2021–22 I-League

Hero I-League
Season	2021–22
Dates	26 December 2021 – 14 May 2022
Champions	Gokulam Kerala 2nd I-League title 2nd Indian title
Matches played	114
Goals scored	294 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorer	Marcus Joseph (15 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Bhaskar Roy (109 mins. per goal)
Highest scoring	Gokulam Kerala 6–2 Kenkre (12 March 2022)
Longest winning run	Gokulam Kerala (6 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Gokulam Kerala (16 games)
Longest winless run	Kenkre (12 games)
Longest losing run	Kenkre (6 games)
Total attendance	38,650
Average attendance	1,074
← 2020–21 2022–23 → All statistics correct as of 14 May 2022.

The 2021–22 I-League (also known as Hero I-League for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th season of I-League, last as the top tier of Indian football league system, since its establishment in 2007. All the matches were hosted in a bio-secure bubble in West Bengal due to COVID-19 pandemic in India.

After the commencement of the first match-week of the league on 27 December 2021, the tournament got suspended on 29 December due to reports of numerous COVID-19 cases among the players and staff.^[1] All India Football Federation released new dates on 1 February 2022, with a revised schedule of the league resuming from 3 March.

The AIFF allowed spectators in the second phase of the league.^[2] On final matchday, with only a draw needed, Gokulam Kerala defeated Mohammedan by 2–1 to successfully defend the title, becoming the first team to do so in I-League and first time in 14 years to do so in the Indian football league's history.^[3]

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Changes from last season

Number of clubs

The total number of clubs participating increased from 11 in the previous season to 13 in this season.

In 2020 the AIFF issued an invitation to accept bids for new clubs from non I-League cities, like Delhi, Gangtok, Ranchi, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Mangalore, Bhopal, Lucknow, Kanpur, Ahmedabad and Calicut among many others, to join the league from 2020 onwards. The invitation mentioned that the entity which wins the bid will be granted the right to own and operate a new football club.^[4] On 12 August 2020, the AIFF announced that Sreenidi Deccan, which is based in Visakhapatnam would join from this season.^[5]^[6]

On 4 December 2021, the AIFF replaced Chennai City by Kenkre.

Promoted clubs

Promoted from the 2021 I-League Qualifiers

Through Direct entry

Sreenidi Deccan

Relegated clubs

Relegated from the 2020–21 I-League

None^[b]

Notes:

^ Chennai City was barred from participation in the league on failing to comply with club licensing regulations, therefore Kenkre, the runner-up of 2021 I-League Qualifiers, replaced them
^ Viewing the deprecating financial conditions of the many clubs during the COVID-19 pandemic, the AIFF decided to withdraw relegation for a season.

Format

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament's format was shortened last season, and the same format is being followed. All teams will face each other once in the first leg of the league, then they will be divided into two different groups. According to points table from first leg, top seven teams will face each other once again in the Championship stage, where the team with most points (cumulative points collected from all seventeen matches) will be declared the winner of the league and qualify for the Playoffs for 2023–24 AFC Cup group stage. The other six teams will play against each other in a Relegation stage where the team with the lowest points (cumulative points collected from all sixteen matches) will be relegated to 2nd Division League.^[7]

Teams

Imphal

Imphal teams
NEROCA
TRAU

Real Kashmir

Sudeva Delhi

Mohammedan

Locations of current I-League clubs

Locations of the stadiums for I-league

Stadiums and locations

AIFF declared West Bengal as the venue for the second straight season on 26 June,^[8] with all matches being played at Kalyani Stadium in Kalyani and Naihati Stadium in Naihati.^[9] The final match of the league was later rescheduled to be hosted at Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan.

