The 2023–24 season was the 36th season of Churchill Brothers in existence and fifteenth in the I-League. A new coach for the team, Edgardo Malvestiti, was appointed on 29 July 2023. The club has mutually parted ways with the head coach from Argentina after finding themselves in the bottom half of the I-League midway into the season. Francesc Bonet replaced him in January 2024.
Churchill Brothers played their opening game of the season on 31 October 2023 in a goalless draw against Namdhari at home. Their first win came in the next game, away against Real Kashmir on 8 November. They played their final match of the season on 10 April 2024, in a 7–0 win at home against Rajasthan United. They finished with 33 points, and seventh on the I-League table at the end of the season. After a poor first half, Churchill Brothers won six of their last nine matches.
Personnel Current technical staff Position Name Head coach Francesc Bonet Assistant coach Mario Soares Fitness and conditioning coach Djair Miranda Garcia Goalkeeping coach Nikidesh Kalari Vattath Head physiotherapist Anandu S Kumar
Current squad
First-team squad
Transfers
In DatePositionNationalityPlayerFromFeeRef.30 July 2023GK Subhasish Roy Chowdhury Real Kashmir Free Transfer5 August 2023GK Bilal Khan Gokulam KeralaFree Transfer11 August 2023MF Gourav K Kerala Blasters B Free Transfer23 August 2023CB Nishchal Chandan Sudeva DelhiFree Transfer3 September 2023DF Lalbiakhlua Ralte Chhinga Veng FCUndisclosed Fee5 September 2023DF Emiliano Callegari Torre FlorianaFree Transfer9 September 2023FW Stendly Fernandes Sporting Clube de GoaFree Transfer5 October 2023FW Ricardo Dichiara Club Atlético GerminalFree Transfer8 October 2023FW Faisal Ali BengaluruFree Transfer11 October 2023MF Rahul Raju Gokulam KeralaFree Transfer16 October 2023CB Meysam Shahmakvand Mohammedan SCFree Transfer16 October 2023RB Sebastian Thangmuansang OdishaFree Transfer27 October 2023FW Lunminlen Haokip NEROCAFree Transfer28 October 2023CB Lesly Rebello GoaFree Transfer3 November 2023FW Chikaorah Obiajulu Free Transfer13 November 2023FW Ogana Louis Sreenidi DeccanFree Transfer02 February 2024FW Abdou Karim Samb Shillong LajongFree Transfer03 February 2024RB Ajith Kumar ChennaiyinFree Transfer03 February 2024DF Aubin Kouakou Al-Nasr BenghaziFree Transfer07 February 2024MF Kofi Essien Berekum ChelseaFree Transfer
Loans in DatePosNationalityPlayerLoaned fromUntilRef5 September 2023FW Silvana R Lalruatkima Chhinga Veng FC31 May 2024
Out DatePositionNationalityPlayerToFeeRef.1 April 2023FW Emmanuel Yaghr Dinamo SamarqandFree Transfer1 June 2023DF Akash Mukherjee BhawaniporeFree Transfer1 July 2023MF Sharif Mukhammad—Released1 July 2023DF Momo Cissé —Released1 July 2023FW Abdoulaye Sané —Released7 July 2023DF Raju Gaikwad DelhiFree Transfer15 July 2023FW Ansumana Kromah BodolandFree Transfer20 July 2023MFKingslee Fernandes PunjabFree Transferhttps://khelnow.com/football/2023-07-indian-football-isl-punjab-fc-sign-samuel-kingslee-nitesh20 July 2023FW Afdal Varikkodan—Released22 July 2023MF Quan Gomes—Released22 July 2023DFMeldon D'Silva—Released22 July 2023MF Wendell Savio Coelho—Released25 July 2023FW Alocious Muthayyan United SCFree Transfer29 July 2023GK Albino Gomes Sreenidi DeccanFree Transfer30 August 2023GK Nora Fernandes AizawlFree Transfer30 August 2023DF Nongmeikapam Sanathoi MeiteiFree Agent30 August 2023DF George D'SouzaFree Agent30 August 2023DF Joseph ClementeFree Agent30 August 2023MF Kapil HobleFree Agent30 August 2023DF Gautam Inacio DiasFree Agent30 August 2023FW LalkhawpuimawiaFree Agent30 August 2023FW Aaron BaretoFree Agent30 August 2023DF Alent ColacoFree Agent30 August 2023DF VanlalduatsangaFree Agent30 August 2023MF Shubert PereiraFree Agent3 January 2024FW Ricardo Dichiara Żabbar St. PatrickFree Agent3 January 2024DF Emiliano Callegari TorreFree Agent3 January 2024DF Meysam ShahmakvandFree Agent3 January 2024FW Chaitan Komarpant Geno FCFree Agent
Competitions Overview
I-League
League table
Matches Note: I-League announced the fixtures for the 2023–24 season on 6 October 2023.
Statistics
Goalscorers
RankNo.Pos.Nat.NameI LeagueTotal 1 88 FW Ogana Louis77 2 7 FW Stendly Fernandes55 9 FW Ricardo Dichiara55 10 MF Martín Cháves55 70 FW Abdou Karim Samb55 6 33 MF Richard Costa33 7 11 FW Faisal Ali22 20 MF Lamgoulan Semkholun22 9 18 FW Trijoy Dias11 28 DF Emiliano Callegari11 40 MF Emmanuel Essien11 Own Goals 44 Total4141
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