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2023–24 Churchill Brothers FC Goa season

Churchill Brothers
2023–24 season
CEOValanka Alemao
Head coachEdgardo Malvestiti (until January 2024)
Francesc Bonet (from January)
StadiumTilak Maidan
I-League7th
Top goalscorerLeague: Ogana Louis (7)
All: Ogana Louis (7)
Highest home attendance2,314
(v. Inter Kashi
17 November 2023)
Lowest home attendance200
(v. Shillong Lajong
4 March 2024)
Average home league attendance1,156
Biggest win7–0 v. Rajasthan United
Biggest defeat4–0 v. Aizawl

The 2023–24 season was the 36th season of Churchill Brothers in existence and fifteenth in the I-League.[1][2][3][4] A new coach for the team, Edgardo Malvestiti, was appointed on 29 July 2023.[5] The club has mutually parted ways with the head coach from Argentina after finding themselves in the bottom half of the I-League midway into the season.[6] Francesc Bonet replaced him in January 2024.[7]

Churchill Brothers played their opening game of the season on 31 October 2023 in a goalless draw against Namdhari at home.[8] Their first win came in the next game, away against Real Kashmir on 8 November.[9] They played their final match of the season on 10 April 2024, in a 7–0 win at home against Rajasthan United. They finished with 33 points,[10] and seventh on the I-League table at the end of the season. After a poor first half, Churchill Brothers won six of their last nine matches.[11]

Personnel

Current technical staff

Position Name
Head coach Spain Francesc Bonet
Assistant coach India Mario Soares
Fitness and conditioning coach Brazil Djair Miranda Garcia
Goalkeeping coach India Nikidesh Kalari Vattath
Head physiotherapist India Anandu S Kumar

Current squad

First-team squad

As of 3 September 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 India IND Subhasish Roy Chowdhury
2 DF India IND Nishchal Chandan
5 DF India IND Ponif Vaz
7 FW India IND Stendly Fernandes
8 MF India IND Rahul Raju
10 MF Uruguay URU Martín Cháves
11 FW India IND Faisal Ali
13 MF India IND Lalawmpuia Sailo
15 DF India IND Lalbiakhlua Ralte
17 DF India IND Lalremruata
18 FW India IND Trijoy Dias
19 DF India IND Lamgoulen Hangshing (vice-captain)
20 FW India IND Silvana R Lalruatkima (on loan from Chhinga Veng FC)
24 GK India IND Bilal Khan
26 FW India IND Lunminlen Haokip
27 DF India IND Sebastian Thangmuansang
No. Pos. Nation Player
32 MF India IND Pushkar Sanjay Prabhu
33 MF India IND Richard Costa (captain)
34 DF Ivory Coast CIV Aubin Kouakou
40 MF Ghana GHA Kofi Essien
44 MF India IND Jobern Cardozo
49 DF India IND Lesly Rebello
57 FW India IND Anil Rama Gaonkar
70 FW Senegal SEN Abdou Karim Samb
88 FW Nigeria NGA Chika Ajulu
99 FW Nigeria NGA Ogana Louis
DF India IND Ajith Kumar
MF India IND Gaurav K
GK India IND Subhajit Bhattacharjee