Team	Location
Aizawl	Aizawl, Mizoram
Churchill Brothers	Margao, Goa
Gokulam Kerala	Calicut, Kerala
Indian Arrows	Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Kenkre	Mumbai, Maharashtra
Mohammedan	Kolkata, West Bengal
NEROCA	Imphal, Manipur
Rajasthan United	Jaipur, Rajasthan
Real Kashmir	Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
RoundGlass Punjab	Ludhiana, Punjab
Sreenidi Deccan	Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
Sudeva Delhi	New Delhi, Delhi
TRAU	Imphal, Manipur

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Aizawl	Yan Law	Malsawmtluanga	Vamos^[10]	NECS Limited^[11]
Churchill Brothers	Antonio Jesús Rueda Fernández^[12]	Richard Costa	Nivia Sports^[13]	Churchill
Gokulam Kerala	Vincenzo Alberto Annese	Sharif Mukhammad	SEGA^[14]	CSB Bank^[15]
Indian Arrows	Shanmugam Venkatesh	Lalchhanhima Sailo	SIX5SIX^[16]	Hero MotoCorp
Kenkre	Akhil Kothari	Azhar Delhiwala	Hummel
Mohammedan	Andrey Chernyshov^[17]	Nikola Stojanović	Hummel	BunkerHill Sports^[18]
NEROCA	Khogen Singh^[19]	Shubham Dhas	Nivia Sports^[20]	Vintel Infracom Pvt. Ltd.
Rajasthan United	Francesc Bonet	Abhishek Ambekar	Ambition Sportswear	Jagran Lakecity University
Real Kashmir	David Robertson	Mason Robertson	SIX5SIX^[21]	Hotel CH2^[21]
RoundGlass Punjab	Ed Engelkes	Gurtej Singh	SIX5SIX^[22]	RoundGlass Sports^[23]
Sreenidi Deccan	Fernando Santiago Varela	Dinesh Singh Soraisham	Nivia	Sreenidhi Group
Sudeva Delhi	Mehrajuddin Wadoo (caretaker)	Sairuat Kima	Hummel	Liquid Life^[24]
TRAU	Nandakumar Singh	Helder Lobato Ribeiro	Ambition Sportswear	HVS

Head coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Round	Table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment	Ref.
Sreenidi Deccan	Expansion team			Pre-season		Fernando Santiago Varela	20 April 2021
Mohammedan	Sankarlal Chakraborty	End of caretaker spell	10 May 2021			Andrey Chernyshov	12 May 2021	^[25]
Churchill Brothers	Fernando Santiago Varela	End of contract	20 April 2021			Petre Gigiu	18 June 2021
NEROCA	Gift Raikhan	End of contract	30 June 2021			Khogen Singh	3 July 2021	^[19]
RoundGlass Punjab	Curtis Fleming	Signed by Bristol City	1 June 2021			Ashley Westwood	15 July 2021	^[26]
Sudeva Delhi	Chencho Dorji	Professional improvement	13 November 2021			Mehrajuddin Wadoo (caretaker)	13 November 2021
Rajasthan United	Vikrant Sharma	Technical director	2 December 2021			Francesc Bonet	2 December 2021
Churchill Brothers	Petre Gigiu	End of contract	12 January 2022	COVID-19 break		Antonio Jesús Rueda Fernández	12 February 2022
RoundGlass Punjab	Ashley Westwood	Mutual Agreement	23 March 2022	6	3rd	Ed Engelkes	23 March 2022	^[26]

Transfers

Foreign players

Note: Players in bold has senior international cap(s) for their respective nations.

AIFF allowed maximum of six foreign players including one from AFC-affiliated country per team but only four can be part of matchday squad.^[27] Indian Arrows cannot sign any foreign player as they are part of AIFF's developmental program.

Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	AFC player	Former players
Aizawl	Aser Pierrick Dipanda	Willis Plaza	Robert Primus			Bakhtior Kalandarov	Bazie Armand Olimjon Karimov
Churchill Brothers	Guilherme Escuro	Sekou Sylla	Kenneth Ikechukwu	Momo Cisse	Gnohere Krizo	Komron Tursunov	Shadi Skaf
Gokulam Kerala	Aminou Bouba	Jourdaine Fletcher	Luka Majcen	David Simbo	Ahmed Waseem Razeek	Sharif Mukhammad	Rahim Osumanu
Kenkre	Zacharie Mbenda	Tenzin Samdup
Mohammedan	Henry Kisekka	Andjelo Rudović	Nikola Stojanović	Marcus Joseph		Shaher Shaheen	Ismar Tandir
NEROCA	Ben Quansah	Juan Mera	Sergio Mendigutxia	Davis Kamanga		Mohamad Kdouh
Rajasthan United	Akeem Abioye	Pedro Manzi	Mauro dos Santos	Omar Ramos		Sardor Jakhonov	Marcelinho Komron Tursunov Diego Bielkiewicz
Real Kashmir	Tiago Adan	Mason Robertson	Fran Gonzalez	Bernard Yao Kouassi		Park Jong-oh
RoundGlass Punjab	Josef Yarney	Kurtis Guthrie	Joseba Beitia			Travis Major
Sreenidi Deccan	Juan David Castañeda	Mohamed Awal	Ogana Louis			Hamza Kheir
Sudeva Delhi
TRAU	Helder Lobato Ribeiro	Douglas Santana	Fernandinho	Joseph Olaleye	Gerard Williams	Akobir Turaev

