The 2024–25 I-League is the 18th season of the I-League and the third season as the second tier of Indian football league system. Mohammedan are the reigning champions, having won the 2023–24 I-League.
Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2023–24 season:
To I-LeaguePromoted from I-League 2
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From I-LeaguePromoted to ISL Relegated to I-League 2
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Two years after disbanding Indian Arrows, the AIFF planned to field the India U-20 team for game time and preparation for the 2027 Asian Cup and 2026 Asian Games, with exemption from promotion-relegation.[2][3] However, the plan was later dropped.[4]
Teams
Team | State/UT | City | Stadium | Capacity |
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Aizawl | Mizoram | Aizawl | Rajiv Gandhi Stadium | 20,000 |
Churchill Brothers | Goa | Margao | Raia Panchayat Ground[5] | 8,000 |
Delhi[a] | Delhi | New Delhi | Mahilpur Football Stadium | 10,000 |
Dempo | Goa | Panaji | Fatorda Stadium[7] | 19,000 |
Gokulam Kerala | Kerala | Kozhikode | EMS Stadium | 50,000 |
Inter Kashi[b] | Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi | Kalyani Stadium | 20,000 |
Namdhari | Punjab | Bhaini Sahib | Namdhari Stadium | 1,000 |
Rajasthan United | Rajasthan | Jaipur | Vidhyadhar Nagar Stadium[9] | 3,000 |
Real Kashmir | Jammu & Kashmir | Srinagar | TRC Turf Ground | 10,000 |
Shillong Lajong | Meghalaya | Shillong | SSA Stadium | 5,000 |
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
Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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Aizawl | ![]() |
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Vamos[10] | NECS Limited[11] |
Churchill Brothers | ![]() |
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King Sports | Churchill Brothers |
Delhi | ![]() |
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King Sports | PSSC |
Dempo | ![]() |
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Shiv Naresh | Dempo |
Gokulam Kerala | ![]() |
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Vector X[12] | CSB Bank[13] |
Inter Kashi | ![]() |
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Hummel[14] | UCO Bank[15] |
Namdhari | ![]() |
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SPS Hospitals[16] | Namdharis |
Rajasthan United | ![]() |
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King Sports | Vertak Group |
Real Kashmir | ![]() |
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Hummel | Livpure |
Shillong Lajong | ![]() |
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King Sports | Meghalaya Tourism |
Sporting Bengaluru | ![]() |
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MS Sportswear | |
Sreenidi Deccan | TBC | ![]() |
Hummel | Sreenidi Group |
Coaching changes
Team | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in the table | Incoming coach | Date of appointment |
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Gokulam Kerala | ![]() |
End of interim spell | 01 May 2024 | Pre-season | ![]() |
01 May 2024[17] |
Inter Kashi | ![]() |
25 July 2024 | ![]() |
25 July 2024[18] | ||
Sreenidi Deccan | ![]() |
Signed by Mafra | 16 June 2024 | ![]() |
03 August 2024[19] | |
Rajasthan United | ![]() |
End of contract | 31 May 2024 | ![]() |
20 August 2024[20] | |
Sreenidi Deccan | ![]() |
Sacked | 24 September 2024[21] | ![]() |
26 September 2024[22] | |
Churchill Brothers | ![]() |
Visa issues | 25 October 2024 | ![]() |
25 October 2024[23] | |
Sreenidi Deccan | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 26 January 2025[24] | 8th |
Foreign players
Bold denotes the player was signed mid-season.
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Churchill Brothers | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 16 | +14 | 29 | Promotion to ISL and qualification for Super Cup |
2 | Inter Kashi | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 20 | +8 | 28[a] | Qualification for Super Cup |
3 | Real Kashmir | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 17 | +3 | 26 | |
4 | Rajasthan United | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 22 | +1 | 24 | |
5 | Shillong Lajong | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 24 | +12 | 23 | |
6 | Namdhari | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 23[b] | |
7 | Gokulam Kerala | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 18 | +10 | 22 | |
8 | Sreenidi Deccan | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 28 | −3 | 19 | |
9 | Dempo | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | −5 | 19 | |
10 | Sporting Bengaluru | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 24 | −11 | 14 | |
11 | Aizawl | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 33 | −15 | 11 | Relegation to I-League 2 |
12 | Delhi | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 34 | −17 | 10 |
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).
