2023–24 I-League

I-League
Mohammedan Sporting players celebrating after winning the I-League title at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata
Season2023–24
Dates28 October 2023 – 13 April 2024[1][2]
ChampionsMohammedan
(1st title)
PromotedMohammedan
RelegatedNEROCA
TRAU
Matches played154
Goals scored503 (3.27 per match)
Top goalscorerÁlex Sánchez
(19 goals)
Biggest home winChurchill Brothers 7–0 Rajasthan United
(10 April 2024)
Biggest away winTRAU 0–5 Sreenidi Deccan
(19 November 2023)
Highest scoringRajasthan United 5–4 TRAU
(22 December 2023)
Inter Kashi 5–4 Aizawl
(18 March 2024)
Rajasthan United 3–6 Delhi
(5 April 2024)
Longest winning run6 matches
Gokulam Kerala
Longest unbeaten run11 matches
Mohammedan
Inter Kashi
Longest winless run11 matches
NEROCA
Longest losing run11 matches
NEROCA
Highest attendance24,678
Mohammedan 1–3 Delhi
(13 April 2024)
Lowest attendance50
NEROCA 2–3 Churchill Brothers
(8 March 2024)
Total attendance293,962
Average attendance1,933

The 2023–24 I-League was the 17th season of the I-League and the second season as the second tier of Indian football league system.[3]

Mohammedan won the I-League for the first time and were promoted to the Indian Super League, while TRAU and NEROCA were relegated to I-League 2.[4][5][6][7][8][9]

Changes from last season

Teams

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

The AIFF accepted five bids for direct entry to I-League.[10][11][12]

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.[16][17]

Inter Kashi, from a tier-2 city (Varanasi), will have relegation immunity for two seasons; while Namdhari, from a tier-3 city (Bhaini Ala), will be free from relegation for one season.[18]

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.[19]

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.[20][21] 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.[22][23]

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.[22][14] Five teams are set to play their home games out of their home state or city because of various reasons.[24][25]

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[b] Uttar Pradesh Varanasi Ekana Football Stadium 5,000
Kalyani Stadium 20,000
Mohammedan West Bengal Kolkata Naihati Stadium 20,000
Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan 68,000
Namdhari Punjab Bhaini Sahib Namdhari Stadium 1,000
NEROCA[c] Manipur Imphal Kalyani Stadium 20,000
SSA Stadium 5,000
Rajasthan United[d] Rajasthan Jaipur Deccan Arena 1,500
Kalyani Stadium 20,000
Namdhari Stadium 1,000
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[c] Manipur Imphal Kalyani Stadium 20,000
  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 in their home city.
  2. ^ The club is based in Uttar Pradesh but has only played one of its home games at the Ekana Football Stadium so far.
  3. ^ a b The club is based in Manipur but will play its home games in West Bengal due to the 2023 Manipur violence
  4. ^ The club is based in Rajasthan but will play its home games in various stadiums across India due to the unavailability of stadiums in their home city.

