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2024–25 I-League

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Football league season

I-League

Season	2024–25
Dates	22 November 2024 – 6 April 2025^[1]
Champions	Inter Kashi (1st title)
Promoted	Inter Kashi
Matches	132
Goals	419 (3.17 per match)
Top goalscorer	David Castañeda (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Shillong Lajong 8–0Rajasthan United (8 December 2024)
Biggest away win	Delhi 0–5Gokulam Kerala (8 January 2025)
Highest scoring	Sreenidi Deccan 5–5 Shillong Lajong (18 January 2025)
Longest winning run	4 matches Churchill Brothers Namdhari
Longest unbeaten run	9 matches Namdhari
Longest winless run	8 matches Delhi
Longest losing run	5 matches Delhi
Highest attendance	10,738 Delhi 0–5 Gokulam Kerala (8 January 2025)
Lowest attendance	115 Inter Kashi 3–1 Sreenidi Deccan (20 December 2024)
Total attendance	2,84,857
Average attendance	2,158
←2023–24 2025–26 →

The2024–25 I-League was the 18th season of theI-League and the third season as the second tier of theIndian football league system.Mohammedan were the reigning champions, having won the2023–24 I-League.

Churchill Brothers were initially declared the provisional champions of I-League by AIFF,^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] but the decision was later overturned by theCourt of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) who declaredInter Kashi the champions, allowing them promotion to theIndian Super League.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

Team changes

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The following teams have changed division since the2023–24 season:

To I-League

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Promoted fromI-League 2

From I-League

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Promoted toISL

Mohammedan

Relegated toI-League 2

Two years after disbandingIndian Arrows, the AIFF planned to field theIndia U-20 team for game time and preparation for the2027 Asian Cup and2026 Asian Games, with exemption from promotion-relegation.^[10]^[11] However, the plan was later dropped.^[12]

Teams

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Locations of the I-League teams

Team	State/UT	City	Stadium	Capacity
Aizawl	Mizoram	Aizawl	Rajiv Gandhi Stadium	20,000
Churchill Brothers	Goa	Margao	Raia Panchayat Ground^[13]	8,000
Delhi^[a]	Delhi	New Delhi	Coach Ali Hasan Stadium,Mahilpur	10,000
Dempo	Goa	Panaji	Fatorda Stadium^[15]	19,000
Gokulam Kerala	Kerala	Kozhikode	EMS Stadium	50,000
Inter Kashi^[b]	Uttar Pradesh	Varanasi	Kalyani Stadium	20,000
Namdhari	Punjab	Bhaini Sahib	Namdhari Stadium	1,000
Rajasthan United	Rajasthan	Jaipur	Vidhyadhar Nagar Stadium^[17]	3,000
Real Kashmir	Jammu & Kashmir	Srinagar	TRC Turf Ground	10,000
Shillong Lajong	Meghalaya	Shillong	SSA Stadium	5,000
Shillong Lajong	Meghalaya	Shillong	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	30,000
Sporting Bengaluru	Karnataka	Bengaluru	Bangalore Football Stadium	8,400
Sreenidi Deccan	Telangana	Hyderabad	Deccan Arena	1,500

^The club is originally fromDelhi, but will play its home games inMahilpur,Punjab for the 2024–25 season.^[14]
^The club is based inVaranasi but will play its home games inKalyani.^[16]

Personnel and sponsorship

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Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Aizawl	Victor Lalbiakmawia	Lalchhawnkima	Vamos^[18]	NECS Limited^[19]
Churchill Brothers	Dimitris Dimitriou	Aubin Kouakou	King Sports	Churchill Brothers
Delhi	Yan Law	Stephen Acquah	King Sports	PSSC
Dempo	Samir Naik	Mohamed Ali	Shiv Naresh	Dempo
Gokulam Kerala	Antonio Rueda Fernández	Sergio Llamas	Vector X^[20]	CSB Bank^[21]
Inter Kashi	Antonio López Habas	Sumeet Passi	Hummel^[22]	UCO Bank^[23]
Namdhari	Fernando Capobianco	Manvir Singh	SPS Hospitals^[24]	Namdharis
Rajasthan United	Walter Caprile	Mohit Singh Verito	King Sports	Vertak Group
Real Kashmir	Ishfaq Ahmed	Kamal Issah	Hummel	Livpure
Shillong Lajong	José Hevia	Hardy Nongbri	King Sports	Meghalaya Tourism
Sporting Bengaluru	Chinta Chandrashekar Rao	Shankar Sampingiraj	MS Sportswear	Fortunas News
Sreenidi Deccan	Ishant Singh(Assistant)	Eli Sabiá	Hummel	Sreenidi Group

