2022–23 RoundGlass Punjab FC season explained

Chrtitle:Director of Football
Chairman:Nikolaos Topoliatis
Mgrtitle:Head coach
League Result:1st (promoted)
Cup1 Result:Group stage
League Topscorer:Luka Majcen
(16 goals)
Season Topscorer:Luka Majcen
(16 goals)
Highest Attendance:6,327 (vs TRAU)
Lowest Attendance:200 (vs Gokulam Kerala)
Average Attendance:1,347
Largest Win:8–0
(vs Sudeva Delhi (H), 26 February 2023, I-League)
Largest Loss:4–0
(vs Sreenidi Deccan (A), 17 January 2023, I-League)
Prevseason:2021–22
Nextseason:2023–24
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Updated:16 April 2023

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.[1]

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.[2] [3] 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.[4]

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.[5] The club later announced Ed Engelkes would return to his role as Technical Director of Youth Affairs.

Personnel

Current technical staff

PositionName
Head coach Staikos Vergetis[6]
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

No.PositionPlayerPrevious clubTransfer feeDateRef
Ravi Kumar OdishaFree
Tarif Akhand Rajasthan UnitedFree
Krishananda Singh TRAUFree
Ronaldo Oliveira Goa BFree

Out

No.PositionPlayerOutgoing clubRef
03 Saurabh Bhanwala Rajasthan United
06 Bikramjit Singh Real Kashmir
10 Joseba Beitia Rajasthan United
12 Rupert Nongrum NorthEast United
19 Denzil Kharshandi
27 Aakash Sangwan Chennaiyin[7]
31 Ashray Bhardwaj Sudeva Delhi
33 Sumeet Passi East Bengal[8]
Kean Lewis Mohammedan
Robin Singh SC Bengaluru
Lalthuammawia Ralte Odisha
9 Kurtis Guthrie Livingston[9]
11 Travis Major Blacktown City

Competition

I-League

See main article: 2022–23 I-League.

League Results by Round

Matches

Note: I-League announced the fixtures for the 2022–23 season on 1 November 2022.[10]

Super Cup

See main article: 2023 Indian 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.[11]

Group stage

See main article: 2023 Indian Super Cup group stage.

Group stage

Statistics

All stats are correct as of 16 April 2023

Squad appearances and goals

All competitions

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Clean-sheets

RankNameNo.LeagueSuper CupTotal
1 Kiran Chemjong1611112
2 Ravi Kumar1101
Jaskaranvir Singh31101

References

  1. Web site: March 2, 2022 . Marcus . Mergulhao . No change in ISL format for next season, Super Cup set to return . 2022-07-24 . The Times of India . en . 2 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220302171857/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/no-change-in-isl-format-for-next-season-super-cup-set-to-return/articleshow/89932146.cms . live .
  2. Web site: I-League: RoundGlass Punjab create history by winning title. 4 March 2023. 4 March 2023. khelnow.com.
  3. Web site: RoundGlass Punjab FC secure promotion to the Indian Super League after clinching the I-League in style. Rahul. Madhavan. Sportskeeda.com. 4 March 2023. 4 March 2023.
  4. Web site: Champions RoundGlass Punjab end season in style, hit half-century of points. i-league.org. 12 March 2023. 12 March 2023.
  5. Web site: RoundGlass Punjab appoint Staikos Vergetis as head coach. khelnow.com. 8 August 2022. 8 August 2022.
  6. Web site: Staikos Vergetis appointed new Head Coach for RoundGlass Punjab FC. halfwayfootball.com. 8 August 2022. 8 August 2022.
  7. Web site: Chennaiyin FC sign Aakash Sangwan and Sajal Bag . 21 June 2022 .
  8. Web site: 11 August 2022. East Bengal add three new Indians to the ranks. Khel Now. 30 August 2022. 11 August 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220811193000/https://khelnow.com/football/isl-2022-23-east-bengal-sign-kamaljit-singh-sumeet-passi-lalchungnunga. live.
  9. Web site: Kurtis Guthrie joins the Lions!. livingstonfc.co.uk. en. 29 August 2022. 30 August 2022.
  10. Web site: 1 November 2022 . Hero I-League 2022-23 to kick-off on November 12 . 18 November 2022 . i-league.org.
  11. Web site: Hero Super Cup draw held at Football House, tournament kicks off on April 3 in Kerala . the-aiff.com . 7 March 2023 .