Notes:
Results
Fixtures and results
Results by games
Positions by round
Promotion to 2025–26 Indian Super League and Qualification for 2025 Super Cup | |
Qualification for 2025 Super Cup | |
Relegation to 2025–26 I-League 2 |
Season statistics
- As of 24 February 2025
Top scorers
Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Shillong Lajong | 11 |
2 | ![]() |
Churchill Brothers | 10 |
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Sreenidi Deccan | ||
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Namdhari | ||
5 | ![]() |
Gokulam Kerala | 8 |
6 | ![]() |
Aizawl | 7 |
Hat-tricks
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
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Inter Kashi | Delhi | 5–1 (H) | 1 December 2024 | [26] |
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Namdhari | Aizawl | 3–1 (H) | 8 December 2024 | [27] |
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Sreenidi Deccan | Aizawl | 4–3 (A) | 9 January 2025 | [28] |
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Shillong Lajong | SC Bengaluru | 5–0 (H) | 13 January 2025 | [29] |
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Shillong Lajong | Sreenidi Deccan | 5–5 (A) | 18 January 2025 | [30] |
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Aizawl | Delhi | 4–2 (H) | 22 January 2025 | [31] |
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Gokulam Kerala | Inter Kashi | 6–2 (H) | 24 January 2025 | [32] |
Top assists
Rank | Player | Team | Assists[33] |
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1 | ![]() |
Churchill Brothers | 7 |
2 | ![]() |
Sreenidi Deccan | 6 |
3 | ![]() |
Inter Kashi | 4 |
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Aizawl | ||
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Real Kashmir | ||
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Gokulam Kerala | ||
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Shillong Lajong | ||
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Shillong Lajong | ||
9 | ![]() |
Churchill Brothers | 3 |
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Gokulam Kerala | ||
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Sreenidi Deccan | ||
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Inter Kashi | ||
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Real Kashmir | ||
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Namdhari | ||
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Gokulam Kerala |
Clean sheets
Rank | Player | Team | Clean sheets |
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1 | ![]() |
Namdhari | 7 |
2 | ![]() |
Dempo | 6 |
3 | ![]() |
Inter Kashi | 5 |
4 | ![]() |
Gokulam Kerala | 4 |
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Rajasthan United | ||
6 | ![]() |
Shillong Lajong | 3 |
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Churchill Brothers | ||
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Real Kashmir | ||
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SC Bengaluru | ||
10 | ![]() |
Aizawl | 2 |
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Shillong Lajong | ||
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Real Kashmir | ||
13 | ![]() |
Delhi | 1 |
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Delhi | ||
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Rajasthan United | ||
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SC Bengaluru | ||
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Gokulam Kerala | ||
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Sreenidi Deccan | ||
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Aizawl | ||
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Shillong Lajong |
Attendance
Overall
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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1 | Delhi | 51,255 | 10,738 | 4,850 | 7,323 | +1,160.4% |
2 | Real Kashmir | 38,832 | 6,420 | 2,940 | 4,314 | +23.3% |
3 | Shillong Lajong | 33,076 | 5,865 | 2,164 | 3,675 | −41.8% |
4 | Gokulam Kerala | 23,494 | 6,243 | 406 | 2,936 | −42.6% |
5 | Aizawl | 10,729 | 2,432 | 483 | 1,192 | −34.5% |
6 | Rajasthan United | 7,906 | 2,450 | 407 | 1,128 | +516.4% |
7 | Churchill Brothers | 7,291 | 1,759 | 537 | 1,041 | −11.0% |
8 | Namdhari | 7,405 | 1,389 | 311 | 822 | +60.5% |
9 | Inter Kashi | 4,803 | 1,051 | 115 | 686 | +30.9% |
10 | Dempo | 3,853 | 1,279 | 295 | 642 | +277.6%† |
11 | Sporting Bengaluru | 3,851 | 818 | 354 | 550 | +12.9%† |
12 | Sreenidi Deccan | 3,831 | 727 | 228 | 478 | +17.2% |
