2022–23 RoundGlass Punjab FC season

RoundGlass Punjab
2022–23 season
Director of Football	Nikolaos Topoliatis
Head coach	Staikos Vergetis
Stadium	Tau Devi Lal Stadium, Panchkula, Haryana
I-League	1st (promoted)
Super Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Luka Majcen ; (16 goals); All: Luka Majcen ; (16 goals)
Highest home attendance	6,327 (vs TRAU)
Lowest home attendance	200 (vs Gokulam Kerala)
Average home league attendance	1,347
Biggest win	8–0 ; (vs Sudeva Delhi (H), 26 February 2023, I-League)
Biggest defeat	4–0 ; (vs Sreenidi Deccan (A), 17 January 2023, I-League)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →
	All statistics correct as of 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

Position	Name
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

Position	Player	Previous club	Transfer fee
GK	Ravi Kumar	Odisha	Free
DF	Tarif Akhand	Rajasthan United	Free
MF	Krishananda Singh	TRAU	Free
FW	Ronaldo Oliveira	Goa B	Free

Out

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

Competition

Overview

Win Draw Loss

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Super Cup	8 April 2023 (2023-04-08)	16 April 2023 (2023-04-16)	Group stage	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	033.33
I-League	14 November 2022 (2022-11-14)	12 March 2023 (2023-03-12)	Matchday 1	22	16	4	2	45	16	+29	072.73
Total				25	17	4	4	47	21	+26	068.00

Last updated: 16 April 2023 (2023-04-16)
Source: Soccerway

I-League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	RoundGlass Punjab (C, P)	22	16	4	2	45	16	+29	52	Champions, Promotion to 2023–24 Indian Super League
2	Sreenidi Deccan	22	13	3	6	44	29	+15	42
3	Gokulam Kerala	22	12	3	7	26	14	+12	39
4	TRAU	22	11	2	9	34	34	0	35
5	Real Kashmir	22	9	7	6	27	25	+2	34

Source: I-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

League Results by Round

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	H	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
League Position	1	2	2	2	3	5	3	4	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 12 March 2023. Source: I-League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

14 November 2022 (2022-11-14) 1	RoundGlass Punjab	2–1	Sreenidi Deccan	Panchkula, Haryana
19.00 IST	Majcen 23' Sampingiraj 31' Lalmuanpuia 42' Šećerović 90+3'	Report	Shayesteh 24' S. Khan 58'	Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium Attendance: 1,321 Referee: Lalit Singh Rawat Man of the Match: Samuel Lalmuanpuia (RoundGlass Punjab)

20 November 2022 (2022-11-20) 2	RoundGlass Punjab	1–0	Mohammedan	Panchkula, Haryana
16.30 IST	Majcen 3' Devrani 83'	Report	Joseph 22' Faiaz 38' Shaheen 40' Roy 78' Vaz 83'	Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium Attendance: 1,420 Referee: Akashkumar Kamleshkumar Mehta Man of the Match: Luka Majcen (RoundGlass Punjab)

23 November 2022 (2022-11-23) 3	RoundGlass Punjab	1–1	Rajasthan United	Panchkula, Haryana
16.30 IST	Lalhlimpuia 13' Ignjatović 17' Šećerović 65'	Report	Mambetaliev 45+3' Cháves 77' Nikum 90+1' Marong 90+2'	Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium Attendance: 1,137 Referee: Lakshay Man of the Match: Daniel Lalhlimpuia (RoundGlass Punjab)

28 November 2022 (2022-11-28) 4	RoundGlass Punjab	2–1	Aizawl	Panchkula, Haryana
19.00 IST	Majcen 16' (p) Šećerović 57' Ignjatović 76' Devrani 76' 77'	Report	Lalchhawnkima 15' R. Lalthanmawia 26' V. Lakhbir Singh 60'	Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium Attendance: 850 Referee: Tanmoy Dhar Man of the Match: Deepak Devrani (RoundGlass Punjab)

