# 2023–24 Churchill Brothers FC Goa season

The 2023–24 season was the 36th season of Churchill Brothers in existence and fifteenth in the I-League. A new coach for the team, Edgardo Malvestiti, was appointed on 29 July 2023. The club has mutually parted ways with the head coach from Argentina after finding themselves in the bottom half of the I-League midway into the season. Francesc Bonet replaced him in January 2024.
Churchill Brothers played their opening game of the season on 31 October 2023 in a goalless draw against Namdhari at home. Their first win came in the next game, away against Real Kashmir on 8 November. They played their final match of the season on 10 April 2024, in a 7–0 win at home against Rajasthan United. They finished with 33 points, and seventh on the I-League table at the end of the season. After a poor first half, Churchill Brothers won six of their last nine matches.

## Personnel
### Current technical staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Francesc Bonet |
| Assistant coach | Mario Soares |
| Fitness and conditioning coach | Djair Miranda Garcia |
| Goalkeeping coach | Nikidesh Kalari Vattath |
| Head physiotherapist | Anandu S Kumar |

## Current squad
### First-team squad

    As of 3 September 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 | Subhasish Roy Chowdhury |
| 2 | DF | IND | Nishchal Chandan |
| 5 | DF | IND | Ponif Vaz |
| 7 | FW | IND | Stendly Fernandes |
| 8 | MF | IND | Rahul Raju |
| 10 | MF | URU | Martín Cháves |
| 11 | FW | IND | Faisal Ali |
| 13 | MF | IND | Lalawmpuia Sailo |
| 15 | DF | IND | Lalbiakhlua Ralte |
| 17 | DF | IND | Lalremruata |
| 18 | FW | IND | Trijoy Dias |
| 19 | DF | IND | Lamgoulen Hangshing (vice-captain) |
| 20 | FW | IND | Silvana R Lalruatkima (on loan from Chhinga Veng FC) |
| 24 | GK | IND | Bilal Khan |
| 26 | FW | IND | Lunminlen Haokip |
| 27 | DF | IND | Sebastian Thangmuansang |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 32 | MF | IND | Pushkar Sanjay Prabhu |
| 33 | MF | IND | Richard Costa (captain) |
| 34 | DF | CIV | Aubin Kouakou |
| 40 | MF | GHA | Kofi Essien |
| 44 | MF | IND | Jobern Cardozo |
| 49 | DF | IND | Lesly Rebello |
| 57 | FW | IND | Anil Rama Gaonkar |
| 70 | FW | SEN | Abdou Karim Samb |
| 88 | FW | NGA | Chika Ajulu |
| 99 | FW | NGA | Ogana Louis |
| — | DF | IND | Ajith Kumar |
| — | MF | IND | Gaurav K |
| — | GK | IND | Subhajit Bhattacharjee |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Player | From | Fee |
| 30 July 2023 | GK | Subhasish Roy Chowdhury | Real Kashmir | Free Transfer |
| 5 August 2023 | GK | Bilal Khan | Gokulam Kerala | Free Transfer |
| 11 August 2023 | MF | Gourav K | Kerala Blasters B | Free Transfer |
| 23 August 2023 | CB | Nishchal Chandan | Sudeva Delhi | Free Transfer |
| 3 September 2023 | DF | Lalbiakhlua Ralte | Chhinga Veng FC | Undisclosed Fee |
| 5 September 2023 | DF | Emiliano Callegari Torre | Floriana | Free Transfer |
| 9 September 2023 | FW | Stendly Fernandes | Sporting Clube de Goa | Free Transfer |
| 5 October 2023 | FW | Ricardo Dichiara | Club Atlético Germinal | Free Transfer |
| 8 October 2023 | FW | Faisal Ali | Bengaluru | Free Transfer |
| 11 October 2023 | MF | Rahul Raju | Gokulam Kerala | Free Transfer |
| 16 October 2023 | CB | Meysam Shahmakvand | Mohammedan SC | Free Transfer |
| 16 October 2023 | RB | Sebastian Thangmuansang | Odisha | Free Transfer |
| 27 October 2023 | FW | Lunminlen Haokip | NEROCA | Free Transfer |
| 28 October 2023 | CB | Lesly Rebello | Goa | Free Transfer |
| 3 November 2023 | FW | Chikaorah Obiajulu | | Free Transfer |
| 13 November 2023 | FW | Ogana Louis | Sreenidi Deccan | Free Transfer |
| 02 February 2024 | FW | Abdou Karim Samb | Shillong Lajong | Free Transfer |
| 03 February 2024 | RB | Ajith Kumar | Chennaiyin | Free Transfer |
| 03 February 2024 | DF | Aubin Kouakou | Al-Nasr Benghazi | Free Transfer |
| 07 February 2024 | MF | Kofi Essien | Berekum Chelsea | Free Transfer |

