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Season | 2019–20 |
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Dates | 30 November 2019 - 14 March 2020 |
Champions | Mohun Bagan |
AFC Cup | Mohun Bagan |
Matches played | 69 (Matches after 14 March 2020 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic) |
Goals scored | 187 (2.71 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Dipanda Dicka (12 goals) |
Biggest home win | NEROCA 5−0 TRAU (8 February 2020) |
Biggest away win | NEROCA 1−4 East Bengal (10 December 2019) NEROCA 0−3 Mohun Bagan (23 January 2020) Churchill Brothers 0−3 Mohun Bagan (22 February 2020) |
Highest scoring | Mohun Bagan 6−2 NEROCA (14 February 2020) |
Longest winning run | Mohun Bagan (7 games) |
Longest unbeaten run | Mohun Bagan (14 games) |
Longest winless run | Aizawl TRAU (5 games) |
Longest losing run | TRAU Indian Arrows East Bengal NEROCA (3 games) |
Highest attendance | 63,756 Mohun Bagan 2–1 East Bengal (19 January 2020) |
Lowest attendance | 150 Indian Arrows 1–1 Real Kashmir (26 January 2020) |
Total attendance | 459,885 |
Average attendance | 9,017 |
← 2018–19 2020–21 → All statistics correct as of 18 April 2020.Season concluded with matches remaining due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
The 2019–20 I-League (Officially known as Hero I-League, due to sponsorship reasons) was the 13th season of the I-League, one of the top Indian professional football leagues, since its establishment in 2007. A total of 11 teams competed in the league.
Chennai City were 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. 2017-18 champion Minerva Punjab played as Punjab F.C. from this season as the club was renamed on 30 October 2019.
On 18 April 2020, All India Football Federation, the organising body of the league announced Mohun Bagan A.C. as champions and decided to cancel the remaining matches due to the COVID-19 pandemic. No team was relegated, and the remaining prize money (apart from the champion's prize money) was equally divided among the 10 teams.
Changes from last season
Promoted clubs
Promoted from the 2018–19 I-League 2nd Division
Relegated clubs
Relegated from the 2018–19 I-League
Teams
AizawlChennai CityChurchill BrothersGokulam KeralaIndian ArrowsPunjabImphalImphal teamsNEROCA
TRAU
Real KashmirKolkataKolkata teams
East Bengal
Mohun Bagan
class=notpageimage| Locations of the I-League clubs
Stadiums and locations
Team | City/State | Stadium | Capacity |
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Aizawl | Aizawl, Mizoram | Rajiv Gandhi Stadium | 20,000 |
Chennai City | Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | 30,000 |
Churchill Brothers | Margao, Goa | Fatorda Stadium | 20,000 |
Gokulam Kerala | Calicut, Kerala | Kozhikode EMS Stadium | 80,000 |
Indian Arrows | Vasco da Gama, Goa | Tilak Maidan Stadium | 5,000 |
Mumbai, Maharashtra | Cooperage Ground | 5,000 | |
Mohun Bagan | Kalyani, West Bengal | Kalyani Stadium | 20,000 |
Kolkata, West Bengal | Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan | 85,000 | |
NEROCA | Imphal, Manipur | Khuman Lampak Main Stadium | 35,000 |
Punjab | Panchkula, Chandigarh | Guru Nanak Stadium | 10,000 |
East Bengal | Kalyani, West Bengal | Kalyani Stadium | 20,000 |
Kolkata, West Bengal | Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan | 85,000 | |
Real Kashmir | Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir | TRC Turf Ground | 15,000 |
TRAU | Imphal, Manipur | Khuman Lampak Main Stadium | 35,000 |
- Kolkata Derby only
- Four home matches against Chennai City, Churchill Brothers, NEROCA and the Kolkata Derby.