Phase 1

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Gokulam Kerala	12	9	3	0	33	10	+23	30	Championship stage
2	Mohammedan	12	8	2	2	23	12	+11	26
3	RoundGlass Punjab	12	7	2	3	25	17	+8	23
4	Sreenidi Deccan	12	6	3	3	18	14	+4	21
5	Churchill Brothers	12	6	2	4	16	15	+1	20
6	NEROCA	12	4	6	2	17	16	+1	18
7	Rajasthan United	12	3	7	2	10	8	+2	16
8	Real Kashmir	12	2	7	3	18	22	−4	13	Relegation stage
9	TRAU	12	3	3	6	12	15	−3	12
10	Aizawl	12	4	0	8	15	19	−4	12
11	Sudeva Delhi	12	2	4	6	9	16	−7	10
12	Indian Arrows	12	2	3	7	6	20	−14	9
13	Kenkre	12	0	2	10	6	24	−18	2

Source: Hero I-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots

Fixtures and results

All matches were played at neutral venues. The "home" and "away" are designated to identify Team 1 and Team 2 respectively.

Home \ Away	GOK	MOH	RGP	SRD	CHB	NER	RAJ	REK	TRU	AIZ	SUD	ARW	KEN
Gokulam Kerala	—	—	—	—	1–0	—	1–1	5–1	—	—	—	5–0	6–2
Mohammedan	1–1	—	1–3	3–1	1–2	—	2–1	—	—	—	2–1	4–0	1–0
RoundGlass Punjab	1–3	—	—	1–2	2–2	1–1	—	0–2	1–0	4–3	3–2	3–1	—
Sreenidi Deccan	1–2	—	—	—	1–1	—	0–0	—	3–1	—	—	—	2–1
Churchill Brothers	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–1	0–1	—	—
NEROCA	0–0	1–1	—	3–2	2–4	—	1–1	—	—	0–2	—	1–0	2–1
Rajasthan United	—	—	0–2	—	2–0	—	—	2–2	—	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Real Kashmir	—	1–3	—	1–1	0–1	3–3	—	—	1–1	3–2	2–2	1–1	1–1
TRAU	2–3	1–2	—	—	2–0	0–2	0–2	—	—	—	0–0	0–0	3–0
Aizawl	1–2	0–2	—	0–2	—	—	—	—	1–2	—	—	—	1–0
Sudeva Delhi	0–4	—	—	0–1	—	1–1	—	—	—	1–2	—	0–1	1–0
Indian Arrows	—	—	—	1–2	1–2	—	—	—	—	0–2	—	—	1–0
Kenkre	—	—	0–4	—	1–2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Source: I-League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each round mentioned in official fixtures.

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Round
Aizawl	9	13	13	13	12	8	10	8	9	10	9	9	10
Churchill Brothers	12	9	10	11	11	12	9	9	7	6	5	6	5
Gokulam Kerala	5	5	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Indian Arrows	6	6	5	10	9	10	12	12	11	11	12	11	12
Kenkre	8	8	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Mohammedan	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
NEROCA	2	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	6	5	6	5	6
Rajasthan United	13	12	9	8	8	6	6	6	5	7	7	7	7
Real Kashmir	3	3	6	5	7	9	7	7	8	8	8	8	8
RoundGlass Punjab	1	2	2	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	3	3	3
Sreenidi Deccan	10	7	7	6	6	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
Sudeva Delhi	11	11	8	7	10	11	11	11	12	12	11	12	11
TRAU	7	10	12	9	5	7	8	10	10	9	10	10	9

