2024–25 Mohammedan SC (Kolkata) season

Mohammedan
2024–25 season
Owner	Mohammedan Sporting Club Private Limited (50%); Bunkerhill Private Limited (50%);
Chairman	Gulam Ashraf
Head coach	Andrey Chernyshov
Stadium	Salt Lake Stadium; Kishore Bharati Krirangan
Indian Super League	TBD
Indian Super Cup	TBD
Durand Cup	Group stage
Home colours	Away colours

The 2024–25 season was the 132nd season in the existence of Mohammedan and their first season in the Indian Super League following promotion from I-League, they also compete in the Durand Cup and Indian Super Cup.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Andrey Chernyshov
Assistant Manager	Alison Kharsyntiew
Head of Goalkeeping	Milos Petrovic
Head Physiotherapist	Dibyajit Mitra
Assistant Physiotherapist	Md. Belal Qureshi
Strength & Conditioning Coach	Arsalan Mirza
Performance Analyst	Devrup J. Gupta
Media manager	Koustav Halder

Source:

Squad

First-team squad

As of 1 September 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	IND	Padam Chettri
4	MF	UZB	Mirjalol Kasimov
5	DF	IND	Gaurav Bora
6	MF	IND	Abhishek Halder
7	FW	IND	Rochharzela
8	MF	IND	Amarjit Singh Kiyam
9	FW	BRA	França
10	FW	ARG	Alexis Gómez
11	MF	IND	Wahengbam Angousana
14	DF	IND	Zodingliana Ralte
15	DF	IND	Dipu Halder
16	DF	IND	Mohammed Irshad
17	FW	CTA	César Lobi Manzoki
18	MF	IND	Jeremy Laldinpuia
19	FW	IND	Makan Chothe


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	IND	Lalrinfela
24	DF	IND	Joe Zoherliana
25	DF	IND	Samad Ali Mallick (captain)
27	GK	IND	Bhaskar Roy
28	DF	GHA	Joseph Adjei
29	FW	IND	Lalremsanga Fanai
34	DF	IND	Vanlalzuidika
42	MF	GHA	Mohammed Kadiri
55	DF	IND	Mohammed Jassim
66	DF	IND	Sajad Hussain Parray
71	GK	IND	Subhajit Bhattacharjee
—	FW	IND	Sagolsem Bikash Singh (on loan from Kerala Blasters)
—	GK	IND	Nikhil Deka
—	FW	IND	Soraisam Robinson Singh

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Player	From	Fee
17 August 2024	MF	Mohammed Kadiri	Araz-Naxçıvan	None
18 August 2024	FW	França	Lokomotiv Sofia	None
21 August 2024	FW	César Lobi Manzoki	Hatta Club	None
22 August 2024	FW	Makan Chothe	Hyderabad	None
22 August 2024	DF	Gaurav Bora	NorthEast United	None
23 August 2024	MF	Amarjit Singh Kiyam	Punjab	None
24 August 2024	DF	Sajad Hussain Parray	Hyderabad	None
25 August 2024	DF	Joe Zoherliana	Aizawl	None
25 August 2024	FW	Rochharzela	NorthEast United	None
26 August 2024	MF	Jeremy Laldinpuia	Real Kashmir	None
26 August 2024	MF	Lalremsanga Fanai	Rajasthan United	None
05 September 2024	GK	Bhaskar Roy	Mumbai City	None
06 September 2024	MF	Lalrinfela	Aizawl	None

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
31 August 2024	MF		Bikash Singh	Kerala Blasters	31 May 2025

Loans out

Date from	Position	Player	To	Date until
01 September 2024	MF	Tanmoy Ghosh	Rajasthan United	31 May 2025
01 September 2024	DF	Thokchom James Singh	Delhi	31 May 2025
01 September 2024	FW	Ashley Alban Koli	Churchill Brothers	31 May 2025
01 September 2024	MF	Tangva Ragui	SC Bengaluru	31 May 2025
01 September 2024	MF	Sajal Bag	Delhi	31 May 2025

