2024–25 Inter Kashi season

Inter Kashi
2024–25 season
Owner	RDB Group of Companies
Head coach	Antonio López Habas
Stadium	Various
I-League	TBD
Super Cup	TBD
Durand Cup	Group Stage
Biggest win	5–1 v Delhi FC,; 1 December 2024; (I-League)
Biggest defeat	3-0 v Bengaluru FC, ; 3 August 2024; (Durand Cup)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 season will be the second season of Inter Kashi in existence. The club participated in the I-League, the second tier of Indian football.^[1]^[2]

Current staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Antonio Lopez Habas^[3]
Assistant coaches	Carlos Fonseca^[4]
Assistant coaches	Arata Izumi^[5]
Strength & conditioning coach	Alberto Santana^[6]
Goalkeeping coach	Fernando Llopis ^[7]
Goalkeeping coach	Luis García
Player Care Manager	Abdeali Fatema Deesawala
Media Manager	Bhaswar Dey

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 November 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	Shubham Dhas
2	MF	IND	Mohammed Asif Khan
3	DF	IND	Aritra Das
4	DF	ESP	David Humanes
6	MF	ESP	Julen Pérez
7	MF	FIN	Joni Kauko
8	MF	IND	Phijam Vikash Singh
9	FW	ESP	Mario Barco
10	FW	IND	Edmund Lalrindika
11	FW	IND	Bidyashagar Singh
12	GK	IND	Rakshit Dagar
13	GK	IND	Sharon Padattil
14	MF	IND	Karthik Panicker
15	MF	IND	Sweden Fernandes


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	IND	Sandip Mandi
17	DF	IND	Anil Chawan
19	FW	IND	Chirag Bhujel
18	MF	IND	Tomba Singh
20	MF	SRB	Nikola Stojanović
21	DF	IND	Narayan Das
22	DF	IND	Ashray Bhardwaj
23	DF	IND	Sarthak Golui
24	DF	IND	Kojam Beyong
25	FW	IND	Sumeet Passi (captain)
25	FW	SRB	Matija Babović
26	DF	IND	Deepak Devrani
27	FW	MAR	Domi Berlanga
28	FW	IND	Prasanth Mohan
29	GK	IND	Arindam Bhattacharya

New contracts

Date	Position	No.	Player	Ref.
24 July 2024	DF	3	Anand Usuda

Transfers

Loans In

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
20 July 2024	DF		Dettol Moirangthem	Classic FA	31 August 2024

Transfers in

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
15 July 2024	FW	Chirag Bhujel	Lakecity FC	None
22 July 2024	MF	Nikola Stojanović	Gokulam Kerala	None
22 July 2024	FW	Harmanpreet Singh	Namdhari	None
23 July 2024	MF	Karthik Panicker	Garhwal FC	None
26 July 2024	DF	Ashray Bhardwaj	Sudeva Delhi	None
27 July 2024	MF	Prasanth Mohan	Punjab	None
29 July 2024	FW	Sweden Fernandes	Chennaiyin	None
30 July 2024	DF	Aritra Das	Kerala Blasters	Undisclosed fee + Buy-back clause	^[8]
31 July 2024	MF	William Pauliankhum	Rajasthan United	None
2 August 2024	FW	Bidyashagar Singh	Punjab	None
19 August 2024	MF	Joni Kauko	Mohun Bagan	None
4 September 2024	DF	Narayan Das	Goa	None
6 September 2024	DF	Sarthak Golui	East Bengal	None
12 September 2024	DF	David Humanes	Antequera	None
3 October 2024	GK	Rakshit Dagar	Jamshedpur	None
6 October 2024	FW	Domi Berlanga	Inter d'Escaldes	None
12 January 2025	MF	Sheikh Sahil	SC Bengaluru
13 January 2025	FW	Matija Babović	Dempo SC		^[9]

Loans To

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
29 August 2024	DF		Sachu Siby	Inter Club d'Escaldes	31 May 2025	^[10]
29 August 2024	FW		Harmanpreet Singh	Inter Club d'Escaldes	31 May 2025

