ISL 2018-19: Head Coaches of All 10 ISL teams

#7 Delhi Dynamos: Josep Gombau

Josep Gombau's last stint was with Australian side Western Sydney Wanderers

Famous teams managed: Kitchee, Adelaide United, Western Sydney Wanderers

Delhi Dynamos have reached the semi-finals twice after finishing in the top four in 2015 and 2016. But last season saw them finish eighth with coach Miguel Angel Portugal unable to get the entire squad to perform as well as their best performer Kalu Uche who scored 13 goals.

This season, the north Indian side have appointed a man with experience coaching Barcelona youth teams - Josep Gombau. He has been managing clubs in Hong Kong and Australia since 2009 and his last post was at A-League side Western Sydney Wanderers.

But the Spaniard was sacked when they didn't qualify for the A-League Finals Series. It wasn't entirely his fault with many factors such as a lack of a pre-season, inadequate time to get them to play the Barca way he had set out to do, and taking over from Tony Popovic who helped build the club and its squad.

He is also another coach who favours possession-based football and it will be interesting to see if he can get Delhi to use the ball more productively as they were one of the better passing sides in the league last season.