2021–22 Churchill Brothers FC Goa season

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2021–22 Churchill Brothers FC Goa season - Wikipedia

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Churchill Brothers

2021–22 season

CEO

Valanka Alemao

Head coach

Antonio Rueda

I-League

4th

Top goalscorer

Kenneth Ikechukwu (10)

Home colours

Away colours

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The 2021–22 season was the 34th season of Churchill Brothers in existence and thirteenth in the I-League.^[1] A new coach for the team, Antonio Rueda, was appointed on 19 February 2022.^[2]

Transfers

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
29 June 2021	MF	Varun Thokchom	NEROCA	None
26 July 2021	FW	Sekou Sylla	Haiphong	None	^[3]
20 August 2021	DF	Shadi Skaf	Bourj	None	^[4]
21 August 2021	FW	Afdal Varikkodan		None
21 August 2021	FW	Kapil Hoble	FC Goa	None
15 September 2021	MF	Guilherme Escuro	Retrô	None	^[4]
27 September 2021	FW	Faheem Ali	Kerala United FC	None
28 September 2021	FW	Aaron Barretto	Salgaocar	None
11 October 2021	FW	Kenneth Ikechukwu	Saif SC	None	^[5]
29 January 2022	FW	Komron Tursunov	Rajasthan United	None	^[6]

Out

Exit date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
16 June 2021	FW	Clayvin Zuniga	FAS	None	^[7]
16 June 2021	FW	Luka Majcen	Bengaluru United	None	^[8]
16 June 2021	MF	Bazie Armand	Abu Salem	None
16 June 2021	DF	Hamza Kheir	Ahed	None
4 August 2021	DF	Suresh Meitei	Army Red	None
4 July 2021	GK	Shibinraj Kunniyil	Sreenidi Deccan	None	^[9]
4 August 2021	MF	Fredsan Marshall	Sreenidi Deccan	None
4 August 2021	MF	Israil Gurung		None	^[10]
12 January 2022	DF	Shadi Skaf	Nejmeh	None	^[6]

I-League

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers
26 December 2021	Gokulam Kerala	A	0–1
4 March 2022	RoundGlass Punjab	A	2–2	Sylla 16', Ikechukwu 44'
8 March 2022	Sudeva Delhi	H	0–1
12 March 2022	TRAU	A	0–2
16 March 2022	Mohammedan	A	2–1	Ikechukwu 2', 62'
21 March 2022	Rajasthan United	A	0–2
24 March 2022	Aizawl	H	2–1	Ikechukwu 44', Tursunov 45+3'
28 Match 2022	Sreenidi Deccan	A	1–1	Tursunov 62'
1 April 2022	NEROCA	A	4–2	Saurav Mandal 9', Tursunov 28', Ikechukwu 57' (pen.), Krizo 89'
6 April 2022	Real Kashmir	A	1–0	Fernandes 90'
10 April 2022	Kenkre	A	2–1	Tursunov 75', Ikechukwu 81'
18 April 2022	Indian Arrows	A	2–1	Tursunov 47', Momo Cisse 90+4'
26 April 2022	Rajasthan United	H	2–1	Tursunov 23', Akhand 45+2' (o.g.)
30 April 2022	Gokulam Kerala	H	1–1	Ikechukwu 15'
3 May 2022	RoundGlass Punjab	H	2–1	Miranda 25', Krizo 85'
6 May 2022	Mohammedan	A	0–2
9 May 2022	NEROCA	A	3–1	Cisse 36', Ikechukwu 40', 76'
14 May 2022	Sreenidi Deccan	H	0–1

Current squad

First team squad

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	Shilton Paul (captain)
3	DF	IND	Mamit Vanlalduatsanga
4	DF	IND	Suresh Meitei
5	DF	IND	Vikas Singh Saini
6	MF	IND	Quan Gomes
7	MF	BRA	Guilherme Escuro
8	MF	IND	Kingsley Fernandes
10	FW	NGA	Kenneth Ikechukwu
11	FW	IND	Vinil Poojary
14	FW	IND	Kapil Hoble
15	FW	GUI	Sekou Sylla
17	MF	IND	Shubert Pereira
18	MF	IND	Bryce Miranda
19	FW	IND	Lamgoulen Hangshing


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	DF	IND	Wendell Savio Coelho
23	DF	SEN	Momo Cisse
26	GK	IND	Debnath Mondal
27	FW	IND	Saurav Mandal
28	FW	IND	Aaron Barretto
29	MF	IND	Joseph Clemente
30	DF	IND	Asif Ali Molla
32	FW	IND	Afdal Varikkodan
33	MF	IND	Richard Costa
37	DF	IND	Jovel Martins
40	GK	IND	Nora Fernandes
47	FW	CIV	Gnohere Krizo
77	FW	TJK	Komron Tursunov
—	FW	IND	Faheem Ali

Technical staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Antonio Rueda^[2]
Assistant coach	Mario Soares
Assistant coach	Mateus Costa^[11]

Competitions

I-League

Squad statistics

Churchill Brothers used a total of 26 players during the 2021–22 season and there were seven different goalscorers. Lamgoulen Hangshing and Richard Costa played in all 18 matches with former starting in all of them, the latter in 14. Kenneth Ikechukwu was the highest scorer with ten goals.

