2023–24 Inter Kashi season

Inter Kashi
2023–24 season
Owner	RDB Group of Companies
Head coach	Carlos Santamarina
Stadium	Various
I-League	4th
Super Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Mario Barco (12); All: Mario Barco (14)
Highest home attendance	2,687; (v. Mohammedan,; 21 November 2023)
Lowest home attendance	123; (v. Gokulam Kerala,; 9 February 2024)
Average home league attendance	524
Biggest win	5–0 v Rajasthan United,; 8 January 2024; (Super Cup)
Biggest defeat	4–0 v Real Kashmir,; (Away); 28 November 2023; (I-League)
Home colours	Away colours
	2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season was the first season of Inter Kashi in existence. The club participated in the I-League, the second level of Indian football.

In May 2023, the All India Football Federation, the governing body of football in India, announced they would accept bids for new clubs to join 2023–24 I-League season onwards.^[1] On 29 June 2023, it was announced that agreement for the Varanasi franchise had been reached between Kolkata-based RDB Group of Companies and European clubs Atlético Madrid and Inter Escaldes. FC Andorra had an association with Inter Escaldes, but did not have any direct role with Inter Kashi. The moniker of "Inter" was added because of the tie-up with Inter Escaldes.^[2]

Current staff[edit | edit source]

Position	Name
Head coach	Carlos Santamarina^[3]
Assistant coaches	Javier Broch
Assistant coaches	Arata Izumi
Fitness coach	Dani Lorenzo

Players[edit | edit source]

First-team squad[edit | edit source]

As of 1 January 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	IND	Shubham Dhas
3	DF	IND	Bijoy Varghese (on loan from Kerala Blasters)
4	DF	IND	Klusner Pereira
5	DF	ENG	Peter Hartley
6	MF	IND	Keisam Angelo Singh
7	FW	ESP	Jordan Lamela
8	MF	IND	Phijam Vikash Singh
9	FW	ESP	Mario Barco
10	MF	ESP	Julen Pérez
11	FW	IND	Ishan Dey
16	DF	IND	Sandip Mandi
17	FW	IND	Edmund Lalrindika (on loan from Bengaluru)
18	DF	IND	Tejas Krishna (on loan from Punjab)
20	DF	IND	Kojam Beyong


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	FW	Cape Verde CPV	Gianni dos Santos
22	MF	IND	Jackichand Singh
24	MF	ESP	Fran Gómez (on loan from Atlético Madrid B)
25	FW	IND	Sumeet Passi
26	DF	IND	Deepak Devrani (on loan from Punjab)
27	DF	IND	Anil Chawan
28	MF	IND	Sehnaj Singh
29	GK	IND	Arindam Bhattacharya (captain)
33	FW	IND	Muhammad Ajsal (on loan from Kerala Blasters)
36	MF	IND	Asif Khan
39	DF	IND	Lalruatthara
43	GK	IND	Nikhil Deka
44	MF	IND	Haobam Singh
77	MF	IND	Gyamar Nikum (on loan from Mumbai City)
—	DF	IND	Sanson Pereira (on loan from Goa)

Transfers[edit | edit source]

Transfers in[edit | edit source]

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 August 2023	DF		Peter Hartley	Hartlepool United	None	^[4]
1 August 2023	DF		Klusner Pereira	Dempo SC	None
4 August 2023	MF		Sehnaj Singh	NorthEast United	None
28 August 2023	FW		Ishan Dey	Sudeva Delhi	None
1 September 2023	FW		Sumeet Passi	East Bengal	None
5 September 2023	FW		Jordan Lamela	Antoniano	None
8 September 2023	FW		Mario Barco	Numancia	None
9 September 2023	DF		Anil Chawan	Bengaluru United	None
11 September 2023	GK		Sharon Padattil	Bengaluru	None
12 September 2023	GK		Arindam Bhattacharya	NorthEast United	None
13 September 2023	MF		Jackichand Singh	Mumbai City	None
15 September 2023	MF		Asif Khan	Mumbai City	None
16 September 2023	DF		Kojam Beyong	Rajasthan United	None
16 September 2023	DF		Sandip Mandi	Diamond Harbour	None
16 September 2023	MF		Haobam Singh	East Bengal	None
16 September 2023	MF		Keisam Angelo Singh	Jamshedpur B	None
16 September 2023	MF		Phijam Vikash Singh	Jamshedpur FC	None
20 September 2023	MF		Julen Pérez	Las Palmas B	None
11 October 2023	DF		Lalruatthara	Odisha	None	^[5]
13 October 2023	GK		Nikhil Deka	NorthEast United	None
1 January 2024	FW	Cape Verde	Gianni dos Santos	Atlético Ottawa	None
26 March 2024	FW		Edmund Lalrindika	Bengaluru FC	Undisclosed Transfer Fee	^[6]