Managerial changes

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Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Gokulam Kerala	Sareef Khan	End of interim spell	01 May 2024	Pre-season	Antonio Rueda Fernández	01 May 2024^[25]
Inter Kashi	Arata Izumi	End of interim spell	25 July 2024		Antonio López Habas	25 July 2024^[26]
Sreenidi Deccan	Carlos Vaz Pinto	Signed byMafra	16 June 2024		Domingo Oramas	03 August 2024^[27]
Rajasthan United	Pushpender Kundu	End of contract	31 May 2024		Walter Caprile	20 August 2024^[28]
Sreenidi Deccan	Domingo Oramas	Sacked	24 September 2024^[29]		Rui Amorim	26 September 2024^[30]
Churchill Brothers	Francesc Bonet	Visa issues	25 October 2024		Dimitris Dimitriou	25 October 2024^[31]
Sreenidi Deccan	Rui Amorim	Mutual consent	26 January 2025^[32]	8th	Ishant Singh(Assistant)	28 January 2025^[33]
Rajasthan United	Walter Caprile	Mutual consent	12 March 2025^[34]	8th	Vikas Rawat(Interim)	12 March 2025^[34]

Foreign players

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Bold denotes the player was signed mid-season.

Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Former player(s)
Aizawl	Luis Rodriguez
Churchill Brothers	Sebastian Gutierrez	Aubin Kouakou	Pape Gassama	Wayde Lekay	José Luis Moreno	Rafiq Aminu	Juan Mera Kurtis Guthrie Gnohere Krizo
Delhi	Dawa Tshering	Junior Onguene	Stephen Acquah	Nelson Okwa			Stephane Dang Danilo Quipapá Stephane Binong Laken Limbu
Dempo	Damián Perez Roa	Lukman Adefemi	Shaher Shaheen	Juan Mera	Didier Brossou	Marcus Joseph	Matija Babović
Gokulam Kerala	Thabiso Brown	Adama Niane	Siniša Stanisavić	Nacho Abeledo	Sergio Llamas	Martín Cháves	Wander Luiz
Inter Kashi	Joni Kauko	Domi Berlanga	Matija Babović	Nikola Stojanović	David Humanes	Mario Barco	Julen Pérez
Namdhari	Dé	Vicente	Francis Addo	Joseph Gordon	Lamine Moro	David Mills	Adrián Montoro
Rajasthan United	Mateo Caprile	Ronaldo Johnson Mina	Bektur Amangeldiyev	Alain Oyarzun	Maicol Cabrera	Lucas Rodríguez	Ronny Rodríguez Gerard Artigas
Real Kashmir	Paulo Cézar	Aminou Bouba	Gnohere Krizo	Idan Ocran	Kamal Issah	Abdou Karim Samb	Ramazani Tshimanga
Shillong Lajong	Daniel Gonçalves	Douglas Tardin	Marcos Rudwere Silva	Renan Paulino			Imanol Arana
Sporting Bengaluru	Yuya Kuriyama	Carlos Lomba	Jordan Lamela	Henry Kisekka	Álex Sánchez	Slavko Lukić
Sreenidi Deccan	Faysal Shayesteh	Eli Sabiá	William Alves	David Castañeda	Roly Bonevacia	Ángel Orelien