8 December 2022 (2022-12-08) 5	TRAU	2–0	RoundGlass Punjab	Imphal, Manipur
16.30 IST	B. Samte 25' S. Johnson Singh 54' Vieira 72'	Report	Naocha 17' Chemjong 24'	Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium Attendance: 2,150 Referee: Dipu Roy Man of the Match: Buanthanglun Samte (TRAU)

12 December 2022 (2022-12-12) 6	Real Kashmir	0–1	RoundGlass Punjab	Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
14.00 IST	Akashdeep 5' 49' Moro 27' 76' Bawitlung 60'	Report	Bhumij 21' K. Lhungdim 65'	Stadium: TRC Turf Ground Attendance: 3,446 Referee: Jatinder Singh Man of the Match: Brandon Vanlalremdika (RoundGlass Punjab)

16 December 2022 (2022-12-16) 7	Churchill Brothers	0–0	RoundGlass Punjab	Vasco da Gama, Goa
19.00 IST	Vanlalduatsanga 66' Fernandes 90'	Report	F. Lallawmawma 45+3'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Attendance: 3,475 Referee: Williams Joy Koshy Man of the Match: Joseph Clemente (Churchill Brothers)

21 December 2022 (2022-12-21) 8	RoundGlass Punjab	1–0	Gokulam Kerala	Panchkula, Haryana
19.00 IST	Majcen 75' Šećerović 84'	Report	Noor 55'	Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Ashish Tiwari Man of the Match: Luka Majcen (RoundGlass Punjab)

8 January 2023 (2023-01-08) 9	RoundGlass Punjab	3–1	NEROCA	Panchkula, Haryana
14.00 IST	Majcen 12' Vanlalremdika 15' Devrani 62' Krishananda 77'	Report	Fletcher 40' Gopi Singh 44'	Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Surojit Das Man of the Match: Brandon Vanlalremdika (RoundGlass Punjab)

14 January 2023 (2023-01-14) 10	RoundGlass Punjab	3–0	Mumbai Kenkre	Panchkula, Haryana
16.30 IST	Mera 3', 27' K. Lhungdim 76' Majcen 84'	Report		Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Joyshing Monsang Thumli Man of the Match: Juan Mera (RoundGlass Punjab)

17 January 2023 (2023-01-17) 11	Sreenidi Deccan	4–0	RoundGlass Punjab	Hyderabad, Telangana
14.00 IST	S. Khan 12' Castañeda 30', 88' Awal 45+4' Dinesh 62'	Report	Majcen 45+4' Naocha 71' Krishananda 83'	Stadium: Deccan Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Mrutyunjay L Amatya Man of the Match: David Castañeda (Sreenidi Deccan)

22 January 2023 (2023-01-22) 12	Mohammedan	0–4	RoundGlass Punjab	Kolkata, West Bengal
16.30 IST	Ambekar 25'	Report	Mera 17', 75' 61' Majcen 40', 51' 72'	Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Attendance: 2,876 Referee: Lakshay Man of the Match: Luka Majcen (RoundGlass Punjab)

27 January 2023 (2023-01-27) 13	RoundGlass Punjab	2–0	Real Kashmir	Panchkula, Haryana
16.30 IST	Mera 41' Vanlalremdika 63' Krishananda 65' Valpuia 79'	Report	Agyemang 40' Akashdeep 55' George 73' Kamalpreet 74' Davronov 80'	Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: K Ramdasan Man of the Match: Brandon Vanlalremdika (RoundGlass Punjab)

1 February 2023 (2023-02-01) 14	Mumbai Kenkre	3–3	RoundGlass Punjab	Mumbai, Maharashtra
19.00 IST	Pandre 3', 40' 40' A. Gaikwad 5' K. Pandre 37' P. Chettri 40' S. Negi 44' 52' A. Rajan 50'	Report	Gyeltshen 15' 26' Pradhan 24' Naocha 27' Nongkhlaw 39' (o.g.) K. Lhungdim 44' Devrani 90+8'	Stadium: Cooperage Ground Attendance: 853 Referee: Dipu Roy Man of the Match: Ranjeet Pandre (Mumbai Kenkre)

