# 2022–23 RoundGlass Punjab FC season

The 2022–23 season was the eighteenth season in RoundGlass Punjab FC's existence, and their seventh consecutive season in I-League. This season of the I-League witnessed the return of the home-away format of the matches similar to that of the 2019–20 I-League season after a break of two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
With a 4–0 away win over Rajasthan United on 4 March 2023, RoundGlass Punjab became the first club to secure promotion to the Indian Super League, from the I-League. On the same day, RoundGlass Punjab were confirmed as champions. RoundGlass Punjab finished with 52 points from 22 matches, becoming the first champion side to cross the 50-point mark since Churchill Brothers in 2012–13.

## Managerial changes

During pre-season, it was announced that Ed Engelkes would leave as role as interim first team manager and replaced on 8 August 2022 by Staikos Vergetis. The club later announced Ed Engelkes would return to his role as Technical Director of Youth Affairs.

## Personnel
### Current technical staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Staikos Vergetis |
| Assistant coach | Dimitrios Kakkos |
| Goalkeeping coach | Vinay Singh |
| Strength & Conditioning coach | Nikolaos Tsagkatakis |
| Team Manager | Kamaldeep Singh |
| Technical Director | Nikolaos Topoliatis |
| Team Doctor | Sidak Dhillon |

## Transfers
### In

| Position | Player | Previous club | Transfer fee |
| GK | Ravi Kumar | Odisha | Free |
| DF | Tarif Akhand | Rajasthan United | Free |
| MF | Krishananda Singh | TRAU | Free |
| FW | Ronaldo Oliveira | Goa B | Free |

### Out

| No. | Position | Player | Outgoing club |
| 03 | DF | Saurabh Bhanwala | Rajasthan United |
| 06 | DF | Bikramjit Singh | Real Kashmir |
| 10 | MF | Joseba Beitia | Rajasthan United |
| 12 | MF | Rupert Nongrum | NorthEast United |
| 19 | DF | Denzil Kharshandi | |
| 27 | MF | Aakash Sangwan | Chennaiyin |
| 31 | DF | Ashray Bhardwaj | Sudeva Delhi |
| 33 | FW | Sumeet Passi | East Bengal |
| | MF | Kean Lewis | Mohammedan |
| | FW | Robin Singh | SC Bengaluru |
| | GK | Lalthuammawia Ralte | Odisha |
| 9 | FW | Kurtis Guthrie | Livingston |
| 11 | FW | Travis Major | Blacktown City |

## Competition
### Overview

Win  Draw  Loss
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Super Cup | 8 April 2023 (2023-04-08) | 16 April 2023 (2023-04-16) | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 033.33 |
| I-League | 14 November 2022 (2022-11-14) | 12 March 2023 (2023-03-12) | Matchday 1 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 16 | +29 | 072.73 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 47 | 21 | +26 | 068.00 |
Last updated: 16 April 2023 (2023-04-16) Source: Soccerway

### 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 | |

#### 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 | H | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | A | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| League Position | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

### Matches

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

### Super Cup

RoundGlass Punjab were drawn in the Group A for the 3rd edition of the Super Cup along with two ISL clubs and one I-League club.

#### Group stage

| 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

Win Draw Loss

#### Group stage
## Statistics

All stats are correct as of 16 April 2023

### Squad appearances and goals
#### All competitions

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | I-League | I-League | Super Cup | Super Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | IND | Ravi Kumar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | NEP | Kiran Chemjong | 24 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | IND | Jaskaranvir Singh | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | IND | Tekcham Abhishek Singh | 4 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | IND | Tarif Akhand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | IND | Valpuia | 18 | 2 | 13+2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | IND | Khaiminthang Lhungdim | 23 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | IND | Shankar Sampingiraj | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | IND | Deepak Devrani | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | IND | Mohammed Salah | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 50 | DF | IND | Naocha Singh | 17 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | SRB | Aleksandar Ignjatović | 21 | 0 | 13+6 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 74 | DF | IND | Suresh Meitei | 13 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | IND | Ajay Chhetri | 21 | 1 | 14+5 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | IND | Freddy Lallawmawma | 22 | 0 | 17+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | IND | Maheson Singh | 11 | 1 | 1+9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ARG | Juan Nellar | 9 | 1 | 2+4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | IND | Ashis Pradhan | 10 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | IND | Samuel Lalmuanpuia | 8 | 1 | 5+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | IND | Brandon Vanlalremdika | 23 | 2 | 19+1 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | IND | Manglenthang Kipgen | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | IND | Krishananda Singh | 21 | 2 | 6+12 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Juan Mera | 21 | 10 | 14+4 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | IND | Daniel Lalhlimpuia | 19 | 1 | 6+10 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | IND | Pranjal Bhumij | 11 | 1 | 6+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | IND | Ashangbam Aphaoba Singh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | SVN | Luka Majcen | 23 | 16 | 19+1 | 16 | 3 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | IND | Ronaldo Oliveira | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
| 13 | DF | IND | Bikash Yumnam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
| 15 | MF | IND | Bidyananda Singh | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | - | - |
| 17 | MF | IND | Telem Suranjit Singh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
| 22 | MF | BIH | Adnan Šećerović | 8 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | - | - |
| 77 | FW | BHU | Chencho Gyeltshen | 12 | 3 | 10+2 | 3 | - | - |

### Clean-sheets

| Rank | Name | No. | League | Super Cup | Total |
| 1 | Kiran Chemjong | 16 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | Ravi Kumar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Jaskaranvir Singh | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 |