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| Season | 2019–20 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 30 November 2019 - 05 April 2020 |
| ← 2018–19 2020−21 → All statistics correct as of 10 November 2019. | |
The 2019–20 I-League will be the 13th season of the I-League, one of the top Indian professional football leagues, since its establishment in 2007. It is 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
Relegated clubs
Relegated from the 2018–19 I-League
Teams
AizawlChennai CityChurchill BrothersGokulam KeralaIndian ArrowsPunjabImphal
Imphal teamsNEROCA
TRAU
Real KashmirKolkataKolkata teamsEast Bengal
Mohun Bagan
class=notpageimage| Locations of the I-League clubs
Stadiums and locations
| Team | City/State | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Odisha |
Tilak Maidan Stadium Kalinga Stadium |
5,000 15,000 |
| Mohun Bagan | Kalyani, West Bengal | Kalyani Stadium | 20,000 |
| NEROCA | Imphal, Manipur | Khuman Lampak Main Stadium | 35,000 |
| Punjab | Panchkula, Chandigarh | Guru Nanak Stadium | 10,000 |
| Quess East Bengal | Kolkata, West Bengal | Kalyani Stadium | 20,000 |
| Real Kashmir | Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir | TRC Ground | 15,000 |
| TRAU | Imphal, Manipur | Khuman Lampak Main Stadium | 35,000 |
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 |  Karim Bencherifa
|
 Willis Plaza
|
Churchill | Spice Jet | Cosco |
| Quess East Bengal | Alejandro Menéndez
|
Lalrindika Ralte
|
Quess Corp | Paragon Footwear, Mio Amore |
Kaizen |
| Gokulam Kerala | Fernando Santiago
|
Marcus Joseph
|
Kalliyath TMT | Sree Gokulam Group. | Kaizen |
| Indian Arrows | Floyd Pinto
|
TBA | Hero MotoCorp | TBA | Six5Six |
| Punjab | Chun Yan Law
|
Sanju Pradhan
|
Apollo Tyres | RoundGlass | Spartan |
| Mohun Bagan | Kibu Vicuña
|
Dhanachandra Singh
|
TBA | MP Birla Cement, Reply | Shiv Naresh |
| NEROCA | Gift Raikhan
|
TBA | Living 3D | Likla, Classic group of Hotels, Ideas Unlimited, Arun Enterprise | Vicky Transform |
| 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 coach | Manner of departure | Position in table | Incoming coach | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Churchill Brothers |  Petre Gigiu
|
Contract finished | Pre-season |  Edward Ansah
|
16.05.2019 |
| Mohun Bagan | Khalid Jamil
|
Contract finished | Kibu Vicuña
|
10 May 2019 | |
| Gokulam Kerala F.C. | Gift Raikhan
|
Contract finished | Fernando Andres Santiago Valera
|
01 July 2019 | |
| NEROCA | Manuel Retamero Fraile
|
Contract finished | Gift Raikhan
|
01 July 2019 | |
| Punjab | Sachin Badadhe
|
End of caretaker spell | Chun Yan Law
|
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| TRAU | L Nandkumar Singh
|
Promoted to Technical Director | Dimitris Dimitriou
|
18 September 2019 | |
| Churchill Brothers | Edward Ansah
|
Set to be demoted as Assistant Coach | Karim Bencherifa
|
15 November 2019 |
Transfers
Further information: List of 2019–20 I-League season roster changesForeign 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
|
Kingsley Obumneme
|
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| Chennai City | Roberto Eslava
|
Pedro Manzi
|
Nauzet Santana
|
Sandro Rodríguez
|
Fito
|
 Katsumi Yusa
|
| Churchill Brothers | Willis Plaza
|
Robert Primus
|
Radanfah Abu Bakr
|
Kalif Alhassan
|
 Nenad Novaković
|
 Dawda Ceesay
|
| Quess East Bengal | Borja Gómez
|
Jaime Santos
|
Martí Crespí
|
Marcos
|
Juan Mera
|
 Kassim Aidara
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| Gokulam Kerala | Marcus Joseph
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Andre Ettienne
|
Henry Kisekka
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Nathaniel Garcia
|
 Zohib Islam Amiri
|
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| Punjab |  Kiran Chemjong
|
Teah Dennis Jr.
|
 Sérgio Barboza
|
 Aser Dipanda
|
Danilo Quipapá
|
 Jay Hart
|
| Mohun Bagan | Daneil Cyrus
|
Fran Morante
|
Salva Chamorro
|
Joseba Beitia
|
Fran González
|
Julen Colinas
|
| NEROCA | Marvin Phillip
|
 Boubacar 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
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Abednego Tetteh
|
Marcel Sacramento
|
In bold: Players that have been capped for their senior national team.
