2023–24 I-League

I-League
Season2023–24
Dates28 October 2023 – April 2024[1]
Matches played71
Goals scored232 (3.27 per match)
Top goalscorerÁlex Sánchez
(12 goals)
Biggest home winMohammedan 6–0 TRAU
(7 November 2023)
Biggest away winTRAU 0–5 Sreenidi Deccan
(19 November 2023)
Highest scoringRajasthan United 5–4 TRAU
(22 December 2023)
Longest winning run5 matches
Mohammedan
Longest unbeaten run11 matches
Mohammedan
Longest winless run8 matches
TRAU
Longest losing run7 matches
TRAU
Highest attendance19,764
Gokulam Kerala 2–2 Inter Kashi
(28 October 2023)
Lowest attendance0
Real Kashmir 3–0 Gokulam Kerela
(11 December 2023)
Total attendance183,135
Average attendance2,579
All statistics correct as of 24 December 2023.

The 2023–24 I-League is the 17th season of the I-League and the second season as the second tier of Indian football league system.[2]

Changes from last season

Teams

Promoted to Indian Super League
Promoted to I-League
Relegated to I-League 2
Corporate entries

The AIFF accepted five bids for direct entry to I-League.[3][4][5]

Bunkerhill Pvt Ltd (Ambala) withdrew its bid after inking a majority shareholding in Mohammedan. Nimida United Sports Development Pvt Ltd (Bengaluru United) and Concatenate Advest Advisory Pvt Ltd (Delhi) were unable to fulfill the bid conditions.[9][10]

Inter Kashi, from a tier-2 city (Varanasi), will have relegation immunity for two seasons; while Namdhari FC, from a tier-3 city (Bhaini Ala), will be free from relegation for one season.[11]

Rules

After the clubs requested to increase the maximum number of players allowed in a squad, the Committee decided to increase the player quota from 30 to 35. Clubs will also have to sign eight U-22 players.[12]

Format

AIFF proposed to revamp the league format by dividing the 16 teams into two conferences or zones, similar to Major League Soccer, with the top 4 teams from each conference qualifying for the playoffs and the bottom four battling to avoid relegation, instead of traditional home-away format.[13][14] The change was suggested to make the league cost-effective for clubs by reducing travel time. However, with only 13 teams left to participate in the league, the proposed changes were dropped in favor of the traditional home-away format.[15][16]

Clubs

13 teams compete in this edition of the I-League; nine from the previous season, two promoted from the 2022–23 I-League 2, and two with direct entry.[15][7] Five teams are set to play their home games out of their home state or city because of various reasons.[17][18]

2023–24 I-League clubs

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Locations of I-League clubs
Club State/UT City Stadium Capacity
Aizawl Mizoram Aizawl Rajiv Gandhi Stadium 20,000
Churchill Brothers Goa Vasco Tilak Maidan 5,000
Delhi[a] Delhi New Delhi Namdhari Stadium 1,000
Gokulam Kerala Kerala Kozhikode EMS Stadium 50,000
Inter Kashi Uttar Pradesh Varanasi Kalyani Stadium 20,000
Mohammedan West Bengal Kolkata Naihati Stadium 20,000
Namdhari Punjab Bhaini Sahib Namdhari Stadium 1,000
NEROCA[b] Manipur Imphal Kalyani Stadium 20,000
Khuman Lampak Main Stadium 35,285
Rajasthan United[c] Rajasthan Jaipur Deccan Arena 1,500
Kalyani Stadium 20,000
Real Kashmir Jammu & Kashmir Srinagar TRC Turf Ground 11,000
Shillong Lajong Meghalaya Shillong SSA Stadium 5,000
Sreenidi Deccan Telangana Hyderabad Deccan Arena 1,500
TRAU[b] Manipur Imphal Kalyani Stadium 20,000
Khuman Lampak Main Stadium 35,285
  1. ^ The club is based in Delhi but will play its home games in Punjab for the 2023–24 season due to the unavailability of stadiums.
  2. ^ a b The club is based in Manipur but will play its home games in West Bengal for the first half of the 2023–24 season due to the 2023 Manipur violence
  3. ^ The club is based in Rajasthan but will play its home games in Telangana and Kolkata for the 2023–24 season due to the unavailability of stadiums.

