# 2022–23 Churchill Brothers FC Goa season

The 2022–23 season was the 35th season of Churchill Brothers in existence and Fourteenth in the I-League. A new coach for the team, Antonio Rueda, was appointed on 19 February 2022.

## Transfers

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 4 August 2022 | FW | Chaitan Komarpant | Salgaocar | None |
| 11 August 2022 | FW | Abdoulaye Sané | Al-Taawoun | None |
| 13 August 2022 | MF | Tana | Maziya | None |
| 31 August 2022 | FW | Milad Pakparvar | Shams Azar | None |
| 14 August 2022 | DF | George D'Souza | Odisha | None |
| 14 August 2022 | FW | Manu Cordero | A. Dos Hermanas | None |
| 14 August 2022 | DF | Momo Cissé | | None |
| 14 August 2022 | FW | Lalkhawpuimawia | NorthEast United | None |
| 10 October 2022 | DF | Raju Gaikwad | East Bengal | None |
| 10 October 2022 | FW | Kamo Bayi | Eastern Railway | None |
| 30 November 2022 | MF | Sharif Mukhammad | Gokulam Kerala | None |
| 3 January 2023 | FW | Emmanuel Yaghr | | None |
| Exit date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 15 June 2022 | LW | Bryce Miranda | Kerala Blasters | Undisclosed Fee |
| 16 June 2022 | GK | Shilton Paul | | None |
| 16 June 2022 | AM | Komron Tursunov | TRAU | None |
| 28 June 2022 | LM | Saurav Mandal | Kerala Blasters | Undisclosed Fee |
| 1 July 2022 | DF | Suresh Meitei | Army Red | None |
| 1 July 2022 | DF | Vikas Singh Saini | Gokulam Kerala | None |
| 1 July 2022 | MF | Guilherme Escuro | Juazeirense-BA | None |
| 27 July 2022 | FW | Kenneth Ikechukwu | Al-Nahda | None |
| 2 August 2022 | AM | Vinil Poojary | Jamshedpur B | None |
| 30 November 2022 | FW | Milad Pakparvar | | released |
| 3 January 2023 | FW | Kamo Bayi | NEROCA | None |
| 15 January 2023 | MF | Tana | | None |
| 15 January 2023 | FW | Manu Cordero | | None |

## Current squad
### 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 | Nora Fernandes |
| 3 | DF | IND | George D'Souza |
| 4 | DF | IND | Joseph Clemente |
| 5 | DF | IND | Ponif Vaz |
| 6 | MF | IND | Quan Gomes |
| 7 | MF | IND | Wendell Savio Coelho |
| 8 | MF | IND | Kingslee Fernandes |
| 9 | FW | UGA | Emmanuel Yaghr |
| 11 | MF | IND | Shubert Pereira |
| 12 | MF | IND | Jobern Cardozo |
| 15 | MF | IND | Kapil Hoble |
| 16 | MF | IND | Jobern Cardozo |
| 17 | DF | IND | Meldon D'Silva |
| 18 | DF | IND | Gautam Inacio Dias |
| 19 | DF | IND | Lamgoulen Hangshing |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | AFG | Sharif Mukhammad |
| 23 | DF | SEN | Momo Cissé (Captain) |
| 25 | FW | IND | Chaitan Komarpant |
| 26 | FW | IND | Lalkhawpuimawia |
| 27 | FW | SEN | Abdoulaye Sané |
| 28 | FW | IND | Aaron Bareto |
| 32 | FW | IND | Afdal Varikkodan |
| 33 | MF | IND | Richard Costa |
| 37 | DF | IND | Vanlalduatsanga |
| 44 | MF | IND | Lalawmpuia Sailo |
| 47 | DF | IND | Raju Gaikwad |
| 72 | GK | IND | Albino Gomes |
| 90 | GK | IND | Subhajit Bhattacharjee |
| — | MF | IND | Pushkar Sanjay Prabhu |

## Technical staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Mateus Costa |
| Assistant coach | Mario Soares |

## Competitions
### I-League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 4 | TRAU | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 35 |
| 5 | Real Kashmir | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 34 |
| 6 | Churchill Brothers | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 24 | +10 | 33 |
| 7 | Aizawl | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 29 | −2 | 26 |
| 8 | Mohammedan | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 26 |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Aizawl 4, Mohammedan 1.

#### Matches

| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers |
| 15 November 2022 | Rajasthan United | H | 1–2 | Sané 45+1' |
| 20 November 2022 | Sreenidi Deccan | H | 2–3 | Costa 69', Lalkhawpuimawia 75' |
| 20 November 2022 | Kenkre | A | 1–1 | Lalkhawpuimawia 84' |
| 28 November 2022 | Real Kashmir | A | 0–1 | |
| 2 December 2022 | Aizawl | H | 1–1 | |
| 6 December 2022 | Mohammedan | H | 2–1 | Raju Gaikwad 60', Tana 84' |
| 10 December 2022 | Sudeva Delhi | A | 2–0 | Abdoulaye Sané 54', Lamgoulen Hangshing 76' |
| 16 December 2022 | RoundGlass Punjab | H | 0–0 | |
| 20 December 2022 | TRAU | H | 6–1 | Sané 3', 33', Tana 35', Gaonkar 45+3', (OG) 89', Bayi 90+4' |
| 8 January 2023 | Gokulam Kerala | A | 0–1 | |
| 12 January 2023 | NEROCA | H | 0–0 | |
| 17 January 2023 | Rajasthan United | A | 0–5 | Yaghr 2, 54', Sané 29',90', Gaonkar 61' |
| 24 January 2023 | Real Kashmir | H | 0–0 | |
| 30 January 2023 | Sudeva Delhi | H | 1–0 | Gaonkar 83' |
| 4 February 2023 | Sreenidi Deccan | A | 3–0 | |
| 7 February 2023 | Mohammedan | A | 1–2 | Mukhammad 42', Sané 90+4' |
| 10 February 2023 | TRAU | A | 3–2 | (OG) 38', Hoble 66' |
| 19 February 2023 | Gokulam Kerala | H | 0–1 | |
| 20 February 2023 | Kenkre | H | 3–2 | Momo Cisse 7', Cháves 61', Yaghr 74' |
| 1 March 2023 | RoundGlass Punjab | A | 3–1 | Cháves 84' |
| 4 March 2023 | Aizawl | A | 1–1 | Goenkar 19' |
| 11 March 2023 | NEROCA | H | 1–0 | Momo Cisse 23' |

### Super Cup

Win Draw Loss

#### Group Stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | NEU | MCI | CHE | CHB |
| 1 | NorthEast United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–1 | — | 6–3 |
| 2 | Mumbai City | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | | — | — | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Chennaiyin | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | | 4–2 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Churchill Brothers | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 1 | | — | — | 0–0 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: NorthEast United 3, Mumbai City 0.