League table

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Sources:^[35]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Inter Kashi(C, P)	22	12	6	4	42	31	+11	42^[a]	Promotion toISL and qualification forSuper Cup (April) and(October)
2	Churchill Brothers	22	11	7	4	45	25	+20	40^[b]
3	Real Kashmir	22	10	7	5	31	25	+6	37^[c]
4	Gokulam Kerala	22	11	4	7	45	29	+16	37^[d]	Qualification forSuper Cup (April) and(October)^[36]
5	Rajasthan United	22	9	6	7	34	33	+1	33	Qualification forSuper Cup (October)
6	Dempo	22	8	5	9	35	33	+2	29^[e]	Qualification forSuper Cup (October)
7	Namdhari	22	8	5	9	28	30	−2	29^[f]
8	Shillong Lajong	22	7	7	8	46	45	+1	28
9	Sreenidi Deccan	22	7	7	8	34	37	−3	28
10	Aizawl	22	6	5	11	35	46	−11	23^[g]
11	Sporting Bengaluru	22	5	6	11	24	42	−18	21
12	Delhi	22	3	5	14	21	44	−23	14

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 goals scored; 6) Drawing of lots
(Note: Head-to-head applies only after all relevant matches are played)
(C) Champions;(P) Promoted
Notes:

^Inter Kashi was awarded and then stripped of points in multiple rulings. TheCourt of Arbitration for Sport ultimately ruled in their favor, restoring four deducted points.^[37]
^Churchill Brothers were deducted one point and awarded two, which were later revoked by theCourt of Arbitration for Sport and Churchill Brothers challenges this decision inFederal Supreme Court of Switzerland, which was dismissed, preventing further changes in points table.^[38]
^The forfeit win originally awarded to Real Kashmir was revoked by CAS in favor of Inter Kashi.^[38]
^Head-to-head: Real Kashmir 4, Gokulam Kerala 1
^Head-to-head: Dempo 4, Namdhari 1
^Namdhari was deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player, then awarded three in another ruling, which was also later overturned.^[37]
^Aizawl was awarded two points after Churchill Brothers fielded an ineligible player.^[38]

Results

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Fixtures and results

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Home \ Away	AIZ	CHB	DEL	DEM	GOK	IKA	NAM	RAJ	REK	SHL	SCB	SRD
Aizawl	—	3–0^[a]	4–2	0–0	1–2	0–3	3–0	1–2	1–1	1–3	2–0	3–4
Churchill Brothers	6–0	—	2–2	2–0	2–1	2–2^[b]	0–1	3–1	3–1	6–1	1–1	1–1
Delhi	0–2	1–2	—	2–1	0–5	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	3–1	0–1	0–1
Dempo	5–2	1–3	1–0	—	0–1	0–1	2–2	0–4	1–1	2–2	8–1	2–3
Gokulam Kerala	1–1	0–1	6–3	3–4	—	6–2	0–2	0–0	0–1	3–4	2–0	1–0
Inter Kashi	4–3	1–3	5–1	0–2	3–2	—	3–2^[c]	3–1	1–3^[d]	2–1	1–0	3–1
Namdhari	3–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–3	0–3^[e]	—	1–3	1–0	5–2	2–1	1–1
Rajasthan United	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	0–3	1–1	2–1	—	4–0	4–0	2–1	1–2
Real Kashmir	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	—	2–0	3–1	2–2
Shillong Lajong	4–4	2–2	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	3–2	8–0	1–0	—	5–0	4–0
Sporting Bengaluru	1–2	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–2	3–2	2–0	—	1–0
Sreenidi Deccan	3–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–3	2–2	0–1	2–1	1–1	5–5	2–2	—

Source:I-League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

^Churchill Brothers were deducted one point and three points given to Aizawl for fielding an ineligible player. Initially the match was drawn 1–1.
^Inter Kashi were deducted one point and two points were given to Churchill Brothers, after Inter Kashi fielded an ineligible player. Initially the match was drawn by 2–2. On 18 July 2025, theCourt of Arbitration for Sport revoked the two points previously awarded to Churchill Brothers from Inter Kashi match.
^Inter Kashi were deducted three points and given to Namdhari for fielding an ineligible player. Initially Inter Kashi won the match by 3-2. On 18 July 2025, theCourt of Arbitration for Sport ruled in favour of Inter Kashi, revoked the three points previously awarded to Namdhari in the return leg.
^The match was forfeited in favour of Real Kashmir as Inter Kashi fielded an ineligible player. Initially Real Kashmir already won the match by 1-3. On 18 July 2025, theCourt of Arbitration for Sport ruled in favour of Inter Kashi, revoked the forfeiture previously awarded to Real Kashmir.
^Namdhari were deducted three points and given to Inter Kashi for fielding an ineligible player in Match 45. Initially Namdhari won the match by 2–0. However, later AIFF Appeal Committee reverted the decision later that was again reverted back in favour of Inter Kashi by an appeal toCourt of Arbitration of Sports.^[39]

