2022–23 TRAU FC season

TRAU FC
2022–23 season
Head coach	L.Nandakumar Singh
I-League	4th out of 12
AIFF Super Cup	Qualifiers
Durand Cup	Group stage
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 68th season of TRAU FC in existence and fourth season in the I-League.^[1] This season of the I-League witnesses 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.^[2]

First-team squad

As of 1 September 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	Bishorjit Singh
2	DF	IND	Manash Protim Gogoi
3	DF	SKN	Gerard Williams
4	DF	BRA	Gérson Vieira
5	DF	GHA	Godfred Yeboah
6	MF	IND	Shougrakpam Netrajit Singh
8	MF	IND	Kishan Singh
9	MF	IND	Danish Aribam
10	FW	TJK	Komron Tursunov (captain)
11	FW	IND	Baoringdao Bodo
12	DF	IND	Shoib Akhtar
13	MF	IND	Sapam Bishorjit
14	MF	IND	Sorokhaibam Prikanta Singh
15	DF	IND	Rishi Rajput
16	MF	IND	Laishram Milan Singh
18	MF	IND	Meitalkeishangbam Roger
19	DF	IND	Naresh Singh
20	MF	IND	Khanngam Horam
21	GK	IND	Lunkhominlenmang Haokip
22	DF	IND	Buanthanglun Samte


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	DF	IND	Roshan Singh
24	DF	IND	Clinton Khuman
25	MF	IND	Khumanthem Arun Singh
28	FW	IND	Nongthongbam Singh
29	MF	IND	Bikash Singh Sagolshem
30	FW	GHA	Nana Poku
31	MF	IND	Ngangbam Pacha Singh
32	MF	IND	Timothy Thangkholal
33	FW	IND	Premkumar Meitei
35	FW	IND	Salam Singh
—	FW	IND	Japes Nongthambam
—	FW	IND	Premjit Singh

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From
30 July 2022	FW	Nana Poku	Dewa United
31 July 2022	FW	Premjit Singh	Odisha
04 August 2022	FW	Komron Tursunov	Churchill Brothers
27 August 2022	FW	Sakir Ali	Jamshepur F.C
16 September 2022	DF	Godfred Yeboah	Karela United
31 October 2022	DF	Gérson Vieira	Aimoré

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
01 July 2022	GK		Amrit Gope	Bengaluru	Released	^[3]

Pre-season and friendlies

28 September 2022 (2022-09-28) Friendly	NorthEast United	4–3	TRAU	Guwahati
15:30 IST	Romain Bora Evans Pragyan	Report		Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium

Competitions

I-League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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
6	Churchill Brothers	22	9	6	7	34	24	+10	33

Source: I-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots

Matches

15 November 2022 (2022-11-15) 1	Aizawl	1–1	TRAU FC	Aizawl
14.00 IST			Bikash Singh Sagolshem 18'	Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium

21 November 2022 (2022-11-21) 2	TRAU FC	3–0	Mumbai Kenkre	Imphal
14.00 IST	Nana Poku 41' Komron Tursunov 75' Own Goal 87'			Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium

24 November 2022 (2022-11-24) 3	Sreenidi Deccan	1–0	TRAU FC	Hyderabad
14.00 IST				Stadium: Deccan Arena

27 November 2022 (2022-11-27) 4	Mohammedan	1–0	TRAU FC	Kolkata
18.00 IST				Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan

1 December 2022 (2022-12-01) 5	Real Kashmir	3–2	TRAU FC	Srinagar
18.00 IST			Komron Tursunov 30' Salam Singh 45+1'	Stadium: TRC Turf Ground

8 December 2022 (2022-12-08) 6	TRAU FC	2–0	RoundGlass Punjab	Imphal
14.00 IST	Buanthanglun Samte 25' Salam Singh 55'			Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium

11 December 2022 (2022-12-11) 7	TRAU FC	2–1	NEROCA	Imphal
14.00 IST	Gérson Vieira 47' Godfred Yeboah 90+7'			Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium

15 December 2022 (2022-12-15) 8	TRAU FC	3–1	Rajasthan United	Imphal
14.00 IST	Komron Tursunov 33', 45+1' Baoringdao Bodo 70'			Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium

20 December 2022 (2022-12-20) 9	Churchill Brothers	6–1	TRAU FC	Panaji
16.30 IST				Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium

5 January 2023 (2023-01-05) 10	TRAU FC	2–0	Sudeva Delhi	Imphal
16.30 IST				Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium

15 January 2023 (2023-01-15) 11	Gokulam Kerala	1–2	TRAU	Manjeri
16.30 IST	Thahir Zaman 86'	Report	Manash Protim Gogoi 57' Salam Johnson Singh 78'	Stadium: Payyanad Stadium Attendance: 1,550 Referee: Tanmoy Dhar Man of the Match: Manash Protim Gogoi (TRAU)

18 January 2023 (2023-01-18) 12	NEROCA	3–1	TRAU FC	Imphal
16.30 IST				Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium

28 January 2023 (2023-01-28) 13	Rajasthan United	1–2	TRAU FC	New Delhi
14.00 IST	Kharpan 19' Britto 90+2' 90+4'	Report	S. Johnson Singh 14' Tursunov 40' G. Yeboah 90+2'	Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium Attendance: 1,129 Referee: Jehrul Islam Man of the Match: Salam Johnson Singh (TRAU)

3 February 2023 (2023-02-03) 14	TRAU FC	0–0	Mohammedan	Imphal
16:30 IST	Fernandinho 32'	Report	N'Diaye 60'	Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ashish Tiwari Man of the Match: Sairuat Kima (Mohammedan)

7 February 2023 (2023-02-07) 15	TRAU	1-2	Sreenidi Deccan	Imphal
14.00 IST	Komron Tursunov 15' Gerard Williams 59' Gérson Vieira 65' Salam Johnson Singh 70' Pritam Singh 90+4'	Report	Arijit Bagui 7' Asheer Akhtar 37' Shahabaaz Khan 66' Phalguni Singh 90+2'	Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium Attendance: 2,876 Referee: JATINDER SINGH Man of the Match: Asheer Akhtar (Sreenidi Deccan)

10 February 2023 (2023-02-10) 16	TRAU FC	3-2	Churchill Brothers	Imphal
16.30 IST	Billu Teli 57' Komron Tursunov 67' Fernandinho 78'			Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium

17 February 2023 (2023-02-17) 17	TRAU FC	3-1	Aizawl	Imphal
16.30 IST	Fernandinho 6' Gérson Vieira 18' Salam Johnson Singh 47'			Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium

22 February 2023 (2023-02-22) 18	Sudeva Delhi	2–0	TRAU FC	New Delhi
16.30 IST			Bidyananda Singh 42'	Stadium: Chhatrasal Stadium

26 February 2023 (2023-02-26) 19	TRAU FC	0–2	Real Kashmir	Imphal
14.00 IST				Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium

2 March 2023 (2023-03-02) 20	TRAU FC	1-0	Gokulam Kerala	Imphal
19.00 IST	Gérson Vieira 60'	Report	Sreekuttan VS 31' Jijo Joseph 36' Sergio Mendigutxia 51'	Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium Attendance: 1,308 Referee: WILLIAMS JOY KOSHY Man of the Match: Salam Johnson Singh (TRAU)

21 November 2022 (2022-11-21) 21	Mumbai Kenkre	2–4	TRAU FC	Mumbai
14.00 IST			Fernandinho 13' Baoringdao Bodo 66' 73' Buanthanglun Samte 79'	Stadium: Cooperage Ground

12 March 2023 (2023-03-12) 22	RoundGlass Punjab	2–0	TRAU FC	Panchkula
19.00 IST	Valpuia 31' Majcen 36', 49' 50' Ravi 84' Sampingiraj 90+3'	Report	Fernandinho 31' Williams 42'	Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium Attendance: 6,327 Referee: Aditya Purkayastha Man of the Match: Luka Majcen (RoundGlass Punjab)