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Aizawl India Malsawmzuala Sailo India Lalmuanawma Philippines Vamos[19] NECS Limited[20]
Churchill Brothers Argentina Edgardo Malvestiti Uruguay Martín Cháves India Trak-Only[21] Churchill Brothers
Delhi India Yan Law India Balwant Singh India Nivia Colordesign India[22]
Gokulam Kerala Spain Domingo Oramas Spain Álex Sánchez India Do's[23] CSB Bank[24]
Inter Kashi Spain Carlos Santamarina India Arindam Bhattacharya India SIX5SIX Cello
Mohammedan Russia Andrey Chernyshov India Samad Ali Mallick India SIX5SIX[25] Opinion Edge[26]
Namdhari TBA India Akashdeep Singh Namdharis
NEROCA Malaysia Jacob Joseph India Sushil Meitei India King Wolf 777 News
Rajasthan United India Pushpender Kundu India Hardik Bhatt India AIO Sports AU Small Finance Bank
Real Kashmir India Ishfaq Ahmed India Muhammad Hammad India Vector X Football for Peace
Shillong Lajong India Bobby Nongbet India Kynsailang Khongsit India King Meghalaya Tourism
Sreenidi Deccan Portugal Carlos Vaz Pinto Colombia David Castañeda India Vallion Sreenidhi Sports Academy
TRAU India Nandakumar Singh Saint Kitts and Nevis Gerard Williams India SIX5SIX[27] TLT Sports Academy

Coaching changes

Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Round Table Incoming Date of appointment Ref.
Gokulam Kerala Spain Francesc Bonet End of contract 31 May 2023 Pre-season Spain Domingo Oramas 6 June 2023 [28]
Delhi India Surinder Singh End of contract 31 May 2023 India Yan Law 25 June 2023 [29]
Inter Kashi Inaugural manager Spain Carlos Santamarina 29 June 2023 [30]
Churchill Brothers India Mateus Costa End of contract 31 May 2023 Argentina Edgardo Malvestiti 29 July 2023 [31]
Mohammedan India Mehrajuddin Wadoo Sacked 22 August 2023 Russia Andrey Chernyshov 29 August 2023 [32]
Aizawl India Caetano Pinho End of interim period 31 May 2023 Netherlands Erol Akbay 2 September 2023 [33]
NEROCA India Khogen Singh End of contract 1 October 2023 Malaysia Jacob Joseph 8 October 2023 [34]
Namdhari Serbia Marko Djerkovic End of contract Spain Francesc Bonet 6 October 2023 [35]
Real Kashmir England Gifton Noel-Williams End of contract India Ishfaq Ahmed 27 October 2023 [36]
Aizawl NetherlandsErol Akbay Mutual Agreement 4 November 2023 2 10 India Malsawmzuala Sailo 4 November 2023
Namdhari Spain Francesc Bonet Sacked 25 November 2023 6 10 TBA [37]

Foreign players

Note: Players in bold have senior international cap(s) for their respective nations.

Initially, the AIFF committee decided to reduce registered foreign players to five in the squad and three in the starting line-up and remove the mandatory Asian quota.[38][39]

However, on 22nd August 2023, the AIFF decided to retain the number of foreigners a club can sign in the I-League. Like the 2022–23 season, clubs can register six foreign players (including one from AFC member association) in their matchday squad. However, they can field only four (one must be from an AFC Member Association) at any given point during a match.[40]

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Former player(s)
Aizawl Brazil Gustavo Silva Poland Rafał Zaborowski Serbia Ivan Marić
Churchill Brothers Argentina Emiliano Callegari Uruguay Martín Cháves Nigeria Chika Ajulu Nigeria Ogana Louis Iran Meysam Shahmakvandzadeh Argentina Ricardo Dichiara
Delhi Brazil Aroldinho Brazil Sérgio Barboza Brazil Hudson Jesus Senegal Pape Gassama Spain Joseba Beitia Egypt Alaaeldin Nasr
Gokulam Kerala Cameroon Aminou Bouba Nigeria Justine Emmanuel Spain Álex Sánchez Spain Edu Bedia Serbia Nikola Stojanović Tajikistan Komron Tursunov Spain Nili Perdomo[41]
Inter Kashi Cape Verde Gianni dos Santos England Peter Hartley Spain Jordan Lamela Spain Julen Pérez Spain Mario Barco Spain Fran Gómez
Mohammedan Argentina Alexis Gómez Argentina Juan Nellar Ghana Joseph Adjei Honduras Eddie Hernández Uzbekistan Mirjalol Kasimov Ghana Prince Opoku[42]
Namdhari Spain Imanol Arana Ghana Stephen Acquah Colombia Olmes García
NEROCA Jamaica Fabian Reid Liberia Ansumana Kromah Sierra Leone David Simbo Lebanon Haidar Awada Romania Marius Leca
Romania Bogdan Gavrila
Rajasthan United Brazil Dário Júnior Brazil Jefferson Oliveira Brazil Paulo Vyctor Ghana Richard Gadze Ghana Ibrahim Moro Ghana Richardson Denzell
Real Kashmir Ivory Coast Gnohere Krizo Lebanon Mohamad Maksoud Portugal Carlos Lomba Ghana Kamal Issah Syria Shaher Shaheen
Shillong Lajong Brazil Daniel Gonçalves Senegal Abdou Karim Samb Brazil Renan Paulino Brazil Douglas Tardin Japan Takuto Miki[43]
Sreenidi Deccan Brazil Eli Sabiá Brazil William Alves Colombia David Castañeda Ivory Coast Ibrahim Sissoko Nigeria Rilwan Hassan Afghanistan Faysal Shayesteh
TRAU Brazil Willian Reis Senegal Ibrahima Baldé Ghana Abraham Okyere Saint Kitts and Nevis Gerard Williams Brazil Thawan Marcos