Results by games

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Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Team ╲ Round
Aizawl	D	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	W
Churchill Brothers	D	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	D	D	D
Delhi	D	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D
Dempo	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	D
Gokulam Kerala	W	D	D	L	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D
Inter Kashi	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	W
Namdhari	D	L	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	D	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	L
Rajasthan United	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	L
Real Kashmir	W	D	W	D	L	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	D
Shillong Lajong	D	L	D	W	D	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	D
Sporting Bengaluru	L	L	L	W	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	D	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	D
Sreenidi Deccan	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	D	D	L	D	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	D	D	L	D

Source:I-League
W = Win;D = Draw;L = Lose

Positions by round

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Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Round
Aizawl	8	4	5	8	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10
Churchill Brothers	4	8	7	3	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2
Delhi	7	11	11	10	11	6	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Dempo	6	3	3	4	2	3	5	9	9	8	8	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7
Gokulam Kerala	2	5	6	7	7	7	4	4	5	4	3	4	7	7	6	4	6	4	4	4	2	3
Inter Kashi	3	1	1	1	3	2	1	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	4	1	2	2	2	2	4	1
Namdhari	9	10	10	9	5	5	3	3	3	1	2	1	2	2	3	7	5	6	7	7	6	6
Rajasthan United	12	7	8	12	9	8	6	6	7	6	7	6	5	6	7	5	7	8	5	5	5	5
Real Kashmir	1	2	2	2	4	4	8	7	6	5	6	5	4	4	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
Shillong Lajong	5	9	9	6	6	9	7	5	4	7	5	7	6	5	5	6	4	5	6	8	7	8
Sporting Bengaluru	11	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11
Sreenidi Deccan	10	6	4	5	8	11	9	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	7	8	6	8	9

	Promotion to2025–26 Indian Super League and Qualification for2025 Super Cup
	Qualification for2025 Super Cup
	Relegation to2025–26 I-League 2

Source:I-League

Season statistics

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As of 6 April 2025

Top scorers

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Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	David Castañeda	Sreenidi Deccan	17
2	Douglas Tardin	Shillong Lajong	13
3	Dé	Namdhari	12
3	Lalrinzuala Lalbiaknia	Aizawl	12
5	Thabiso Brown	Gokulam Kerala	11

Hat-tricks

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Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Domi Berlanga	Inter Kashi	Delhi	5–1 (H)	1 December 2024	^[40]
Dé	Namdhari	Aizawl	3–1 (H)	8 December 2024	^[41]
David Castañeda	Sreenidi Deccan	Aizawl	4–3 (A)	9 January 2025	^[42]
Douglas Tardin	Shillong Lajong	SC Bengaluru	5–0 (H)	13 January 2025	^[43]
Douglas Tardin	Shillong Lajong	Sreenidi Deccan	5–5 (A)	18 January 2025	^[44]
Lalrinzuala Lalbiaknia	Aizawl	Delhi	4–2 (H)	22 January 2025	^[45]
Siniša Stanisavić	Gokulam Kerala	Inter Kashi	6–2 (H)	24 January 2025	^[46]
Sebastián Gutiérrez	Churchill Brothers	Shillong Lajong	6–1 (H)	7 March 2025	^[47]
Marcus Joseph	Dempo	SC Bengaluru	8–1 (H)	8 March 2025	^[48]
Marcus Joseph	Dempo	Aizawl	5–2 (H)	24 March 2025	^[49]
Thabiso Brown	Gokulam Kerala	Dempo	3–4 (H)	6 April 2025	^[50]

Top assists

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Rank	Player	Team	Assists^[51]
1	Sebastián Gutiérrez	Churchill Brothers	9
2	Nacho Abeledo	Gokulam Kerala	8
2	Alain Oyarzun	Rajasthan United	8
4	Ángel Orelien	Sreenidi Deccan	7
5	Edmund Lalrindika	Inter Kashi	6
	Lalbiakdika Vanlalvunga	Aizawl
	Damián Perez Roa	Dempo

