2023–24 Gokulam Kerala FC season

Gokulam Kerala
2023–24 season
Chairman	Gokulam Gopalan
Head Coach	Mingo Oramas
Stadium	EMS Stadium
I-League	TBD
Durand Cup	TBD
Federation Cup	TBD
Top goalscorer	League: TBD; All: Sreekuttan VS; Aminou Bouba ; 2 Goals
Biggest win	2-0 (vs Indian Air Force (N), 13 August 2023, Durand Cup)
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →
	All statistics correct as of 31 August 2023.

The 2023–24 season is Gokulam Kerala's seventh season since its establishment in 2017 and their sixth season in the I-League.In addition to the I-League,^[1]^[2] Gokulam Kerala will participate in the Federation Cup^[3] and Durand Cup.^[4] on 6 June 2023, Spanish manager Mingo Oramas agreed a two year deal to become GKFC manager.^[5] On 30 June 2023, the organization committee announced that Gokulam is participating in the Asia's oldest football tournament,Durand cup.^[6] The organizers of the 132nd Durand Cup football tournament announced the groups for the 24-participating teams, with defending champions Bengaluru clubbed with two popular Kerala sides Kerala Blasters and 2019 champions Gokulam Kerala in Group C, to be held in Kolkata. The Indian Air Force is the fourth side in the group^[7].On 05th august 2023, gokulam announced 22 member squad for durand cup ^[8]

Current technical staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Mingo Oramas^[9]
Assistant Coach	Shereef Khan
Fitness and conditioning Coach	Cristian Rodriguez Diaz
Technical Director	Vacant
Goalkeeping Coach	Manish Timsina

First-team squad

Squad no.	Name	Position(s)	Age	Previous club	Since	Apps	Goals	Assists
Goalkeepers
1	Bishorjit Singh	GK	31	TRAU	2023	1	0	0
21	Avilash Paul	GK	28	Mohun Bagan	2023	0	0	0
35	Devansh Dabas	GK	22	Chennaiyin	2023	1	0	0
Defenders
2	Salam Ranjan Singh	CB	27	TRAU	2023	4	0	0
3	Saurabh Meher	RB/LB	23	GKFC Reserves	2022	2	0	0
4	Vikas Saini	RB	26	Churchill Brothers	2022	19	0	1
5	Nidhin Krishna	CB/ RB	24	Kerala United	2023	3	0	0
15	Abdul Hakku	CB/ RB	28	Real Kashmir	2022	23	2	1
17	Aminou Bouba	CB	32	Eding Sport FC	2021	61	5	2
33	Muhammad Saheef	LB	20	Kerala Blasters	2023	1	0	0
93	Akhil Praveen	CB	28	Kerala United	2022	5	0	0
MidFielders
6	Rishad PP	CM	27	GKFC Reserves	2021	25	2	3
10	Nili Perdomo	AM	29	Kallithea	2023	5	0	1
13	Rahul Khokhar	DM	24	Bangalore Eagles FC	2023	0	0	0
18	Shilton D'Silva	CM	30	Rajasthan United	2023	11	1	0
23	Edu Bedia	DM	29	Goa	2023	1	0	1
29	Noufal PN	AM	22	GKFC Reserves	2022	28	1	7
42	Abhijith Kurungodan	CM	26	GKFC Reserves	2021	14	2	1
44	Basit Ahmed Bhat	LM	25	Downtown Heroes	2023	5	0	0
99	Calvin Baretto	CM	23	GKFC Reserves	2023	1	0	0
Forwards
7	Komron Tursunov	FW	27	TRAU	2023	2	0	0
8	Sreekuttan VS	FW	24	Kerala blasters	2022	52	5	5
11	Sourav K	FW	22	GKFC Reserves	2021	27	3	2
14	Justine Emmanuel	FW	20	Kerala blasters	2023	1	0	0
22	Shijin Thadhayouse	FW	21	SAI	2022	18	3	1
38	Álex Sánchez	FW	34	Ejea	2023	5	1	3

New contracts

Date	Position	No.	Player	Ref.
20 June 2023	MF	06	Rishad PP	^[10]

