2023–24 Mohammedan SC (Kolkata) season

Mohammedan
2023–24 season
Owner
  • Mohammedan Sporting Club Private Limited (50%)
  • Bunkerhill Private Limited (50%)
ChairmanGulam Ashraf
Head coachAndrey Chernyshov
StadiumSalt Lake Stadium,
Kishore Bharati Krirangan, Bankimanjali Stadium (I-League)
I-League1st (promoted)
Durand CupGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Eddie Hernández (13)
All: Eddie Hernández (13)
Biggest win6–0 v TRAU
(Home)
7 November 2023
(I-League)

The 2023–24 season was the 131st season in the existence of Mohammedan and the club's third consecutive season in the I-League. In addition to the I-League, they also competed in the Durand Cup.[1][2][3][4] On 30th June its confirmed Mohammedan's participation in the Durand cup.[5]

Staff

Position Staff
Manager Russia Andrey Chernyshov
Assistant Manager India Alison Kharsyntiew
Head of Goalkeeping India Lalit Thapa
Head Physiotherapist India Dibyajit Mitra
Assistant Physiotherapist India Md. Belal Qureshi
Strength & Conditioning Coach India Arsalan Mirza
Performance Analyst India Devrup J. Gupta
Media manager India Koustav Halder

Source:

Squad

First-team squad

As of 30 December 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK India IND Padam Chettri
3 DF India IND Dettol Moirangthem (on loan from Classic FA)
4 MF Uzbekistan UZB Mirjalol Kosimov
5 MF Argentina ARG Juan Nellar
6 MF India IND Abhishek Halder
7 FW India IND Beneston Barretto
10 FW Argentina ARG Alexis Gómez
11 MF India IND Wahengbam Angousana
14 DF India IND Zodingliana Ralte
15 DF India IND Dipu Halder
16 DF India IND Mohammed Irshad
19 FW India IND David Lalhlansanga
20 FW Honduras HON Eddie Hernández
22 FW India IND Sagolsem Bikash Singh (on loan from Kerala Blasters)
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 DF India IND Samad Ali Mallick (captain)
26 MF India IND Samuel Lalmuanpuia
28 DF Ghana GHA Joseph Adjei
29 FW India IND Lalremsanga Fanai (on loan from Rajasthan United)
33 GK India IND Lalbiakhlua Jongte (on loan from Hyderabad)
34 DF India IND Vanlalzuidika
47 FW India IND SK Faiaz
55 DF India IND Mohammed Jassim
69 GK India IND Jetli Sorokhaibam
77 FW Russia RUS Evgeniy Kozlov
99 MF India IND Tanmoy Ghosh
— GK India IND James Kithan

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF India IND Thokchom James Singh
8 MF India IND Sujit Singh
13 MF India IND Abhijit Sarkar
30 MF India IND Ganesh Besra
36 DF India IND Deep Biswas
No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK India IND Rakibul Mallick
— DF India IND Karandeep Singh
— MF India IND Meitalkeishangbam Roger
— MF India IND Ajay Alex Antonay
— MF India IND Laishram Bedashwor Singh
— FW India IND Bamiya Samad
— FW India IND William Lalgoulien

