2023–24 Mohammedan SC (Kolkata) season

The 2023–24 season was the 131st season in the existence of Mohammedan and the club's third consecutive season in the I-League. In addition to the I-League, they also competed in the Durand Cup.[1][2][3][4] On 30th June its confirmed Mohammedan's participation in the Durand cup.[5]

Mohammedan
2023–24 season
Owner
  • Mohammedan Sporting Club Private Limited (50%)
  • Bunkerhill Private Limited (50%)
ChairmanGulam Ashraf
Head coachAndrey Chernyshov
StadiumKishore Bharati Krirangan, Bankimanjali Stadium (I-League)
I-League1st (promoted)
Durand CupGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Eddie Hernández (13)
All: Eddie Hernández (13)
Biggest win6–0 v TRAU
(Home)
7 November 2023
(I-League)

Staff edit

Position Staff
Manager   Andrey Chernyshov
Assistant Manager   Alison Kharsyntiew
Head of Goalkeeping   Lalit Thapa
Head Physiotherapist   Dibyajit Mitra
Assistant Physiotherapist   Md. Belal Qureshi
Strength & Conditioning Coach   Arsalan Mirza
Performance Analyst   Devrup J. Gupta
Media manager   Koustav Halder

Source: [citation needed]

Squad edit

First-team squad edit

As of 30 December 2023

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 Padam Chettri
3 DF   IND Dettol Moirangthem (on loan from Classic FA)
4 MF   UZB Mirjalol Kosimov
5 MF   ARG Juan Nellar
6 MF   IND Abhishek Halder
7 FW   IND Beneston Barretto
10 FW   ARG Alexis Gómez
11 MF   IND Wahengbam Angousana
14 DF   IND Zodingliana Ralte
15 DF   IND Dipu Halder
16 DF   IND Mohammed Irshad
19 FW   IND David Lalhlansanga
20 FW   HON Eddie Hernández
22 FW   IND Sagolsem Bikash Singh (on loan from Kerala Blasters)
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 DF   IND Samad Ali Mallick (captain)
26 MF   IND Samuel Lalmuanpuia
28 DF   GHA Joseph Adjei
29 FW   IND Lalremsanga Fanai (on loan from Rajasthan United)
33 GK   IND Lalbiakhlua Jongte (on loan from Hyderabad)
34 DF   IND Vanlalzuidika
47 FW   IND SK Faiaz
55 DF   IND Mohammed Jassim
69 GK   IND Jetli Sorokhaibam
77 FW   RUS Evgeniy Kozlov
99 MF   IND Tanmoy Ghosh
GK   IND James Kithan

Reserve squad edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF   IND Thokchom James Singh
8 MF   IND Sujit Singh
13 MF   IND Abhijit Sarkar
30 MF   IND Ganesh Besra
36 DF   IND Deep Biswas
No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   IND Rakibul Mallick
DF   IND Karandeep Singh
MF   IND Meitalkeishangbam Roger
MF   IND Ajay Alex Antonay
MF   IND Laishram Bedashwor Singh
FW   IND Bamiya Samad
FW   IND William Lalgoulien