Transfers & loans

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	Player	Previous club	Fee	Ref.
4 June 2023	MF	basudeb mandi	United SC	None	^[11]
16 June 2023	MF	Nili Perdomo	Kallithea	None	^[12]
22 June 2023	MF	Rahul Raju	Bengaluru FC	None	^[13]
10 July 2023	DF	Laishram Johnson Singh	Sagolband United FC	None	^[14]
11 July 2023	DF	Nidhin Krishna	Kerala United FC	None	^[15]
13 July 2023	DF	Salam Ranjan Singh	TRAU	None	^[16]
13 July 2023	GK	Bishal Lama	Shillong Lajong	None	^[17]
14 July 2023	GK	Bishorjit Singh	TRAU	None	^[18]
18 July 2023	MF	Basit Ahmed Bhat	Downtown Heroes	None
19 July 2023	FW	Naocha Singh Ngangbam	Ksherti Iril	None	^[19]
19 July 2023	GK	Zothanmawia	Mohammedan	None	^[20]
20 July 2023	FW	Naro Hari Shrestha	ARA FC	None
24 July 2023	MF	Rahul Khokhar	Bangalore Eagles FC	None
31 July 2023	FW	Álex Sánchez	Ejea	None	^[21]
31 July 2023	MF	Abhijith K	Reserves	None
31 July 2023	MF	Calvin Barretto	Reserves	None
21 August 2023	FW	Komron Tursunov	TRAU	None	^[22]
29 August 2023	MF	Edu Bedia	Goa	None	^[23]
31 August 2023	GK	Avilash Paul	Mohun Bagan	None
06 September 2023	DF	Bilal		None
08 September 2023	DF	Basit		None
14 September 2023	FW	Azfar Noorani	Mumbai Kenkre	None	^[24]
21 September 2023	GK	Iqbal		None
1 October 2023	FW	Senthamizhi Shanbagam	Chennaiyin	None
15 October 2023	DF	Anas Edathodika		None

Loan in

Start date	End date	Position	Player	From club	Fee	Ref
31 August 2023	31 May 2024	FW	Justine Emmanuel	Kerala Blasters	None
02 September 2023	31 May 2024	DF	Muhammad Saheef	Kerala Blasters	None	.^[25]
03 September 2023	31 May 2024	GK	Devansh Dabas	Chennaiyin	None

Loan Out

Start date	End date	Position	Player	To club	Fee	Ref
08 September 2023	31 May 2024	MF	Arjun Jayaraj	Sporting Club Bengaluru	None

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
1 June 2023	MF	23	Farshad Noor	Brunei DPMM	Free Agent	^[26]
1 June 2023	DF	66	Sajad Hussain Parray	Hyderabad	Loan Return
1 June 2023	MF	99	Rahul Raju	Bengaluru	Loan Return
1 June 2023	GK	42	Shibinraj Kunniyil	Indian Air Force	Loan Return
19 June 2023	DF	02	Subhankar Adhikari	Sreenidi Deccan	Free Agent	^[27]^[28]
1 July 2023	MF	50	Tanmoy Ghosh	Mohammedan	Free Agent
3 July 2023	FW	19	Jobby Justin	Bhawanipore	Free Agent
3 July 2023	MF	14	Jijo Joseph	Bhawanipore	Free Agent
7 July 2023	GK	40	James Kithan	Delhi	Free Agent	^[29]
25 July 2023	FW	70	Sergio Mendigutxia	AFC Eskilstuna	Free Agent
03 August 2023	DF	05	Pawan Kumar	Sreenidi Deccan	Free Agent	^[30]
05 August 2023	GK	01	Bilal Khan	Churchill Brothers	Free Agent
21 August 2023	MF	47	Omar Ramos		Free Agent
21 August 2023	MF	10	Kaká		Free Agent
21 August 2023	FW	09	Samuel Mensah Koney		Free Agent
16 September 2023	DF	3	Mohammed Jassim	Mohammedan	Free Agent
11 October 2023	MF	07	Rahul Raju	Churchill Brothers	Free Agent
11 October 2023	GK	21	Zothanmawia	Chhinga Veng	Free Agent
11 October 2023	MF	7	Thahir Zaman		Free Agent
28 October 2023	GK		Bishal Lama	Shillong Lajong	None

Pre-season

02 August 2023 Friendly	Gokulam Kerala	0-1	Kerala Police	Kozhikode
16:00 IST				Stadium: EMS Stadium

17 August 2023 (2023-08-17) Friendly	Jamshedpur	2–0	Gokulam Kerala	Jamshedpur
18:00 IST	Tachikawa Stevanović	Report		Stadium: Flatlets Training Ground
Note: The match was abandoned due to heavy rain around the 75th-minute mark.

