2023–24 TRAU FC season

TRAU FC
2023–24 season
Head coach	L. Nandakumar Singh
Stadium	Kalyani Stadium
I-League	13th
Top goalscorer	League: Danish Aribam (6); All: Danish Aribam (6)
Highest home attendance	512; (v. Mohammedan, 17 February 2024)
Lowest home attendance	100; (v. Aizawl, 6 December 2023)
Average home league attendance	255

The 2023–24 season was the 69th season of TRAU FC in existence and fifth season in the I-League.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

First-team squad

As of 31 January 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	Salam Sanaton Singh
2	DF	IND	Laishram Chingkheinganba
3	DF	SKN	Gerard Williams
4	DF	IND	Sunil B
5	DF	IND	Meitankeishangbam Clinton
6	MF	IND	Md Fayazuddin
7	FW	IND	Liton Shil
8	MF	IND	Telen Suranjit
10	MF	IND	Khumanthem Arun Singh
12	DF	IND	Thounaojam Thomas
13	MF	IND	TH Hriivei Carlos Pao
14	MF	IND	Thounaojam Rohit
15	MF	IND	Premjit Singh
16	MF	IND	Prabin Khangembam
18	MF	IND	Danish Aribam


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	IND	Moirangthem Malemnganba
21	FW	IND	Soraisam Robinson Singh
22	MF	IND	Deepak Singh
23	DF	IND	Naorem James Singh
24	GK	IND	Mithun Samanta
25	FW	IND	Shitaljit Atom
28	MF	UZB	Sardor Jakhonov
30	MF	GHA	Ben Quansah
32	DF	IND	Manash Protim Gogoi
33	DF	IND	Pritam Kumar Singh
37	FW	GHA	Isahak Nuhu Seidu
50	GK	IND	Aaryan Anjaneya
69	FW	IND	Japes Nongthambam
77	MF	IND	Bidyananda Singh
99	MF	IND	Sapam Bishorjit

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee
18 August 2023	FW	Soraisam Robinson Singh	Goa Reserves	Free Agent
23 August 2023	FW	Willian Reis	São Caetano	Free Agent
23 August 2023	DF	Thawan Marcos	Campinense-PB	Free Agent
26 August 2023	GK	Mithun Samanta	Mohammedan	Free Agent
31 August 2023	MF	Deepak Singh	Army Red	Free Agent
31 August 2023	FW	Liton Shil	Army Red	Free Agent
02 September 2023	DF	Sunil B	Army Red	Free Agent
03 September 2023	DF	Pritam Kumar Singh	East Bengal	Free Agent
10 September 2023	MF	Abraham Okyere	K Beerschot VA	Free Agent
17 September 2023	FW	Ibrahima Baldé	Boluspor	Free Agent
31 January 2024	MF	Sardor Jakhonov	Regar-TadAZ	Free Agent
31 January 2024	FW	Isahak Nuhu Seidu		Free Agent

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
20 June 2023	DF	Naresh Singh	Rajasthan United	Free Transfer
26 June 2023	LW	Sagolsem Bikash Singh	Kerala Blasters	Free Transfer	^[5]
07 July 2023	MF	Meitalkeishangbam Roger	Mohammedan	Free Transfer
07 July 2023	MF	Shougrakpam Netrajit		Free Transfer
07 July 2023	MF	Kishan Singh		Free Transfer
07 July 2023	MF	Baoringdao Bodo		Free Transfer
07 July 2023	DF	Shoib Akhtar		Free Transfer
07 July 2023	MF	Sorokhaibam Prikanta		Free Transfer
07 July 2023	DF	Rishi Rajput		Free Transfer
07 July 2023	MF	Laishram Milan Singh		Free Transfer
07 July 2023	MF	Khanngam Horam		Free Transfer
07 July 2023	GK	Lunkhominlenmang Haokip		Free Transfer
07 July 2023	DF	Roshan Singh		Free Transfer
07 July 2023	FW	Nana Poku		Free Transfer
07 July 2023	MF	Ngangbam Pacha Singh		Free Transfer
07 July 2023	MF	Timothy Thangkhol		Free Transfer
10 July 2023	FW	Salam Johnson Singh	Bengaluru FC	Free Transfer	^[6]
13 July 2023	DF	Salam Ranjan Singh	Gokulam Kerala	Free Transfer	^[7]
14 July 2023	GK	Bishorjit Singh	Gokulam Kerala	Free Transfer	^[8]
17 July 2023	DF	Buanthanglun Samte	NorthEast United	Free Transfer	^[9]
3 August 2023	DF	Godfred Yeboah	Ahli Nabatieh	Free Transfer
21 August 2023	FW	Komron Tursunov	Gokulam Kerala	Free Transfer	^[10]
30 August 2023	DF	Gérson Vieira	Tai Po	Free Transfer
04 September 2023	MF	Sarif Khan	NEROCA	Free Transfer
01 January 2024	DF	Thawan Marcos	Iporá	Free Transfer
01 January 2024	FW	Willian Reis		Free Transfer
01 January 2024	MF	Abraham Okyere		Free Transfer
01 January 2024	FW	Ibrahima Baldé		Free Transfer

Pre-season and friendlies

19 August 2023 Friendly	TRAU	5–1	KAGO
16:00 IST

27 August 2023 Friendly	TRAU	0–1	Manipur IX	Imphal
16:00 IST				Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium

10 September 2023 Friendly	TRAU	3–1	Manipur IX	Imphal
08:00 IST				Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium

21 October 2023 Friendly	KLASA	0–2	TRAU	Imphal
08:00 IST				Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium

25 October 2023 Friendly	TRAU	1–2	KLASA	Imphal
14:30 IST				Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium

Competitions

I-League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
9	Namdhari	24	7	6	11	29	40	−11	27
10	Aizawl	22	6	7	9	36	35	+1	25
11	Rajasthan United	24	6	7	11	40	63	−23	25
12	NEROCA (R)	23	4	2	17	26	61	−35	14	Relegation to I-League 2
13	TRAU (R)	23	4	1	18	26	64	−38	13	Relegation to I-League 2

Source: I-League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Total goal difference; 5) Total number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).
(R) Relegated

Matches

Note: I-League announced the fixtures for the 2023–24 season on 6 October 2023.^[11]

30 October 2023 (2023-10-30) 1	Delhi	1–1	TRAU	Bhaini Sahib
14:00 IST	Ba. Singh 47'	Report	Liton Shil 29'	Stadium: Namdhari Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Ashish Tiwari Man of the Match: Balwant Singh (Delhi)

4 November 2023 (2023-11-04) 2	Real Kashmir	1–0	TRAU	Srinagar
14:00 IST	Laldinpuia 45'	Report		Stadium: TRC Turf Ground Attendance: 6,200 Referee: Jatinder Singh Man of the Match: Jeremy Laldinpuia (Real Kashmir)

7 November 2023 (2023-11-07) 3	Mohammedan	6–0	TRAU	Kalyani
19:00 IST	Lalhlansanga 3', 10' Adjei 29' Kosimov 37' Fanai 63' Lalmuanpuia 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Naihati Stadium Attendance: 1,773 Referee: Williams Joy Koshy Man of the Match: Joseph Adjei

13 November 2023 (2023-11-13) 4	TRAU	0–2	Gokulam Kerala	Kalyani
16:30 IST		Report	Álex Sánchez 1', 16'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Dipu Roy Man of the Match: Álex Sánchez (Gokulam Kerala)

19 November 2023 (2023-11-19) 5	TRAU	0–5	Sreenidi Deccan	Kalyani
16:30 IST		Report	G. Singh 42' J. Singh 48', 58' Lalromawia 66' Castañeda 90+3'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 315 Referee: K. Lyngdoh Nongum Man of the Match: Jagdeep Singh (Sreenidi Deccan)

22 November 2023 (2023-11-22) 6	Churchill Brothers	4–0	TRAU	Vasco
19:00 IST	Dichiara 18' Costa 33' Louis 70' (pen.) Callegari 84'	Report		Stadium: Tilak Maidan Attendance: 1,895 Referee: K. Lyngdoh Nongum Man of the Match: Ricardo Dichiara (Churchill Brothers)

