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 ; (7 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 Punjab FC became the first ever club to be promoted to the Indian Super 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

Transfers

In

No.	Position	Player	Previous club	Transfer fee	Date	Ref
	GK			Free
	DF			Free
	MF			Free
	FW			Free

Out

No.	Position	Player	Outgoing club	Ref
	DF
	DF
	MF
	MF
	DF
	MF
	DF
33	FW
	MF
	FW
	GK
9	FW
11	FW

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)	TBD	Matchday 1	TBD	19	5	8	6	23	30	−7	026.32
Total					25	5	11	9	26	37	−11	020.00

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]	ACL 2 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.^[3]

League Results by Round

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ground	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	H	A
Result	L	L	D	D	L	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	W
League Position

Updated to match(es) played on 2 March 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.^[4]^[5] Meanwhile, the final half of the fixtures were announced on 25 January 2024.^[6]^[7]

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

23 November 2023 (2023-11-23) 16	Hyderabad	0–2	Punjab	Hyderabad
17:30 IST			Luka Majcen 45' Madih Talal 56'	Stadium: GMC Balayogi Athletic Stadium

6 April 2024 (2024-04-06) 20	Punjab	v	Mohun Bagan SG	New Delhi
17:00 IST				Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Delhi)

10 April 2024 22	Punjab	–	East Bengal	New Delhi
19:30 IST				Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Durand Cup

Punjab were drawn in the Group A for the 132nd edition of the Durand Cup.^[8]

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.^[9]

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

All stats are correct as of 16 April 2023

Squad appearances and goals

All competitions

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		I-League		Super Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	IND	Ravi Kumar	1	0	1	0	0	0
16	GK	NEP	Kiran Chemjong	24	0	21	0	3	0
31	GK	IND	Jaskaranvir Singh	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	IND	Tekcham Abhishek Singh	4	1	2+2	1	0	0
4	DF	IND	Tarif Akhand	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	IND	Valpuia	18	2	13+2	1	3	1
12	DF	IND	Khaiminthang Lhungdim	23	0	20	0	3	0
14	DF	IND	Shankar Sampingiraj	4	0	1+3	0	0	0
26	DF	IND	Deepak Devrani	8	1	8	1	0	0
39	DF	IND	Mohammed Salah	10	0	7	0	2+1	0
50	DF	IND	Naocha Singh	17	1	15	1	1+1	0
55	DF	SRB	Aleksandar Ignjatović	21	0	13+6	0	0+2	0
74	DF	IND	Suresh Meitei	13	0	9+1	0	3	0
Midfielders
6	MF	IND	Ajay Chhetri	21	1	14+5	1	1+1	0
8	MF	IND	Freddy Lallawmawma	22	0	17+2	0	3	0
10	MF	IND	Maheson Singh	11	1	1+9	1	1	0
20	MF	ARG	Juan Nellar	9	1	2+4	1	3	0
23	MF	IND	Ashis Pradhan	10	0	6+3	0	0+1	0
27	MF	IND	Samuel Lalmuanpuia	8	1	5+3	1	0	0
30	MF	IND	Brandon Vanlalremdika	23	2	19+1	2	2+1	0
42	MF	IND	Manglenthang Kipgen	3	0	0+3	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	IND	Krishananda Singh	21	2	6+12	1	2+1	1
11	FW	ESP	Juan Mera	21	10	14+4	10	3	0
19	FW	IND	Daniel Lalhlimpuia	19	1	6+10	1	0+3	0
21	FW	IND	Pranjal Bhumij	11	1	6+4	1	0+1	0
29	FW	IND	Ashangbam Aphaoba Singh	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW	SVN	Luka Majcen	23	16	19+1	16	3	0
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
9	FW	IND	Ronaldo Oliveira	0	0	0	0	-	-
13	DF	IND	Bikash Yumnam	0	0	0	0	-	-
15	MF	IND	Bidyananda Singh	1	0	0+1	0	-	-
17	MF	IND	Telem Suranjit Singh	0	0	0	0	-	-
22	MF	BIH	Adnan Šećerović	8	0	7+1	0	-	-
77	FW	BHU	Chencho Gyeltshen	12	3	10+2	3	-	-

Goal Scorers

As of match played 27 February 2024

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

Clean-sheets

As of match played 9 December 2023

Rank	Name	No.	League	Durand Cup	Super Cup	Total
1	Ravi Kumar	1	2	0	0	2
1	Kiran Chemjong	16	2	0	0	2

References

^ Guha, Sayantan (18 May 2023). "RoundGlass Punjab FC secure Premier 1 License; to play in ISL 2023-24 likely from JLN Stadium, Delhi". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
^ "Staikos Vergetis appointed new Head Coach for RoundGlass Punjab FC". halfwayfootball.com. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^ Bhattacharya, Nilesh (29 January 2024). "Cleiton delivers as East Bengal end title drought in Super way". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
^ 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.

[table_hth_PFC0.78805951624553-3] Head-to-head points: Punjab 4, East Bengal 1.

[table_note_res_CLP20.78805951624553-5] East Bengal qualified for the AFC Champions League Two preliminary stage by winning the 2024 Super Cup.^[3]

[rgpfc-1] Guha, Sayantan (18 May 2023). "RoundGlass Punjab FC secure Premier 1 License; to play in ISL 2023-24 likely from JLN Stadium, Delhi". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 11 June 2023.

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

[4] Bhattacharya, Nilesh (29 January 2024). "Cleiton delivers as East Bengal end title drought in Super way". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

[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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