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{{Short description|2021–22 season of Sreenidi Deccan FC}}
{{Update|date=May 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox football club season
| club = [[Sreenidi Deccan FC|Sreenidi Deccan]]
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| season = 2021–22
| owner = Sreenidhi Group
| manager = [[Fernando Santiago Varela]]
| mgrtitle = Head coach
| stadium = 
| league = [[I-League]]
| league result = [[2021–22 I-League|3rd]]
| cup1 = [[Super Cup (India)|AIFF Super Cup]]
| cup1 result = Cancelled
| cup2  = [[IFA Shield]]
| cup2 result = [[2021 IFA Shield|Runners-up]]
| league topscorer = [[David Castañeda (footballer)|David Castañeda]]<br>(10 goals)
| season topscorer = [[David Castañeda (footballer)|David Castañeda]]<br>(13 goals)
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The '''2021–22 season''' is [[Sreenidi Deccan FC|'''Sreenidi Deccan Football Club''']]{{'}}s first season. They participated in the [[I-League]], the first level of [[Football in India|Indian football]]. The [[Super Cup (India)|Super Cup]], the Indian domestic cup, was not held due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India|COVID-19 pandemic]].

On 5 June 2020, [[All India Football Federation]] issued an invitation to accept bids for new clubs to join the I-League from 2020 onwards;<ref>{{cite news|date=5 June 2020|title=AIFF invites bids for new clubs to join Hero I-League 2020 onwards|work=AIFF|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/aiff-invites-bids-for-new-clubs-to-join-hero-i-league-2020-onwards|access-date=19 June 2020|archive-date=22 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622040902/https://www.the-aiff.com/article/aiff-invites-bids-for-new-clubs-to-join-hero-i-league-2020-onwards|url-status=live}}</ref> on 12 August, Sreenidi Deccan were granted playing rights directly in the 2021–22 season.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sudeva and Sreenidhi granted playing rights in Hero I-League from 2020-21 and 2021-22 respectively|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/sudeva-and-sreenidhi-granted-playing-rights-in-hero-i-league-from-2020-21-and-2021-22-respectively|access-date=2020-08-12|website=www.the-aiff.com|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507162838/https://www.the-aiff.com/article/sudeva-and-sreenidhi-granted-playing-rights-in-hero-i-league-from-2020-21-and-2021-22-respectively|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Squad==
{{updated|19 October 2021}}
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=1|nat=IND|pos=GK|name=[[Ubaid CK]]}}
{{Fs player|no=2|nat=IND|pos=DF|name=Shahbaaz Khan}}
{{Fs player|no=4|nat=IND|pos=DF|name= [[Lalchungnunga]]}}
{{Fs player|no=5|nat=IND|pos=DF|name=[[Dinesh Singh (footballer)|Dinesh Singh]]}}
{{Fs player|no=6|nat=IND|pos=MF|name=[[Konsam Phalguni Singh|Phalguni Singh]]}}
{{Fs player|no=7|nat=IND|pos=FW|name=Vanlalbiaa Chhangte}} 
{{Fs player|no=8|nat=IND|pos=MF|name=Uma Sankar}}
{{Fs player|no=9|nat=IND|pos=MF|name=[[Fredsan Marshall]]}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=IND|pos=FW|name=[[Girik Khosla]]}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=COL|pos=FW|name= [[David Castañeda (footballer)|David Castañeda]]}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat=IND|pos=MF|name=[[Mayakkannan]]}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=IND|pos=FW|name=[[Vineeth Kumar Velmurugan|Vineeth Kumar]]}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=IND|pos=FW|name=Rosenberg Gabriel}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=IND|pos=FW|name=[[Lalromawia]]}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=IND|pos=DF|name=[[Sriram Boopathi]]}}
{{fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=27|nat=IND|pos=FW|name= Mayosing Khongreiwoshi}}
{{Fs player|no=29|nat=IND|pos=FW|name=[[Mc Malsawmzuala]]}}
{{Fs player|no=32|nat=IND|pos=DF|name=[[Mohamed Salah (Indian footballer)|Mohamed Salah]]}}
{{Fs player|no=36|nat=IND|pos=MF|name=[[Suraj Rawat]]}}
{{Fs player|no=38|nat=IND|pos=DF|name=[[Samad Ali Mallick]]}}
{{Fs player|no=42|nat=IND|pos=GK|name=[[Shibinraj Kunniyil]]}}
{{Fs player|no=49|nat=GHA|pos=DF|name=[[Mohamed Awal]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=IND|pos=MF|name=[[Shibil Muhammed]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=IND|pos=DF|name=Bijay Chetri}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=IND|pos=DF|name=[[Arijit Bagui]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=IND|pos=FW|name=Sunil Bathala}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=IND|pos=FW|name=KP Rahul}}
{{fs end}}