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Aizawl India Malsawmzuala Sailo India Lalmuanawma Philippines Vamos[26] NECS Limited[27]
Churchill Brothers Spain Francesc Bonet Uruguay Martín Cháves India Trak-Only[28] Churchill Brothers
Delhi India Yan Law India Balwant Singh India Nivia Colordesign India[29]
Gokulam Kerala India Shareef Khan Spain Álex Sánchez India Do's[30] CSB Bank[31]
Inter Kashi Spain Carlos Santamarina India Arindam Bhattacharya India SIX5SIX Cello
Mohammedan Russia Andrey Chernyshov India Samad Ali Mallick India SIX5SIX[32] Opinion Edge[33]
Namdhari India Harpreet Singh India Akashdeep Singh India SPS Hospitals[34] Namdharis
NEROCA India Gyan Moyon 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 L. Nandakumar Singh Saint Kitts and Nevis Gerard Williams India SIX5SIX[35] 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 [36]
Delhi India Surinder Singh 31 May 2023 India Yan Law 25 June 2023 [37]
Inter Kashi Inaugural manager Spain Carlos Santamarina 29 June 2023 [38]
Churchill Brothers India Mateus Costa End of contract 31 May 2023 Argentina Edgardo Malvestiti 29 July 2023 [39]
Mohammedan India Mehrajuddin Wadoo Sacked 22 August 2023 Russia Andrey Chernyshov 29 August 2023 [40]
Aizawl India Caetano Pinho End of interim period 31 May 2023 Netherlands Erol Akbay 2 September 2023 [41]
NEROCA India Khogen Singh End of contract 1 October 2023 Malaysia Jacob Joseph 8 October 2023 [42]
Namdhari Serbia Marko Djerkovic TBC Spain Francesc Bonet 6 October 2023 [43]
Real Kashmir England Gifton Noel-Williams 31 May 2023 India Ishfaq Ahmed 27 October 2023 [44]
Aizawl Netherlands Erol Akbay Mutual Agreement 4 November 2023 2 10 India Malsawmzuala Sailo 4 November 2023 [45]
Namdhari Spain Francesc Bonet Sacked 25 November 2023 6 10 India Harpreet Singh 25 November 2023 [46]
Churchill Brothers Argentina Edgardo Malvestiti 6 January 2024 9 11 Spain Francesc Bonet 27 January 2024 [47][48]
Aizawl India Malsawmzuala Sailo End of Interim Period 22 January 2024 4 11 North Macedonia Bobi Stojkoski 23 January 2024 [49]
NEROCA Malaysia Jacob Joseph Sacked 9 February 2024 11 13 India Gyan Moyon 9 February 2024
Aizawl North Macedonia Bobi Stojkoski 27 February 2024 15 8 India Malsawmzuala Sailo 27 February 2024 [50][51]
Gokulam Kerala Spain Domingo Oramas 31 March 2024 22 5 India Shareef Khan 31 March 2024 [52]

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.[53][54]

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 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.[55]

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

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Mohammedan (C, P) 24 15 7 2 44 22 +22 52 Promotion to Indian Super League
2 Sreenidi Deccan 24 14 6 4 54 26 +28 48
3 Gokulam Kerala 24 12 6 6 55 34 +21 42
4 Inter Kashi 24 11 8 5 47 41 +6 41
5 Real Kashmir 24 11 7 6 36 19 +17 40
6 Delhi 24 11 2 11 44 40 +4 35
7 Churchill Brothers 24 9 6 9 40 31 +9 33
8 Shillong Lajong 24 8 7 9 36 37 −1 31
9 Aizawl 24 6 9 9 36 35 +1 27
10 Namdhari 24 7 6 11 29 40 −11 27
11 Rajasthan United 24 6 7 11 40 63 −23 25
12 NEROCA 24 4 3 17 26 61 −35 15 Relegation to I-League 2
13 TRAU 24 4 2 18 26 64 −38 14
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).
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away AIZ CHB DEL GOK IKA MOH NAM NER RAJ REK SHL SRD TRU
Aizawl — 4–0 1–5 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 0–0[a] 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–5 0–0[a]
Churchill Brothers 2–0 — 2–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–1 4–1 7–0 0–2 2–1 1–2 4–0
Delhi 1–0 2–1 — 1–2 0–2 1–2 2–3 3–4 4–3 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–1
Gokulam Kerala 4–3 1–1 0–2 — 2–2 2–3 2–2 4–1 5–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 6–1
Inter Kashi 5–4 1–1 2–0 2–4 — 0–2 4–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 6–3
Mohammedan 2–1 3–2 1–3 1–1 1–1 — 3–1 2–1 5–1 0–3 1–1 2–1 6–0
Namdhari 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 2–4 0–1 — 3–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–2
NEROCA 1–3 2–3 1–2 0–3 1–3 0–2 2–1 — 3–4 0–4 0–2 1–1 1–0
Rajasthan United 2–2 2–0 3–6 1–4 2–2 1–2 0–0 5–1 — 1–0 1–1 1–2 5–4
Real Kashmir 0–0 1–3 1–1 3–0 4–0 0–0 1–4 3–0 2–0 — 3–1 0–0 1–0
Shillong Lajong 0–3 2–0 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–2 3–0 1–1 4–4 1–1 — 2–2 2–1
Sreenidi Deccan 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–4 4–1 1–1 2–0 4–0 6–1 2–3 3–2 — 3–0
TRAU 1–5 0–2 5–3 0–2 3–0 0–2 1–2 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–2 0–5 —
Source: I-League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  1. ^ a b Match was abandoned, citing security concerns, and teams were awarded a point each.

