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	5th
Indian Super Cup	Group stage
Durand Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Luka Majcen ; (7 goals); All: Luka Majcen ; (9 goals)
Highest home attendance	5,992 (vs )
Lowest home attendance	2016 (vs)
Average home league attendance	3,755
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →
	All statistics correct as of 16 April 2023.

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

Current technical staff

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

First-team squad

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

In

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

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

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

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

Overview

Win Draw Loss

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Durand Cup	7 August 2023 (2023-08-07)	16 August 2023 (2023-08-16)	Group stage	Group stage	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	000.00
Super Cup	11 January 2024 (2024-01-11)	21 January 2024 (2024-01-21)	Group stage	Group stage	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	000.00
Super League	21 September 2023 (2023-09-21)	10 April 2024 (2024-04-10)	Matchday 1	8th	22	6	6	10	28	35	−7	027.27
Total					28	6	9	13	31	42	−11	021.43

Last updated: 26 February 2024 (2024-02-26).
Source: Soccerway

Indian Super League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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]	AFC Champions League Two preliminary stage^[b]
10	Bengaluru	22	5	7	10	20	34	−14	22

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
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

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H
Result	L	L	D	D	L	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	W
League Position	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	9	9	8	8	7	6	7	8	11	8

Updated to match(es) played on 13 April 2024. Source: Indian Super League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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 (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 Chetri 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

Punjab were drawn in the Group A for the 132nd edition of the Durand Cup.^[12]

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	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	Qualify for the knockout stage	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	—

Source: Twitter
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Matches

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

Group stage

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 v t e	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		—	—	—	—

Source: AIFF
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

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

Squad appearances and goals

All stats are correct as of 6 April 2024

All competitions

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	IND	Ravi Kumar	16	0	15	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	15	0	11	0	1	0	3	0
4	DF	IND	Nikhil Prabhu	25	1	19	1	3	0	3	0
5	DF	GRE	Dimitrios Chatziisaias	22	1	19	1	0	0	3	0
12	DF	IND	Khaiminthang Lhungdim	20	0	16	0	2	0	2	0
32	DF	IND	Pramveer Singh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	DF	IND	Melroy Assisi	13	1	9	1	3	0	1	0
39	DF	IND	Mohammed Salah	16	0	12	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	15	0	9	0	3	0	3	0
8	MF	FRA	Madih Talal	24	5	21	5	0	0	3	0
10	MF	IND	Maheson Singh	5	0	1	0	3	0	1	0
11	MF	IND	Samuel Kynshi	6	0	4	0	2	0	0	0
14	MF	ESP	Juan Mera	23	2	17	2	3	0	3	0
17	MF	IND	Manglenthang Kipgen	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
18	MF	IND	Sweden Fernandes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	IND	Sahil Tavora	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	IND	Ashis Pradhan	20	0	16	0	3	0	1	0
24	MF	IND	Prasanth Mohan	12	0	11	0	1	0	0	0
30	MF	IND	Kingsley Fernandes	7	0	6	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	17	7	14	6	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	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW	SVN	Luka Majcen	27	9	21	7	3	0	3	2

Goal scorers

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

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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[table_hth_PFC0.015602410312557-7] Head-to-head points: Punjab 4, East Bengal 1.

[table_note_res_CLP20.015602410312557-9] East Bengal qualified for the AFC Champions League Two preliminary stage by winning the 2024 Super Cup.^[7]

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