NorthEast United

2022–23 season
Head Coach	Marco Balbul (until 7 December 2022) Vincenzo Alberto Annese (from 8 December 2022, until 28 February 2023) Floyd Pinto (interim, from 1 March 2023)
Stadium	Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati
Indian Super League	11th
Super Cup	Semi-final
Durand Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Wilmar Jordán (8 goals) All: Wilmar Jordán (15 goals)
Highest home attendance	8,627 vs Hyderabad (13 October 2022)
Lowest home attendance	361 vs Goa (15 January 2023)
Average home league attendance	2,971
Biggest win	NorthEast United 6–3 Churchill Brothers
Biggest defeat	NorthEast United 0–6 Odisha
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2022–23 season is the club's ninth season in Indian Super League since its establishment in 2014. In addition to the league, they will also compete in the 2022 Durand Cup and AIFF Super Cup.

Season overview

On 11 August, NorthEast United announced the signing of Marco Balbul as their manager for the upcoming season. ^[1]

On 12 August, NorthEast United announced the signing of Paul Groves as their assistant manager for the upcoming season. ^[2] The Highlanders also appoint Floyd Pinto as Indian assistant manager. ^[3]

On 13 August, NorthEast United announced the appointment of Niall Clark as their strength and conditioning coach for the upcoming season. ^[4]

On 14 August, the Highlanders announced the contract extension of goalkeepers Mirshad Michu and Nikhil Deka for the upcoming season. ^[5]

On 15 August, NorthEast United announced the retention of defenders Gurjinder Kumar, Mashoor Shereef, Joe Zoherliana and Provat Lakra for the upcoming season. ^[6]

On 16 August, NorthEast United announced the retention of midfielders Imran Khan, Pragyan Medhi, Mohammed Irshad, Emanuel Lalchhanchhuaha, Pragyan Gogoi and forwards Rochharzela, Laldanmawia Ralte, Gani Nigam for the upcoming season. ^{[7] [8]}

On 17 August, NorthEast United lost 0–6 against Odisha FC in their first match of 2022 Durand Cup.

On 18 August, NorthEast United announced the signing of Jithin MS for the upcoming season. ^[9]

On 20 August, NorthEast United announced the signing of attacking midfielder Emil Benny for the upcoming season. ^[10]

On 21 August, NorthEast United lost 1–3 against Army Green in their second match of Durand Cup. Dipu Mirdha scored for the Highlanders in the last minute for a late consolation.

On 23 August, NorthEast United confirmed the signing of Arindam Bhattacharya on its social media and various other platforms for the upcoming season. ^[11]

On 27 August, NorthEast United lost 0–3 against Kerala Blasters in their 3rd match of Durand Cup.

On 5 September, NorthEast United sign young forward Parthib Sundar Gogoi on a multiyear deal. ^[12] On this day Highlanders promoted Dipu Mirdha and Alfred Lalroutsang to the first team from reserve team due to their outstanding performance in 2022 Durand Cup. ^[13]

On 6 September, NorthEast United announced the signing of Spanish midfielder Jon Gaztañaga from Cultural Leonesa for the upcoming season. ^[14]

Players

Squad

As of 19 January 2023 ^[15]

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 Nikhil Deka 3 DF   IND Tondonba Singh 4 DF   IND Provat Lakra 5 DF   IND Gurjinder Kumar ( 3rd captain) 6 DF   IND Mashoor Shereef 7 MF   IND Rochharzela 8 MF   IND Imran Khan 9 FW   COL Wilmar Jordán ( captain) 10 MF   FRA Romain Philippoteaux 11 FW   IND Parthib Gogoi 13 DF   IND Gaurav Bora ( 4th captain) 14 DF   IND Joe Zoherliana 15 MF   IND Emil Benny 16 DF   IND Mohammed Irshad 17 FW   IND Laldanmawia Ralte

