# 2022–23 Sreenidi Deccan FC season

The 2022–23 season is Sreenidi Deccan Football Club's Second season. They participated in the I-League.
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; on 12 August, Sreenidi Deccan were granted playing rights directly in the 2021–22 season.

## First-team squad

    As of 1 November 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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 | |
| 5 February 2023 | MF | Rilwan Hassan | HamKam | None | |

### Transfers Out

| Exit date | Position | Player | To club | Fee |
| 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 |

### Loans Out

| Exit date | Position | Player | To club | Fee | Ref. |
| 18 June 2021 | DF | Lalchungnunga | East Bengal | None | |

## Technical staff

    As of 3 August 2022
| Role | Name |
| Head coach | Carlos Vaz Pinto |
| Assistant coach | Birendra Thapa |
| Conditioning coach | Jorge Ovando Toledo |
| Goalkeeping coach | TBA |
| Performance Analyst | Saiguhan E. |

## I-League
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | |

### Matches

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

## 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.

### Matches

Win Draw Loss

### Group Stage
#### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | | — | — | 2–0 | — |
| 3 | Kerala Blasters | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | — | — | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | Punjab | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | — | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Sreenidi Deccan 3, Kerala Blasters 0.

#### Matches
## Statistics
### Goal Scorers

    As of 12 April 2023
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | I League | IFA Shield | Super Cup | Total |
| 1 | 11 | FW | | David Castañeda | 15 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| 2 | 10 | MF | | Faysal Shayesteh | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 77 | MF | | Rilwan Hassan | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 99 | FW | | Ogana Louis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 12 | DF | | Asheer Akhtar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 17 | FW | | Rosenberg Gabriel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 2 | DF | | Shahabaaz Khan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 46 | FW | | Ramhlunchhunga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 5 | DF | | Soraisham Dinesh Singh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 6 | MF | | Phalguni Singh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 19 | FW | | Songpu Singsit | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 21 | FW | | Lalromawia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 22 | MF | | Sriram Boopathi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 49 | DF | | Mohamed Awal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 0 | 7 | 49 |