Transfers

In

Date Position Nationality Player From Fee Ref.
30 July 2023 GK India Subhasish Roy Chowdhury India Real Kashmir Free Transfer
5 August 2023 GK India Bilal Khan India Gokulam Kerala Free Transfer
11 August 2023 MF India Gourav K India Kerala Blasters B Free Transfer
23 August 2023 CB India Nishchal Chandan India Sudeva Delhi Free Transfer
3 September 2023 DF India Lalbiakhlua Ralte India Chhinga Veng FC Undisclosed Fee
5 September 2023 DF Argentina Emiliano Callegari Torre Malta Floriana Free Transfer
9 September 2023 FW India Stendly Fernandes India Sporting Clube de Goa Free Transfer
5 October 2023 FW Argentina Ricardo Dichiara Argentina Club Atlético Germinal Free Transfer
8 October 2023 FW India Faisal Ali India Bengaluru Free Transfer
11 October 2023 MF India Rahul Raju India Gokulam Kerala Free Transfer
16 October 2023 CB Iran Meysam Shahmakvand Bangladesh Mohammedan SC Free Transfer
16 October 2023 RB India Sebastian Thangmuansang India Odisha Free Transfer
27 October 2023 FW India Lunminlen Haokip India NEROCA Free Transfer
28 October 2023 CB India Lesly Rebello India Goa Free Transfer
3 November 2023 FW Nigeria Chikaorah Obiajulu Nigeria Free Transfer
13 November 2023 FW Nigeria Ogana Louis India Sreenidi Deccan Free Transfer
02 February 2024 FW Senegal Abdou Karim Samb India Shillong Lajong Free Transfer
03 February 2024 RB India Ajith Kumar India Chennaiyin Free Transfer
03 February 2024 DF Ivory Coast Aubin Kouakou Libya Al-Nasr Benghazi Free Transfer
07 February 2024 MF Ghana Kofi Essien Ghana Berekum Chelsea Free Transfer

Loans in

Date Pos Nationality Player Loaned from Until Ref
5 September 2023 FW India Silvana R Lalruatkima India Chhinga Veng FC 31 May 2024

Out

Date Position Nationality Player To Fee Ref.
1 April 2023 FW Uganda Emmanuel Yaghr Uzbekistan Dinamo Samarqand Free Transfer
1 June 2023 DF India Akash Mukherjee India Bhawanipore Free Transfer
1 July 2023 MF Afghanistan Sharif Mukhammad Released
1 July 2023 DF Senegal Momo Cissé Released
1 July 2023 FW Senegal Abdoulaye Sané Released[a]
7 July 2023 DF India Raju Gaikwad India Delhi Free Transfer [12]
15 July 2023 FW Liberia Ansumana Kromah India Bodoland Free Transfer
20 July 2023 MF India Kingslee Fernandes India Punjab Free Transfer [13]
20 July 2023 FW India Afdal Varikkodan Released
22 July 2023 MF India Quan Gomes Released
22 July 2023 DF India Meldon D'Silva Released
22 July 2023 MF India Wendell Savio Coelho Released
25 July 2023 FW India Alocious Muthayyan India United SC Free Transfer
29 July 2023 GK India Albino Gomes India Sreenidi Deccan Free Transfer
30 August 2023 GK India Nora Fernandes India Aizawl Free Transfer
30 August 2023 DF India Nongmeikapam Sanathoi Meitei Free Agent
30 August 2023 DF India George D'Souza Free Agent
30 August 2023 DF India Joseph Clemente Free Agent
30 August 2023 MF India Kapil Hoble Free Agent
30 August 2023 DF India Gautam Inacio Dias Free Agent
30 August 2023 FW India Lalkhawpuimawia Free Agent
30 August 2023 FW India Aaron Bareto Free Agent
30 August 2023 DF India Alent Colaco Free Agent
30 August 2023 DF India Vanlalduatsanga Free Agent
30 August 2023 MF India Shubert Pereira Free Agent
3 January 2024 FW Argentina Ricardo Dichiara Malta Żabbar St. Patrick Free Agent [14]
3 January 2024 DF Argentina Emiliano Callegari Torre Free Agent [14]
3 January 2024 DF Iran Meysam Shahmakvand Free Agent [14]
3 January 2024 FW India Chaitan Komarpant India Geno FC Free Agent

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
I League 31 October 2023 10 April 2024 7th 24 9 6 9 40 31 +9 037.50
Total 24 9 6 9 40 31 +9 037.50

Source: Competitions

I-League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5 Real Kashmir 24 11 7 6 36 19 +17 40
6 Delhi 24 11 2 11 44 40 +4 35
7 Churchill Brothers 24 9 6 9 40 31 +9 33
8 Shillong Lajong 24 8 7 9 36 37 −1 31
9 Aizawl 24 6 9 9 36 35 +1 27
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

Note: I-League announced the fixtures for the 2023–24 season on 6 October 2023.[15]

31 October 2023 (2023-10-31) 1 Namdhari 0–0 Churchill Brothers Bhaini Sahib
14:00 IST Report Stadium: Namdhari Stadium
Attendance: 561
Referee: Dipu Roy
Man of the Match: Martín Cháves (Churchill Brothers)
8 November 2023 (2023-11-08) 3 Real Kashmir 1–3 Churchill Brothers Srinagar
14:00 IST Ateeb Ahmed Dar 45' Report
  • Carlos Lomba 26' (o.g.)
  • Ricardo Dichiara 60', 62'
Stadium: TRC Turf Ground
Attendance: 4,728
Referee: Surojit Das
Man of the Match: Ricardo Dichiara (Churchill Brothers)
13 November 2023 (2023-11-13) 4 Rajasthan United 2–0 Churchill Brothers Hyderabad
19:00 IST
Report Stadium: Deccan Arena
Attendance: 150
Referee: Ashish Tiwari
Man of the Match: Lalchungnunga Chhangte (Rajasthan United)
17 November 2023 (2023-11-17) 5 Churchill Brothers 1–2 Inter Kashi Vasco
19:00 IST
  • Ricardo Dichiara 38'
Report Stadium: Tilak Maidan
Attendance: 2,314
Referee: Lakshay
Man of the Match: Gyamar Nikum (Inter Kashi)
22 November 2023 (2023-11-22) 6 Churchill Brothers 4–0 TRAU Vasco
19:00 IST
Report Stadium: Tilak Maidan
Attendance: 1,895
Referee: K. Lyngdoh Nongum
Man of the Match: Ricardo Dichiara (Churchill Brothers)
26 November 2023 (2023-11-26) 7 Gokulam Kerala 1–1 Churchill Brothers Kozhikode
19:00 IST Sánchez 73' (pen.) Report Costa 38' Stadium: EMS Stadium
Attendance: 13,425
Referee: Suresh Devaraj
Man of the Match: Emiliano Callegari (Churchill Brothers)
1 December 2023 (2023-12-01) 8 Delhi 2–1 Churchill Brothers Bhaini Sahib
14:00 IST Report Martín Cháves 24' Stadium: Namdhari Stadium
Attendance: 1,058
Referee: Jehrul Islam
Man of the Match: Pape Gassama (Delhi)
6 December 2023 (2023-12-06) 9 Shillong Lajong 2–0 Churchill Brothers Shillong
19:00 IST
Report Stadium: SSA Stadium
Attendance: 6,115
Referee: Anand Rana
Man of the Match: Renan Paulino (Shillong Lajong)
9 December 2023 (2023-12-09) 10 Churchill Brothers 4–1 NEROCA Vasco
19:00 IST
Report Ansumana Kromah 47' Stadium: Tilak Maidan
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Jatinder Singh
Man of the Match: Faisal Ali (Churchill Brothers)
17 December 2023 (2023-12-17) 11 Churchill Brothers 0–0 Mohammedan Vasco
19:00 IST Report Stadium: Tilak Maidan
Attendance: 1,683
Referee: Akashkumar Mehta
Man of the Match: Padam Chettri (Mohammedan)
4 February 2024 (2024-02-04) 12 Churchill Brothers 1–2 Sreenidi Deccan Vasco
16.30 IST Abdou Karim Samb 88' Report Stadium: Tilak Maidan
Attendance: 500
Referee: Williams Joy Koshy
Man of the Match: Eli Sabiá (Sreenidi Deccan)
10 February 2024 (2024-02-10) 13 Churchill Brothers 1–1 Namdhari Vasco
19:00 IST Martín Cháves 75' Report Akashdeep Singh 57' Stadium: Tilak Maidan
Attendance: 1,633
Referee: K. Ramdasan
Man of the Match: Martín Cháves (Churchill Brothers)
14 February 2024 (2024-02-14) 14 Inter Kashi 1–1 Churchill Brothers Kalyani
19:00 IST Muhammad Ajsal 56' Report Emmanuel Essien 52' Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Attendance: 259
Referee: K. Lyngdoh Nongum
Man of the Match: Muhammad Ajsal (Inter Kashi)
17 February 2024 (2024-02-17) 15 Churchill Brothers 0–2 Real Kashmir Vasco