Loans in[edit | edit source]

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
17 August 2023	FW	Muhammad Ajsal	Kerala Blasters	31 May 2024	^[7]
2 September 2023	FW	Edmund Lalrindika	Bengaluru	31 May 2024
3 September 2023	MF	Gyamar Nikum	Mumbai City	31 May 2024
15 September 2023	DF	Bijoy Varghese	Kerala Blasters	31 May 2024
14 October 2023	DF	Deepak Devrani	Punjab	31 May 2024
14 October 2023	DF	Tejas Krishna	Punjab	31 May 2024
4 January 2024	MF	Fran Gómez	Atlético Madrid B	31 May 2024
14 January 2024	DF	Sanson Pereira	Goa	31 May 2024

Transfers Out[edit | edit source]

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Ref.
19 January 2024	DF		Klusner Pereira	SC de Goa

Pre-season[edit | edit source]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

18 September 2023 (2023-09-18) Friendly	East Bengal	2–2	Inter Kashi	Kolkata
16:00 IST

22 September 2023 (2023-09-22) Friendly	Goa	4–1	Inter Kashi	Margao
16:00 IST			Lalrindika ?'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium

4 October 2023 (2023-10-04) Friendly	Dempo	0–0	Inter Kashi	Panjim
16:00 IST				Stadium: Dempo Academy Ground

14 October 2023 (2023-10-14) Friendly	Pax of Nagoa SC	2–6	Inter Kashi	Verna
16:00 IST			Barco ??', ??', ??' Lalrindika ??' Dey ??'	Stadium: Nagoa Football Ground

Competitions[edit | edit source]

I-League[edit | edit source]

League table[edit | edit source]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2	Sreenidi Deccan	24	14	6	4	54	26	+28	48
3	Gokulam Kerala	24	12	6	6	55	34	+21	42
4	Inter Kashi	24	11	8	5	47	41	+6	41
5	Real Kashmir	24	11	7	6	36	19	+17	40
6	Delhi	24	11	2	11	44	40	+4	35

Source: I-League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Total goal difference; 5) Total number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).

Matches[edit | edit source]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Note: I-League announced the fixtures for the 2023–24 season on 6 October 2023.^[8]

28 October 2023 (2023-10-28) 1	Gokulam Kerala	2–2	Inter Kashi	Kozhikode
Template:UTZ	Álex Sánchez 8' Noufal PN 54'	Report	Lalrindika 29' Asif 90+2'	Stadium: EMS Stadium Attendance: 19,764 Referee: Mrutyunjay Amatya (India) Man of the Match: Álex Sánchez (Gokulam Kerala)

3 November 2023 (2023-11-03) 2	Sreenidi Deccan	4–1	Inter Kashi	Hyderabad
Template:UTZ	Rosenberg Gabriel 38' Pawan Kumar 56' Lalnuntluanga Bawitlung 77' R Lalbiakliana 85'	Report	Mario Barco 90+3'	Stadium: Deccan Arena Referee: K. Ramdasan (India) Man of the Match: Rosenberg Gabriel (Sreenidi Deccan)