25 November 2023 (2023-11-25) 7	Shillong Lajong	2–1	TRAU	Shillong
16:30 IST	Nongbri 18' (pen.) Thounaojam Thomas 86' (o.g.)	Report	Soraisam Robinson Singh 13'	Stadium: SSA Stadium Attendance: 6,718 Referee: Ashish Tiwari Man of the Match: Hardy Nongbri (Shillong Lajong)

7 December 2023 (2023-12-07) 8	TRAU	1–5	Aizawl	Kalyani
19:00 IST	Soraisam Robinson 13'	Report	Lalbiaknia 16' (pen.) Williams 51' (o.g.) Zoherliana 53', 57'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Tanmoy Dhar Man of the Match: Joe Zoherliana (Aizawl)

10 December 2023 (2023-12-10) 9	TRAU	3–0	Inter Kashi	Kalyani
16:30 IST	Danish Aribam 9' Deepak Singh 22' Okyere 76'	Report		Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 128 Referee: Lalit Singh Rawat Man of the Match: Danish Aribam (TRAU)

17 December 2023 (2023-12-17) 10	TRAU	1–2	Namdhari	Kalyani
16:30 IST	Danish Aribam 41'	Report	Saurabh Bhanwala 36' Manvir Singh 76'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 422 Referee: Lakshay Man of the Match: Manvir Singh (Namdhari)

22 December 2023 (2023-12-22) 11	Rajasthan United	5–4	TRAU	Hyderabad
19:00 IST	William 21' Denzell 58', 68', 90+6' Novin Gurung 85'		Abraham Okyere 9' Danish Aribam 31' Deepak Singh 53' Jefferson Oliveira 55' (o.g.)	Stadium: Deccan Arena

11 February 2024 (2024-02-11) 12	TRAU	5–3	Delhi	Kalyani
19:00 IST	Liton shil 5', 73' Aribam 64', 71' (pen.) R. Singh 75'	Report	B. Singh 2' Muratov 41' Barboza 59' (pen.)	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 128 Referee: Pratik Mondal Man of the Match: Danish Aribam (TRAU)

14 February 2024 (2024-02-14) 13	Sreenidi Deccan	3–0	TRAU	Hyderabad
16:30 IST	Hassan 35' Castañeda 44' Vanlalremdika 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Deccan Arena Attendance: 123 Referee: Suresh Devraj Man of the Match: David Castañeda (Sreenidi Deccan)

17 February 2024 (2024-02-17) 14	TRAU	0–2	Mohammedan	Kalyani
16:30 IST		Report	Hernández 45+1', 90+1'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 512 Referee: Mrutyunjay L. Amatya Man of the Match: Eddie Hernández (Mohammedan)

25 February 2024 (2024-02-25) 15	TRAU	1–2	Shillong Lajong	Imphal
16:30 IST	Issahak Nuhu Seidu 47'	Report	Allen Lyngdoh 59' Marcos Silva 72'	Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium Attendance: 259 Referee: Suresh Devaraj Man of the Match: Manash Gogoi (TRAU)

8 March 2024 (2024-03-08) 16	Inter Kashi	6–3	TRAU	Kalyani
19:00 IST	Nikum 12' Ajsal 26', 55' Lamela 78' Mohammed Asif 90' Gianni dos Santos 90+8'	Report	Sardor Jakhonov 43' (pen.) Issahak Nuhu Seidu 63', 85'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 752 Referee: Jatinder Singh Man of the Match: Muhammad Ajsal (Inter Kashi)

12 March 2024 (2024-03-12) 17	Namdhari	1–2	TRAU	Bhaini Ala
15:30 IST	Harmanp. Singh 77'	Report	Harmanj. Singh 10' (o.g.) Issahak Nuhu Seidu 34'	Stadium: Namdhari Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Mrutyunjay Amatya Man of the Match: Pritam Kumar Singh (TRAU)

15 March 2024 (2024-03-15) 18	TRAU	0–2	Rajasthan United	Kalyani
16:30 IST		Report	Denzell 4' Pauliankhum 66'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 222 Referee: Ashish Tiwari Man of the Match: Richardson Denzell (Rajasthan United)