Transfers edit

Transfers in edit

Date Position Nationality Player From Fee Ref
13 June 2023 FW   Alexis Gómez   Sudeva Delhi Free Transfer
15 June 2023 DF   Zodingliana Ralte   Aizawl Free Transfer
16 June 2023 DF   Denzil Kharshandi   ARA Free Transfer
17 June 2023 GK   Rakibul Mollick   Free Transfer
17 June 2023 MF   Ganesh Besra   Wari AC Free Transfer
17 June 2023 MF   Bamiya Samad   Free Transfer
19 June 2023 FW   Prince Opoku Agyemang   Duhok SC Free Transfer [6]
20 June 2023 MF   Sujit Singh   The Diamond Rock FC Free Transfer
23 June 2023 DF   Joseph Adjei   Al-Ittihad Free Transfer [7]
01 July 2023 MF   Tanmoy Ghosh   Gokulam Kerala Free Transfer
07 July 2023 FW   Beneston Barretto   Dempo Free Transfer [8]
07 July 2023 MF   Meitalkeishangbam Roger   TRAU Free Transfer
07 July 2023 FW   David Lalhlansanga   Aizawl Free Transfer [9]
07 July 2023 FW   Abhijit Sarkar   Real Kashmir Free Transfer
06 July 2023 GK   Padam Chettri   Mumbai Kenkre Free Transfer
07 July 2023 DF   Thokchom James Singh   NEROCA Free Transfer
07 July 2023 DF   Karandeep Singh   Delhi FC Free Transfer
07 July 2023 DF   Deep Biswas   Mohun Bagan B Free Transfer [10]
23 July 2023 MF   Mirjalol Kasimov   NEROCA Free Transfer [11]
14 August 2023 MF   Wahengbam Angousana   East Bengal B Free Transfer
20 August 2023 MF   Mohammed Irshad   NorthEast United Free Transfer
24 August 2023 GK   Jetli Sorokhaibam   Classic FA Free Transfer
2 September 2023 MF   Samuel Lalmuanpuia   Punjab Free Transfer
13 September 2023 FW   Eddie Hernández   Motagua Free Transfer
16 September 2023 DF   Mohammed Jassim   Gokulam Kerala Free Transfer
29 September 2023 MF   Juan Nellar Free Agent Free Transfer
16 January 2024 FW   Evgeniy Kozlov   Atyrau Free Transfer
25 January 2024 GK   James Kithan   Delhi FC Free Transfer

Loans in edit

Date from Position Nationality Player From Date until Ref.
GK   Lalbiakhlua Jongte   Hyderabad 31 May 2024
27 June 2023 MF   Sagolsem Bikash Singh   Kerala Blasters 31 May 2024 [12]
06 July 2023 FW   Lalremsanga Fanai   Rajasthan United 31 May 2024 [13]
24 July 2023 DF   Dettol Moirangthem   Classic FA 31 May 2024

Loans out edit

Date from Position Nationality Player To Date until Ref

Transfers out edit

Date Position Nationality Player To Fee Ref
12 June 2023 DF   Shaher Shaheen Free Agent
12 June 2023 MF   Nikola Stojanović Free Agent
12 June 2023 MF   Abiola Dauda Free Agent
12 June 2023 DF   Ousmane N'Diaye Free Agent
12 June 2023 FW   Marcus Joseph Free Agent
12 June 2023 FW   Mirlan Murzaev   Hanoi FC Free Agent
26 June 2023 DF   Abhishek Ambekar   Sreenidi Deccan Free Agent [14]
29 June 2023 FW   Azharuddin Mallick   Delhi Free Agent [15]
01 July 2023 MF   Kean Lewis   Sreenidi Deccan Free Agent [16]
17 July 2023 DF   Sairuat Kima   Rajasthan United Free Agent [17]
19 July 2023 GK   Zothanmawia   Gokulam Kerala Free Agent [18]
26 August 2023 GK   Mithun Samanta   TRAU Free Agent
1 September 2023 MF   Christy Molly Davis   Gokulam Kerala Free Agent
7 September 2023 DF   Safiul Rahman   NEROCA Free Agent
19 December 2023 FW   Prince Opoku Agyemang TBD Free Agent
30 December 2023 FW   Denzil Kharshandi   Shillong Lajong

Pre-season and friendlies edit

30 July 2023 Friendly match Mohammedan SC 1–1 Chennaiyin
16:00 IST
14 October 2023 Friendly Mohammedan SC 0–1 Rajasthan United Delhi
16:00 IST
17 October 2023 Friendly Mohammedan SC 1–1 Namdhari Delhi
16:00 IST
20 October 2023 Friendly Rajasthan United 1–3 Mohammedan SC Jaipur
15:30 IST

Competitions edit

Overview edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
I League 29 October 2023 13 April 2024 Match Day 1 Champions 24 15 7 2 44 22 +22 062.50
Durand Cup 5 August 2023 20 August 2023 Group stage Group stage 3 2 0 1 9 4 +5 066.67
Total 27 17 7 3 53 26 +27 062.96

Last updated: 13 April 2024 (2024-04-13).
Source: Competitions

I-League edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Mohammedan (C, P) 24 15 7 2 44 22 +22 52 Promotion to Indian Super League
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
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).
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Matches edit

