2023–24 Punjab FC season

Punjab FC
2023–24 season
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
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →
	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 was promoted to the league by winning the 2022–23 I-League.^{[citation needed]}

Personnel[edit | edit source]

Current technical staff[edit | edit source]

Position	Name
Head coach	Staikos Vergetis^[1]
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 | edit source]

First-team squad[edit | edit source]

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	Ravi Kumar
2	DF	IND	Tekcham Abhishek Singh
4	DF	IND	Nikhil Prabhu
5	DF	GRE	Dimitrios Chatziisaias
6	MF	IND	Ricky Shabong
7	FW	IND	Krishananda Singh
8	MF	FRA	Madih Talal
9	FW	COL	Wilmar Jordán
10	MF	IND	Maheson Singh
11	MF	IND	Samuel Kynshi
12	DF	IND	Khaiminthang Lhungdim
14	FW	ESP	Juan Mera
16	GK	NEP	Kiran Chemjong
17	MF	IND	Manglenthang Kipgen
18	FW	IND	Sweden Fernandes (on loan from Chennaiyin)
19	FW	IND	Daniel Lalhlimpuia
20	FW	IND	Ranjeet Pandre


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	GK	IND	Jaskaranbir Singh
22	MF	IND	Sahil Tavora (on loan from Hyderabad)
23	MF	IND	Ashish Pradhan
24	MF	IND	Prasanth Mohan
30	MF	IND	Kingsley Fernandes
31	MF	IND	Leon Augustine
32	DF	IND	Pramveer Singh
34	DF	IND	Melroy Assisi
39	DF	IND	Mohammed Salah
41	GK	IND	Abujam Penand Singh
45	DF	IND	Nitesh Darjee
48	MF	IND	Isaac Vanmalsawma
74	DF	IND	Suresh Meitei
77	FW	IND	Bidyashagar Singh
80	MF	IND	Amarjit Singh Kiyam
81	MF	IND	Bryce Miranda (on loan from Kerala Blasters)
99	FW	SVN	Luka Majcen (captain)

Transfers[edit | edit source]

In[edit | edit source]

Position	Player	Previous club	Transfer fee	Date	Ref
MF	Samuel Kynshi	Real Kashmir	Free	8 May 2023	^[2]
DF	Melroy Assisi	Rajasthan United	Undisclosed	20 July 2023	^[3]
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	^[4]
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 | edit source]

Start Date	End Date	Position	Player	From club	Transfer fee
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 | edit source]

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 | edit source]

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	^[5]
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 | edit source]

Overview[edit | edit source]

Win Draw Loss

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Indian Super League[edit | edit source]

League table[edit | edit source]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	L	GF	GA	GD
8	Mumbai City	0	0	0	0	0
9	NorthEast United	0	0	0	0	0
10	Odisha	0	0	0	0	0
11	Punjab	0	0	0	0	0
12	Bengaluru	1	1	1	2	−1

First match(es) will be played on September 2023. 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; 6) number of goals scored; 7) fair play ranking; 8) drawing of lots

League results by round[edit | edit source]

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Matches[edit | edit source]

Note: FSDL and the Indian Super League announced the fixtures for the first half of the season on 7 September.^[6]^[7] Meanwhile, the final half of the fixtures were announced on 25 January 2024.^[8]^[9]

23 September 2023 (2023-09-23) 1	Mohun Bagan SG	3-1	Punjab	Kolkata
20:00 IST	Cummings 9' Petratos 34' Manvir 63'	Report	Luka Majcen 52'	Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Attendance: 27,325 Man of the Match: Petratos

2 October 2023 (2023-10-02) 2	Goa	1-0	Punjab	Margao
20:00 IST	Carlos Martínez 17'			Stadium: Fatorda Stadium

6 October 2023 3	Punjab	1–1	NorthEast United	New Delhi
17:30 IST	Melroy Assisi 63'		Parthib Gogoi 45+1'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