Personnel and sponsorship
Team | Head coach | Captain | Sponsor | Kit Manufacturer |
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Aizawl | Stanley Rozario | Alfred Jaryan | NECS Limited | Vamos |
Chennai City | Akbar Nawas | Roberto Eslava | — | Uhlsport |
Churchill Brothers | Bernardo Tavares | Willis Plaza | Churchill | Nivia |
Gokulam Kerala | Fernando Santiago Varela | Marcus Joseph | Sree Gokulam Group |
Kaizen |
Indian Arrows | Shanmugam Venkatesh | Vikram Pratap Singh | Hero MotoCorp | Six5Six |
Mohun Bagan | Kibu Vicuña | Dhanachandra Singh | — | Shiv Naresh |
NEROCA | Gift Raikhan | Marvin Philip | Living 3D | Vicky Transform |
Punjab | Yan Law | Sanju Pradhan | Apollo Tyres | Spartan |
East Bengal | Mario Rivera Campesino | Lalrindika Ralte | Quess Corp | Kaizen |
Real Kashmir | David Robertson | Loveday Enyinnaya | J&K Bank | Adidas |
TRAU | L.Nandakumar Singh | Oguchi Uche | Aciesta | Nivia |
- Note: N/A- Not Announced
Head coaching changes
Team | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure | Position in table | Incoming coach | Date of appointment |
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Churchill Brothers | Petre Gigiu | Contract finished | Pre-season | Edward Ansah | 16 May 2019 |
Mohun Bagan | Khalid Jamil | Contract finished | Kibu Vicuña | 10 May 2019 | |
Gokulam Kerala F.C. | Gift Raikhan | Contract finished | Fernando Andres Santiago | 1 July 2019 | |
NEROCA | Manuel Retamero Fraile | Contract finished | Gift Raikhan | 1 July 2019 | |
Punjab | Sachin Badadhe | End of caretaker spell | Yan Law | 1 July 2019 | |
TRAU | L.Nandakumar Singh | Promoted to Technical Director | Dimitris Dimitriou | 18 September 2019 | |
Churchill Brothers | Edward Ansah | Demoted to Assistant Coach | Bernardo Tavares | 28 November 2019 | |
TRAU | Dimitris Dimitriou | Resigned | Douglas Silva | 29 November 2019 | |
Douglas Silva | Resigned | 3rd | L Nandkumar Singh | 22 December 2019 | |
L Nandkumar Singh | Moved as Technical Director | 3rd | Dimitris Dimitriou | 2 January 2020 | |
East Bengal | Alejandro Menendez | Resigned | 6th | Mario Rivera Campesino | 23 January 2020 |
TRAU | Dimitris Dimitriou | Sacked | 3rd | — |
Transfers
Further information: List of 2019–20 I-League season roster changesForeign players
Maximum 6 foreign players per team. Indian Arrows cannot sign any foreign players as they are the All India Football Federation developmental team.
In bold: Players who are capped for there National Teams.
League table
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Mohun Bagan (C) | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 13 | +22 | 39 | Champion and Qualification for 2021 AFC Cup group stage |
2 | East Bengal | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 23 | |
3 | Punjab | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 23 | |
4 | Real Kashmir | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 22 | |
5 | Gokulam Kerala | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 22 | |
6 | TRAU | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 27 | −10 | 22 | |
7 | Chennai City | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 20 | |
8 | Churchill Brothers | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 20 | |
9 | NEROCA | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 18 | |
10 | Aizawl | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 19 | −2 | 16 | |
11 | Indian Arrows | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 20 | −13 | 9 |
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
(C) Champions
Results
Home \ Away | AFC | CHE | CHU | EAB | GOK | INA | MIN | MOH | NER | REK | TRU |
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Aizawl | — | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | a | 0–2 | 2–0 | |||
Chennai City | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | |||
Churchill Brothers | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | |||
East Bengal | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | a | 1–1 | 2–1 | ||
Gokulam Kerala | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |||
Indian Arrows | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | ||||
Punjab | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | |||
Mohun Bagan | 2–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 6–2 | 4–0 | |||
NEROCA | 1–0 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | — | 1–0 | 5–0 | |||
Real Kashmir | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | ||||||
TRAU | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | — |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Note: Matches after 14 March 2020 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Season statistics
- As of 10 March 2020
Scoring
Top scorers
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Top Indian scorers
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Top assists
Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
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1 | Joseba Beitia | Mohun Bagan | 9 |
2 | Israil Gurung | Churchill Brothers | 5 |
Marcos Jiménez Espada | East Bengal | ||
4 | Nongdamba Naorem | Mohun Bagan | 4 |
N. Pritam Singh | NEROCA | ||
6 | Dawda Ceesay | Churchill Brothers | 3 |
Jaime Santos Colado | East Bengal | ||
Kallum Higginbotham | Real Kashmir | ||
Oguchi Uche | TRAU | ||
Sanju Pradhan | Punjab | ||
Willis Plaza | Churchill Brothers | ||
11 | Juan Mera | East Bengal | 2 |
Samad Ali Mallick | East Bengal | ||
Sri Ram | Chennai City | ||
Syed Suhail Pasha | Chennai City | ||
Roberto Eslava | Chennai City | ||
Daneil Cyrus | Mohun Bagan | ||
Denechandra Meitei | TRAU | ||
K. Phalguni Singh | TRAU | ||
Princewill Emeka | TRAU | ||
Paul Ramfangzauva | Aizawl | ||
Sebastian Thangmuansang | Gokulam Kerala | ||
Givson Singh | Indian Arrows | ||
Source: |
Hat-tricks
Main article: List of I-League hat-tricks- Result column shows goal tally of player's team first.
