2024–25 Punjab FC season

Punjab FC
2024–25 season
Director of Football	Nikolaos Topoliatis
Head coach	Panagiotis Dilmperis
Stadium	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Delhi
Top goalscorer	League: ; All: Luka Majcen 3goals
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →
	All statistics correct as of 2 July 2024.

The 2024–25 season is the fifth season in Punjab FC's existence, and club's second season in the Indian Super League^[1].In addition to the league, they will also compete in the 2024 Durand Cup and Indian Super Cup.

Players

First-team squad

As of 4 August 2024

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	Ravi Kumar
3	DF	CRO	Ivan Novoselec
4	DF	IND	Nikhil Prabhu
6	MF	IND	Ricky Shabong
9	FW	NOR	Mushaga Bakenga
10	MF	IND	Maheson Singh
11	MF	IND	Samuel Kynshi
12	DF	IND	Khaiminthang Lhungdim
14	DF	IND	Melroy Assisi
16	MF	IND	Vinit Rai
17	MF	IND	Manglenthang Kipgen
18	DF	IND	Tejas Krishna
20	FW	IND	Ranjeet Pandre
21	GK	IND	Jaskaranbir Singh
23	MF	IND	Ashis Pradhan
24	MF	CRO	Filip Mrzljak
25	MF	IND	Princeton Rebello


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
26	MF	IND	Kingsley Fernandes
27	DF	IND	Tekcham Abhishek Singh
28	DF	IND	Denechandra Meitei
31	MF	IND	Leon Augustine
32	DF	IND	Pramveer Singh
41	GK	IND	Abujam Penand Singh
44	FW	IND	Ninthoinganba Meetei
45	DF	IND	Nitesh Darjee
74	DF	IND	Suresh Meitei
77	FW	IND	Nihal Sudeesh (on loan from Kerala Blasters)
78	GK	IND	Muheet Shabir
99	FW	SVN	Luka Majcen

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Player	Previous club	Transfer fee	Ref
5 July 2024	MF	Vinit Rai	Mumbai City	Free Transfer	^[2]
5 July 2024	GK	Muheet Shabir	Real Kashmir FC	Free Transfer	^[3]
9 July 2024	FW	Ninthoinganba Meetei	Chennaiyin	Free Transfer
26 July 2024	MF	Filip Mrzljak	HNK Gorica	Free Transfer	^[4]
29 July 2024	MF	Princeton Rebello	Odisha	Free Transfer
04 August 2024	DF	Ivan Novoselec	FC Istiklol	Free Transfer	^[5]
04 August 2024	FW	Mushaga Bakenga	Apollon Limassol	Free Transfer

Loans In

Start Date	End Date	Position	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Ref
13 July 2024	End of Season	FW	Nihal Sudeesh	Kerala Blasters	None	^[6]

Loans out

Start Date	End Date	Position	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Ref

Out

Date.	No.	Position	Player	Outgoing club	Transfer Fee	Ref
13 June 2024	5	DF	Dimitrios Chatziisaias
13 June 2024	7	FW	Krishananda Singh
13 June 2024	8	MF	Madih Talal	East Bengal	Free Transfer	^[7]
13 June 2024	9	FW	Wilmar Jordán	Chennaiyin	Free Transfer
13 June 2024	14	FW	Juan Mera
13 June 2024	19	FW	Daniel Lalhlimpuia	Mumbai City	Free Transfer
13 June 2024	24	MF	Prasanth Mohan	Inter Kashi	Free Transfer
13 June 2024	39	DF	Mohammed Salah	Bengaluru	Free Transfer
13 June 2024	48	MF	Isaac Vanmalsawma
13 June 2024	77	FW	Bidyashagar Singh	Inter Kashi	Free Transfer
13 June 2024	80	MF	Amarjit Singh Kiyam
13 June 2024	18	FW	Sweden Fernandes	Chennaiyin	Loan Return
13 June 2024	22	MF	Sahil Tavora	Hyderabad	Loan Return
13 June 2024	81	MF	Bryce Miranda	Kerala Blasters	Loan Return