6 November 2023 (2023-11-06) 3	Namdhari	2–4	Inter Kashi	Bhaini Sahib
Template:UTZ	Harmanpreet Singh 14' Imanol Arana 90+3'	Report	Jordan Lamela 52' Mario Barco 56', 84' Haobam Singh 90+5'	Stadium: Namdhari Stadium Referee: Akashkumar Mehta (India) Man of the Match: Mario Barco (Inter Kashi)

17 November 2023 (2023-11-17) 4	Churchill Brothers	1–2	Inter Kashi	Vasco
Template:UTZ	Ricardo Dichiara 38'	Report	Jackichand Singh 52' Gyamar Nikum 87'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Referee: Lakshay (India) Man of the Match: Gyamar Nikum (Inter Kashi)

21 November 2023 (2023-11-21) 5	Inter Kashi	0–2	Mohammedan	Lucknow
Template:UTZ		Report	Eddie Hernández 44' Wahengbam Angousana 50'	Stadium: Ekana Football Stadium Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar (India) Man of the Match: Wahengbam Angousana (Mohammedan)

28 November 2023 (2023-11-28) 6	Real Kashmir	4–0	Inter Kashi	Srinagar
Template:UTZ	Mohammad Inam Wani 30' Carlos Lomba 66' Gnohere Krizo 83' Mohamad Maksoud 90+5'	Report		Stadium: TRC Turf Ground Referee: Anand Rana (India) Man of the Match: Mohammad Inam (Real Kashmir)

1 December 2023 (2023-12-01) 7	NEROCA	1–3	Inter Kashi	Kalyani
Template:UTZ	Meitei 63'	Report	Lamela 28', 45+5' J. Singh 90+4'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Referee: Kynsanphar Lyngdoh Nongum (India) Man of the Match: Jordan Lamela (Inter Kashi)

6 December 2023 (2023-12-06) 8	Rajasthan United	2–2	Inter Kashi	Hyderabad
Template:UTZ	Denzell 40' (pen.) Mandi 51' (o.g.)	Report	Passi 4' Nikum 24'	Stadium: Deccan Arena Referee: Mrutyunjay Amatya (India) Man of the Match: Richard Gadze (Rajasthan)

10 December 2023 (2023-12-10) 9	TRAU	3–0	Inter Kashi	Kalyani
Template:UTZ	Danish Aribam 9' Deepak Singh 22' Abraham Okyere 76'	Report		Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Referee: Lalit Singh Rawat (India) Man of the Match: Danish Aribam (TRAU)

15 December 2023 (2023-12-15) 10	Inter Kashi	2–0	Delhi	Kalyani
Template:UTZ	Md. Asif 14' Lamela 36'	Report		Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Referee: Dipu Roy (India) Man of the Match: Jordan Lamela (Inter Kashi)

21 December 2023 (2023-12-21) 11	Aizawl	1–1	Inter Kashi	Aizawl
Template:UTZ	Md. Asif 43'	Report	Lalhmangaihkima 88'	Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Referee: Mithun Kumar (India) Man of the Match: Nora Fernandes (Aizawl)

3 February 2024 (2024-02-03) 12	Shillong Lajong	0–1	Inter Kashi	Shillong
Template:UTZ		Report	Gianni dos Santos 24'	Stadium: SSA Stadium Attendance: 5,812 Referee: Jehrul Islam Man of the Match: Gianni dos Santos (Inter Kashi)

9 February 2024 (2024-02-09) 13	Inter Kashi	2–4	Gokulam Kerala	Kalyani
Template:UTZ	Phijam Vikash Singh 23' Mario Barco 86'	Report	Álex Sánchez 30' Abhijith Kurungodan 39' Nikola Stojanović 74', 90+3'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 123 Referee: Pranjal Banerjee Man of the Match: Nikola Stojanović (Gokulam Kerala)

14 February 2024 (2024-02-14) 14	Inter Kashi	1–1	Churchill Brothers	Kalyani
Template:UTZ	Muhammad Ajsal 56'	Report	Emmanuel Essien 52'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 259 Referee: K. Lyngdoh Nongum Man of the Match: Muhammad Ajsal (Inter Kashi)