Player | For | Against | Goals | Result | Date | Ref |
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Dipanda Dicka | Punjab | NEROCA | 3 | 3−2 | 29 January 2020 | |
Ningthoujam Pritam Singh | NEROCA | TRAU | 3 | 5–0 | 8 February 2020 | |
Fran González | Mohun Bagan | NEROCA | 3 | 6–2 | 14 February 2020 | |
Source: |
Cleansheets
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
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1 | Sankar Roy | Mohun Bagan | 6 |
2 | Marvin Phillip | NEROCA | 4 |
3 | Ubaid CK | Gokulam Kerala | 3 |
Kiran Chemjong | Punjab | ||
5 | Mithun Samanta | TRAU | 2 |
Jafar Mondal | Churchill Brothers | ||
Phurba Lachenpa | Real Kashmir | ||
Lalbiakhlua Jongte | Indian Arrows | ||
Zothanmawia | Aizawl | ||
Mirshad Michu | East Bengal | ||
Nauzet Santana | Chennai City | ||
12 | Debjit Majumder | Mohun Bagan | 1 |
Lalremruata Arema | Aizawl | ||
Sayan Roy | TRAU | ||
Source: |
Discipline
Player
- Most yellow cards: 5
- Gurjinder Kumar (Mohun Bagan)
- Charles Anandraj (Chennai City)
- Mohammed Irshad (Gokulam Kerala)
- Most red cards: 1
- Anwar Ali (Punjab)
- Andre Ettienne (Gokulam Kerala)
- Gurjinder Kumar (Mohun Bagan)
- Joseph Adjei (Aizawl)
- Mohamed Irshad (Gokulam Kerala)
- Zohib Islam Amiri (Gokulam Kerala)
- Mashoor Shereef (Chennai City)
- Radanfah Abu Bakr (Churchill Brothers)
- Marcos Jiménez Espada (East Bengal)
- Sandeep Singh (TRAU)
- Dhanachandra Singh (Mohun Bagan)
Club
- Most yellow cards: 24
- Punjab
- Most red card: 3
- Gokulam Kerala
Attendance
- As of 7 February 2020
Team | GP | Cumulative | High | Low | Mean |
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Mohun Bagan | 5 | 112,051 | 63,756 | 8,834 | 22,410 |
Gokulam Kerala | 5 | 85,065 | 31,184 | 10,135 | 19,040 |
TRAU | 4 | 53,042 | 23,682 | 7,564 | 13,260 |
NEROCA | 4 | 52,808 | 19,782 | 7,444 | 13,202 |
East Bengal | 7 | 59,471 | 12,722 | 4,573 | 8,496 |
Chennai City | 4 | 31,302 | 12,307 | 3,863 | 7,825 |
Real Kashmir | 3 | 26,063 | 11,521 | 6,010 | 8,687 |
Aizawl | 5 | 26,018 | 7,642 | 2,222 | 5,203 |
Churchill Brothers | 5 | 15,311 | 7,525 | 1,260 | 3,062 |
Punjab | 6 | 23,674 | 6,421 | 1,131 | 3,945 |
Indian Arrows | 5 | 3,736 | 1,618 | 150 | 747 |
Total | 51 | 459,885 | 63,756 | 150 | 9,017 |
Legend | Lowest
Highest |
Source: |
Note: Matches after 14 March 2020 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Award
Hero of the Match
Match | Hero of the Match | Match | Hero of the Match | Match | Hero of the Match | |||
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Player | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | |||
Match 1 | Lalremruata Arema | Aizawl | Match 38 | Gerrard Williams | TRAU | Match 75 | — | |
Match 2 | Marcus Joseph | Gokulam Kerala | Match 39 | Dipanda Dicka | Punjab | Match 76 | ||
Match 3 | Lalkhawpuimawia | Churchill Brothers | Match 40 | Baba Diawara | Mohun Bagan | Match 77 | ||
Match 4 | Adolfo Miranda | Chennai City | Match 41 | Rochharzela | Aizawl | Match 78 | ||
Match 5 | Juan Mera | East Bengal | Match 42 | Jaime Santos Colado | East Bengal | Match 79 | ||
