2022–23 Sreenidi Deccan FC season

Sreenidi Deccan
2022–23 season
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The 2022–23 season is Sreenidi Deccan Football Club's Second season. They participated in the I-League.^[1]

On 5 June 2020, All India Football Federation issued an invitation to accept bids for new clubs to join the I-League from 2020 onwards;^[2] on 12 August, Sreenidi Deccan were granted playing rights directly in the 2021–22 season.^[3]

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	Ubaid CK
2	DF	IND	Shahabaaz Khan
3	DF	IND	Bijay Chhetri
4	DF	IND	Md Abdul Salam
5	DF	IND	Soraisham Dinesh Singh
6	MF	IND	Phalguni Singh
7	FW	IND	Vanlalbiaa Chhangte
8	MF	IND	Umashankar Marimuthu
10	MF	AFG	Faysal Shayesteh
11	FW	COL	David Castañeda (Captain)
12	DF	IND	Asheer Akhtar
13	MF	IND	Mayakkannan
14	DF	IND	Arijit Bagui
15	DF	IND	Asraf Ali Mondal
16	FW	IND	Vineeth Velmurugan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	IND	Rosenberg Gabriel
19	FW	IND	Songpu Singsit
21	FW	IND	Lalromawia
22	MF	IND	Sriram Boopathi
23	GK	IND	Jaspreet Singh
25	GK	IND	Harsh Patil
26	DF	IND	Sunil Bathala
27	FW	IND	Mayosing Khongreiwoshi
36	MF	IND	Suraj Rawat
41	GK	IND	Aryan Niraj Lamba
46	FW	IND	Ramhlunchhunga (on loan from Hyderabad)
49	DF	GHA	Mohamed Awal
53	MF	CGO	Dua Stanislas Ankira
77	MF	NGA	Rilwan Hassan
99	FW	NGA	Ogana Louis

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	Player	Previous club	Fee	Ref.
11 August 2022	GK	Jaspreet Singh	RoundGlass Punjab	None
13 August 2022	DF	Asheer Akhtar	Mohammedan	None
16 August 2022	FW	Ramhlunchhunga	Hyderabad	None	Loan
18 August 2022	LW	Songpu Singsit	East Bengal	None
20 August 2022	DF	Md Abdul Salam	NEROCA	None
22 August 2022	LB	Asraf Ali Mondal	Bengaluru United	None
24 August 2022	MF	Faysal Shayesteh	VV DUNO	None
5 January 2023	MF	Dua Stanislas Ankira	Difaâ El Jadida	None	^[4]
5 February 2023	MF	Rilwan Hassan	HamKam	None	^[5]

Transfers Out

Exit date	Position	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
18 June 2022	DF	Girik Khosla	Real Kashmir	None
24 August 2022	FW	Mc Malsawmzuala	Chawnpui FC	None
24 August 2022	LB	Mohamed Salah	RoundGlass Punjab	None
24 August 2022	RB	Samad Ali Mallick	Mohammedan	None
24 August 2022	GK	Shibinraj Kunniyil	Gokulam Kerala	None
24 August 2022	MF	Shibil Muhammed	Bengaluru United	None
24 August 2022	FW	KP Rahul		None
25 December 2022	DF	Lalchungnunga	East Bengal	Undisclosed	^[6]

Loans Out

Exit date	Position	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
18 June 2021	DF	Lalchungnunga	East Bengal	None	^[7]

Technical staff

As of 3 August 2022

Role	Name
Head coach	Carlos Vaz Pinto^[8]
Assistant coach	Birendra Thapa
Conditioning coach	Jorge Ovando Toledo
Goalkeeping coach	TBA
Performance Analyst	Saiguhan E.

Pre-season

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I-League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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

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

Matches

Note: I-league announced the fixtures for the 2022–23 season on 1 November 2022.^[9]

14 November 2022 (2022-11-14) 1	Punjab	2-1	Sreenidi Deccan	Mohali
16.30 IST			Shahabaaz Khan 58'	Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium

19 November 2022 (2022-11-19) 2	Churchill Brothers	2-3	Sreenidi Deccan	Margao
16.30 IST			Songpu Singsit 25' Ogana Louis 40' David Castañeda 67'	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium

24 November 2022 (2022-11-24) 3	Sreenidi Deccan	1-0	TRAU	Hyderabad
14.00 IST	David Castañeda 41'			Stadium: Deccan Arena

27 November 2022 (2022-11-27) 4	Sreenidi Deccan	1–0	Gokulam Kerala	Hyderabad
14.00 IST	Shayesteh 63'	Report	Kumar 12' Bouba 35'	Stadium: Deccan Arena Attendance: 1,013 Referee: Ashish Tiwari Man of the Match: Faysal Shayesteh (Sreenidi Deccan)

1 December 2022 (2022-12-01) 5	Sreenidi Deccan	4-3	Mohammedan	Hyderabad
14.00 IST	Shayesteh 43' Mohamed Awal 69' David Castañeda 70' 80'			Stadium: Deccan Arena

