Currently, the league has 12 teams. Each club plays each other twice during the season, once at home and the other time away. At the end of the season, the team with the most points wins the league and gains promotion to the top flight Indian Super League. In the case of a tie then head-to-head record is looked upon. Further, in the case of a tie the goal difference is looked upon the tied teams. [53] Clubs[edit] A total of 36 clubs have played in the I-League since its inception in 2007, up to the current season. Locations of current I-League clubs Current clubs[edit] Club City/State/UT Stadium Capacity Owners Founded Joined Seasons in IL Best finish Worst finish Aizawl FC Aizawl, Mizoram Rajiv Gandhi Stadium 20, 000 Robert Romawia Royte 1984 2015 2012– 1st, 2016–17 8th, 2015–16 Churchill Brothers FC Goa Margao, Goa Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium 19, 000 Churchill Alemao 1988 2016 2007–14, 2016– 1st, 2008–09, 2012–13 8th, 2013–14 Gokulam Kerala FC Kozhikode, Kerala EMS Stadium 80, 000 Sree Gokulam Group 2017 2017– 1st, 2020–21 9th, 2018–19 Kenkre Mumbai, Maharashtra Cooperage Ground 5, 000 Mohammedan SC Kolkata, West Bengal Mohammedan Sporting Ground 22, 000 Mohammedan Sporting Club Pvt.
"Mohun Bagan 1–0 East Bengal – Marines Go Second As Trevor Morgan Suffers First Derby Defeat". Retrieved 15 July 2014. ^ Mangar, Nirmal. "United Sikkim enters I-League – Draw for Bhaichung boys". Samachar. Retrieved 15 July 2014. ^ Srivastava, Ayush. "Club management to blame for United Sikkim's relegation". Retrieved 15 July 2014. ^ "Jeje Lalpekhlua, Sunil Chhetri at Glasgow Rangers". Archived from the original on 21 September 2014.
It is live streaming on Discovery+ mobile app. From this season the league returned to its original Away Home format, clubs scheduled to play home matches at their home grounds. [61] AIFF has signed a three-year deal with Lex Sportel Vision Pvt. to broadcast the I-League on DSport starting 2019–20 season. The 13th edition of I-League is scheduled to commence from 30 November, featuring 11 teams and 110 matches.
[95] Season awards[edit] End of season I-League awards were previously conducted by the Football Players' Association of India and All India Football Federation since 2008–09 season. Currently the awards include the Hero of the league, the golden boot, the golden glove, the best head coach (Syed Abdul Rahim Award), the best defender (Jarnail Singh Award), the best midfielder and the emerging player of the league, all of which are sponsored by Hero. Hero of the League[edit] Bidyashagar Singh Marcus Joseph Syed Abdul Rahim Award[edit] 2008–09[96] Dave Booth 2009–10[97] 2010–11[98] 2011–12[99] Trevor Morgan 2012–13[100] Derrick Pereira 2013–14[101] 2017–18[102] Gift Raikhan 2018–19[103] 2020–21[91] Emerging Player of the Season[edit] Position Baljit Sahni Forward Joaquim Abranches Jeje Lalpekhlua Pailan Arrows Manandeep Singh Alwyn George Midfielder Udanta Singh Winger Jerry Lalrinzuala Left Back Samuel Lalmuanpuia 2018–19[104] Phrangi Buam Emil Benny Jiteshwor Singh Foreign Player of the Year[edit] Odafe Onyeka Okolie Beto 2011–12[105] Ranti Martins Darryl Duffy Indian Player of the Season[edit] Mohammed Rafi Mehtab Hossain Syed Nabi Defender Lenny Rodrigues Balwant Singh Fans' Player of the Year[edit] 2008–09[106] Subrata Pal Goalkeeper Francis Fernandes Zohib Islam Amiri Boithang Haokip I-League clubs in Asia[edit] Traditionally, I-League clubs have done particularly well in the AFC Cup.