	Promotion to Championship stage
	Demotion to Relegation stage

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by games

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Aizawl	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	L
Churchill Brothers	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W
Gokulam Kerala	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W
Indian Arrows	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	L
Kenkre	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L
Mohammedan	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	D
NEROCA	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	D	D
Rajasthan United	L	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	L	D	D	D
Real Kashmir	W	D	L	D	D	W	D	D	L	D	L	D
RoundGlass Punjab	W	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	L
Sreenidi Deccan	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	D
Sudeva Delhi	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	W
TRAU	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	D

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Phase 2

Championship stage (Group A)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Gokulam Kerala	18	13	4	1	44	15	+29	43	Champions and qualification for the play–offs for 2023–24 AFC Cup group stage spot
2	Mohammedan	18	11	4	3	34	18	+16	37
3	Sreenidi Deccan	18	9	5	4	27	19	+8	32
4	Churchill Brothers	18	9	3	6	24	22	+2	30
5	RoundGlass Punjab	18	8	4	6	33	29	+4	28
6	Rajasthan United	18	5	7	6	16	16	0	22
7	NEROCA	18	4	8	6	21	30	−9	20

Source: Hero I-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots

Relegation stage (Group B)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Aizawl	17	7	0	10	23	26	−3	21
2	TRAU	17	4	6	7	15	17	−2	18
3	Indian Arrows	17	4	5	8	10	23	−13	17^[a]
4	Sudeva Delhi	17	4	5	8	13	23	−10	17^[a]
5	Real Kashmir	17	2	8	7	23	31	−8	14
6	Kenkre	17	3	3	11	11	25	−14	12

Source: Hero I-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head standings: Indian Arrows 4 points, Sudeva Delhi 1 point.

Fixtures and results

All matches were played at neutral venues. The "home" and "away" are designated to identify Team 1 and Team 2 respectively.

Home \ Away	AIZ	TRU	ARW	SUD	REK	KEN
Aizawl	—	—	—	3–1	3–2	0–1
TRAU	2–0	—	0–0	0–1	—	—
Indian Arrows	1–2	—	—	—	—	1–0
Sudeva Delhi	—	—	0–0	—	—	0–3
Real Kashmir	—	1–1	1–2	1–2	—	—
Kenkre	—	0–0	—	—	1–0	—

Source: I-League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each round mentioned in official fixtures.

Round	1	2	3	4	5
Round
Aizawl	1	1	1	1	1
Indian Arrows	5	5	5	4	3
Kenkre	6	6	6	6	6
Real Kashmir	3	3	4	5	5
Sudeva Delhi	4	4	2	2	4
TRAU	2	2	3	3	2

	Relegation position

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by games

Match	1	2	3	4	5
Aizawl	W	L	W	L	W
Indian Arrows	D	W	L	D	W
Kenkre	W	W	D	W	L
Real Kashmir	L	L	L	L	D
Sudeva Delhi	L	W	W	D	L
TRAU	D	L	D	W	D

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Gokulam Kerala (C)	18	13	4	1	44	15	+29	43
2	Mohammedan	18	11	4	3	34	18	+16	37
3	Sreenidi Deccan	18	9	5	4	27	19	+8	32
4	Churchill Brothers	18	9	3	6	24	22	+2	30
5	RoundGlass Punjab	18	8	4	6	33	29	+4	28
6	Rajasthan United	18	5	7	6	16	16	0	22
7	NEROCA	18	4	8	6	21	30	−9	20
8	Aizawl	17	7	0	10	23	26	−3	21
9	TRAU	17	4	6	7	15	17	−2	18
10	Indian Arrows	17	4	5	8	10	23	−13	17
11	Sudeva Delhi	17	4	5	8	13	23	−10	17
12	Real Kashmir	17	2	8	7	23	31	−8	14
13	Kenkre	17	3	3	11	11	25	−14	12

Source: Hero I-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
(C) Champions

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 15 May 2022

Note: Only top 10 goalscorers of the season has been listed below.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Marcus Joseph	Mohammedan	15
2	Kurtis Guthrie	RoundGlass Punjab	13
2	Luka Majcen	Gokulam Kerala	13
4	Sergio Mendigutxia	NEROCA	10
	David Castañeda	Sreenidi Deccan
	Kenneth Ikechukwu	Churchill Brothers
7	Mason Robertson	Real Kashmir	9
7	Jourdaine Fletcher	Gokulam Kerala	9
9	Tiago Adan	Real Kashmir	7
10	Ogana Louis	Sreenidi Deccan	6
10	Komron Tursunov	Churchill Brothers	6

Top assists

As of 14 May 2022

Note: Only top 3 assist providers have been listed below.

