The 2022–23 season was the 135th competitive

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. The season began in August 2022 and ended in May 2023.

Men's national football team

Senior team

2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers

Friendlies

Under-20

SAFF U-20 Championship

AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualifiers

Under-17

SAFF U-17 Championship

Friendlies

AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualifiers

Friendlies

Women's national football team

Senior team

Friendlies

‡ ''unofficial matches''

SAFF Women's Championship

Friendlies

Olympic qualifiers

Under-20

Friendlies

SAFF U-20 Women's Championship

AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup qualifiers

Under-17

Friendlies

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

SAFF U-17 Women's Championship

Friendlies

AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup qualifiers Round 1

International competitions

Next Gen Cup Midlands (Group A)

Next Gen Cup London (Group B)

AFC competitions

2022 AFC Cup

Inter-zone play-off semi-finals

Men's club football

Indian Super League

Regular season

Playoffs

I-League

I-League 2nd Division

Final round

Durand Cup

Final

Super Cup

Final

Additional play-offs for AFC qualifications

, +AFC Champions League group stage , + AFC Cup group stage , + AFC Cup qualifying playoff

State football leagues

Women's club football

Indian Women's League

Knockout stage

Final

Youth football

Elite League

Knockout stage

Final

Reliance Foundation Development League

Final

Futsal

Futsal Club Championship

Knockout stage

Final

Beach Soccer

National Beach Soccer Championship

Knockout stage

Final

Deaths

* 28 July 2022: Gulab Chauhan, former FIFA referee and ex-

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Executive Committee member. * 5 August 2022: Narender Thapa, 57, former forward who represented the India national team at the

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. * 7 August 2022: George Ambrose, former Indian international defender who represented the India national team was part of the Indian side that qualified for the AFC Asian Cup Singapore 1984. * 20 August 2022:

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, 92, a forward who captained India at the

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, where they achieved fourth place. * 29 September 2022: Sumanta Ghosh, 70, a former FIFA referee. * 20 November 2022: Babu Mani, 59, a forward who represented the

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at the

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. * 1 February 2023: Parimal Dey, 81, a forward who represented the

in the

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. * 16 February 2023:

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, 86, a forward. Along with

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and

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, Balaram was part of an acclaimed trio of players that helped propel India into what is widely regarded as its

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of football during the 1950s and 1960s. * 6 March 2023: Kuppuswami Sampath, 75, a

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who played for the India national team squad that won a bronze medal at the 1970 Asian Games in

Retirements

* 17 February 2023 : Jeje Lalpekhlua, 32, former striker for

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and

New clubs

References

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