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2022–23 I-League

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Hero I-League
Season2022–23
Dates12 November 2022 – 12 March 2023
ChampionsRoundGlass Punjab
(1st title)
PromotedRoundGlass Punjab
Relegated
Matches played132
Goals scored360 (2.73 per match)
Top goalscorerLuka Majcen
(16 goals)
Best goalkeeperKiran Chemjong
(11 clean sheets)
Biggest home winRoundGlass Punjab 8–0 Sudeva Delhi
(26 February 2023)
Biggest away winRajasthan United 0–5 Churchill Brothers
(17 January 2023)
Highest scoringMohammedan 6–4 Sreenidi Deccan
(24 February 2023)
Longest winning runRoundGlass Punjab
(7 games)
Longest unbeaten runRoundGlass Punjab
(11 games)
Longest winless runSudeva Delhi
(12 games)
Longest losing runSudeva Delhi
(7 games)
Highest attendance8,234
Gokulam Kerala 1–0 Mohammedan
(12 November 2022)
Lowest attendance15
Sudeva Delhi 1–2 Aizawl
(16 January 2023)
Total attendance240,006
Average attendance1,818

The 2022–23 I-League (also known as the Hero I-League for sponsorship reasons) was the 16th season of I-League, first as the second tier of Indian football league system. It was played from 12 November 2022 to 12 March 2023.[1]

After a 4–0 win against Rajasthan United on 4 March 2023, RoundGlass Punjab clinched their second league title and became the first ever club to be promoted to the Indian Super League[2][3][4][5] while Kenkre and Sudeva Delhi were relegated to I-League 2.[6][7]

Changes from last season

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Disbanded clubs

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Reinstated clubs

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  • Kenkre: After being relegated at the end of the 2021–22 I-League season, Kenkre was allowed to participate this season.[10] The closure of the Indian Arrows project played a major part in their reinstatement. The conditions for their reinstatement were an agreement to take in several Arrows players and no travel subsidy for away matches.[11]

Changes in format

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament's format was shortened for the last two seasons. From this season, the traditional home and away games format in a double round-robin have returned. Each team will play two matches against every other team at home and away.

The table topper will be declared the league's winner at the end of the season, thereby achieving promotion to 2023–24 Indian Super League,[12] while the two teams with the lowest points will be relegated to 2023–24 I-League 2, and will get a bye to the final round.[13]

Teams

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12 teams participated in the 2022–23 season:


Stadiums and locations

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Due to a lack of AFC standard football stadiums available in Rajasthan, Rajasthan United will play their home matches at Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi. RoundGlass Punjab will play their home matches at Panchkula's Tau Devi Lal Stadium in Haryana. On 22 October 2022, AIFF chief Kalyan Chaubey inaugurated the new home ground of Sreenidi Deccan, the Deccan Arena.[14]

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Aizawl Aizawl, Mizoram Rajiv Gandhi Stadium 20,000
Churchill Brothers Panaji, Goa GMC Athletic Stadium 3,000
Vasco, Goa Tilak Maidan 5,000
Gokulam Kerala Calicut, Kerala EMS Stadium 50,000
Manjeri, Kerala Payyanad Stadium 30,000
Kenkre Mumbai, Maharashtra Cooperage Ground 5,000
Mohammedan Kolkata, West Bengal Kishore Bharati Krirangan 12,000
NEROCA Imphal, Manipur Khuman Lampak Main Stadium 35,000
RoundGlass Punjab Mohali, Chandigarh Tau Devi Lal Stadium 12,000
Rajasthan United Jaipur, Rajasthan Ambedkar Stadium (New Delhi)[15] 35,000
Real Kashmir Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir TRC Turf Ground 11,000
Sreenidi Deccan Hyderabad, Telangana Deccan Arena 1,500
Sudeva Delhi New Delhi, Delhi Chhatrasal Stadium 16,000
TRAU Imphal, Manipur Khuman Lampak Main Stadium 35,000