Personnel

Current technical staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Panagiotis Dilmperis^[8]
Assistant coach	Konstantinos Katsaras
Goalkeeping coach	Vinay Singh
Strength & conditioning coach	Papaioannou Ioannis
Team manager	Kamaldeep Singh
Technical director	Nikolaos Topoliatis
Team doctor	Sidak Dhillon

Competitions

Durand Cup

Punjab were drawn in to the Group C on the group-stage draw conducted on 10 July, after the President on India, Droupadi Murmu, flagged-off the trophy tour of the tournament.^[9] All the group stage matches of the Punjab were played in Kolkata since all the Group C matches were drawn to be held region.^[10]

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	KER	PUN	CIS	MCI
1	Kerala Blasters	3	2	1	0	16	1	+15	7	Advanced to knockout stage	—	1–1	7–0	—
2	Punjab	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7	Advanced to knockout stage	—	—	—	3–0
3	CISF Protectors	3	1	0	2	2	10	−8	3		—	0–3	—	—
4	Mumbai City	3	0	0	3	0	13	−13	0		0–8	—	0–2	—

Source: Twitter
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

21 August – Kokrajhar

NorthEast United	2
		26 August – Shillong
Indian Army	0
		NorthEast United	3
21 August – Shillong
		Shillong Lajong	0
Shillong Lajong	2
				31 August – Kolkata
East Bengal	1
				NorthEast United	2(4)
23 August – Jamshedpur
				Mohun Bagan	2(3)
Mohun Bagan	3(6)
		27 August – Kolkata
Punjab	3(5)
		Mohun Bagan	2(4)
23 August – Kolkata
		Bengaluru	2(3)
Bengaluru	1

Kerala Blasters	0

Matches

The fixtures of the 133rd edition of the Durand Cup was announced by the organising committee on 12 July.^[11]

30 July 2024 (2024-07-30) Group stage	CISF Protectors	0–3	Punjab	Kolkata, West Bengal
19:00 IST		Report	Majcen 29, 58' Vinit Rai 76'	Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Attendance: 172 Referee: Williams Joy Koshy Man of the Match: Luka Majcen

4 August 2024 (2024-08-04) Group stage	Kerala Blasters	1–1	Punjab	Kolkata, West Bengal
16:00 IST	Aimen 56'		Majcen 45+2'	Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Attendance: 351 Referee: Senthil Nathan S Man of the Match: Freddy Lallawmawma (Kerala Blasters)

11 August 2024 (2024-08-11) Group stage	Punjab	3–0	Mumbai City	Kolkata, West Bengal
16:00 IST	Bakenga 62, 90+8 (pen.)' Mrzljak 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Attendance: 212 Referee: Senthil Nathan S Man of the Match: Vinit Rai (Punjab FC)

23 August 2024 (2024-08-23) Quarter—final	Mohun Bagan	3–3 (6–5 p)	Punjab	Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
16:00 IST	Suhail 45' Manvir 48' Cummings 79'	Report	Majcen 17' Filip 62' Vidal 71'	Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex Attendance: 3,759 Referee: Mrutyunjay L Amatya Man of the Match: Ezequiel Vidal (Punjab FC)
	Penalties
	Cummings Manvir Liston Petratos Greg Subhasish Aldred		Vinit Vidal Bakenga Filip Novoselec Melroy Denechandra

