2022–23 Churchill Brothers FC Goa season

Churchill Brothers
2022–23 season
CEO	Valanka Alemao
Head coach	Antonio Rueda
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 35th season of Churchill Brothers in existence and Fourteenth in the I-League. A new coach for the team, Antonio Rueda, was appointed on 19 February 2022.^[1]^[2]

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
4 August 2022	FW	Chaitan Komarpant	Salgaocar	None
11 August 2022	FW	Abdoulaye Sané	Al-Taawoun	None
13 August 2022	MF	Tana	Maziya	None
31 August 2022	FW	Milad Pakparvar	Shams Azar	None
14 August 2022	DF	George D'Souza	Odisha	None
14 August 2022	FW	Manu Cordero	A. Dos Hermanas	None
14 August 2022	DF	Momo Cissé		None
14 August 2022	FW	Lalkhawpuimawia	NorthEast United	None
10 October 2022	DF	Raju Gaikwad	East Bengal	None
10 October 2022	FW	Kamo Bayi	Eastern Railway	None
30 November 2022	MF	Sharif Mukhammad	Gokulam Kerala	None
3 January 2023	FW	Emmanuel Yaghr		None

Out

Exit date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
15 June 2022	LW	Bryce Miranda	Kerala Blasters	Undisclosed Fee	^[3]
16 June 2022	GK	Shilton Paul		None
16 June 2022	AM	Komron Tursunov	TRAU	None
28 June 2022	LM	Saurav Mandal	Kerala Blasters	Undisclosed Fee	^[4]
1 July 2022	DF	Suresh Meitei	Army Red	None
1 July 2022	DF	Vikas Singh Saini	Gokulam Kerala	None
1 July 2022	MF	Guilherme Escuro	Juazeirense-BA	None
27 July 2022	FW	Kenneth Ikechukwu	Al-Nahda	None
2 August 2022	AM	Vinil Poojary	Jamshedpur B	None
30 November 2022	FW	Milad Pakparvar		released
3 January 2023	FW	Kamo Bayi	NEROCA	None
15 January 2023	MF	Tana		None
15 January 2023	FW	Manu Cordero		None

Pre-season

16 September 2022 (2022-09-16) Friendly	Churchill Brothers FC Goa	3-0	SESA FA	Fatorda
08.00 IST	Milad Pakparvar * Mapuia * Aaron Bareto

22 September 2022 (2022-09-22) Friendly	Churchill Brothers FC Goa	1-0	Dempo	Navelim
08.00 IST	Joseph Clemente			Stadium: Rosary Ground

2 October 2022 (2022-10-02) Friendly	Churchill Brothers FC Goa	2-1	Rajasthan United	Navelim
08.00 IST	Momo Cisse mapuia		Martin Chaves	Stadium: Rosary Ground

4 November 2022 (2022-11-04) Baji Rout Cup	Churchill Brothers FC Goa	1–1 (5–3 p)	Gokulam Kerala	Angul, Odisha
09.00 IST	Sané 90+2'	Report	A. Somlaga 90+4'	Stadium: Kadam Padia Stadium
	Penalties
	M. Cissé Vaz Costa Tana Sané		Bouba Noor J. Nellar Jasim

6 November 2022 (2022-11-06) Baji Rout Cup	Churchill Brothers FC Goa	5–1	Mumbai Kenkre	Angul, Odisha
09.00 IST	Sané , Tana Wendell Kingslee Fernandes			Stadium: Kadam Padia Stadium

8 November 2022 (2022-11-08) Baji Rout Cup	Churchill Brothers FC Goa	2–2 (2–4 p)	Rajasthan United	Angul, Odisha
09.00 IST			*	Stadium: Kadam Padia Stadium

Current squad

First-team squad

As of 1 November 2022

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	IND	Nora Fernandes
3	DF	IND	George D'Souza
4	DF	IND	Joseph Clemente
5	DF	IND	Ponif Vaz
6	MF	IND	Quan Gomes
7	MF	IND	Wendell Savio Coelho
8	MF	IND	Kingslee Fernandes
9	FW	UGA	Emmanuel Yaghr
11	MF	IND	Shubert Pereira
12	MF	IND	Jobern Cardozo
15	MF	IND	Kapil Hoble
16	MF	IND	Jobern Cardozo
17	DF	IND	Meldon D'Silva
18	DF	IND	Gautam Inacio Dias
19	DF	IND	Lamgoulen Hangshing


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	AFG	Sharif Mukhammad
23	DF	SEN	Momo Cissé (Captain)
25	FW	IND	Chaitan Komarpant
26	FW	IND	Lalkhawpuimawia
27	FW	SEN	Abdoulaye Sané
28	FW	IND	Aaron Bareto
32	FW	IND	Afdal Varikkodan
33	MF	IND	Richard Costa
37	DF	IND	Vanlalduatsanga
44	MF	IND	Lalawmpuia Sailo
47	DF	IND	Raju Gaikwad
72	GK	IND	Albino Gomes
90	GK	IND	Subhajit Bhattacharjee
—	MF	IND	Pushkar Sanjay Prabhu

Technical staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Mateus Costa^[5]
Assistant coach	Mario Soares^[6]

Competitions

I-League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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]

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
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Aizawl 4, Mohammedan 1.

