# 2023–24 Delhi FC season

The 2023–24 season was the first season for Delhi FC in the I-League.
In May 2023, the club clinched their first ever I-League 2 title, and gained promotion to I-League, and became the first team from Delhi to get promoted to I-League on sporting merit. The club appointed Yan Law as the head coach on 26 June 2023. On 30 June, it was confirmed that Delhi would participate in the 132nd edition of the Durand Cup.

## Personnel

Current technical staff :
| Position | Name |
| Owner | Ranjit Bajaj |
| Team manager | Anish Shetty |
| Head coach | Yan Law |
| Assistant coach | Israil Gurung |
| Assistant coach | Anwar Ali Sr. |
| Goalkeeping coach | Mannu Rao |
| Physio | Bhusan Dahikar |

## Players

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 | Pawan Kumar |
| 3 | DF | IND | Gurtej Singh |
| 4 | DF | TJK | Alisher Kholmurodov |
| 6 | MF | IND | Vanlalhriatzuala K. |
| 7 | FW | JPN | Takuto Miki |
| 8 | MF | IND | Dhruv Sharma |
| 9 | MF | IND | Vinil Poojary |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Sérgio Barboza |
| 11 | FW | IND | Himanshu Jangra |
| 12 | MF | SEN | Pape Gassama |
| 15 | FW | IND | Balwant Singh |
| 16 | FW | BRA | Hudson Jesus |
| 17 | DF | IND | Kitboklang Khyriem |
| 21 | GK | IND | Nitish Mehra |
| 22 | FW | IND | Bali Gagandeep |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | FW | UZB | Shokhrukhbek Muratov |
| 26 | MF | IND | Gaurav Rawat |
| 27 | FW | IND | Ankit Singh |
| 28 | MF | IND | Naorem Tondomba Singh (on loan from Mumbai City) |
| 32 | GK | IND | Naveen Kumar |
| 33 | DF | IND | Munmun Lugun |
| 47 | DF | IND | Raju Gaikwad |
| 49 | MF | IND | Girik Khosla |
| 60 | MF | IND | Suprodip Hazra |
| 67 | MF | IND | Rahul Rawat |
| 84 | MF | IND | Bhupinder Singh |
| — | MF | IND | Fahad Temuri |

## Reserve players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | MF | IND | Kartik Kanojia |
| 14 | FW | IND | Krishna Pandit |
| 18 | MF | IND | Abhay Gurung |
| 24 | DF | IND | Koushik Sarkar |
| 55 | MF | IND | Akash Tirkey |
| — | MF | IND | Kuntal Pakhira |
| — | MF | IND | Lalengmawia |
| — | GK | IND | Calvin Abhishek |
| — | FW | IND | Tarun Slathia |

### Contract extension

| Date | No | Pos | Player |
| 21 June 2023 | 33 | DF | Munmun Lugun |
| 22 June 2023 | 15 | FW | Balwant Singh |
| 23 June 2023 | 03 | DF | Gurtej Singh |
| 28 June 2023 | 05 | MF | Suprodip Hazra |
| 30 June 2023 | 06 | MF | Vanlalhriatzuala |
| 1 July 2023 | 12 | MF | Fahad Temuri |
| 7 July 2023 | 32 | DF | Kitboklang Khyriem |
| 7 July 2023 | 19 | MF | Dhruv Sharma |
| 7 July 2023 | 67 | MF | Rahul Rawat |
| 8 July 2023 | 18 | MF | Abhay Gurung |
| 8 July 2023 | | MF | Kuntal Pakhira |
| 9 July 2023 | 26 | MF | Gaurav Rawat |
| 10 July 2023 | | MF | Kartik Kanojia |
| 10 July 2023 | | MF | Gwgwmsar Gayari |
| 11 July 2023 | 84 | MF | Bhupinder Singh |
| 11 July 2023 | 23 | GK | Nitish Mehra |
| 26 July 2023 | | FW | Krishna Pandit |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee |
| 27 June 2023 | FW | Himanshu Jangra | East Bengal | Loan Return |
| 29 June 2023 | FW | Azharuddin Mallick | Mohammedan | Free Agent |
| 30 June 2023 | MF | Vinil Poojary | Bengaluru United | Free Agent |
| 7 July 2023 | GK | James Kithan | Gokulam Kerala | Free Agent |
| 7 July 2023 | DF | Raju Gaikwad | Churchill Brothers | Free Agent |
| 9 July 2023 | DF | Koushik Sarkar | Bhawanipore | Free Agent |
| 9 July 2023 | MF | Prakash Sarkar | Real Kashmir | Free Agent |
| 14 July 2023 | MF | Lalengmawia | | Free Agent |
| 17 July 2023 | MF | Girik Khosla | Real Kashmir | Free Agent |
| 27 July 2023 | FW | Ankit Singh | Techtro Swades United | Free Agent |
| 30 July 2023 | DF | Alaa Nasr | TC Sports | Free Agent |
| 3 August 2023 | GK | Calvin Abhishek | Peerless | Free Agent |
| 3 August 2023 | GK | Pawan Kumar | East Bengal | Free Agent |
| 14 August 2023 | FW | Sérgio Barboza | Nona FC | Free Agent |
| 18 August 2023 | MF | Pape Gassama | Nona FC | Free Agent |
| 23 August 2023 | FW | Hudson Jesus | Trem | Free Agent |
| 26 August 2023 | FW | Tarun Slathia | Jagat Singh Palahi FC | Free Agent |
| 31 August 2023 | GK | Naveen Kumar | FC Goa | Free Agent |
| 22 December 2023 | MF | Joseba Beitia | | Free Agent |
| 31 January 2024 | FW | Shokhrukhbek Muratov | FC Alay Osh | Free Transfer |
| 31 January 2024 | FW | Takuto Miki | | Free Agent |
| 31 January 2024 | DF | Alisher Kholmurodov | Regar-TadAZ | Free Agent |