5 February 2023 (2023-02-05) 15	Sudeva Delhi	1–1	RoundGlass Punjab	New Delhi, Delhi
14.00 IST	Lalmuanpuia 68' Majcen 79' Naocha 90' 90+8'	Report	Abioye 90' S. Sadhu 90+6'	Stadium: Chhatrasal Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Akashkumar Kamleshkumar Mehta Man of the Match: Sujit Sadhu (Sudeva Delhi)

9 February 2023 (2023-02-09) 16	Gokulam Kerala	1–2	RoundGlass Punjab	Calicut, Kerala
16.30 IST	Zaman 32' S. Adhikari 44' Saini 60' Noor 73' 76' Kumar 84'	Report	J. Nellar 9' Kumar 39' (o.g.) Majcen 70'	Stadium: EMS Stadium Attendance: 1,285 Referee: Lalit Singh Rawat Man of the Match: Luka Majcen (RoundGlass Punjab)

13 February 2023 (2023-02-13) 17	Aizawl	0–1	RoundGlass Punjab	Aizawl, Mizoram
16.30 IST		Report	T. Abhishek Singh 50' Gyeltshen 53'	Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Attendance: 2,210 Referee: Tanmay Dhar Man of the Match: Kiran Chemjong (RoundGlass Punjab)

20 February 2023 (2023-02-20) 18	NEROCA	0–1	RoundGlass Punjab	Imphal, Manipur
19.00 IST	Bayi 38' Tondomba 48' M. Kosimov 90+4'	Report	Chhetri 34' 35' F. Lallawmawma 38' Chemjong 82' Meitei 85'	Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium Attendance: 3,700 Referee: Surojit Das Man of the Match: Kiran Chemjong (RoundGlass Punjab)

26 February 2023 (2023-02-26) 19	RoundGlass Punjab	8–0	Sudeva Delhi	Panchkula, Haryana
16.30 IST	Mera 21', 33', 75' Majcen 28', 69' T. Abhishek Singh 78' J. Nellar 84' Maheson 90+3'	Report	Gómez 45+2'	Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Mrutyunjay Amatya Man of the Match: Juan Mera (RoundGlass Punjab)

1 March 2023 (2023-03-01) 20	RoundGlass Punjab	3–1	Churchill Brothers	Panchkula, Haryana
19.00 IST	Mera 20' 79' Majcen 26' Meitei 52' Gyeltshen 55' Chhetri 56'	Report	Mukhammad 20' Cháves 83'	Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium Attendance: 560 Referee: Jehrul Islam Man of the Match: Juan Mera (RoundGlass Punjab)

4 March 2023 (2023-03-04) 21	Rajasthan United	0–4	RoundGlass Punjab	New Delhi, Delhi
17.30 IST	Gurung 15' Amangeldiev 62' Amritpal 90+1' M. Assisi 90+4'	Report	Y. Tripathi 16' (o.g.) Majcen 41' Mera 76' 77' Meitei 85' Valpuia 90+2'	Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Pratik Mondal Man of the Match: Chencho Gyeltshen (RoundGlass Punjab)

12 March 2023 (2023-03-12) 22	RoundGlass Punjab	2–0	TRAU	Panchkula, Haryana
19.00 IST	Valpuia 31' Majcen 36', 49' 50' Ravi 84' Sampingiraj 90+3'	Report	Fernandinho 31' Williams 42'	Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium Attendance: 6,327 Referee: Aditya Purkayastha Man of the Match: Luka Majcen (RoundGlass Punjab)

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		BEN	SRD	KER	RGP
1	Bengaluru	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5	Advance to knockout stage	—	1–1	1–1	—
2	Sreenidi Deccan	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4^[a]		—	—	2–0	—
3	Kerala Blasters	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4^[a]		—	—	—	3–1
4	Punjab	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3		0–2	1–0	—	—

Source: AIFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Sreenidi Deccan 3, Kerala Blasters 0.