Personnel and sponsorship

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Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Aizawl India Caetano Pinho[16] India Lalchhawnkima Philippines Vamos[17] NECS Limited[18]
Churchill Brothers India Mateus Costa[19] Senegal Momo Cissé India Nivia[20] Churchill Brothers
Gokulam Kerala Spain Francesc Bonet Cameroon Aminou Bouba India SEGA[21] CSB Bank[22]
Kenkre India Akhil Kothari India Kiran Pandhare Denmark Hummel[23] Kenkre Sports Foundation
Mohammedan India Mehrajuddin Wadoo[24] Trinidad and Tobago Marcus Joseph India Trak-only[25] BunkerHill Sports[26]
NEROCA India Khogen Singh[27] Sierra Leone David Simbo India Ambition Sportswear[28] GOELD Frozen Foods[29]
Rajasthan United India Pushpender Kundu Kyrgyzstan Aidar Mambetaliev India Omtex Sports[30]
Real Kashmir England Gifton Noel-Williams[31] India Subhasish Roy Chowdhury India Nivia[32] Hotel CH2 Srinagar [32]
RoundGlass Punjab Greece Staikos Vergetis[33] Serbia Aleksandar Ignjatović India T10 Sports[34] RoundGlass Sports[35]
Sreenidi Deccan Portugal Carlos Vaz Pinto[36] Colombia David Castañeda India Nivia Sreenidhi Sports Academy
Sudeva Delhi India Sankarlal Chakraborty[37] India Priyant Singh India Shiv-Naresh Liquid Life[38]
TRAU India Nandakumar Singh Saint Kitts and Nevis Gerard Williams India SIX5SIX[39] HVS

Coaching changes

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Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Round Table Incoming coach Date of appointment Ref.
Rajasthan United Spain Francesc Bonet End of contract 1 June 2022 Pre-season India Pushpender Kundu 1 July 2022 [40]
Gokulam Kerala Italy Vincenzo Annese End of contract 1 June 2022 Cameroon Richard Towa 5 July 2022 [41]
Sreenidi Deccan Spain Fernando Varela End of contract 13 June 2022 Portugal Carlos Vaz Pinto 3 August 2022 [36]
RoundGlass Punjab Netherlands Ed Engelkes End of interim period 1 June 2022 Greece Staikos Vergetis 8 August 2022 [33]
Aizawl India Yan Law End of contract 13 August 2022 India Henry Rozario 24 August 2022 [42]
Sudeva Delhi India Mehrajuddin Wadoo End of interim period 31 August 2022 Japan Atsushi Nakamura 1 September 2022 [43]
Real Kashmir Scotland David Robertson End of contract 31 August 2022 India Mehrajuddin Wadoo 7 November 2022 [44]
Churchill Brothers Spain Antonio Rueda Sacked 2 December 2022 5 11th Spain Fernando Varela 1 January 2023 [45]
Sudeva Delhi Japan Atsushi Nakamura Sacked 5 December 2022 5 12th India Sankarlal Chakraborty 13 December 2022 [37]
Aizawl India Henry Rozario Personal reasons 7 December 2022 6 8th India Caetano Pinho 9 December 2022 [16]
Mohammedan Russia Andrey Chernyshov Sacked 16 December 2022 8 9th Spain Kibu Vicuña 24 December 2022 [46]
Gokulam Kerala Cameroon Richard Towa 26 December 2022 9 4th Spain Francesc Bonet 27 December 2022 [47]
Real Kashmir India Mehrajuddin Wadoo 1 February 2023 14 7th England Gifton Noel-Williams 8 February 2023 [48]
Churchill Brothers Spain Fernando Varela 1 February 2023 14 5th India Mateus Costa 1 February 2023 [19]
Mohammedan Spain Kibu Vicuña 21 February 2023 17 9th India Mehrajuddin Wadoo 22 February 2023 [49]

Transfers

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Foreign players

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Note: Players in bold has senior international cap(s) for their respective nations.

AIFF allowed a maximum of six foreign players, including one from an AFC-affiliated country per team, but only four can be part of the matchday squad.[50]