Clean sheets

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Rank	Player	Team	Clean sheets
1	Jaspreet Singh	Namdhari	8
2	Ashish Sibi	Dempo	6
2	Arindam Bhattacharya	Inter Kashi	6
4	Shibinraj Kunniyil	Gokulam Kerala	5
5	Bhabindra Malla Thakuri	Rajasthan United	4
	Yuya Kuriyama	SC Bengaluru
	Ranit Sarkar	Shillong Lajong

Attendance

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Overall

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Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Delhi	82,782	10,738	4,850	7,525	+1,195.2%^†
2	Real Kashmir	50,823	8,430	2,940	4,620	+32.0%^†
3	Shillong Lajong	37,153	5,865	1,864	3,377	−46.5%^†
4	Gokulam Kerala	29,538	6,243	200	2,685	−47.5%^†
5	Aizawl	18,505	7,692	400	1,682	−7.5%^†
6	Churchill Brothers	17,378	8,257	500	1,579	+35.0%^†
7	Rajasthan United	8,723	2,450	200	793	+333.3%^†
8	Namdhari	8,399	1,500	250	763	+49.0%^†
9	Inter Kashi	7,605	1,051	115	691	+31.9%^†
10	Dempo	5,688	1,578	100	517	+204.1%^†
11	Sporting Bengaluru	5,527	800	248	502	+3.1%^†
12	Sreenidi Deccan	5,180	800	206	470	+15.2%^†
	League total	277,301	10,738	100	2,100	+8.6%^†

Source: I-League
Notes:
^† Teams played previous season inI-League 2.

Attendances by home matches

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Team \ Match played	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
Delhi	7,131	10,738	8,130	4,850	10,175	7,321	8,650	6,445	6,785	6,417	6,140	82,782
Real Kashmir	5,132	6,420	5,202	4,000	2,940	3,497	4,220	3,450	3,971	3,561	8,430	50,823
Shillong Lajong	5,865	4,715	3,922	4,381	3,665	3,233	2,914	2,217	2,164	2,213	1,864	37,153
Gokulam Kerala	6,243	3,250	3,220	3,840	3,210	2,125	1,200	400	200	400	5,450	29,538
Aizawl	1,233	1,833	483	519	500	1,663	2,432	1,150	600	400	7,692	18,505
Churchill Brothers	500	1,750	800	600	700	1,000	1,021	700	800	1,250	8,257	17,378
Rajasthan United	400	500	2,450	700	1,528	650	1,218	254	300	200	523	8,723
Namdhari	1,500	600	250	875	1,000	500	750	1,012	912	500	500	8,399
Inter Kashi	1,051	1,033	797	115	650	279	800	300	923	657	1,000	7,605
Dempo	500	350	500	200	860	400	300	100	1,578	450	450	5,688
Sporting Bengaluru	450	800	400	450	700	625	354	248	600	600	300	5,527
Sreenidi Deccan	800	675	400	206	600	400	400	350	425	450	474	5,180

