2026 Indian Football League 2
| Season | 2025–26 |
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| Dates | TBA[1] |
| Teams | 10 |
2026–27 → | |
The 2026 Indian Football League 2 will be the 4th season as the third tier of the Indian football league system. It will be the merged season of the Indian Football League 2 and the fourth tier I-League 3 respectively. The top clubs of each zone will secure a place in the 2026–27 I-League season. Diamond Harbour were the defending champions, having won the 2024–25 I-League 2.[2]
Developments
On 6 January 2026, the AIFF announced that due to shortened season, the 7 I-League 2 clubs and 26 2024–25 I-League 3 clubs would be merged, along with additional 7 clubs to form a 40-member league for this season.[3] On 20 February, the federation did a u-turn, declaring that the 2026 Indian Football League 2 would possibly be a 10-club single-leg tournament.[4]
Club changes
The following clubs changed since last season.
Entered IFL2Relegated from 2024–25 I-League Promoted from 2024–25 I-League 3 Administratively admitted Exited IFL2Promoted to 2025–26 IFL Relegated from 2024–25 I-League 2
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Clubs
| Club | City | State | Stadium | Capacity |
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| Bengaluru United | Bengaluru | Karnataka | Bangalore Football Stadium | 8,400 |
| MYJ–GMSC | Maharashtra | Mumbai | Cooperage Ground | 5,000 |
| Morning Star | Assam | Diphu | KASA Stadium | 9,000 |
| NEROCA | Manipur | Imphal | Khuman Lampak Stadium | 35,285 |
| SAT | Tirur | Kerala | Payyanad Stadium | 30,000 |
| Sporting Goa | Panaji | Goa | Bambolim Stadium | 3,000 |
| Sudeva Delhi | New Delhi | Delhi | ||
| United | Kalyani | West Bengal | Kalyani Stadium | 20,000 |
| Sporting Bengaluru | Bengaluru | Karnataka | Bangalore Football Stadium | 8,400 |
| Delhi | New Delhi | Delhi | TBA |
Personel and sponsorship
| Club | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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| Bengaluru United |  Nallappan Mohanraj
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Faiz Khan
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Hyve | Nimidia |
| NEROCA | Gyan Moyon
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Sushil Meitei
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Vamos | |
| SAT | Cleofas Alex
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Unise
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Fly High | Fossil Petroleum |
| Sporting Goa | Armando Colaco
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Joel Colaco
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Six5Six | Models |
| MYJ–GMSC | Vijith Shetty
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| United |  Steve Herbots
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Tarak Hembram
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Trak-Only | Aahar Caterer |
| Sporting Bengaluru | ||||
| Delhi | ||||
| Morning Star | C. A. Laldinsang Pudaite
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| Sudeva Delhi |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | Bengaluru United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Delhi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | MYJ–GMSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Morning Star | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | NEROCA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | SAT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Sporting Goa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Sporting Bengaluru | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Sudeva Delhi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) points;
2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) fair play ranking;
5) drawing of lotsFixtures and results
Results by games
Statistics
Top scorers
Hat-tricks
Discipline
Club discipline
Overall attendance
Attendance by home matches
See also
References
- ^ "Competitions Calendar 2025-26" (PDF). the-aiff.com. n.d. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ "Diamond Harbour win I-League 2 title, Chanmari FC promoted to I-League 2025–26". i-league.org. All India Football Federation. 19 April 2025. Archived from the original on 20 April 2025. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ^ "ISL 2025-26 Season Start Date Confirmed As Government Takes Onus; I-League Plans Revealed". Times Now. 6 January 2026. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
- ^ "Single leg home-and-away format for 10-team Indian Football League 2". The Times of India. 21 February 2026. Retrieved 21 February 2026.