Transfers

Transfers in

Date Position Nationality Player From Fee Ref
13 June 2023 FW Argentina Alexis Gómez India Sudeva Delhi Free Transfer
15 June 2023 DF India Zodingliana Ralte India Aizawl Free Transfer
16 June 2023 DF India Denzil Kharshandi India ARA Free Transfer
17 June 2023 GK India Rakibul Mollick India Free Transfer
17 June 2023 MF India Ganesh Besra India Wari AC Free Transfer
17 June 2023 MF India Bamiya Samad India Free Transfer
19 June 2023 FW Ghana Prince Opoku Agyemang Iraq Duhok SC Free Transfer [6]
20 June 2023 MF India Sujit Singh India The Diamond Rock FC Free Transfer
23 June 2023 DF Ghana Joseph Adjei Syria Al-Ittihad Free Transfer [7]
01 July 2023 MF India Tanmoy Ghosh India Gokulam Kerala Free Transfer
07 July 2023 FW India Beneston Barretto India Dempo Free Transfer [8]
07 July 2023 MF India Meitalkeishangbam Roger India TRAU Free Transfer
07 July 2023 FW India David Lalhlansanga India Aizawl Free Transfer [9]
07 July 2023 FW India Abhijit Sarkar India Real Kashmir Free Transfer
06 July 2023 GK India Padam Chettri India Mumbai Kenkre Free Transfer
07 July 2023 DF India Thokchom James Singh India NEROCA Free Transfer
07 July 2023 DF India Karandeep Singh India Delhi FC Free Transfer
07 July 2023 DF India Deep Biswas India Mohun Bagan B Free Transfer [10]
23 July 2023 MF Uzbekistan Mirjalol Kasimov India NEROCA Free Transfer [11]
14 August 2023 MF India Wahengbam Angousana India East Bengal B Free Transfer
20 August 2023 MF India Mohammed Irshad India NorthEast United Free Transfer
24 August 2023 GK India Jetli Sorokhaibam India Classic FA Free Transfer
2 September 2023 MF India Samuel Lalmuanpuia India Punjab Free Transfer
13 September 2023 FW Honduras Eddie Hernández Honduras Motagua Free Transfer
16 September 2023 DF India Mohammed Jassim India Gokulam Kerala Free Transfer
29 September 2023 MF Argentina Juan Nellar Free Agent Free Transfer
16 January 2024 FW Russia Evgeniy Kozlov Kazakhstan Atyrau Free Transfer
25 January 2024 GK India James Kithan India Delhi FC Free Transfer

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Player From Date until Ref.
GK India Lalbiakhlua Jongte India Hyderabad 31 May 2024
27 June 2023 MF India Sagolsem Bikash Singh India Kerala Blasters 31 May 2024 [12]
06 July 2023 FW India Lalremsanga Fanai India Rajasthan United 31 May 2024 [13]
24 July 2023 DF India Dettol Moirangthem India Classic FA 31 May 2024

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Player To Date until Ref

Transfers out

Date Position Nationality Player To Fee Ref
12 June 2023 DF Syria Shaher Shaheen Free Agent
12 June 2023 MF Serbia Nikola Stojanović Free Agent
12 June 2023 MF Nigeria Abiola Dauda Free Agent
12 June 2023 DF Senegal Ousmane N'Diaye Free Agent
12 June 2023 FW Trinidad and Tobago Marcus Joseph Free Agent
12 June 2023 FW Kyrgyzstan Mirlan Murzaev Vietnam Hanoi FC Free Agent
26 June 2023 DF India Abhishek Ambekar India Sreenidi Deccan Free Agent [14]
29 June 2023 FW India Azharuddin Mallick India Delhi Free Agent [15]
01 July 2023 MF India Kean Lewis India Sreenidi Deccan Free Agent [16]
17 July 2023 DF India Sairuat Kima India Rajasthan United Free Agent [17]
19 July 2023 GK India Zothanmawia India Gokulam Kerala Free Agent [18]
26 August 2023 GK India Mithun Samanta India TRAU Free Agent
1 September 2023 MF India Christy Molly Davis India Gokulam Kerala Free Agent
7 September 2023 DF India Safiul Rahman India NEROCA Free Agent
19 December 2023 FW Ghana Prince Opoku Agyemang TBD Free Agent
30 December 2023 FW India Denzil Kharshandi India Shillong Lajong

Pre-season and friendlies

30 July 2023 Friendly match Mohammedan SC 1–1 Chennaiyin
16:00 IST
  • Alexis Gómez 12'
14 October 2023 Friendly Mohammedan SC 0–1 Rajasthan United Delhi
16:00 IST
17 October 2023 Friendly Mohammedan SC 1–1 Namdhari Delhi
16:00 IST
20 October 2023 Friendly Rajasthan United 1–3 Mohammedan SC Jaipur
15:30 IST

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
I League 29 October 2023 13 April 2024 Match Day 1 Champions 24 15 7 2 44 22 +22 062.50
Durand Cup 5 August 2023 20 August 2023 Group stage Group stage 3 2 0 1 9 4 +5 066.67
Total 27 17 7 3 53 26 +27 062.96