Results by games

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324
AizawlLWWLWDDWWDDDLLDLLLLWDLDD
Churchill BrothersDWLLWDLLWDLDDLLWWWLDLWWW
DelhiDWLWLLWWLLWLWLWLLLLDWWWW
Gokulam KeralaDWWWLDDDLDWWWWWWLLDWLLWW
Inter KashiDLWWLLWDLWDWLDWDWDWWWWDD
MohammedanWDWWWWWDWDWLDWWDWWWWDDWL
NamdhariDLWLLLDLLWLDWLLWWDLLDWDW
NEROCALLDLWLWLLLLLLLLLLLWWLDLD
Rajasthan UnitedLLLWLLDDDWWWLLDDDDWWLLLL
Real KashmirWWLLWWDDWWLWLWDWWDDDDWLL
Shillong LajongDDDWWWDWLLWLLWWDLWDDLLLL
Sreenidi DeccanWWLDWWWLDWLWWWWDLWWDWDDW
TRAUDLLLLLLLWLLWLLLLWLLLLWDL
Source: I-League
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Season statistics

As of 13 April 2024

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[56]
1 Spain Álex Sánchez Gokulam Kerela 19
2 Ghana Richardson Denzell Rajasthan United 16
3 India Lalrinzuala Lalbiaknia Aizawl 15
4 Honduras Eddie Hernández Mohammedan 13
Brazil Sérgio Barboza Delhi
6 Ivory Coast Gnohere Krizo Real Kashmir 12
Spain Mario Barco Inter Kashi
8 Colombia David Castañeda Sreenidi Deccan 11
9 Brazil William Alves Sreenidi Deccan 9
10 Nigeria Ogana Louis Churchill Brothers 7
Senegal Abdou Karim Samb Shillong Lajong/Churchill Brothers

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Ref
India Yash Tripathi Rajasthan United Delhi 3–4 (A) 2 November 2023 [57]
Spain Álex Sánchez Gokulam Kerala Rajasthan United 5–0 (H) 9 November 2023 [58]
India Lalrinzuala Lalbiaknia Aizawl NEROCA 3–1 (A) 14 November 2023 [59]
Ghana Richardson Denzell Rajasthan United TRAU 5-4 (H) 22 December 2023 [60]
Honduras Eddie Hernández Mohammedan Rajasthan United 5-1 (H) 13 February 2024 [61]
Senegal Abdou Karim Samb Churchill Brothers NEROCA 3–2 (A) 8 March 2024 [62]
Croatia Marin Mudrazija Rajasthan United NEROCA 5–1 (H) 11 March 2024 [63]
Brazil Sérgio Barboza Delhi Shillong Lajong 3–1 (H) 28 March 2024 [64]

Top assists

Rank Player Club Assists
1 Spain Mario Barco Inter Kashi 12
2 India Edmund Lalrindika Inter Kashi 8
India Noufal PN Gokulam Kerala
4 Afghanistan Faysal Shayesteh Sreenidi Deccan 7
5 Spain Imanol Arana Namdhari 6
Argentina Alexis Gómez Mohammedan
Uruguay Martín Cháves Churchill Brothers
8 India Lalchungnunga Chhangte Rajasthan United 5
India Hardy Nongbri Shillong Lajong
Spain Álex Sánchez Gokulam Kerela
India Deepak Singh TRAU
Senegal Pape Gassama Delhi
India Lalremruata Ralte Churchill Brothers

