2024–25 I-League Explained

Competition:I-League
Season:2024–25
Dates:22 November 2024 – 6 March 2025[1]
Matches:16
Total Goals:41
League Topscorer:Domi Berlanga
Wayde Lekay
(3 goals)
Biggest Home Win:Inter Kashi 5–1 Delhi
(1 December 2024)
Biggest Away Win:Namdhari 1–3 Rajasthan United
(30 November 2024)
Shillong Lajong 0–2 Dempo
(30 November 2024)
SC Bengaluru 1–3 Churchill Brothers
(4 December 2024)
Highest Scoring:Inter Kashi 5–1 Delhi
(1 December 2024)
Highest Attendance:6,420
Real Kashmir 1–1 Gokulam Kerala
(29 November 2024)
Lowest Attendance:250
Namdhari 0–1 Dempo
(3 December 2024)
Attendance:43,002
Average Attendance:2,688
Prevseason:2023–24
Nextseason:2025–26
Updated:4 December 2024

The 2024–25 I-League is 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

Promoted to Indian Super League
Promoted from I-League 2
Relegated to I-League 2

Two years after disbanding Indian Arrows, the AIFF planned to field the India U-20 team for game time and preparation for the 2027 Asian Cup and 2026 Asian Games, with exemption from promotion-relegation.[2] [3] However, the plan was later dropped.[4]

Teams

TeamState/UTCityStadiumCapacity
AizawlMizoramAizawlRajiv Gandhi Stadium20,000
Churchill BrothersGoaMargaoBenaulim Football Ground1,000
DelhiDelhiNew DelhiMahilpur Football Stadium1,000
DempoGoaPanajiDuler Stadium1,000
Gokulam KeralaKeralaKozhikodeEMS Stadium50,000
Inter KashiUttar PradeshVaranasiKalyani Stadium20,000
NamdhariPunjabBhaini SahibNamdhari Stadium1,000
Rajasthan UnitedRajasthanJaipurVidhyadhar Nagar Stadium3,000
Real KashmirJammu & KashmirSrinagarTRC Turf Ground10,000
Shillong LajongMeghalayaShillongSSA Stadium5,000
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium17,000
Sporting BengaluruKarnatakaBengaluruBangalore Football Stadium8,400
Sreenidi DeccanTelanganaHyderabadDeccan Arena1,500

Personnel and sponsorship

TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Aizawl Victor Lalbiakmawia LalchhawnkimaVamos[5] NECS Limited[6]
Churchill Brothers Dimitris Dimitriou Aubin KouakouKing SportsChurchill Brothers
Delhi Yan Law Stephen AcquahKing SportsPSSC
Dempo Samir Naik Mohamed AliShiv NareshDempo
Gokulam Kerala Antonio Rueda Fernández Sergio LlamasVector X[7] CSB Bank[8]
Inter Kashi Antonio López Habas Sumeet PassiHummel[9] UCO Bank[10]
Namdhari Fernando Capobianco Manvir SinghSPS Hospitals[11] Namdharis
Rajasthan United Walter Caprile Mohit Singh VeritoKing SportsVertak Group
Real Kashmir Ishfaq Ahmed Kamal IssahHummelLivpure
Shillong Lajong José Hevia Hardy NongbriKing SportsMeghalaya Tourism
Sporting Bengaluru Chinta Chandrashekar Rao Shankar SampingirajMS Sportswear
Sreenidi Deccan Rui Amorim Eli SabiáHummelSreenidi Group

Coaching changes

scope=colTeamscope=colOutgoing head coachscope=colManner of departurescope=colDate of vacancyscope=colRoundscope=colTablescope=colIncomingscope=colDate of appointmentscope=col class=unsortable
Gokulam Kerala Sareef KhanEnd of interim spell01 May 2024Pre-season Antonio Rueda Fernández01 May 2024[12]
Inter Kashi Arata IzumiEnd of interim spell25 July 2024 Antonio López Habas25 July 2024[13]
Sreenidi Deccan Carlos Vaz PintoSigned by Mafra16 June 2024 Domingo Oramas03 August 2024[14]
Rajasthan United Pushpender KunduEnd of contract31 May 2024 Walter Caprile20 August 2024[15]
Sreenidi Deccan Domingo OramasSacked[16] 24 September 2024 Rui Amorim26 September 2024[17]