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Nikola Stojanović	Mohammedan	9
2	Luka Majcen	Gokulam Kerala	7
3	Travis Major	RoundGlass Punjab	5
	Juan Mera	NEROCA
	Lalchungnunga	Sreenidi Deccan

Hat-tricks

Note: The score of the player's team is displayed first in the result column.

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Sergio Mendigutxia	NEROCA	Sreenidi Deccan	3–2	27 December 2021
Luka Majcen	Gokulam Kerala	Kenkre	6–2	12 March 2022
Luka Majcen	Gokulam Kerala	Sudeva Delhi	4–0	15 April 2022
Lalromawia	Sreenidi Deccan	Gokulam Kerala	3–1	10 May 2022

Clean sheets

As of 14 May 2022

Note: Only top 5 goalkeepers with most cleansheets have been listed below.

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Bhaskar Roy	Rajasthan United	8
2	Rakshit Dagar	Gokulam Kerala	7
3	Zothanmawia	Mohammedan	6
4	Sachin Jha	Sudeva Delhi	5
5	Aryan Niraj Lamba	Sreenidi Deccan	4
5	Loitongbam Bishorjit Singh	TRAU	4

Discipline

Player

Most yellow cards: 7
- Mauro dos Santos (Rajasthan United)

Most red cards: 2
- Robert Primus (Aizawl)