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 AFC player Former player
Aizawl Argentina Matías Verón Belarus Ivan Veras Japan Akito Saito Nigeria Emmanuel Makinde Uganda Henry Kisekka Japan Eisuke Mohri
Churchill Brothers Ghana Emmanuel Yaghr Senegal Abdoulaye Sané Senegal Momo Cissé Uruguay Martín Cháves Afghanistan Sharif Mukhammad Ivory Coast Kamo Bayi
Iran Milad Pakparvar
Spain Manu Cordero
Spain Tana
Gokulam Kerala Brazil Kaká Cameroon Aminou Bouba Kyrgyzstan Eldar Moldozhunusov Spain Omar Ramos Spain Sergio Mendigutxia Afghanistan Farshad Noor Argentina Juan Nellar
Cameroon Auguste Somlaga
Cameroon Dodi Ndo
Kenkre Cameroon Auguste Somlaga Cameroon Raphael Bidias Rim Nepal Anjan Bista Nigeria Francis Nwankwo Uzbekistan Samandar Ochilov Ivory Coast Ben Ouattara
Mohammedan Kyrgyzstan Mirlan Murzaev Nigeria Abiola Dauda Senegal Ousmane N'Diaye Serbia Nikola Stojanović Trinidad and Tobago Marcus Joseph Syria Shaher Shaheen Tajikistan Nuriddin Davronov
NEROCA Ghana Michael Kporvi Ivory Coast Kamo Bayi Jamaica Jourdain Fletcher Sierra Leone David Simbo Uzbekistan Mirjalol Kasimov Uzbekistan Sardor Jakhonov
Rajasthan United Ivory Coast Léonce Dodoz Kyrgyzstan Aidar Mambetaliev Kyrgyzstan Atai Dzhumashev Kyrgyzstan Bektur Amangeldiev Uzbekistan Otabek Zokirov The Gambia Nuha Marong
Lebanon Youssef Atriss
Uruguay Martín Cháves
Spain Joseba Beitia
Real Kashmir Ghana Ernest Boateng Ghana Ibrahim Nurudeen Ghana Richard Agyemang Ghana Wadudu Yakubu Tajikistan Nuriddin Davronov Ghana Issahak Seidu
Ghana Lamine Moro
Tajikistan Nozim Babadzhanov
RoundGlass Punjab Argentina Juan Nellar Bhutan Chencho Gyeltshen Serbia Aleksandar Ignjatović Slovenia Luka Majcen Spain Juan Mera Nepal Kiran Chemjong Bosnia and Herzegovina Adnan Šećerović
Sreenidi Deccan Colombia David Castañeda Republic of the Congo Dua Stanislas Ankira Ghana Mohamed Awal Nigeria Ogana Louis Nigeria Rilwan Hassan Afghanistan Faysal Shayesteh
Sudeva Delhi Argentina Alexis Gómez Nigeria Akeem Abioye Tajikistan Shavkati Khotam Ghana Isaac Essel
Japan Kosuke Yamazaki
Japan Tetsuaki Misawa
Nigeria Felix Chidi Odili
Nigeria Francis Nwankwo
Trinidad and Tobago Daneil Cyrus
TRAU Brazil Fernandinho Brazil Gerson Vieira Ghana Godfred Yeboah Ghana Nana Poku Saint Kitts and Nevis Gerard Williams Tajikistan Komron Tursunov

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 RoundGlass Punjab (C, P) 22 16 4 2 45 16 +29 52 Champions, Promotion to 2023–24 Indian Super League
2 Sreenidi Deccan 22 13 3 6 44 29 +15 42
3 Gokulam Kerala 22 12 3 7 26 14 +12 39
4 TRAU 22 11 2 9 34 34 0 35
5 Real Kashmir 22 9 7 6 27 25 +2 34
6 Churchill Brothers 22 9 6 7 34 24 +10 33
7 Aizawl 22 6 8 8 27 29 −2 26[a]
8 Mohammedan 22 7 5 10 34 35 −1 26[a]
9 Rajasthan United 22 7 4 11 19 32 −13 25[b]
10 NEROCA 22 7 4 11 22 26 −4 25[b]
11 Kenkre (R) 22 3 8 11 23 40 −17 17 Relegation to 2023–24 I-League 2
12 Sudeva Delhi (R) 22 3 4 15 25 56 −31 13
Source: I-League
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
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Aizawl 4, Mohammedan 1.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Rajasthan United 6, NEROCA 0.

