NorthEast United FC is an Indian professional football club based in Guwahati, Assam that competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football. The club was founded on 13 April 2014 during the inaugural season of Indian Super League. NorthEast United represent the 8 states of India known as North East India which consist Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura and Mizoram. Honours Domestic Durand Cup Winners (2): 2024, 2025 Sikkim Gold Cup Winners (1): 2024 Bordoloi Trophy Runners-up (1): 2025
Team records All time performance record As of 21 August 2026 CompetitionMP WDLGFGAGDPtsBest PerformanceIndian Super League220596694265341 -76243League: 3rd (2020–21) Playoffs: Semi-finals (2018–19, 2020–21)Super Cup115062519515Semi-finals (2023)Durand Cup26192569294059Champions (2024, 2025)Total2578368105359389-30317
General Note: When scores are mentioned, score NorthEast United are given first.
Indian Super League First Match: 1–0 (vs Kerala Blasters, 13 October 2014) First Win: 1–0 (vs Kerala Blasters, 13 October 2014) Biggest win: 5–0 (vs Jamshedpur, 26 October 2024) Biggest loss: 0–5 (vs Pune City, 30 December 2017) 0–5 (vs Hyderabad, 31 January 2022) Highest scoring draw: 3–3 (vs Jamshedpur ,10 February 2020) 3–3 (vs Chennaiyin ,18 February 2021) 3–3 (vs Mumbai City, 27 December 2021) Longest winning run: 3 games, during 2020–21 Longest unbeaten run: 11 games, during 2020–21 Longest losing run: 10 games, during 2022–23 +Seasonal RecordsStatBest SeasonWorstSeasonPoints382024–2552022–23Wins102024–2512022–23Losses32018–19, 2020–21172022–23Goals scored462024–25112014Goals conceded132014552022–23Goal difference +172024–25-352022–23
Super Cup First Win: 2–1 (vs Mumbai City ,15 April 2023) Biggest win: 6–0 (vs Mohammedan, 24 April 2025) Biggest loss: 1–3 (vs Odisha, 23 April 2023)
Durand Cup First Win: 2–0 (vs Sudeva Delhi, 2 September 2022) Biggest win: 6–0 (vs Bodoland, 1 August 2026) Biggest loss: 0–6 (vs Odisha, 17 August 2022)
Attendance Highest home attendance: Guwahati: 32,844 (vs Chennaiyin, 20 October 2016) Shillong: 14,849 (vs Jamshedpur, 30th March 2025) Lowest home attendance: Guwahati: 361 (vs Goa, 15 January 2023) Shillong: 9,927 (vs East Bengal, 8th March 2025) +Home groundsStadiumLocationSeasonsIndira Gandhi Athletic StadiumGuwahati, Assam2014–2020, 2022–presentTilak MaidanVasco da Gama, Goa2020–21 (due to COVID-19)Fatorda StadiumMargao, Goa2021–22 (due to COVID-19)Jawaharlal Nehru StadiumShillong, Meghalaya2024–2025 (selected matches)Khuman Lampak Main StadiumImphal, Manipur2026–2027(selected matches) Players Records
Most Appearances
All competitions As of match played 21 May 2026 Bold denotes players still playing for the club.
Italics denotes players still playing professional football. RankingNameNationalityYearsLeagueCupTotalRef.12023–present811899271279832022–present7021914Asheer Akhtar2023–present53207352015–20206827062021–present4622687Míchel Zabaco2023–present4819678Dinesh Singh2023–present4519649Macarton Nickson48156310Gurmeet Singh2018–2021 2024–present491362 Most appearance in all competitions: 86 – Most appearances in Indian Super League: 70 – Most appearances in Super Cup: 9 – Most appearances in Durand Cup: 16 – Youngest player (also ISL record): Alfred Lalroutsang – 16 years 235 days Youngest foreign player: Francis Dadzie – 20 years and 91 days Oldest player: Silas – 39 years and 90 days Oldest Indian player: Subhasish Roy Chowdhury – 35 years and 136 days
Top goalscorers All competitions As of match played 21 May 2026 Bold denotes players still playing for the club.