Transfers out

Date	Position	Player	To	Fee	Ref
1 June 2024	MF	Sagolsem Bikash Singh	Kerala Blasters	Loan Return
1 June 2024	FW	Lalremsanga Fanai	Rajasthan United	Loan Return
5 June 2024	MF	Bedashwor Singh
6 June 2024	GK	Lalbiakhlua Jongte	Hyderabad	Loan Return
7 June 2024	GK	James Kithan		Free Agent
8 June 2024	FW	Evgeniy Kozlov	Shakhter Karagandy	Free Transfer
9 June 2024	DF	Karandeep Singh		Free Agent
12 June 2024	MF	Juan Nellar		Free Agent
13 June 2024	MF	Abhijit Sarkar	Thrissur Magic	Free Agent
14 June 2024	FW	Beneston Barretto		Free Agent
14 June 2024	FW	SK Faiaz		Free Agent
17 July 2024	FW	Eddie Hernández		Free Agent
18 June 2024	FW	David Lalhlansanga	East Bengal	Free Transfer	^[7]
22 July 2024	MF	Samuel Lalmuanpuia	Aizawl	Free Transfer
23 July 2024	DF	Dettol Moirangthem	Classic FA	Loan Return

Pre-season and friendlies

30 August 2024 (2024-08-30)	Super League Kerala IX	1–2	Mohammedan	Manjeri
19:00 IST	Kervens Belfort 25'		Lalremsanga Fanai 21' Mohammed Kadiri 75'	Stadium: Malappuram District Sports Complex Stadium

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Durand Cup	28 July 2024	13 August 2024	Group stage	Group stage	3	1	1	1	4	4	+0	033.33
Super Cup	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Super League	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					3	1	1	1	4	4	+0	033.33

Last updated: 13 August 2024 (2024-08-13).
Source: Soccerway

Indian Super League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	East Bengal	24	8	4	12	27	33	−6	28^[a]
10	Punjab	24	8	4	12	34	38	−4	28^[a]
11	Chennaiyin	24	7	6	11	34	39	−5	27
12	Hyderabad	24	4	6	14	22	47	−25	18
13	Mohammedan	24	2	7	15	12	43	−31	13

Source: ISL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals scored; 7) fair play ranking; 8) drawing of lots
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: East Bengal 6, Punjab 0.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
16	2	5	9	8	24	−16	11	0	3	5	5	13	−8	2	2	4	3	11	−8

Last updated: 15 January 2025.
Source: soccerway

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	L	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	D
Position	13	10	7	10	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12

Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

16 October 2024 (2024-10-16) 1	Mohammedan	0-1	NorthEast United	Kolkata
19:00 IST				Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Attendance: TBD Referee: TBD Man of the Match: TBD

21 September 2024 2	Mohammedan	1-1	Goa	Kolkata
19:00 IST	Adjei 54' Gómez 57' 66' (pen.)	Report	Dorjee 35' Dražić 37' Odei Onaindia 64' Kattimani 67' Gupta 89' Sadiku 90+4'	Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Attendance: 4,188 Referee: Aditya Purkayastha

26 September 2024 3	Chennaiyin	0-1	Mohammedan	Chennai
20:30 IST	Laldinpuia 69' Nassiri 71' Renthlei 90+8' Lukas Brambilla 90+8' Hnamte 90+9'	Report	Kasimov 34' Fanai 39' Ralte 90+2'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 9,791 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar

5 October 2024 4	Mohun Bagan	3-0	Mohammedan	Kolkata
20:30 IST	Maclaren 8' 28' Bose 31' Stewart 36' Singh 54' Aldred 78'	Report	França 19' Gómez 24' Adjei 31' Bora 33' Chhakchhuak 67' Mallick 83'	Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Referee: Venkatesh Ramachandran

20 October 2024 5	Mohammedan	1–2	Kerala Blasters	Kolkata
20:30 IST	Chhakchhuak 11' Kasimov 28' (pen.) França 66' Gómez 69' Mallick 90+6'	Report	Azhar 23' Luna 45+3' Peprah 67' Jesús Jiménez 75' Kumar 90+3' Singh 90+3'	Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Attendance: 6,203 Referee: Ashwin Anand Kumar

26 October 2024 6	Mohammedan	0–4	Hyderabad	Kolkata
20:30 IST	Kasimov 45+3' Irshad 90+2' Parray 90+4'	Report	Allan Paulista 4' 15' Šapić 12' Saji 45+3' Rabeeh 47' Shrivas 51'	Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Attendance: 5,276 Referee: Pranjal Banerjee

9 November 2024 8	East Bengal	0–0	Mohammedan	Kolkata
19:30 IST	Naorem 7' 30' Hijazi Maher 15' Seker 29' Saúl Crespo 40'	Report	Amarjit Singh 28' César Lobi Manzoki 90+2'	Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Attendance: 21,119 Referee: Harish Kundu