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 India Muheet Shabir Real Kashmir 12
2 India Padam Chettri Mohammedan 8
3 India Albino Gomes Sreenidi Deccan 7
India Subhasish Roy Chowdhury Churchill Brothers
5 India Nora Fernandes Aizawl 5
6 India Avilash Paul[a] Gokulam Kerala 3
India Sachin Jha Rajashthan United
India Naveen Kumar Delhi
India Devansh Dabas Gokulam Kerala
10 India Tenzin Samdup Namdhari 2
India Neithovilie Chalieu Shillong Lajong
India Arindam Bhattacharya Inter Kashi
India Bhabindra Malla Thakuri Rajashthan United
India Nishan Singh Namdhari
  1. ^ Paul was substituted after 65 minutes against TRAU after Dabas' red card

Attendances

Overall statistical table

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Shillong Lajong 75,803 7,816 4,891 6,316 +255.8%†
2 Gokulam Kerala 61,349 19,764 600 5,112 +99.8%†
3 Mohammedan 52,368 24,678 200 4,758 +199.2%†
4 Real Kashmir 38,492 7,632 1,100 3,499 +22.4%†
5 Aizawl 18,199 3,485 300 1,819 −22.0%†
6 Churchill Brothers 13,881 2,314 500 1,156 −36.2%†
7 Delhi 6,976 1,182 150 581 +239.8%†
8 Inter Kashi 6,294 2,687 123 524 n/a*
9 Namdhari 6,147 1,200 300 512 n/a*
10 Sreenidi Deccan 4,906 900 80 408 −21.5%†
11 NEROCA 4,282 2,500 50 362 −89.4%†
12 TRAU 3,061 512 100 255 −88.2%†
13 Rajasthan United 2,204 500 86 183 −86.6%†
League total 293,962 24,678 50 1,933 +6.3%†

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
Shillong Lajong 5,585 5,248 5,987 6,425 6,718 6,115 7,438 4,891 5,812 6,617 7,151 7,816 75,803
Gokulam Kerala 19,764 10,485 4,388 13,425 2,000 2,500 2,500 2,023 1,540 1,024 1,100 600 61,349
Mohammedan 4,900 3,786 1,773 5,825 3,885 1,821 2,500 N/A[a] 200 1,000 2,000 24,678 52,368
Real Kashmir 1,872 6,200 4,728 3,172 3,659 2,500 N/A[b] 3,740 1,635 7,632 2,254 1,100 38,492
Aizawl 767 2,000 3,004 3,485 2,879 1,000 1,462 1,246 2,056 300 N/A[c] N/A[c] 18,199
Churchill Brothers 2,314 1,895 2,000 1,683 500 1,633 825 1,025 981 200 275 550 13,881
Delhi 600 618 1,100 1,182 1,058 918 150 200 500 250 200 200 6,976
Inter Kashi 2,687 500 123 259 127 447 187 200 752 325 232 455 6,294
Namdhari 561 350 300 898 1,200 488 300 500 500 250 400 400 6,147
Sreenidi Deccan 750 696 900 650 750 123 80 200 168 250 149 190 4,906
NEROCA 200 212 153 258 259 2,500 100 50 150 100 200 100 4,282
TRAU 200 315 100 128 422 128 512 259 222 152 500 123 3,061
Rajasthan United 150 200 88 280 88 86 312 100 100 500 100 200 2,204
  1. ^ Mohammedan's home match against Rajasthan United was played behind closed doors due to report of violence in Mohammedan's previous game.[65]
  2. ^ Real Kashmir's home match against Gokulam Kerela was played behind closed doors due to security concerns.
  3. ^ a b Matches were abandoned due to security concerns and the points were shared[66]

Legend:   Highest   Lowest
Updated to game(s) played on 13 April 2024
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 (7).

