Mohun Bagan were declared the champions having huge point difference between the second placed club and no runners-up were announced as remaining clubs were very closely placed in the points table. [74] Performance by clubs[edit] Titles Winning seasons Runners-up seasons Third place seasons 2008–09, 2012–13 2007–08, 2009–10, 2014–15, 2019–20 2008–09, 2015–16, 2016–17 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2012–13, 2015–16, 2016–17 Stats and players[edit] Individual game highest attendance records[edit] Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date 1–0 90, 000 Salt Lake Stadium 20 November 2011 0–1 24 November 2013 2–1 63, 756 Salt lake Stadium 19 January 2020 1–1 63, 342 26 January 2016 57, 780 28 March 2015 Seasonal statistics[edit] Total goals Matches played Average per game 226 2.
51[75] 318 2. 41[76] 486 2. 67[77] 489 2. 69[78] 521 2. 88[79] 530 2. 91[80] 402 156 2. 47[81] 280 2. 55[82] 186 2. 58[83] 225 2. 5[84] 2. 27[85] 303 109 2. 78 187 69[a] 2. 71 216 2. 7 294 2. 58 Player transfer fees[edit] Top transfer fees paid by I-League clubs[edit] Player Fee (min) Year Transfer Out Transfer In Reference Uga Okpara ₹7 crore (US$880, 000) 2009 Enyimba Odafa Onyeka Okolie ₹3 crore (US$380, 000) 2011 Lester Fernandez ₹20 lakh (US$25, 000) 2012 Prayag United Ronaldo Oliveira ₹10 lakh (US$13, 000) Top transfer fees received by I-League clubs[edit] Khalid Aucho ₹4 crore (US$500, 000) Misr Lel Makkasa Sunil Chhetri ₹1. 14 crore (US$140, 000) Mumbai City Pedro Manzi ₹1 crore (US$130, 000) Albirex Niigata Eugeneson Lyngdoh ₹90 lakh (US$110, 000) Pune City Top scorers[edit] Season after season, players in the I-League compete for the golden boot title, which is awarded at the end of each season to the top scorer throughout the entire season.
When the I-League began in 2007 the last sponsor from the old National Football League, ONGC, were brought in as the sponsors, making the league be known as the ONGC I-League. [57] However, after the 2010–11 season, the deal with ONGC was not renewed and the I-League was left without a sponsorship deal till 2013. [58] On 24 September 2013, it was announced that telecommunications company, Airtel would be the new title sponsor of the I-League, thus making the league known as the Airtel I-League.
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[8] Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), the title sponsors of the previous NFL, were named as the title sponsors of the I-League before the league kicked off in November 2007. [9] The league also announced a change in their foreign-player restrictions with the new rule being that all the clubs could sign four foreigners – three non-Asian and one which must be Asian. [10] The league also announced that, for the first season, matches will be broadcast on Zee Sports. [11] The original ten clubs in the I-League's first season were Air India, Churchill Brothers, Dempo, East Bengal, JCT, Mahindra United, Mohun Bagan, Salgaocar, Sporting Goa and Viva Kerala. The early seasons (2007–2012)[edit] The first ever I-League match took place on 24 November 2007 between Dempo and Salgaocar.
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[32] Subrata Pal had trials at RB Leipzig before finally signing for Vestsjælland in 2014. [33] And Gurpreet Singh Sandhu underwent trials at then Premier League side Wigan Athletic and finally signing for Stabæk Fotball, Norway in 2014. [34] At the same time, as Indian players demand abroad increased, the demand for higher quality foreigners in the I-League also increased. Former A-League player of the year and Costa Rican international Carlos Hernández signed with Prayag United before the 2012–13 season from the Melbourne Victory. [35] Lebanese international Bilal Najjarine also signed with Churchill Brothers in 2012. [36] Demotion to second tier[edit] On 18 May 2016, IMG–Reliance, along with the AIFF and I-League representatives met during a meeting in Mumbai.
Name Appointed Time in charge L. Nandakumar Singh 27 January 2020 2 years, 314 days Richard Towa 5 July 2022 155 days Atsushi Nakamura 1 September 2022 97 days Andrey Chernyshov 21 May 2021 1 year, 200 days Fernando Santiago Varela 20 April 2021 1 year, 231 days Khogen Singh 3 July 2021 1 year, 157 days Ed Engelkes 23 March 2022 259 days Fransesc Bonet 3 December 2021 1 year, 4 days Antonio Jesús Rueda Fernández 15 February 2022 295 days Former Dempo manager Armando Colaco was the longest serving and most successful manager in the history of the I League.
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The 2008–09 season would see eleven of the twelve teams come from three different cities. The previous season saw all ten teams come from four different cities. [15] Bhaichung Bhutia, then captain of the Indian national team, said that it was the federations job to spread the game across the country and that it needed to happen. [15] Regardless of the early criticism, the I-League went on as scheduled and once the 2008–09 season concluded. it was Churchill Brothers who came out on top. [16] Then, before the 2009–10 season, the league was once again expanded from 12 teams to 14. In order to make this happen Salgaocar, Viva Kerala, Pune, and Shillong Lajong were all promoted from the 2nd Division to the I-League. [17] This helped the I-League retain some criticism about how national the league was as now the league would be played in seven different cities/states: Goa, Kerala, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune, Punjab, and Shillong.
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[50] On the negative side, teams only effectively represent an individual business with a few thousand workers, rather than whole cities, and thus do not gain broad general support. [50] On 21 February 2014 it was officially announced that the two remaining institutional clubs in the I-League – Air India and ONGC – had been expelled from the I-League and that all other institutional clubs would not be allowed to participate in the league. [52] Competition format[edit] Since the league began in 2007, the rules have changed almost yearly. Currently, the league has 12 teams. Each club plays each other twice during the season, once at home and the other time away.
I-League - WikipediaHero I-LeagueOrganising bodyAll India Football Federation (AIFF)Founded2007; 15 years agoCountryIndiaConfederationAFCNumber of teams12Level on pyramid2Promotion toIndian Super League[1]Relegation toI-League 2nd DivisionDomestic cup(s)Super CupDurand CupCurrent championsGokulam Kerala (2nd title)Most championshipsDempo (3 titles)Top goalscorerRanti Martins (214 goals)TV partnersEuroSportDD SportsDiscovery Plus (live streaming)Websitei-league. org Current: 2022–23 I-League The I-League (known as Hero I-League for sponsorship ties with Hero MotoCorp)[2] is the second-tier men's professional football competition of the Indian football league system.
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