I-League monthly awards explained

This is an association football award that recognises the best I-League coach and player each month of the season. It was started in 2019-20 season. Alejandro Menéndez of East Bengal FC and Fran González of Mohun Bagan AC were the first coach and player of December, respectively.

Coach of the month

Winners

Month	Year	Nationality	Coach	Team	Ref
December	2019	Spain	Alejandro Menéndez	East Bengal	^[1]
January	2020	Spain	Kibu Vicuña	Mohun Bagan	^[2]
February	2020	Spain	Kibu Vicuña	Mohun Bagan	^[3]
January	2021	Spain	Fernando Varela	Churchill Brothers	^[4]
February	2021	Ireland	Curtis Fleming	Punjab	^[5]
March	2021	India	L. Nandakumar Singh	TRAU	^[6]
March	2022		Andrey Chernyshov	Mohammedan	^[7]

Awards won by nationality

Country	Wins
	4
India	1
Ireland	1
	1

Awards won by club

Club	Wins
Mohun Bagan	2
Churchill Brothers	1
East Bengal	1
Mohammedan	1
Punjab	1
TRAU	1

Player of the month

Winner

Month	Year	Nationality	Player	Team	Ref
December	2019	Spain	Fran González	Mohun Bagan	^[8]
January	2020	Cameroon	Pierrick Dipanda	Punjab	^[9]
February	2020	Spain	Joseba Beitia	Mohun Bagan	^[10]
January	2021	Honduras	Clayvin Zuniga	Churchill Brothers	^[11]
February	2021	Nepal	Kiran Limbu	Punjab
March	2021	Brazil	Helder Ribeiro	TRAU
March	2022	Trinidad and Tobago	Marcus Joseph	Mohammedan	^[12]

Awards won by nationality

Country	Wins
	2
Brazil	1
Cameroon	1
Honduras	1
Nepal	1
Trinidad and Tobago	1

Awards won by club

Club	Wins
Mohun Bagan	2
Punjab	2
Churchill Brothers	1
Mohammedan	1
TRAU	1

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Alejandro Menéndez, coach of the month in the Indian League. Barker. Gabby. 2020-01-06. Sports Finding. en-GB. 2020-01-09.
2. Web site: Papa heads Mohun Bagan to eighth win in nine ties - Times of India. The Times of India. 2020-02-11.
3. Web site: I-League, as it happened: Chennai City holds Mohun Bagan to 1-1 draw. Sportstar. Team. Sportstar. en. 2020-03-18.
4. Web site: ANI. I-League: Table-toppers Churchill Brothers, Aizawl FC play out goalless draw. 2021-02-06. BW Businessworld. en.
5. Web site: I-League: Antwi's penalty takes Kerala to second place. 2021-03-06. daijiworld.com. en.
6. Web site: 27 Mar 2021. Congratulations to Helder Ribeiro & Nandakumar Singh - March Player & Coach of the Month!. 2021-03-27. Twitter. en.
7. Web site: Mohammedan SC’s Andrey Chernyshov awarded Hero I-League Coach of the Month for March Hero I-League . 2022-04-07 . en-US.
8. Web site: I-League: Indian Arrows hurdle for in-form Mohun Bagan. PTI. Sportstar. en. 2020-01-09.
9. Web site: Mohun Bagan owe it to Baba. www.telegraphindia.com. en. 2020-02-11.
10. Web site: I-League, as it happened: Chennai City holds Mohun Bagan to 1-1 draw. Sportstar. Team. Sportstar. en. 2020-03-18.
11. Web site: 2021-02-05. Santiago Varela, Clayvin Zuniga win laurels in I-League monthly awards for January. 2021-03-06. Khel Now. en-US.
12. Web site: Marcus Joseph named Hero I-League Player of the Month for March Hero I-League . 2022-04-07 . en-US.