2013–14 Churchill Brothers FC Goa season

Churchill Brothers
2013–14 season
Technical Director	Sukhwinder Singh
Head coach	Mariano Dias
Stadium	Fatorda Stadium, Margao
I-League	12th
Federation Cup	Winner
Home colours	Away colours

The 2013–14 Churchill Brothers S.C. season will be the club's seventh season in the I-League, the top division of Indian football. Churchill Brothers enter this season as the reigning I-League champions after winning the 2012–13 I-League.

I-League edit

Matches edit

21 September 2013 Match 1	Churchill Brothers	0 – 1	Salgaocar	Margao
17:00	Fernandes 73' Rodrigues 90+1'	Summary	Wali 36' Duffy 41' Colaco 57'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Referee: Pranjal Banerji

28 September 2013 Match 2	Churchill Brothers	0 – 0	Mohun Bagan	Mapusa
17:00	Fernandes 62' Singh 66' Balan 90'	Summary	Khongjee 34'	Stadium: Duler Stadium Referee: Cr Srikrishna

5 October 2013 Match 3	Churchill Brothers	0 – 2	Mumbai	Mapusa
16:00	Singh 35' Henri Antchouet 48' Singh 73'	Summary	Pereira 36' Orok Essien 46' Lawrence 87'	Stadium: Duler Stadium Referee: Mb Santosh Kumar

10 October 2013 Match 4	Rangdajied United	1 – 1	Churchill Brothers	Shillong
16:00	Lyngdoh 25'	Summary	Singh 27'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Shillong Referee: Ph Singh

19 October 2013 Match 5	Pune	1 – 0	Churchill Brothers	Pune
20:15	Edathodika 29' Angus 52' Meyer 61' Izumi 77'	Summary	Franco 49'	Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Referee: Pranjal Banerji

28 October 2013 Match 6	Shillong Lajong F.C.	2 – 2	Churchill Brothers	Shillong
11:00	Singh 21' (pen.) Singh 32' Uilliams 34' Matsugae 38' Singh 56' Passah 88'	Summary	Balan 6' 90+2' Hamed Adesope 20' Ravanan 21' Singh 51' Hugo Machado 90'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Shillong Referee: Subrata Barman

2 November 2013 Match 7	United S.C.	3 – 2	Churchill Brothers	Kalyani, West Bengal
12:30	Vineeth 55' Martins 77', 88'	Summary	Singh 25', 47' Fernandes 75' Franco 89'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Referee: Vishnu Chauhan

6 November 2013 Match 8	Dempo	1 – 0	Churchill Brothers	Mapusa
10:00	Lalpekhlua 15' Das 16' Roy 85'	Summary	Singh 31' Pereira 90+4'	Stadium: Duler Stadium Referee: Mb Santosh Kumar

23 November 2013 Match 9	Mohammedan	0 – 0	Churchill Brothers	Kolkata
12:30	Masih 85'	Summary	Fernandes 12'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Coimbatore Ramaswamy Srikrishna

28 November 2013 Match 10	Churchill Brothers	3 – 2	Sporting Goa	Mapusa
14:00	Shabana 2' Singh 37' Raju 86' Vales 90+5' 90+5'	Summary	Karpeh 5' Martins 83' Shirodkar 89'	Stadium: Duler Stadium Referee: Vishnu Chauhan

Table edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
9	Mumbai	24	5	13	6	31	32	−1	28
10	United (R)	24	5	11	8	22	32	−10	26	Excluded^[a]
11	Rangdajied United (R)	24	6	7	11	29	38	−9	25
12	Churchill Brothers (R)	24	6	7	11	25	37	−12	25
13	Mohammedan (R)	24	6	6	12	27	35	−8	24	Relegation to 2015 I-League 2nd Division

Source: IndiaFooty.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored; 5) taking lots^[2]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ United, Rangdajied United and Churchill Brothers were barred from I-League they failed to meet Asian Football Confederation's licensing criteria.^[1]

Competitions edit

Federation Cup edit

Group stage edit

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Churchill Brothers	3	3	0	0	7	4	+3	9
Eagles	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
United	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
Pune	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

14 January 2014	Churchill Brothers	2–1	United	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi
	Shabana 5' Singh 17'	Report	Martins 43'

17 January 2014	Eagles	1–2	Churchill Brothers	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi
	Sakibo 83'	Report	Singh 74' Shabana 86'