Key

No. = Squad number

Pos. = Playing position

Apps = Appearances

GK = Goalkeeper

DF = Defender

MF = Midfielder

FW = Forward

= Yellow cards

= Red cards

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute. Players with name struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.

No.	Pos.	Name
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Shilton Paul	14	0	3	0
1	DF	~~Shadi Skaf~~ †	1	0	0	0
3	DF	Mamit Vanlalduatsanga	0	0	0	0
4	DF	Suresh Meitei	17	0	1	0
5	DF	Vikas Singh Saini	4 (6)	0	1	0
6	MF	Quan Gomes	8 (4)	0	2	0
7	MF	Guilherme Escuro	2	0	1	0
8	MF	Kingsley Fernandes	17	1	4	0
10	FW	Kenneth Ikechukwu	18	10	1	0
11	FW	Vinil Poojary	1 (8)	0	1	0
14	MF	Kapil Hoble	6 (2)	0	1	0
15	FW	Sekou Sylla	5 (3)	0	0	0
17	MF	Shubert Pereira	2 (5)	0	0	0
18	MF	Bryce Miranda	11 (6)	1	0	0
19	DF	Lamgoulen Hangshing	18	0	2	0
20	DF	Meldon D'Silva	3 (3)	0	1	0
22	DF	Wendell Savio Coelho	0 (2)	0	1	0
23	DF	Momo Cisse	15	2	3	0
26	GK	Debnath Mondal	1	0	0	0
27	FW	Saurav Mandal	9 (5)	1	2	0
28	FW	Aaron Barretto	0 (3)	0	0	0
29	MF	Joseph Clemente	8 (1)	0	1	0
30	DF	Asif Ali Molla	1 (1)	0	1	0
32	FW	Afdal Varikkodan	0 (4)	0	1	0
33	MF	Richard Costa	14 (4)	0	1	0
40	GK	Nora Fernandes	3	0	0	0
47	FW	Gnohere Krizo	4 (5)	2	4	0
77	FW	Komron Tursunov	16	6	3	0
—	GK	Pratheesh Dinkan	0	0	0	0

Source:^[12]^[13]

References

^ https://thebridge.in/i-league/i-league-2021-22-kolkata-22454 Archived 27 June 2021 at the Wayback Machine.
^ ^a ^b "New head coach Rueda promises attractive football from Churchill Brothers". i-league.org. Archived from the original on 10 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
^ "CHURCHILL BROTHERS FC GOAChurchill Brothers rope in Guinean forward Sekou Sylla". footballexpress.in. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Churchill Bros prepare for I-League season ahead with two new foreigners". The Times of India. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
^ "Churchill rope in Nigerian striker Kenneth". The Times of India. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
^ ^a ^b Lopes, Flavio (30 January 2022). "I-League: Churchill sign Tajik striker Tursunov". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
^ "Churchill Brothers SC star striker Clayvin Zúñiga set to join CD FAS". July 2021.
^ "FC Bengaluru United sign foreign strikers Luka Majcen, Pedro Manzi".
^ "Sreenidhi FC sign experienced goalkeeper Shibin Raj Kunniyil". 4 July 2021.
^ Lopes, Flavio (5 August 2021). "Israil quits Churchill for new challenge | Goa News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
^ Flavio Lopes (9 November 2020). "Churchill Brothers start training, coach Varela lands in Goa". Times of India. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
^ "Football: Churchill Brothers - squad". flashscore.in. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
^ "India - Churchill Brothers FC Goa - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 May 2022.

Churchill Brothers FC Goa

Margao

Stadiums

Fatorda Stadium

Key personnel

Owners: Valanka Alemao
Head coach: Antonio Rueda

Honours
I-League	2008–09 2012–13
Federation Cup	2013–14
Durand Cup	2007 2009 2011
IFA Shield	2007 2009 2011

Seasons
Seasons	2013–14 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

2021–22 in Indian football

League competitions

First division	I-League Indian Super League Playoffs Final
Second division	I-League 2nd Division
State leagues	Assam Bihar Delhi Goa Jammu and Kashmir Karnataka Men's Women's Kerala Men's Women's Madhya Pradesh Manipur Meghalaya Sikkim Mizoram Maharashtra (Mumbai) Odisha (Men's Women's) Punjab Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Uttarakhand West Bengal Men's Women's
Women	Indian Women's League
Youth	Elite League

Cup competitions

Men	Santosh Trophy (State) Qualifiers Final Durand Cup Final IFA Shield
Women	Women's Championship (State)

Club seasons
I-League	Aizawl Kenkre Churchill Brothers Gokulam Kerala Indian Arrows Mohammedan NEROCA Punjab Rajasthan United Real Kashmir TRAU Sudeva Sreenidi Deccan
Indian Super League	ATK Mohun Bagan Bengaluru Chennaiyin East Bengal Goa Hyderabad Jamshedpur Kerala Blasters Mumbai City NorthEast United Odisha
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