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aizawl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for AFC Cup Preliminary round |
| 2 | Chennai City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Churchill Brothers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Gokulam Kerala | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Indian Arrows | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Mohun Bagan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | NEROCA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Punjab | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | East Bengal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Real Kashmir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | TRAU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to I-League 2nd Division |
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 | — | ||||||||||
| Punjab | — | ||||||||||
| Mohun Bagan | a | — | |||||||||
| NEROCA | a | — | a | ||||||||
| Real Kashmir | — | ||||||||||
| TRAU | a | a | — |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Season statistics
Scoring
Top scorers
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Top Indian scorers
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Attendance
- As of October 2019
| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aizawl | NA | ||||
| 2 | Chennai City | NA | ||||
| 3 | Churchill Brothers | NA | ||||
| 4 | East Bengal | NA | ||||
| 5 | Gokulam Kerala | NA | ||||
| 6 | Indian Arrows | NA | ||||
| 7 | Punjab | NA | ||||
| 8 | Mohun Bagan | NA | ||||
| 9 | NEROCA | NA | ||||
| 10 | Real Kashmir | NA | ||||
| 11 | TRAU | n/a | ||||
| League total | NA |
Source:
Notes:
1: Team did not play in the I League last season
Attendances by home match played
| Team \ Match played | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aizawl | ||||||||||||
| Chennai City | ||||||||||||
| Churchill Brothers | ||||||||||||
| East Bengal | ||||||||||||
| Gokulam Kerala | ||||||||||||
| Indian Arrows | ||||||||||||
| Punjab | ||||||||||||
| Mohun Bagan | ||||||||||||
| NEROCA | ||||||||||||
| Real Kashmir | ||||||||||||
| TRAU |
Award
Hero of the Match
| Match | Hero of the Match | Match | Hero of the Match | Match | Hero of the Match | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | |||
| Match 1 | Match 38 | Match 75 | ||||||
| Match 2 | Match 39 | Match 76 | ||||||
| Match 3 | Match 40 | Match 77 | ||||||
| Match 4 | Match 41 | Match 78 | ||||||
| Match 5 | Match 42 | Match 79 | ||||||
| Match 6 | Match 43 | Match 80 | ||||||
| Match 7 | Match 44 | Match 81 | ||||||
| Match 8 | Match 45 | Match 82 | ||||||
| Match 9 | Match 46 | Match 83 | ||||||
| Match 10 | Match 47 | Match 84 | ||||||
| Match 11 | Match 48 | Match 85 | ||||||
| Match 12 | Match 49 | Match 86 | ||||||
| Match 13 | Match 50 | Match 87 | ||||||
| Match 14 | Match 51 | Match 88 | ||||||
| Match 15 | Match 52 | Match 89 | ||||||
| Match 16 | Match 53 | Match 90 | ||||||
| Match 17 | Match 54 | Match 91 | ||||||
| Match 18 | Match 55 | Match 92 | ||||||
| Match 19 | Match 56 | Match 93 | ||||||
| Match 20 | Match 57 | Match 94 | ||||||
| Match 21 | Match 58 | Match 95 | ||||||
| Match 22 | Match 59 | Match 96 | ||||||
| Match 23 | Match 60 | Match 97 | ||||||
| Match 24 | Match 61 | Match 98 | ||||||
| Match 25 | Match 62 | Match 99 | ||||||
| Match 26 | Match 63 | Match 100 | ||||||
| Match 27 | Match 64 | Match 101 | ||||||
| Match 28 | Match 65 | Match 102 | ||||||
| Match 29 | Match 66 | Match 103 | ||||||
| Match 30 | Match 67 | Match 104 | ||||||
| Match 31 | Match 68 | Match 105 | ||||||
| Match 32 | Match 69 | Match 106 | ||||||
| Match 33 | Match 70 | Match 107 | ||||||
| Match 34 | Match 71 | Match 108 | ||||||
| Match 35 | Match 72 | Match 109 | ||||||
| Match 36 | Match 73 | Match 110 | ||||||
| Match 37 | Match 74 | |||||||
References
- "Fixtures Page | Hero I-League". Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- "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.
- "Team Page | Hero I-League". Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- "Team Page | Hero I-League". Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- "Fixtures Page | Hero I-League". Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- "Fixtures Page | Hero I-League". Retrieved 19 November 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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