2023–24 NEROCA FC season

NEROCA
2023–24 season
Head coach	Jakop Joseph
I-League	TBD
AIFF Super Cup	TBD
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season was the 58th season of NEROCA FC in existence and seventh season in the I-League^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Players

First-team squad

As of 10 January 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	IND	Soram Poirei
2	DF	IND	Balwinder Singh
3	DF	IND	Surajit Seal
7	FW	LBR	Ansumana Kromah
8	MF	IND	Aniket Panchal
9	FW	LBN	Haidar Awada
11	MF	IND	Nonganba Akoijam
13	MF	JAM	Fabian Reid
16	DF	IND	Manoranjan Singh
18	DF	SLE	David Simbo (captain)
19	MF	IND	Sajal Bag
24	FW	IND	Arghya Roy
25	MF	IND	Jonychand Singh
26	DF	IND	Wangkhei Olen Singh
30	MF	IND	Sushil Meitei
31	GK	IND	Irengbam Santosh Singh
40	MF	IND	Tangva Ragui


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
44	DF	IND	Nongthombam Ronaldo
66	DF	IND	Safiul Rahman
78	MF	IND	Anirudh Tumuluru
88	MF	IND	Tarak Hembram
—	MF	IND	Chunsaba Bariam
—	MF	IND	Thoi Singh
—	GK	IND	Priyant Singh
—	MF	IND	Sarif Khan
—	DF	IND	Pandia Rajan
—	GK	IND	Chris Johnson
—	DF	IND	Lallenmang Sitlhou
—	FW	IND	Yumnam Singh
—	DF	IND	Likmabam Rakesh Singh
—	MF	IND	Lourembam David Singh
—	MF	CIV	Adama Coulibaly

New and extended contracts

Date	Position	Name
10 September 2023	MF	Tangva Ragui
10 September 2023	DF	Likmabam Rakesh Singh
10 September 2023	GK	Soram Poirei
15 September 2023	DF	Waikhom Rohit Meitei
15 September 2023	MF	Nonganba Akoijam
15 September 2023	MF	Lourembam David Singh
17 September 2023	DF	David Simbo

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee
1 September 2023	MF	Thoi Singh	Real Kashmir FC	None
1 September 2023	DF	Surajit Seal	ARA FC	None
1 September 2023	DF	Monoranjan Singh	Bhawanipore	None
2 September 2023	GK	Priyant Singh	Kidderpore SC	None
3 September 2023	MF	Sushil Meitei	Kickstart FC	None
3 September 2023	DF	Balwinder Singh	Real Kashmir FC	None
4 September 2023	MF	Sarif Khan	TRAU	None
6 September 2023	DF	Pandia Rajan	Valadares Gaia	None
7 September 2023	DF	Safiul Rahman	Mohammedan	None
9 September 2023	GK	Chris Johnson	Salsette Football Club	None
13 September 2023	FW	Arghya Roy	Kidderpore	None
13 September 2023	MF	Tarak Hembram	United SC	None
14 September 2023	DF	Wangkhei Olen Singh	Delhi	None
14 September 2023	MF	Aniket Panchal	Mumbai Kenkre	None
14 September 2023	MF	Anirudh Tumuluru		None
30 September 2023	MF	Bogdan Gavrila	Dinamo București	None
30 September 2023	DF	Marius Leca	Afumați	None
1 October 2023	MF	Mohammad Saukat		None
6 October 2023	FW	Vivek Singh		None
11 October 2023	MF	Sajal Bag	Chennaiyin	None
16 October 2023	FW	Haidar Awada	Ahli Nabatieh	None
5 November 2023	MF	Fabian Reid	Arnett Gardens	None
25 November 2023	FW	Ansumana Kromah	Bodoland FC	None
10 January 2024	MF	Adama Coulibaly	Kasuka	None

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.