19:00 IST Stadium: Tilak Maidan
Attendance: 825
Referee: Mithun Kumar Kundu
Man of the Match: Gnohere Krizo (Real Kashmir)
24 February 2024 (2024-02-24) 16 Churchill Brothers 1–2 Gokulam Kerala Vasco
19:00 IST Report Stadium: Tilak Maidan
Attendance: 1,025
Referee: Tanmoy Dhar
Man of the Match: Abhijith Kurungodan (Gokulam Kerala)
27 February 2024 (2024-02-27) 17 Churchill Brothers 2–0 Delhi Vasco
19:00 IST Ogana Louis 12', 20' (pen.) Stadium: Tilak Maidan
Attendance: 921
Referee: Arvind Sekhar
Man of the Match: Ogana Louis (Churchill Brothers)
4 March 2024 (2024-03-04) 18 Churchill Brothers 2–1 Shillong Lajong Vasco
19:00 IST Report Phrangki Buam 42' Stadium: Tilak Maidan
Attendance: 200
Referee: Williams Joy Koshy
8 March 2024 (2024-03-08) 19 NEROCA 2–3 Churchill Brothers Shillong
16.30 IST
Report Abdou Karim Samb 22', 75', 86' Stadium: SSA Stadium
Attendance: 50
Referee: Mithun Kumar Kundu
Man of the Match: Abdou Karim Samb (Churchill Brothers)
12 March 2024 (2024-03-12) 20 Mohammedan 3–2 Churchill Brothers Kolkata
19:00 IST
Report
Stadium: Naihati Stadium
Referee: Williams Joy Koshy
Man of the Match: Eddie Hernández (Mohammedan)
24 March 2024 (2024-03-24) 21 Sreenidi Deccan 2–2 Churchill Brothers Hyderabad
19:00 IST Report Stadium: Deccan Arena
Attendance: 250
Referee: Aditya Purkayastha
Man of the Match: Stendly Fernandes (Churchill Brothers)
28 March 2023 (2023-03-28) 2 Aizawl 4–0 Churchill Brothers Aizawl
20:00 IST
Report Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: Jehrul Islam
Man of the Match: Lalrinzuala Lalbiaknia (Aizawl)
1 April 2024 (2024-04-01) 22 TRAU 0–2 Churchill Brothers Kalyani
19:00 IST Report
Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Tanmoy Dhar
Man of the Match: Martín Cháves (Churchill Brothers)
5 April 2024 (2024-04-05) 23 Churchill Brothers 2–0 Aizawl Vasco
19:00 IST Report Stadium: Tilak Maidan
Attendance: 275
Referee: Mrutyunjay L. Amatya
Man of the Match: Ogana Louis (Churchill Brothers)
10 April 2024 (2024-04-10) 24 Churchill Brothers 7–0 Rajasthan United Vasco
19:00 IST
Report Stadium: Tilak Maidan
Attendance: 550
Referee: I. Jamal Mohamed
Man of the Match: Ogana Louis (Churchill Brothers)

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name I League Total
1 88 FW Nigeria Ogana Louis 7 7
2 7 FW India Stendly Fernandes 5 5
9 FW Argentina Ricardo Dichiara 5 5
10 MF Uruguay Martín Cháves 5 5
70 FW Senegal Abdou Karim Samb 5 5
6 33 MF India Richard Costa 3 3
7 11 FW India Faisal Ali 2 2
20 MF India Lamgoulan Semkholun 2 2
9 18 FW India Trijoy Dias 1 1
28 DF Argentina Emiliano Callegari 1 1
40 MF Ghana Emmanuel Essien 1 1
Own Goals 4 4
Total 41 41

Notes

  1. ^ Joined Nîmes Olympique after release

References

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  12. ^ @Delhi_FC (7 July 2023). "Experience, Grace and Ability combined together as we welcome, 𝐑𝐚𝐣𝐮 𝐆𝐚𝐢𝐤𝐰𝐚𝐝 to add solidity to our back line" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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