2024–25 Punjab FC season

Punjab FC
2024–25 season
Director of Football	Nikolaos Topoliatis
Head coach	Panagiotis Dilmperis
Stadium	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Delhi
Top goalscorer	League: ; All: Luka Majcen 3goals
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →
	All statistics correct as of 2 July 2024.

The 2024–25 season is the fifth season in Punjab FC's existence, and club's second season in the Indian Super League^[1].In addition to the league, they will also compete in the 2024 Durand Cup and Indian Super Cup.

Players

First-team squad

As of 5 September 2024

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	Ravi Kumar
4	DF	IND	Nikhil Prabhu
6	MF	IND	Ricky Shabong
7	FW	BIH	Asmir Suljić
9	FW	NOR	Mushaga Bakenga
10	MF	ARG	Ezequiel Vidal
11	MF	IND	Samuel Kynshi
12	DF	IND	Khaiminthang Lhungdim
14	DF	IND	Melroy Assisi
16	MF	IND	Vinit Rai
17	MF	IND	Manglenthang Kipgen
20	FW	IND	Ranjeet Pandre
23	MF	IND	Ashis Pradhan
24	MF	CRO	Filip Mrzljak
25	MF	IND	Shami Singamayum


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
26	DF	IND	Rakesh Meitei (on loan from Kerala Blasters)
27	DF	IND	Tekcham Abhishek Singh
28	DF	IND	Denechandra Meitei
31	MF	IND	Leon Augustine
33	DF	CRO	Ivan Novoselec
32	DF	IND	Pramveer Singh
44	FW	IND	Ninthoinganba Meetei
45	DF	IND	Nitesh Darjee
47	GK	IND	Ayush Deshwal
74	DF	IND	Suresh Meitei
77	FW	IND	Nihal Sudeesh (on loan from Kerala Blasters)
78	GK	IND	Muheet Shabir
99	FW	SVN	Luka Majcen
—	MF	IND	Princeton Rebello
—	MF	IND	Maheson Singh

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Player	Previous club	Transfer fee	Ref
5 July 2024	MF	Vinit Rai	Mumbai City	Free Transfer	^[2]
5 July 2024	GK	Muheet Shabir	Real Kashmir FC	Free Transfer	^[3]
9 July 2024	FW	Ninthoinganba Meetei	Chennaiyin	Free Transfer
26 July 2024	MF	Filip Mrzljak	HNK Gorica	Free Transfer	^[4]
29 July 2024	MF	Princeton Rebello	Odisha	Free Transfer
04 August 2024	DF	Ivan Novoselec	FC Istiklol	Free Transfer	^[5]
04 August 2024	FW	Mushaga Bakenga	Apollon Limassol	Free Transfer
20 August 2024	FW	Ezequiel Vidal	Persita Tangerang	Free Transfer	^[6]
31 August 2024	FW	Asmir Suljić	Velež Mostar	Free Transfer

Loans In

Start Date	End Date	Position	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Ref
13 July 2024	End of Season	FW	Nihal Sudeesh	Kerala Blasters	None	^[7]
5 September 2024	End of Season	DF	Rakesh Meitei	Kerala Blasters	None	^[8]

Loans out

Start Date	End Date	Position	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Ref
27 August 2024	End Of Season	DF	Tejas Krishna	Rajasthan United	None

Out

Date.	No.	Position	Player	Outgoing club	Transfer Fee	Ref
13 June 2024	5	DF	Dimitrios Chatziisaias
13 June 2024	7	FW	Krishananda Singh
13 June 2024	8	MF	Madih Talal	East Bengal	Free Transfer	^[9]
13 June 2024	9	FW	Wilmar Jordán	Chennaiyin	Free Transfer
13 June 2024	14	FW	Juan Mera	Churchill Brothers
13 June 2024	19	FW	Daniel Lalhlimpuia	Mumbai City	Free Transfer
13 June 2024	24	MF	Prasanth Mohan	Inter Kashi	Free Transfer
13 June 2024	39	DF	Mohammed Salah	Bengaluru	Free Transfer
13 June 2024	48	MF	Isaac Vanmalsawma
13 June 2024	77	FW	Bidyashagar Singh	Inter Kashi	Free Transfer
13 June 2024	80	MF	Amarjit Singh Kiyam	Mohammedan
13 June 2024	18	FW	Sweden Fernandes	Chennaiyin	Loan Return
13 June 2024	22	MF	Sahil Tavora	Hyderabad	Loan Return
13 June 2024	81	MF	Bryce Miranda	Kerala Blasters	Loan Return
13 June 2024	26	MF	Kingsley Fernandes	Churchill Brothers