Transfers Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Ref.
1 June 2024	FW	Muhammad Ajsal	Kerala Blasters	Loan Return
1 June 2024	FW	Edmund Lalrindika	Bengaluru	Loan Return
1 June 2024	MF	Gyamar Nikum	Mumbai City	Loan Return
1 June 2024	DF	Bijoy Varghese	Kerala Blasters	Loan Return
1 June 2024	DF	Deepak Devrani	Punjab	Loan Return
1 June 2024	DF	Tejas Krishna	Punjab	Loan Return
1 June 2024	MF	Fran Gómez	Atlético Madrid B	Loan Return
1 June 2024	DF	Sanson Pereira	Goa	Loan Return
30 June 2024	MF	Jackichand Singh
30 June 2024	DF	Lalruatthara	Aizawl
30 June 2024	GK	Nikhil Deka	Mohammedan SC Reserves	Free Transfer
1 July 2024	FW	Ishan Dey
7 July 2024	FW	Gianni dos Santos
7 July 2024	DF	Peter Hartley		Retired
22 August 2024	DF	Keisam Angelo Singh	KLASA	Free Transfer
30 August 2024	DF	Anand Usuda
31 August 2024	DF	Dettol Moirangthem	Classic FA	Loan Return
1 September 2024	MF	William Pauliankhum	Rajasthan United FC	Free Transfer
31 Ocrober 2024	FW	Jordan Lamela	SC Bengaluru

Pre-season

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

20 July 2023 Friendly	East Bengal	2–1	Inter Kashi	Kolkata
18:00 IST	Mahesh ?' Lalhlansanga ?' (pen.)	Report	Chirag Bhujel ?'	Stadium: Center of Excellence Ground Attendance: 0^[A]

Competitions

I-League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Churchill Brothers	8	5	1	2	18	7	+11	16	Champions and Promotion to Indian Super League
2	Inter Kashi	8	4	2	2	12	8	+4	14
3	Namdhari	8	4	2	2	8	5	+3	14
4	Shillong Lajong	8	3	3	2	17	7	+10	12
5	Rajasthan United	8	3	2	3	9	16	−7	11

Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2025. 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).

Matches

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Note: I-League announced the fixtures for the 2024–25 season on 24 October 2024.^[11]

22 November 2024 (2024-11-22) 1	Inter Kashi	1-0	Sporting Club Bengaluru	Nadia
19:00 UTC+5:30	Lalrindika 72'	Report		Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 1,051 Referee: Surojit Das (India) Man of the Match: Lalrindika (Inter Kashi)

1 December 2024 (2024-12-01) 2	Inter Kashi	5–1	Delhi	Nadia
19:00 UTC+5:30	Domingo Berlanga Ouggouti 32' 57' 59' Lalrindika 62' Nikola Stojanović 68'	Report	Himanshu Jangra 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 1,033 Referee: Mohammed Junaid Saijad Tanji (India) Man of the Match: Domingo Berlanga Ouggouti (Inter Kashi)

5 December 2024 (2024-12-05) 3	Shillong Lajong FC	0–0	Inter Kashi	East Khasi Hills
19:00 UTC+5:30		Report		Stadium: SSA Stadium Attendance: 3,922 Referee: Mithun Kumar Kundu (India) Man of the Match: Phrangki Buam (Shillong Lajong FC)

9 December 2024 (2024-12-09) 4	Real Kashmir FC	1–1	Inter Kashi	Srinagar
14:00 UTC+5:30	Lalramsanga 8'	Report	Domingo Berlanga Ouggouti 70'	Stadium: TRC Football Turf Attendance: 4,000 Referee: I Jamal Mohamed (India) Man of the Match: Domingo Berlanga Ouggouti (Inter Kashi)

14 December 2024 (2024-12-14) 5	Inter Kashi	1–3	Churchill Brothers FC Goa	Nadia
19:00 UTC+5:30	Sumeet Passi 50'	Report	Wayde Lekay 18' Pape Gassama 39' (pen.) Lamgoulen Semkholun 69'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 797 Referee: Arvind Sekhar A (India) Man of the Match: Sebastián Gutiérrez (Churchill Brothers FC Goa)