==Transfers and loans==
===Transfers in===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="background:#d50000; color:white;" |'''Entry date''' 
! style="background:#d50000; color:white;" |'''Position''' 
! style="background:#d50000; color:white;" |'''Player''' 
! style="background:#d50000; color:white;" |'''Previous club''' 
! style="background:#d50000; color:white;" |'''Fee''' 
! style="background:#d50000; color:white;" |'''Ref.'''
|-
|18 June 2021
| style="text-align:center;"| GK
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Ubaid CK]]
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Gokulam Kerala FC]]
| None
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/i-league-signings-rakshit-dagar-sudeva-delhi-fc-sreenidhi-gokulam-kerala-sports-news-football/article35235243.ece|title=I-League: Gokulam Kerala signs Rakshit Dagar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/gokulam-kerala-fc-goalkeeper-ubaid-ck-likely-to-join-sreenidhi-fc-i-league-football-news/article34755721.ece"|title = Gokulam Kerala goalkeeper Ubaid likely to join Sreenidhi FC}}</ref>
|-
|25 June 2021
| style="text-align:center;"| DF
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Dinesh Singh (footballer)|Dinesh Singh]]
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[TRAU FC|TRAU]]
| None
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arunfoot.com/sreenidhi-fc-announce-signing-of-defender-dinesh-singh/|title = Sreenidhi FC announce signing of defender Dinesh Singh!|date = 26 June 2021}}</ref>
|-
|30 June 2021
| style="text-align:center;"| MF
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Mayakkannan]]
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Gokulam Kerala FC]]
| None
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aaveshamclub.com/mayakkannan-left-gokulam/|title = ഗോകുലത്തിലെ മായക്കണ്ണനെ മറ്റൊരു ഐ ലീഗ് ക്ലബ് റാഞ്ചി|date = 30 June 2021}}</ref>
|-
|4 July 2021
| style="text-align:center;"| GK
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Shibinraj Kunniyil]]
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Churchill Brothers S.C.|Churchill Brothers]]
| None
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.cpdfootball.de/2021/07/04/sreenidhi-fc-sign-experienced-goalkeeper-shibin-raj-kunniyil/|title = Sreenidhi FC sign experienced goalkeeper Shibin Raj Kunniyil|date = 4 July 2021}}</ref>
|-
|10 July 2021
| style="text-align:center;"| FW
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Lalromawia]]
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Gokulam Kerala FC]]
| None
|<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://khelnow.com/football/i-league-2021-22-sreenidhi-deccan-sign-lalromawia/%22|title = Sreenidhi Deccan FC announce signing of midfielder Lalromawia|date = 10 July 2021}}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
|10 July 2021
| style="text-align:center;"| FW
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Lalromawia]]
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Gokulam Kerala FC]]
| None
|<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://khelnow.com/football/i-league-2021-22-sreenidhi-deccan-sign-lalromawia/%22|title = Sreenidhi Deccan FC announce signing of midfielder Lalromawia|date = 10 July 2021}}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
|15 July 2021
| style="text-align:center;"| DF
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Samad Ali Mallick]]
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Minerva Academy FC|Punjab FC]]
| None
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://khelnow.com/football/i-league-2021-22-sreenidhi-deccan-sign-samad-ali-mallick|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715101706/https://khelnow.com/football/i-league-2021-22-sreenidhi-deccan-sign-samad-ali-mallick|url-status=live|archive-date=15 July 2021|title=Sreenidhi Deccan FC rope in full-back Samad Ali Mallick|date=15 July 2021}}</ref>
|-
|21 July 2021
| style="text-align:center;"| MF
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Shibil Muhammed]]
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Gokulam Kerala FC]]
| None
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thejasnews.com/sports/football/sreenidhi-deccan-complete-signing-of-shibil-muhammed-on-one-year-deal-176666|title=ഗോകുലത്തിന്റെ ഷിബില്‍ മുഹമ്മദ് ശ്രീനിധി എഫ്സിയിലേക്ക്|date=6 July 2021|website=www.thejasnews.com}}</ref>
|-
|27 July 2021
| style="text-align:center;"| MF
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Suraj Rawat]]
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan S.C.]]
| None
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://khelnow.com/football/i-league-2021-22-sreenidhi-deccan-sign-midfielder-suraj-rawat/|title = I-League new entrants Sreenidhi Deccan FC sign midfielder Suraj Rawat|date = 27 July 2021}}</ref>
|-
|31 July 2021
| style="text-align:center;"| FW
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Mc Malsawmzuala]]
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Aizawl F.C.]]
| None
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://khelnow.com/football/i-league-2021-22-sreenidhi-deccan-fc-sign-mc-malsawmzuala/|title=I-League debutants Sreenidhi Deccan FC sign MC Malsawmzuala|date=31 July 2021}}</ref>
|-
|4 August 2021
| style="text-align:center;"| MF
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Fredsan Marshall]]
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Churchill Brothers S.C.|Churchill Brothers]]