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 Gonçalves Shillong Lajong
10 India Jeremy Laldinpuia Real Kashmir 11 Spain Álex Sánchez (2) Gokulam Kerala 12 Spain Mario Barco Inter Kashi
13 India Tharpuia Aizawl 14 Ghana Joseph Adjei Mohammedan 15 Argentina Ricardo Dichiara Churchill Brothers
16 Brazil Renan Paulino Shillong Lajong 17 Spain Álex Sánchez (3) Gokulam Kerala 18 India Padam Chettri Mohammedan
19 India Akashdeep Singh Namdhari 20 Spain Álex Sánchez (4) Gokulam Kerala 21 Ghana Richardson Denzell Rajasthan United
22 India Rosenberg Gabriel (2) Sreenidi Deccan 23 India Lalrinzuala Lalbiaknia Aizawl 24 India Gaurav Rawat Delhi
25 India Gyamar Nikum Inter Kashi 26 Spain Imanol Arana Namdhari 27 India Sagolsem Bikash Singh Mohammedan
28 India Hardy Nongbri Shillong Lajong 29 India Jagdeep Singh Sreenidi Deccan 30 India Wahengbam Angousana Mohammedan
31 India Lalrinzuala Lalbiaknia (2) Aizawl 32 India Phrangki Buam Shillong Lajong 33 Argentina Ricardo Dichiara (2) Churchill Brothers
34 India Muhammad Hammad Real Kashmir 35 Brazil Eli Sabiá Sreenidi Deccan 36 India Hardy Nongbri (2) Shillong Lajong
37 India Jagdeep Singh (2) Sreenidi Deccan 38 Argentina Emiliano Callegari Torre Churchill Brothers 39 Sierra Leone David Simbo NEROCA
40 India Mohammad Inam Real Kashmir 41 India Lalrinzuala Lalbiaknia (3) Aizawl 42 Senegal Pape Gassama Delhi
43 Spain Jordan Lamela Inter Kashi 44 India Nora Fernandes Aizawl 45 India Abhijith Kurungodan Gokulam Kerala
46 Ghana Ibrahim Moro Rajasthan United 47 Honduras Eddie Hernández Mohammedan 48 India Bali Gagandeep Delhi
49 Brazil Renan Paulino (2) Shillong Lajong 50 Ghana Richard Gadze Rajasthan United 51 India R Lalbiakliana Sreenidi Deccan
52 India Joe Zoherliana Aizawl 53 Uzbekistan Mirjalol Kasimov Mohammedan 54 Serbia Ivan Marić Aizawl
55 India Danish Aribam TRAU 56 India Faisal Ali Churchill Brothers 57 Portugal Carlos Lomba Real Kashmir
58 Brazil Eli Sabiá (2) Sreenidi Deccan 59 Uzbekistan Mirjalol Kasimov (2) Mohammedan 60 Spain Jordan Lamela (2) Inter Kashi
61 Ghana Richardson Denzell (2) Rajasthan United 62 India Mohammad Inam (2) Real Kashmir 63 Spain Álex Sánchez (5) Gokulam Kerala
64 India Manvir Singh Namdhari 65 India Padam Chettri (2) Mohammedan 66 Spain Álex Sánchez (6) Gokulam Kerala
67 India Nora Fernandes (2) Aizawl 68 Ghana Richardson Denzell (3) Rajasthan United 69 Brazil Renan Paulino (3) Shillong Lajong
70 Brazil Hudson Jesus Delhi 71 India Lalremsanga Fanai Mohammedan 72 Cape Verde Gianni dos Santos Inter Kashi
73 Brazil Eli Sabiá (3) Sreenidi Deccan 74 TBA 75 Croatia Marin Mudražija Rajasthan United
76 Serbia Nikola Stojanović Gokulam Kerala 77 Uruguay Martín Cháves (2) Churchill Brothers 78 India Nora Fernandes (3) Aizawl
79 India Danish Aribam (2) TRAU 80 India Sourav K Gokulam Kerala 81 Honduras Eddie Hernández (2) Mohammedan
82 India Akashdeep Singh (2) Namdhari 83 Colombia David Castañeda (2) Sreenidi Deccan 84 India Muhammad Ajsal Inter Kashi
85 Brazil Sérgio Barboza Delhi 86 Tajikistan Komron Tursunov Gokulam Kerala 87 Honduras Eddie Hernández (3) Mohammedan
88 India Kynsaibor Lhuid Shillong Lajong 89 India Gyamar Nikum (2) Inter Kashi 90 Ivory Coast Gnohere Krizo Real Kashmir