3 September 2023 Friendly	Gokulam Kerala	1–0	Indian Navy	Kozhikode
16.00 IST				Stadium: EMS Stadium

6 September 2023 Friendly	Gokulam Kerala	1–1	Odisha	Bhubaneswar
16.00 IST

9 September 2023 Friendly	Goa	1-0	Gokulam Kerala	Margao
17.30 IST

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
I-League	28 October 2023	TBD	Match Day 1	TBD	2	1	1	0	6	3	+3	050.00
Durand Cup	09 August 2023	25 August 2023	Group stage	Quarter finals	4	2	0	2	7	7	+0	050.00
Indian Super Cup	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					6	3	1	2	13	10	+3	050.00

Last updated: 5 November 2023 (2023-11-05)
Source: Competitions

I-League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Ground	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	A
Result	D	W
Position	5

Updated to match(es) played on 05 November 2023. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Note: I-League announced the fixtures for the 2023–24 season on 6th October 2023.^[31]

28 October 2023 (2023-10-28) 1	Gokulam Kerala	2-2	Inter Kashi	Kozhikode
19.00 IST	Álex Sánchez 8' Noufal PN 54'	Report	Lalrindika 30' Asif 90+2'	Stadium: EMS Stadium Attendance: 19,764 Man of the Match: Álex Sánchez

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

9 November 2023 (2023-11-09) 3	Gokulam Kerala	v	Rajasthan United	Kozhikode
19.00 IST				Stadium: EMS Stadium

13 November 2023 (2023-11-13) 4	TRAU	v	Gokulam Kerala	Kolkata
16.30 IST				Stadium: Kalyani Stadium

19 November 2023 (2023-11-19) 5	Shillong Lajong	v	Gokulam Kerala	Shillong
19.00 IST				Stadium: SSA Stadium

26 November 2023 (2023-11-26) 6	Gokulam Kerala	v	Churchill Brothers	Kozhikode
19.00 IST				Stadium: EMS Stadium

2 December 2023 (2023-12-02) 7	Gokulam Kerala	v	Namdhari	Kozhikode
19.00 IST				Stadium: EMS Stadium

8 December 2023 (2023-12-08) 8	Mohammedan	v	Gokulam Kerala	Kolkata
19.00 IST				Stadium: Naihati Stadium

11 December 2023 (2023-12-11) 9	Real Kashmir	v	Gokulam Kerala	Srinagar
14.00 IST				Stadium: TRC Turf Ground

16 December 2023 (2023-12-16) 10	Aizawl	v	Gokulam Kerala	Aizawl
19.00 IST				Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium

19 December 2023 (2023-12-19) 11	Sreenidi Deccan	v	Gokulam Kerala	Hyderabad
19.00 IST				Stadium: Deccan Arena

Durand Cup

Gokulam Kerala were drawn in the Group C for the 132nd edition of the Durand Cup alongside with defending champions Bengaluru FC and popular Kerala side Kerala Blasters ^[32]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	GOK	BEN	KER	IAF
1	Gokulam Kerala	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6	Qualify for the knockout stage	—	—	—	2–0
2	Bengaluru	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5		2–0	—	2–2	1–1
3	Kerala Blasters	3	1	1	1	10	6	+4	4		3–4	—	—	5–0
4	Indian Air Force	3	0	1	2	1	8	−7	1		—	—	—	—

Source: Twitter
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Matches

Fixture announced on 22 July 2023 ^[33]

9 August 2023 (2023-08-09) 1	Gokulam Kerala	2–0	Indian Air Force	Kolkata
16.45 IST	Sourav 36' Sreekuttan 67'	Report		Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Referee: K Ramdasan

13 August 2023 (2023-08-13) 2	Kerala Blasters	3–4	Gokulam Kerala	Kolkata
14.30 IST	J. Emmanuel 35' Das 54' Luna 77'	Report	Bouba 17' Sreekuttan 43' N. Singh 45+1' (o.g.) Abhijith 47'	Stadium: Mohun Bagan Ground Man of the Match: Nili Perdomo (Gokulam Kerala)

22 August 2023 (2023-08-22) 3	Bengaluru	2–0	Gokulam Kerala	Kolkata
18.00 IST	R. Yadav 58' Lalpekhlua 89'	Report		Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Man of the Match: Robin Yadav (Bengaluru)

Quarter-final

25 August 2023 (2023-08-25) QF	East Bengal	2-1	Gokulam Kerala	Kolkata
18:00 IST	J. Elsey 1' A. Bouba 80' (o.g.)	Report	A. Bouba 57'	Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan

Federation Cup

Squad statistics

Appearances

Players with no appearances are not included on the list.

As of match played 05 November 2023

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	I-League		Super Cup		Durand Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts
1	GK		Bishorjit Singh	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
2	DF		Salam Ranjan Singh	2	1	0	0	3	2	5	1
3	DF		Saurabh Meher	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2
4	DF		Vikas Saini	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	3
5	DF		Nidhin Krishna	2	2	0	0	2	2	4	4
6	MF		Rishad PP	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
7	MF		Rahul Raju	0	0	0	0	4	2	4	2
7	FW		Komron Tursunov	2	0	0	0	1	1	3	1
8	FW		Sreekuttan VS	2	1	0	0	4	2	6	3
10	MF		Nili Perdomo	2	2	0	0	4	4	6	6
11	FW		Sourav K	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	2
14	FW		Naro Hari Shrestha	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
14	FW		Justine Emmanuel	2	0	0	0	-	-	2	0
15	MF		Arjun Jayaraj	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
15	DF		Abdul Hakku	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
17	DF		Aminou Bouba	2	2	0	0	4	4	6	6
18	MF		Shilton D'Silva	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	1
21	GK		Zothanmawia	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	3
22	FW		Shijin Thadhayouse	1	1	0	0	4	2	5	3
23	MF		Edu Bedia	2	2	0	0	-	-	2	2
29	MF		Noufal PN	2	2	0	0	4	2	6	4
33	DF		Muhammad Saheef	2	2	0	0	-	-	2	2
35	GK		Devansh Dabas	2	2	0	0	-	-	2	2
38	FW		Álex Sánchez	2	2	0	0	4	3	6	5
42	MF		Abhijith K	2	1	0	0	4	2	6	3
44	MF		Basit Ahmed Bhat	1	0	0	0	4	4	5	4
93	DF		Akhil Praveen	1	0	0	0	4	2	5	2
99	MF		Calvin Baretto	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1

Goal Scorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	I League	Durand Cup	Total
1	38	FW	Álex Sánchez	3	0	3
2	8	FW	Sreekuttan V. S.	0	2	2
2	17	DF	Aminou Bouba	0	2	2
3	10	FW	Nili Perdomo	1	0	1
	11	FW	Sourav K.	0	1	1
	14	FW	Justine Emmanuel	1	0	1
	29	MF	Noufal PN	1	0	1
	42	MF	Abhijith K	0	1	1
Own Goals				0	1	1
Total				6	7	13

Assists

Not all goals have an assist.

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	I League	Durand Cup	Total
1	38	FW	Álex Sánchez	0	3	3
2	29	MF	Noufal PN	1	1	2
2	42	MF	Abhijith K	1	1	2
3	8	FW	Sreekuttan VS	1	0	1
	10	MF	Nili Perdomo	0	1	1
	23	MF	Edu Bedia	1	0	1

Clean sheets

No.	Nation	Name	I-League	Super Cup	Durand Cup	Total
21		Zothanmawia	0	0	1	1

Disciplinary record

As of match played 25 August 2023

No.	Pos.	Name	I League		Super Cup		Durand Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Name
7	MF	Rahul Raju	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
17	DF	Aminou Bouba	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
21	GK	Zothanmawia	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
23	MF	Basit Ahmed Bhat	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
42	MF	Abhijith K	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0

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

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

[3] "AIFF restores Federation Cup, inducts five new clubs in I-League". sportstar.thehindu.com. 3 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.

