2023–24 Punjab FC season
2023–24 season | |||
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Director of Football | Nikolaos Topoliatis | ||
Head coach | Staikos Vergetis | ||
Stadium | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Delhi | ||
Indian Super League | 8th | ||
Indian Super Cup | Group stage | ||
Durand Cup | Group stage | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Wilmar Jordan, Luka Majcen (8 goals) All: Luka Majcen (10 goals) | ||
Highest home attendance | 5,992 vs Kerala Blasters | ||
Lowest home attendance | 2,016 vs FC Goa | ||
Average home league attendance | 3,755 | ||
Biggest win | 4-1 vs East Bengal FC | ||
Biggest defeat | 0-4 vs Jamshedpur FC | ||
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All statistics correct as of 2 July 2024. |
The 2023–24 season is the nineteenth season in Punjab FC's existence, and club's first ever season in the Indian Super League after it became the first ever club to be promoted to the League by winning the 2022–23 I-League.[1]
Personnel
[edit]Current technical staff
[edit]Position | Name |
---|---|
Head coach | Staikos Vergetis[2] |
Assistant coach | Dimitrios Kakkos |
Goalkeeping coach | Vinay Singh |
Strength & Conditioning coach | Nikolaos Tsagkatakis |
Team Manager | Kamaldeep Singh |
Technical Director | Nikolaos Topoliatis |
Team Doctor | Sidak Dhillon |
Players
[edit]First-team squad
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers
[edit]In
[edit]Position | Player | Previous club | Transfer fee | Date | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MF | Samuel Kynshi | Real Kashmir | Free | 8 May 2023 | [3] |
DF | Melroy Assisi | Rajasthan United | Undisclosed | 20 July 2023 | [4] |
MF | Kingsley Fernandes | Churchill Brothers | Free | 20 July 2023 | |
DF | Nitesh Darjee | Sudeva Delhi | Free | 20 July 2023 | |
MF | Ricky Shabong | Mohun Bagan SG | Free | 24 July 2023 | |
FW | Ranjeet Pandre | Mumbai Kenkre | Free | 24 July 2023 | |
DF | Nikhil Prabhu | Goa | Free | 25 July 2023 | |
MF | Prasanth Mohan | Chennaiyin | Free | 29 July 2023 | |
MF | Madih Talal | A.E. Kifisia | Free | 12 August 2023 | [5] |
DF | Tejas Krishna | Kerala Blasters B | Free | 30 August 2023 | |
FW | Wilmar Jordán | NorthEast United | Free | 31 August 2023 | |
GK | Shibinraj Kunniyil | Gokulam Kerala | Free | 10 September 2023 | |
DF | Suresh Meitei | Army Red | Free | 10 September 2023 | |
DF | Mashoor Shereef | NorthEast United | Free | 10 September 2023 | |
DF | Dimitrios Chatziisaias | Atromitos | Free | 20 September 2023 | |
MF | Isaac Vanmalsawma | Odisha | Free | 31 January 2024 | |
FW | Bidyashagar Singh | Kerala Blasters FC | Free | 31 January 2024 |
Loans In
[edit]Start Date | End Date | Position | Player | From club | Transfer fee | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
25 September 2023 | 31 May 2024 | MF | Amarjit Singh Kiyam | Chennaiyin | Free | |
10 September 2023 | 31 May 2024 | MF | Sweden Fernandes | Chennaiyin | Free | |
31 January 2024 | 31 May 2024 | MF | Bryce Miranda | Kerala Blasters | Free | |
31 January 2024 | 31 May 2024 | MF | Sahil Tavora | Hyderabad | Free |
Loans out
[edit]Start Date | End Date | Position | Player | To club | Transfer fee | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
30 August 2023 | 31 May 2024 | DF | Deepak Devrani | Inter Kashi | Free | |
30 August 2023 | 31 May 2024 | DF | Tejas Krishna | Inter Kashi | Free |
Out
[edit]Date. | No. | Position | Player | Outgoing club | Transfer Fee | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 June 2023 | 20 | MF | Juan Nellar | Free Agent | Free | |
23 June 2023 | 29 | FW | Ashangbam Aphaoba Singh | Odisha | Free | |
25 July 2023 | 14 | DF | Shankar Sampingiraj | Bengaluru | Free | |
31 August 2023 | 8 | MF | Freddy Lallawmawma | Kerala Blasters | Undisclosed | [6] |
2 September 2023 | 27 | MF | Samuel Lalmuanpuia | Mohammedan | Free | |
16 January 2024 | 55 | MF | Aleksandar Ignjatović | Rudar Prijedor | Free | |
20 January 2024 | 66 | DF | Mashoor Shereef | Gokulam Kerala | Free | |
24 January 2024 | 13 | GK | Shibinraj Kunniyil | Free Agent | Free | |
27 January 2024 | 4 | DF | Tarif Akhand | Kenkre | Free | |
31 January 2024 | 30 | MF | Brandon Vanlalremdika | Sreenidi Deccan | Free |
Competition
[edit]Overview
[edit]Win Draw Loss
Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
Durand Cup | 7 August 2023 | 16 August 2023 | Group stage | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0.00 |
Super Cup | 11 January 2024 | 21 January 2024 | Group stage | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 0.00 |
Super League | 21 September 2023 | 10 April 2024 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 27.27 |
Total | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 42 | −11 | 21.43 |
Last updated: 26 February 2024
Source: Soccerway
Indian Super League
[edit]League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 | Chennaiyin | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 36 | −10 | 27 | Knockouts |
7 | NorthEast United | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 32 | −4 | 26 | |
8 | Punjab | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 24[a] | |
9 | East Bengal | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 29 | −2 | 24[a] | ACL 2 preliminary stage[b] |
10 | Bengaluru | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 34 | −14 | 22 |
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; 6) number of goals scored; 7) fair play ranking
Notes:
- ^ a b Head-to-head points: Punjab 4, East Bengal 1.
