2024–25 I-League
| Season | 2024–25 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 30 November 2024 – 30 April 2025[1] |
← 2023–24 2025–26 → | |
The 2024–25 I-League will be the 18th season of the I-League and the third season as the second tier of Indian football league system.
Mohammedan are the reigning champions having won the 2023–24 I-League.
Changes from last season
[edit]- Promoted to Indian Super League
- Promoted from I-League 2
- Relegated to I-League 2
Two years after disbanding the Indian Arrows project, the AIFF decided to field the under-20 national side to give them game time and prepare for the 2027 Asian Cup and 2026 Asian Games participation. The India U-20 national team would have got amnesty from promotion-relegation.[2][3] However, the plan was later dropped.[4]
Teams
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| Team | State/UT | City | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aizawl | Mizoram | Aizawl | Rajiv Gandhi Stadium | 20,000 |
| Churchill Brothers | Goa | Vasco | Tilak Maidan | 5,000 |
| Delhi | Delhi | New Delhi | Ambedkar Stadium | 30,000 |
| Dempo | Goa | Mapusa | Duler Stadium | 5,000 |
| Gokulam Kerala | Kerala | Kozhikode | Payyanad Stadium | 30,000 |
| Inter Kashi | Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi | Ekana Football Stadium | 2,000 |
| Sigra Stadium | 500 | |||
| Namdhari | Punjab | Bhaini Sahib | Namdhari Stadium | 1,000 |
| Rajasthan United | Rajasthan | Jaipur | Vidhyadhar Nagar Stadium | 3,000 |
| Real Kashmir | Jammu & Kashmir | Srinagar | TRC Turf Ground | 10,000 |
| Shillong Lajong | Meghalaya | Shillong | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | 30,000 |
| Sporting Bengaluru | Karnataka | Bengaluru | Bangalore Football Stadium | 8,400 |
| Sreenidi Deccan | Telangana | Hyderabad | Deccan Arena | 1,500 |
Personnel and sponsorship
[edit]| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aizawl |  Igor Angelovski
|
 Lalmuanawma
|
Vamos[5] | NECS Limited[6] |
| Churchill Brothers |  Francesc Bonet
|
TBA | Vallion Sports[7] | Churchill Brothers |
| Delhi | Yan Law
|
Balwant Singh
|
Vallion Sports | Colordesign India[8] |
| Dempo | Samir Naik
|
Ariston Costa
|
Shiv Naresh | Dempo |
| Gokulam Kerala | Antonio Rueda Fernández
|
TBA | Vector X[9] | CSB Bank[10] |
| Inter Kashi | Antonio López Habas
|
Arindam Bhattacharya
|
Hummel[11] | UCO Bank[12] |
| Namdhari |  Fernando Capobianco
|
Akashdeep Singh
|
SPS Hospitals[13] | Namdharis |
| Rajasthan United |  Walter Caprile
|
AIO Sports | AU Small Finance Bank | |
| Real Kashmir | Ishfaq Ahmed
|
Hummel | Football for Peace | |
| Shillong Lajong | José Hevia
|
Kynsailang Khongsit
|
King | Meghalaya Tourism |
| Sporting Bengaluru | Chinta Chandrashekar Rao
|
Alex Praveen
|
MS Sportswear | Sporting Group International |
| Sreenidi Deccan |  Rui Amorim
|
Hummel | Sreenidi Group |
Coaching changes
[edit]| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Round | Table | Incoming | Date of appointment | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gokulam Kerala | Sareef Khan
|
End of interim spell | 01 May 2024 | Pre-season | Antonio Rueda Fernández
|
01 May 2024 | [14] | |
| Inter Kashi | Arata Izumi
|
End of interim spell | 25 July 2024 | Antonio López Habas
|
25 July 2024 | [15] | ||
| Sreenidi Deccan | Carlos Vaz Pinto
|
Signed by Mafra | 16 June 2024 | Domingo Oramas
|
03 August 2024 | [16] | ||
| Rajasthan United | Pushpender Kundu
|
End of contract | 31 May 2024 | Walter Caprile
|
20 August 2024 | [17] | ||
| Sreenidi Deccan | Domingo Oramas
|
Sacked[18] | 24 September 2024 | Rui Amorim
|
26 September 2024 | [19] | ||
Foreign players
[edit]Note: Players in bold have senior international cap(s) for their respective nations.
