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Revision as of 10:33, 25 October 2019

Football league season

I-League
Season	2019–20
← 2018–19 2020-21 →

The 2019–20 I-League will be the 13th season of the I-League, one of the top divison leagues for association football clubs in India, since its establishment in 2007, also known as Hero I League due to the sponsorship deal with Hero Motor India. A total of 11 teams will compete in the league. Chennai City are the defending champions, having won the previous season. TRAU F.C. joined as a promoted club from the I-League 2nd Division. Shillong Lajong F.C. were relegated from the I-League last season and will play in the second division in the 2019-20 season.

Changes from last season

Team changes

Promoted clubs

Promoted from the 2018–19 I-League 2nd Division

TRAU

Relegated clubs

Relegated from the 2018–19 I-League

Shillong Lajong

All India Football Federation invited bids for new teams on 25 October 2019 from Bengaluru, Mumbai, New Delhi, Ranchi,Shillong,Sikkim, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bhopal, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, among others.

Teams

ImphalImphal teams
NEROCA
TRAU

Real Kashmir

KolkataKolkata teams
East Bengal
Mohun Bagan
class=notpageimage| Locations of the I-League clubs

Stadiums and locations

Team	City/State	Stadium	Capacity	Last season
Aizawl	Aizawl, Mizoram	Rajiv Gandhi Stadium	20,000	IL (7th)
Chennai City	Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	30,000	IL (Champion)
Churchill Brothers	Vasco da Gama, Goa	Tilak Maidan Stadium	5,000	IL (4th)
Quess East Bengal	Kolkata, West Bengal	Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan	85,000	IL (2nd)
Gokulam Kerala	Kozhikode, Kerala	Kozhikode EMS Stadium	80,000	IL (10th)
Indian Arrows	New Delhi, Delhi	Ambedkar Stadium	35,000	IL (8th)
Madhya Bharat	Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh	Tatya Tope Nagar Sports Complex	25,000	None Special Entry
Minerva Punjab	Panchkula, Chandigarh	Tau Devi Lal Stadium	10,000	IL (9th)
Mohun Bagan	Kolkata, West Bengal	Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan	85,000	IL (5th)
NEROCA	Imphal, Manipur	Khuman Lampak Main Stadium	35,000	IL (6th)
Real Kashmir	Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir	TRC Turf Ground	15,000	IL (3rd)
TRAU	Imphal, Manipur	Khuman Lampak Main Stadium	35,000	IL2 (Champion)

Notes

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain	Sponsor	Co-Sponsor	Kit Manufacturer
Aizawl	Stanley Rozario	Alfred Jaryan	NECS Limited	TBA	Vamos
Chennai City	Akbar Nawas	Pedro Manzi	TBA	Nippon Paint	Uhlsport
Churchill Brothers	Edward Ansah	Willis Plaza	Churchill	Spice Jet	Cosco
East Bengal	Alejandro Menéndez	Lalrindika Ralte	Quess Corp	Paragon Footwear, Mio Amore	Kaizen
Gokulam Kerala	Fernando Santiago	Marcus Joseph	TBA	TBA	Kaizen
Indian Arrows	Floyd Pinto	TBA	Hero MotoCorp	TBA	Nike, Inc.
Minerva Punjab	Chun Yan Law	Sanju Pradhan	Apollo Tyres	TBA	Spartan
Mohun Bagan	Kibu Vicuña	Dhanachandra Singh	TBA	MP Birla Cement	Shiv Naresh
NEROCA	Gift Raikhan	TBA	Khori Arcade	Likla, Classic group of Hotels	Vector X
Real Kashmir	David Robertson	Loveday Enyinnaya	J&K Bank	TBA	Adidas
TRAU	Dimitris Dimitriou	Princewell Emeka	Aciesta	HVS Construction Materials & Topchem Cements.	Nivia