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Mohammedan 11 8 3 0 21 7 +14 27 Champions and promotion to 2024–25 Indian Super League
2 Real Kashmir 11 6 2 3 18 6 +12 20
3 Sreenidi Deccan 11 6 2 3 23 12 +11 20
4 Aizawl 11 5 4 2 22 14 +8 19
5 Shillong Lajong 11 5 4 2 18 14 +4 19
6 Gokulam Kerala 11 4 5 2 23 15 +8 17
7 Delhi 11 5 1 5 20 18 +2 16
8 Inter Kashi 11 4 3 4 17 22 −5 15
9 Churchill Brothers 10 3 3 4 14 11 +3 12
10 Rajasthan United 11 3 3 5 21 27 −6 12
11 Namdhari 11 2 2 7 9 20 −11 8
12 NEROCA 11 2 1 8 15 33 −18 7 Relegation to 2024–25 I-League 2
13 TRAU 11 1 1 9 11 33 −22 4
Updated to match(es) played on 24 December 2023. 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).

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away AIZ CHB DEL GOK IKA MOH NAM NER RAJ REK SHL SRD TRU
Aizawl — TBC 1–5 1–1 1–1 3–0 a a a
Churchill Brothers — 1–2 0–0 4–1 4–0
Delhi 2–1 — 1–2 3–4 4–3 1–0 1–1
Gokulam Kerala 1–1 — 2–2 2–2 4–1 5–0
Inter Kashi 2–0 — 0–2
Mohammedan 2–1 1–1 — 2–1 1–1 2–1 6–0
Namdhari 0–0 1–2 2–4 — 1–0 0–2
NEROCA 1–3 1–3 0–1 2–1 — 3–4 0–4 a a
Rajasthan United 2–2 2–0 2–2 1–2 — 1–1 1–2 5–4
Real Kashmir 0–0 1–3 3–0 4–0 2–0 — 3–1 0–0 1–0
Shillong Lajong 0–3 2–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 1–1 — 2–2 2–1
Sreenidi Deccan 1–2 1–0 1–4 4–1 4–0 —
TRAU 1–5 0–2 3–0 1–2 a a 0–5 —
Updated to match(es) played on 24 December 2023. Source: I-League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by games

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324
AizawlLWWLWDDWWDD
Churchill BrothersDWLLWDLLWD
DelhiDWLWLLWWLLW
Gokulam KeralaDWWWLDDDLDW
Inter KashiDLWWLLWDLWD
MohammedanWDWWWWWDWDW
NamdhariDLWLLLDLLWL
NEROCALLDLWLWLLLL
Rajasthan UnitedLLLWLLDDDWW
Real KashmirWWLLWWDDWWL
Shillong LajongDDDWWWDWLLW
Sreenidi DeccanWWLDWWWLDWL
TRAUDLLLLLLLWLL
Updated to match(es) played on 23 December 2023. Source: I-League
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Statistics

As of 24 December 2023

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[44]
1 Spain Álex Sánchez Gokulam Kerela 12
2 Ghana Richardson Denzell Rajasthan United 10
3 India Lalrinzuala Lalbiaknia Aizawl 9
4 Ivory Coast Gnohere Krizo Real Kashmir 5
Brazil Sérgio Barboza Delhi
Argentina Ricardo Dichiara Churchill Brothers
7 Colombia David Castañeda Sreenidi Deccan 4
Brazil Aroldinho Delhi
India David Lalhlasanga Mohammedan
Spain Jordan Lamela Inter Kashi
Brazil Renan Paulino Shillong Lajong

