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.

I-League
Season2024–25
Dates22 November 2024 – 6 March 2025[1]

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
Relegated to I-League 2

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 2027 Asian Cup and 2026 Asian Games participation. The India U-20 national team would have got amnesty from promotion-relegation.[2][3] However, the plan was later dropped.[4]

Teams

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Team State/UT City Stadium Capacity
Aizawl Mizoram Aizawl Rajiv Gandhi Stadium 20,000
Churchill Brothers Goa Margao Tilak Maidan 5,000
Delhi Delhi New Delhi Mahilpur Football Stadium
Dempo Goa Panaji Duler Stadium 5,000
Gokulam Kerala Kerala Kozhikode Payyanad Stadium 30,000
Inter Kashi Uttar Pradesh Varanasi Naihati Stadium 25,000
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 10,000
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

Personnel and sponsorship

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Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Aizawl   Igor Angelovski   Lalmuanawma Vamos[5] NECS Limited[6]
Churchill Brothers   Dimitris Dimitriou TBA Vallion Sports[7] Churchill Brothers
Delhi   Yan Law   Balwant Singh Vallion Sports Colordesign India[8]
Dempo   Samir Naik   Ariston Costa Shiv Naresh Dempo
Gokulam Kerala   Antonio Rueda Fernández TBA Vector X[9] CSB Bank[10]
Inter Kashi   Antonio López Habas   Arindam Bhattacharya Hummel[11] UCO Bank[12]
Namdhari   Fernando Capobianco   Akashdeep Singh SPS Hospitals[13] Namdharis
Rajasthan United   Walter Caprile AIO Sports AU Small Finance Bank
Real Kashmir   Ishfaq Ahmed Hummel Football for Peace
Shillong Lajong   José Hevia   Kynsailang Khongsit King Meghalaya Tourism
Sporting Bengaluru   Chinta Chandrashekar Rao   Alex Praveen MS Sportswear Sporting Group International
Sreenidi Deccan   Rui Amorim 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   Sareef Khan End of interim spell 01 May 2024 Pre-season   Antonio Rueda Fernández 01 May 2024 [14]
Inter Kashi   Arata Izumi End of interim spell 25 July 2024   Antonio López Habas 25 July 2024 [15]
Sreenidi Deccan   Carlos Vaz Pinto Signed by Mafra 16 June 2024   Domingo Oramas 03 August 2024 [16]
Rajasthan United   Pushpender Kundu End of contract 31 May 2024   Walter Caprile 20 August 2024 [17]
Sreenidi Deccan   Domingo Oramas Sacked[18] 24 September 2024   Rui Amorim 26 September 2024 [19]

Foreign players

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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   Sebastián Gutiérrez   Kurtis Guthrie   Aubin Kouakou   Pape Gassama   Wayde Lekay   Juan Mera
Delhi   Dawa Tshering   Stephane Dang   Stephen Acquah   Laken Limbu   Nelson Okwa
Dempo
Gokulam Kerala   José Luis Moreno   Joris Correa   Nacho Abeledo   Sergio Llamas   Abdu Lumala   Martín Cháves
Inter Kashi   Joni Kauko   Domi Berlanga   Nikola Stojanović   David Humanes   Julen Pérez   Mario Barco
Namdhari   Abubakr Gariba   Francis Addo   Stephen Kojo
Rajasthan United   Saido Berahino   Ronny Rodríguez   Ronaldo Johnson Mina   Alain Oyarzun   Gerard Artigas
Real Kashmir   Ramazani Tshimanga   Idan Ocran   Kamal Issah   Abdou Karim Samb
Shillong Lajong   Daniel Gonçalves   Douglas Tardin   Marcos Rudwere Silva   Renan Paulino   Imanol Arana
Sporting Bengaluru
Sreenidi Deccan   Faysal Shayesteh   Eli Sabiá   William Alves   David Castañeda   Roly Bonevacia   Ángel Orelien

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Aizawl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to ISL
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 Inter Kashi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Namdhari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Rajasthan United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Real Kashmir 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Shillong Lajong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Sporting Bengaluru 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to I-League 2
12 Sreenidi Deccan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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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Fixtures and results

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Home \ Away AIZ CHB DEL DEM GOK IKA NAM RAJ REK SHL SCB SRD
Aizawl
Churchill Brothers
Delhi
Dempo
Gokulam Kerala
Inter Kashi
Namdhari
Rajasthan United
Real Kashmir
Shillong Lajong
Sporting Bengaluru
Sreenidi Deccan
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: I-League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by games

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

Statistics

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Attendances

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Media Team, AIFF (24 October 2024). "I-League 2024-25 Fixture" (PDF). the-aiff.com. New Delhi: All India Football Federation. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  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. ^ "AIFF ExCo: India U20 to feature in I-League". AIFF. 10 September 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "AIFF drops plan to field U-20 team in I-League". The Times of India. 2024-10-18. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
  5. ^ "Unveiling our 40th Anniversary Edition Home Jersey for the 2024/2025 season. 🔴⚪️". X (Twitter). 23 June 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Unveiling our 40th Anniversary Edition Home Jersey for the 2024/2025 season. 🔴⚪️". X (Twitter). 23 June 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Nivia Sports Official Website". Nivia Sports. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  8. ^ "About Us". ColorDesign India. Archived from the original on 28 May 2023. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "Inter Kashi FC 🤝 Hummels Inter Kashi released their new jersey for the upcoming season". X (Twitter). 14 July 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  12. ^ "We are pleased to launch the Jersey for the upcoming season with UCO Bank as our primary sponsor". X (Twitter). 14 July 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ "Gokulam Kerala set to appoint Antonio Rueda as new head coach".
  15. ^ "काशी, अब चारों ओर मचा दो शोर! 📢". X (Formerly Twitter).
  16. ^ "Domingo Oramas joins us as Head Coach of the first team. Let's welcome our new mastermind! 🔥". X (Formerly Twitter).
  17. ^ "A new era begins! Welcome to the family, Coach! 🏆👊". X (Formerly Twitter).
  18. ^ "🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨". X (Formerly Twitter).
  19. ^ "I-League club Sreenidi Deccan set to appoint Rui Amorim as new head coach". khelnow.com.