18 February 2024 (2024-02-18) 15	Inter Kashi	4–1	Namdhari	Kalyani
Template:UTZ	Lalrindika 3' Deepak Devrani 15' Mario Barco 52' Haobam Singh 80'	Report	Stephen 36'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 127 Referee: Lalit Singh Rawat Man of the Match: Gyamar Nikum (Inter Kashi)

24 February 2024 (2024-02-24) 16	Inter Kashi	1–1	Real Kashmir	Kalyani
Template:UTZ	Mario Barco 77'	Report	Henry Kisekka 90+6'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 447 Referee: Ashish Tiwari Man of the Match: Mohammad Inam (Real Kashmir)

27 February 2024 (2024-02-27) 17	Inter Kashi	3–1	NEROCA	Kalyani
Template:UTZ	Lalrindika 45+3' Md. Asif 67' Mario Barco 73'	Report	Lourembam David Singh 53'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 187 Referee: Williams Joy Koshy Man of the Match: Edmund Lalrindika (Inter Kashi)

2 March 2024 (2024-03-02) 18	Inter Kashi	1–1	Rajasthan United	Kalyani
Template:UTZ	Mario Barco 40'	Report	Lalchungnunga Chhangte 28'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium

8 March 2024 (2024-03-08) 19	Inter Kashi	6–3	TRAU	Kalyani
Template:UTZ	Nikum 12' Ajsal 26', 55' Lamela 78' Mohammed Asif 90' Gianni dos Santos 90+8'	Report	Sardor Jakhonov 43' (pen.) Issahak Nuhu Seidu 63', 85'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 752 Referee: Jatinder Singh Man of the Match: Muhammad Ajsal (Inter Kashi)

13 March 2024 (2024-03-13) 20	Delhi	0–2	Inter Kashi	Bhaini Ala
Template:UTZ		Report	Haobam 76' Hartley 79'	Stadium: Namdhari Stadium Referee: Surojit Das Man of the Match: Peter Hartley (Delhi)

18 March 2024 (2024-03-18) 21	Inter Kashi	5–4	Aizawl	Kalyani
19:00 IST	Lalrindika 3' Nikum 14' Jordan Garrido 33' Barco 86', 89'	Report	Passi 29' (o.g.) Lalrinzuala Lalbiaknia 44', 61' Lalbiakdika Vanlalvunga 83'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 325 Referee: Ajay Krishnan Man of the Match: Mario Barco (Inter Kashi)

22 March 2024 (2024-03-22) 22	Inter Kashi	2–1	Shillong Lajong	Kalyani
Template:UTZ	Barco 32' Tejas Krishna 45'	Report	Paulino 55' (pen.)	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 232 Referee: Pratik Mondal Man of the Match: Arindam Bhattacharya (Inter Kashi)

30 March 2024 (2024-03-30) 23	Mohammedan	1–1	Inter Kashi	Naihati
Template:UTZ	Gómez 8'	Report	Barco 83'	Stadium: Naihati Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Jehrul Islam Man of the Match: Mario Barco (Inter Kashi)

8 April 2024 (2024-04-08) 24	Inter Kashi	1–1	Sreenidi Deccan	Kalyani
Template:UTZ	Pérez 87' (pen.)	Report	Castañeda 41'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 455 Referee: Dipu Roy Man of the Match: Julen Pérez (Inter Kashi)

Indian Super Cup[edit | edit source]

Inter Kashi entered the competition in the play-off round. Inter Kashi defeated Rajasthan United in the qualification round by 5–0 on 8 January,^[9] the fixtures were announced on 18 December 2023.