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF   IND Jithin MS 19 FW   IND Dipu Mirdha 20 DF   IND Hira Mondal 22 FW   IND Gani Nigam 23 GK   IND Khoirom Singh 24 DF   AUS Aaron Evans 25 FW   COD Kule Mbombo 26 MF   IND Sehnaj Singh 28 MF   IND Emanuel Lalchhanchhuaha 29 GK   IND Arindam Bhattacharya ( vice-captain) 30 FW   IND Alfred Lalroutsang 32 GK   IND Mirshad Michu 33 DF   TJK Alisher Kholmurodov 43 MF   IND Pragyan Gogoi 45 DF   IND Alex Saji (on loan from Hyderabad) 90 MF   ESP Joseba Beitia

Transfers

IN

Position	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Ref.
DF	Jirjar Terang	Calangute	Free transfer, will join NorthEast United B	17 August 2022
MF	Jithin MS	Gokulam Kerala	Free transfer	18 August 2022	[16]
MF	Emil Benny		Free transfer	20 August 2022	[17]
GK	Arindam Bhattacharya	East Bengal	Free transfer	23 August 2022	[18]
DF	Gaurav Bora	Odisha	Free transfer	25 August 2022	[19]
FW	Dipu Mirdha	NorthEast United B	—	5 September 2022	[20]
FW	Alfred Lalroutsang		—	5 September 2022	[20]
GK	Khoirom Singh		–	5 October 2022
FW	Parthib Gogoi	Indian Arrows	Free transfer	5 September 2022	[21]
MF	Jon Gaztañaga	Cultural Leonesa	Free transfer	6 September 2022	[22]
DF	Michael Jakobsen	Adelaide United	Free transfer	8 September 2022	[23]
FW	Matt Derbyshire	AEK Larnaca	Free transfer	11 September 2022	[24]
DF	Aaron Evans	Persis Solo	Free transfer	20 September 2022	[25]
FW	Sylvester Igboun	Pari Nizhny Novgorod	Free transfer	20 September 2022	[25]
MF	Rupert Nongrum	RoundGlass Punjab	Free transfer	22 October 2022
FW	Wilmar Jordán	Portuguesa	Free transfer	21 November 2022	[26]
DF	Hira Mondal	Bengaluru	Free transfer	1 January 2023
FW	Kule Mbombo	FK Sūduva	Free transfer	11 January 2023	[27]
MF	Joseba Beitia	Rajasthan United	Free transfer	25 January 2023
DF	Alisher Kholmurodov	FK Fayzkand	Free transfer	24 March 2023

Loans in

Position	Player	Loaned From	Fee	Date	On loan until	Source
DF	Alex Saji	Hyderabad	Undisclosed	4 January 2023	End of Season	[28]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Hernán Santana	Sichuan Jiuniu	Free transfer	10 March 2022
FW	Marcelinho	Rajasthan United	Loan return	24 March 2022
MF	Marco Sahanek	SV Stripfing	Free transfer	1 July 2022
FW	Lalkhawpuimawia	Churchill Brothers	Free transfer	8 July 2022
FW	Deshorn Brown	Sacramento Republic	Free transfer	22 July 2022
DF	Zakaria Diallo	AC Le Havre	Free transfer	26 July 2022
FW	William Lalnunfela	Rajasthan United	Free transfer	1 June 2022
FW	V.P. Suhair	East Bengal	Undisclosed [a]	3 August 2022	[29]
GK	Subhasish Roy Chowdhury	Real Kashmir	Free Transfer	1 June 2022
GK	Sanjiban Ghosh	Free agent	Released	14 August 2022
DF	Nabin Rabha	Bengaluru United	Free transfer	15 July 2022
MF	Federico Gallego	Sud América	Free transfer	3 September 2022
DF	Patrick Flottmann	Free agent	Released	15 August 2022
FW	Sylvester Igboun		Contract termination	23 October 2022	[30]
FW	Matt Derbyshire		Released	Unknown
DF	Michael Jakobsen
MF	Jon Gaztañaga			15 January 2023
MF	Rupert Nongrum	Real Kashmir	Free Transfer	11 January 2023