Fixtures and results

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Home \ Away RGP SRD GOK TRU REK CHB MOH AIZ NER RAJ KEN SUD
RoundGlass Punjab 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 3–0 8–0
Sreenidi Deccan 4–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 3–0 4–3 3–3 3–2 2–0 1–0 3–1
Gokulam Kerala 1–2 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0
TRAU 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 3–2 0–0 3–1 2–1 3–1 3–0 2–0
Real Kashmir 0–1 2–1 0–0 3–2 0–3[a] 3–2 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 4–2
Churchill Brothers 0–0 2–3 0–1 6–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 3–2 1–0
Mohammedan 0–4 6–4 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–2 3–1 0–1 2–2 5–2
Aizawl 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 4–0 2–1
NEROCA 0–1 0–1 2–1 3–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–0
Rajasthan United 0–4 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–5 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–3
Kenkre 3–3 2–1 1–1 2–4 2–1 1–1 0–3 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–3
Sudeva Delhi 1–1 0–3 1–4 4–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 3–3 1–3 0–3
Source: I-League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  1. ^ Initially, Real Kashmir won 1–0, but the scoreline was overturned by the AIFF after Churchill Brothers filed a protest due to an illegal substitution made by Real Kashmir.[51]

Positions by round

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The table lists the positions of teams after each round mentioned in official fixtures.

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Aizawl6469867687774666677877
Churchill Brothers910111111118978888545554666
Gokulam Kerala4335532343433334433333
Kenkre258109910111010101111111111111111111111
Mohammedan12119668989999999109989108
NEROCA117107710111011111110101010888101089
Rajasthan United3874445756667889101097910
Real Kashmir5111111134555777765555
RoundGlass Punjab1222353422121122221111
Sreenidi Deccan10643224211212211112222
Sudeva Delhi8121212121212121212121212121212121212121212
TRAU79581076565346453346444
Promotion to Indian Super League
Relegation to I-League 2
Source: I-League

Results by games

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Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
AizawlDLWLDWDWLDDWLWWLLLLDDD
Churchill BrothersLLDWDWWDWLDWDWLWLLWLDW
Gokulam KeralaWWDLDWWDLWLWWLLLWWWLWW
KenkreWLDLDDDLWLLLWLDLLDLDLD
MohammedanLLWWLLDWDDDWLLDLWLWLLW
NEROCALWLWLLLDLLDWWLWWDLLDWL
Rajasthan UnitedWLDWWDLLWDWLLLLLLDWWLL
Real KashmirWWDLWWLLLDDLDLWDWWWDDW
RoundGlass PunjabWWDWLWDWWWLWWDDWWWWWWW
Sreenidi DeccanLWWWWLDWWWLWLWWWWWLDDL
Sudeva DelhiLLLLLLLDLDLLWDLWLWLDLL
TRAUDWLLLWWWLWWLWDLWWLLWWL
Updated to match(es) played on 12 March 2023. Source: I-League
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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As of 12 March 2023
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Slovenia Luka Majcen RoundGlass Punjab 16
2 Colombia David Castañeda Sreenidi Deccan 15
3 Spain Juan Mera RoundGlass Punjab 10
4 Jamaica Jourdain Fletcher NEROCA 9
Nigeria Abiola Dauda Mohammedan
6 Tajikistan Komron Tursunov TRAU 8
Argentina Alexis Gómez Sudeva Delhi
Spain Sergio Mendigutxia Gokulam Kerala
9 Trinidad and Tobago Marcus Joseph Mohammedan 7
Senegal Abdoulaye Sané Churchill Brothers

Top Indian scorers

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The table includes only the list of top Indian goalscorers with more than 3 goals in this season.

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Seilenthang Lotjem Sudeva Delhi 6
Samuel Kynshi Real Kashmir
3 Salam Johnson Singh TRAU 5
4 Aman Gaikwad Kenkre 4
Anil Gaonkar Churchill Brothers
Tharpuia Aizawl

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date Ref
Colombia David Castañeda Sreenidi Deccan Sudeva Delhi 3–0 (A) 14 December 2022 [52]
Spain Juan Mera RoundGlass Punjab Sudeva Delhi 8–0 (H) 26 February 2023 [53]
Argentina Alexis Gómez Sudeva Delhi NEROCA 3–3 (H) 1 March 2023 [54]
Nigeria Abiola Dauda Mohammedan Sudeva Delhi 5–2 (H) 11 March 2023 [55]

Top assists

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As of 12 March 2023
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Tajikistan Komron Tursunov TRAU 7
Colombia David Castañeda Sreenidi Deccan
Afghanistan Faysal Shayesteh Sreenidi Deccan
4 Uruguay Martín Cháves Rajasthan United
Churchill Brothers
6
India Ramhlunchhunga Sreenidi Deccan
India Noufal PN Gokulam Kerala