Head coaching changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Churchill Brothers	Petre Gigiu	Contract finished	15.05.2019	Pre-season	Edward Ansah	16.05.2019
Mohun Bagan	Khalid Jamil	Signed by NorthEast United	9 May 2019		Kibu Vicuña	10 May 2019
Gokulam Kerala F.C.	Gift Raikhan	Signed by NEROCA	28 June 2019		Fernando Andres Santiago Valera	01 July 2019
NEROCA	Manuel Retamero Fraile	Contract finished	30 April 2019		Gift Raikhan	01 July 2019
Minerva Punjab	Sachin Badadhe	End of caretaker spell			Chun Yan Law
TRAU	L Nandkumar Singh	Promoted to Technical Director	18 September 2019		Dimitris Dimitriou	18 September 2019

Transfers

Further information: List of 2019–20 I-League season roster changes

Foreign players

As of 2019-20 season, there are no more restrictions on a number of signed foreign players, but clubs can only register up to five foreign players for a single match-day squad. Indian Arrows cannot sign any foreign players as they are the AIFF developmental team.

Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6
Aizawl	Richard Kasagga	Alfred Jaryan
Chennai City	Roberto Eslava	Pedro Manzi	Nauzet Santana	Sandro Rodríguez	Fito	Katsumi Yusa
Churchill Brothers	Willis Plaza	Robert Primus	Radanfah Abu Bakr	Joaquín García	Kalif Alhassan	Nenad Novaković
East Bengal	Borja Gómez	Jaime Santos	Martí Crespí	Marcos	Juan Mera	Kassim Aidara
Gokulam Kerala	Marcus Joseph	Andre Ettienne	Henry Kisekka	Nathaniel Garcia	Bruno Pelissari
Minerva Punjab	Kiran Chemjong	Teah Dennis Jr.	Dawda Ceesay	Sérgio Barboza	Aser Pierrick Dipanda	Danilo Quipapá
Mohun Bagan	Daneil Cyrus	Fran Morante	Salva Chamorro	Joseba Beitia	Fran González	Julen Colinas
NEROCA	Marvin Phillip	Boubacar Siaka Diarra	Gaty Kouami	Sekle Yao Zico	Taryk Sampson	Ousmane Diawara
Real Kashmir	Aaron Katebe	Loveday Enyinnaya	Mason Robertson	Kallum Higginbotham	Bazie Armand	Gnohere Krizo
TRAU	Gerard Williams	Isaac Isinde	Oguchi Uche	Princewell Emeka	Abednego Tetteh	Marcel Sacramento

In bold: Players that have been capped for their senior national team.

League table

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	Aizawl	Qualification for AFC Cup Preliminary round
2	Chennai City
3	Churchill Brothers
4	East Bengal
5	Gokulam Kerala
6	Indian Arrows
7	Minerva Punjab
8	Mohun Bagan
9	NEROCA
10	Real Kashmir
11	TRAU	Relegation to I-League 2nd Division

Source: I-league, RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots

Results

Home \ Away	AFC	CHE	CHU	EAB	GOK	INA	MIN	MOH	NER	REK	TRU
Aizawl	—								a		a
Chennai City		—
Churchill Brothers			—
East Bengal				—				a
Gokulam Kerala					—
Indian Arrows						—
Minerva Punjab							—
Mohun Bagan				a				—
NEROCA	a								—		a
Real Kashmir										—
TRAU	a								a		—

Updated to match(es) played on 15 October 2019. Source: I-League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 7, but then played between rounds 8 and 9, it will be added to the standings for round 8.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Team ╲ Round
Aizawl
Chennai City
Churchill Brothers
East Bengal
Gokulam Kerala
Indian Arrows
Minerva Punjab
Mohun Bagan
NEROCA
Real Kashmir
TRAU

	Leader - 2021 AFC Champions League
	Relegation to 2020–21 I-league 2nd Division

Source:

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1

Top Indian scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of I-League hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref

Cleansheets

As of 2 August 2019

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets

Average home attendances

Pos	Team	Change
1	Aizawl	−100.0%
2	Chennai City	−100.0%
3	Churchill Brothers	−100.0%
4	East Bengal	−100.0%
5	Gokulam Kerala	−100.0%
6	Indian Arrows	−100.0%
7	Minerva Punjab	−100.0%
8	Mohun Bagan	−100.0%
9	NEROCA	−100.0%
10	Real Kashmir	−100.0%
11	TRAU	n/a
	League total	−100.0%

Source: I-League
Notes:
1: Team did not play in the I- League last season

Attendance by home match played

Team \ Match played	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
Aizawl											0
Chennai City											0
Churchill Brothers											0
East Bengal											0
Gokulam Kerala											0
Indian Arrows											0
Minerva Punjab											0
Mohun Bagan											0
NEROCA											0
Real Kashmir											0
TRAU											0

By round

2019–20 I-League Attendance
Round	Total	Games	Avg. Per Game
Round 1	0	5	0
Round 2	0	5	0
Round 3	0	5	0
Round 4	0	5	0
Round 5	0	5	0
Round 6	0	5	0
Round 7	0	5	0
Round 8	0	5	0
Round 9	0	5	0
Round 10	0	5	0
Round 11	0	5	0
Round 12	0	5	0
Round 13	0	5	0
Round 14	0	5	0
Round 15	0	5	0
Round 16	0	5	0
Round 17	0	5	0
Round 18	0	5	0
Round 19	0	5	0
Round 20	0	5	0

References

"Chennai City FC crowned I-League champions after another photo finish".
"TRAU FC wins Second Division League, qualifies for I-League". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
"I-League: Shillong Lajong relegated after losing 4-1 to Aizawl FC". indiatoday.in. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
"CCFC ties up with uhlsport". thehindu.com. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
"Spartan sports will be the official kit sponsor of Minerva Punjab FC for the upcoming season". twitter.com. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
"TRAU FC launches new kit for upcoming season".
https://fanport.in/football/i-league/churchill-brothes-headcoach/
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/mohun-bagan-rope-in-spains-kibu-vicuna-as-head-coach/articleshow/
https://scroll.in/field/930989/indian-football-fernando-santiago-varela-appointed-head-coach-of-i-league-club-gokulam-kerala
"NEROCA set to appoint Gift Raikhan as head coach for upcoming I League season".
"TRAU FC appoint Cyprot Dimitris Dimitriou as their head coach".

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Current Clubs	Aizawl Churchill Brothers Delhi Gokulam Kerala Inter Kashi Mohammedan Namdhari NEROCA Rajasthan United Real Kashmir Shillong Lajong Sreenidi Deccan TRAU
Former Clubs	Air India Bengaluru Chennai City Dempo DSK Shivajians East Bengal HAL JCT Minerva Academy FC Mohun Bagan Mumbai Kenkre ONGC Punjab Rangdajied United Royal Wahingdoh Salgaocar Sporting Goa Sudeva Vasco United United Sikkim
Dissolved clubs	Bharat Chirag United Club Kerala Indian Arrows Mahindra United Mumbai Pune
Statistics and awards	Seasons Champions Golden Boot Hat-tricks Stats I-League monthly awards
Associated competitions	AFC Cup (performances by clubs)
Seasons	2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Related	National Football League Foreign players

2019–20 in Indian football

League competitions

First division	I-League Indian Super League Playoffs Final
Second division	I-League 2nd Division
State leagues	Assam Delhi Goa Karnataka Men's Kerala Manipur Meghalaya Sikkim Mizoram Maharashtra (Mumbai) Odisha (Men's Women's) Punjab Uttarakhand West Bengal Men's Women's
Women	Indian Women's League Final round
Youth	Elite League

Cup competitions

Men	Santosh Trophy (State) Qualifiers Final Durand Cup
Women	Women's Championship (State)

Club seasons
I-League	East Bengal Gokulam Kerala Indian Arrows Mohun Bagan Punjab TRAU
Indian Super League	ATK Bengaluru Chennaiyin Goa Hyderabad Kerala Blasters Mumbai City NorthEast United Odisha

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