2024–25 I-League

I-League
Season	2024–25
Dates	22 November 2024 – 6 March 2025
Matches played	6
Goals scored	12 (2 per match)
Top goalscorer	Wayde Lekay; (2 goals)
Biggest home win	Real Kashmir 2–0 Rajasthan United; (24 November 2024)
Biggest away win	Sreenidi Deccan 2–3 Gokulam Kerala; (22 November 2024)
Highest scoring	Sreenidi Deccan 2–3 Gokulam Kerala; (22 November 2024)
Highest attendance	5,865; Shillong Lajong 2–2 Churchill Brothers; (24 November 2024)
Lowest attendance	800; Sreenidi Deccan 2–3 Gokulam Kerala; (22 November 2024)
Total attendance	15,581
Average attendance	2,597
	← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 24 November 2024.

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.

Changes from last season

Promoted to Indian Super League

Mohammedan

Promoted from I-League 2

Relegated to I-League 2

NEROCA
TRAU

Two years after disbanding the Indian Arrows project, the AIFF decided to field the under-20 national side to give them game time and prepare for the 2027 Asian Cup and 2026 Asian Games participation. The India U-20 national team would have got amnesty from promotion-relegation.^[2]^[3] However, the plan was later dropped.^[4]

Teams

Goa

Goa clubs:
Churchill Brothers
Dempo

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Locations of I-League teams

Team	State/UT	City	Stadium	Capacity
Aizawl	Mizoram	Aizawl	Rajiv Gandhi Stadium	20,000
Churchill Brothers	Goa	Margao	Benaulim Football Ground
Delhi	Delhi	New Delhi	Mahilpur Football Stadium
Dempo	Goa	Panaji	Duler Stadium	5,000
Gokulam Kerala	Kerala	Kozhikode	EMS Stadium	50,000
Inter Kashi^[a]	Uttar Pradesh	Varanasi	Kalyani Stadium	20,000
Namdhari	Punjab	Bhaini Sahib	Namdhari Stadium	1,000
Rajasthan United	Rajasthan	Jaipur	Vidhyadhar Nagar Stadium	3,000
Real Kashmir	Jammu & Kashmir	Srinagar	TRC Turf Ground	10,000
Shillong Lajong	Meghalaya	Shillong	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	30,000
Sporting Bengaluru	Karnataka	Bengaluru	Bangalore Football Stadium	8,400
Sreenidi Deccan	Telangana	Hyderabad	Deccan Arena	1,500

^ The club is based in Varanasi but will play its home games in Kolkata due to a lack of football stadiums and poor infrastructure in Uttar Pradesh.

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Aizawl	Victor Lalbiakmawia	Lalchhawnkima	Vamos^[5]	NECS Limited^[6]
Churchill Brothers	Dimitris Dimitriou	Aubin Kouakou	Vallion Sports^[7]	Churchill Brothers
Delhi	Yan Law	Stephen Acquah	King Sports	PSSC
Dempo	Samir Naik	Mohamed Ali	Shiv Naresh	Dempo
Gokulam Kerala	Antonio Rueda Fernández	Sergio Llamas	Vector X^[8]	CSB Bank^[9]
Inter Kashi	Antonio López Habas	Sumeet Passi	Hummel^[10]	UCO Bank^[11]
Namdhari	Fernando Capobianco	Manvir Singh	SPS Hospitals^[12]	Namdharis
Rajasthan United	Walter Caprile	Mohit Singh Verito	King Sports	Vertak Group
Real Kashmir	Ishfaq Ahmed	Kamal Issah	Hummel	Livpure
Shillong Lajong	José Hevia	Hardy Nongbri	King Sports	Meghalaya Tourism
Sporting Bengaluru	Chinta Chandrashekar Rao	Shankar Sampingiraj	MS Sportswear
Sreenidi Deccan	Rui Amorim	Eli Sabiá	Hummel	Sreenidi Group