Loans out

Position	Player	Loaned to	Fee	Date	On loan until	Source
DF	Jestin George	Real Kashmir	None	5 September 2022	End of Season
FW	Manvir Singh	Bengaluru United	None	1 June 2022	End of Season

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall record

Indian Super League

This season of the Indian Super League will be played across the country in home and away formats after two seasons of hosting it in Goa due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[31]

League table

League Results by round

Matches

The fixtures for the 2022-23 season of ISL were announced on 1 September. NorthEast United were set to face Bengaluru on 8 October. ^{[32] [33]}

Bengaluru v NorthEast United

8 October 2022 (2022-10-08) 1	Bengaluru	1–0	NorthEast United	Bengaluru
19:30 IST	Alan 87'	Report	Bora  60' Gani  81' Imran  86'	Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta Man of the Match: Alan Costa (Bengaluru)

Hyderabad v NorthEast United

29 December 2022 12	Hyderabad	6–1	NorthEast United	Hyderabad
19:30 IST	Siverio 8', 73' Herrera 24' Onaindia 30' Chianese 77' Bora 80' ( o.g.)	Report	Evans 36' Zoherliana  55' Philippoteaux  90+3'	Stadium: G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 5,907 Referee: I Jamal Mohamed Man of the Match: Siverio (Hyderabad)

Durand Cup

NorthEast United were drawn in the Group D for the 131st edition of the Durand Cup along with two other ISL sides. ^[34]

Group stage

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Void

Super Cup

Group Stage

Matches

Semi Final

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 22 April 2023

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Indian Super League		Durand Cup		Super Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	IND	Nikhil Deka	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
23	GK	IND	Khoirom Singh	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
29	GK	IND	Arindam Bhattacharya	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
32	GK	IND	Mirshad Michu	14	0	10	0	0	0	4	0
Defenders
3	DF	IND	Tondonba Singh	13	0	6+2	0	0+1	0	4	0
4	DF	IND	Provat Lakra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	IND	Gurjinder Kumar	13	0	10+1	0	0	0	0+2	0
6	DF	IND	Mashoor Shereef	11	0	6+2	0	0	0	2+1	0
13	DF	IND	Gaurav Bora	14	0	12+2	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF	IND	Joe Zoherliana	16	0	9+3	0	0+1	0	3	0
20	DF	IND	Hira Mondal	7	0	5+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
24	DF	AUS	Aaron Evans	18	2	15+3	2	0	0	0	0
33	DF	TJK	Alisher Kholmurodov	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
45	DF	IND	Alex Saji	11	0	7	0	0	0	3+1	0
—	DF	IND	Bishnu Rabha	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
—	DF	IND	Sampow Rongmei	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
—	DF	IND	Bimol Singh	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
—	DF	IND	Chiranjeet Gogoi	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
—	DF	IND	Joni Rabha	4	0	0	0	2+2	0	0	0
—	DF	IND	Jirjar Terang	3	0	0	0	1+2	0	0	0
—	DF	IND	Lanchenba Maibam	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
Midfielders
8	MF	IND	Imran Khan	15	1	4+10	1	0	0	0+1	0
10	MF	FRA	Romain Philippoteaux	21	2	16+2	2	0	0	2+1	0
15	MF	IND	Emil Benny	20	0	10+6	0	0+1	0	2+1	0
16	MF	IND	Mohammed Irshad	15	0	6+5	0	0	0	4	0
18	MF	IND	Jithin MS	21	2	12+4	1	0+1	0	3+1	1
26	MF	IND	Sehnaj Singh	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	IND	Emanuel Lalchhanchhuaha	9	0	4+5	0	0	0	0	0
43	MF	IND	Pragyan Gogoi	18	0	12+4	0	0	0	0+2	0
90	MF	ESP	Joseba Beitia	9	0	5	0	0	0	4	0
—	MF	IND	Denis Bodo	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
—	MF	IND	Basanta Boro	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
—	MF	IND	Muktasana Gotimayum	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
—	MF	IND	Madhujya Bora	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
—	MF	IND	Ningthoujam Binan Singh	4	0	0	0	1+3	0	0	0
—	MF	IND	Sandeep Thapa	3	0	0	0	1+2	0	0	0
—	MF	IND	Anupam Borgohain	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
—	MF	IND	Dinesh Bhagat	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
—	MF	IND	Jianchun Rongmei	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	IND	Rochharzela	18	3	7+7	2	0	0	2+2	1
9	FW	COL	Wilmar Jordán	15	15	9+2	8	0	0	4	7
11	FW	IND	Parthib Gogoi	20	3	9+9	3	0	0	0+2	0
17	FW	IND	Laldanmawia Ralte	8	1	0+6	0	0	0	0+2	1
19	FW	IND	Dipu Mirdha	4	2	0	0	4	2	0	0
22	FW	IND	Gani Nigam	13	2	2+6	0	0+1	1	3+1	1
25	FW	COD	Kule Mbombo	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW	IND	Alfred Lalroutsang	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
—	FW	IND	Jwangbla Brahma	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the season
44	FW	NGA	Sylvester Igboun	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	ENG	Matt Derbyshire	8	1	6+2	1	0	0	0	0
91	MF	ESP	Jon Gaztañaga	13	0	11+2	0	0	0	0	0
12	MF	IND	Rupert Nongrum	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	DEN	Michael Jakobsen	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	League	Durand Cup	Super Cup	Total
1	9	FW	Wilmar Jordán	8	0	7	15
2	11	FW	Parthib Gogoi	3	0	0	3
	7	FW	Rochharzela	2	0	1	3
3	24	DF	Aaron Evans	2	0	0	2
	10	MF	Romain Philippoteaux	2	0	0	2
	18	MF	Jithin M. S.	1	0	1	2
	19	FW	Dipu Mirdha	0	2	0	2
	22	FW	Gani Nigam	0	1	1	2
4	27	FW	Matt Derbyshire	1	0	0	1
	17	FW	Laldanmawia Ralte	0	0	1	1
	8	MF	Imran Khan	1	0	0	1
Totals				22	3	11	36