### Loans in

| Date | Pos | Nationality | Player | Loaned from | Until | Ref |
| 5 September 2023 | FW | | Silvana R Lalruatkima | Chhinga Veng FC | 31 May 2024 | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Player | To | Fee |
| 1 April 2023 | FW | Emmanuel Yaghr | Dinamo Samarqand | Free Transfer |
| 1 June 2023 | DF | Akash Mukherjee | Bhawanipore | Free Transfer |
| 1 July 2023 | MF | Sharif Mukhammad | — | Released |
| 1 July 2023 | DF | Momo Cissé | — | Released |
| 1 July 2023 | FW | Abdoulaye Sané | — | Released |
| 7 July 2023 | DF | Raju Gaikwad | Delhi | Free Transfer |
| 15 July 2023 | FW | Ansumana Kromah | Bodoland | Free Transfer |
| 20 July 2023 | MF | Kingslee Fernandes | Punjab | Free Transfer |
| 20 July 2023 | FW | Afdal Varikkodan | — | Released |
| 22 July 2023 | MF | Quan Gomes | — | Released |
| 22 July 2023 | DF | Meldon D'Silva | — | Released |
| 22 July 2023 | MF | Wendell Savio Coelho | — | Released |
| 25 July 2023 | FW | Alocious Muthayyan | United SC | Free Transfer |
| 29 July 2023 | GK | Albino Gomes | Sreenidi Deccan | Free Transfer |
| 30 August 2023 | GK | Nora Fernandes | Aizawl | Free Transfer |
| 30 August 2023 | DF | Nongmeikapam Sanathoi Meitei | | Free Agent |
| 30 August 2023 | DF | George D'Souza | | Free Agent |
| 30 August 2023 | DF | Joseph Clemente | | Free Agent |
| 30 August 2023 | MF | Kapil Hoble | | Free Agent |
| 30 August 2023 | DF | Gautam Inacio Dias | | Free Agent |
| 30 August 2023 | FW | Lalkhawpuimawia | | Free Agent |
| 30 August 2023 | FW | Aaron Bareto | | Free Agent |
| 30 August 2023 | DF | Alent Colaco | | Free Agent |
| 30 August 2023 | DF | Vanlalduatsanga | | Free Agent |
| 30 August 2023 | MF | Shubert Pereira | | Free Agent |
| 3 January 2024 | FW | Ricardo Dichiara | Żabbar St. Patrick | Free Agent |
| 3 January 2024 | DF | Emiliano Callegari Torre | | Free Agent |
| 3 January 2024 | DF | Meysam Shahmakvand | | Free Agent |
| 3 January 2024 | FW | Chaitan Komarpant | Geno FC | Free Agent |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| I League | 31 October 2023 | 10 April 2024 | 7th | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 037.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 037.50 |
Source: Competitions

### I-League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Real Kashmir | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 19 | +17 | 40 |
| 6 | Delhi | 24 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 35 |
| 7 | Churchill Brothers | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 33 |
| 8 | Shillong Lajong | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 31 |
| 9 | Aizawl | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 35 | +1 | 27 |

#### Matches

Note: I-League announced the fixtures for the 2023–24 season on 6 October 2023.

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | I League | Total |
| 1 | 88 | FW | | Ogana Louis | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | 7 | FW | | Stendly Fernandes | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | | Ricardo Dichiara | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | 10 | MF | | Martín Cháves | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | 70 | FW | | Abdou Karim Samb | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | 33 | MF | | Richard Costa | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | 11 | FW | | Faisal Ali | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 20 | MF | | Lamgoulan Semkholun | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 18 | FW | | Trijoy Dias | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 28 | DF | | Emiliano Callegari | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 40 | MF | | Emmanuel Essien | 1 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 4 | 4 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 41 |