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Round	Incoming	Date of appointment	Ref.
Gokulam Kerala	Sareef Khan	End of interim spell	01 May 2024	Pre-season	Antonio Rueda Fernández	01 May 2024	^[13]
Inter Kashi	Arata Izumi	End of interim spell	25 July 2024		Antonio López Habas	25 July 2024	^[14]
Sreenidi Deccan	Carlos Vaz Pinto	Signed by Mafra	16 June 2024		Domingo Oramas	03 August 2024	^[15]
Rajasthan United	Pushpender Kundu	End of contract	31 May 2024		Walter Caprile	20 August 2024	^[16]
Sreenidi Deccan	Domingo Oramas	Sacked^[17]	24 September 2024		Rui Amorim	26 September 2024	^[18]

Foreign players

Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Unregistered player(s)
Aizawl
Churchill Brothers	Sebastián Gutiérrez	Kurtis Guthrie	Aubin Kouakou	Pape Gassama	Wayde Lekay	Juan Mera
Delhi	Dawa Tshering	Stephane Dang	Stephen Acquah	Laken Limbu	Nelson Okwa	Stéphane Binong
Dempo	Shaher Shaheen	Matija Babović	Damián Peréz Roa
Gokulam Kerala	Nacho Abeledo	Sergio Llamas	Martín Cháves	Adama Niane			José Luis Moreno Joris Correa Abdu Lumala
Inter Kashi	Joni Kauko	Domi Berlanga	Nikola Stojanović	David Humanes	Julen Pérez	Mario Barco
Namdhari	Joseph Gordon	Francis Addo	Adrián Montoro	Vicente	Cledson
Rajasthan United	Ronny Rodríguez	Ronaldo Johnson Mina	Ernest Antwi	Alain Oyarzun	Gerard Artigas
Real Kashmir	Aminou Bouba	Ramazani Tshimanga	Idan Ocran	Kamal Issah	Abdou Karim Samb
Shillong Lajong	Daniel Gonçalves	Douglas Tardin	Marcos Rudwere Silva	Renan Paulino	Imanol Arana
Sporting Bengaluru	Jordan Lamela
Sreenidi Deccan	Faysal Shayesteh	Eli Sabiá	William Alves	David Castañeda	Roly Bonevacia	Ángel Orelien

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Real Kashmir	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3	Promotion to Indian Super League
2	Gokulam Kerala	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	3
3	Inter Kashi	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3
4	Churchill Brothers	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1
5	Shillong Lajong	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1
6	Delhi	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
7	Namdhari	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
8	Aizawl	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
9	Dempo	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
10	Sreenidi Deccan	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	0
11	Sporting Bengaluru	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0
12	Rajasthan United	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0	Relegation to I-League 2

Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2024. 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).

Results

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away	AIZ	CHB	DEL	DEM	GOK	IKA	NAM	RAJ	REK	SHL	SCB	SRD
Aizawl	—			0–0
Churchill Brothers		—
Delhi			—
Dempo				—
Gokulam Kerala					—
Inter Kashi						—					1–0
Namdhari			0–0				—
Rajasthan United								—
Real Kashmir								2–0	—
Shillong Lajong		2–2								—
Sporting Bengaluru											—
Sreenidi Deccan					2–3							—

Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2024. Source: I-League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by games

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Team ╲ Round
Aizawl	D
Churchill Brothers	D
Delhi	D
Dempo	D
Gokulam Kerala	W
Inter Kashi	W
Namdhari	D
Rajasthan United	L
Real Kashmir	W
Shillong Lajong	D
Sporting Bengaluru	L
Sreenidi Deccan	L

Source: I-League
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Season statistics

As of 24 November 2024

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Wayde Lekay	Churchill Brothers	2
2	Lalromawia	Sreenidi Deccan	1
	Martín Cháves	Gokulam Kerala
	Nacho Abeledo	Gokulam Kerala
	R Ramdinthara	Gokulam Kerala
	David Castañeda	Sreenidi Deccan
	Edmund Lalrindika	Inter Kashi
	Mohammad Inam	Real Kashmir
	Abdou Karim Samb	Real Kashmir
	Douglas Tardin	Shillong Lajong
	Renan Paulino	Shillong Lajong

