# 2024–25 NorthEast United FC season

The 2024–25 season was the club's 11th season in Indian Super League since its establishment in 2014. In addition to the league, they also competed in the Durand Cup and AIFF Super Cup. On 31 August 2024, NorthEast United won their 1st Durand Cup title after defeating Mohun Bagan SG in the final by tie-breakers.

## Personnel
### Current technical staff

    As of 1 June 2024
| Role | Name |
| Head coach | Juan Pedro Benali |
| Assistant coach | Naushad Moosa |
| Goalkeeping coach | Manuel Diez Aznar |
| Strength and Conditioning coach | Javier Caballero |
| Team analyst | Meet Mandavia |
| Physiotherapists | Kapil Sharma Dileep Kumar Jagadesan Sony Chittilappilly Sunny |
| Club doctor | Dr Abhinav |
| Reserves and U-18 head coach | Suhel Nair |

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 1 August 2024
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 | Gurmeet Singh |
| 2 | DF | IND | Dinesh Singh |
| 3 | DF | IND | Tondonba Singh |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Míchel Zabaco |
| 5 | DF | MAR | Hamza Regragui |
| 6 | MF | MAR | Mohammed Ali Bemammer |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Guillermo Fernández |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Néstor Albiach |
| 11 | FW | IND | Parthib Gogoi |
| 12 | DF | IND | Asheer Akhtar |
| 13 | MF | IND | Mayakkannan |
| 14 | FW | MAR | Alaeddine Ajaraie |
| 15 | MF | IND | Macarton Nickson |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | FW | IND | Ankith Padmanabhan |
| 17 | DF | IND | Robin Yadav |
| 18 | MF | IND | Jithin MS |
| 19 | MF | IND | Huidrom Thoi Singh |
| 20 | GK | IND | Dipesh Chauhan |
| 22 | MF | IND | Redeem Tlang |
| 23 | MF | IND | Bekey Oram |
| 26 | MF | IND | Phalguni Singh |
| 32 | GK | IND | Mirshad Michu |
| 33 | MF | IND | Shighil Nambrath |
| 36 | MF | IND | Shajan Franklin |
| 66 | FW | IND | Fredy Chawngthansanga |
| 77 | DF | IND | Buanthanglun Samte |

## Transfers
### IN

| Position | Player | Transferred From | Fee | Date |
| MF | Mayakkannan | Sreenidi Deccan | Free transfer | 26 June 2024 |
| FW | Guillermo Fernández | Cultural Leonesa | Free transfer | 7 July 2024 |
| DF | Robin Yadav | | Free transfer | 12 July 2024 |
| FW | Ankith Padmanabhan | Bengaluru | Free transfer | 12 July 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| FW | Manvir Singh | | End of contract | 1 June 2024 |
| FW | Gani Nigam | | End of contract | 1 June 2024 |
| DF | Gaurav Bora | | End of contract | 1 June 2024 |
| DF | Hira Mondal | | End of contract | 1 June 2024 |
| MF | Rochharzela | | End of contract | 1 June 2024 |
| MF | Romain Philippoteaux | Retired | End of contract | 1 June 2024 |

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    As of 30 December 2024
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Indian Super League | Indian Super League | Durand Cup | Durand Cup | Super Cup | Super Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | IND | Gurmeet Singh | 17 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | IND | Mirshad Michu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | IND | Dipesh Chauhan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | IND | Dinesh Singh | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | IND | Tondonba Singh | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Míchel Zabaco | 15 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | MAR | Hamza Regragui | 15 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | IND | Asheer Akhtar | 18 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | IND | Robin Yadav | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | IND | Buanthanglun Samte | 14 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | MAR | Mohammed Ali Bemammer | 17 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | IND | Mayakkannan | 18 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | IND | Macarton Nickson | 13 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | IND | Bekey Oram | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | IND | Phalguni Singh | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | IND | Danny Meitei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | IND | Shighil Nambrath | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ESP | Guillermo Fernández | 17 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Néstor Albiach | 19 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | IND | Parthib Gogoi | 16 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | MAR | Alaeddine Ajaraie | 18 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | IND | Ankith Padmanabhan | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | IND | Jithin MS | 19 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | IND | Huidrom Thoi Singh | 10 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | IND | Redeem Tlang | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | FW | IND | Fredy Chawngthansanga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | League | Durand Cup | Super Cup | Total |
| 1 | 14 | FW | Alaeddine Ajaraie | 14 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | Guillermo Fernández | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | 10 | FW | Néstor Albiach | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 18 | FW | Jithin M. S. | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 11 | FW | Parthib Gogoi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 15 | MF | Macarton Nickson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 19 | MF | Huidrom Thoi Singh | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 6 | MF | Mohammed Ali Bemammer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 16 | FW | Ankith Padmanabhan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Source : World Football

### Assist

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | League | Durand Cup | Super Cup | Total |
| 1 | 18 | FW | Jithin MS | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 14 | Fw | Alaaeddine Ajaraie | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 11 | FW | Parthib Gogoi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 77 | DF | Buanthanglun Samte | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 5 | DF | Hamza Regragui | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 9 | FW | Guillermo Fernández | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 19 | FW | Huidrom Thoi Singh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 15 | MF | Macarton Nickson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 6 | MF | Mohammed Ali Bemammer | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | DF | Míchel Zabaco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | DF | Dinesh Singh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 22 | FW | Redeem Tlang | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 13 | MF | Mayakkannan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

### Disciplinary record

As of 15 January 2023
| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | League | Durand Cup | Durand Cup | Durand Cup | Super Cup | Super Cup | Super Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| | MF | Basanta Boro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | Chiranjeet Gogoi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Gaurav Bora | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Imran Khan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Gani Nigam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | Jon Gaztañaga | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Rochharzela | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Michael Jakobsen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | Mirshad Michu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | Pragyan Gogoi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Joe Zoherliana | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Mohammed Irshad | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Mashoor Shereef | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Romain Philippoteaux | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Aaron Evans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Parthib Sundar Gogoi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | Arindam Bhattacharya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | Alex Saji | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |