2022–23 I-League

The 2022–23 I-League (also known as the Hero I-League for sponsorship reasons) was the 16th season of I-League, first as the second tier of Indian football league system. It was played from 12 November 2022 to 12 March 2023.^[1]

Hero I-League

Season	2022–23
Dates	12 November 2022 – 12 March 2023
Champions	RoundGlass Punjab (1st title)
Promoted	RoundGlass Punjab
Relegated	Kenkre Sudeva Delhi
Matches played	132
Goals scored	360 (2.73 per match)
Top goalscorer	Luka Majcen (16 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Kiran Chemjong (11 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	RoundGlass Punjab 8–0 Sudeva Delhi (26 February 2023)
Biggest away win	Rajasthan United 0–5 Churchill Brothers (17 January 2023)
Highest scoring	Mohammedan 6–4 Sreenidi Deccan (24 February 2023)
Longest winning run	RoundGlass Punjab (7 games)
Longest unbeaten run	RoundGlass Punjab (11 games)
Longest winless run	Sudeva Delhi (12 games)
Longest losing run	Sudeva Delhi (7 games)
Highest attendance	8,234 Gokulam Kerala 1–0 Mohammedan (12 November 2022)
Lowest attendance	15 Sudeva Delhi 1–2 Aizawl (16 January 2023)
Total attendance	240,006
Average attendance	1,818
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

After a 4–0 win against Rajasthan United on 4 March 2023, RoundGlass Punjab clinched their second league title and became the first ever club to be promoted to the Indian Super League^[2][3][4][5] while Kenkre and Sudeva Delhi were relegated to I-League 2.^[6][7]

Changes from last season

Disbanded clubs

• Indian Arrows^[8][9]

Reinstated clubs

• Kenkre: After being relegated at the end of the 2021–22 I-League season, Kenkre was allowed to participate this season.^[10] The closure of the Indian Arrows project played a major part in their reinstatement. The conditions for their reinstatement were an agreement to take in several Arrows players and no travel subsidy for away matches.^[11]

Changes in format

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament's format was shortened for the last two seasons. From this season, the traditional home and away games format in a double round-robin have returned. Each team will play two matches against every other team at home and away.

The table topper will be declared the league's winner at the end of the season, thereby achieving promotion to 2023–24 Indian Super League,^[12] while the two teams with the lowest points will be relegated to 2023–24 I-League 2, and will get a bye to the final round.^[13]

Teams

12 teams participated in the 2022–23 season:

Aizawl

Sreenidi Deccan

Rajasthan United

Kenkre

Churchill Brothers

Gokulam Kerala

RoundGlass Punjab

Imphal

Imphal teams
NEROCA
TRAU

Real Kashmir

Sudeva Delhi

Mohammedan

Locations of I-League clubs

Stadiums and locations

Due to a lack of AFC standard football stadiums available in Rajasthan, Rajasthan United will play their home matches at Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi. RoundGlass Punjab will play their home matches at Panchkula's Tau Devi Lal Stadium in Haryana. On 22 October 2022, AIFF chief Kalyan Chaubey inaugurated the new home ground of Sreenidi Deccan, the Deccan Arena.^[14]

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Aizawl	Aizawl, Mizoram	Rajiv Gandhi Stadium	20,000
Churchill Brothers	Panaji, Goa	GMC Athletic Stadium	3,000
	Vasco, Goa	Tilak Maidan	5,000
Gokulam Kerala	Calicut, Kerala	EMS Stadium	50,000
	Manjeri, Kerala	Payyanad Stadium	30,000
Kenkre	Mumbai, Maharashtra	Cooperage Ground	5,000
Mohammedan	Kolkata, West Bengal	Kishore Bharati Krirangan	12,000
NEROCA	Imphal, Manipur	Khuman Lampak Main Stadium	35,000
RoundGlass Punjab	Mohali, Chandigarh	Tau Devi Lal Stadium	12,000
Rajasthan United	Jaipur, Rajasthan	Ambedkar Stadium (New Delhi)[15]	35,000
Real Kashmir	Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir	TRC Turf Ground	11,000
Sreenidi Deccan	Hyderabad, Telangana	Deccan Arena	1,500
Sudeva Delhi	New Delhi, Delhi	Chhatrasal Stadium	16,000
TRAU	Imphal, Manipur	Khuman Lampak Main Stadium	35,000

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Aizawl	Caetano Pinho[16]	Lalchhawnkima	Vamos[17]	NECS Limited[18]
Churchill Brothers	Mateus Costa[19]	Momo Cissé	Nivia[20]	Churchill Brothers
Gokulam Kerala	Francesc Bonet	Aminou Bouba	SEGA[21]	CSB Bank[22]
Kenkre	Akhil Kothari	Kiran Pandhare	Hummel[23]	Kenkre Sports Foundation
Mohammedan	Mehrajuddin Wadoo[24]	Marcus Joseph	Trak-only[25]	BunkerHill Sports[26]
NEROCA	Khogen Singh[27]	David Simbo	Ambition Sportswear[28]	GOELD Frozen Foods[29]
Rajasthan United	Pushpender Kundu	Aidar Mambetaliev	Omtex Sports[30]
Real Kashmir	Gifton Noel-Williams[31]	Subhasish Roy Chowdhury	Nivia[32]	Hotel CH2 Srinagar [32]
RoundGlass Punjab	Staikos Vergetis[33]	Aleksandar Ignjatović	T10 Sports[34]	RoundGlass Sports[35]
Sreenidi Deccan	Carlos Vaz Pinto[36]	David Castañeda	Nivia	Sreenidhi Sports Academy
Sudeva Delhi	Sankarlal Chakraborty[37]	Priyant Singh	Shiv-Naresh	Liquid Life[38]
TRAU	Nandakumar Singh	Gerard Williams	SIX5SIX[39]	HVS

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Round	Table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment	Ref.
Rajasthan United	Francesc Bonet	End of contract	1 June 2022	Pre-season		Pushpender Kundu	1 July 2022	[40]
Gokulam Kerala	Vincenzo Annese	End of contract	1 June 2022			Richard Towa	5 July 2022	[41]
Sreenidi Deccan	Fernando Varela	End of contract	13 June 2022			Carlos Vaz Pinto	3 August 2022	[36]
RoundGlass Punjab	Ed Engelkes	End of interim period	1 June 2022			Staikos Vergetis	8 August 2022	[33]
Aizawl	Yan Law	End of contract	13 August 2022			Henry Rozario	24 August 2022	[42]
Sudeva Delhi	Mehrajuddin Wadoo	End of interim period	31 August 2022			Atsushi Nakamura	1 September 2022	[43]
Real Kashmir	David Robertson	End of contract	31 August 2022			Mehrajuddin Wadoo	7 November 2022	[44]
Churchill Brothers	Antonio Rueda	Sacked	2 December 2022	5	11th	Fernando Varela	1 January 2023	[45]
Sudeva Delhi	Atsushi Nakamura	Sacked	5 December 2022	5	12th	Sankarlal Chakraborty	13 December 2022	[37]
Aizawl	Henry Rozario	Personal reasons	7 December 2022	6	8th	Caetano Pinho	9 December 2022	[16]
Mohammedan	Andrey Chernyshov	Sacked	16 December 2022	8	9th	Kibu Vicuña	24 December 2022	[46]
Gokulam Kerala	Richard Towa		26 December 2022	9	4th	Francesc Bonet	27 December 2022	[47]
Real Kashmir	Mehrajuddin Wadoo		1 February 2023	14	7th	Gifton Noel-Williams	8 February 2023	[48]
Churchill Brothers	Fernando Varela		1 February 2023	14	5th	Mateus Costa	1 February 2023	[19]
Mohammedan	Kibu Vicuña		21 February 2023	17	9th	Mehrajuddin Wadoo	22 February 2023	[49]

Transfers

Further information: List of 2022–23 I-League season roster changes

Foreign players

AIFF allowed a maximum of six foreign players, including one from an AFC-affiliated country per team, but only four can be part of the matchday squad.^[50]

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	AFC player	Former player(s)
Aizawl	Matías Verón	Ivan Veras	Akito Saito	Emmanuel Makinde	Henry Kisekka	Eisuke Mohri
Churchill Brothers	Emmanuel Yaghr	Abdoulaye Sané	Momo Cissé	Martín Cháves		Sharif Mukhammad	Kamo Bayi Milad Pakparvar Manu Cordero Tana
Gokulam Kerala	Kaká	Aminou Bouba	Eldar Moldozhunusov	Omar Ramos	Sergio Mendigutxia	Farshad Noor	Juan Nellar Auguste Somlaga Dodi Ndo
Kenkre	Auguste Somlaga	Raphael Bidias Rim	Anjan Bista	Francis Nwankwo		Samandar Ochilov	Ben Ouattara
Mohammedan	Mirlan Murzaev	Abiola Dauda	Ousmane N'Diaye	Nikola Stojanović	Marcus Joseph	Shaher Shaheen	Nuriddin Davronov
NEROCA	Michael Kporvi	Kamo Bayi	Jourdain Fletcher	David Simbo		Mirjalol Kasimov	Sardor Jakhonov
Rajasthan United	Léonce Dodoz	Aidar Mambetaliev	Atai Dzhumashev	Bektur Amangeldiev		Otabek Zokirov	Nuha Marong Youssef Atriss Martín Cháves Joseba Beitia
Real Kashmir	Ernest Boateng	Ibrahim Nurudeen	Richard Agyemang	Wadudu Yakubu		Nuriddin Davronov	Issahak Seidu Lamine Moro Nozim Babadzhanov
RoundGlass Punjab	Juan Nellar	Chencho Gyeltshen	Aleksandar Ignjatović	Luka Majcen	Juan Mera	Kiran Chemjong	Adnan Šećerović
Sreenidi Deccan	David Castañeda	Dua Stanislas Ankira	Mohamed Awal	Ogana Louis	Rilwan Hassan	Faysal Shayesteh
Sudeva Delhi	Alexis Gómez	Akeem Abioye				Shavkati Khotam	Isaac Essel Kosuke Yamazaki Tetsuaki Misawa Felix Chidi Odili Francis Nwankwo Daneil Cyrus
TRAU	Fernandinho	Gerson Vieira	Godfred Yeboah	Nana Poku	Gerard Williams	Komron Tursunov

League table

Pos	Team	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
6	Churchill Brothers	22	9	6	7	34	24	+10	33
7	Aizawl	22	6	8	8	27	29	−2	26[a]
8	Mohammedan	22	7	5	10	34	35	−1	26[a]
9	Rajasthan United	22	7	4	11	19	32	−13	25[b]
10	NEROCA	22	7	4	11	22	26	−4	25[b]
11	Kenkre (R)	22	3	8	11	23	40	−17	17	Relegation to 2023–24 I-League 2
12	Sudeva Delhi (R)	22	3	4	15	25	56	−31	13

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; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Aizawl 4, Mohammedan 1.
2. Head-to-head points: Rajasthan United 6, NEROCA 0.

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away	RGP	SRD	GOK	TRU	REK	CHB	MOH	AIZ	NER	RAJ	KEN	SUD
RoundGlass Punjab	—	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	3–0	8–0
Sreenidi Deccan	4–0	—	1–0	1–0	2–2	3–0	4–3	3–3	3–2	2–0	1–0	3–1
Gokulam Kerala	1–2	1–0	—	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–0
TRAU	2–0	1–2	1–0	—	0–2	3–2	0–0	3–1	2–1	3–1	3–0	2–0
Real Kashmir	0–1	2–1	0–0	3–2	—	0–3[a]	3–2	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	4–2
Churchill Brothers	0–0	2–3	0–1	6–1	0–0	—	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	3–2	1–0
Mohammedan	0–4	6–4	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	—	2–2	3–1	0–1	2–2	5–2
Aizawl	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	—	1–0	2–1	4–0	2–1
NEROCA	0–1	0–1	2–1	3–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	—	0–1	1–0	1–0
Rajasthan United	0–4	1–0	1–2	1–2	0–1	0–5	1–1	1–0	1–0	—	1–1	2–3
Kenkre	3–3	2–1	1–1	2–4	2–1	1–1	0–3	2–2	0–1	0–0	—	1–3
Sudeva Delhi	1–1	0–3	1–4	4–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	3–3	1–3	0–3	—

Source: I-League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

1. Initially, Real Kashmir won 1–0, but the scoreline was overturned by the AIFF after Churchill Brothers filed a protest due to an illegal substitution made by Real Kashmir.^[51]

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each round mentioned in official fixtures.

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Aizawl	6	4	6	9	8	6	7	6	8	7	7	7	4	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	7	7
Churchill Brothers	9	10	11	11	11	11	8	9	7	8	8	8	8	5	4	5	5	5	4	6	6	6
Gokulam Kerala	4	3	3	5	5	3	2	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Kenkre	2	5	8	10	9	9	10	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Mohammedan	12	11	9	6	6	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	8	9	10	8
NEROCA	11	7	10	7	7	10	11	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	10	10	8	9
Rajasthan United	3	8	7	4	4	4	5	7	5	6	6	6	7	8	8	9	10	10	9	7	9	10
Real Kashmir	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	5	5	5	7	7	7	7	6	5	5	5	5
RoundGlass Punjab	1	2	2	2	3	5	3	4	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Sreenidi Deccan	10	6	4	3	2	2	4	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2
Sudeva Delhi	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
TRAU	7	9	5	8	10	7	6	5	6	5	3	4	6	4	5	3	3	4	6	4	4	4

	Promotion to Indian Super League
	Relegation to I-League 2

Source: I-League

Results by games

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Aizawl	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	D
Churchill Brothers	L	L	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	W
Gokulam Kerala	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W
Kenkre	W	L	D	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	D
Mohammedan	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	D	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	W
NEROCA	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	L	D	W	L
Rajasthan United	W	L	D	W	W	D	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	L	L
Real Kashmir	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W
RoundGlass Punjab	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Sreenidi Deccan	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	D	L
Sudeva Delhi	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	L
TRAU	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	L

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

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 12 March 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Luka Majcen	RoundGlass Punjab	16
2	David Castañeda	Sreenidi Deccan	15
3	Juan Mera	RoundGlass Punjab	10
4	Jourdain Fletcher	NEROCA	9
	Abiola Dauda	Mohammedan
6	Komron Tursunov	TRAU	8
	Alexis Gómez	Sudeva Delhi
	Sergio Mendigutxia	Gokulam Kerala
9	Marcus Joseph	Mohammedan	7
	Abdoulaye Sané	Churchill Brothers

Top Indian scorers

The table includes only the list of top Indian goalscorers with more than 3 goals in this season.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Seilenthang Lotjem	Sudeva Delhi	6
	Samuel Kynshi	Real Kashmir
3	Salam Johnson Singh	TRAU	5
4	Aman Gaikwad	Kenkre	4
	Anil Gaonkar	Churchill Brothers
	Tharpuia	Aizawl

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
David Castañeda	Sreenidi Deccan	Sudeva Delhi	3–0 (A)	14 December 2022	[52]
Juan Mera	RoundGlass Punjab	Sudeva Delhi	8–0 (H)	26 February 2023	[53]
Alexis Gómez	Sudeva Delhi	NEROCA	3–3 (H)	1 March 2023	[54]
Abiola Dauda	Mohammedan	Sudeva Delhi	5–2 (H)	11 March 2023	[55]

Top assists

As of 12 March 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Komron Tursunov	TRAU	7
	David Castañeda	Sreenidi Deccan
	Faysal Shayesteh	Sreenidi Deccan
4	Martín Cháves	Rajasthan United Churchill Brothers	6
	Ramhlunchhunga	Sreenidi Deccan
	Noufal PN	Gokulam Kerala

Clean sheets

As of 12 March 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets	Matches played
1	Shibinraj Kunniyil	Gokulam Kerala	11	19
	Kiran Chemjong	RoundGlass Punjab		21
3	Albino Gomes	Churchill Brothers	7	17
4	Ubaid CK	Sreenidi Deccan	6	12
	Subhasish Roy Chowdhury	Real Kashmir		17

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 9
  • Melroy Assisi
  • Mirjalol Kasimov

• Most red cards: 1
  • 27 players

Club

• Most yellow cards: 47
  • Real Kashmir

• Most red cards: 5
  • Churchill Brothers

Attendances

Overall statistical table

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	NEROCA	37,403	7,580	1,239	3,400	−74.2%†
2	Real Kashmir	31,444	4,123	538	2,859	−67.1%†
3	Gokulam Kerala	28,139	8,234	1,216	2,558	−86.6%†
4	Aizawl	25,661	7,657	1,100	2,333	−55.2%†
5	TRAU	23,705	6,876	1,000	2,155	−83.7%†
6	Churchill Brothers	19,926	3,475	1,100	1,811	−40.9%†
7	Mohammedan	17,491	2,876	630	1,590	n/a†
8	Rajasthan United	15,063	4,875	300	1,369	n/a†
9	RoundGlass Punjab	14,815	6,327	200	1,347	−65.9%†
10	Kenkre	11,711	2,758	238	1,065	n/a†
11	Sudeva Delhi	8,924	3,506	15	811	n/a†
12	Sreenidi Deccan	5,724	1,637	86	520	n/a†
	League total	240,006	8,234	15	1,818	−86.1%†

Source: I-League
Notes:
^† Teams that joined I-League during the pandemic.

Attendances by home match played

Team \ Match played	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
Aizawl	7,657	3,174	1,730	1,300	1,300	2,000	1,100	1,245	2,210	1,500	2,445	25,661
Churchill Brothers	1,832	1,725	1,200	3,256	3,475	1,186	1,236	1,931	1,872	1,100	1,113	19,926
Gokulam Kerala	8,234	2,150	3,600	1,320	2,315	1,550	2,864	2,352	1,285	1,216	1,253	28,139
Kenkre	2,500	1,812	2,758	840	640	620	853	460	540	450	238	11,711
Mohammedan	630	2,346	1,126	1,850	1,208	2,876	1,756	2,126	1,000	1,356	1,217	17,491
NEROCA	7,580	5,724	3,125	2,125	2,176	1,350	2,874	3,700	4,328	3,182	1,239	37,403
Rajasthan United	4,875	3,025	1,356	600	300	1,123	1,129	1,212	407	500	536	15,063
Real Kashmir	4,000	3,500	4,123	4,038	3,950	3,446	2,236	2,100	2,513	538	1,000	31,444
RoundGlass Punjab	1,321	1,420	1,137	850	200	1,100	1,100	300	500	560	6,327	14,815
Sreenidi Deccan	1,637	1,013	300	750	164	500	86	674	198	162	240	5,724
Sudeva Delhi	2,500	3,506	1,256	100	235	556	15	150	200	156	250	8,924
TRAU	2,564	2,150	6,876	1,727	1,235	1,000	2,876	1,024	1,100	1,845	1,308	23,705

Legend:   Highest   Lowest
Source: I-League

Broadcasting

The 2022–23 I-League season aired on India's DD Sports and Eurosport HD television channels. It was also available on the Discovery+ mobile app. However, after the start of the league, the broadcast was fraught with problems.^[56]

Awards

Hero of the match

Match No.	Hero of the Match		Match No.	Hero of the Match		Match No.	Hero of the Match
	Player	Club		Player	Club		Player	Club
Match 1	Auguste Somlaga	Gokulam Kerala	Match 2	Issahak Seidu	Real Kashmir	Match 3	Azfar Noorani	Kenkre
Match 4	Samuel Lalmuanpuia	RoundGlass Punjab	Match 5	K Lalrinfela	Aizawl	Match 6	Britto PM	Rajasthan United
Match 7	Henry Kisekka	Aizawl	Match 8	Jourdain Fletcher	NEROCA	Match 9	Lamine Moro	Real Kashmir
Match 10	Songpu Singsit	Sreenidi Deccan	Match 11	Luka Majcen	RoundGlass Punjab	Match 12	Lalchhawnkima	Aizawl
Match 13	Gerard Williams	TRAU	Match 14	Shibinraj Kunniyil	Gokulam Kerala	Match 15	Daniel Lalhlimpuia	RoundGlass Punjab
Match 16	Nuriddin Davronov	Mohammedan	Match 17	Faysal Shayesteh	Sreenidi Deccan	Match 18	Azfar Noorani	Kenkre
Match 19	Martín Cháves	Rajasthan United	Match 20	Faysal Shayesteh	Sreenidi Deccan	Match 21	Vanlalzuidika	Mohammedan
Match 22	Samuel Kynshi	Real Kashmir	Match 23	Deepak Devrani	RoundGlass Punjab	Match 24	Jourdain Fletcher	NEROCA
Match 25	Mohamed Awal	Sreenidi Deccan	Match 26	Lamine Moro	Real Kashmir	Match 27	Henry Kisekka	Aizawl
Match 28	Joseba Beitia	Rajasthan United	Match 29[a]	Sujit Sadhu	Sudeva Delhi	Match 30	Lalhmangaihsanga	Kenkre
Match 31	Ibrahim Nurudeen	Real Kashmir	Match 32	Tana	Churchill Brothers	Match 33	Aman Gaikwad	Kenkre
Match 34	Shijin Thadhayouse	Gokulam Kerala	Match 35	Akito Saito	Aizawl	Match 36	Buanthanglun Samte	TRAU
Match 37	Abdoulaye Sané	Churchill Brothers	Match 38	David Castañeda	Sreenidi Deccan	Match 39	David Simbo	NEROCA
Match 40	Brandon Vanlalremdika	RoundGlass Punjab	Match 41	Sreekuttan VS	Gokulam Kerala	Match 42	Marcus Joseph	Mohammedan
Match 43	David Castañeda	Sreenidi Deccan	Match 44	Komron Tursunov	TRAU	Match 45	Lunminlen Haokip	NEROCA
Match 46	Nikola Stojanović	Mohammedan	Match 47	Joseph Clemente	Churchill Brothers	Match 48	Lalchhanhima Sailo	Aizawl
Match 49	Anil Rama Gaonkar	Churchill Brothers	Match 50	Martín Cháves	Rajasthan United	Match 51	Ramhlunchhunga	Sreenidi Deccan
Match 52	Luka Majcen	RoundGlass Punjab	Match 53	Abiola Dauda	Mohammedan	Match 54	Aman Gaikwad	Kenkre
Match 55	Bishorjit Singh	TRAU	Match 56	Rafique Ali Sardar	Rajasthan United	Match 57	Faysal Shayesteh	Sreenidi Deccan
Match 58	Brandon Vanlalremdika	RoundGlass Punjab	Match 59	Sergio Mendigutxia	Gokulam Kerala	Match 60	Ibrahim Nurudeen	Real Kashmir
Match 61	Aidar Mambetaliev	Rajasthan United	Match 62	Samuel Kynshi	Real Kashmir	Match 63	Anil Rama Gaonkar	Churchill Brothers
Match 64	Henry Kisekka	Aizawl	Match 65	Juan Mera	RoundGlass Punjab	Match 66	Manash Protim Gogoi	TRAU
Match 67	Henry Kisekka	Aizawl	Match 68	David Castañeda	Sreenidi Deccan	Match 69	Abdoulaye Sané	Churchill Brothers
Match 70	Jourdain Fletcher	NEROCA	Match 71	Christy Davis	Mohammedan	Match 72	Omar Ramos	Gokulam Kerala
Match 73	Jourdain Fletcher	NEROCA	Match 74	Luka Majcen	RoundGlass Punjab	Match 75	Ahmed Faiz Khan	Kenkre
Match 76	Lamgoulen Hangshing	Churchill Brothers	Match 77	R Lalthanmawia	Aizawl	Match 78	Brandon Vanlalremdika	RoundGlass Punjab
Match 79	Salam Johnson Singh	TRAU	Match 80	Rosenberg Gabriel	Sreenidi Deccan	Match 81	Sergio Mendigutxia	Gokulam Kerala
Match 82	Anil Rama Gaonkar	Churchill Brothers	Match 83[b]	Samuel Kynshi	Real Kashmir	Match 84	Ranjeet Pandre	Kenkre
Match 85	Shavkati Khotam	Sudeva Delhi	Match 86	Sairuat Kima	Mohammedan	Match 87	David Castañeda	Sreenidi Deccan
Match 88	Mirjalol Kasimov	NEROCA	Match 89	Asheer Akhtar	Sreenidi Deccan	Match 90	Abdoulaye Sané	Churchill Brothers
Match 91	Richard Agyemang	Real Kashmir	Match 92	Jourdain Fletcher	NEROCA	Match 93	Ivan Veras	Aizawl
Match 94	Luka Majcen	RoundGlass Punjab	Match 95	Fernandinho	TRAU	Match 96	Sweden Fernandes	NEROCA
Match 97	David Castañeda	Sreenidi Deccan	Match 98	Kean Lewis	Mohammedan	Match 99	Kiran Chemjong	RoundGlass Punjab
Match 100	Seilenthang Lotjem	Sudeva Delhi	Match 101	Sergio Mendigutxia	Gokulam Kerala	Match 102	Salam Johnson Singh	TRAU
Match 103	Samuel Kynshi	Real Kashmir	Match 104	Tenzin Samdup	Kenkre	Match 105	Ogana Louis	Sreenidi Deccan
Match 106	Farshad Noor	Gokulam Kerala	Match 107	Kiran Chemjong	RoundGlass Punjab	Match 108	R Lalbiakliana	Sudeva Delhi
Match 109	Martín Cháves	Churchill Brothers	Match 110	Otabek Zokirov	Rajasthan United	Match 111	Kean Lewis	Mohammedan
Match 112	Noufal PN	Gokulam Kerala	Match 113	Richard Agyemang	Real Kashmir	Match 114	Juan Mera	RoundGlass Punjab
Match 115	Akito Saito	Aizawl	Match 116	Melroy Assisi	Rajasthan United	Match 117	Alexis Gómez	Sudeva Delhi
Match 118	Juan Mera	RoundGlass Punjab	Match 119	Subhasish Roy Chowdhury	Real Kashmir	Match 120	Salam Johnson Singh	TRAU
Match 121	R Lalthanmawia	Aizawl	Match 122	Chencho Gyeltshen	RoundGlass Punjab	Match 123	Samuel Kynshi	Real Kashmir
Match 124	Sweden Fernandes	NEROCA	Match 125	Sergio Mendigutxia	Gokulam Kerala	Match 126	Baoringdao Bodo	TRAU
Match 127	Abiola Dauda	Mohammedan	Match 128	Kingslee Fernandes	Churchill Brothers	Match 129	Lovepreet Singh	Kenkre
Match 130	Ernest Boateng	Real Kashmir	Match 131	Shibinraj Kunniyil	Gokulam Kerala	Match 132	Luka Majcen	RoundGlass Punjab
Source: I-League

1. Match was postponed to 5 February 2023.
2. Match was postponed to 21 February 2023.

Annual awards

Award	Winner
Hero of the League	Luka Majcen (RoundGlass Punjab)
Golden Boot	Luka Majcen (RoundGlass Punjab)
Golden Glove	Kiran Chemjong (RoundGlass Punjab)
Best Midfielder	Juan Mera (RoundGlass Punjab)
Syed Abdul Rahim Award (Best Coach)	Staikos Vergetis (RoundGlass Punjab)
Jarnail Singh Award (Best Defender)	Aminou Bouba (Gokulam Kerala)
Emerging Player of the League	Salam Johnson Singh (TRAU)
Fair Play Award	TRAU
Best Match Organisation	Mohammedan
Best Media Operations	Rajasthan United
Source: I-League

See also

• Indian club qualifiers for 2023–24 AFC competitions
• 2022–23 Indian Super League
• 2022 Durand Cup
• 2023 Indian Super Cup
• 2022–23 I-League 2

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