Club

Most yellow cards: 35
- Churchill Brothers

Most red cards: 5
- Real Kashmir

Awards

Match 1 - 78 = First phase
Match 79 - 114 = Second phase

Hero of the Match

Match No.	Hero of the Match		Match No.	Hero of the Match		Match No.	Hero of the Match
Match No.	Player	Club	Match No.	Player	Club	Match No.	Player	Club
Match 1	Ahan Prakash	Indian Arrows	Match 2	Sharif Mukhammad	Gokulam Kerala	Match 3	Shreyansh Choudhary	Rajasthan United
Match 4	Sergio Mendigutxia	NEROCA	Match 5	Tiago Adan	Real Kashmir	Match 6	Marcus Joseph	Mohammedan
Match 7	David Castañeda	Sreenidi Deccan	Match 8	Juan Mera	NEROCA	Match 9	Marcus Joseph	Mohammedan
Match 10	Parthib Gogoi	Indian Arrows	Match 11	Mason Robertson	Real Kashmir	Match 12	Kenneth Ikechukwu	Churchill Brothers
Match 13	Marcus Joseph	Mohammedan	Match 14	Jourdaine Fletcher	Gokulam Kerala	Match 15	Md Abdul Salam	NEROCA
Match 16	Aman Thapa	Rajasthan United	Match 17	Kurtis Guthrie	RoundGlass Punjab	Match 18	William Pauliankhum	Sudeva Delhi
Match 19	Souvik Das	Sudeva Delhi	Match 20	Ramhlunchhunga	Aizawl	Match 21	Phalguni Singh	Sreenidi Deccan
Match 22	Douglas Santana	TRAU	Match 23	Luka Majcen	Gokulam Kerala	Match 24	Marcus Joseph	Mohammedan
Match 25	Lalliansanga	Aizawl	Match 26	Ogana Louis	Sreenidi Deccan	Match 27	Sergio Mendigutxia	NEROCA
Match 28	Vibin Mohanan	Indian Arrows	Match 29	Kenneth Ikechukwu	Churchill Brothers	Match 30	Krishananda Singh	TRAU
Match 31	Aser Dipanda	Aizawl	Match 32	David Castañeda	Sreenidi Deccan	Match 33	Jiteshwor Singh	NEROCA
Match 34	Gyamar Nikum	Rajasthan United	Match 35	Luka Majcen	Gokulam Kerala	Match 36	Marcus Joseph	Mohammedan
Match 37	David Castañeda	Sreenidi Deccan	Match 38	Nishchal Chandan	Sudeva Delhi	Match 39	Komron Tursunov	Churchill Brothers
Match 40	Tenzin Samdup	Kenkre	Match 41	Mason Robertson	Real Kashmir	Match 42	Jithin MS	Gokulam Kerala
Match 43	Prateek Kumar Singh	NEROCA	Match 44	Ramhlunchhunga	Aizawl	Match 45	Phalguni Singh	Sreenidi Deccan
Match 46	Tiago Adan	Real Kashmir	Match 47	Luka Majcen	Gokulam Kerala	Match 48	Faisal Ali	Mohammedan
Match 49	Phalguni Singh	Sreenidi Deccan	Match 50	Jourdaine Fletcher	Gokulam Kerala	Match 51	Saurav Mandal	Churchill Brothers
Match 52	Raj Basfore	Indian Arrows	Match 53	Sumeet Passi	RoundGlass Punjab	Match 54	Ricky Shabong	Rajasthan United
Match 55	Peter Haokip	NEROCA	Match 56	Aminou Bouba	Gokulam Kerala	Match 57	Khanngam Horam	TRAU
Match 58	Kurtis Guthrie	RoundGlass Punjab	Match 59	Nikola Stojanović	Mohammedan	Match 60	Kingslee Fernandes	Churchill Brothers
Match 61	Md Fayazuddin Shah	TRAU	Match 62	Luka Majcen	Gokulam Kerala	Match 63	Lalremsanga Fanai	Aizawl
Match 64	Kingslee Fernandes	Churchill Brothers	Match 65	Mason Robertson	Real Kashmir	Match 66	Kurtis Guthrie	RoundGlass Punjab
Match 67	David Castañeda	Sreenidi Deccan	Match 68	Omar Ramos	Rajasthan United	Match 69	SK Faiaz	Mohammedan
Match 70	Brijesh Giri	Indian Arrows	Match 71	Luka Majcen	Gokulam Kerala	Match 72	Freddy Lallawmawma	RoundGlass Punjab
Match 73	Ricky Shabong	Rajasthan United	Match 74	Jiteshwor Singh	NEROCA	Match 75	Komron Tursunov	Churchill Brothers
Match 76	William Pauliankhum	Sudeva Delhi	Match 77	Aminou Bouba	Gokulam Kerala	Match 78	Mason Robertson	Real Kashmir
Match 79	Samuel Lalmuanpuia	Aizawl	Match 80	Aniket Panchal	Kenkre	Match 81	Kishan Singh	TRAU
Match 82	Gurmukh Singh	Rajasthan United	Match 83	Alex Saji	Gokulam Kerala	Match 84	Faisal Ali	Mohammedan
Match 85	Parthib Gogoi	Indian Arrows	Match 86	Shubho Paul	Sudeva Delhi	Match 87	Ranjeet Pandre	Kenkre
Match 88	Omar Ramos	Rajasthan United	Match 89	Jiteshwor Singh	NEROCA	Match 90	Marcus Joseph	Mohammedan
Match 91	Lalremsanga Fanai	Aizawl	Match 92	Loitongbam Bishorjit Singh	TRAU	Match 93	Vanlalzuidika Chhakchhuak	Sudeva Delhi
Match 94	Aakash Sangwan	RoundGlass Punjab	Match 95	Sharif Mukhammad	Gokulam Kerala	Match 96	Manoj Mohammed	Mohammedan
Match 97	Vibin Mohanan	Indian Arrows	Match 98	Aravindraj Rajan	Kenkre	Match 99	Laishram Milan Singh	TRAU
Match 100	Omar Ramos	Rajasthan United	Match 101	Gnoheré Krizo	Churchill Brothers	Match 102	Thahir Zaman	Gokulam Kerala
Match 103	Himanshu Jangra	Indian Arrows	Match 104	Bilal Khan	Real Kashmir	Match 105	Samuel Lalmuanpuia	Aizawl
Match 106	Marcus Joseph	Mohammedan	Match 107	Ogana Louis	Sreenidi Deccan	Match 108	Rishad PP	Gokulam Kerala
Match 109	Kingslee Fernandes	Churchill Brothers	Match 110	Brandon Vanlalremdika	Mohammedan	Match 111	Lalromawia	Sreenidi Deccan
Match 112	Juan Mera	NEROCA	Match 113	Lalromawia	Sreenidi Deccan	Match 114	Aminou Bouba	Gokulam Kerala
Source: The AIFF