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Ref
India Yash Tripathi Rajasthan United Delhi 3–4 (A) 2 November 2023 [45]
Spain Álex Sánchez Gokulam Kerala Rajasthan United 5–0 (H) 9 November 2023 [46]
India Lalrinzuala Lalbiaknia Aizawl NEROCA 3–1 (A) 14 November 2023 [47]
Ghana Richardson Denzell Rajasthan United TRAU 5-4 (H) 22 December 2023 [48]

Top assists

Rank Player Club Assists
1 Spain Mario Barco Inter Kashi 7
2 Argentina Alexis Gómez Mohammedan 5
3 Ivory Coast Gnohere Krizo Real Kashmir 4
Spain Edu Bedia Gokulam Kerala
India Hardy Nongbri Shillong Lajong
Spain Nili Gokulam Kerela
7 Brazil Aroldinho Delhi 3
India R Lalthanmawia Aizawl
India Wahengbam Angousana Mohammedan
Ghana Abraham Okyere TRAU
India Noufal PN Gokulam Kerala
India Waikhom Rohit Meitei NEROCA
India Sreekuttan V. S. Gokulam Kerela

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 India Muheet Shabir Real Kashmir 7
2 India Albino Gomes Sreenidi Deccan 4
India Padam Chettri Mohammedan
4 India Subhasish Roy Chowdhury Churchill Brothers 3
5 India Tenzin Samdup Namdhari 2
India Devansh Dabas Gokulam Kerala
India Nora Fernandes Aizawl
India Avilash Paul[a] Gokulam Kerala
India Neithovilie Chalieu Shillong Lajong
  1. ^ Paul was substituted after 65 minutes against TRAU FC after Dabas' red card

Attendances

Overall statistical table

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Gokulam Kerala 50,062 19,764 2,000 10,012 +291.4%†
2 Shillong Lajong 48,407 7,438 4,891 6,050 +240.8%†
3 Mohammedan 21,990 5,825 1,773 3,665 +130.5%†
4 Real Kashmir 25,871 6,200 0 3,233 +13.1%†
5 Aizawl 9,256 3,485 767 2,314 −0.8%†
6 Churchill Brothers 7,892 2,314 1,683 1,973 +8.9%†
7 Inter Kashi 3,187 2,687 500 1,593 n/a*
8 Delhi 5,476 1,182 600 912 +433.3%†
9 Sreenidi Deccan 3,746 900 650 749 +44.0%†
10 Namdhari 3,797 1,200 300 632 n/a*
11 TRAU 1,165 422 100 233 −89.2%†
12 NEROCA 1,082 259 153 216 −93.6%†
13 Rajasthan United 1,204 312 86 172 −87.4%†
League total 183,135 19,764 0 2,579 +41.9%†

Updated to games played on 24 December 2023
Source: I-League
Notes:
† Teams played previous season in I-League 2.
* Teams that joined I-League through corporate direct entry.

Attendances by home matches

Team \ Match played 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
Aizawl 767 2,000 3,004 3,485 9,256
Churchill Brothers 2,314 1,895 2,000 1,683 7,892
Delhi 600 618 1,100 1,182 1,058 918 5,476
Gokulam Kerala 19,764 10,485 4,388 13,425 2,000 50,062
Inter Kashi 2,687 500 3,187
Mohammedan 4,900 3,786 1,773 5,825 3,885 1,821 21,990
Namdhari 561 350 300 898 1,200 488 3,797
NEROCA 200 212 153 258 259 1,082
Rajasthan United 150 200 88 280 88 86 312 1,204
Real Kashmir 1,872 6,200 4,728 3,172 3,659 2,500 0[a] 3,740 25,871
Sreenidi Deccan 750 696 900 650 750 3,746
Shillong Lajong 5,585 5,248 5,987 6,425 6,718 6,115 7,438 4,891 48,407
TRAU 200 315 100 128 422 1,165
  1. ^ Real Kashmir's home match against Gokulam Kerela was played behind closed doors due to security concerns.

Legend:   Highest   Lowest
Updated to game(s) played on 24 December 2023
Source: I-League

Awards

Hero of the Match

Álex Sánchez (Gokulam Kerala) has won the Hero of the Match award the most number of times (6).

