# 2022–23 Rajasthan United FC season

The 2022–23 season is the fifth season in Indian professional football club Rajasthan United FC's existence, and their 2nd season in I-League. In addition to the I-League, Rajasthan United will also participate in the Durand Cup and the Super Cup.

## First-team squad

    As of 24 January 2023
| Squad no. | Player | Position(s) | Age | Signed from | Since | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Vishal Joon | GK | 27 | Friends United | 2021 | 11 | 0 |
| 13 | Rafique Ali Sardar | GK | 24 | Mohammedan | 2022 | 8 | 0 |
| 24 | Subhojeet Basu | GK | 29 | Indian Air Force | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| | Niraj Kumar | GK | 20 | Jamshedpur | 2022 | 3 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 2 | Novin Gurung | RB | 23 | Indian Navy | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Kojam Beyong | CB | 19 | Jamshedpur B | 2022 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | Amritpal Singh | RB | 21 | Hyderabad | 2022 | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | Jagdeep Singh | LB | 21 | Bengaluru B | 2022 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | Melroy Assisi | CB | 23 | Chennaiyin | 2022 | 22 | 1 |
| 28 | Md Fayazuddin Shah | LB | 23 | TRAU | 2022 | 4 | 0 |
| 67 | Aidar Mambetaliev | CB | 24 | Alga Bishkek | 2022 | 13 | 2 |
| 71 | Sanwil D'Costa | RB | 22 | FC Takin | 2023 | | |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 6 | Lalliansanga Renthlei | DM / CM | 23 | Sudeva Delhi | 2022 | 14 | 0 |
| 8 | Bektur Amangeldiev | DM / CM | 23 | Dordoi Bishkek | 2022 | 9 | 2 |
| 11 | William Neihsial | RM | 24 | Sudeva Delhi | 2022 | 13 | 0 |
| 12 | Pintu Mahata | CM | 25 | Indian Navy | 2022 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | Yash Tripathi | CM | 21 | Neerja Modi Academy | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Souvik Das | CM | 27 | Sudeva Delhi | 2023 | | |
| 20 | Ragav Gupta | CM | 23 | Real Kashmir | 2022 | 11 | 0 |
| 21 | Zoma Vanlalzahawhma | AM | 21 | Sudeva Delhi | 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Britto PM | RM | 29 | Indian Navy | 2022 | 8 | 2 |
| 88 | Rohmingthanga Bawlte | LM | 23 | Real Kashmir | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 7 | Atai Dzhumashev | LW | 24 | Abdysh-Ata Kant | 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Otabek Zokirov | LW | 30 | Istaravshan | 2023 | | |
| 14 | Alister Anthony | ST / RW | 21 | ES Bafing | 2022 | | |
| 25 | Léonce Dodoz | ST | 30 | Ambernath United | 2023 | | |
| 29 | Lalremsanga | RW | 21 | Aizawl | 2022 | 11 | 1 |
| 30 | Chanso Horam | LW | 21 | Mumbai City | 2022 | 8 | 0 |
| 32 | Owais Khatib | CF | 25 | PIFA Sports | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Shaiborlang Kharpan | CF | 27 | Sudeva Delhi | 2022 | 7 | 0 |
| | Sérgio Barboza | RW | 29 | Suchitepéquez | 2022 | 3 | 1 |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers In