22 October 2023 (2023-10-22) 4	Jamshedpur	0–0	Punjab	Jamshedpur
20:00 IST	Chaudhari 62' J. Singh 83'	Report	Assisi 43' Chatziisaias 45+1' Majcen 54' Prabhu 90'	Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex Attendance: 21,962 Referee: Senthil Nathan

29 October 2023 5	Chennaiyin	5–1	Punjab	Chennai
17:30 IST	Ryan Edwards 24' Connor Shields 27', 56' Rafael Crivellaro 45+1' (P) Vincy Barretto 84'		Krishananda Singh 86'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

2 November 2023 (2023-11-02) 6	Mumbai City	2-1	Punjab	Mumbai
20:00 IST	Stewart 82' Díaz 82'		Luka Majcen 38'	Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena

23 November 2023 (2023-11-23) 7	Punjab	1–1	Hyderabad	New Delhi
17:30 IST	Juan Mera 82'		Jonathan Moya 90+8'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

30 November 2023 (2023-11-30) 8	Bengaluru	3–3	Punjab	Bengaluru
20:00 IST	Harsh Patre 25' Main 45+1' Hernández 67'		Nikhil Prabhu 19' Dimitrios Chatziisaias 26' Luka Majcen 30'	Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium

9 December 2023 9	East Bengal	0–0	Punjab	Kolkata
20:00 IST	Herrera 38' Chakrabarti 67' Pardo 90+4'	Report	Nitesh Darjee 37' Nikhil Prabhu N. 41' Meitei HT'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 14,977 Referee: Venkatesh R. Man of the Match: Suresh Meitei (Punjab)

14 December 2023 (2023-12-14) 10	Punjab	0–1	Kerala Blasters	New Delhi
20:00 IST	Prabhu 44' Lhungdim 54' Fernandes 87'	Report	Azhar 28' Kotal 43' Diamantakos 51' (pen.) Mandal 90+2'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 5,992 Referee: Rahul Gupta Man of the Match: Mohammed Aimen (Kerala Blasters)

18 December 2023 (2023-12-18) 11	Punjab	1–0	Chennaiyin	New Delhi
17:30 IST	Madih Talal 56'			Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

26 December 2023 (2023-12-26) 12	Punjab	0–1	Odisha	New Delhi
17:30 IST			Roy Krishna 21'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

3 February 2024 (2024-02-03) 13	Punjab	3–1	Bengaluru	New Delhi
17:30 IST	Wilmar Jordán 23' Luka Majcen 71' Madih Talal 77'		Sunil Chhetri 15'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

12 February 2024 (2024-02-12) 14	Kerala Blasters	1–3	Punjab	Kochi
19:30 IST	Drinčić 26', 39' Lallawmawma 90+2' Diamantakos 90+4'	Report	Jordán 42', 61' Kumar 88' Majcen 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 17,650 Referee: I Jamal Mohamed Man of the Match: Wilmar Jordán (Punjab)

15 February 2024 (2024-02-15) 15	Punjab	0–4	Jamshedpur	New Delhi
19:30 IST	Majcen 13'		Chima 11' Uvais 36' Sanan 63' Manzorro 83' Manzorro 86'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Man of the Match: Jérémy Manzorro

27 February 2024 (2024-02-27) 16	Hyderabad	0–2	Punjab	Hyderabad
17:30 IST			Luka Majcen 45' Madih Talal 56'	Stadium: GMC Balayogi Athletic Stadium

2 March 2024 (2024-03-02) 17	Punjab	2-3	Mumbai City	New Delhi
20:00 IST	Madih Talal 37' Jordán 39'		Lallianzuala Chhangte 16' Iker Guarrotxena 53', 64'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

7 March 2024 (2024-03-07) 18	NorthEast United	0–1	Punjab	Guwahati
17:30 IST			Jordán 63' (P)	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium

11 March 2024 (2024-03-11) 19	Punjab	3-3	Goa	New Delhi
20:00 IST	Jordán 54' Luka Majcen 61' Juan Mera 78'		Carl McHugh 5' Carlos Martínez 72' (P) Noah Sadaoui 84'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