Season awards

Award	Winner
Hero of the League	Marcus Joseph (Mohammedan)
Golden Boot	Marcus Joseph (Mohammedan)
Golden Glove	Bhaskar Roy (Rajasthan United)
Jarnail Singh Award (Best Defender)	Aminou Bouba (Gokulam Kerala)
Best Midfielder	Jithin MS (Gokulam Kerala)
Syed Abdul Rahim Award (Best Coach)	Vincenzo Alberto Annese (Gokulam Kerala)
Emerging Player of the League	Jiteshwor Singh (NEROCA)
Fair Play Award	Indian Arrows

I-League All Stars

A combined all Indian squad of this season's I-League was prepared to play to a friendly against India national football team.^[28]^[29]

Goalkeepers: Bhaskar Roy, Shubham Dhas.

Defenders: Manoj Mohammad, Mohammed Salah, Chungnunga Lal, Lalramchullova, Suresh Meitei, Asheer Akhtar, Gurmukh Singh, Tanmoy Ghosh.

Midfielders: Faisal Ali, Sweden Fernandes, William Pauliankhum, Freddy Lallawmawma, Konsam Phalguni Singh, Maheson Singh, Jijo Joseph, Kabir Nath, Jiteshwor Singh.

Forwards: Ranjeet Singh Pandre, Parthib Sundar Gogoi.

17 May 2022

Exhibition friendly

India	2–0	I-League All Stars
Chhetri Pandita	Report

Kishore Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata, India

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v t e I-League
Current Clubs	Aizawl Churchill Brothers Delhi Gokulam Kerala Inter Kashi Mohammedan Namdhari NEROCA Rajasthan United Real Kashmir Shillong Lajong Sreenidi Deccan TRAU
Former Clubs	Air India Bengaluru Chennai City Dempo DSK Shivajians East Bengal HAL JCT Minerva Academy FC Mohun Bagan Mumbai Kenkre ONGC Punjab Rangdajied United Royal Wahingdoh Salgaocar Sporting Goa Sudeva Vasco United United Sikkim
Dissolved clubs	Bharat Chirag United Club Kerala Indian Arrows Mahindra United Mumbai Pune
Statistics and awards	Seasons Champions Golden Boot Hat-tricks Stats I-League monthly awards
Associated competitions	AFC Cup (performances by clubs)
Seasons	2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Related	National Football League Foreign players

Indian football league seasons

First tier league seasons (1996–present)
National Football League	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07
I-League	2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Indian Super League	2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
List of champions

Second tier league seasons (1997–present)
NFL 2nd Division	1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07
I-League 2nd Division	2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21
I-League	2022–23 2023–24

Third tier league seasons (2006–07, 2022–present)
NFL 3rd Division	2006–07
I-League 2	2022–23 2023–24

Fourth tier league seasons (2023–present)
I-League 3	2023–24

Youth league seasons (2008–present)
Youth League	2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2022–23 2023–24

2021–22 in Indian football

League competitions

First division	I-League Indian Super League Playoffs Final
Second division	I-League 2nd Division
State leagues	Assam Bihar Delhi Goa Jammu and Kashmir Karnataka Men's Women's Kerala Men's Women's Madhya Pradesh Manipur Meghalaya Sikkim Mizoram Maharashtra (Mumbai) Odisha (Men's Women's) Punjab Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Uttarakhand West Bengal Men's Women's
Women	Indian Women's League
Youth	Elite League

Cup competitions

Men	Santosh Trophy (State) Qualifiers Final Durand Cup Final IFA Shield
Women	Women's Championship (State)

