2017–18 Youth League U18

Youth League U18

Season	2017–18
Champions	Shillong Lajong
Matches played	235
Goals scored	797 (3.39 per match)
Top goalscorer	Manvir Singh (14 goals)
Biggest home win	Pune City 16–0 Kenkre
Biggest away win	Raman Vijayan Football School 2–16 Bengaluru
Highest scoring	Chennaiyin 15–4 Raman Vijayan Football School
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The 2017–18 Youth League U18 (formerly known as I-League U18) was the eighth season of the Indian Youth League U18 and the third season of the competition as an under-18 one. AIFF announced that the zonal rounds for the league that started from 20 November 2017 in Chennai, Maharashtra, Kolkata and Delhi. AIFF Elite Academy were three-time defending champions, but did not participate in the tournament. Shillong Lajong won their first title by defeating Kerala Blasters 2–0 in the final on 26 May 2018.

Zonal round

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied in the order given to determine the rankings: Greater number of points obtained in the matches between the Teams concerned Goal difference resulting from the matches between the Teams concerned Greater number of goals scored in the matches between the Teams concerned Goal difference in all the matches Greater number of goals scored in all the matches Drawing of lots

Rest of India zone

Group B

All matches played at Minerva Training Ground, Ludhiana. Template:2017–18 Youth League U18 RoI–Group B table

Group D

All matches played at Panampally Ground, Kochi. Template:2017–18 Youth League U18 RoI–Group D table

Playoffs

Group A

All matches played at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Shillong). Template:2017–18 Youth League U18 playoffs tables

Group B

All matches played at MFA Turf, Shillong. Template:2017–18 Youth League U18 playoffs tables

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-Finals					Final
	Kerala Blasters		2
	SAI (Kolkata)		1
						Kerala Blasters		0
						Shillong Lajong		2
	East Bengal		0
	Shillong Lajong		2			Third Place

Semi-Finals

24 May 2018

15:00 IST

Kerala Blasters	2–1	SAI (Kolkata)
Abdullah K S 39', 50'	Report	Injaman Molla 41'

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Shillong

Attendance: 100

Referee: Aditya Purkayastha

24 May 2018

19:00 IST

East Bengal	0–2	Shillong Lajong
	Report	Phrangki Buam 76', 86'

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Shillong

Attendance: 1,750

Referee: Mrutyunjay Amatya

Final

26 May 2018

13:30 IST

Kerala Blasters	0–2	Shillong Lajong
	Report	Lins P Poulose 4' (o.g.) Kynsailang Khongsit 90+1'

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Shillong

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Harish Kundu

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Manvir Singh	Ozone	14
2	Joe Massey	Bhaichung Bhutia FS	11
	Rohit Tigga	SAI (Kolkata)
4	Bishnu Bordoloi	DSK Shivajians	9
	Ishan V Dey	Pune City
	B Rohmingthanga	Chennaiyin
7	Rohan Harish Shukla	Football School of India	8
	Dingku Sharma	DSK Shivajians
	Syed Suhail Pasha	Chennaiyin
	Jhantu Prasad	East Bengal
	Adarsh AS	Kerala Blasters
12	Supratip Barui	United	7
	B Lalnuntluanga	Bengaluru
	Omega Vanlalhruaitluanga	Pune City
	Ragav Gupta	Bengaluru
	Umair Saiyyad	DSK Shivajians
	Yash Sanjay Angre	Bhaichung Bhutia FS
	Shijin T	SAI (Thiruvananthapuram)
	Paul Ramfangzauva	Aizawl
	Phrangki Buam	Shillong Lajong

External links

• I-League U18 on the AIFF website.