Durand Cup

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	HYD	CHE	ARR	NER	TRA
1	Hyderabad	4	3	0	1	8	2	+6	9	Qualify for the Knockout stage	—	3–1	—	—	—
2	Chennaiyin	4	2	1	1	9	6	+3	7	Qualify for the Knockout stage	—	—	2–2	—	—
3	Army Red	4	1	2	1	4	4	0	5		1–0	—	—	0–0	—
4	NEROCA (H)	4	1	1	2	3	6	−3	4		0–3	0–2	—	—	3–1
5	TRAU (H)	4	1	0	3	4	10	−6	3		0–2	1–4	2–1	—	—

Source: Sportstar
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
(H) Hosts

Matches

18 August 2022 (2022-08-18) 1	NEROCA	3–1	TRAU	Imphal
18.00 IST	Ragui 16' Shimray 36' Chidi 50' James 71'	Report	Tursunov 19' Samte 35'	Stadium: Khuman Lampak Stadium Referee: Umesh Bora Man of the Match: Naorem Tondomba Singh (NEROCA)

22 August 2022 (2022-08-22) 2	TRAU	0–2	Hyderabad	Imphal
15.00 IST	Singh 60' Johnson 67'	Report	D'Silva 9' Jongte 11' Narzary 27' Herrera 53' Sana 55'	Stadium: Khuman Lampak Stadium Referee: Pratik Mondal Man of the Match: Hitesh Sharma (Hyderabad)

28 August 2022 (2022-08-28) 3	TRAU	2–1	Army Red	Imphal
15.00 IST	Bodo 81' Milan 90' Joysana 90+2'	Report	Shil 35' Kamei 58'	Stadium: Khuman Lampak Stadium Referee: Pratik Mondal Man of the Match: Baoringdao Bodo (TRAU)

1 September 2022 (2022-09-01) 4	TRAU	1–4	Chennaiyin	Imphal
18.00 IST	Roshan 24' Salam 36' 36' Tursunov 45' (p)	Report	Slišković 1', 55' Karikari 19' (p) Hakhamaneshi 51'	Stadium: Khuman Lampak Stadium Referee: Rowan Arumughan Man of the Match: Julius Düker (Chennaiyin)

Super Cup

After finishing 4th in the I-League, Malabarians will have to play a qualifier against 7th-ranked Aizawl to earn a place in the group stage.^[4]

Qualifiers

6 April 2023 (2023-04-06) Q-3	TRAU	0–1	Aizawl	Manjeri
17:00 IST		Report	Veras 64'	Stadium: Payyanad Stadium Attendance: 772 Referee: Aditya Purkayastha Man of the Match: Ivan Veras (Aizawl)

Statistics

Goal Scorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	I League	Durand Cup	Total
1	10	FW	Komron Tursunov	8	2	10
2	35	FW	Salam Singh	5	0	5
3	11	FW	Baoringdao Bodo	3	1	4
4	4	DF	Gérson Vieira	3	0	3
	29	MF	Bikash Singh Sagolshem	3	0	3
	94	MF	Fernandinho	3	0	3
7	22	DF	Buanthanglun Samte	2	0	2
7	30	FW	Nana Poku	2	0	2
9	2	DF	Manash Protim Gogoi	1	0	1
	5	DF	Godfred Yeboah	1	0	1
	16	MF	Laishram Milan Singh	0	1	1
	17	FW	Bidyananda Singh	0	1	1
	27	DF	Billu Teli	1	0	1
	33	FW	Pritam Singh	1	0	1

References

^ https://thebridge.in/i-league/i-league-2021-22-kolkata-22454 Archived 27 June 2021 at the Wayback Machine
^ Mergulhao, Marcus (2 March 2022). "No change in ISL format for next season, Super Cup set to return". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
^ "Bengaluru FC sign promising youngsters Amrit Gope and Faisal Ali". Bengaluru FC. 1 July 2022.
^ "Kerala to host Hero Super Cup in April". the-aiff.com. 24 January 2023.

[1] ttps://thebridge.in/i-league/i-league-2021-22-kolkata-22454 Archived 27 June 2021 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Mergulhao, Marcus (2 March 2022). "No change in ISL format for next season, Super Cup set to return". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.

[3] "Bengaluru FC sign promising youngsters Amrit Gope and Faisal Ali". Bengaluru FC. 1 July 2022.

[4] "Kerala to host Hero Super Cup in April". the-aiff.com. 24 January 2023.

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