| Competition: | I-League 3 |
| Season: | 2023–24 |
| Dates: | 9 November – 30 December 2023[1] |
| Winners: | Sporting Goa[2] [3] |
| Relegated: | 20 clubs |
| Matches: | 60 |
| Total Goals: | 182 |
| League Topscorer: |  Arif Shaikh(5 goals) |
| Biggest Win: | Sporting Goa 10–0 New Friends Club (13 November) |
| Highest Scoring: | Sporting Goa 10–0 New Friends Club (13 November) |
| Attendance: | 18,580 |
| Average Attendance: | 309 |
| Nextseason: | 2024–25 |
| Updated: | 30 December 2023 |
2023–24 I-League 3 was the 1st season of the I-League 3 since its establishment in 2023. It was also the 1st season as the national fourth tier of the Indian football league system. The top three teams on the league table qualified for 2023–24 I-League 2.[4] [5]
See main article: 2022–23 Indian State Leagues. On 22 August 2023, 15 clubs were nominated for the I-League 3rd Division by nine state FAs (Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Bengaluru, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, and Mumbai).[6] [7] [8] Nominations from 10 other states (Manipur, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Kerala, Pondicherry, Sikkim, Assam, Odisha, Telangana, and West Bengal) were assessed after due diligence.[9]
| Group | City | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group A | Bhopal | Jagran Lakecity University Stadium | 1,800 |
| Group B | Vadodra | VMC Sports Complex | 3,500 |
| Group C | Panjim | Dempo Academy Ground | 500 |
| Group D | Bangalore | Bangalore Football Stadium | 8,400 |
| HAL Sports Club Ground | 2,000 | ||
| Group E | Narainpur | Ramakrishna Mission Sports Complex | 1,000 |
| Playoffs | Vasco | Tilak Maidan | 5,000 |
| Nagoa | Nagoa Ground | 1,000 | |
Until the previous season, the AIFF allowed only state champions to feature in the qualifiers, but with the removal of the ISL reserve teams[10] and the creation of the I-League 3 from where teams would move to I-League 2 in the same season, state FAs were allowed to nominate a second team.[11]
25 teams are divided into five groups of five each. Each team will play the teams in the same group in single-legged fixtures.
Matches are broadcast by AIFF, SportsKPI SportsCast India on their official YouTube channels.[12] [13]
30 December 2023
Bold indicates the player is currently active in the tournament.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[14] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arif Shaikh | Sporting Bengaluru | 5 | |
| 2 | Khanngam Horam | Kickstart | 4 | |
| Ngangbam Pacha Singh | KIYC | |||
| Lloyd Cardozo | Sporting Goa | |||
| 5 | 14 Players | 3 | ||
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bhaskar Jalmi | Sporting Goa | 6 |
| 2 | Wellyster Mendes | Dempo | 4 |
| 3 | Golmei Rongmei | KLASA | 3 |
| Susnata Malik | Diamond Harbour | ||
| 5 | Dylan D'Silva | Dempo | 2 |
| Banshanskhem Kharsyntiew | Rangdajied United | ||
| Kabir Toufik | Kickstart |
Dhiraj Chouhan| Match No. | Group A | Match No. | Group B | Match No. | Group C | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixture | Attendance | Fixture | Attendance | Fixture | Attendance | |||
| 1 | Lake City-Sporting Goa | 200 | 1 | Baroda-KLASA | 350 | 1 | Dempo-JIT | 100 |
| 2 | ARA-International | 50 | 2 | United Chirang Duar-Jaipur Elite | 175 | 2 | Rangdajied United-Millat | 100 |
| 3 | New Friends-ARA | 20 | 3 | Sports Odisha-United Chirang Duar | 75 | 3 | Kickstart-Rangdajied United | 100 |
| 4 | International-Sporting Goa | 20 | 4 | Jaipur Elite-KLASA | 375 | 4 | Millat-JIT | 50 |
| 5 | International-Lake City | 10 | 5 | Jaipur Elite-Baroda | 250 | 5 | Millat-Dempo | 100 |
| 6 | New Friends-Sporting Goa | 10 | 6 | Sports Odisha-KLASA | 180 | 6 | Kickstart-JIT | 50 |
| 7 | Sporting Goa-ARA | 10 | 7 | KLASA-United Chirang Duar | 280 | 7 | JIT-Rangdajied United | 50 |
| 8 | Lake City-New Friends | 10 | 8 | Baroda-Sports Odisha | 315 | 8 | Dempo-Kickstart | 100 |
| 9 | New Friends-International | 10 | 9 | Sports Odisha-Jaipur Elite | 45 | 9 | Kickstart-Millat | 50 |
| 10 | ARA -Lake City | 20 | 10 | United Chirang Duar-Baroda | 65 | 10 | Rangdajied United-Dempo | 100 |
| Group A Total | 360 | Group B Total | 2,110 | Group C Total | 800 | |||
| Match No. | Group D | Match No. | Group E | |||||
| Fixture | Attendance | Fixture | Attendance | |||||
| 1 | Diamond Harbour-Vatika | 120 | 1 | RKM-Garhwal | 3,100 | |||
| 2 | Sporting Bengaluru-Abbas Union | 180 | 2 | KIYC-Kerala United | 1,600 | |||
| 3 | Doaba United-Diamond Harbour | 75 | 3 | Garhwal-KIYC | 800 | |||
| 4 | Vatika-Abbas Union | 250 | 4 | RKM-Bhawanipore | 2,100 | |||
| 5 | Doaba United-Abbas Union | 250 | 5 | Kerala United-RKM | 1,100 | |||
| 6 | Vatika-Sporting Bengaluru | 50 | 6 | Bhawanipore-Garhwal | 800 | |||
| 7 | Abbas Union-Diamond Harbour | 75 | 7 | Bhawanipore-KIYC | 400 | |||
| 8 | Sporting Bengaluru-Doaba United | 50 | 8 | Kerala United-Garhwal | 500 | |||
| 9 | Doaba United-Vatika | 60 | 9 | Bhawanipore-Kerala United | 800 | |||
| 10 | Diamond Harbour-Sporting Bengaluru | 150 | 10 | KIYC-RKM | 1,100 | |||
| Group D Total | 1,260 | Group E Total | 12,300 | |||||
| Match No. | Playoffs | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fixture | Attendance | ||
| 1 | Sporting Goa-Sporting Bengaluru | 50 | |
| 2 | Kerala United-KLASA | 150 | |
| 3 | Dempo-Kerala United | 150 | |
| 4 | KLASA-Sporting Bengaluru | 250 | |
| 5 | KLASA-Sporting Goa | 100 | |
| 6 | Dempo-Sporting Bengaluru | 250 | |
| 7 | Sporting Bengaluru-Kerala United | 50 | |
| 8 | Sporting Goa-Dempo | 250 | |
| 9 | Dempo-KLASA | 250 | |
| 10 | Kerala United-Sporting Goa | 250 | |
| Total | 1,750 | ||
Source: I-League