20 January 2014	Churchill Brothers	3–2	Pune	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi
	Wolfe 8', 74' Rodrigues 24'	Report	Fernandes 19', 53'

Semifinal edit

23 January 2014	Churchill Brothers	2–1	Mohun Bagan	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi
	Singh 4' Wolfe 14'	Report	Okolie 33'

Final edit

25 January 2014	Churchill Brothers	3–1	Sporting Goa	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi
	Singh 21' Sawant 47' Shabana 67'	Report	Fernandes 62'

AFC Cup edit

Group stage edit

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Persipura Jayapura	6	3	2	1	9	4	+5	11
Churchill Brothers	6	3	1	2	10	7	+3	10^[a]
Home United	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10^[a]
New Radiant	6	1	0	5	2	12	−10	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tiebreakers: Churchill Brothers and Home United are ranked on head-to-head record.

25 February 2014	Persipura Jayapura	2–0	Churchill Brothers	Mandala Stadium, Jayapura
16:00 UTC+9	Solossa 48' Pahabol 62'	Report		Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Win Cho (Myanmar)

11 March 2014	Churchill Brothers	3–0	New Radiant	Fatorda Stadium, Margao
17:30 UTC+5:30	Lagos 31', 75' Wolfe 53'	Report		Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab (Malaysia)

18 March 2014	Churchill Brothers	3–1	Home United	Fatorda Stadium, Margao
17:30 UTC+5:30	Wolfe 16' Raju 26' B. Singh 90+1'	Report	Qiu Li 10'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

2 April 2014	Home United	2–1	Churchill Brothers	Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
19:30 UTC+8	Nawaz 25' Daud 72'	Report	Precious 27' (o.g.)	Attendance: 1,020 Referee: Ma Ning (China PR)

9 April 2014	Churchill Brothers	1–1	Persipura Jayapura	Fatorda Stadium, Margao
17:30 UTC+5:30	B. Singh 84'	Report	Solossa 78'	Attendance: 200 Referee: Ng Kai Lam (Hong Kong)

23 April 2014	New Radiant	1–2	Churchill Brothers	Galolhu National Stadium, Malé
18:30 UTC+5	Umair 40'	Report	Kumar 64' Wolfe 67'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)

First-team squad edit

As of 2 Jan 2014^[3]

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	Arindam Bhattacharya
3	DF	IND	Charles Fernandes
4	MF	IND	William Colaco
5	DF	IND	Gurpreet Singh
6	DF	IND	Sudhakaran Kumar
9	MF	EGY	Abdelhamid Shabana
10	MF	IND	Micky Fernandes
11	MF	IND	Sanjay Balmuchu
12	DF	IND	Denzil Franco
13	DF	IND	Dharmaraj Ravanan (vice-captain)
14	MF	IND	Israil Gurung
15	MF	IND	Tirthankar Sarkar
16	MF	IND	Amandeep Singh
17	FW	IND	Balwant Singh
18	DF	IND	Thangjam Singh


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	IND	Anthony Barbosa
20	GK	IND	Lalit Thapa
21	GK	IND	Presley Mascarenhas
22	FW	IND	Jaison Vales
24	MF	IND	Lenny Rodrigues
26	DF	IND	Yumnam Raju
28	MF	IND	Bikramjit Singh
29	DF	IND	Satish Singh
31	MF	IND	Ashley Fernandes
32	DF	IND	Lionel Rodrigues
33	MF	IND	Richard Costa
35	FW	IND	Bineesh Balan
39	DF	IND	Dannies Fernandes
45	FW	IND	Biswajit Biswas
—	MF	IND	Alesh Sawant
—	MF	TRI	Anthony Wolfe
—	FW	CRC	Cristian Lagos

Transfers edit

In edit

#	Position:	Player	From	Date	Source
—	MF	Micky Fernandes	Air India	21 May 2013	^[4]
—	MF	Tirthankar Sarkar	Pailan Arrows	21 May 2013	^[4]
—	MF	Shingo Nejime	Roasso Kumamoto (Free Agent)	7 June 2013	^[5]
—	GK	Arindam Bhattacharya	Mohun Bagan	16 June 2013	^[6]