2 April 2024 (2024-04-02) 20	Odisha	3-1	Punjab	Bhubaneswar
19:30 IST	Diego Maurício 34', 68' (P) Isak Vanlalruatfela 61'		Madih Talal 38'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium

6 April 2024 (2024-04-06) 21	Punjab	0-1	Mohun Bagan SG	New Delhi
17:00 IST			Petratos 42'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Delhi)

10 April 2024 22	Punjab	4-1	East Bengal	New Delhi
19:30 IST	Wilmar Jordán 19', 62' Madih Talal 43' Luka Majcen 70'			Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Durand Cup[edit | edit source]

Punjab were drawn in the Group A for the 132nd edition of the Durand Cup.^[10]

Group stage[edit | edit source]

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Matches[edit | edit source]

7 August 2023 (2023-08-07)	Mohun Bagan SG	2–0	Punjab	Kolkata
18:00 IST	M. Assisi 23' (o.g.) Boumous 48'	Report		Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Referee: Venkatesh R Man of the Match: Hugo Boumous (Mohun Bagan SG)

10 August 2023 (2023-08-10)	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 (2023-08-16)	East Bengal	1–0	Punjab	Kolkata
18:00 IST	Siverio 22'	Report		Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Man of the Match: Nandhakumar Sekar (East Bengal)

Indian Super Cup[edit | edit source]

Group stage[edit | edit source]

The group stage draw for the 2024 Indian Super Cup was conducted on 18 December 2023 with Punjab being drawn in Group C.^[11]

2024 Indian Super Cup group stage

Matches[edit | edit source]

11 January 2024 (2024-01-11) 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 (2024-01-16) 2	Mumbai City	3–2	Punjab	Bhubaneswar
19:30 IST	Ayush Chhikara 37', 56' Seilenthang Lotjem 90+3'	Report	Majcen 28', 87'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Man of the Match: Ayush Chhikara (Mumbai City)

21 January 2024 (2024-01-21) 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 | edit source]

Squad appearances and goals[edit | edit source]

All stats are correct as of 4 May 2024

All competitions[edit | edit source]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Super League		Durand Cup		Super Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Ravi Kumar	17	0	16	0	1	0	0	0
16	GK		Kiran Chemjong	11	0	6	0	2	0	3	0
31	GK		Jaskaranvir Singh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Tekcham Abhishek Singh	16	0	12	0	1	0	3	0
4	DF		Nikhil Prabhu	26	1	20	1	3	0	3	0
5	DF		Dimitrios Chatziisaias	23	1	20	1	0	0	3	0
12	DF		Khaiminthang Lhungdim	21	0	17	0	2	0	2	0
32	DF		Pramveer Singh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	DF		Melroy Assisi	14	1	10	1	3	0	1	0
39	DF		Mohammed Salah	17	0	13	0	2	0	2	0
45	DF		Nitesh Darjee	12	0	9	0	1	0	2	0
74	DF		Suresh Meitei	15	0	14	0	0	0	1	0
Midfielders
6	MF		Ricky Shabong	16	0	10	0	3	0	3	0
8	MF		Madih Talal	25	6	22	6	0	0	3	0
10	MF		Maheson Singh	5	0	1	0	3	0	1	0
11	MF		Samuel Kynshi	7	0	5	0	2	0	0	0
14	MF		Juan Mera	23	2	17	2	3	0	3	0
17	MF		Manglenthang Kipgen	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
18	MF		Sweden Fernandes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Sahil Tavora	20	0	20	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF		Ashis Pradhan	21	0	17	0	3	0	1	0
24	MF		Prasanth Mohan	12	0	11	0	1	0	0	0
30	MF		Kingsley Fernandes	8	0	7	0	1	0	0	0
31	MF		Leon Augustine	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
48	MF		Isaac Vanmalsawma	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
80	MF		Amarjit Singh Kiyam	14	0	10	0	3	0	1	0
81	MF		Bryce Miranda	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW		Krishananda Singh	14	1	11	1	2	0	1	0
9	FW		Wilmar Jordán	18	9	15	8	0	0	3	1
19	FW		Daniel Lalhlimpuia	9	0	6	0	1	0	2	0
20	FW		Ranjeet Pandre	6	0	3	0	3	0	0	0
77	FW		Bidyashagar Singh	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW		Luka Majcen	28	10	22	8	3	0	3	2