Retrieved 15 July 2014. ^ "Subrata Paul signs 6-month contract with FC Vikings". Archived from the original on 20 September 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014. ^ "Gurpreet Singh Sandhu set for a trial cum training stint with Wigan Athletic". Retrieved 15 July 2014. ^ "Carlos signs one year deal with Prayag United". Indian Sports News. "Lebanese defender Bilal Najjarin leaves Churchill Brothers". Retrieved 15 July 2014.
51[75] 318 2. 41[76] 486 2. 67[77] 489 2. 69[78] 521 2. 88[79] 530 2. 91[80] 402 156 2. 47[81] 280 2. 55[82] 186 2. 58[83] 225 2. 5[84] 2. 27[85] 303 109 2. 78 187 69[a] 2. 71 216 2. 7 294 2. 58 Player transfer fees[edit] Top transfer fees paid by I-League clubs[edit] Player Fee (min) Year Transfer Out Transfer In Reference Uga Okpara ₹7 crore (US$880, 000) 2009 Enyimba Odafa Onyeka Okolie ₹3 crore (US$380, 000) 2011 Lester Fernandez ₹20 lakh (US$25, 000) 2012 Prayag United Ronaldo Oliveira ₹10 lakh (US$13, 000) Top transfer fees received by I-League clubs[edit] Khalid Aucho ₹4 crore (US$500, 000) Misr Lel Makkasa Sunil Chhetri ₹1.
[110] AFC Cup AFC Champions League Group stage Play-off Round Semi-finals Round of 16 DNP Qualifying Round 1 Preliminary Round 1 Preliminary Round 2 Inter-zone finals Group Stage Inter-zone semi-finals Cancelled ATK Mohun Bagan See also[edit] Indian football league system Football in India History of Indian football List of football clubs in India 2021–23 Indian football club competition play-offs for AFC IFA Shield References[edit] ^ "New roadmap for Indian football proposes Hero ISL as premier league".
On 20 November 2011, 90, 000 people watched at the Salt Lake Stadium as Mohun Bagan defeated East Bengal 1–0. [29] The league also saw more expansion to others areas with the promotion of United Sikkim from the 2nd Division, [30] however, their reign was short lived as financial troubles saw them relegated the next season. [31] Meanwhile, while the league continued to grow, so did the players' demand. During this period plenty of Indian players were wanted on trial by foreign clubs, mainly in Europe. After his return from MLS, Sunil Chhetri and international teammate Jeje Lalpekhlua were called for trials at Scottish Premier League side Rangers in 2011. [32] Subrata Pal had trials at RB Leipzig before finally signing for Vestsjælland in 2014.
14 crore (US$140, 000) Mumbai City Pedro Manzi ₹1 crore (US$130, 000) Albirex Niigata Eugeneson Lyngdoh ₹90 lakh (US$110, 000) Pune City Top scorers[edit] Season after season, players in the I-League compete for the golden boot title, which is awarded at the end of each season to the top scorer throughout the entire season. The most recent winner of the golden boot is Bidyashagar Singh, who won the golden boot at the end of the 2020–21 season after scoring 12 goals.
[8] The league's first season consisted of eight teams from the previous NFL campaign and two teams from the 2nd Division to form a 10 team league. [8] Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), the title sponsors of the previous NFL, were named as the title sponsors of the I-League before the league kicked off in November 2007. [9] The league also announced a change in their foreign-player restrictions with the new rule being that all the clubs could sign four foreigners – three non-Asian and one which must be Asian. [10] The league also announced that, for the first season, matches will be broadcast on Zee Sports. [11] The original ten clubs in the I-League's first season were Air India, Churchill Brothers, Dempo, East Bengal, JCT, Mahindra United, Mohun Bagan, Salgaocar, Sporting Goa and Viva Kerala.
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[50] On the negative side, teams only effectively represent an individual business with a few thousand workers, rather than whole cities, and thus do not gain broad general support. [50] On 21 February 2014 it was officially announced that the two remaining institutional clubs in the I-League – Air India and ONGC – had been expelled from the I-League and that all other institutional clubs would not be allowed to participate in the league. [52] Competition format[edit] Since the league began in 2007, the rules have changed almost yearly.
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