27 November 2024 9	Mohammedan	1–2	Bengaluru	Kolkata
19:30 IST	César Lobi Manzoki 8' 79' Irshad 29' Kasimov 64' Ralte 70' Gómez 90+9'	Report	Alberto Noguera 13' Chhetri 82' (pen.) Bheke 90+1' Ogier 90+9' (o.g.) Narayanan 90+10'	Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Attendance: 2,541 Referee: Crystal John

2 December 2024 10	Jamshedpur	3–1	Mohammedan	Jamshedpur
19:30 IST	Mehta 47' Sanan 53' Javier Siverio 61' Eze 79' Gomes 90+6' Chaudhari 90+6'	Report	Amarjit Singh 11' Ogier 54' Chhakchhuak 81' Wahengbam Angousana 84' Irshad 88' Adjei 89'	Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex Attendance: 11,890 Referee: Senthil Nathan

6 December 2024 11	Punjab	2–0	Mohammedan	New Delhi
19:30 IST	Sudeesh 32' Meitei 42' Majcen 58' Mrzljak 66' Shabong 89'	Report	Mallick 35' Kasimov 84' Ralte 90+2'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 2,146 Referee: Harish Kundu

15 December 2024 12	Mohammedan	0–1	Mumbai City	Kolkata
19:30 IST	Irshad 32' 35' Gómez 65'	Report	Ralte 41' Partap Singh 49' Tiri 53' Karelis 87'	Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Attendance: 3,183 Referee: K Ramdasan

22 December 2024 13	Kerala Blasters	3–0	Mohammedan	Kochi
19:30 IST	Roy 62' (o.g.) Ruivah 79' Sadaoui 80' Dohling 89' Coeff 90'	Report	Kasimov 38' Ogier 76'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 15,715 Referee: Senthil Nathan

27 December 2024 14	Mohammedan	0–0	Odisha	Kolkata
19:30 IST	Kasimov 3' César Lobi Manzoki 53' Ralte 75'	Report	Fall 81' Kumar 80+6'	Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Attendance: 2,177 Referee: Venkatesh Ramachandran

3 January 2025 15	NorthEast United	0–0	Mohammedan	Guwahati
19:30 IST	Tlang 21' Macarton Nickson 60' Bemammer 90+12'	Report	Ogier 11'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 8,193 Referee: Aditya Purkayastha

Durand Cup

Group stage

Black panthers were drawn in to the Group B on the group-stage draw conducted on 10 July, after the President on India, Droupadi Murmu, flagged-off the trophy tour of the tournament.^[8] All the group stage matches of the Mohammeadans will play in Kolkata since all the Group B matches were drawn to be held region.^[9]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BEN	IKA	INV
1	Bengaluru	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	9	Advanced to knockout stage		3–0	4–0
2	Mohammedan (H)	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4		2–3	1–1	1–0
3	Inter Kashi	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4
4	Indian Navy	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0			1–2

Source: Twitter
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Matches

28 July 2024 (2024-07-28)	Mohammedan	1–1	Inter Kashi	Kolkata, West Bengal
19:00 IST	Ashley 66'	Report	Nikola 39'	Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Attendance: 4,829 Referee: Senthil Nathan S Man of the Match: Anand Usuda (Inter Kashi)

6 August 2024 (2024-08-06)	Mohammedan	2–3	Bengaluru	Kolkata, West Bengal
19:00 IST	Israfil 77' Mahitosh 90+3'	Report	Jovanović 7' Dipu 22' (o.g.) Vinith 60'	Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Attendance: 4,143 Referee: Venkatesh R Man of the Match: Vinith Venkatesh (Bengaluru FC)

13 August 2024 (2024-08-13)	Mohammedan	1–0	Indian Navy	Kolkata, West Bengal
16:00 IST	Sujit 24'	Report		Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Attendance: 1,236 Referee: Aditya Purkayastha Man of the Match: Sujit Singh (Mohammedan)