Out edit

Position:	Player	Moved to	Date	Source
MF	Beto	Dempo	26 May 2013	^[7]
FW	Sunil Chhetri	Sporting Portugal B (loan return)	1 June 2013	^[8]
FW	Balal Arezou	Asker (loan return)	1 June 2013	^[8]
DF	Lamine Tamba	Released	1 June 2013	^[8]
MF	Steven Dias	Released	1 June 2013	^[8]
GK	Sandip Nandy	Released	1 June 2013	^[8]
MF	Tomba Singh	Released	1 June 2013	^[8]
FW	Xavier Vijay Kumar	Released	1 June 2013	^[8]
DF	Gurtej Singh	Released	1 June 2013	^[8]
GK	Felix D'Souza	Salgaocar	12 June 2013	^[9]

Player statistics edit

As of 23 June 2014

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		I-League		Federation Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
6	DF	IND	Sudhakaran Kumar	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	FW	IND	Ajay Singh	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	GAB	Henri Antchouet	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	DF	NGA	Hammed Adesope	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
11	MF	IND	Sanjay Balmuchu	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
12	DF	IND	Denzil Franco	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
13	DF	IND	Dharmaraj Ravanan	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF	IND	Israil Gurung	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	MF	IND	Amandeep Singh	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	DF	IND	Thangjam Singh	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	GK	IND	Lalit Thapa	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	FW	IND	Jaison Vales	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	MF	IND	Lenny Rodrigues	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	DF	IND	Yumnam Raju	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	MF	IND	Bikramjit Singh	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	DF	IND	Satish Singh	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
31	MF	IND	Ashley Fernandes	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	MF	IND	Richard Costa	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
35	FW	IND	Bineesh Balan	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
39	DF	IND	Dannies Fernandes	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
45	FW	IND	Biswajit Biswas	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	GK	IND	Arindam Bhattacharya	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF	IND	Micky Fernandes	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF	IND	Tirthankar Sarkar	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF	JPN	Shingo Nejime	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

References edit

^ Mergulhao, Marcus. "Three football clubs barred from I-League". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
^ "Airtel I-League 2013-14 Standings". Archived from the original on 15 September 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
^ "Squad". goal.com. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
^ ^a ^b Deep Singh, Kunwar. "Indian Football Transfers – Live Updates, May 21". The Hard Tackle. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
^ "Indian Football Transfer Gossip: Former J-League player Shingo Nejime signs for Churchill, Ranti Martins get offers outside India". Kick Off India. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
^ "Indian Football Transfer Gossip: Lalkamal Bhowmick all set to switch loyalties, Arindam Bhattacharya heads to Churchill". Kick off India. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
^ George, Joseph. "Indian Football Transfers – Live Updates, May 26". The Hard Tackle. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h George, Joseph. "Indian Football Transfers – Live Updates, June 2". The Hard Tackle. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
^ George, Joseph. "Indian Football Transfers – Live Updates, June 12". The Hard Tackle. Retrieved 12 June 2013.

[table_note_res_EX0.68845559269584-2] United, Rangdajied United and Churchill Brothers were barred from I-League they failed to meet Asian Football Confederation's licensing criteria.^[1]

[table_hth_CHB0.14043502097038-4] Tiebreakers: Churchill Brothers and Home United are ranked on head-to-head record.

[CB_RU_USC-1] Mergulhao, Marcus. "Three football clubs barred from I-League". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

[3] "Airtel I-League 2013-14 Standings". Archived from the original on 15 September 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2013.

[5] "Squad". goal.com. Retrieved 22 October 2011.

[May21st-6] Deep Singh, Kunwar. "Indian Football Transfers – Live Updates, May 21". The Hard Tackle. Retrieved 17 July 2022.

[7] "Indian Football Transfer Gossip: Former J-League player Shingo Nejime signs for Churchill, Ranti Martins get offers outside India". Kick Off India. Retrieved 7 June 2013.

[June16th-8] "Indian Football Transfer Gossip: Lalkamal Bhowmick all set to switch loyalties, Arindam Bhattacharya heads to Churchill". Kick off India. Retrieved 16 June 2013.

[May26th-9] George, Joseph. "Indian Football Transfers – Live Updates, May 26". The Hard Tackle. Retrieved 6 June 2013.

[June2nd-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h George, Joseph. "Indian Football Transfers – Live Updates, June 2". The Hard Tackle. Retrieved 6 June 2013.

[FelixD'Souza-11] George, Joseph. "Indian Football Transfers – Live Updates, June 12". The Hard Tackle. Retrieved 12 June 2013.

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