Legend: Highest Lowest
Updated to game(s) played on 6 April 2025
Source:I-League

Awards

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Player of the match
Match no.	Player	Team	Match no.	Player	Team	Match no.	Player	Team
1	Nacho Abeledo	Gokulam Kerala	2	Edmund Lalrindika	Inter Kashi	3	Gursimrat Singh	Namdhari
4	Augustine Lalrochana	Aizawl	5	Mohammad Inam	Real Kashmir	6	Renan Paulino	Shillong Lajong
7			8	Lalchhawnkima	Aizawl	9	Alain Oyarzun	Rajasthan United
10	Damián Peréz Roa	Dempo	11	Ángel Orelien	Sreenidi Deccan	12	Domi Berlanga	Inter Kashi
13	Matija Babovic	Dempo	14	Rishad PP	Gokulam Kerala	15	Aminou Bouba	Real Kashmir
16	Sebastián Gutiérrez	Churchill Brothers	17	Ángel Orelien (2)	Sreenidi Deccan	18	Phrangki Buam	Shillong Lajong
19	Salam Johnson Singh	SC Bengaluru	20	Lamgoulen Hangshing	Churchill Brothers	21	Dé	Namdhari
22	Douglas Tardin	Shillong Lajong	23	Domi Berlanga (2)	Inter Kashi	24	Stéphane Binong	Delhi
25	Stéphane Binong (2)	Delhi	26	Damián Peréz Roa (2)	Dempo	27	Alain Oyarzun (2)	Rajasthan United
28	Nacho Abeledo (2)	Gokulam Kerala	29	Sebastián Gutiérrez (2)	Churchill Brothers	30	Gursimrat Singh (2)	Namdhari
31	Lalliansanga Renthlei	Churchill Brothers	32	Joel Lalramchhana	Aizawl	33	Stéphane Binong (3)	Delhi
34	Sergio Llamas	Gokulam Kerala	35	Thomyo Shimray	SC Bengaluru	36	Mario Barco	Inter Kashi
37	Sergio Llamas (2)	Gokulam Kerala	38	Jaspreet Singh	Namdhari	39	Asif OM	SC Bengaluru
40	David Castañeda	Sreenidi Deccan	41	Joni Kauko	Inter Kashi	42	Aman Ahlawat	Shillong Lajong
43	Lalmuansanga	Delhi	44	Trijoy Dias	Churchill Brothers	45	Bhupinder Singh	Namdhari
46	Douglas Tardin (2)	Shillong Lajong	47	Kamal Issah	Real Kashmir	48	Abhijith K	Gokulam Kerala
49	Nishchal Chandan	Churchill Brothers	50	Gursimrat Singh (3)	Namdhari	51	Douglas Tardin (3)	Shillong Lajong
52	Nikola Stojanović	Inter Kashi	53	Paulo Cézar	Real Kashmir	54	Shaher Shaheen	Dempo
55	Lalrinzuala Lalbiaknia	Aizawl	56	Yuya Kuriyama	SC Bengaluru	57	Nacho Abeledo (3)	Gokulam Kerala
58	Peter Seiminthang Haokip	Namdhari	59	Gerard Artigas	Rajasthan United	60	Lalramsanga Tlaichhun	Real Kashmir
61	William Alves	Sreenidi Deccan	62	Martand Raina	Rajasthan United	63	Nestor Dias	Dempo
64	Nacho Abeledo (4)	Gokulam Kerala	65	Trijoy Dias (2)	Churchill Brothers	66	Hardy Nongbri	Shillong Lajong
67	Pangambam Naoba Meitei	Rajasthan United	68	Domi Berlanga (3)	Inter Kashi	69	Jaspreet Singh (2)	Namdhari
70	Aminou Bouba (2)	Real Kashmir	71	Clarence Fernandes	SC Bengaluru	72	Gurmukh Singh	Sreenidi Deccan
73	Bhabindra Malla Thakuri	Rajasthan United	74	David Castañeda (2)	Sreenidi Deccan	75	Lalremruata Ralte	Churchill Brothers
76	Damián Peréz Roa (3)	Dempo	77	Yuya Kuriyama (2)	SC Bengaluru	78	Ronnie Kharbudon	Shillong Lajong
79	Lalmuansanga (2)	Delhi	80	Nikola Stojanović (2)	Inter Kashi	81	Mohammad Inam (2)	Real Kashmir
82	Jibin Devassy	SC Bengaluru	83	Marcus Joseph	Dempo	84	Marcos Rudwere	Shillong Lajong
85	Luis Rodríguez	Aizawl	86	Nacho Abeledo (5)	Gokulam Kerala	87	Paulo Cézar (2)	Real Kashmir
88	Clarence Fernandes (2)	SC Bengaluru	89	Ángel Orelien (3)	Sreenidi Deccan	90	Mohamed Ali	Dempo
91	Sayad Kadir	Churchill Brothers	92	Ronaldo Johnson	Rajasthan United	93	David Castañeda (3)	Sreenidi Deccan
94	Samuel Lalmuanpuia	Aizawl	95	Nikola Stojanović (3)	Inter Kashi	96	Jordan Lamela	SC Bengaluru
97	Trijoy Dias (3)	Churchill Brothers	98	Debnath Mondal	Delhi	99	Dé (2)	Namdhari
100	Abdou Karim Samb	Real Kashmir	101	Lalrinzuala Lalbiaknia (2)	Aizawl	102	Phrangki Buam (2)	Shillong Lajong
103	Nikola Stojanović (4)	Inter Kashi	104	Sebastian Gutierrez (3)	Churchill Brothers	105	Faysal Shayesteh	Sreenidi Deccan
106	Marcus Joseph (2)	Dempo	107	Lalramsanga Tlaichhun (2)	Real Kashmir	108	Thabiso Brown	Gokulam Kerala
109	Lalbiakdika Vanlalvunga	Aizawl	110	Martand Raina (2)	Rajasthan United	111	Nishan Singh	Namdhari
112	Faslurahman Methukayil	SC Bengaluru	113	Aubin Kouakou	Churchill Brothers	114	Brandon Vanlalremdika	Sreeenidi Deccan
115	Adama Niane	Gokulam Kerala	116	Basit Ahmed Bhat	Real Kashmir	117	Seiminmang Manchong	Rajasthan United
118	Pape Gassama	Churchill Brothers	119	Marcus Joseph (3)	Dempo	120	Mario Barco (2)	Inter Kashi
121	Alain Oyarzun (3)	Rajasthan	122	Ashish Sibi	Dempo	123	Douglas Tardin (4)	Shillong Lajong
124	Akashdeep Singh Kahlon	Namdhari	125	Lalremruata Ralte (2)	Churchill Brothers	126	Thabiso Brown (2)	Gokulam Kerala
127	Lalmuansanga	Delhi	128	Lalrinzuala Lalbiaknia (3)	Aizawl	129	Lalmuansanga	SC Bengaluru
130	Lalramsanga Tlaichhun (3)	Real Kashmir	131	Thabiso Brown (3)	Gokulam Kerala	132	David Humanes	Inter Kashi