Goal scorers[edit | edit source]

As of match played 10 April 2024

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	League	Super Cup	Total
1	99	FW	Luka Majcen	8	2	10
2	10	FW	Wilmar Jordán	8	1	9
3	8	MF	Madih Talal	6	0	6
4	14	MF	Juan Mera	2	0	2
5	4	DF	Nikhil Prabhu	1	0	1
	5	DF	Dimitrios Chatziisaias	1	0	1
	7	MF	Krishananda Singh	1	0	1
	34	DF	Melroy Assisi	1	0	1

Clean-sheets[edit | edit source]

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

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "Staikos Vergetis appointed new Head Coach for RoundGlass Punjab FC". halfwayfootball.com. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
↑ "ISL: Newly promoted RoundGlass Punjab signs Real Kashmir duo on multi-year deals". thebridge.in. 8 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
↑ "Melroy Assisi Bids Farewell to Rajasthan United". @RajasthanUnited. 20 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
↑ "ISL Transfer News: Punjab FC Rope in 25-year-old Frenchman Madih Talal". news18.com. 12 August 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
↑ "Kerala Blasters FC sign midfielder Freddy Lallawmawma". Kerala Blasters FC. 31 August 2023. Archived from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
↑ Sportstar, Team (7 September 2023). "ISL 2023-24 schedule: Full list of Indian Super League matches, East Bengal vs Mohun Bagan on October 28". Sportstar. Archived from the original on 7 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
↑ "ISL 2023-24 Fixtures Out: Kerala Blasters to Face Bengaluru FC on Season Opener". News18. 7 September 2023. Archived from the original on 7 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
↑ "Indian Super League Fixtures Announced! ISL 2023-24 to Resume from January 31". News18. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
↑ "ISL 2023-24: League to resume on January 31; full list of fixtures". ESPN.com. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
↑ "Groups revealed for 132nd Durand Cup". sportstar.thehindu.com. 10 July 2023. Archived from the original on 10 July 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
↑ "Kalinga Super Cup 2024: Group stage draw announced in New Delhi". www.indiansuperleague.com. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.

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[1] "Staikos Vergetis appointed new Head Coach for RoundGlass Punjab FC". halfwayfootball.com. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.

[2] "ISL: Newly promoted RoundGlass Punjab signs Real Kashmir duo on multi-year deals". thebridge.in. 8 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.

[3] "Melroy Assisi Bids Farewell to Rajasthan United". @RajasthanUnited. 20 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.

[4] "ISL Transfer News: Punjab FC Rope in 25-year-old Frenchman Madih Talal". news18.com. 12 August 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

[5] "Kerala Blasters FC sign midfielder Freddy Lallawmawma". Kerala Blasters FC. 31 August 2023. Archived from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.

[6] Sportstar, Team (7 September 2023). "ISL 2023-24 schedule: Full list of Indian Super League matches, East Bengal vs Mohun Bagan on October 28". Sportstar. Archived from the original on 7 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.

[7] "ISL 2023-24 Fixtures Out: Kerala Blasters to Face Bengaluru FC on Season Opener". News18. 7 September 2023. Archived from the original on 7 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.

[8] "Indian Super League Fixtures Announced! ISL 2023-24 to Resume from January 31". News18. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.

[9] "ISL 2023-24: League to resume on January 31; full list of fixtures". ESPN.com. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.

[10] "Groups revealed for 132nd Durand Cup". sportstar.thehindu.com. 10 July 2023. Archived from the original on 10 July 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.

[11] "Kalinga Super Cup 2024: Group stage draw announced in New Delhi". www.indiansuperleague.com. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.

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