Match 6 | Marvin Phillip | NEROCA | Match 43 | Mason Robertson | Real Kashmir | Match 80 | ||
Match 7 | Hormipam Ruivah | Indian Arrows | Match 44 | Marcus Joseph | Gokulam Kerala | Match 81 | ||
Match 8 | Danilo Quipapá | Punjab | Match 45 | Dipanda Dicka | Punjab | Match 82 | ||
Match 9 | Willis Plaza | Churchill Brothers | Match 46 | Baba Diawara | Mohun Bagan | Match 83 | ||
Match 10 | Samik Mitra | Indian Arrows | Match 47 | Mason Robertson | Real Kashmir | Match 84 | ||
Match 11 | Jaime Santos | East Bengal | Match 48 | Lalbiakhlua Jongte | Indian Arrows | Match 85 | ||
Match 12 | Kiran Chemjong | Punjab | Match 49 | James Kithan | Churchill Brothers | Match 86 | ||
Match 13 | Fran González | Mohun Bagan | Match 50 | Nathaniel Garcia | Gokulam Kerala | Match 87 | ||
Match 14 | Laishram Premjit Singh | TRAU | Match 51 | Rochharzela | Aizawl | Match 88 | ||
Match 15 | Dipanda Dicka | Punjab | Match 52 | N. Pritam Singh | NEROCA | Match 89 | ||
Match 16 | Sankar Roy | Mohun Bagan | Match 53 | Phurba Lachenpa | Real Kashmir | Match 90 | ||
Match 17 | William Lalnunfela | Aizawl | Match 54 | Baba Diawara | Mohun Bagan | Match 91 | ||
Match 18 | Jonathan Lalrawngbawla | Aizawl | Match 55 | Glan Martins | Churchill Brothers | Match 92 | ||
Match 19 | Khaiminthang Lhungdim | NEROCA | Match 56 | Lalbiakhlua Jongte | Indian Arrows | Match 93 | ||
Match 20 | Mason Robertson | Real Kashmir | Match 57 | Abdoulaye Kanouté | Aizawl | Match 94 | ||
Match 21 | Danish Farooq Bhat | Real Kashmir | Match 58 | Marcus Joseph | Gokulam Kerala | Match 95 | ||
Match 22 | Givson Singh | Indian Arrows | Match 59 | Ansumana Kromah | East Bengal | Match 96 | ||
Match 23 | K.Phalguni Singh | TRAU | Match 60 | Fran González | Mohun Bagan | Match 97 | ||
Match 24 | Willis Plaza | Churchill Brothers | Match 61 | Willis Plaza | Churchill Brothers | Match 98 | ||
Match 25 | Fran Morante | Mohun Bagan | Match 62 | Dipanda Dicka | Punjab | Match 99 | ||
Match 26 | Marcus Joseph | Gokulam Kerala | Match 63 | Sayan Roy | TRAU | Match 100 | ||
Match 27 | Ayush Adhikari | Indian Arrows | Match 64 | Lalrindika Ralte | East Bengal | Match 101 | ||
Match 28 | Isak Vanlalruatfela | Aizawl | Match 65 | Sócrates Pedro | Churchill Brothers | Match 102 | ||
Match 29 | Wahengbam Angousana Luwang | TRAU | Match 66 | N. Pritam Singh | NEROCA | Match 103 | ||
Match 30 | Daneil Cyrus | Mohun Bagan | Match 67 | Fran González | Mohun Bagan | Match 104 | ||
Match 31 | Sriram Boopathi | Chennai City | Match 68 | Brandon Vanlalremdika | East Bengal | Match 105 | ||
Match 32 | Gnohere Krizo | Real Kashmir | Match 69 | Katsumi Yusa | Chennai City | Match 106 | ||
Match 33 | Princewill Emeka | TRAU | Match 70 | — | Match 107 | |||
Match 34 | Marvin Phillip | NEROCA | Match 71 | Match 108 | ||||
Match 35 | Danilo Quipapá | Punjab | Match 72 | Match 109 | ||||
Match 36 | Marcus Joseph | Gokulam Kerala | Match 73 | Match 110 | ||||
Match 37 | Joseba Beitia | Mohun Bagan | Match 74 | Source: |
Note: Matches after 14 March 2020 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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