Transfers out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 April 2023	FW	Jourdain Fletcher	Mount Pleasant	Free Agent
1 June 2023	MF	Naorem Tondomba Singh	Mumbai City	Loan Return
7 July 2023	DF	Thokchom James Singh	Mohammedan	Free Agent
23 July 2023	MF	Mirjalol Kosimov	Mohammedan	Free Agent	^[6]
27 July 2023	FW	Surchandra Singh	BSS Sporting	Free Agent
27 July 2023	MF	Thomyo Shimray	SC Bengaluru	Free Agent
27 July 2023	GK	Shubham Dhas	Inter Kashi	Free Agent
1 August 2023	DF	Waikhom Rohit Meitei		Free Agent
1 August 2023	MF	Benjamin Lupheng		Free Agent
1 August 2023	DF	Thokchom Johnson Singh		Free Agent
1 August 2023	GK	Md Abujar		Free Agent
1 August 2023	DF	Abhisekh Saikia		Free Agent
1 August 2023	DF	Yuno Richard Thaikho		Free Agent
1 August 2023	FW	Souma Das		Free Agent
1 August 2023	DF	Aimol Reamsochung		Free Agent
27 October 2023	FW	Lunminlen Haokip	Churchill Brothers FC	Free Agent
03 January 2024	DF	Marius Leca		Free Agent
03 January 2024	FW	Bogdan Gavrila		Free Agent

Pre-season and friendlies

16 September 2023 Friendly	NEROCA	2–1	Manipur State Team	Imphal
09:00 IST			Aniket Panchal jonychand	Stadium: SAI Football Ground

30 September 2023 Friendly	NEROCA	2–0	Clasiic FA	Imphal
09:00 IST			Arghya Roy Tarak Hembram	Stadium: Loitang Football Arena

Competitions

I-League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
9	Aizawl	24	6	9	9	36	35	+1	27
10	Namdhari	24	7	6	11	29	40	−11	27
11	Rajasthan United	24	6	7	11	40	63	−23	25
12	NEROCA (R)	24	4	3	17	26	61	−35	15	Relegation to I-League 2
13	TRAU (R)	24	4	2	18	26	64	−38	14	Relegation to I-League 2

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).
(R) Relegated

Matches

Note: I-League announced the fixtures for the 2023–24 season on 6 October 2023.^[7]

29 October 2023 (2023-10-29) 1	Sreenidi Deccan	4-0	NEROCA	Hyderabad
16.30 IST	David Castañeda 22', 84' (P) Lalromawia 57' R Lalbiakliana 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Deccan Arena Man of the Match: David Castañeda(Sreenidi)

5 November 2023 (2023-11-05) 2	Gokulam Kerala	4-1	NEROCA	Kozhikode
19.00 IST	Nili Perdomo 28' Álex Sánchez 48', 86' (P) Justine Emmanuel 84'	Report	David Simbo 83'	Stadium: EMS Stadium Attendance: 10,485 Referee: K. Ramadasan Man of the Match: Álex Sánchez (Gokulam)

9 November 2023 (2023-11-09) 3	Shillong Lajong	1-1	NEROCA	Shillong
14.00 IST	Daniel Gonçalves 34'	Report	Fabian Reid 79'	Stadium: SSA Stadium Man of the Match: Renan Paulino (Shillong)

14 November 2023 (2023-11-14) 4	NEROCA	1-3	Aizawl	Kolkata
19.00 IST	Tarak Hembram 33'	Report	Lalrinzuala Lalbiaknia 62', 81', 90+6'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Man of the Match: Lalrinzuala Lalbiaknia(Aizawl)

18 November 2023 (2023-11-18) 5	NEROCA	2-1	Namdhari	Kolkata
19.00 IST	Sushil Meitei 37' Aniket Panchal 90+1'	Report	Imanol Arana 63'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Man of the Match: Imanol Arana (Namdhari)