91 India Lalliansanga Renthlei Gokulam Kerala 92 Colombia David Castañeda (3) Sreenidi Deccan 93 Uzbekistan Shokhrukhbek Muratov Delhi
94 India Lalbiakzuala Rajasthan United 95 India Mohammad Inam (3) Real Kashmir 96 India Abhijith Kurungodan (2) Gokulam Kerala
97 Nigeria Rilwan Hassan Sreenidi Deccan 98 India Manash Protim Gogoi TRAU 99 India Edmund Lalrindika Inter Kashi
100 Nigeria Ogana Louis Churchill Brothers 101 Uganda Henry Kisekka Real Kashmir 102 Brazil Daniel Gonçalves (2) Shillong Lajong
103 Spain Iván Garrido Namdhari 104 Colombia David Castañeda (4) Sreenidi Deccan 105 India Lalchungnunga Chhangte Rajasthan United
106 India Akashdeep Singh (3) Namdhari 107 India David Lalhlansanga Mohammedan 108 Ivory Coast Gnohere Krizo (2) Real Kashmir
109 TBA 110 Ghana Richardson Denzell (4) Rajasthan United 111 Senegal Abdou Karim Samb Churchill Brothers
112 India Muhammad Ajsal (2) Inter Kashi 113 India Phrangki Buam (2) Shillong Lajong 114 India Sagolsem Bikash Singh (2) Mohammedan
115 India Lalromawia Sreenidi Deccan 116 Serbia Matija Babović Gokulam Kerala 117 Croatia Marin Mudražija (2) Rajasthan United
118 India Pritam Kumar Singh TRAU 119 Honduras Eddie Hernández (4) Mohammedan 120 England Peter Hartley Inter Kashi
121 India Adnan Ayub Real Kashmir 122 Serbia Matija Babović (2) Gokulam Kerala 123 Ghana Richardson Denzell (5) Rajasthan United
124 India Harpreet Singh Namdhari 125 India Gurtej Singh Delhi 126 Honduras Eddie Hernández (5) Mohammedan
127 Brazil William Alves Sreenidi Deccan 128 Spain Mario Barco (2) Inter Kashi 129 Liberia Ansumana Kromah NEROCA
130 India Peter Seiminthang Haokip Namdhari 131 India Arindam Bhattacharya Inter Kashi 132 India Muhammad Hammad (2) Real Kashmir
133 Brazil Sérgio Barboza (2) Delhi 134 India Stendly Fernandes Churchill Brothers 135 India Lourembam David Singh NEROCA
136 Brazil Sérgio Barboza (3) Delhi 137 India Lalrinzuala Lalbiaknia (4) Aizawl 138 India Hyder Yousuf Real Kashmir
139 Spain Mario Barco (3) Inter Kashi 140 India Lalromawia (2) Sreenidi Deccan 141 India Peter Seiminthang Haokip (2) Namdhari
142 Uruguay Martín Cháves (3) Churchill Brothers 143 India Khoirom Jackson Singh NEROCA 144 Brazil Hudson Jesus (2) Delhi
145 Nigeria Ogana Louis (2) Churchill Brothers 146 India Soraisam Robinson Singh TRAU 147 India Padam Chettri (3) Mohammedan
148 Spain Álex Sánchez (7) Gokulam Kerala 149 Spain Julen Pérez Inter Kashi 150 Nigeria Ogana Louis (3) Churchill Brothers
151 India Noufal PN Gokulam Kerala 152 Ghana Stephen Acquah Namdhari 153 India Mayakkannan Sreenidi Deccan
154 Uzbekistan Shokhrukhbek Muratov Delhi

Annual awards

Award Winner
Best Player Spain Álex Sánchez (Gokulam Kerala)
Best Goalkeeper India Padam Chettri (Mohammedan)
Jarnail Singh Award (Best Defender) India Muhammad Hammad (Real Kashmir)
Best Midfielder Uzbekistan Mirjalol Kasimov (Mohammedan)
Highest Scorer Spain Álex Sánchez (Gokulam Kerala)
Best Emerging Player India Gyamar Nikum (Inter Kashi)
Syed Abdul Rahim Award (Best Coach) Russia Andrey Chernyshov (Mohammedan)
Fair Play Contest TRAU
Best Match Organisation Mohammedan
Best Media Operations Rajasthan United
Source: I-League

See also

Notes

References

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