League total | 196,326 | 10,738 | 115 | 2,133 | +10.3% |
Source: I-League
Notes:
† Teams played previous season in I-League 2.
Attendances by home matches
Team \ Match played | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Total |
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Aizawl | 1,233 | 1,833 | 483 | 519 | 500 | 1,663 | 2,432 | 1,150 | 916 | 10,729 | ||
Churchill Brothers | 537 | 1,759 | 821 | 1,078 | 758 | 1,317 | 1,021 | 7,291 | ||||
Delhi | 7,131 | 10,738 | 8,130 | 10,231 | 4,850 | 10,175 | 51,255 | |||||
Dempo | 513 | 352 | 506 | 295 | 1,279 | 908 | 3,853 | |||||
Gokulam Kerala | 6,243 | 3,250 | 3,220 | 3,840 | 3,210 | 2,125 | 1,200 | 406 | 23,494 | |||
Inter Kashi | 1,051 | 1,033 | 797 | 115 | 650 | 279 | 878 | 4,803 | ||||
Namdhari | 1,389 | 638 | 311 | 875 | 1,009 | 507 | 752 | 1,012 | 912 | 7,405 | ||
Rajasthan United | 407 | 882 | 2,450 | 738 | 1,528 | 683 | 1,218 | 7,906 | ||||
Real Kashmir | 5,132 | 6,420 | 5,202 | 4,000 | 2,940 | 3,497 | 4,220 | 3,450 | 3,971 | 38,832 | ||
Shillong Lajong | 5,865 | 4,715 | 3,922 | 4,381 | 3,665 | 3,233 | 2,914 | 2,217 | 2,164 | 33,076 | ||
Sporting Bengaluru | 462 | 818 | 426 | 441 | 719 | 629 | 356 | 3,851 | ||||
Sreenidi Deccan | 727 | 672 | 358 | 228 | 631 | 428 | 411 | 376 | 3,831 |
Legend: Highest
Lowest
Updated to game(s) played on 24 February 2024
Source: I-League
Awards
Player of the match | ||||||||
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Match no. | Player | Team | Match no. | Player | Team | Match no. | Player | Team |
1 | ![]() |
Gokulam Kerala | 2 | ![]() |
Inter Kashi | 3 | ![]() |
Namdhari |
4 | ![]() |
Aizawl | 5 | ![]() |
Real Kashmir | 6 | ![]() |
Shillong Lajong |
7 | 8 | ![]() |
Aizawl | 9 | ![]() |
Rajasthan United | ||
10 | ![]() |
Dempo | 11 | ![]() |
Sreenidi Deccan | 12 | ![]() |
Inter Kashi |
13 | ![]() |
Dempo | 14 | ![]() |
Gokulam Kerala | 15 | ![]() |
Real Kashmir |
16 | ![]() |
Churchill Brothers | 17 | ![]() |
Sreenidi Deccan | 18 | ![]() |
Shillong Lajong |
19 | ![]() |
SC Bengaluru | 20 | ![]() |
Churchill Brothers | 21 | ![]() |
Namdhari |
22 | ![]() |
Shillong Lajong | 23 | ![]() |
Inter Kashi | 24 | ![]() |
Delhi |
25 | ![]() |
Delhi | 26 | ![]() |
Dempo | 27 | ![]() |
Rajasthan United |
28 | ![]() |
Gokulam Kerala | 29 | ![]() |
Churchill Brothers | 30 | ![]() |
Namdhari |
31 | ![]() |
Churchill Brothers | 32 | ![]() |
Aizawl | 33 | ![]() |
Delhi |
34 | ![]() |
Gokulam Kerala | 35 | ![]() |
SC Bengaluru | 36 | ![]() |
Inter Kashi |
37 | ![]() |
Gokulam Kerala | 38 | ![]() |
Namdhari | 39 | ![]() |
SC Bengaluru |
40 | ![]() |
Sreenidi Deccan | 41 | ![]() |
Inter Kashi | 42 | ![]() |
Shillong Lajong |
43 | ![]() |
Delhi | 44 | ![]() |
Churchill Brothers | 45 | ![]() |
Namdhari |
46 | ![]() |
Shillong Lajong | 47 | ![]() |
Real Kashmir | 48 | ![]() |
Gokulam Kerala |
49 | ![]() |
Churchill Brothers | 50 | ![]() |
Namdhari | 51 | ![]() |
Shillong Lajong |
52 | ![]() |
Inter Kashi | 53 | ![]() |
Real Kashmir | 54 | ![]() |
Dempo |
55 | ![]() |
Aizawl | 56 | ![]() |
SC Bengaluru | 57 | ![]() |
Gokulam Kerala |
58 | ![]() |
Namdhari | 59 | ![]() |
Rajasthan United | 60 | ![]() |
Real Kashmir |
61 | ![]() |
Sreenidi Deccan | 62 | ![]() |
Rajasthan United | 63 | ![]() |
Dempo |
64 | ![]() |
Gokulam Kerala | 65 | ![]() |
Churchill Brothers | 66 | ![]() |
Shillong Lajong |
67 | ![]() |
Rajasthan United | 68 | ![]() |
Inter Kashi | 69 | ![]() |
Namdhari |
70 | ![]() |
Real Kashmir | 71 | ![]() |
SC Bengaluru | 72 | ![]() |
Sreenidi Deccan |
73 | ![]() |
Rajasthan United | 74 | ![]() |
Sreenidi Deccan | 75 | ![]() |
Churchill Brothers |
76 | ![]() |
Dempo | 77 | ![]() |
SC Bengaluru | 78 | ![]() |
Shillong Lajong |
79 | ![]() |
Delhi | 80 | ![]() |
Inter Kashi | 81 | ![]() |
Real Kashmir |
82 | ![]() |
SC Bengaluru | 83 | ![]() |
Dempo | 84 | ![]() |
Shillong Lajong |
85 | ![]() |
Aizawl | 86 | ![]() |
Gokulam Kerala | 87 | ![]() |
Real Kashmir |
88 | ![]() |
SC Bengaluru | 89 | ![]() |
Sreenidi Deccan | 90 | ![]() |
Dempo |
91 | ![]() |
Churchill Brothers | 92 | ![]() |
Rajasthan United | 93 | ||
94 | 95 | 96 | ||||||
97 | 98 | 99 | ||||||
100 | 101 | 102 | ||||||
103 | 104 | 105 | ||||||
106 | 107 | 108 | ||||||
109 | 110 | 111 | ||||||
112 | 113 | 114 | ||||||
115 | 116 | 117 | ||||||
118 | 119 | 120 | ||||||
121 | 122 | 123 | ||||||
124 | 125 | 126 | ||||||
127 | 128 | 129 | ||||||
130 | 131 | 132 |
See also
- 2024–25 Indian Super League (Tier I)
- 2024–25 I-League 2 (Tier III)
- 2024–25 I-League 3 (Tier IV)
- 2024–25 Indian State Leagues (Tier V)
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