21 March 2024 (2024-03-21) 19	NEROCA	1–0	TRAU	Shillong
16:30 IST	Kromah 79'	Report		Stadium: SSA Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Akashkumar Mehta Man of the Match: Ansumana Kromah (NEROCA)

24 March 2024 (2024-03-24) 20	TRAU	1–2	NEROCA	Kalyani
19:00 IST	TS Singh 77'	Report	Kromah 48' (pen.) LD Singh 65'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 152 Referee: Mithun Kumar Kundu Man of the Match: Lourembam David Singh (NEROCA)

1 April 2024 (2024-04-01) 21	TRAU	0–2	Churchill Brothers	Kalyani
19:00 IST		Report	Fernandes 1' Sharma 45+2' (o.g.)	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Tanmoy Dhar Man of the Match: Martín Cháves (Churchill Brothers)

6 April 2024 (2024-04-06) 22	TRAU	2–1	Real Kashmir	Kalyani
16:30 IST	Aribam 56' R. Singh 90+9'	Report	Lomba 59'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 123 Referee: Lalit Singh Rawat Man of the Match: Robinson Singh (TRAU)

9 April 2024 (2024-04-09) 23	Aizawl	Cancelled	TRAU	Aizawl
19:00 IST				Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium

12 April 2024 (2024-04-12) 24	Gokulam Kerala	6–1	TRAU	Kozhikode
16:30 IST	Sánchez 19' Noufal 28', 34' Tursunov 39' Babović 90+2' Stojanović 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Issahak 61' (pen.)	Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: K. Ramdasan Man of the Match: Noufal PN (Gokulam Kerala)

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	I League	Total
1	18	MF	Danish Aribam	5	5
2	21	FW	Soraisam Robinson Singh	3	3
2	7	MF	Liton Shil	3	3
3	19	MF	Abraham Okyere	2	2
3	22	MF	Deepak Singh	2	2

References

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^ "I-League Foreigner Rule: AIFF League Committee reduces number of foreigners in I-League,". Inside Sport India. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
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^ https://www.bengalurufc.com/2023/club-news/salamjohnsonsingh/
^ https://www.gokulamkeralafc.com/gokulamkerala-fc-bolsters-defense-with-the-signing-of-salam-ranjan-singh-from-manipur/
^ https://www.gokulamkeralafc.com/gokulamkeralafc-strengthens-goalkeeping-squad-with-the-signing-of-bishorjit-loitongbam-from-manipur/
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^ https://www.transfermarkt.co.in/gokulam-add-komron-tursunov-tajikistan-striker-valued-at-3-6-crore/view/news/426210
^ https://i-league.org/aiff-announces-fixtures-for-i-league-iwl/feed/

[1] "AIFF looks to increase teams in I-League, number of foreigners in squad to be reduced". 1 May 2023.

[2] "AIFF invites bids for new clubs to join Hero I-League 2023–24 season onwards | Hero I-League".

[3] "AIFF looks to increase teams in I-League, number of foreigners in the squad to be reduced". The Indian Express. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.

[4] "I-League Foreigner Rule: AIFF League Committee reduces number of foreigners in I-League,". Inside Sport India. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.

[5] "ISL: Sagolsem Bikash Singh joins Kerala Blasters". Khel Now. 26 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.

[6] ttps://www.bengalurufc.com/2023/club-news/salamjohnsonsingh/

[7] ttps://www.gokulamkeralafc.com/gokulamkerala-fc-bolsters-defense-with-the-signing-of-salam-ranjan-singh-from-manipur/

[8] ttps://www.gokulamkeralafc.com/gokulamkeralafc-strengthens-goalkeeping-squad-with-the-signing-of-bishorjit-loitongbam-from-manipur/

[9] "Promising Left-Back Buanthanglun Samte Joins NorthEast United FC". @NEUtdFC. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.

[10] ttps://www.transfermarkt.co.in/gokulam-add-komron-tursunov-tajikistan-striker-valued-at-3-6-crore/view/news/426210

[11] ttps://i-league.org/aiff-announces-fixtures-for-i-league-iwl/feed/

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