Foreign players

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scope=row style="text-align: left;Aizawl
scope=row style="text-align: left;Churchill Brothers Sebastian Gutierrez Kurtis Guthrie Aubin Kouakou Pape Gassama Wayde Lekay Juan Mera
scope=row style="text-align: left;Delhi Dawa Tshering Danilo Quipapá Stephane Binong Stephane Dang Stephen Acquah Nelson Okwa
scope=row style="text-align: left;Dempo Damián Perez Roa Matija Babovic Shaher Shaheen
scope=row style="text-align: left;Gokulam Kerala Adama Niane Nacho Abeledo Sergio Llamas Martín Cháves
scope=row style="text-align: left;Inter Kashi Joni Kauko Domi Berlanga Nikola Stojanović David Humanes Julen Pérez Mario Barco
Namdhari Dé Vicente Francis Addo Joseph Gordon Adrián Montoro
scope=row style="text-align: left;Rajasthan United Ronny Rodríguez Ronaldo Johnson Mina Ernest Antwi Alain Oyarzun Gerard Artigas
scope=row style="text-align: left;Real Kashmir Aminou Bouba Ramazani Tshimanga Idan Ocran Kamal Issah Abdou Karim Samb
scope=row style="text-align: left;Shillong Lajong Daniel Gonçalves Douglas Tardin Marcos Rudwere Silva Renan Paulino Imanol Arana
scope=row style="text-align: left;Sporting Bengaluru Carlos Lomba Jordan Lamela
scope=row style="text-align: left;Sreenidi Deccan Faysal Shayesteh Eli Sabiá William Alves David Castañeda Roly Bonevacia Ángel Orelien

League table

Unlike last season, only one team will be relegated this year.[18]

Results

Positions by round

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Domi BerlangaInter Kashi3
Wayde LekayChurchill Brothers
3 Edmund LalrindikaInter Kashi2
Matija BabovicDempo
Lalhriatpuia LalrinfelaAizawl
Aminou BoubaReal Kashmir
7 LalromawiaSreenidi Deccan1
Martín ChávesGokulam Kerala
Nacho AbeledoGokulam Kerala
R RamdintharaGokulam Kerala
David CastañedaSreenidi Deccan
Abdou Karim SambReal Kashmir
Douglas TardinShillong Lajong
Athul UnnikrishnanGokulam Kerala
Alain OyarzunRajasthan United
Seiminmang ManchongRajasthan United
Wayne VazRajasthan United
Pruthvesh PednekarDempo
Faysal ShayestehSreenidi Deccan
Ángel OrelienSreenidi Deccan
Lamgoulen HangshingChurchill Brothers
Nikola StojanovićInter Kashi
Himanshu JangraDelhi
Rishad PPGokulam Kerala
Lalramdinsanga RalteReal Kashmir
Stéphane BinongDelhi
Jordan LamelaSC Bengaluru
Sebastián GutiérrezChurchill Brothers
Pape GassamaChurchill Brothers

Top assists

RankPlayerTeamAssists
1 Joni KaukoInter Kashi3
2 Sebastián GutiérrezChurchill Brothers2
3 Ángel OrelienSreenidi Deccan1
VP SuhairGokulam Kerala
Karthik PanickerInter Kashi
Douglas TardinShillong Lajong
Renan PaulinoShillong Lajong
Mohammed AqibReal Kashmir
Malsawmzuala TlangteAizawl
Damián Peréz RoaDempo
Pruthvesh PednekarDempo
David CastañedaSreenidi Deccan
Edmund LalrindikaInter Kashi
Knerkitalang BuamDempo
Lalbiakdika VanlalvungaAizawl
Sergio LlamasGokulam Kerala
Kamal IssahReal Kashmir
Abdou Karim SambReal Kashmir
Danilo QuipapáDelhi
Wayde LekayChurchill Brothers
Anil GaonkarChurchill Brothers

Clean sheets

RankPlayerTeamClean sheets
1 Ashish SibiDempo3
2 Vanlal HriatpuiaAizawl2
3 Arindam BhattacharyaInter Kashi1
Jaspreet SinghNamdhari
LalmuansangaDelhi
Mohammed ArbazReal Kashmir