Super Cup


Round of 16			Quarter-finals			Semi-finals			Final

20 April

8	Kerala Blasters	2
			26 April
9	East Bengal	0
			8	Kerala Blasters	1

			1	Mohun Bagan	2

						30 April

						1	Mohun Bagan	1
21 April
						2	Goa	3
2	Goa	3
			26 April
IL4	Gokulam Kerala	0
			2	Goa	2
21 April
			10	Punjab	1
7	Odisha	0
									3 May
10	Punjab	3
									2	Goa	3
23 April
									5	Jamshedpur	0
3	Bengaluru	1 (3)
			27 April
IL2	Inter Kashi (p)	1 (5)
			IL2	Inter Kashi	0
23 April
			6	Mumbai City	1
6	Mumbai City	4
						30 April
11	Chennaiyin	0
						6	Mumbai City	0
24 April
						5	Jamshedpur	1
4	Northeast United	6
			27 April
13	Mohammedan	0
			4	Northeast United	0 (4)
24 April
			5	Jamshedpur (p)	0 (5)
5	Jamshedpur	2

12	Hyderabad	0

24 April 2025 (2025-04-24) Match 7	Northeast United	6–0	Mohammedan	Bhubaneswar
16:30 IST (UTC+5:30)	Jitin 3' Ajaraie 19', 57', 90+2' (pen.) Albiach 43' Guillermo 66'	AIFF I-League PDF		Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Attendance: 1,781 Referee: Tejas Visvasrao Nagvenkar Man of the Match: Alaaeddine Ajaraie (Northeast United)

References

^ "I-League 2023-24 LIVE Score: Mohammedan Sporting Strike Early at Shillong Lajjong; SLFC 0-1 MSC". News18. 6 April 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
^ "Mohammedan SC beats Shillong Lajong to win maiden I-League title, joins Mohun Bagan SG, East Bengal in ISL". sportstar.thehindu.com. Shillong: Sportstar. 6 April 2024. Archived from the original on 7 April 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
^ "Mohammedan SC clinch maiden I-League title". onmanorama.com. Shillong: Manorama News Online. PTI. 6 April 2024. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
^ Raj, Pritish (11 April 2024). "Chaos in I-League: TRAU, NEROCA refuse to play Aizwal FC". thebridge.in. The Bridge. Archived from the original on 11 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
^ Mergulhao, Marcus (11 April 2024). "AIFF Cancels Games As Manipur Teams Refuse To Travel To Aizawl". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. The Times of India. TNN. Archived from the original on 13 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
^ Joshi, Rutvij (10 April 2024). "Aizawl FC call off games against TRAU & NEROCA; Manipuri clubs cite security concerns". khelnow.com. Khel Now News. Archived from the original on 10 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
^ "ISL: David Lalhlansanga joins East Bengal FC on a three-year deal". Sportstar. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
^ PTI (10 July 2024). "President Murmu asks stakeholders to work together for upliftment of Indian football". Sportstar. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
^ "Durand Cup 2024: Groups revealed; Mohun Bagan SG-East Bengal FC pitted together again". www.indiansuperleague.com. 11 October 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.

[table_hth_EAB0.086758967995066-8] Head-to-head points: East Bengal 6, Punjab 0.

[1] "I-League 2023-24 LIVE Score: Mohammedan Sporting Strike Early at Shillong Lajjong; SLFC 0-1 MSC". News18. 6 April 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.

[2] "Mohammedan SC beats Shillong Lajong to win maiden I-League title, joins Mohun Bagan SG, East Bengal in ISL". sportstar.thehindu.com. Shillong: Sportstar. 6 April 2024. Archived from the original on 7 April 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2024.

[3] "Mohammedan SC clinch maiden I-League title". onmanorama.com. Shillong: Manorama News Online. PTI. 6 April 2024. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.

[4] Raj, Pritish (11 April 2024). "Chaos in I-League: TRAU, NEROCA refuse to play Aizwal FC". thebridge.in. The Bridge. Archived from the original on 11 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.

[5] Mergulhao, Marcus (11 April 2024). "AIFF Cancels Games As Manipur Teams Refuse To Travel To Aizawl". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. The Times of India. TNN. Archived from the original on 13 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.

[6] Joshi, Rutvij (10 April 2024). "Aizawl FC call off games against TRAU & NEROCA; Manipuri clubs cite security concerns". khelnow.com. Khel Now News. Archived from the original on 10 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.

[davidlalhlansanga-7] "ISL: David Lalhlansanga joins East Bengal FC on a three-year deal". Sportstar. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.

[9] PTI (10 July 2024). "President Murmu asks stakeholders to work together for upliftment of Indian football". Sportstar. Retrieved 10 July 2024.

[10] "Durand Cup 2024: Groups revealed; Mohun Bagan SG-East Bengal FC pitted together again". www.indiansuperleague.com. 11 October 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.

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