| Entry Date | Position | No | Player | Previous Club | Fee |
| 4 July 2022 | MF | 8 | Pintu Mahata | Indian Navy | None |
| 5 July 2022 | DF | 28 | Fayazuddin Shah | TRAU | None |
| 7 July 2022 | FW | 33 | Britto PM | Indian Navy | None |
| 13 July 2022 | FW | 75 | Shaiborlang Kharpan | Sudeva Delhi | None |
| 15 July 2022 | FW | 29 | Lalremsanga Fanai | Aizawl | None |
| 16 July 2022 | MF | 9 | Yash Tripathi | Odisha | None |
| 17 July 2022 | GK | 1 | Niraj Kumar | Jamshedpur | None |
| 21 July 2022 | FW | 49 | William Lalnunfela | NorthEast United | None |
| 22 July 2022 | DF | 15 | Novin Gurung | Indian Navy | None |
| 1 August 2022 | FW | 14 | Alister Anthony | Ambernath United | None |
| 2 August 2022 | MF | 6 | Lalliansanga Renthlei | Sudeva Delhi | None |
| 4 August 2022 | MF | 11 | William Neihsial | Sudeva Delhi | None |
| 4 August 2022 | MF | | Surchandra Singh | Real Kashmir | None |
| 5 August 2022 | DF | 05 | Amritpal Singh | Hyderabad | None |
| 5 August 2022 | DF | 33 | Jagdeep Singh | Bengaluru B | None |
| 6 August 2022 | MF | 8 | Bektur Amangeldiev | Dordoi Bishkek | None |
| 6 August 2022 | DF | 67 | Aydar Mambetaliev | Alga Bishkek | None |
| 7 August 2022 | FW | 7 | Sérgio Barboza | Suchitepéquez | None |
| 7 August 2022 | MF | 6 | Ragav Gupta | Real Kashmir | None |
| 8 August 2022 | MF | 9 | Youssef Atriss | Bourj | None |
| 8 August 2022 | MF | | Anant Tawe | RU Academy | None |
| 8 August 2022 | DF | | Yura Tarung | RU Academy | None |
| 16 August 2022 | FW | 10 | Martín Cháves | Rodos | None |
| 29 September 2022 | MF | | Joseba Beitia | RoundGlass Punjab | None |
| 04 October 2022 | FW | | Nuha Marong | Bashundhara Kings | None |
| 23 October 2022 | FW | 32 | Owais Khatib | | None |
| 23 October 2022 | GK | | MD Rafique Sardar | | None |
| 23 October 2022 | GK | | Subhojeet Basu | | None |
| 03 January 2023 | FW | 25 | Léonce Dodoz | ES Bafing | None |
| 04 January 2023 | MF | 18 | Souvik Das | Sudeva Delhi | None |
| 04 January 2023 | DF | 71 | Sanwil D'Costa | FC Takin | None |
| 05 January 2023 | FW | 9 | Otabek Zokirov | Istaravshan | None |
| 05 January 2023 | FW | 7 | Atai Dzhumashev | Abdysh-Ata Kant | None |

### Loans in

| Starts Date | End date | No | Position | Player | From Club | Fee | Source |
| 4 July 2022 | 30 June 2023 | 30 | FW | Chanso Horam | Mumbai City | None | |

### Transfers out

| Exit Date | Position | No | Player | To Club | Fee |
| 11 June 2022 | DF | 2 | Gurmukh Singh | Chennaiyin | None |
| 28 June 2022 | DF | 27 | Abhishek Ambekar | Mohammedan | None |
| 28 June 2022 | MF | 40 | Pritam Singh | Mohammedan | None |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | 3 | Pawan Joshi | Vatika FC | None |
| 1 July 2022 | DF | 22 | Shreyansh Choudhary | Jaipur Elite | None |
| 1 July 2022 | FW | 33 | Sauma Das | Southern Samity | None |
| 4 July 2022 | GK | 22 | Bhaskar Roy | Mumbai City | None |
| 9 July 2022 | DM | 23 | Akeem Abioye | Garhwal FC | None |
| 30 July 2022 | GK | 32 | Dibyendu sarkar | Peerless | None |
| 30 July 2022 | DM | 5 | Fabiano Alves | | None |
| 30 August 2022 | GK | 01 | Niraj Kumar | Odisha | Undisclosed |
| 7 September 2022 | MF | | Surchandra Singh | NEROCA F C | Undisclosed |
| 10 October 2022 | DF | | Yura tarun | Reserves | |
| 10 October 2022 | DF | | Amritpal Singh | Reserves | |
| 10 October 2022 | DF | | Saurabh Bhanwala | Reserves | |
| 10 October 2022 | FW | | Sérgio Barboza | Reserves | |
| 10 October 2022 | FW | | Alocious Muthayyan | Reserves | |
| 10 October 2022 | FW | | William Lalnunfela | Reserves | |
| 10 October 2022 | FW | | Aman Thapa | Reserves | |
| 10 October 2022 | FW | | Yuvraj Singh | Reserves | |
| 10 October 2022 | MF | | Shilton D'Silva | Reserves | |
| 01 January 2023 | FW | 45 | Nuha Marong | Kelantan FC | |
| 01 January 2023 | FW | 9 | Youssef Atriss | | |
| 01 January 2023 | FW | 10 | Martín Cháves | Churchill Brothers | |
| 2 January 2023 | MF | 43 | Omar Ramos | Gokulam Kerala | None |
| 21 January 2023 | MF | 77 | Gyamar Nikum | Mumbai City | ₹6,00,0000 |
| 23 January 2023 | MF | 90 | Joseba Beitia | NorthEast United FC | Undisclosed |
| 27 January 2023 | DF | 93 | Hardik Bhatt | Mumbai City | Undisclosed |
| 28 January 2023 | MF | 31 | Shilton D'Silva | Gokulam Kerala | None |