Last updated: 13 April 2024 (2024-04-13).
Source: Competitions

I-League

Main article: 2023–24 I-League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Mohammedan (C, P) 24 15 7 2 44 22 +22 52 Promotion to Indian Super League
2 Sreenidi Deccan 24 14 6 4 54 26 +28 48
3 Gokulam Kerala 24 12 6 6 55 34 +21 42
4 Inter Kashi 24 11 8 5 47 41 +6 41
5 Real Kashmir 24 11 7 6 36 19 +17 40
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).
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Matches

Note: I-League announced the fixtures for the 2023–24 season on 6 October 2023.[19]

29 October 2023 (2023-10-29) 1 Mohammedan 2–1 Aizawl Naihati
19:00 IST
Report
Stadium: Naihati Stadium
Attendance: 4,900
Referee: Joyshing Monsang Thumli
Man of the Match: Alexis Gómez (Mohammedan)
3 November 2023 (2023-11-03) 2 Mohammedan 1–1 Shillong Lajong Naihati
19:00 IST
Report
  • Takuto Miki 45+1'
 Stadium: Naihati Stadium
Attendance: 3,786
Referee: Anand Rana
Man of the Match: Daniel Gonçalves(Shillong Lajong)
7 November 2023 (2023-11-07) 3 Mohammedan 6–0 TRAU Naihati
19:00 IST
Report Stadium: Naihati Stadium
Attendance: 1,773
Referee: Williams Joy Koshy
Man of the Match: Joseph Adjei (Mohammedan)
10 November 2023 (2023-11-10) 4 Delhi 1–2 Mohammedan Bhaini Sahib
14:00 IST
Report
Stadium: Namdhari Stadium
Man of the Match: Padam Chetri (Mohammedan)
18 November 2023 (2023-11-18) 5 Rajasthan United 1–2 Mohammedan Hyderabad
19:00 IST
  • Ragav Gupta 90+4'
 Report
Stadium: Deccan Arena
Man of the Match: Sagolsem Bikash Singh (Mohammedan)
21 November 2023 (2023-11-21) 6 Inter Kashi 0–2 Mohammedan Lucknow
14:00 IST Report
Stadium: Ekana Football Stadium
Man of the Match: Wahengbam Angousana (Mohammedan)
3 December 2023 (2023-12-03) 7 Mohammedan 2–1 Sreenidi Deccan Naihati
19:00 IST
Report
Stadium: Naihati Stadium
Man of the Match: E. Hernández (Mohammedan)
8 December 2023 (2023-12-08) 8 Mohammedan 1–1 Gokulam Kerala Naihati
19:00 IST
Report
Stadium: Naihati Stadium
Man of the Match: Mirjalol kasimov (Mohammedan)
13 December 2023 (2023-12-13) 9 Namdhari 0–1 Mohammedan Bhaini Ala
14:00 IST Report
  • Beneston Barretto 81'
 Stadium: Namdhari Stadium
Man of the Match: Mirjalol Kasimov (Mohammedan)
17 December 2023 (2023-12-17) 10 Churchill Brothers 0–0 Mohammedan Vasco
19:00 IST Report Stadium: Tilak Maidan
Man of the Match: Padam Chhetri (Mohammedan)
24 December 2023 (2023-12-24) 11 Mohammedan 2–1 NEROCA Naihati
19:00 IST
Report Stadium: Naihati Stadium
Man of the Match: Lalremsanga (Mohammedan)
4 February 2024 (2024-02-04) 12 Mohammedan 0–3 Real Kashmir Naihati
19:00 IST Report
Stadium: Naihati Stadium
Referee: ADITYA PURKAYASTHA
10 February 2024 (2024-02-10) 13 Aizawl 0–0 Mohammedan Aizawl
19:00 IST Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium
13 February 2024 (2024-02-13) 14 Mohammedan 5–1 Rajasthan United Naihati
19:00 IST
  • William P 29'
 Stadium: Naihati Stadium
Attendance: 0
Man of the Match: E. Hernández
17 February 2024 (2024-02-17) 15 TRAU 0–2 Mohammedan Kalyani Stadium
16:30 IST Hernández 45+1', 90+1' Stadium: Kalyani
Attendance: 512
Referee: Mrutyunjay L. Amatya
Man of the Match: Eddie Hernández (Mohammedan)
29 February 2024 (2024-02-29) 16 Sreenidi Deccan 1–1 Mohammedan Hyderabad
16:30 IST
Stadium: Deccan Arena
3 March 2024 (2024-03-03) 17 Gokulam Kerala 2–3 Mohammedan Kozhikode
19:00 IST
Stadium: EMS Stadium
9 March 2024 (2024-03-09) 18 Mohammedan 3–1 Namdhari Naihati
19:00 IST
  • Imanol Arana 74'
 Stadium: Naihati Stadium
Man of the Match: Sagolsem Bikash Singh
12 March 2024 (2024-03-12) 19 Mohammedan 3–2 Churchill Brothers Naihati
19:00 IST
Report
Stadium: Naihati Stadium
Man of the Match: Eddie Hernández
17 March 2024 (2024-03-17) 20 NEROCA 0–2 Mohammedan Shillong
16:30 IST
Stadium: SSA Stadium
Man of the Match: Eddie Hernández
23 March 2024 (2024-03-23) 21 Real Kashmir 0–0 Mohammedan Srinagar
14:00 IST Report Stadium: TRC Turf Ground
Attendance: 7,632
Referee: Harish Kundu
Man of the Match: Muhammad Hammad (Real Kashmir)
30 March 2024 (2024-03-30) 22 Mohammedan 1–1 Inter Kashi Naihati
18:30 IST Gómez 8' Report Barco 83' Stadium: Naihati Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Jehrul Islam
Man of the Match: Mario Barco (Inter Kashi)
6 April 2024 (2024-04-06) 23 Shillong Lajong 1–2 Mohammedan Shillong
19:00 IST Tardin 15' (pen.) Report
Stadium: SSA Stadium
Attendance: 7,816
Referee: Senthil Nathan S.
Man of the Match: Padam Chettri (Mohammedan)
13 April 2024 (2024-04-13) 24 Mohammedan 1–3 Delhi Naihati
18:00 IST Mirjalol Kasimov 90+9' Report
  • Kholmurodov 7'
  • Goyary 31'
  • Barboza 90+8'
 Stadium: Naihati Stadium
Attendance: 24,678
Referee: Jehrul Islam
Man of the Match: Alisher Kholmurodov (Delhi)