[4] "Durand Cup 2023 football tournament to kick off from August 3". 8 June 2023.

[5] "Gokulam Kerala appoint Spaniard Domingo Oramas as head coach".

[6] "Which are the teams participating in Durand Cup 2023? | Sporting News India". 30 June 2023.

[7] ttps://khelnow.com/football/2023-07-indian-football-durand-cup-teams-groups-venue"

[8] ttps://twitter.com/GokulamKeralaFC/status/1687818969615650816/Title:We are honored to be a part of the prestigious Durand Cup. 🏆 The #GKFC squad is geared up to showcase our skills and determination! #DurandCup2023

[9] ttps://khelnow.com/football/2023-06-gokulam-kerala-mingo-oramas-head-coach"

[10] ttps://twitter.com/GokulamKeralaFC/status/1671056275906662403/photo/1

[11] "Gokulam Kerala FC complete the signing of midfielder Basudeb Mandi - Halfway Football". 4 June 2023.

[12] "Nili Perdomo heads to Gokulam Kerala FC". 16 June 2023.

[13] "Gokulam Kerala FC sign Rahul Raju on a Permanent Deal - Halfway Football". 19 June 2023.

[14] "Gokulam Signs Young Defender Laishram Johnson Singh from Manipur". 10 July 2023.

[15] "GKFC Agrees to a Three-Year Deal with Kerala Defender Nidhin Krishna". 11 July 2023.

[16] "GokulamKerala FC Bolsters Defense with the Signing of Salam Ranjan Singh from Manipur". 13 July 2023.

[17] ttps://twitter.com/GokulamKeralaFC/status/1679464840748990465/Title:Welcome aboard, Bishal Lama! 🙌 Our newest addition to GKFC, a young Indian talent ready to defend our goal and make his mark. Let's write history together!

[18] "GokulamKeralaFC Strengthens Goalkeeping Squad with the Signing of Bishorjit Loitongbam from Manipur". 14 July 2023.

[19] ttps://twitter.com/GokulamKeralaFC/status/1681570234636062720/Title:We're excited to announce the signing of Naocha Singh Ngangbam,

[20] ttps://twitter.com/GokulamKeralaFC/status/1681627984736948225/Title:Meet the newest addition to our goalkeeping squad, Zothanmawia! 🧤

[21] ttps://twitter.com/GokulamKeralaFC/status/1685987520595861505/Title: We've just signed the dynamic Forward Álex Sánchez from Spain on a one-year deal.

[22] "Gokulam add Komron Tursunov - Tajikistan striker valued at ₹3.6 Crore".

[23] Mergulhao, Marcus (13 August 2023). "Gokulam Kerala spring surprise with Edu Bedia capture". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 August 2023.

[24] ttps://twitter.com/GokulamKeralaFC/status/1702272134280892570/Title:New wings for GKFC! Excited to welcome Mumbai's own Azfar Noorani to the squad!

[25] "KBFC CONFIRM MULTIPLE LOANS". Kerala Blasters. September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.

[26] "DPMM FC SIGNS NORTH MACEDONIAN GOALKEEPER KRISTIN[sic] NAUMOVSKI AND AFGHANISTAN MIDFIELDER FARSHAD MOOR[sic]". Borneo Bulletin. 22 May 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2023.

[27] "Defender Subhankar Adhikari set to sign for Sreenidi Deccan FC - Halfway Football". 3 June 2023.

[28] ttps://twitter.com/sreenidideccan/status/1670631539208749056/photo/1

[29] @Delhi_FC (7 July 2023). "The Guardian of our Goal, a picture of strength and quality, we're delighted to welcome back 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐊𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[30] @sreenidideccan (3 August 2023). "Join us in welcoming I-League Champion 🥇 Pawan Kumar to #SreenidiDeccanFC 🟠🟢guampores" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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

[32] "Groups revealed for 132nd Durand Cup". 10 July 2023.

[33] ttps://thefangarage.com/articles/19476-durand-cup-2023-fixtures-results-and-points-table

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