Italics denotes players still playing professional football. RankingNameNationalityYearsLeagueCupTotal12024–20252314372Parthib Gogoi2022–present128203Jithin M. S.2022–present9716115165871562018–2019120122021–202212082024–present56119909102015–2016808 All time top scorer: 37 – Alaaeddine Ajaraie First goalscorer: Koke (vs Kerala Blasters, 13 October 2014) First Indian goalscorer: Seiminlen Doungel (vs Chennaiyin, 8 November 2014) First Hat trick: Seiminlen Doungel - (vs Chennaiyin on 19 January 2018) Fastest hat-trick: 10 minutes – Bartholomew Ogbeche (vs Chennaiyin, 18 October 2018) Oldest goalscorer: Silas (vs Chennaiyin, 11 November 2015) Youngest goalscorer: Parthib Gogoi (vs Mumbai City, 25 November 2022) Fastest goal: 46 seconds – Alaaeddine Ajaraie (vs Mumbai City, 30 December 2024) Most goals in a match: 4 – Wilmar Jordán (vs Churchill Brothers, 19 April 2023) Indian Super League Most goals all times: 23 - Alaaeddine Ajaraie Most goals by an Indian: 10 – Parthib Gogoi Most goals in a single ISL season (ISL record): 23 – Alaaeddine Ajaraie (2024-25) Most goals in a single ISL season by an Indian: 5 – Parthib Gogoi (2023–24)
Super Cup First goalscorer: Rowllin Borges (vs Chennaiyin, 2 April 2019) Most goals all times: 7 – Wilmar Jordán Most goals in a single Super Cup: 7 – Wilmar Jordán (2023)
Durand Cup First goalscorer: Dipu Mirdha (vs Army Green, 21 August 2022) Most goals all times: 11 – Alaaeddine Ajaraie Most goals in a single Durand Cup: 8 – Alaaeddine Ajaraie (2025)
Club Hat-tricks
Player Total Goals Opponent Final score Venue Date (Season) Notes Seiminlen Doungel 3 Chennaiyin 3–1 Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati 19 January 2018 (2017–18) Bartholomew Ogbeche 3 Chennaiyin 4–3 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai 18 October 2018 (2018–19) Deshorn Brown 3 Mumbai City 3–3 Fatorda Stadium, Goa 27 December 2021 (2021–22) Wilmar Jordán4Churchill Brothers6–3 EMS Stadium, Kozhikode19 April 2023 (2022–23) Parthib Gogoi3Shillong Lajong4–0 Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati4 August 2023 (2023–24) Alaaeddine Ajaraie3Mohammedan6–0Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar24 April 2025 (2024–25) Alaaeddine Ajaraie3Malaysian Armed Forces3–1SAI Stadium, Kokrajhar2 August 2025 (2025–26)
Assists Most assists As of 23 August 2025 Bold denotes players still playing for the club. Italics denotes players still playing professional football.
RankPlayerAssists1 Jithin MS172 Alaaeddine Ajaraie143 Federico Gallego 124 Parthib Gogoi 95 Néstor Albiach5 Thoi Singh Huidrom5 Most assists in all competitions: 17 – Jithin MS First assist: Koke (vs Mumbai City, 24 October 2014) Most assists in a single ISL season: 6 – Federico Gallego, (2020-21)
Clean sheets
All competitions As of 23 August 2025 Bold denotes players still playing for the club. Italics denotes players still playing professional football.
RankPlayerAppearancesClean SheetsTotalLeagueCupAFC Gurmeet Singh Rehenesh TP Mirshad Michu Subhasish Roy Chowdhury Pawan Kumar Subrata Paul Most clean sheets in all competitions: 19 – Gurmeet Singh First clean sheet: Alexandros Tzorvas (vs Kerala Blasters FC, 13 October 2014) Most clean sheets in a single ISL season : 7 – Gurmeet Singh, (2024-25)
Players' individual honours and awards while playing with NorthEast United
NorthEast United players that have won the Indian Super League Emerging Player of the League award: Lalengmawia (1) - 2020–21
NorthEast United players that have won the Indian Super League Player of the League award: Alaaeddine Ajaraie (1) - 2024–25
NorthEast United players that have won the Indian Super League Golden Boot Award: Alaaeddine Ajaraie (1) - 2024–25 NorthEast United players that have won the Super Cup Golden Boot award Wilmar Jordan (1) - 2023 NorthEast United players that have won the Durand Cup Golden Ball award: Jithin MS (1) - 2024 Alaaeddine Ajaraie (1) - 2025 NorthEast United players that have won the Durand Cup Golden Boot award: Alaaeddine Ajaraie (2) - 2025, 2026 NorthEast United players that have won the Durand Cup Golden Glove award: Gurmeet Singh (2) - 2024, 2025 NorthEast United players that have won FPAI Foreign Player of the Year award: Alaaeddine Ajaraie (1) - 2025
Managerial records
Note: Interim managers and caretakers have been excluded from the list
As of 24 August 2025
Most Matches Managed: Juan Pedro Benali – 67 Least Matches Managed: Sérgio Farias – 0
Most Wins: Juan Pedro Benali – 32
Most Defeats: Juan Pedro Benali – 18
Highest Win Percentage: Juan Pedro Benali – 47.76
Least Win Percentage: Marco Balbul – 0.00
Most Matches as Assistant Manager: Naushad Moosa
List of NorthEast United FC managers NameNationalityFromToPWDLGFGAWin%Ricki Herbert19 August 201420 December 2014César Farías1 July 20152 December 2015Sérgio Farias16 May 201616 July 2016Nelo Vingada16 July 20164 December 2016João de Deus17 July 20172 January 2018Avram Grant2 January 201815 March 2018Eelco Schattorie17 August 201811 March 2019Robert Jarni5 August 201910 February 2020Khalid Jamil (interim)10 February 202025 February 2020Gerard Nus 25 August 202012 January 2021Khalid Jamil (interim)12 January 20219 March 2021Khalid Jamil23 October 202129 May 2022Marco Balbul11 August 20227 December 2022Vincenzo Alberto Annese8 December 20221 March 2023Juan Pedro Benali22 May 2023Present
See also List of NorthEast United FC seasons
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