2020–21 Indian Arrows season

Indian Arrows
2020–21 season
Manager	Shanmugam Venkatesh
Stadium	TBD
I-League	TBD
IFA Shield	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; All: Gurkirat Singh (1 goal)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 season was the Indian Arrows' 7th competitive season in one of the top-flight league of Indian football, I-league. Indian Arrows was formed in 2010 on the behest on then Indian team coach, Bob Houghton, with the main goal of nurturing young talent in India in the hope of qualifying for 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.^[1] It was disbanded by AIFF in 2013 when their club sponsor, Pailan Group, could not financially support the group.^[2] But revived again in 2017–18 season immediately after FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Technical staff[edit]

Position	Name
Head Coach	Shanmugam Venkatesh^[3]
Team Manager	Velu Dhayalamani
Assistant Coach	Mahesh Gawli
Goalkeeping Coach	Hameed
Team Analyst	Prashanth Murthy
Physiotherapist	Sulthan Basheer

Squad[edit]

No.	Name	Nationality	Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
	Naveen Saini	Punjab	(2003-08-29) 29 August 2003 (age 20)
	Santosh Singh Irengbam	Manipur	(2003-09-30) 30 September 2003 (age 20)
	Syed Zahid Hussain Bukhari	Jammu and Kashmir	(2003-04-16) 16 April 2003 (age 21)
	Ahan Prakash	Karnataka
Defenders
	Abdul Hanan	Jammu and Kashmir	(2004-08-04) 4 August 2004 (age 19)
	Kushang Subba	Sikkim	(2003-08-08) 8 August 2003 (age 20)
	Sajad Hussain Parray	Jammu and Kashmir	(2003-04-25) 25 April 2003 (age 21)
	Praful Kumar	Karnataka	(2003-06-10) 10 June 2003 (age 20)
	Evan Thapa	Sikkim	(2003-12-30) 30 December 2003 (age 20)
	Tankadhar Bag	Odisha	(2003-12-07) 7 December 2003 (age 20)
	Dipu Halder	West Bengal	(2003-05-09) 9 May 2003 (age 20)
	Brijesh Giri	West Bengal	(2003-12-07) 7 December 2003 (age 20)
	Leewan Castanha	Goa
	Gurkirat Singh	Chandigarh	(2003-07-16) 16 July 2003 (age 20)
Midfielders
	Pragyan Medhi	Assam	(2004-01-08) 8 January 2004 (age 20)
	Lalchhanhima Chawnghlut	Mizoram	(2003-02-28) 28 February 2003 (age 21)
	Harsh Shailesh Patre	Goa	(2003-01-25) 25 January 2003 (age 21)
	Lalchhanhima Sailo	Mizoram	(2003-03-03) 3 March 2003 (age 21)
	Ricky John Shabong	Meghalaya	(2002-12-29) 29 December 2002 (age 21)
Forwards
	Vanlalruatfela Thlacheu	Mizoram	(2003-11-01) 1 November 2003 (age 20)
	Parthib Sunder Gogoi	Assam	(2003-07-16) 16 July 2003 (age 20)
	Arya Gandharva	Maharashtra
	Mohamed L. Ahamed
	Tapan Haldar	West Bengal
	Vishva Vijay Shinde	Maharashtra	(2003-07-11) 11 July 2003 (age 20)

Last updated: 19 November 2020
Source: [1]

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
I-League	10 January 2021	10 January 2021	11th		1	0	0	1	2	5	−3	000.00
IFA Shield	6 December 2020	9 December 2020	Group Stage	Group Stage	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Total					3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	000.00

Source: Competitions

I-League[edit]

League table (Phase-1)[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Aizawl	10	4	3	3	13	8	+5	15	Demote to Relegation Stage (Group B)
8	Sudeva Delhi	10	2	3	5	11	11	0	9
9	Chennai City	10	3	0	7	7	19	−12	9
10	NEROCA	10	2	2	6	13	15	−2	8
11	Indian Arrows	10	1	1	8	6	31	−25	4

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

Relegation stage (Group B)[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Aizawl	14	7	3	4	21	12	+9	24
2	Sudeva Delhi	14	5	3	6	16	14	+2	18
3	Chennai City	14	5	0	9	16	25	−9	15
4	Indian Arrows	14	3	1	10	11	38	−27	10
5	NEROCA	14	2	2	10	14	22	−8	8