- ^ East Bengal qualified for the AFC Champions League Two preliminary stage by winning the 2024 Super Cup.[7]
League results by round
[edit]A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
[edit]Note: FSDL and the Indian Super League announced the fixtures for the first half of the season on 7 September.[8][9] Meanwhile, the final half of the fixtures were announced on 25 January 2024.[10][11]
23 September 2023 1 | Mohun Bagan SG | 3-1 | Punjab | Kolkata |
20:00 IST | Report |
| Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Attendance: 27,325 Man of the Match: Petratos |
2 October 2023 2 | Goa | 1-0 | Punjab | Margao |
20:00 IST |
| Stadium: Fatorda Stadium |
6 October 2023 3 | Punjab | 1–1 | NorthEast United | New Delhi |
17:30 IST |
|
| Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium |
22 October 2023 4 | Jamshedpur | 0–0 | Punjab | Jamshedpur |
20:00 IST | Report |
| Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex Attendance: 21,962 Referee: Senthil Nathan |
29 October 2023 5 | Chennaiyin | 5–1 | Punjab | Chennai |
17:30 IST |
| Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium |
2 November 2023 6 | Mumbai City | 2-1 | Punjab | Mumbai |
20:00 IST |
| Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena |
23 November 2023 7 | Punjab | 1–1 | Hyderabad | New Delhi |
17:30 IST |
|
| Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium |
30 November 2023 8 | Bengaluru | 3–3 | Punjab | Bengaluru |
20:00 IST |
| Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium |
9 December 2023 9 | East Bengal | 0–0 | Punjab | Kolkata |
20:00 IST |
| Report |
| Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 14,977 Referee: Venkatesh R. Man of the Match: Suresh Meitei (Punjab) |
14 December 2023 10 | Punjab | 0–1 | Kerala Blasters | New Delhi |
20:00 IST |
| Report |
| Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 5,992 Referee: Rahul Gupta Man of the Match: Mohammed Aimen (Kerala Blasters) |
18 December 2023 11 | Punjab | 1–0 | Chennaiyin | New Delhi |
17:30 IST |
| Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium |
26 December 2023 12 | Punjab | 0–1 | Odisha | New Delhi |
17:30 IST |
| Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium |
3 February 2024 13 | Punjab | 3–1 | Bengaluru | New Delhi |
17:30 IST |
|
| Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium |
12 February 2024 14 | Kerala Blasters | 1–3 | Punjab | Kochi |
19:30 IST |
| Report | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 17,650 Referee: I Jamal Mohamed Man of the Match: Wilmar Jordán (Punjab) |
15 February 2024 15 | Punjab | 0–4 | Jamshedpur | New Delhi |
19:30 IST |
| Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Man of the Match: Jérémy Manzorro |
27 February 2024 16 | Hyderabad | 0–2 | Punjab | Hyderabad |
17:30 IST |
| Stadium: GMC Balayogi Athletic Stadium |
2 March 2024 17 | Punjab | 2-3 | Mumbai City | New Delhi |
20:00 IST |
|
| Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium |
7 March 2024 18 | NorthEast United | 0–1 | Punjab | Guwahati |
17:30 IST |
| Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium |
11 March 2024 19 | Punjab | 3-3 | Goa | New Delhi |
20:00 IST |
|
| Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium |
2 April 2024 20 | Odisha | 3-1 | Punjab | Bhubaneswar |
19:30 IST |
|
| Stadium: Kalinga Stadium |
6 April 2024 21 | Punjab | 0-1 | Mohun Bagan SG | New Delhi |
17:00 IST |
| Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Delhi) |
10 April 2024 22 | Punjab | 4-1 | East Bengal | New Delhi |
19:30 IST |
| Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium |
Durand Cup
[edit]Punjab were drawn in the Group A for the 132nd edition of the Durand Cup.[12]
Group stage
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | EAB | MBG | BAN | PUN | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | East Bengal (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | Qualify for the knockout stage | — | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | |
2 | Mohun Bagan SG (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 6 | 0–1 | — | 5–0 | 2–0 | ||
3 | Bangladesh Army | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | ||
4 | Punjab | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 1 | — | — | 0–0 | — |
Matches
[edit]7 August 2023 | Mohun Bagan SG | 2–0 | Punjab | Kolkata |
18:00 IST | Report | Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Referee: Venkatesh R Man of the Match: Hugo Boumous (Mohun Bagan SG) |
10 August 2023 | Punjab | 0–0 | Bangladesh Army | Kolkata |
18:00 IST | Report | Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Man of the Match: Ashraful Islam Rana (Bangladesh Army) |
16 August 2023 | East Bengal | 1–0 | Punjab | Kolkata |
18:00 IST |
| Report | Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Man of the Match: Nandhakumar Sekar (East Bengal) |
Indian Super Cup
[edit]Group stage
[edit]The group stage draw for the 2024 Indian Super Cup was conducted on 18 December 2023 with Punjab being drawn in Group C.[13]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MCI | CHE | PFC | GOK | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mumbai City | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | |
2 | Chennaiyin | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | — | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | ||