Clean sheets

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As of 12 March 2023
Rank Player Club Clean sheets Matches played
1 India Shibinraj Kunniyil Gokulam Kerala 11 19
Nepal Kiran Chemjong RoundGlass Punjab 21
3 India Albino Gomes Churchill Brothers 7 17
4 India Ubaid CK Sreenidi Deccan 6 12
India Subhasish Roy Chowdhury Real Kashmir 17

Discipline

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Player

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  • Most yellow cards: 9
    • India Melroy Assisi
    • Uzbekistan Mirjalol Kasimov
  • Most red cards: 1
    • 27 players

Club

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  • Most yellow cards: 47
    • Real Kashmir
  • Most red cards: 5
    • Churchill Brothers

Attendances

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Overall statistical table

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Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 NEROCA 37,403 7,580 1,239 3,400 −74.2%
2 Real Kashmir 31,444 4,123 538 2,859 −67.1%
3 Gokulam Kerala 28,139 8,234 1,216 2,558 −86.6%
4 Aizawl 25,661 7,657 1,100 2,333 −55.2%
5 TRAU 23,705 6,876 1,000 2,155 −83.7%
6 Churchill Brothers 19,926 3,475 1,100 1,811 −40.9%
7 Mohammedan 17,491 2,876 630 1,590 n/a
8 Rajasthan United 15,063 4,875 300 1,369 n/a
9 RoundGlass Punjab 14,815 6,327 200 1,347 −65.9%
10 Kenkre 11,711 2,758 238 1,065 n/a
11 Sudeva Delhi 8,924 3,506 15 811 n/a
12 Sreenidi Deccan 5,724 1,637 86 520 n/a
League total 240,006 8,234 15 1,818 −86.1%

Source: I-League
Notes:
Teams that joined I-League during the pandemic.

Attendances by home match played

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Team \ Match played 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Total
Aizawl 7,657 3,174 1,730 1,300 1,300 2,000 1,100 1,245 2,210 1,500 2,445 25,661
Churchill Brothers 1,832 1,725 1,200 3,256 3,475 1,186 1,236 1,931 1,872 1,100 1,113 19,926
Gokulam Kerala 8,234 2,150 3,600 1,320 2,315 1,550 2,864 2,352 1,285 1,216 1,253 28,139
Kenkre 2,500 1,812 2,758 840 640 620 853 460 540 450 238 11,711
Mohammedan 630 2,346 1,126 1,850 1,208 2,876 1,756 2,126 1,000 1,356 1,217 17,491
NEROCA 7,580 5,724 3,125 2,125 2,176 1,350 2,874 3,700 4,328 3,182 1,239 37,403
Rajasthan United 4,875 3,025 1,356 600 300 1,123 1,129 1,212 407 500 536 15,063
Real Kashmir 4,000 3,500 4,123 4,038 3,950 3,446 2,236 2,100 2,513 538 1,000 31,444
RoundGlass Punjab 1,321 1,420 1,137 850 200 1,100 1,100 300 500 560 6,327 14,815
Sreenidi Deccan 1,637 1,013 300 750 164 500 86 674 198 162 240 5,724
Sudeva Delhi 2,500 3,506 1,256 100 235 556 15 150 200 156 250 8,924
TRAU 2,564 2,150 6,876 1,727 1,235 1,000 2,876 1,024 1,100 1,845 1,308 23,705

Legend:   Highest   Lowest
Source: I-League

Broadcasting

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The 2022–23 I-League season aired on India's DD Sports and Eurosport HD television channels. It was also available on the Discovery+ mobile app. However, after the start of the league, the broadcast was fraught with problems.[56]