Annual awards

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Award	Winner
Best Player	David Castañeda (Sreenidi Deccan)
Best Goalkeeper	Jaspreet Singh (Namdhari)
Jarnail Singh Award (Best Defender)	Daniel Gonçalves (Shillong Lajong)
Best Midfielder	Pape Gassama (Churchill Brothers)
Highest Scorer	David Castañeda (Sreenidi Deccan)
Best Emerging Player	Hridaya Jain (Delhi)
Syed Abdul Rahim Award (Best Coach)	Dimitris Dimitriou (Churchill Brothers)
Fair Play Award	Dempo
Best Match Organisation	Gokulam Kerala
Best Media Activities	Rajasthan United
Source:I-League

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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 2024–25 2025–26
Related	National Football League Foreign players

Indian football league seasons

First tier league seasons (1996–present)
National Football League	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07
I-League	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
Indian Super League	2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
List of champions

Second tier league seasons (1997–present)
NFL 2nd Division	1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07
I-League 2nd Division	2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2020 2021
I-League	2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26

Third tier league seasons (2006–07, 2022–present)
NFL 3rd Division	2006–07
I-League 2	2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26

Fourth tier league seasons (2023–present)
I-League 3	2023–24 2024–25 2025–26

Youth league seasons (2008–present)
Youth League	2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

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League competitions

First division	Indian Super League (Men's) Playoffs Final Indian Women's League (Women's)
Second division	I-League Indian Women's League 2 (Women's)
Third division	I-League 2
Fourth division	I-League 3
State leagues	Assam Delhi Men's Women's Goa Men's Women's Karnataka Men's Women's Kerala Men's Women's Madhya Pradesh Manipur Men's Women's Meghalaya Men's Women's Mizoram Men's Women's Maharashtra Men's Women's Mumbai Odisha Men's Women's Punjab Men's Women's Rajasthan Sikkim Men's Women's West Bengal Men's Women's
Youth	Youth League

Cup competitions

Men	Durand Cup Final Super Cup Final Santosh Trophy (State) Final
Women	Rajmata Jijabai Trophy (State)

Club seasons
Indian Super League	Bengaluru Chennaiyin East Bengal Goa Hyderabad Jamshedpur Kerala Blasters Mohammedan Mohun Bagan Super Giant Mumbai City NorthEast United Odisha Punjab
I-League	Aizawl Churchill Brothers Delhi Dempo Gokulam Kerala Inter Kashi Rajasthan United Real Kashmir Shillong Lajong Sporting Bengaluru Sreenidi Deccan
Indian Super League transfers I-League transfers