### Loaned in

| Date | Pos | Player | Loaned from | Fee | Ref |
| 19 June 2023 | MF | Naorem Tondomba Singh | Mumbai City | | |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee |
| 1 June 2023 | DF | Bikram Pradhan | Bhawanipore | Free Agent |
| 9 June 2023 | GK | Susnata Malick | Diamond Harbour | Free Agent |
| 1 July 2023 | FW | Nirmal Singh Bisht | Garhwal FC | Loan Return |
| 7 July 2023 | DF | Karandeep Singh | Mohammedan | Free Agent |
| 18 July 2023 | MF | Muhammed Inayath | | Free Agent |
| 18 July 2023 | MF | Neeraj Bhandari | Garhwal FC | Free Agent |
| 18 July 2023 | MF | Jibin Devassy | | Free Agent |
| 18 July 2023 | FW | Ajay Singh | | Free Agent |
| 18 July 2023 | FW | Manvir Singh} | | Free Agent |
| 18 July 2023 | MF | Thingnam Radhakanta Singh | | Free Agent |
| 18 July 2023 | GK | Vigneshwaran Baskaran | | Free Agent |
| 14 September 2023 | DF | Wangkhei Olen Singh | NEROCA | Free Agent |
| 14 September 2023 | MF | Prakash Sarkar | Bhawanipore | Free Transfer |
| 15 September 2023 | MF | Azharuddin Mallick | Bhawanipore | Free Transfer |
| 05 January 2024 | FW | Aroldo DA SILVA | Marsa | Free Transfer |
| 18 January 2024 | MF | Joseba Beitia | UMECIT FC | Free Transfer |
| 25 January 2024 | GK | James Kithan | Mohammedan | Free Transfer |
| 31 January 2024 | DF | Alaaeldin Nasr | | Free Agent |

### Loaned out

| Start Date | End Date | Pos | Player | Loaned to | Fee | Ref |
| 9 July 2023 | 31 May 2027 | DF | Anwar Ali | Mohun Bagan SG | Undisclosed | |

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 % |
| I-League | 30 October 2023 | 13 April 2024 | Match day 1 | 6th | 24 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 045.83 |
| Durand Cup | 6 August 2023 | 18 August 2023 | Group stage | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 27 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 040.74 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 4 | Inter Kashi | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 47 | 41 | +6 | 41 |
| 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 |

#### Matches

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

### Group E

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CHN | HYD | DEL | TRI |
| 1 | Chennaiyin | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 | Qualify for the knockout stage | — | — | — | 3–0 |
| 2 | Hyderabad | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | | 1–3 | — | — | 3–0 |
| 3 | Delhi | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Tribhuvan Army | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 1 | | — | — | — | — |

#### Matches
### Super Cup
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nationality | Player | I League | Durand Cup | Total |
| 1 | 10 | FW | | Sérgio Barboza | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | 13 | FW | | Aroldo DA SILVA | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 26 | MF | | Gaurav Rawat | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | DF | | Alisher Kholmurodov | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 16 | FW | | Hudson Jesus | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 22 | FW | | Bali Gagandeep | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | DF | | Gurtej Singh | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 15 | FW | | Balwant Singh | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 25 | FW | | Shokhrukhbek Muratov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 9 | FW | | Vinil Poojary | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 11 | FW | | Himanshu Jangra | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 12 | MF | | Pape Gassama | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 19 | DF | | Alaaeldin Nasr | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 28 | MF | | Naorem Tondomba Singh | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 67 | MF | | Rahul Rawat | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 49 | FW | | Girik Khosla | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | | MF | | Gwgwmsar Gayary | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 41 | 3 | 44 |