## Management

    As of 1 November 2022
| Role | Name |
| Head Coach/Manager | Pushpender Kundu |
| Assistant Coach | Peejay Singh |
| Team Manager | Nikhil Shetty |
| Strength and Conditioning Coach | Pushpendra Singh |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Joel Prabhakar Raj |
| Physio | Ashwin Kumar P |
| Masseur | Mithun Dhibar |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competition
### Overview

Win  Draw  Loss
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Baji Rout Cup | 4 November 2022 (2022-11-04) | 8 November 2022 (2022-11-08) | Quarter-finals | Winners | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 066.67 |
| Durand Cup | 20 August 2022 (2022-08-20) | 12 September 2022 (2022-09-12) | Group stage | Quarter-finals | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 040.00 |
| Super Cup | 3 April 2023 (2023-04-03) | 3 April 2023 (2023-04-03) | Qualifying Playoff | Qualifying Playoff | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 000.00 |
| I-League | 15 November 2022 (2022-11-15) | 11 March 2023 (2023-03-11) | Matchday 1 | 9th | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 32 | −13 | 031.82 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 31 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 035.48 |
Last updated: 11 March 2023 (2023-03-11) Source: Soccerway

### Durand Cup

Rajasthan United were drawn in the Group B for the 131st edition of the Durand Cup along with three other ISL sides.

#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MCI | RUN | AMB | EAB | INA |
| 1 | Mumbai City | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 7 | Qualify for the Knockout stage | — | 5–1 | — | — | 4–1 |
| 2 | Rajasthan United | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 7 | Qualify for the Knockout stage | — | — | — | — | 2–0 |
| 3 | ATK Mohun Bagan (H) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | | 1–1 | 2–3 | — | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | East Bengal (H) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | | 4–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 |
| 5 | Indian Navy | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 1 | | — | — | — | — | — |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head points: Mumbai City 4, Rajasthan United 3, Mohun Bagan 1.

#### Matches

Win Draw Loss

#### Quarter-finals
### Baji Rout Cup
#### Matches

Win Draw Loss

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 7 | Aizawl | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 29 | −2 | 26 | |
| 8 | Mohammedan | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 26 | |
| 9 | Rajasthan United | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 32 | −13 | 25 | |
| 10 | NEROCA | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 26 | −4 | 25 | |
| 11 | Kenkre (R) | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 40 | −17 | 17 | Relegation to 2023–24 I-League 2 |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Aizawl 4, Mohammedan 1.
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Rajasthan United 6, NEROCA 0.

#### League Results by Round

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

#### Matches

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

### Super Cup

After finishing 9th in the I-League, Rajasthan United had to play a qualifying playoff against 10th-ranked NEROCA to earn a place in the qualifiers, but they were beaten on penalties.

#### Matches

Win Draw Loss

#### Qualifying Playoff
## Squad statistics
### Goal scorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Name | I-League | Durand Cup | Baji Rout Cup | Super Cup | Total |
| 1 | 10 | FW | Martín Cháves | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 67 | DF | Aidar Mambetaliev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 77 | MF | Gyamar Nikum | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 8 | DM | Bektur Amangeldiev | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 75 | FW | Shaiborlang Kharpan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 9 | MF | Otabek Zokirov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 29 | FW | Lalremsanga | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 33 | MF | Britto PM | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 45 | FW | Nuha Marong | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 90 | MF | Joseba Beitia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 5 | DF | Amritpal Singh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 7 | FW | Atai Dzhumashev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 9 | FW | Youssef Atriss | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 20 | MF | Ragav Gupta | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 23 | DF | Melroy Assisi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | - | FW | Sérgio Barboza | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |