2023–24 Gokulam Kerala FC season

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]

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: Álex Sánchez 3 Goals All: Álex Sánchez 3 Goals
Highest home attendance	19,764
Lowest home attendance	10,645
Average home league attendance	15,204
Biggest win	4-1 (vs NEROCA (H), 05 November 2023, I-League)
← 2022–23 2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 31 August 2023.

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	Nationality	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	3	0	0
Defenders
2	Salam Ranjan Singh		CB	27	TRAU	2023	6	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	5	0	0
15	Abdul Hakku		CB/ RB	28	Real Kashmir	2022	24	2	1
17	Aminou Bouba		CB	32	Eding Sport FC	2021	62	5	2
33	Muhammad Saheef		LB	20	Kerala Blasters	2023	3	0	0
93	Akhil Praveen		CB	28	Kerala United	2022	6	0	0
MidFielders
6	Rishad PP		CM	27	GKFC Reserves	2021	27	2	3
10	Nili Perdomo		AM	29	Kallithea	2023	7	1	2
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	3	0	3
29	Noufal PN		AM	22	GKFC Reserves	2022	30	1	9
42	Abhijith Kurungodan		CM	26	GKFC Reserves	2021	16	2	2
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	4	1	0
8	Sreekuttan VS		FW	24	Kerala blasters	2022	54	6	5
9	Senthamil Shanbagam		FW	22	Chennaiyin	2023	1	0	0
11	Sourav K		FW	22	GKFC Reserves	2021	28	3	2
14	Justine Emmanuel		FW	20	Kerala blasters	2023	3	1	1
22	Shijin Thadhayouse		FW	21	SAI	2022	19	3	1
38	Álex Sánchez		FW	34	Ejea	2023	7	6	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	Muhammed Bilal	Sreenidhi B	None
08 September 2023	DF	Muhammed Basit	Southern Samity	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

Gokulam Kerala v Kerala Police

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

Jamshedpur v Gokulam Kerala

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.

Gokulam Kerala v Indian Navy

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

Gokulam Kerala v Odisha

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

Goa v Gokulam Kerala

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
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
I-League	28 October 2023	TBD	Match Day 1	TBD	3	2	1	0	11	3	+8	066.67
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					7	4	1	2	18	10	+8	057.14

Last updated: 9 November 2023 (2023-11-09)
Source: Competitions

I-League

Main article: 2023–24 I-League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mohammedan	4	3	1	0	11	3	+8	10	Champions and promotion to 2024–25 Indian Super League
2	Gokulam Kerala	3	2	1	0	11	3	+8	7
3	Sreenidi Deccan	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	6
4	Real Kashmir	4	2	0	2	4	4	0	6
5	Churchill Brothers	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4

Updated to match(es) played on 11 November 2023. 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

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Ground	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	A
Result	D	W	W
Position	5	3	1

Updated to match(es) played on 09 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]

Gokulam Kerala v Inter Kashi

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

Gokulam Kerala v NEROCA

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 Kerala v Rajasthan United

9 November 2023 (2023-11-09) 3	Gokulam Kerala	5-0	Rajasthan United	Kozhikode
19.00 IST	Komron Tursunov   33' Álex Sánchez   61', 74', 88' Sreekuttan VS   69'	Report		Stadium: EMS Stadium Attendance: 4,318 Man of the Match: Álex Sánchez

TRAU v Gokulam Kerala

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

Shillong Lajong v Gokulam Kerala

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

Gokulam Kerala v Churchill Brothers

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

Gokulam Kerala v Namdhari

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

Mohammedan v Gokulam Kerala

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

Real Kashmir v Gokulam Kerala

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

Aizawl v Gokulam Kerala

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

Sreenidi Deccan v Gokulam Kerala

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

Durand Cup

Main article: 2023 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]

Gokulam Kerala v Indian Air Force

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

Kerala Blasters v Gokulam Kerala

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)

Bengaluru v 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

East Bengal v Gokulam Kerala

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

Main article: 2023-24 Indian Federation Cup

Squad statistics

Appearances

Players with no appearances are not included on the list.

As of match played 09 November 2023

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	I-League		Super Cup		Durand Cup		Total
				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	3	2	0	0	3	2	6	2
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	3	3	0	0	2	2	5	5
6	MF		Rishad PP	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
7	MF		Rahul Raju	0	0	0	0	4	2	4	2
7	FW		Komron Tursunov	3	1	0	0	1	1	4	2
8	FW		Sreekuttan VS	3	2	0	0	4	2	7	4
9	FW		Senthamil Shanbagam	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10	MF		Nili Perdomo	3	3	0	0	4	4	7	7
11	FW		Sourav K	1	0	0	0	3	2	4	2
14	FW		Naro Hari Shrestha	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
14	FW		Justine Emmanuel	3	1	0	0	-	-	3	1
15	MF		Arjun Jayaraj	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
15	DF		Abdul Hakku	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2
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	3	3	0	0	-	-	3	3
29	MF		Noufal PN	3	2	0	0	4	2	7	4
33	DF		Muhammad Saheef	3	3	0	0	-	-	3	3
35	GK		Devansh Dabas	3	3	0	0	-	-	3	3
38	FW		Álex Sánchez	3	2	0	0	4	3	7	5
42	MF		Abhijith K	3	2	0	0	4	2	7	4
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.	Nat.	Name	I League	Super Cup	Durand Cup	Total
1	38	FW		Álex Sánchez	6	0	0	6
2	8	FW		Sreekuttan V. S.	1	0	2	3
3	17	DF		Aminou Bouba	0	0	2	2
4	7	FW		Komron Tursunov	1	0	0	1
	10	FW		Nili Perdomo	1	0	0	1
	11	FW		Sourav K.	0	0	1	1
	14	FW		Justine Emmanuel	1	0	0	1
	29	MF		Noufal PN	1	0	0	1
	42	MF		Abhijith K	0	0	1	1
Own Goals					0	0	1	1
Total					11	0	7	18

Assists

Not all goals have an assist.

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

Clean sheets

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

Disciplinary record

As of match played 09 November 2023

No.	Pos.	Name	I League		Super Cup		Durand Cup		Total
2	DF	Salam Ranjan Singh	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	DF	Nidhin Krishna	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
7	MF	Rahul Raju	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
9	FW	Senthamil Shanbagam	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14	FW	Justine Emmanuel	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	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	Edu Bedia	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
38	FW	Álex Sánchez	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
42	MF	Abhijith K	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
44	MF	Basit Ahmed Bhat	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0

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