2024–25 I-League

I-League
Season2024–25
Dates19 October 2024 – 30 April 2025[1]

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

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Promoted to Indian Super League
Promoted from I-League 2
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

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 Chhatrasal Stadium 15,000
Dempo Goa Bambolim GMC Athletic Stadium 3,000
Gokulam Kerala Kerala Kozhikode EMS Corporation Stadium 50,000
India U20 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 11,000
Shillong Lajong Meghalaya Shillong SSA Stadium 5,000
Sporting Bengaluru Karnataka Bengaluru Bangalore Football Stadium 8,400
Sreenidi Deccan Telangana Hyderabad Deccan Arena 4,400

Personnel and sponsorship

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Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Aizawl India Malsawmzuala Sailo India Lalmuanawma Philippines Vamos NECS Limited[3]
Churchill Brothers Spain Francesc Bonet TBA India Trak-Only[4] Churchill Brothers
Delhi India Yan Law India Balwant Singh India Nivia Colordesign India[5]
Dempo India Samir Naik India Ariston Costa India Shiv-Naresh Dempo
Gokulam Kerala Spain Antonio Rueda Fernández TBA India Do's[6] CSB Bank[7]
India U20 India Ranjan Chaudhary TBA India Performax
Inter Kashi Spain Antonio López Habas India Arindam Bhattacharya Denmark Hummel Cello
Namdhari India Harpreet Singh India Akashdeep Singh India SPS Hospitals[8] Namdharis
Rajasthan United Portugal Mário Lemos India AIO Sports AU Small Finance Bank
Real Kashmir India Ishfaq Ahmed India Vector X Football for Peace
Shillong Lajong Spain José Hevia India Kynsailang Khongsit India King Meghalaya Tourism
Sporting Bengaluru India Chinta Chandrashekar Rao India Manoj Swamy Kannan India MS Sportswear Sporting Group International
Sreenidi Deccan Spain Domingo Oramas Denmark Hummel Sreenidi Group

Coaching changes

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Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Round Table Incoming Date of appointment Ref.
Gokulam Kerala India Sareef Khan End of interim spell 01 May 2024 Pre-season Spain Antonio Rueda Fernández 01 May 2024 [9]
Inter Kashi India Arata Izumi End of interim spell 25 July 2024 Pre-season Spain Antonio López Habas 25 July 2024 [10]

Foreign players (currently)

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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 Colombia Sebastián Gutiérrez Ivory Coast Aubin Kouakou
Delhi
Dempo
Gokulam Kerala Colombia José Luis Moreno Spain Ignacio Abeledo Spain Sergio Llamas Uganda Abdu Lumala Uruguay Martín Cháves
Inter Kashi Spain Jordan Lamela Spain Julen Pérez Spain Mario Barco Finland Joni Kauko Japan Anand Usuda Serbia Nikola Stojanović
Namdhari
Rajasthan United
Real Kashmir
Shillong Lajong Brazil Daniel Gonçalves Brazil Marcos Rudwere Silva
Sporting Bengaluru
Sreenidi Deccan Afghanistan Faysal Shayesteh Brazil Eli Sabiá Brazil William Alves Colombia David Castañeda Curaçao Roly Bonevacia Panama Ángel Orelien

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Aizawl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to Indian Super League
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).

Results

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Statistics

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Attendances

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "AIFF Competitions Calendar for 2024-25 season released".
  2. ^ 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)
  3. ^ Das Sharma, Amitabha (19 January 2018). "Aizawl looks to build future with own hands". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Nivia Sports Official Website". Nivia Sports. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  5. ^ "About Us". ColorDesign India. Archived from the original on 28 May 2023. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "Gokulam Kerala set to appoint Antonio Rueda as new head coach".
  10. ^ "काशी, अब चारों ओर मचा दो शोर! 📢". X (Formerly Twitter).