Hero of the Match
Match No. Player Club Match No. Player Club Match No. Player Club
1 India Wayne Vaz Real Kashmir 2 Spain Álex Sánchez Gokulam Kerala 3 Colombia David Castañeda Sreenidi Deccan
4 Argentina Alexis Gómez Mohammedan 5 India Balwant Singh Delhi 6 Uruguay Martín Cháves Churchill Brothers
7 India Yash Tripathi Rajasthan United 8 India Rosenberg Gabriel Sreenidi Deccan 9 Brazil Daniel Goncalves Shillong Lajong
10 India Jeremy Laldinpuia Real Kashmir 11[a] 12 Spain Álex Sánchez (2) Gokulam Kerala
13 Spain Mario Barco Inter Kashi 14 India Tharpuia Aizawl 15 Ghana Joseph Adjei Mohammedan
16 Argentina Ricardo Dichiara Churchill Brothers 17 Brazil Renan Paulino Shillong Lajong 18 Spain Álex Sánchez (3) Gokulam Kerala
19 India Padam Chettri Mohammedan 20 India Akashdeep Singh Namdhari 21 Spain Álex Sánchez (4) Gokulam Kerala
22 Ghana Richardson Denzell Rajasthan United 23 India Rosenberg Gabriel (2) Sreenidi Deccan 24 India Lalrinzuala Lalbiaknia Aizawl
25 India Gaurav Rawat Delhi 26 India Gyamar Nikum Inter Kashi 27 Spain Imanol Arana Namdhari
28 India Sagolsem Bikash Singh Mohammedan 29 India Hardy Nongbri Shillong Lajong 30 India Jagdeep Singh Sreenidi Deccan
31 India Wahengbam Angousana Mohammedan 32 India Lalrinzuala Lalbiaknia (2) Aizawl 33 India Phrangki Buam Shillong Lajong
34 Argentina Ricardo Dichiara (2) Churchill Brothers 35 India Muhammad Hammad Real Kashmir 36 Brazil Eli Sabiá Sreenidi Deccan
37 India Hardy Nongbri (2) Shillong Lajong 38 India Jagdeep Singh (2) Sreenidi Deccan 39 Argentina Emiliano Callegari Torre Churchill Brothers
40 Sierra Leone David Simbo NEROCA 41 India Mohammad Inam Real Kashmir 42 India Lalrinzuala Lalbiaknia (3) Aizawl
43 Senegal Pape Gassama Delhi 44 Spain Jordan Lamela Inter Kashi 45 India Nora Fernandes Aizawl
46 India Abhijith Kurungodan Gokulam Kerala 47 Ghana Ibrahim Moro Rajasthan United 48 Honduras Eddie Hernández Mohammedan
49 India Bali Gagandeep Delhi 50 Brazil Renan Paulino (2) Shillong Lajong 51 Ghana Richard Gadze Rajasthan United
52 India R Lalbiakliana Sreenidi Deccan 53 India Joe Zoherliana Aizawl 54 Uzbekistan Mirjalol Kasimov Mohammedan
55 Serbia Ivan Marić Aizawl 56 India Danish Aribam TRAU 57 Argentina Faisal Ali Churchill Brothers
58 Portugal Carlos Lomba Real Kashmir 59 Brazil Eli Sabiá (2) Sreenidi Deccan 60 Uzbekistan Mirjalol Kasimov (2) Mohammedan
61 Spain Jordan Lamela (2) Inter Kashi 62 Ghana Richardson Denzell (2) Rajasthan United 63 India Mohammad Inam (2) Real Kashmir
64 Spain Álex Sánchez (5) Gokulam Kerala 65 India Manvir Singh Namdhari 66 India Padam Chettri (2) Mohammedan
67 Spain Álex Sánchez (6) Gokulam Kerala 68 India Nora Fernandes (2) Aizawl 69 Ghana Richardson Denzell (3) Rajasthan United
70 Brazil Renan Paulino (3) Shillong Lajong 71 Brazil Hudson Jesus Delhi 72 India Lalremsanga Fanai Mohammedan
Match 73 Match 74 Match 75
Match 76 Match 77 Match 78
Match 79 Match 80 Match 81
Match 82 Match 83 Match 84
Match 85 Match 86 Match 87
Match 88 Match 89 Match 90
Match 91 Match 92 Match 93
Match 94 Match 95 Match 96
Match 97 Match 98 Match 99
Match 100 Match 101 Match 102
Match 103 Match 104 Match 105
Match 106 Match 107 Match 108
Match 109 Match 110 Match 111
Match 112 Match 113 Match 114
Match 115 Match 116 Match 117
Match 118 Match 119 Match 120
Match 121 Match 122 Match 123
Match 124 Match 125 Match 126
Match 127 Match 128 Match 129
Match 130 Match 131 Match 132
Match 133 Match 134 Match 135
Match 136 Match 137 Match 138
Match 139 Match 140 Match 141
Match 142 Match 143 Match 144
Match 145 Match 146 Match 147
Match 148 Match 149 Match 150
Match 151 Match 152 Match 153
Match 154 Match 155 Match 156

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Match was postponed.

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