Updated to match(es) played on 25 March 2021. Source: I-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots

Results by matchday[edit]

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5
Ground	H	A	H	A	A
Result	L	L	L	D	L
Position	11	11	11	11	11

Updated to match(es) played on 6 December 2020. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

IFA Shield[edit]

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	George Telegraph	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6	Advance to the quarterfinals
2	Southern Samity	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1	Advance to the quarterfinals
3	Indian Arrows	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1

Source: ifawb.org

Results & Schedule[edit]

Win Draw Loss

IFA Shield[edit]

6 December 2020 IFA Shield Group Stage	Indian Arrows	1–1	Southern Samity	Kolkata
	Gurkirat Singh	Report	Sujit Saren	Stadium: Mohun Bagan Ground

9 December 2020 IFA Shield Group Stage	Indian Arrows	0–2	George Telegraph	Howrah
				Stadium: Sailen Manna Stadium

I-League[edit]

10 January 2021 1.1	Indian Arrows	2–5	Churchill Brothers	Kalyani
	Thlacheu 9' Gurkirat Singh 22' (pen.)	Report	Luka Majcen 2', 75' Clayvin Zuniga 35', 59', 69'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium

14 January 2021 1.2	Sudeva Delhi	3–0	Indian Arrows	Kalyani
	Lewis 40' M. Singh 49' Kharpan 66'			Stadium: Kalyani Stadium

20 January 2021 1.3	Indian Arrows	0–4	NEROCA	Kalyani
			Garcia 27', 65' Kallon 30' Lhungdim 72'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium

24 January 2021 1.4	Aizawl	1–1	Indian Arrows	Kalyani
	Kasagga 12'		Parray 90+3'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium

29 January 2021 1.5	Chennai City	1–0	Indian Arrows	Kalyani
	Škrijelj 63'			Stadium: Kalyani Stadium

4 February 2021 1.6	Real Kashmir	6–0	Indian Arrows	Kalyani
	Dipanda 42', 73' Adefemi 51' Amiri 61' Lyngdoh 80' Farooq 86'			Stadium: Kalyani Stadium

9 February 2021 1.7	Indian Arrows	1–2	Punjab	Kalyani
	Fernandes 85'		Diawara 35', 56'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium

14 February 2021 1.8	Indian Arrows	1–0	Mohammedan	Kolkata
	G. Singh 26'			Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium

19 February 2021 1.9	Gokulam Kerala	4–0	Indian Arrows	Kalyani
	Benny 49' Antwi 51' (pen) Lalromawia 78' Ronald 90+5'			Stadium: Kalyani Stadium

20 February 2021 1.10	Indian Arrows	1–5	TRAU	Kalyani
	Patre 42'		B. Singh 14', 50' Khongreiwoshi 16' Tursunov 74' Horam 84'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium

Phase-2[edit]

6 March 2021 2.1	Indian Arrows	3–0	NEROCA	Kalyani
	Patre 17', 90+6' Thlacheu 51'			Stadium: Kalyani Stadium

11 March 2021 2.2	Indian Arrows	0–5	Chennai City	Kalyani
			Rajesh 36' Velmurugan 49', 90+1' Dhas 59' Hussain 85'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium

16 March 2021 2.3	Aizawl	1–2	Indian Arrows	Kolkata
	Malsawmtluanga 22'		Gogoi 11' Sailo 36'	Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan

20 March 2021 2.4	Sudeva	1–0	Indian Arrows	Kolkata
	Paul 40'			Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium

Statistics[edit]

Goal Scorers[edit]

Rank	Pos.	Name	Goals
Goal Scorers for Indian Arrows in 2020–21 season
1	DF	Gurkirat Singh	2
2	FW	Vanlalruatfela Thlacheu	1
		Own goals	0
Total			3

References[edit]

^ Sharma, Siddharth. "Vital steps to improve the Indian U23 football team". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
^ Bali, Rahul. "AIFF decide to shut down Pailan Arrows". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 1 September 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
^ "Match Details | Hero I-League". Retrieved 30 April 2020.

[1] Sharma, Siddharth. "Vital steps to improve the Indian U23 football team". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 25 August 2012.

[2] Bali, Rahul. "AIFF decide to shut down Pailan Arrows". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 1 September 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.

[3] "Match Details | Hero I-League". Retrieved 30 April 2020.

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