2 December 2022 (2022-12-02) 6	Real Kashmir	2-1	Sreenidi Deccan	Srinagar
14.00 IST			Asheer Akhtar 12'	Stadium: TRC Turf Ground

11 December 2022 (2022-12-11) 7	Sreenidi Deccan	3-3	Aizawl	Hyderabad
14.00 IST	Castañeda 4' 43' Sriram Boopathi 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Deccan Arena

2 December 2022 (2022-12-02) 8	Sudeva Delhi	0-3	Sreenidi Deccan	New Delhi
19.00 IST	Castañeda 35' 58' 87'	Report		Stadium: Chhatrasal Stadium

21 December 2022 (2022-12-21) 9	NEROCA	0-1	Sreenidi Deccan	Imphal
16.00 IST		Report	Ramhlunchhunga 47'	Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium

7 January 2023 (2023-01-07) 10	Sreenidi Deccan	1-0	Mumbai Kenkre	Hyderabad
14.00 IST	Faysal Shayesteh 19'	Report		Stadium: Deccan Arena

11 January 2023 (2023-01-11) 11	Rajasthan United	1-0	Sreenidi Deccan	New Delhi
19.00 IST		Report		Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

17 January 2023 (2023-01-17) 12	Sreenidi Deccan	4-0	RoundGlass Punjab	Hyderabad
14.00 IST	Shahabaaz Khan 12' Castañeda 30' 88' Mohamed Awal 45+5' Dinesh Singh 62'	Report	Luka Majcen 45+4'	Stadium: Deccan Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: MRUTYUNJAY Man of the Match: Castañeda

23 January 2023 (2023-01-23) 13	Mumbai Kenkre	2-1	Sreenidi Deccan	Mumbai
19.00 IST		Report	Ogana Louis 77'	Stadium: Cooperage Ground

29 January 2023 (2023-01-29) 14	Sreenidi Deccan	3-2	NEROCA	Hyderabad
14.00 IST	Faysal Shayesteh 3' David Castañeda 45+3' Rosenberg Gabriel 74'			Stadium: Deccan Arena

4 February 2023 (2023-02-04) 15	Sreenidi Deccan	3-0	Churchill Brothers	Hyderabad
14.00 IST	David Castañeda 55' (P) Ramhlunchhunga 70' Ogana Louis 90+3'			Stadium: Deccan Arena

7 February 2023 (2023-02-07) 16	TRAU	1-2	Sreenidi Deccan	Imphal
14.00 IST	Komron Tursunov 15' Gerard Williams 59' Gérson Vieira 65' Salam Johnson Singh 70' Pritam Singh 90+4'	Report	Arijit Bagui 7' Asheer Akhtar 37' Shahabaaz Khan 66' Phalguni Singh 90+2'	Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium Attendance: 2,876 Referee: JATINDER SINGH Man of the Match: Asheer Akhtar (Sreenidi Deccan)

12 February 2023 (2023-02-12) 17	Sreenidi Deccan	2–0	Rajasthan United	Hyderabad
15.00 IST	Akhtar 5' Lalromawia 40'	Report	M. Assisi 24' Gurung 71' 90+4' Amangeldiev 74' Amritpal 84'	Stadium: Deccan Arena Attendance: 198 Referee: K Ramdasan Man of the Match: David Castañeda (Sreenidi Deccan)

19 February 2023 (2023-02-19) 18	Sreenidi Deccan	3-1	Sudeva Delhi	Hyderabad
14.00 IST	David Castañeda 71' * Ogana Louis 81' 89'			Stadium: Deccan Arena

24 February 2023 (2023-02-24) 19	Mohammedan	6-4	Sreenidi Deccan	Kolkata
16.30 IST			Rilwan Hassan 3' David Castañeda 28' Ogana Louis 79' Rosenberg Gabriel 90+3'	Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan

28 February 2023 (2023-02-28) 20	Aizawl	1-1	Sreenidi Deccan	Aizawl
16.30 IST			Rilwan Hassan 80'	Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium

5 March 2023 (2023-03-05) 21	Sreenidi Deccan	2-2	Real Kashmir	Hyderabad
16.30 IST	Dinesh Singh 86' Rosenberg Gabriel 90+1'			Stadium: Deccan Arena

12 March 2023 (2023-03-12) 22	Gokulam Kerala	1-0	Sreenidi Deccan	Calicut
16.30 IST				Stadium: EMS Stadium

Super Cup

After finishing 2nd in the I-League, Sreenidhi played a qualifier against qualifying play off winners, NEROCA, which after winning, earned a place in the group stage.^[10]

Matches

Win Draw Loss

Qualifiers

5 April 2023 (2023-04-05) Q-1	Sreenidi Deccan	4–2	NEROCA	Manjeri
17:00 IST	Shayesteh 37' Castañeda 55' Olanrewaju 90+1' (90+3)	Report	Ragui 67' Benjamin 80'	Stadium: Payyanad Stadium Man of the Match: Rilwan Olanrewaju Hassan

Group Stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		BEN	SRD	KER	RGP
1	Bengaluru	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5	Advance to knockout stage	—	1–1	1–1	—
2	Sreenidi Deccan	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4^[a]		—	—	2–0	—
3	Kerala Blasters	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4^[a]		—	—	—	3–1
4	Punjab	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3		0–2	1–0	—	—

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: Sreenidi Deccan 3, Kerala Blasters 0.

