2018–19 in Indian football

The 2018–19 season will be the 140th in Indian football.

National teams

India national football team

2018 Intercontinental Cup

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1 June 2018 (2018-06-01)	India	5–0	Chinese Taipei	Mumbai, India
20:00 IST	Chhetri 14', 34', 62' U. Singh 48' Halder 78'	Report		Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena Attendance: 2,569^[1] Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)

4 June 2018 (2018-06-04)	India	3–0	Kenya	Mumbai, India
20:00 IST	Chhetri 68' (pen.), 90+2' Lalpekhlua 71'	Report		Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena Attendance: 8,890^[2] Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

7 June 2018 (2018-06-07)	India	1–2	New Zealand	Mumbai, India
20:00 IST	Chhetri 47'	Report	De Jong 49' Dyer 86'	Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

Final

10 June 2018 (2018-06-10) Final	India	2–0	Kenya	Mumbai, India
20:00 IST	Chhetri 8', 29'	Report		Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)

2018 SAFF Championship

Group B

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5 September 2018 (2018-09-05)	India	2–0	Sri Lanka	Dhaka, Bangladesh
19:00	Kuruniyan 35' Chhangte 47'	Report		Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)

9 September 2018 (2018-09-09)	India	2–0	Maldives	Dhaka, Bangladesh
19:00	Poojari 36' M. Singh 44'	Report		Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)

Semi-final

12 September 2018	India	3−1	Pakistan	Dhaka, Bangladesh
19:00 IST	Manvir Singh 48', 69' Sumeet Passi 84'	Report	Muhammed Ali 88'	Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Sivakorn Pu-udom (Thailand)

Final

15 September 2018	Maldives	2–1	India	Dhaka, Bangladesh
18:30 IST	Mahudhee 19' Fasir 66'	Report	Passi 90+2'	Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Hasan Akrami (Iran)

2019 AFC Asian Cup

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United Arab Emirates (H)	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Thailand	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4^[a]
3	Bahrain	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4^[a]
4	India	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3

Source: AFC
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Thailand 3, Bahrain 0.

6 January 2019

17:30

Thailand	1–4	India
Teerasil 33'	Report	Chhetri 27' (pen.), 46' Thapa 68' Lalpekhlua 80'

Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 3,250

Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)

10 January 2019

20:00

India	0–2	United Arab Emirates
	Report	Khalf. Mubarak 41' Mabkhout 88'

Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 43,206

Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)

14 January 2019

20:00

India	0–1	Bahrain
	Report	Rashid 90+1' (pen.)

Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah

Attendance: 11,417

Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

India men's national under-16 football team

2018 AFC U-16 Championship

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Indonesia	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5	Knockout stage
2	India	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	5	Knockout stage
3	Iran	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3	4
4	Vietnam	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

21 September 2018 (2018-09-21)	Vietnam	0–1	India	UM Arena Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
20:45		Report	V. Singh 86' (pen.)	Attendance: 166 Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)

24 September 2018 (2018-09-24)	India	0–0	Iran	Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
16:30		Report		Attendance: 186 Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia)

27 September 2018 (2018-09-27)	India	0–0	Indonesia	Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
20:45		Report		Attendance: 11,388 Referee: Ahmad Yacoub Ibrahim (Jordan)

Quarter-final

1 October 2018 (2018-10-01)	South Korea	1–0	India	Petaling Jaya Stadium, Petaling Jaya
20:45	Jeong Sang-bin 68'	Report		Attendance: 200 Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)

India women's national under-18 football team

2018 SAFF U-18 Women's Championship

Group A

Times listed are UTC+6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
1	India	2	2	0	12	0	+12	6	Qualified for Knockout stage
2	Bhutan (H)	2	1	1	13	4	+9	3	Qualified for Knockout stage
3	Maldives	2	0	2	0	19	−19	0

Source: Championship schedule according to the SAFF U18 Women's Championship official website.SAFF
(H) Hosts

28 September 2018	India	4–0	Bhutan	Changlimithang Stadium
16:00	Devneta Roy 35', 50' Manisha 64' Ashem Roja Devi 67'	SAFF AIFF

2 October 2018	Maldives	0–8	India	Changlimithang Stadium
16:00		SAFF AIFF	16' Ashem Roja Devi 19' Karishma Rai 22' (pen.) Pakpi Devi 27' B. Mariyammal 34', 46' Soni Behra 57' Sangita Kumari 62' (o.g.) Jannat Adam

Semi-final

5 October 2018	India	1−1 (1−3 p)	Nepal	Changlimithang Stadium
15:30	Jabamani Tudu 62'	SAFF AIFF	15' Rashmi Kumari Ghising
	Penalties
	Devnata Roy Asha Kumari Jabamani Tudu Manisha		Rekha Poudel Puja Rana Anjana Rani Magar

India women's national under-15 football team

2018 SAFF U-15 Women's Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
1	India	2	2	0	13	0	+13	6	Qualified for Semi-finals
2	Bhutan (H)	2	1	1	6	1	+5	3	Qualified for Semi-finals
3	Sri Lanka	2	0	2	0	18	−18	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

9 August 2018	India	12–0	Sri Lanka	Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu
16:00	Silky Devi 1', 20', 44' Lynda Kom 6' Avika Singh 14', 59' Sunita Munda 42', 79' Kritina Devi 47' Kiran. 72' Anju. 87', 89'	AIFF

13 August 2018	India	1–0	Bhutan	Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu
16:00	Silky Devi 58'	AIFF

Semi-final

16 August 2018	India	2–1	Nepal	Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu
16:00	Lynda Kom 31' Kritina Devi 59'	AIFF	37' Rajani Thokar

Final

18 August 2018	India	1–0	Bangladesh	Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu
19:00	Sunita Munda 66'	AIFF

AFC competitions

2018 AFC Cup

Inter-zone play-off semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bengaluru	2–5	Altyn Asyr	2–3	0–2

22 August 2018 (2018-08-22)	Bengaluru	2–3	Altyn Asyr	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
20:00 UTC+5:30	Bheke 63' Paartalu 88'	Live Report Stats Report	Orazsähedow 11', 46' Annadurdyýew 25'	Attendance: 5,832 Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

29 August 2018 (2018-08-29)	Altyn Asyr	2–0	Bengaluru	Köpetdag Stadium, Ashgabat
16:30 UTC+5	Annadurdyýew 50' Orazsähedow 58'	Live Report Stats Report		Attendance: 12,326 Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)

Altyn Asyr won 5–2 on aggregate.

2019 AFC Champions League

2019 AFC Cup

Club competitions

Indian Super League

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I-League

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Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted

Real Kashmir

Teams relegated

None^[3]

References

^ "'Scream at us, but come watch us': Indian captain Sunil Chhetri makes heartfelt plea to fans".
^ @ThatUnitedLady (4 June 2018). "Attendance figures: India vs Chinese Taipei, June 1: 2569 India vs Kenya, today: 8890" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "AIFF reinstates Churchill Brothers in I-League". 20 September 2018.

[table_hth_THA0.37474138633103-3] Head-to-head points: Thailand 3, Bahrain 0.

[1] "'Scream at us, but come watch us': Indian captain Sunil Chhetri makes heartfelt plea to fans".

[2] @ThatUnitedLady (4 June 2018). "Attendance figures: India vs Chinese Taipei, June 1: 2569 India vs Kenya, today: 8890" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[4] "AIFF reinstates Churchill Brothers in I-League". 20 September 2018.

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