Source : World Football

Assist

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	League	Durand Cup	Super Cup	Total
1	15	MF	Emil Benny	3	0	0	3
2	10	MF	Romain Philippoteaux	2	0	0	2
	22	FW	Gani Nigam	2	0	0	2
3	71	MF	Jon Gaztañaga	1	0	0	1
	5	DF	Gurjinder Kumar	1	0	0	1
	8	MF	Imran Khan	1	0	0	1
	30	FW	Alfred Lalroutsang	0	1	0	1
	18	MF	Jithin MS	0	1	0	1
	43	MF	Pragyan Gogoi	1	0	0	1
	11	FW	Parthib Gogoi	1	0	0	1
Totals				12	2	0	9

Disciplinary record

As of 15 January 2023

No.	Pos.	Nation	Name	League			Durand Cup			Super Cup			Total
	MF		Basanta Boro	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	DF		Chiranjeet Gogoi	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
13	DF		Gaurav Bora	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
8	MF		Imran Khan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
22	FW		Gani Nigam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
91	MF		Jon Gaztañaga	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
7	MF		Rochharzela	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
2	DF		Michael Jakobsen	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
32	GK		Mirshad Michu	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
43	MF		Pragyan Gogoi	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
14	DF		Joe Zoherliana	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
16	MF		Mohammed Irshad	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
6	DF		Mashoor Shereef	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
10	MF		Romain Philippoteaux	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
24	DF		Aaron Evans	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
11	FW		Parthib Sundar Gogoi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
29	GK		Arindam Bhattacharya	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
45	DF		Alex Saji	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

Coaching staff

Role	Name	Refs.
Head coach	Vincenzo Alberto Annese	[35]
Assistant coach	Paul Groves	[36]
	Floyd Pinto	[37]
Goalkeeping coach	Dipankar Choudhury	[38]
Strength and Conditioning coach	Riccardo Proietti	[39]

See also

• List of NorthEast United FC seasons

References