Personnel

Current technical staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Panagiotis Dilmperis^[10]
Assistant coach	Konstantinos Katsaras
Goalkeeping coach	Vinay Singh
Strength & conditioning coach	Papaioannou Ioannis
Team manager	Kamaldeep Singh
Technical director	Nikolaos Topoliatis
Team doctor	Sidak Dhillon

Competitions

Indian Super League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bengaluru	4	3	1	0	7	0	+7	10	Qualification for the semi-finals and 2025-26 ACL Two group stage
2	Punjab	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	9	Qualification for the semi-finals
3	Jamshedpur	4	3	0	1	8	5	+3	9	Qualification for the knockouts
4	Mohun Bagan SG	4	2	1	1	8	7	+1	7
5	Goa	4	1	2	1	8	8	0	5

Updated to match(es) played on 5 October 2024. Source: ISL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) fair play ranking; 8) drawing of lots

Matches

The league fixtures from September till December were announced by the FSDL and AIFF on 25 August 2024.^[11] Punjab playing their first match of the season at home against Kerala Blasters on 15 September 2024.^[12]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

15 September 2024 (2024-09-15) 1	Kerala Blasters	1–2	Punjab	Kochi
17:00 IST	Kotal 78' Saheef 90' Jiménez 90+2' Rahul 90+7' Saheef 90+11' Freddy 90+11' Azhar 90+11'	Report	Nihal 69' Luka Majcen 86' (pen.), 87' Kumar 90+1' Mrzljak 90+5' Bakenga 90+12'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 17,498 Referee: Ramachandran Venkatesh Man of the Match: Nihal Sudeesh (Punjab)
Note: Stadium capacity was reduced by 50% due to the Onam celebrations across the state.

20 September 2024 (2024-09-20) 2	Punjab	2–1	Odisha	Delhi
17:00 IST				Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

25 September 2024 (2024-09-25) 3	Punjab	2-0	Hyderabad	Delhi
19:300 IST				Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: TBD Referee: TBD Man of the Match: TBD

18 October 2024 (2024-10-18) 4	Bengaluru	v	Punjab	Bangalore
19:300 IST				Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: TBD Referee: TBD Man of the Match: TBD

31 October 2024 (2024-10-31) 5	Punjab	v	Chennaiyin	Delhi
19:30 IST				Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: TBD Referee: TBD Man of the Match: TBD

6 November 2024 (2024-11-06) 6	Goa	v	Punjab	Margao
19:30 IST				Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: TBD Referee: TBD Man of the Match: TBD

23 November 2024 (2024-11-23) 7	Punjab	v	NorthEast United	Delhi
17:00 IST				Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: TBD Referee: TBD Man of the Match: TBD

26 November 2024 (2024-11-26) 8	Mumbai City	v	Punjab	Mumbai
19:30 IST				Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena Attendance: TBD Referee: TBD Man of the Match: TBD

6 December 2024 (2024-12-06) 9	Punjab	v	Mohammedan	Delhi
19:30 IST				Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: TBD Referee: TBD Man of the Match: TBD

13 December 2024 (2024-12-13) 10	Jamshedpur	v	Punjab	Jamshedpur
19:30 IST				Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex Attendance: TBD Referee: TBD Man of the Match: TBD

17 December 2024 (2024-12-17) 11	East Bengal	v	Punjab	Kolkata
19:30 IST				Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Attendance: TBD Referee: TBD Man of the Match: TBD

26 December 2024 (2024-12-26) 12	Punjab	v	Mohun Bagan	Delhi
19:30 IST				Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: TBD Referee: TBD Man of the Match: TBD

