2024–25 I-League
Football league season
Season | 2024–25 |
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Dates | 19 October 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
- Promoted to Indian Super League
- Mohammedan
- Promoted from I-League 2
- Sporting Bengaluru
- Dempo
- Introduced by the AIFF
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 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification[2]
- Relegated to I-League 2
- NEROCA
- TRAU
Teams
Aizawl
Inter Kashi
Namdhari
Goa
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Locations of I-League teams
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 | War Heroes Memorial Stadium | 3,700 |
Dempo | Goa | Mapusa | Duler Stadium | 10,000 |
Gokulam Kerala | Kerala | Kozhikode | Payyanad Stadium | 30,000 |
India U20 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
Inter Kashi | Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi | Sigra Stadium | 10,000 |
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, Shillong | 30,000 |
Sporting Bengaluru | Karnataka | Bengaluru | Bangalore Football Stadium | 8,400 |
Sreenidi Deccan | Telangana | Hyderabad | Deccan Arena | 4,400 |
Personnel and sponsorship
Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
---|---|---|---|---|
Aizawl | Malsawmzuala Sailo | Lalmuanawma | Vamos | NECS Limited[3] |
Churchill Brothers | Francesc Bonet | TBA | Trak-Only[4] | Churchill Brothers |
Delhi | Yan Law | Balwant Singh | Nivia | Colordesign India[5] |
Dempo | Samir Naik | Ariston Costa | Shiv-Naresh | Dempo |
Gokulam Kerala | Antonio Rueda Fernández | TBA | Vector X[6] | CSB Bank[7] |
India U20 | Ranjan Chaudhary | TBA | Performax | |
Inter Kashi | Antonio López Habas | Arindam Bhattacharya | Hummel | Cello |
Namdhari | Harpreet Singh | Akashdeep Singh | SPS Hospitals[8] | Namdharis |
Rajasthan United | Walter Caprile | AIO Sports | AU Small Finance Bank | |
Real Kashmir | Ishfaq Ahmed | Vector X | Football for Peace | |
Shillong Lajong | José Hevia | Kynsailang Khongsit | King | Meghalaya Tourism |
Sporting Bengaluru | Chinta Chandrashekar Rao | Manoj Swamy Kannan | MS Sportswear | Sporting Group International |
Sreenidi Deccan | Domingo Oramas | Hummel | Sreenidi Group |
Coaching changes
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 | [9] | |
Inter Kashi | Arata Izumi | End of interim spell | 25 July 2024 | Pre-season | Antonio López Habas | 25 July 2024 | [10] | |
Rajasthan United FC | Pushpender Kundu | End of contract | 31 May 2024 | Pre-season | Walter Caprile | 20 August 2024 | [11] |
Foreign players (currently)
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 | Aubin Kouakou | Silvian Bonha | Kilane Diamande | Matthew Ofori Dunga | Mendy Konu | |
Delhi | |||||||
Dempo | |||||||
Gokulam Kerala | José Luis Moreno | Nacho Abeledo | Sergio Llamas | Abdu Lumala | Martín Cháves | Joris Correa | |
Inter Kashi | Jordan Lamela | Julen Pérez | Mario Barco | Joni Kauko | Anand Usuda | Nikola Stojanović | |
Namdhari | |||||||
Rajasthan United | Saido Berahino | Alain Oyarzun | |||||
Real Kashmir | |||||||
Shillong Lajong | Daniel Gonçalves | Marcos Rudwere Silva | |||||
Sporting Bengaluru | |||||||
Sreenidi Deccan | Faysal Shayesteh | Eli Sabiá | William Alves | David Castañeda | Roly Bonevacia | Ángel Orelien |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | India U20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
7 | Inter Kashi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
8 | Namdhari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
9 | Rajasthan United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
10 | Real Kashmir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
11 | Shillong Lajong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
12 | Sporting Bengaluru | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
13 | Sreenidi Deccan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to I-League 2 |
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
Statistics
Attendances
See also
- 2024–25 Indian Super League (Tier I)
- 2024–25 I-League 2 (Tier III)
- 2024–25 I-League 3 (Tier of 4 matches)
- 2024–25 Indian State Leagues (Tier V)
References
- ^ "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.
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- ^ "About Us". ColorDesign India. Archived from the original on 28 May 2023. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
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- ^ 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.
- ^ 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).
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