Attendance

Overall

Attendances by home matches

Team \ Match played1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Total
1,2331,8333,066
6,2436,243
1,0511,0332,084
1,5006002502,350
5,1326,4205,20216,754
5,8654,71510,580
8006751,475
450450
Legend:
Updated to game(s) played on 4 December 2024
Source: I-League

Awards

Player of the match
Match no.PlayerTeamMatch no.PlayerTeamMatch no.PlayerTeam
1 Nacho AbeledoGokulam Kerala2 Edmund LalrindikaInter Kashi3 Gursimrat SinghNamdhari
4 Augustine LalrochanaAizawl5 Mohammad InamReal Kashmir6 Renan PaulinoShillong Lajong
78 LalchhawnkimaAizawl9 Alain OyarzunRajasthan United
10 Damián Peréz RoaDempo11 Ángel OrelienSreenidi Deccan12 Domi BerlangaInter Kashi
13 Matija BabovicDempo14 Rishad PPGokulam Kerala15 Aminou BoubaReal Kashmir
16 Sebastián GutiérrezChurchill Brothers1718
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222324
252627
282930
313233
343536
373839
404142
434445
464748
495051
525354
555657
585960
616263
646566
676869
707172
737475
767778
798081
828384
858687
888990
919293
949596
979899
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103104105
106107108
109110111
112113114
115116117
118119120
121122123
124125126
127128129
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See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: I-League 2024-25 Fixture. 24 October 2024. New Delhi. AIFF. Media Team. 24 October 2024. the-aiff.com. All India Football Federation.
  2. News: Mukherjee . Sayan . 13 August 2024 . AIFF to field India's under-20 football team in the I-League . 13 August 2024 . News Nine.
  3. News: 10 September 2024 . AIFF ExCo: India U20 to feature in I-League . 10 September 2024 . AIFF.
  4. News: 2024-10-18 . AIFF drops plan to field U-20 team in I-League . 2024-10-18 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.
  5. Web site: 23 June 2024 . Unveiling our 40th Anniversary Edition Home Jersey for the 2024/2025 season. ⚪️ . 30 August 2024 . X (Twitter).
  6. News: 23 June 2024 . Unveiling our 40th Anniversary Edition Home Jersey for the 2024/2025 season. ⚪️ . 30 August 2024 . X (Twitter).
  7. Web site: 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 . 21 August 2023 . Gokulam Kerala FC . 23 August 2023 . 25 October 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231025011128/https://twitter.com/GokulamKeralaFC/status/1693611439838380172 . live .
  8. Web site: Zaidi . Waseem . 21 January 2022 . I-LEAGUE: Introducing shirt sponsors of every I-league club for 2021-22 season . https://web.archive.org/web/20220122125039/https://khelnow.com/football/i-league-2021-22-shirt-sponsors-every-club . 22 January 2022 . 26 February 2022 . www.khelnow.com . Khel Now.
  9. Web site: 14 July 2024 . Inter Kashi FC Hummels Inter Kashi released their new jersey for the upcoming season. . 30 August 2024 . X (Twitter).
  10. Web site: 14 July 2024 . We are pleased to launch the Jersey for the upcoming season with UCO Bank as our primary sponsor. . 30 August 2024 . X (Twitter).
  11. Web site: Rahul. Saha. I-league Commercial Guide: A Complete List of the 2023/24 I-League Team Sponsors. 3 November 2023. 26 September 2021. sportskhabri.com. Sports Khabri. https://web.archive.org/web/20231103074811/https://sportskhabri.com/i-league-commercial-guide-a-complete-list-of-the-2023-24-i-league-team-sponsors/. 3 November 2023.
  12. Web site: Gokulam Kerala set to appoint Antonio Rueda as new head coach.
  13. Web site: काशी, अब चारों ओर मचा दो शोर! . X (Formerly Twitter).
  14. Web site: Domingo Oramas joins us as Head Coach of the first team. Let's welcome our new mastermind! . X (Formerly Twitter).
  15. Web site: A new era begins! Welcome to the family, Coach! . X (Formerly Twitter).
  16. Web site: ANNOUNCEMENT . X (Formerly Twitter).
  17. Web site: I-League club Sreenidi Deccan set to appoint Rui Amorim as new head coach. khelnow.com.
  18. Web site: Points Table I-League . en-US.

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