Top assists

Rank	Player	Team	Assists
1	Sebastián Gutiérrez	Churchill Brothers	2
2	Ángel Orelien	Sreenidi Deccan	1
	VP Suhair	Gokulam Kerala
	Karthik Panicker	Inter Kashi
	Douglas Tardin	Shillong Lajong
	Renan Paulino	Shillong Lajong

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Team	Clean sheets
1	Arindam Bhattacharya	Inter Kashi	1
	Jaspreet Singh	Namdhari
	Lalmuansanga	Delhi
	Vanlal Hriatpuia	Aizawl
	Ashish Sibi	Dempo
	Mohammed Arbaz	Real Kashmir

Attendance

Overall

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Shillong Lajong	5,865	5,865		5,865	−7.1%^†
2	Real Kashmir	5,132	5,132		5,132	+46.7%^†
3	Namdhari	1,500	1,500		1,500	+193.0%^†
4	Aizawl	1,233	1,233		1,233	−32.2%^†
5	Inter Kashi	1,051	1,051		1,051	+100.6%^†
6	Sreenidi Deccan	800	800		800	+96.1%^†
7	Churchill Brothers					NA^†
8	Delhi					NA^†
9	Dempo					NA^†
10	Gokulam Kerala					NA^†
11	Rajasthan United					NA^†
12	Sporting Bengaluru					NA^†
	League total	15,581	5,865	800	2,597	+34.4%^†

Source: I-League
Notes:
^† Teams played previous season in I-League 2.

Attendances by home matches

Team \ Match played	1	Total
Namdhari	1,500	1,500
Aizawl	1,233	1,233
Inter Kashi	1,051	1,051
Sreenidi Deccan	800	800
Churchill Brothers
Delhi
Dempo
Gokulam Kerala
Rajasthan United
Real Kashmir	5,132	5,132
Shillong Lajong	5,865
Sporting Bengaluru

Legend: Highest Lowest
Updated to game(s) played on 24 November 2024
Source: I-League

Awards

Hero of the Match
Match no.	Player	Team	Match no.	Player	Team	Match no.	Player	Team
1	Nacho Abeledo	Gokulam Kerala	2	Edmund Lalrindika	Inter Kashi	3	Gursimrat Singh	Namdhari
4	Augustine Lalrochana	Aizawl	5	Mohammad Inam	Real Kashmir	6	Renan Paulino	Shillong Lajong
7			8			9
10			11			12
13			14			15
16			17			18
19			20			21
22			23			24
25			26			27
28			29			30
31			32			33
34			35			36
37			38			39
40			41			42
43			44			45
46			47			48
49			50			51
52			53			54
55			56			57
58			59			60
61			62			63
64			65			66
67			68			69
70			71			72
73			74			75
76			77			78
79			80			81
82			83			84
85			86			87
88			89			90
91			92			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