Note: I-League announced the fixtures for the 2023–24 season on 6 October 2023.[19]

29 October 2023 (2023-10-29) 1 Mohammedan 2–1 Aizawl Naihati
19:00 IST Report
Stadium: Naihati Stadium
Attendance: 4,900
Referee: Joyshing Monsang Thumli
Man of the Match: Alexis Gómez (Mohammedan)
3 November 2023 (2023-11-03) 2 Mohammedan 1–1 Shillong Lajong Naihati
19:00 IST Report
Stadium: Naihati Stadium
Attendance: 3,786
Referee: Anand Rana
Man of the Match: Daniel Gonçalves(Shillong Lajong)
7 November 2023 (2023-11-07) 3 Mohammedan 6–0 TRAU Naihati
19:00 IST
Report Stadium: Naihati Stadium
Attendance: 1,773
Referee: Williams Joy Koshy
Man of the Match: Joseph Adjei (Mohammedan)
10 November 2023 (2023-11-10) 4 Delhi 1–2 Mohammedan Bhaini Sahib
14:00 IST
Report
Stadium: Namdhari Stadium
Man of the Match: Padam Chetri (Mohammedan)
18 November 2023 (2023-11-18) 5 Rajasthan United 1–2 Mohammedan Hyderabad
19:00 IST
  • Ragav Gupta   90+4'
Report Stadium: Deccan Arena
Man of the Match: Sagolsem Bikash Singh (Mohammedan)
21 November 2023 (2023-11-21) 6 Inter Kashi 0–2 Mohammedan Lucknow
14:00 IST Report Stadium: Ekana Football Stadium
Man of the Match: Wahengbam Angousana (Mohammedan)
3 December 2023 (2023-12-03) 7 Mohammedan 2–1 Sreenidi Deccan Naihati
19:00 IST
Report
  • William   84' (pen.)
Stadium: Naihati Stadium
Man of the Match: E. Hernández (Mohammedan)
8 December 2023 (2023-12-08) 8 Mohammedan 1–1 Gokulam Kerala Naihati
19:00 IST
Report Stadium: Naihati Stadium
Man of the Match: Mirjalol kasimov (Mohammedan)
13 December 2023 (2023-12-13) 9 Namdhari 0–1 Mohammedan Bhaini Ala
14:00 IST Report
  • Beneston Barretto   81'
Stadium: Namdhari Stadium
Man of the Match: Mirjalol Kasimov (Mohammedan)
17 December 2023 (2023-12-17) 10 Churchill Brothers 0–0 Mohammedan Vasco
19:00 IST Report Stadium: Tilak Maidan
Man of the Match: Padam Chhetri (Mohammedan)
24 December 2023 (2023-12-24) 11 Mohammedan 2–1 NEROCA Naihati
19:00 IST Report Stadium: Naihati Stadium
Man of the Match: Lalremsanga (Mohammedan)
4 February 2024 (2024-02-04) 12 Mohammedan 0–3 Real Kashmir Naihati
19:00 IST Report
Stadium: Naihati Stadium
Referee: ADITYA PURKAYASTHA
10 February 2024 (2024-02-10) 13 Aizawl 0–0 Mohammedan Aizawl
19:00 IST Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium
13 February 2024 (2024-02-13) 14 Mohammedan 5–1 Rajasthan United Naihati
19:00 IST
  • William P   29'
Stadium: Naihati Stadium
Attendance: 0
Man of the Match: E. Hernández
17 February 2024 (2024-02-17) 15 TRAU 0–2 Mohammedan Kalyani Stadium
16:30 IST Hernández   45+1', 90+1' Stadium: Kalyani
Attendance: 512
Referee: Mrutyunjay L. Amatya
Man of the Match: Eddie Hernández (Mohammedan)
29 February 2024 (2024-02-29) 16 Sreenidi Deccan 1–1 Mohammedan Hyderabad
16:30 IST Stadium: Deccan Arena
3 March 2024 (2024-03-03) 17 Gokulam Kerala 2–3 Mohammedan Kozhikode
19:00 IST
Stadium: EMS Stadium
9 March 2024 (2024-03-09) 18 Mohammedan 3–1 Namdhari Naihati
19:00 IST
  • Imanol Arana   74'
Stadium: Naihati Stadium
Man of the Match: Sagolsem Bikash Singh
12 March 2024 (2024-03-12) 19 Mohammedan 3–2 Churchill Brothers Naihati
19:00 IST Report Stadium: Naihati Stadium
Man of the Match: Eddie Hernández
17 March 2024 (2024-03-17) 20 NEROCA 0–2 Mohammedan Shillong
16:30 IST
Stadium: SSA Stadium
Man of the Match: Eddie Hernández
23 March 2024 (2024-03-23) 21 Real Kashmir 0–0 Mohammedan Srinagar
14:00 IST Report Stadium: TRC Turf Ground
Attendance: 7,632
Referee: Harish Kundu
Man of the Match: Muhammad Hammad (Real Kashmir)
30 March 2024 (2024-03-30) 22 Mohammedan 1–1 Inter Kashi Naihati
18:30 IST Gómez   8' Report Barco   83' Stadium: Naihati Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Jehrul Islam
Man of the Match: Mario Barco (Inter Kashi)
6 April 2024 (2024-04-06) 23 Shillong Lajong 1–2 Mohammedan Shillong
19:00 IST Tardin   15' (pen.) Report
Stadium: SSA Stadium
Attendance: 7,816
Referee: Senthil Nathan S.
Man of the Match: Padam Chettri (Mohammedan)
13 April 2024 (2024-04-13) 24 Mohammedan 1–3 Delhi Naihati
18:00 IST Mirjalol Kasimov   90+9' Report
Stadium: Naihati Stadium
Attendance: 24,678
Referee: Jehrul Islam
Man of the Match: Alisher Kholmurodov (Delhi)