| None
| 
|-
|7 August 2021
| style="text-align:center;"| DF
| style="text-align:left;"| Shahbaaz Khan
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[TRAU FC|TRAU]]
| None
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://khelnow.com/football/i-league-2021-22-sreenidhi-deccan-sign-shahabaaz-khan/|title = Sreenidhi Deccan FC announce arrival of defender Shahabaaz Khan|date = 9 August 2021}}</ref>
|-
|10 August 2021
| style="text-align:center;"| DF
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Lalchungnunga]]
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Aizawl F.C.]]
| None
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://khelnow.com/football/i-league-2021-22-sreenidhi-deccan-sign-lalchungnunga/|title = I-League entrants Sreenidhi Deccan FC rope in defender Lalchungnunga|date = 27 June 2021}}</ref>
|-
|13 August 2021
| style="text-align:center;"| MF
| style="text-align:left;"| Vanlalbiaa Chhangte
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan S.C.]]
| None
|
|-
|18 August 2021
| style="text-align:center;"| DF
| style="text-align:left;"| Bijay Chetri
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Real Kashmir FC|Real Kashmir]]
| None
|
|-
|22 August 2021
| style="text-align:center;"| FW
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Girik Khosla]]
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
| None
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arunfoot.com/sreenidi-deccan-fc-sign-striker-girik-khosla/|title = Sreenidi Deccan FC sign striker Girik Khosla!|date = 22 August 2021}}</ref>
|-
|26 August 2021
| style="text-align:center;"| DF
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Arijit Bagui]]
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan S.C.]]
| None
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://khelnow.com/football/i-league-2021-22-sreenidhi-deccan-sign-arijit-bagui/|title=Sreenidhi Deccan FC complete signing of Arijit Bagui|date=5 July 2021}}</ref>
|-
|30 August 2021
| style="text-align:center;"| MF
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Sriram Boopathi]]
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Chennai City FC|Chennai City]]
| None
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.cpdfootball.de/2021/09/02/sreenidhi-deccan-fc-sign-midfielder-sriram-boopathi/|title = Sreenidhi Deccan FC sign midfielder Sriram Boopathi|date = 2 September 2021}}</ref>
|-
|3 September 2021
| style="text-align:center;"| FW
| style="text-align:left;"| Mayosing Khongreiwoshi
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[TRAU FC|TRAU]]
| None
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arunfoot.com/sreenidi-deccan-fc-sign-striker-mayosing-khongreiwoshi/|title = Sreenidi Deccan FC sign striker Mayosing Khongreiwoshi!|date = 3 September 2021}}</ref>
|-
|9 September 2021
| style="text-align:center;"| MF
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Konsam Phalguni Singh|Phalguni Singh]]
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[TRAU FC|TRAU]]
| None
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://khelnow.com/football/i-league-2021-22-sreenidhi-deccan-sign-phalguni-konsam/|title=Sreenidhi Deccan rope in former TRAU FC midfielder Phalguni Singh|date=9 September 2021}}</ref>
|-
|15 September 2021
| style="text-align:center;"| CF
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Vineeth Kumar Velmurugan|Vineeth Kumar]]
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Chennai City FC|Chennai City]]
| None
|
|-
|20 September 2021
| style="text-align:center;"| CF
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|COL}} [[Juan David Castañeda|David Castañeda]]
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Zakho FC|Zakho]]
| None
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://khelnow.com/football/i-league-sreenidhi-deccan-fc-sign-david-castaneda-munoz/|title = Sreenidhi Deccan sign Colombian forward David Castaneda Munoz|date = 20 September 2021}}</ref>
|-
|28 September 2021
| style="text-align:center;"| DF
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|GHA}} [[Mohamed Awal]]
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Gokulam Kerala FC]]
| None
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://khelnow.com/football/i-league-2021-22-sreenidhi-deccan-sign-mohamed-awal/|title=Sreenidhi Deccan FC rope in ex-Gokulam Kerala skipper Mohamed Awal|date=24 September 2021}}</ref>
|-
|13 October 2021
| style="text-align:center;"| FW
| style="text-align:left;"| Sunil Bathala
| style="text-align:left;"|Academy
| None
|
|-
|14 October 2021
| style="text-align:center;"| FW
| style="text-align:left;"| KP Rahul
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Gokulam Kerala FC]]
| None
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://khelnow.com/football/i-league-2021-22-sreenidhi-deccan-sign-rahul-kp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006065739/https://khelnow.com/football/i-league-2021-22-sreenidhi-deccan-sign-rahul-kp|url-status=live|archive-date=6 October 2021|title=Sreenidhi Deccan FC rope in ex-Gokulam Kerala star Rahul KP|date=6 October 2021}}</ref>
|-
|19 October 2021
| style="text-align:center;"| MF
| style="text-align:left;"| Uma Sankar
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Chennai City FC|Chennai City]]
| None
|
|-
|22 October 2021
| style="text-align:center;"| FW
| style="text-align:left;"| Rosenberg Gabriel
| style="text-align:left;"|
| None
|
|-
|}