2024 Indian Super Cup group stage

8 January 2024 (2024-01-08) 2024 Indian Super Cup qualifier	Inter Kashi	5–0	Rajasthan United	Bhubaneswar
Template:UTZ	Barco 10', 75' Lalrindika 58' Haobam 87' Ajsal 88'	Report		Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Referee: Pranjal Banerjee (India) Man of the Match: Mario Barco (Inter Kashi)

8 January 2024 (2024-01-08) 2024 Indian Super Cup GS	Goa	2–1	Inter Kashi	Bhubaneswar
Template:UTZ	Noah 58' Martínez 66'	Report	Nikum 78'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Man of the Match: Noah Sadaoui (Goa)

17 January 2024 (2024-01-17) 2024 Indian Super Cup GS	Odisha	3–0	Inter Kashi	Bhubaneswar
Template:UTZ	Lalthathanga 45+2' Maurício 60' Vanlalruatfela 80'	Report		Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Man of the Match: Diego Maurício (Odisha)

22 January 2024 (2024-01-22) 2024 Indian Super Cup GS	Bengaluru	1–1	Inter Kashi	Bhubaneswar
Template:UTZ	Javi 58' (pen.)	Report	Lalrindika 15'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Man of the Match: Ryan Williams (Bengaluru)

Statistics[edit | edit source]

Goalscorers[edit | edit source]

As of 02 March 2024

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	I League	Super Cup	Total
1	FW	9	Mario Barco	9	2	11
2	MF	7	Jordan Lamela	5	0	5
	FW	17	Edmund Lalrindika	3	2	5
	DF	36	Asif Khan	5	0	5
5	MF	77	Gyamar Nikum	3	1	4
6	FW	33	Muhammad Ajsal	2	1	3
6	MF	44	Haobam Singh	2	1	3
8	FW	21	Cape Verde Gianni dos Santos	2	0	2
8	MF	22	Jackichand Singh	2	0	2
10	MF	8	Phijam Vikash Singh	1	0	1
	FW	25	Sumeet Passi	1	0	1
	DF	26	Deepak Devrani	1	0	1
Total				36	7	43

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "AIFF invites bids for new clubs to join Hero I-League 2023-24 season onwards". The AIFF. 5 May 2023. Archived from the original on 20 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
↑ "Inter Kashi AMA". Reddit. 7 July 2023. Archived from the original on 7 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
↑ "Atletico Madrid returns to Indian league football with Inter Kashi; former JFC gaffer Santamarina to be head coach". sportstar.thehindu.com. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
↑ "We have kept you waiting long enough presenting our FIRST SIGNING — @PeterHartley88!". Inter Kashi Twitter. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
↑ @InterKashi (11 October 2023). "#WelcomeLalruatthara" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
↑ https://90ndstoppage.com/2024/03/24/inter-kashi-make-edmund-lalrindikas-deal-permanent-2/
↑ "Muhammad Ajsal to join Inter Kashi on loan". Kerala Blasters FC. 17 August 2023. Archived from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
↑ "Comments on: AIFF announces fixtures for I-League, IWL".
↑ "Kalinga Super Cup 2023-24 group stage draw announced: Odisha FC and Bengaluru FC clubbed in same group". 18 December 2023.

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[1] "AIFF invites bids for new clubs to join Hero I-League 2023-24 season onwards". The AIFF. 5 May 2023. Archived from the original on 20 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.

[2] "Inter Kashi AMA". Reddit. 7 July 2023. Archived from the original on 7 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.

[3] "Atletico Madrid returns to Indian league football with Inter Kashi; former JFC gaffer Santamarina to be head coach". sportstar.thehindu.com. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.

[4] "We have kept you waiting long enough presenting our FIRST SIGNING — @PeterHartley88!". Inter Kashi Twitter. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[5] @InterKashi (11 October 2023). "#WelcomeLalruatthara" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[6] ttps://90ndstoppage.com/2024/03/24/inter-kashi-make-edmund-lalrindikas-deal-permanent-2/

[7] "Muhammad Ajsal to join Inter Kashi on loan". Kerala Blasters FC. 17 August 2023. Archived from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.

[8] "Comments on: AIFF announces fixtures for I-League, IWL".

[9] "Kalinga Super Cup 2023-24 group stage draw announced: Odisha FC and Bengaluru FC clubbed in same group". 18 December 2023.

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