John Man of the Match: Santana (Odisha)

30 November 2019 6	ATK	2–2	Mumbai City	Kolkata
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Soosairaj 38' Edathodika 81' Krishna 90+6'	Report	Bose 30' Chaudhari 62' Kevyn 89' 90+3'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 33,515 Referee: Gupta Man of the Match: Kevyn (Mumbai City)

7 December 2019 7	NorthEast United	0–3	ATK	Guwahati
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Triadis 48' Leudo 70' Khawlhring 83'	Report	Williams 11' Krishna 35', 90+4' Das 71' Singh 76' Bhattacharya 86'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 13,393 Referee: Alkhudhayr Man of the Match: Williams (ATK)

14 December 2019 8	Goa	2–1	ATK	Margao
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Fernandes 14' Fall 60' Coro 66' Jahouh 75'	Report	Agus 8' Singh 30' Justin 64'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 12,817 Referee: Bora Man of the Match: Fall (Goa)

21 December 2019 (2019-12-21) 9	Hyderabad	2–2	ATK	Hyderabad
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Barnes 9' Bobô 39', 85' Singh 86' Khan 89'	Report	Krishna 15' (pen.), 90' Rathi 45+2' Singh 64'	Stadium: G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium Referee: Senthil Man of the Match: Bobô (Hyderabad)

25 December 2019 6	ATK	1–0	Bengaluru	Kolkata
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Kotal 25' Williams 47' Mandi 53' Agus 69'	Report	Kuruniyan 68' Kumar 90'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 18,326 Referee: Venkatesh Man of the Match: Williams (ATK)

12 January 2020 (2020-01-12) 12	ATK	0-1	Kerala Blasters	Kolkata
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Javi 39' Mandi 89'	Report	Arqués 34' Narzary 70' Prasanth 90' Drobarov 90+'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 22,336 Referee: L Ajith Metei Man of the Match: Narzary (Kerala)

Playoffs

Semi-finals					Final

1	Goa	1	4	5

4	Chennaiyin	4	2	6
					4	Chennaiyin	1

					2	ATK	3
2	ATK	0	3	3

3	Bengaluru	1	1	2

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chennaiyin	6–5	Goa	4–1	2–4
Bengaluru	2–3	ATK	1–0	1–3

14 March 2020 (2020-03-14) Final	ATK	3–1	Chennaiyin	Fatorda Stadium, Margao
19:30 IST	Javi Hernández 10', 90+3' Edu Garcia 48'	Report	Valskis 69'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Kasimov Sharzod (Uzbekistan)

Players

Squad

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
1	GK	IND	Dheeraj Singh
2	DF	IND	Sumit Rathi
4	DF	ENG	John Johnson
6	DF	IND	Ricky Lallawmawma
7	MF	IND	Komal Thatal
8	MF	IRL	Carl McHugh
9	FW	AUS	David Williams
10	MF	ESP	Edu García
13	GK	IND	Avilash Paul
14	DF	ESP	Agus Garcia
15	FW	IND	Balwant Singh
16	MF	IND	Jayesh Rane
17	MF	IND	Pronay Halder


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	AUS	Dario Vidošić
19	MF	ESP	Javi Hernández
20	DF	IND	Pritam Kotal
21	FW	FIJ	Roy Krishna
22	FW	IND	Jobby Justin
23	MF	IND	Michael Soosairaj
24	DF	IND	Salam Ranjan Singh
25	MF	IND	Michael Regin
26	MF	IND	Sehnaj Singh
28	DF	IND	Ankit Mukherjee
29	GK	IND	Arindam Bhattacharya
30	DF	IND	Anas Edathodika
33	DF	IND	Prabir Das
65	DF	IND	Sena Ralte

Other players under contract

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
—	MF	IND	Cavin Lobo
—	MF	IND	Hitesh Sharma

Out on loan

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	Debjit Majumder (on loan to Mohun Bagan until 31 May 2020)
—	MF	IND	Sheikh Faiaz (on loan to Mohun Bagan until 31 May 2020)

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1

References

^ "ISL 2019-20: Manuel Lanzarote in the dark about ATK future next season | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
^ Bhaumikdate=18 April 2019, Purushottam Das. "Rumours about contracts and transfers for 2019-20 football season take centre-stage". The Economic Times. Retrieved 22 June 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Clarification over AFC Club Competition slots from 2021 onwards". www.the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
^ "Bengaluru FC to play in AFC Cup playoffs as AIFF confirms all three continental spots for ISL teams". Scroll.in. 4 June 2020. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.

[cnote_Note_1] 
Note 1: Originally, Mohun Bagan, the 2019–20 I-League champions (they were already assured of the title before the league was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India), would qualify as India 2 (2021 AFC Cup group stage), and ATK, the 2019–20 Indian Super League playoffs winners, would qualify as India 3 (2021 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs).^[3] However, ATK owners KGSPL ceased their football operation and bought majority stakes in Mohun Bagan FC (India) Private Limited and rebranded Mohun Bagan football team as ATK Mohun Bagan FC from the 2020–21 Indian Super League season which qualified as India 2 in 2021 AFC club competition. The All India Football Federation decided that Bengaluru FC, the 2019–20 Indian Super League regular season 3rd place (behind FC Goa, which qualified for the 2021 AFC Champions League, and ATK), will qualify as India 3.^[4]

[1] "ISL 2019-20: Manuel Lanzarote in the dark about ATK future next season | Goal.com". www.goal.com.

[2] Bhaumikdate=18 April 2019, Purushottam Das. "Rumours about contracts and transfers for 2019-20 football season take centre-stage". The Economic Times. Retrieved 22 June 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[3] "Clarification over AFC Club Competition slots from 2021 onwards". www.the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.

[4] "Bengaluru FC to play in AFC Cup playoffs as AIFF confirms all three continental spots for ISL teams". Scroll.in. 4 June 2020. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.

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