Awards

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Hero of the match

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Match No. Hero of the Match Match No. Hero of the Match Match No. Hero of the Match
Player Club Player Club Player Club
Match 1 Cameroon Auguste Somlaga Gokulam Kerala Match 2 Ghana Issahak Seidu Real Kashmir Match 3 India Azfar Noorani Kenkre
Match 4 India Samuel Lalmuanpuia RoundGlass Punjab Match 5 India K Lalrinfela Aizawl Match 6 India Britto PM Rajasthan United
Match 7 Uganda Henry Kisekka Aizawl Match 8 Jamaica Jourdain Fletcher NEROCA Match 9 Ghana Lamine Moro Real Kashmir
Match 10 India Songpu Singsit Sreenidi Deccan Match 11 Slovenia Luka Majcen RoundGlass Punjab Match 12 India Lalchhawnkima Aizawl
Match 13 Saint Kitts and Nevis Gerard Williams TRAU Match 14 India Shibinraj Kunniyil Gokulam Kerala Match 15 India Daniel Lalhlimpuia RoundGlass Punjab
Match 16 Tajikistan Nuriddin Davronov Mohammedan Match 17 Afghanistan Faysal Shayesteh Sreenidi Deccan Match 18 India Azfar Noorani Kenkre
Match 19 Uruguay Martín Cháves Rajasthan United Match 20 Afghanistan Faysal Shayesteh Sreenidi Deccan Match 21 India Vanlalzuidika Mohammedan
Match 22 India Samuel Kynshi Real Kashmir Match 23 India Deepak Devrani RoundGlass Punjab Match 24 Jamaica Jourdain Fletcher NEROCA
Match 25 Ghana Mohamed Awal Sreenidi Deccan Match 26 Ghana Lamine Moro Real Kashmir Match 27 Uganda Henry Kisekka Aizawl
Match 28 Spain Joseba Beitia Rajasthan United Match 29[a] India Sujit Sadhu Sudeva Delhi Match 30 India Lalhmangaihsanga Kenkre
Match 31 Ghana Ibrahim Nurudeen Real Kashmir Match 32 Spain Tana Churchill Brothers Match 33 India Aman Gaikwad Kenkre
Match 34 India Shijin Thadhayouse Gokulam Kerala Match 35 Japan Akito Saito Aizawl Match 36 India Buanthanglun Samte TRAU
Match 37 Senegal Abdoulaye Sané Churchill Brothers Match 38 Colombia David Castañeda Sreenidi Deccan Match 39 Sierra Leone David Simbo NEROCA
Match 40 India Brandon Vanlalremdika RoundGlass Punjab Match 41 India Sreekuttan VS Gokulam Kerala Match 42 Trinidad and Tobago Marcus Joseph Mohammedan
Match 43 Colombia David Castañeda Sreenidi Deccan Match 44 Tajikistan Komron Tursunov TRAU Match 45 India Lunminlen Haokip NEROCA
Match 46 Serbia Nikola Stojanović Mohammedan Match 47 India Joseph Clemente Churchill Brothers Match 48 India Lalchhanhima Sailo Aizawl
Match 49 India Anil Rama Gaonkar Churchill Brothers Match 50 Uruguay Martín Cháves Rajasthan United Match 51 India Ramhlunchhunga Sreenidi Deccan
Match 52 Slovenia Luka Majcen RoundGlass Punjab Match 53 Nigeria Abiola Dauda Mohammedan Match 54 India Aman Gaikwad Kenkre
Match 55 India Bishorjit Singh TRAU Match 56 India Rafique Ali Sardar Rajasthan United Match 57 Afghanistan Faysal Shayesteh Sreenidi Deccan
Match 58 India Brandon Vanlalremdika RoundGlass Punjab Match 59 Spain Sergio Mendigutxia Gokulam Kerala Match 60 Ghana Ibrahim Nurudeen Real Kashmir
Match 61 Kyrgyzstan Aidar Mambetaliev Rajasthan United Match 62 India Samuel Kynshi Real Kashmir Match 63 India Anil Rama Gaonkar Churchill Brothers
Match 64 Uganda Henry Kisekka Aizawl Match 65 Spain Juan Mera RoundGlass Punjab Match 66 India Manash Protim Gogoi TRAU
Match 67 Uganda Henry Kisekka Aizawl Match 68 Colombia David Castañeda Sreenidi Deccan Match 69 Senegal Abdoulaye Sané Churchill Brothers
Match 70 Jamaica Jourdain Fletcher NEROCA Match 71 India Christy Davis Mohammedan Match 72 Spain Omar Ramos Gokulam Kerala
Match 73 Jamaica Jourdain Fletcher NEROCA Match 74 Slovenia Luka Majcen RoundGlass Punjab Match 75 India Ahmed Faiz Khan Kenkre
