2015–16 in Indian football

The 2015–16 season is the 137th season of competitive football in India.

International

11 June 2015 (2015-06-11) World Cup Qualifier	India	1–2	Oman	Bangalore, India
19:00 UTC+5:30	Chhetri 26'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Said 1' Al-Hosni 40' (pen.)	Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: 19,312 Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)

16 June 2015 (2015-06-16) World Cup Qualifier	Guam	2–1	India	Dededo, Guam
16:15 UTC+10	McDonald 37' Nicklaw 62'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Chhetri 90+3'	Stadium: Guam F.A. National Training Center Attendance: 3,277 Referee: Võ Minh Trí (Vietnam)

8 September 2015 (2015-09-08) World Cup Qualifier	India	0–3 Awarded^{[note 1]}	Iran	Bangalore, India
19:00 UTC+5:30		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Azmoun 28' Teymourian 46' Taremi 49'	Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates)

8 October 2015 (2015-10-08) World Cup Qualifier	Turkmenistan	2–1	India	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
18:00 UTC+5	Abylow 8' Amanow 60'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Lalpekhlua 28'	Stadium: Köpetdag Stadium Attendance: 20,100 Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13) World Cup Qualifier	Oman	3–0	India	Muscat, Oman
18:30 UTC+4	Mubarak 55' Al-Muqbali 67', 84'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)		Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Fahad Al-Marri (Qatar)

12 November 2015 (2015-11-12) World Cup Qualifier	India	1–0	Guam	Bangalore, India
19:00 UTC+5:30	R. Singh 10'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)		Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: 6,277 Referee: Jarred Gillett (Australia)

24 March 2016 (2016-03-24) World Cup Qualifier	Iran	4–0	India	Tehran, Iran
19:00 UTC+4:30	Hajsafi 33' (pen.), 66' (pen.) Azmoun 61' Jahanbakhsh 78'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 29,160 Referee: Võ Minh Trí (Vietnam)

29 March 2016 (2016-03-29) World Cup Qualifier	India	1–2	Turkmenistan	Kochi, India
18:00 UTC+5:30	Jhingan 26'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Amanow 48' Ataýew 70'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 3,111 Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)

^ FIFA awarded Iran a 3–0 win as a result of India fielding the ineligible player Eugeneson Lyngdoh.^[1] The match initially ended 3–0 to Iran.

Teams promoted to the 2015–16 I-League:

Teams relegated from the 2015–16 I-League:

^ Cite error: The named reference india sanctioned was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Jitendran, Nikhil (7 May 2015). "Aizawl FC become Mizoram's inaugural representatives in the I-League". Goal.com. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
^ Media Team, I-League (30 May 2015). "Record Time I-League Champion Dempo Fail The Relegation Test". i-league.org. Retrieved 30 May 2015.