Matches

8 April 2023 (2023-04-08) 1	Bengaluru	1–1	Sreenidi Deccan FC	Kozhikode
17:00 IST	Hernández 10'	Report	Shayesteh 21' Dinesh 24'	Stadium: EMS Stadium Attendance: 3,214 Referee: Rowan Arumughan Man of the Match: Bijay Chhetri (Sreenidi Deccan)

12 April 2023 (2023-04-12) 2	Sreenidi Deccan FC	2–0	Kerala Blasters	Kozhikode
17:30 IST	Hassan 17' Castañeda 44' Dinesh 64'	Report	Adhikari 16' Jeakson 59' Diamantakos 89'	Stadium: EMS Stadium Attendance: 7,458 Referee: Aditya Purkayastha Man of the Match: Phalguni Singh (Sreenidi Deccan)

16 April 2023 (2023-04-16) 3	RoundGlass Punjab	1–0	Sreenidi Deccan	Manjeri, Kerala
20:30 IST	Valpuia 7' 41' F. Lallawmawma 71'	Report	Bagui 45+4'	Stadium: Payyanad Stadium Attendance: 2,023 Referee: I Jamal Mohamed Man of the Match: Kiran Chemjong (RoundGlass Punjab)

Statistics

Goal Scorers

As of 12 April 2023

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	I League	Super Cup	Total
1	11	FW	David Castañeda	15	2	17
2	10	MF	Faysal Shayesteh	4	2	6
3	77	MF	Rilwan Hassan	2	3	5
3	99	FW	Ogana Louis	5	0	5
5	12	DF	Asheer Akhtar	3	0	3
5	17	FW	Rosenberg Gabriel	3	0	3
7	2	DF	Shahabaaz Khan	2	0	2
7	46	FW	Ramhlunchhunga	2	0	2
9	5	DF	Soraisham Dinesh Singh	1	0	1
	6	MF	Phalguni Singh	1	0	1
	19	FW	Songpu Singsit	1	0	1
	21	FW	Lalromawia	1	0	1
	22	MF	Sriram Boopathi	1	0	1
	49	DF	Mohamed Awal	1	0	1
Own Goals				0	0	0
Total				42	7	49

References

^ Sportstar, Team (23 June 2022). "ISL, I-League to have promotion-relegation after talks with FIFA and AFC: Reports". Sportstar. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
^ "AIFF invites bids for new clubs to join Hero I-League 2020 onwards". AIFF. 5 June 2020. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
^ "Sudeva and Sreenidhi granted playing rights in Hero I-League from 2020-21 and 2021-22 respectively". www.the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
^ Thanveer, Dakir Mohammed. "Sreenidi Deccan sign Congolese midfielder Dua Stanislas Ankira". sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda. Archived from the original on 5 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
^ "Rilwan Hassan, the I-League player who once beat Manchester United". The Bridge. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
^ Sarkar, Sattyik (25 December 2022). "East Bengal sign defender Lalchungnunga on a long-term deal". Khel Now. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
^ "East Bengal add three new Indians to the ranks". Khel Now. 11 August 2022. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
^ "I-League – Sreenidi Deccan FC set to appoint Carlos Vaz Pinto as new manager". iftwc.com. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
^ "Hero I-League 2022-23 to kick-off on November 12". i-league.org. 1 November 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
^ "Kerala to host Hero Super Cup in April". the-aiff.com. 24 January 2023.

[table_hth_KER0.49625586368901-11] Head-to-head points: Sreenidi Deccan 3, Kerala Blasters 0.

[1] Sportstar, Team (23 June 2022). "ISL, I-League to have promotion-relegation after talks with FIFA and AFC: Reports". Sportstar. Retrieved 4 July 2022.

[2] "AIFF invites bids for new clubs to join Hero I-League 2020 onwards". AIFF. 5 June 2020. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.

[3] "Sudeva and Sreenidhi granted playing rights in Hero I-League from 2020-21 and 2021-22 respectively". www.the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2020.

[4] Thanveer, Dakir Mohammed. "Sreenidi Deccan sign Congolese midfielder Dua Stanislas Ankira". sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda. Archived from the original on 5 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.

[5] "Rilwan Hassan, the I-League player who once beat Manchester United". The Bridge. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.

[nunga2026-6] Sarkar, Sattyik (25 December 2022). "East Bengal sign defender Lalchungnunga on a long-term deal". Khel Now. Retrieved 25 December 2022.

[playerannounce2-7] "East Bengal add three new Indians to the ranks". Khel Now. 11 August 2022. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.

[8] "I-League – Sreenidi Deccan FC set to appoint Carlos Vaz Pinto as new manager". iftwc.com. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.

[9] "Hero I-League 2022-23 to kick-off on November 12". i-league.org. 1 November 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.

[10] "Kerala to host Hero Super Cup in April". the-aiff.com. 24 January 2023.

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