23 November 2023 (2023-11-23) 6	NEROCA	0-4	Real Kashmir	Kolkata
16.30 IST		Report	Mohammad Asrar Rehber 11' Gnohere Krizo 19' Jeremy Laldinpuia 64' Mohamad Maksoud 90+5'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Man of the Match: Muhammad Hammad(Real Kashmir)

27 November 2023 (2023-11-27) 7	Delhi	3-4	NEROCA	Bhaini Sahib
14.00 IST	Aroldinho 81' Sérgio Barboza 85', 90'	Report	Tangva Ragui 16' Balwinder Singh 73' David Singh 77' Aniket Panchal 78'	Stadium: Namdhari Stadium Man of the Match: David Simbo (NEROCA)

1 December 2023 (2023-12-01) 8	NEROCA	1-3	Inter Kashi	Kolkata
19.00 IST	Meitei 63'	Report	Lamela 28', 45+5' J. Singh 90+4'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Referee: Kynsanphar Lyngdoh Nongum Man of the Match: Jordan Lamela (Inter Kashi)

9 December 2023 (2023-12-09) 9	Churchill Brothers	4-1	NEROCA	Vasco
19.00 IST	Faisal Ali 9', 15' Stendly Fernandes 32' Ricardo Dichiara 90+4'	Report	Ansumana Kromah 47'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Man of the Match: Faisal Ali (Churchill)

15 December 2023 (2023-12-15) 10	NEROCA	3-4	Rajasthan United	Kolkata
19.00 IST	Dário Júnior 45+3' (OG) Ansumana Kromah 81' Lourembam David 86'	Report	Syed Suhail Pasha 24' Lalchungnunga Chhangte 45+4' Richardson Denzell 53', 84'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Man of the Match: Richardson Denzell

24 December 2023 (2023-12-24) 11	Mohammedan	v	NEROCA	Kolkata
19.00 IST				Stadium: Naihati Stadium

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	I League	Total
1	FW	7	Ansumana Kromah	2	2
	MF	8	Aniket Panchal	2	2
	MF	30	Sushil Meitei	2	2
	MF	99	Lourembam David Singh	2	2
5	DF	2	Balwinder Singh	1	1
	FW	13	Fabian Reid	1	1
	DF	18	David Simbo	1	1
	MF	40	Tangva Ragui	1	1
	FW	88	Tarak Hembram	1	1
Total				13	13

References

^ "I-League – Former I-League winning coach Khogen Singh signs for NEROCA FC". IFTWC. 4 July 2021.
^ "AIFF looks to increase teams in I-League, number of foreigners in squad to be reduced". 1 May 2023.
^ "AIFF invites bids for new clubs to join Hero I-League 2023–24 season onwards | Hero I-League".
^ "AIFF looks to increase teams in I-League, number of foreigners in the squad to be reduced". The Indian Express. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
^ "I-League Foreigner Rule: AIFF League Committee reduces number of foreigners in I-League,". Inside Sport India. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
^ https://twitter.com/MohammedanSC/status/1682984820819804160%7Ctitle= Welcome to the City of Joy, Mirjalol Kasimov! 🖤🤍
^ https://i-league.org/aiff-announces-fixtures-for-i-league-iwl/feed/

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[K_Singh-1] "I-League – Former I-League winning coach Khogen Singh signs for NEROCA FC". IFTWC. 4 July 2021.

[2] "AIFF looks to increase teams in I-League, number of foreigners in squad to be reduced". 1 May 2023.

[3] "AIFF invites bids for new clubs to join Hero I-League 2023–24 season onwards | Hero I-League".

[4] "AIFF looks to increase teams in I-League, number of foreigners in the squad to be reduced". The Indian Express. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.

[5] "I-League Foreigner Rule: AIFF League Committee reduces number of foreigners in I-League,". Inside Sport India. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.

[6] ttps://twitter.com/MohammedanSC/status/1682984820819804160%7Ctitle= Welcome to the City of Joy, Mirjalol Kasimov! 🖤🤍

[7] ttps://i-league.org/aiff-announces-fixtures-for-i-league-iwl/feed/

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