Durand Cup edit

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Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MCI MSC JAM INV
1 Mumbai City 3 3 0 0 12 1 +11 9 Qualify for the knockout stage 5–0 4–0
2 Mohammedan (H) 3 2 0 1 9 4 +5 6 1–3 6–0 2–1
3 Jamshedpur 3 1 0 2 1 11 −10 3 1–0
4 Indian Navy 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Source: Twitter
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Matches edit

5 August 2023 (2023-08-05) 1 Mohammedan 1–3 Mumbai City Kolkata
16.45 IST
  • D. Lalhlansanga   42'
Report
Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan
Attendance: 3,652
Referee: Harish Kundu
Man of the Match: Alberto Noguera (Mumbai City)
11 August 2023 (2023-08-11) 2 Mohammedan 2–1 Indian Navy Kolkata
15.00 IST
Report
Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan
20 August 2023 (2023-08-20) 2 Mohammedan 6–0 Jamshedpur Kolkata
16.45 IST
*D. Lalhlansanga   28', 69', 82', 89'
Report Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan


Statistics edit

Goal scorers edit

As of 13 April 2024
Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name I League Durand cup Total
1 20 FW   Eddie Hernández 13 0 13
2 19 FW   David Lalhlansanga 5 6 11
3 29 FW   Lalremsanga Fanai 5 3 8
4 4 MF   Mirjalol Kosimov 4 0 4
10 FW   Alexis Gómez 4 0 4
6 22 MF   Sagolsem Bikash Singh 3 0 3
7 26 MF   Samuel Lalmuanpuia 2 0 2
8 7 FW   Beneston Barretto 1 0 1
11 DF   Wahengbam Angousana 1 0 1
14 DF   Zodingliana Ralte 1 0 1
28 DF   Joseph Adjei 1 0 1
55 DF   Mohammed Jassim 1 0 1
77 FW   Evgeniy Kozlov 1 0 1
Own Goals 2 0 2
Total 44 9 53

References edit

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  8. ^ https://twitter.com/MohammedanSC/status/1676524635050102785 We are delighted to announce the signing of the energetic forward 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐨. We hope an exciting journey together
  9. ^ https://twitter.com/MohammedanSC/status/1676511434795253761 We are delighted to announce the signing of young and promising forward, 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐥𝐡𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚. We hope an exciting journey together!
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