3 | Punjab | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | — | — | — | 0–0 | ||
4 | Gokulam Kerala | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
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
Matches
[edit]11 January 2024 1 | Chennaiyin | 1–1 | Punjab | Bhubaneswar |
19:30 IST | Murray 82' | Report | Jordan 4' | Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Man of the Match: Connor Shields (Chennaiyin) |
16 January 2024 2 | Mumbai City | 3–2 | Punjab | Bhubaneswar |
19:30 IST |
| Report |
| Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Man of the Match: Ayush Chhikara (Mumbai City) |
21 January 2024 3 | Punjab | 0–0 | Gokulam Kerala | Bhubaneswar |
14:00 IST | Report | Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Pitch 1 Man of the Match: Melroy Melwin Assisi (Punjab) |
Statistics
[edit]Squad appearances and goals
[edit]All stats are correct as of 4 May 2024
All competitions
[edit]No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Super League | Durand Cup | Super Cup | ||||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||||
Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||||
1 | GK | IND | Ravi Kumar | 17 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
16 | GK | NEP | Kiran Chemjong | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
31 | GK | IND | Jaskaranvir Singh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Defenders | |||||||||||||||
2 | DF | IND | Tekcham Abhishek Singh | 16 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
4 | DF | IND | Nikhil Prabhu | 26 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
5 | DF | GRE | Dimitrios Chatziisaias | 23 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
12 | DF | IND | Khaiminthang Lhungdim | 21 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
32 | DF | IND | Pramveer Singh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
34 | DF | IND | Melroy Assisi | 14 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
39 | DF | IND | Mohammed Salah | 17 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
45 | DF | IND | Nitesh Darjee | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
74 | DF | IND | Suresh Meitei | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Midfielders | |||||||||||||||
6 | MF | IND | Ricky Shabong | 16 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
8 | MF | FRA | Madih Talal | 25 | 6 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
10 | MF | IND | Maheson Singh | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
11 | MF | IND | Samuel Kynshi | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
14 | MF | ESP | Juan Mera | 23 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
17 | MF | IND | Manglenthang Kipgen | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
18 | MF | IND | Sweden Fernandes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
22 | MF | IND | Sahil Tavora | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
23 | MF | IND | Ashis Pradhan | 21 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
24 | MF | IND | Prasanth Mohan | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
30 | MF | IND | Kingsley Fernandes | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
31 | MF | IND | Leon Augustine | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
48 | MF | IND | Isaac Vanmalsawma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
80 | MF | IND | Amarjit Singh Kiyam | 14 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
81 | MF | IND | Bryce Miranda | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Forwards | |||||||||||||||
7 | FW | IND | Krishananda Singh | 14 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
9 | FW | COL | Wilmar Jordán | 18 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||||
19 | FW | IND | Daniel Lalhlimpuia | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
20 | FW | IND | Ranjeet Pandre | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
77 | FW | IND | Bidyashagar Singh | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
99 | FW | SVN | Luka Majcen | 28 | 10 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Goal scorers
[edit]As of match played 10 April 2024
Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | Durand Cup | Super Cup | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 99 | FW | Luka Majcen | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |
2 | 10 | FW | Wilmar Jordán | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
3 | 8 | MF | Madih Talal | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
4 | 14 | MF | Juan Mera | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
5 | 4 | DF | Nikhil Prabhu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
5 | DF | Dimitrios Chatziisaias | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
7 | MF | Krishananda Singh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
34 | DF | Melroy Assisi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Clean-sheets
[edit]As of match played 7 March 2024
Rank | Name | No. | League | Durand Cup | Super Cup | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ravi Kumar | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
2 | Kiran Chemjong | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
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