Durand Cup

Main article: 2023 Durand Cup

[20]

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MCI MSC JAM INV
1 Mumbai City 3 3 0 0 12 1 +11 9 Qualify for the knockout stage — — 5–0 4–0
2 Mohammedan (H) 3 2 0 1 9 4 +5 6 1–3 — 6–0 2–1
3 Jamshedpur 3 1 0 2 1 11 −10 3 — — — 1–0
4 Indian Navy 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0 — — — —
Source: Twitter
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Matches

5 August 2023 (2023-08-05) 1 Mohammedan 1–3 Mumbai City Kolkata
16.45 IST
  • D. Lalhlansanga 42'
 Report
Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan
Attendance: 3,652
Referee: Harish Kundu
Man of the Match: Alberto Noguera (Mumbai City)
11 August 2023 (2023-08-11) 2 Mohammedan 2–1 Indian Navy Kolkata
15.00 IST
Report
Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan
20 August 2023 (2023-08-20) 2 Mohammedan 6–0 Jamshedpur Kolkata
16.45 IST
*D. Lalhlansanga 28', 69', 82', 89'
 Report Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan


Statistics

Goal scorers

As of 13 April 2024
Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name I League Durand cup Total
1 20 FW Honduras Eddie Hernández 13 0 13
2 19 FW India David Lalhlansanga 5 6 11
3 29 FW India Lalremsanga Fanai 5 3 8
4 4 MF Uzbekistan Mirjalol Kosimov 4 0 4
10 FW Argentina Alexis Gómez 4 0 4
6 22 MF India Sagolsem Bikash Singh 3 0 3
7 26 MF India Samuel Lalmuanpuia 2 0 2
8 7 FW India Beneston Barretto 1 0 1
11 DF India Wahengbam Angousana 1 0 1
14 DF India Zodingliana Ralte 1 0 1
28 DF Ghana Joseph Adjei 1 0 1
55 DF India Mohammed Jassim 1 0 1
77 FW Russia Evgeniy Kozlov 1 0 1
Own Goals 2 0 2
Total 44 9 53

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