Match 76 India Lamgoulen Hangshing Churchill Brothers Match 77 India R Lalthanmawia Aizawl Match 78 India Brandon Vanlalremdika RoundGlass Punjab
Match 79 India Salam Johnson Singh TRAU Match 80 India Rosenberg Gabriel Sreenidi Deccan Match 81 Spain Sergio Mendigutxia Gokulam Kerala
Match 82 India Anil Rama Gaonkar Churchill Brothers Match 83[b] India Samuel Kynshi Real Kashmir Match 84 India Ranjeet Pandre Kenkre
Match 85 Tajikistan Shavkati Khotam Sudeva Delhi Match 86 India Sairuat Kima Mohammedan Match 87 Colombia David Castañeda Sreenidi Deccan
Match 88 Uzbekistan Mirjalol Kasimov NEROCA Match 89 India Asheer Akhtar Sreenidi Deccan Match 90 Senegal Abdoulaye Sané Churchill Brothers
Match 91 Ghana Richard Agyemang Real Kashmir Match 92 Jamaica Jourdain Fletcher NEROCA Match 93 Belarus Ivan Veras Aizawl
Match 94 Slovenia Luka Majcen RoundGlass Punjab Match 95 Brazil Fernandinho TRAU Match 96 India Sweden Fernandes NEROCA
Match 97 Colombia David Castañeda Sreenidi Deccan Match 98 India Kean Lewis Mohammedan Match 99 Nepal Kiran Chemjong RoundGlass Punjab
Match 100 India Seilenthang Lotjem Sudeva Delhi Match 101 Spain Sergio Mendigutxia Gokulam Kerala Match 102 India Salam Johnson Singh TRAU
Match 103 India Samuel Kynshi Real Kashmir Match 104 India Tenzin Samdup Kenkre Match 105 Nigeria Ogana Louis Sreenidi Deccan
Match 106 Afghanistan Farshad Noor Gokulam Kerala Match 107 Nepal Kiran Chemjong RoundGlass Punjab Match 108 India R Lalbiakliana Sudeva Delhi
Match 109 Uruguay Martín Cháves Churchill Brothers Match 110 Uzbekistan Otabek Zokirov Rajasthan United Match 111 India Kean Lewis Mohammedan
Match 112 India Noufal PN Gokulam Kerala Match 113 Ghana Richard Agyemang Real Kashmir Match 114 Spain Juan Mera RoundGlass Punjab
Match 115 Japan Akito Saito Aizawl Match 116 India Melroy Assisi Rajasthan United Match 117 Argentina Alexis Gómez Sudeva Delhi
Match 118 Spain Juan Mera RoundGlass Punjab Match 119 India Subhasish Roy Chowdhury Real Kashmir Match 120 India Salam Johnson Singh TRAU
Match 121 India R Lalthanmawia Aizawl Match 122 Bhutan Chencho Gyeltshen RoundGlass Punjab Match 123 India Samuel Kynshi Real Kashmir
Match 124 India Sweden Fernandes NEROCA Match 125 Spain Sergio Mendigutxia Gokulam Kerala Match 126 India Baoringdao Bodo TRAU
Match 127 Nigeria Abiola Dauda Mohammedan Match 128 India Kingslee Fernandes Churchill Brothers Match 129 India Lovepreet Singh Kenkre
Match 130 Ghana Ernest Boateng Real Kashmir Match 131 India Shibinraj Kunniyil Gokulam Kerala Match 132 Slovenia Luka Majcen RoundGlass Punjab
Source: I-League
  1. ^ Match was postponed to 5 February 2023.
  2. ^ Match was postponed to 21 February 2023.

Annual awards

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Award Winner
Hero of the League Slovenia Luka Majcen (RoundGlass Punjab)
Golden Boot Slovenia Luka Majcen (RoundGlass Punjab)
Golden Glove Nepal Kiran Chemjong (RoundGlass Punjab)
Best Midfielder Spain Juan Mera (RoundGlass Punjab)
Syed Abdul Rahim Award (Best Coach) Greece Staikos Vergetis (RoundGlass Punjab)
Jarnail Singh Award (Best Defender) Cameroon Aminou Bouba (Gokulam Kerala)
Emerging Player of the League India Salam Johnson Singh (TRAU)
Fair Play Award TRAU
Best Match Organisation Mohammedan
Best Media Operations Rajasthan United
Source: I-League

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "I-League 2022–23: Full schedule, fixtures, results, points table and venue details". Khel Now. 9 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
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