References

^ Media Team, AIFF (24 October 2024). "I-League 2024-25 Fixture" (PDF). the-aiff.com. New Delhi: All India Football Federation. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
^ Mukherjee, Sayan (13 August 2024). "AIFF to field India's under-20 football team in the I-League". News Nine. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
^ "AIFF ExCo: India U20 to feature in I-League". AIFF. 10 September 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
^ "AIFF drops plan to field U-20 team in I-League". The Times of India. 2024-10-18. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
^ "Unveiling our 40th Anniversary Edition Home Jersey for the 2024/2025 season. 🔴⚪️". X (Twitter). 23 June 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
^ "Unveiling our 40th Anniversary Edition Home Jersey for the 2024/2025 season. 🔴⚪️". X (Twitter). 23 June 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
^ "Nivia Sports Official Website". Nivia Sports. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
^ "It's official – GKFC and Do's India unite for a season of greatness! We're excited to have them on board as our kit partner". Gokulam Kerala FC. 21 August 2023. Archived from the original on 25 October 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
^ Zaidi, Waseem (21 January 2022). "I-LEAGUE: Introducing shirt sponsors of every I-league club for 2021-22 season". www.khelnow.com. Khel Now. Archived from the original on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
^ "Inter Kashi FC 🤝 Hummels Inter Kashi released their new jersey for the upcoming season". X (Twitter). 14 July 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
^ "We are pleased to launch the Jersey for the upcoming season with UCO Bank as our primary sponsor". X (Twitter). 14 July 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
^ Saha, Rahul (3 November 2023). "I-league Commercial Guide: A Complete List of the 2023/24 I-League Team Sponsors". sportskhabri.com. Sports Khabri. Archived from the original on 3 November 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
^ "Gokulam Kerala set to appoint Antonio Rueda as new head coach".
^ "काशी, अब चारों ओर मचा दो शोर! 📢". X (Formerly Twitter).
^ "Domingo Oramas joins us as Head Coach of the first team. Let's welcome our new mastermind! 🔥". X (Formerly Twitter).
^ "A new era begins! Welcome to the family, Coach! 🏆👊". X (Formerly Twitter).
^ "🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨". X (Formerly Twitter).
^ "I-League club Sreenidi Deccan set to appoint Rui Amorim as new head coach". khelnow.com.

[5] The club is based in Varanasi but will play its home games in Kolkata due to a lack of football stadiums and poor infrastructure in Uttar Pradesh.

[1] Media Team, AIFF (24 October 2024). "I-League 2024-25 Fixture" (PDF). the-aiff.com. New Delhi: All India Football Federation. Retrieved 24 October 2024.

[2] Mukherjee, Sayan (13 August 2024). "AIFF to field India's under-20 football team in the I-League". News Nine. Retrieved 13 August 2024.

[3] "AIFF ExCo: India U20 to feature in I-League". AIFF. 10 September 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.

[4] "AIFF drops plan to field U-20 team in I-League". The Times of India. 2024-10-18. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-10-18.

[6] "Unveiling our 40th Anniversary Edition Home Jersey for the 2024/2025 season. 🔴⚪️". X (Twitter). 23 June 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.

[7] "Unveiling our 40th Anniversary Edition Home Jersey for the 2024/2025 season. 🔴⚪️". X (Twitter). 23 June 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.

[Nivia-8] "Nivia Sports Official Website". Nivia Sports. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.

[9] "It's official – GKFC and Do's India unite for a season of greatness! We're excited to have them on board as our kit partner". Gokulam Kerala FC. 21 August 2023. Archived from the original on 25 October 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.

[10] Zaidi, Waseem (21 January 2022). "I-LEAGUE: Introducing shirt sponsors of every I-league club for 2021-22 season". www.khelnow.com. Khel Now. Archived from the original on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2022.

[11] "Inter Kashi FC 🤝 Hummels Inter Kashi released their new jersey for the upcoming season". X (Twitter). 14 July 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.

[12] "We are pleased to launch the Jersey for the upcoming season with UCO Bank as our primary sponsor". X (Twitter). 14 July 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.

[13] Saha, Rahul (3 November 2023). "I-league Commercial Guide: A Complete List of the 2023/24 I-League Team Sponsors". sportskhabri.com. Sports Khabri. Archived from the original on 3 November 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2021.

[14] "Gokulam Kerala set to appoint Antonio Rueda as new head coach".

[15] "काशी, अब चारों ओर मचा दो शोर! 📢". X (Formerly Twitter).

[16] "Domingo Oramas joins us as Head Coach of the first team. Let's welcome our new mastermind! 🔥". X (Formerly Twitter).

[17] "A new era begins! Welcome to the family, Coach! 🏆👊". X (Formerly Twitter).

[18] "🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨". X (Formerly Twitter).

[19] "I-League club Sreenidi Deccan set to appoint Rui Amorim as new head coach". khelnow.com.

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