2022–23 in Indian football

The 2022–23 season was the 135th competitive association football season in India. The season began in August 2022 and ended in May 2023.

Friendlies
‡ unofficial matches

Additional play-offs for AFC qualifications

 * +AFC Champions League group stage


 * + AFC Cup group stage


 * + AFC Cup qualifying playoff

Deaths

 * 28 July 2022: Gulab Chauhan, former FIFA referee and ex-AIFF Executive Committee member.
 * 5 August 2022: Narender Thapa, 57, former forward who represented the India national team at the 1984 Asian Cup.
 * 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: Samar Banerjee, 92, a forward who captained India at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, 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 National team at the 1984 AFC Asian Cup.
 * 1 February 2023: Parimal Dey, 81, a forward who represented the National team in the 1966 Asian Games in Bangkok.
 * 16 February 2023: Tulsidas Balaram, 86, a forward. Along with P. K. Banerjee and Chuni Goswami, Balaram was part of an acclaimed trio of players that helped propel India into what is widely regarded as its golden age of football during the 1950s and 1960s.
 * 6 March 2023: Kuppuswami Sampath, 75, a goalkeeper who played for the India national team squad that won a bronze medal at the 1970 Asian Games in Bangkok.

Retirements

 * 17 February 2023 : Jeje Lalpekhlua, 32, former striker for East Bengal and National team.