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

All stats are correct as of 23 August 2024

All competitions

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Super League		Durand Cup		Super Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	IND	Ravi Kumar	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	CRO	Ivan Novoselec	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
4	DF	IND	Nikhil Prabhu	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
12	DF	IND	Khaiminthang Lhungdim	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
14	DF	IND	Melroy Assisi	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
27	DF	IND	Tekcham Abhishek Singh	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
28	DF	IND	Denechandra Meitei	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
45	DF	IND	Nitesh Darjee	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
74	DF	IND	Suresh Meitei	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Midfielders
11	MF	IND	Samuel Kynshi	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
16	MF	IND	Vinit Rai	4	1	0	0	4	1	0	0
23	MF	IND	Ashis Pradhan	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
24	MF	CRO	Filip Mrzljak	4	2	0	0	4	2	0	0
26	MF	IND	Kingsley Fernandes	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
31	MF	IND	Leon Augustine	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
44	MF	IND	Ninthoinganba Meetei	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
77	MF	IND	Nihal Sudeesh	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
-	MF	IND	Singamayum Shami	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	NOR	Mushaga Bakenga	3	2	0	0	3	2	0	0
10	FW	ARG	Ezequiel Vidal	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
20	FW	IND	Ranjeet Pandre	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
99	FW	SVN	Luka Majcen	4	4	0	0	4	4	0	0
-	FW	IND	Muhammad Suhail F	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Goal scorers

As of match played 23 August 2024

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	Durand Cup	Total
1	99	FW	Luka Majcen	4	4
2	9	MF	Mushaga Bakenga	2	2
2	24	MF	Filip Mrzljak	2	2
4	16	MF	Vinit Rai	1	1
4	30	MF	Ezequiel Vidal	1	1

References

^ "Indian football Premier 1 club license list announced for 2024-25 season". Sportstar. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
^ Madhavan, Rahul. "Punjab FC announce the signings of Vinit Rai and Muheet Shabir ahead of 2024-25 season". Sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
^ Service, Tribune News. "Goalkeeper Muheet Shabir in Punjab FC". Tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
^ "Punjab FC secure services of midfielder Filip Mrzlijak".
^ "Punjab FC rope in Ivan Novoselec and Mushaga Bakenga". indiansuperleague.com. 4 August 2024.
^ "Kerala Blasters FC Confirm Nihal Loan Move to Punjab FC". Kerala Blasters FC. 9 July 2024. Archived from the original on 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
^ "East Bengal bolster midfield with signing of Madih Talal". Khel Now. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
^ "Panagiotis Dilmperis named Punjab FC head coach for upcoming season". www.indiansuperleague.com. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
^ PTI (10 July 2024). "President Murmu asks stakeholders to work together for upliftment of Indian football". Sportstar. Archived from the original on 10 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
^ "Durand Cup 2024: Groups revealed; Mohun Bagan SG-East Bengal FC pitted together again". www.indiansuperleague.com. 11 October 2024. Archived from the original on 11 July 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
^ "Durand Cup 2024: Fixtures, dates and timings announced". www.indiansuperleague.com. 12 July 2024. Archived from the original on 12 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.

[1] "Indian football Premier 1 club license list announced for 2024-25 season". Sportstar. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.

[2] Madhavan, Rahul. "Punjab FC announce the signings of Vinit Rai and Muheet Shabir ahead of 2024-25 season". Sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 18 July 2024.

[3] Service, Tribune News. "Goalkeeper Muheet Shabir in Punjab FC". Tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 18 July 2024.

[4] "Punjab FC secure services of midfielder Filip Mrzlijak".

[5] "Punjab FC rope in Ivan Novoselec and Mushaga Bakenga". indiansuperleague.com. 4 August 2024.

[6] "Kerala Blasters FC Confirm Nihal Loan Move to Punjab FC". Kerala Blasters FC. 9 July 2024. Archived from the original on 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

[madih-7] "East Bengal bolster midfield with signing of Madih Talal". Khel Now. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.

[8] "Panagiotis Dilmperis named Punjab FC head coach for upcoming season". www.indiansuperleague.com. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.

[9] PTI (10 July 2024). "President Murmu asks stakeholders to work together for upliftment of Indian football". Sportstar. Archived from the original on 10 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.

[10] "Durand Cup 2024: Groups revealed; Mohun Bagan SG-East Bengal FC pitted together again". www.indiansuperleague.com. 11 October 2024. Archived from the original on 11 July 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.

[11] "Durand Cup 2024: Fixtures, dates and timings announced". www.indiansuperleague.com. 12 July 2024. Archived from the original on 12 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.

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