==Technical staff==
{{updated|23 April 2021}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!scope="col"|Role
!scope="col"|Name
|-
|Head coach
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Fernando Santiago Varela]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=20 April 2021|title=Sreenidhi FC appoint Fernando Varela as head coach for I-League 2021-22 season|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/indian-football/news-sreenidhi-fc-appoint-fernando-varela-head-coach-i-league-2021-22-season|website=Sportskeeda|access-date=23 April 2021|archive-date=23 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423115119/https://www.sportskeeda.com/indian-football/news-sreenidhi-fc-appoint-fernando-varela-head-coach-i-league-2021-22-season|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|Assistant coach
|{{flagicon|IND}} Birendra Thapa
|-
|Conditioning coach
|{{flagicon|MEX}} Jorge Ovando Toledo
|-
|Goalkeeping coach
|TBA
|-
|Performance Analyst
|{{flagicon|IND}} Saiguhan E.
|-
{{Fb cs footer|s=[https://www.sreenidhifc.com/technical-staff/]|u=23 December 2020|date=October 2020}}

==Pre-season==
{{football box collapsible
|round = Friendly
|date= 22 August 2021 
|time= 16.00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1=Sreenidhi Deccan
|score= 2–1
|report = 
|team2=Hyderabad XI
|goals1=
|goals2=
|location= [[Hyderabad]]
|stadium= 
|attendance=
|result=W 
|motm= 
|referee=
}}

==I-League==
{{main|2021–22 I-League}}

===Phase 1===
{{:2021–22 I-League|transcludesection=Phase 1|showteam=SRD}}

===Phase 2===
{{:2021–22 I-League|transcludesection=Championship|showteam=SRD}}

===Final standings===
{{:2021–22 I-League|transcludesection=Final|showteam=SRD}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

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{{2021–22 in Indian football}}

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[[Category:Sreenidi Deccan FC seasons]]
[[Category:2021–22 I-League by team|Sreenidi Deccan]]