| Team | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Player 6 | Former player(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aizawl | |||||||
| Churchill Brothers |  Sebastián Gutiérrez
|
 Kurtis Guthrie
|
 Aubin Kouakou
|
 Pape Gassama
|
 Wayde Lekay
|
Juan Mera
|
|
| Delhi |  Dawa Tshering
|
 Stephane Dang
|
 Stephen Acquah
|
 Laken Limbu
|
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| Dempo | |||||||
| Gokulam Kerala | José Luis Moreno
|
 Joris Correa
|
Nacho Abeledo
|
Sergio Llamas
|
 Abdu Lumala
|
Martín Cháves
|
|
| Inter Kashi |  Joni Kauko
|
 Domi Berlanga
|
 Nikola Stojanović
|
David Humanes
|
Julen Pérez
|
Mario Barco
|
|
| Namdhari | Abubakr Gariba
|
Francis Addo
|
Stephen Kojo
|
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| Rajasthan United |  Saido Berahino
|
Ronny Rodríguez
|
 Ronaldo Johnson Mina
|
Alain Oyarzun
|
Gerard Artigas
|
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| Real Kashmir |  Ramazani Tshimanga
|
Idan Ocran
|
Kamal Issah
|
Abdou Karim Samb
|
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| Shillong Lajong |  Daniel Gonçalves
|
Douglas Tardin
|
Marcos Rudwere Silva
|
Renan Paulino
|
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| Sporting Bengaluru | |||||||
| Sreenidi Deccan |  Faysal Shayesteh
|
Eli Sabiá
|
William Alves
|
David Castañeda
|
 Roly Bonevacia
|
 Ángel Orelien
|
League table
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aizawl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Promotion to ISL |
| 2 | Churchill Brothers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Delhi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Dempo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Gokulam Kerala | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Inter Kashi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Namdhari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Rajasthan United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Real Kashmir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Shillong Lajong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Sporting Bengaluru | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to I-League 2 |
| 12 | Sreenidi Deccan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: I-League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Total goal difference; 5) Total number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Total goal difference; 5) Total number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).
Results
[edit]Statistics
[edit]Attendances
[edit]See also
[edit]- 2024–25 Indian Super League (Tier I)
- 2024–25 I-League 2 (Tier III)
- 2024–25 I-League 3 (Tier IV)
- 2024–25 Indian State Leagues (Tier V)
References
[edit]- ^ "AIFF Competitions Calendar for 2024-25 season released".
- ^ Mukherjee, Sayan (13 August 2024). "AIFF to field India's under-20 football team in the I-League". News Nine. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "AIFF ExCo: India U20 to feature in I-League". AIFF. 10 September 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "AIFF drops plan to field U-20 team in I-League". The Times of India. 2024-10-18. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
- ^ "Unveiling our 40th Anniversary Edition Home Jersey for the 2024/2025 season. 🔴⚪️". X (Twitter). 23 June 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ "Unveiling our 40th Anniversary Edition Home Jersey for the 2024/2025 season. 🔴⚪️". X (Twitter). 23 June 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
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- ^ "About Us". ColorDesign India. Archived from the original on 28 May 2023. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
- ^ "It's official – GKFC and Do's India unite for a season of greatness! We're excited to have them on board as our kit partner". Gokulam Kerala FC. 21 August 2023. Archived from the original on 25 October 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
- ^ Zaidi, Waseem (21 January 2022). "I-LEAGUE: Introducing shirt sponsors of every I-league club for 2021-22 season". www.khelnow.com. Khel Now. Archived from the original on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "Inter Kashi FC 🤝 Hummels Inter Kashi released their new jersey for the upcoming season". X (Twitter). 14 July 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ "We are pleased to launch the Jersey for the upcoming season with UCO Bank as our primary sponsor". X (Twitter). 14 July 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ Saha, Rahul (3 November 2023). "I-league Commercial Guide: A Complete List of the 2023/24 I-League Team Sponsors". sportskhabri.com. Sports Khabri. Archived from the original on 3 November 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "Gokulam Kerala set to appoint Antonio Rueda as new head coach".
- ^ "काशी, अब चारों ओर मचा दो शोर! 📢". X (Formerly Twitter).
- ^ "Domingo Oramas joins us as Head Coach of the first team. Let's welcome our new mastermind! 🔥". X (Formerly Twitter).
- ^ "A new era begins! Welcome to the family, Coach! 🏆👊". X (Formerly Twitter).
- ^ "🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨". X (Formerly Twitter).
- ^ "I-League club Sreenidi Deccan set to appoint Rui Amorim as new head coach". khelnow.com.