Matches

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers
15 November 2022	Rajasthan United	H	1–2	Sané 45+1'
20 November 2022	Sreenidi Deccan	H	2–3	Costa 69', Lalkhawpuimawia 75'
20 November 2022	Kenkre	A	1–1	Lalkhawpuimawia 84'
28 November 2022	Real Kashmir	A	0–1
2 December 2022	Aizawl	H	1–1
6 December 2022	Mohammedan	H	2–1	Raju Gaikwad 60', Tana 84'
10 December 2022	Sudeva Delhi	A	2–0	Abdoulaye Sané 54', Lamgoulen Hangshing 76'
16 December 2022	RoundGlass Punjab	H	0–0
20 December 2022	TRAU	H	6–1	Sané 3', 33', Tana 35', Gaonkar 45+3', (OG) 89', Bayi 90+4'
8 January 2023	Gokulam Kerala	A	0–1
12 January 2023	NEROCA	H	0–0
17 January 2023	Rajasthan United	A	0–5	Yaghr 2, 54', Sané 29',90', Gaonkar 61'
24 January 2023	Real Kashmir	H	0–0
30 January 2023	Sudeva Delhi	H	1–0	Gaonkar 83'
4 February 2023	Sreenidi Deccan	A	3–0
7 February 2023	Mohammedan	A	1–2	Mukhammad 42', Sané 90+4'
10 February 2023	TRAU	A	3–2	(OG) 38', Hoble 66'
19 February 2023	Gokulam Kerala	H	0–1
20 February 2023	Kenkre	H	3–2	Momo Cisse 7', Cháves 61', Yaghr 74'
1 March 2023	RoundGlass Punjab	A	3–1	Cháves 84'
4 March 2023	Aizawl	A	1–1	Goenkar 19'
11 March 2023	NEROCA	H	1–0	Momo Cisse 23'

Super Cup

Win Draw Loss

Qualifiers

6 April 2023 (2023-04-06) Q-4	Real Kashmir	0–6	Churchill Brothers	Manjeri, Kerala
20.30 IST		Report	Cháves 6' Kromah 36', 45+1', 59', 61' Jakhonov 75'	Stadium: Payyanad Stadium Attendance: 1,708 Referee: Pranjal Banerjee Man of the Match: Ansumana Kromah (Churchill Brothers)

Group Stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	NEU	MCI	CHE	CHB
1	NorthEast United	3	2	0	1	10	8	+2	6^[a]	Advance to knockout stage	—	2–1	—	6–3
2	Mumbai City	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6^[a]		—	—	1–0	2–1
3	Chennaiyin	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4		4–2	—	—	—
4	Churchill Brothers	3	0	1	2	4	8	−4	1		—	—	0–0	—

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
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: NorthEast United 3, Mumbai City 0.

Matches

11 April 2023 (2023-04-11) 1	Mumbai City	2–1	Churchill Brothers	Manjeri
17.00 IST	Mehtab 27' Chhangte 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Kromah 9' A. Gaonkar 26' Hangshing 84'	Stadium: Payyanad Stadium Attendance: 553 Referee: Senthil Nathan S Man of the Match: Rowllin Borges (Mumbai City)

15 April 2023 (2023-04-15) 2	Churchill Brothers	0–0	Chennaiyin	Manjeri
17.00 IST	Costa 66' 85' Hangshing 90+4'	Report	Das 29' Vanspaul 71'	Stadium: Payyanad Stadium Attendance: 2,225 Referee: Aditya Purkayastha Man of the Match: Joseph Clemente (Churchill Brothers)

19 April 2023 (2023-04-19) 3	NorthEast United	6–3	Churchill Brothers	Kozhikode
20:30 IST	Jordán 27', 43', 51', 70' A. Kholmurodov 59' Nigam 78' Jithin 90+1'	Report	Fernandes 55' Cháves 60' 71' Irshad 83' (o.g.) D'Souza 86'	Stadium: EMS Stadium Attendance: 828 Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta Man of the Match: Wilmar Jordán (NorthEast United)

References

^ "New head coach Rueda promises attractive football from Churchill Brothers". i-league.org. Archived from the original on 10 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
^ "Coach Rueda keen to extend stint with Churchill Bros after a fine run in I-League". timesofindia.com. 13 May 2022.
^ "Kerala Blasters FC onboards the midfielder Bryce Miranda". Kerala Blasters FC. 15 June 2022. Archived from the original on 16 June 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
^ "Transfer wrap: Mumbai City FC sign Lallianzuala Chhangte on a permanent deal, Kerala Blasters FC rope in Saurav Mandal and more". Indian Super League. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
^ "I-League: Churchill Bros taste first win". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
^ Flavio Lopes (9 November 2020). "Churchill Brothers start training, coach Varela lands in Goa". Times of India. Retrieved 17 January 2021.

[table_hth_AIZ0.58343854434017-7] Head-to-head points: Aizawl 4, Mohammedan 1.

[table_hth_MCI0.075711515767365-8] Head-to-head points: NorthEast United 3, Mumbai City 0.

[Rueda-1] "New head coach Rueda promises attractive football from Churchill Brothers". i-league.org. Archived from the original on 10 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.

[2] "Coach Rueda keen to extend stint with Churchill Bros after a fine run in I-League". timesofindia.com. 13 May 2022.

[3] "Kerala Blasters FC onboards the midfielder Bryce Miranda". Kerala Blasters FC. 15 June 2022. Archived from the original on 16 June 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.

[4] "Transfer wrap: Mumbai City FC sign Lallianzuala Chhangte on a permanent deal, Kerala Blasters FC rope in Saurav Mandal and more". Indian Super League. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.

[5] "I-League: Churchill Bros taste first win". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.

[6] Flavio Lopes (9 November 2020). "Churchill Brothers start training, coach Varela lands in Goa". Times of India. Retrieved 17 January 2021.

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