Matches

Win Draw Loss

Group stage

8 April 2023 (2023-04-08) 1	Kerala Blasters	3–1	RoundGlass Punjab	Calicut, Kerala
20.30 IST	Diamantakos 41' (p) Kumar 54' Praveen 90+5'	Report	Vanlalremdika 50' Mera 65' Krishananda 73'	Stadium: EMS Stadium Attendance: 11,562 Referee: Tejas Visvasrao Nagvenkkar Man of the Match: Nishu Kumar (Kerala Blasters)

12 April 2023 (2023-04-12) 2	RoundGlass Punjab	0–2	Bengaluru	Calicut, Kerala
20:30 IST	K. Lhungdim 35' Naocha 54' 78'	Report	Kumar 39' Shrivas 40' Jhingan 53' Udanta 67' Hernández 90+6' (p)	Stadium: EMS Stadium Attendance: 2,375 Referee: Pratik Mondal Man of the Match: Sandesh Jhingan (Bengaluru)

16 April 2023 (2023-04-16) 3	RoundGlass Punjab	1–0	Sreenidi Deccan	Manjeri, Kerala
20:30 IST	Valpuia 7' 41' F. Lallawmawma 71'	Report	Bagui 45+4'	Stadium: Payyanad Stadium Attendance: 2,023 Referee: I Jamal Mohamed Man of the Match: Kiran Chemjong (RoundGlass Punjab)

Statistics

All stats are correct as of 16 April 2023

Squad appearances and goals

All competitions

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		I-League		Super Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	IND	Ravi Kumar	1	0	1	0	0	0
16	GK	NEP	Kiran Chemjong	24	0	21	0	3	0
31	GK	IND	Jaskaranvir Singh	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	IND	Tekcham Abhishek Singh	4	1	2+2	1	0	0
4	DF	IND	Tarif Akhand	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	IND	Valpuia	18	2	13+2	1	3	1
12	DF	IND	Khaiminthang Lhungdim	23	0	20	0	3	0
14	DF	IND	Shankar Sampingiraj	4	0	1+3	0	0	0
26	DF	IND	Deepak Devrani	8	1	8	1	0	0
39	DF	IND	Mohammed Salah	10	0	7	0	2+1	0
50	DF	IND	Naocha Singh	17	1	15	1	1+1	0
55	DF	SRB	Aleksandar Ignjatović	21	0	13+6	0	0+2	0
74	DF	IND	Suresh Meitei	13	0	9+1	0	3	0
Midfielders
6	MF	IND	Ajay Chhetri	21	1	14+5	1	1+1	0
8	MF	IND	Freddy Lallawmawma	22	0	17+2	0	3	0
10	MF	IND	Maheson Singh	11	1	1+9	1	1	0
20	MF	ARG	Juan Nellar	9	1	2+4	1	3	0
23	MF	IND	Ashis Pradhan	10	0	6+3	0	0+1	0
27	MF	IND	Samuel Lalmuanpuia	8	1	5+3	1	0	0
30	MF	IND	Brandon Vanlalremdika	23	2	19+1	2	2+1	0
42	MF	IND	Manglenthang Kipgen	3	0	0+3	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	IND	Krishananda Singh	21	2	6+12	1	2+1	1
11	FW	ESP	Juan Mera	21	10	14+4	10	3	0
19	FW	IND	Daniel Lalhlimpuia	19	1	6+10	1	0+3	0
21	FW	IND	Pranjal Bhumij	11	1	6+4	1	0+1	0
29	FW	IND	Ashangbam Aphaoba Singh	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW	SVN	Luka Majcen	23	16	19+1	16	3	0
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
9	FW	IND	Ronaldo Oliveira	0	0	0	0	-	-
13	DF	IND	Bikash Yumnam	0	0	0	0	-	-
15	MF	IND	Bidyananda Singh	1	0	0+1	0	-	-
17	MF	IND	Telem Suranjit Singh	0	0	0	0	-	-
22	MF	BIH	Adnan Šećerović	8	0	7+1	0	-	-
77	FW	BHU	Chencho Gyeltshen	12	3	10+2	3	-	-