20 December 2024 (2024-12-20) 6	Inter Kashi	3–1	Sreenidi Deccan Football Club	Nadia
19:00 UTC+5:30	Mario Barco 47' 59' (pen.) Joni Kauko 90+5'	Report	David Castañeda 33'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 115 Referee: Shantan Agrawal (India) Man of the Match: Mario Barco (Inter Kashi)

10 January 2025 (2025-01-10) 7	Dempo Sports Club	0-1	Inter Kashi	South Goa
15:30 UTC+5:30		Report	Joni Kauko 88'	Stadium: PJN Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Kishor Gangaram Choudhary (India) Man of the Match: Joni Kauko (Inter Kashi)

13 January 2025 (2025-01-13) 8	Namdhari FC	v	Inter Kashi	Ludhiana
14:00 UTC+5:30				Stadium: Namdhari Stadium Referee: (India)

18 January 2025 (2025-01-18) 9	Inter Kashi	v	Aizawl FC	Nadia
19:00 UTC+5:30				Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Referee: (India)

Durand Cup

The 133rd edition of Durand Cup saw first appearance of Inter Kashi. They were placed with hosts Mohammedan, Bengaluru FC and Indian Navy in Group B.^[12]

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BEN	MSC	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
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)

3 August 2024 (2024-08-03)	Bengaluru FC	3–0	Inter Kashi	Kolkata
19:00 IST	Édgar 17' (pen.) Ripoll 77' Chhetri 82'	Report		Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Attendance: 435 Referee: Crystal John Man of the Match: Alberto Noguera Ripoll (Bengaluru FC)

9 August 2024 (2024-08-09)	Indian Navy	1–2	Inter Kashi	Kolkata
16:00 IST	Novin 53'	Report	Nikola 65' Tomba 66'	Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Attendance: 112 Referee: Ashish Tiwari Man of the Match: Nikola Stojanović (Inter Kashi)

Notes

^ Closed door friendly match.

References

^ "Indian Football Calendar 2024-25: More youth leagues, longer window for IWL and more".
^ "AIFF Competitions Calendar for 2024-25 season released".
^ "काशी, अब चारों ओर मचा दो शोर! 📢". X (Formerly Twitter).
^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
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^ "Alberto Santana". Linkedin.
^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ferllopis/
^ Sportstar, Team (28 July 2024). "Mohammedan SC vs Inter Kashi highlights, Durand Cup 2024: MSC 1-1 IKFC; Stojanovic and Ashley score in entertaining draw". Sportstar. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
^ https://www.the-aiff.com/players/profile/336194?type=club
^ "Young Kerala footballer Sachu Siby set for stint in Europe". Young Kerala footballer Sachu Siby set for stint in Europe. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
^ "Comments on: AIFF announces fixtures for I-League, IWL".
^ "Durand Cup 2024, Group B Preview: New-look Bengaluru FC look to start afresh". www.indiansuperleague.com. 24 August 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

[CD-11] Closed door friendly match.

[1] "Indian Football Calendar 2024-25: More youth leagues, longer window for IWL and more".

[2] "AIFF Competitions Calendar for 2024-25 season released".

[3] "काशी, अब चारों ओर मचा दो शोर! 📢". X (Formerly Twitter).

[4] "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 15 December 2024.

[5] "Arata Izumi becomes the assistant coach of the new entity, Inter Kashi". 14 September 2023. Archived from the original on 14 September 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2024.

[6] "Alberto Santana". Linkedin.

[7] ttps://www.linkedin.com/in/ferllopis/

[8] Sportstar, Team (28 July 2024). "Mohammedan SC vs Inter Kashi highlights, Durand Cup 2024: MSC 1-1 IKFC; Stojanovic and Ashley score in entertaining draw". Sportstar. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

[9] ttps://www.the-aiff.com/players/profile/336194?type=club

[10] "Young Kerala footballer Sachu Siby set for stint in Europe". Young Kerala footballer Sachu Siby set for stint in Europe. Retrieved 15 December 2024.

[12] "Comments on: AIFF announces fixtures for I-League, IWL".

[13] "Durand Cup 2024, Group B Preview: New-look Bengaluru FC look to start afresh". www.indiansuperleague.com. 24 August 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

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