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

All stats are correct as of 23 August 2024

All competitions

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Super League		Durand Cup		Super Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	IND	Ravi Kumar	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	CRO	Ivan Novoselec	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
4	DF	IND	Nikhil Prabhu	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
12	DF	IND	Khaiminthang Lhungdim	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
14	DF	IND	Melroy Assisi	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
27	DF	IND	Tekcham Abhishek Singh	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
28	DF	IND	Denechandra Meitei	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
45	DF	IND	Nitesh Darjee	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
74	DF	IND	Suresh Meitei	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Midfielders
11	MF	IND	Samuel Kynshi	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
16	MF	IND	Vinit Rai	4	1	0	0	4	1	0	0
23	MF	IND	Ashis Pradhan	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
24	MF	CRO	Filip Mrzljak	4	2	0	0	4	2	0	0
26	MF	IND	Kingsley Fernandes	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
31	MF	IND	Leon Augustine	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
44	MF	IND	Ninthoinganba Meetei	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
77	MF	IND	Nihal Sudeesh	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
-	MF	IND	Singamayum Shami	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	NOR	Mushaga Bakenga	3	2	0	0	3	2	0	0
10	FW	ARG	Ezequiel Vidal	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
20	FW	IND	Ranjeet Pandre	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
99	FW	SVN	Luka Majcen	4	4	0	0	4	4	0	0
-	FW	IND	Muhammad Suhail F	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Goal scorers

As of match played 23 August 2024

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	Durand Cup	Total
1	99	FW	Luka Majcen	4	4
2	9	MF	Mushaga Bakenga	2	2
2	24	MF	Filip Mrzljak	2	2
4	16	MF	Vinit Rai	1	1
4	30	MF	Ezequiel Vidal	1	1

References

^ "Indian football Premier 1 club license list announced for 2024-25 season". Sportstar. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
^ Madhavan, Rahul. "Punjab FC announce the signings of Vinit Rai and Muheet Shabir ahead of 2024-25 season". Sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
^ Service, Tribune News. "Goalkeeper Muheet Shabir in Punjab FC". Tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
^ "Punjab FC secure services of midfielder Filip Mrzlijak".
^ "Punjab FC rope in Ivan Novoselec and Mushaga Bakenga". indiansuperleague.com. 4 August 2024.
^ "Punjab FC rope in Ezequiel Vidal". www.indiansuperleague.com. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
^ "Kerala Blasters FC Confirm Nihal Loan Move to Punjab FC". Kerala Blasters FC. 9 July 2024. Archived from the original on 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
^ "Loan update". Kerala Blasters FC. 3 September 2024. Archived from the original on 3 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
^ "East Bengal bolster midfield with signing of Madih Talal". Khel Now. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
^ "Panagiotis Dilmperis named Punjab FC head coach for upcoming season". www.indiansuperleague.com. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
^ Sportstar, Team (25 August 2024). "ISL 2024-25 Schedule: Full list of Indian Super League matches from September to December". Sportstar. Archived from the original on 3 September 2024. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
^ Sportstar, Team (25 August 2024). "Kerala Blasters ISL 2024-25 Schedule: KBFC to kick off Indian Super League season at away against Punjab FC". Sportstar. Archived from the original on 25 August 2024. Retrieved 25 August 2024.

[1] "Indian football Premier 1 club license list announced for 2024-25 season". Sportstar. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.

[2] Madhavan, Rahul. "Punjab FC announce the signings of Vinit Rai and Muheet Shabir ahead of 2024-25 season". Sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 18 July 2024.

[3] Service, Tribune News. "Goalkeeper Muheet Shabir in Punjab FC". Tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 18 July 2024.

[4] "Punjab FC secure services of midfielder Filip Mrzlijak".

[5] "Punjab FC rope in Ivan Novoselec and Mushaga Bakenga". indiansuperleague.com. 4 August 2024.

[6] "Punjab FC rope in Ezequiel Vidal". www.indiansuperleague.com. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2024.

[7] "Kerala Blasters FC Confirm Nihal Loan Move to Punjab FC". Kerala Blasters FC. 9 July 2024. Archived from the original on 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

[8] "Loan update". Kerala Blasters FC. 3 September 2024. Archived from the original on 3 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.

[madih-9] "East Bengal bolster midfield with signing of Madih Talal". Khel Now. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.

[10] "Panagiotis Dilmperis named Punjab FC head coach for upcoming season". www.indiansuperleague.com. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.

[11] Sportstar, Team (25 August 2024). "ISL 2024-25 Schedule: Full list of Indian Super League matches from September to December". Sportstar. Archived from the original on 3 September 2024. Retrieved 25 August 2024.

[12] Sportstar, Team (25 August 2024). "Kerala Blasters ISL 2024-25 Schedule: KBFC to kick off Indian Super League season at away against Punjab FC". Sportstar. Archived from the original on 25 August 2024. Retrieved 25 August 2024.

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