Club seasons
I-League	Aizawl Kenkre Churchill Brothers Gokulam Kerala Indian Arrows Mohammedan NEROCA Punjab Rajasthan United Real Kashmir TRAU Sudeva Sreenidi Deccan
Indian Super League	ATK Mohun Bagan Bengaluru Chennaiyin East Bengal Goa Hyderabad Jamshedpur Kerala Blasters Mumbai City NorthEast United Odisha
I league transfers Indian Super League transfers

v t e 2021 in Asian football (AFC)
« 2020 2022–23 »
Domestic leagues	Afghanistan Australia '20–'21 '21–'22 Bahrain '20–'21 '21–'22 Bangladesh '20–'21 '21–'22 Bhutan ~~Brunei~~ Cambodia China Chinese Taipei East Timor Guam '20–'21 '21–'22 Hong Kong '20–'21 '21–'22 India I-League '20–'21 '21–'22 ISL '20–'21 '21–'22 Indonesia '21–'22 Iran '20–'21 '21–'22 Iraq '20–'21 '21–'22 Japan Jordan Korea DPR '21 '21–'22 Korea Republic Kuwait '20–'21 '21–'22 Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon '20–'21 '21–'22 Macau Malaysia Maldives ('20–'21) Mongolia '21 '21–'22 Myanmar Nepal Northern Mariana Islands Oman '20–'21 '21–'22 Pakistan Palestine West Bank '20–'21 '21–'22 Gaza Strip '20–'21 '21–'22 ~~Philippines~~ Qatar '20–'21 '21–'22 Saudi Arabia '20–'21 '21–'22 Singapore Sri Lanka Syria '20–'21 '21–'22 Tajikistan Thailand '20–'21 '21–'22 Turkmenistan UAE '20–'21 '21–'22 Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
Domestic cups	Australia Bahrain '20–'21 '21–'22 Bangladesh '20–'21 '21–'22 Brunei Cambodia China Chinese Taipei East Timor Guam Hong Kong '21 '21–'22 India Iran '21 '21–'22 Iraq '20–'21 '21–'22 Japan Jordan Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait '20–'21 '21–'22 Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon '20–'21 '21–'22 Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman '20–'21 '21–'22 Pakistan Palestine '20–'21 '21–'22 Qatar Saudi Arabia '20–'21 '21–'22 Singapore Sri Lanka '20–'21 '21–'22 Syria '20–'21 '21–'22 Tajikistan Thailand '20–'21 '21–'22 Turkmenistan UAE '20–'21 '21–'22 Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
League cups	Bahrain '20–'21 '21–'22 Bangladesh '20–'21 '21–'22 Hong Kong Shield '20–'21 '21–'22 India Shield Durand Cup Japan Jordan Kuwait Crown Prince Cup '20–'21 '21–'22 Fed Cup '20–'21 '21–'22 Lebanon Elite Cup Challenge Cup Malaysia Malaysia Cup Challenge Cup Maldives Oman '20–'21 '21–'22 Philippines Qatar '20–'21 '21–'22 Singapore Syria Thailand '21–'22 UAE '20–'21 '21–'22 Uzbekistan
Super Cups	Bahrain China Iran Iraq Japan Kuwait Lebanon Malaysia Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Tajikistan Thailand UAE Uzbekistan Vietnam
Regional club competitions	~~2022 ASEAN Club Championship~~
AFC club competitions	AFC Champions League Qualifying play-offs Group stage Knockout stage Final AFC Cup Qualifying play-offs Group stage Knockout stage Final
National team competitions	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification 2021 FIFA Arab Cup 2020 AFF Championship (Final) 2021 AFF–EAFF Champions Trophy 2021 SAFF Championship

v t e 2022–23 in Asian football (AFC)
« 2021 2023–24 »
Domestic leagues	Afghanistan '22 '23 Australia Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan '22 '23 Brunei '22 '23 Cambodia '22 '23 –'24 China '22 '23 Chinese Taipei '22 '23 East Timor '22 '23 Guam Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan '22 '23 Jordan '22 '23 Korea DPR Korea Republic '22 '23 Kuwait Kyrgyzstan '22 '23 Laos '22 '23 Lebanon Macau '22 '23 Malaysia '22 '23 Maldives '22 '23 Mongolia '21–'22 '22–'23 Myanmar '22 '23 Nepal Northern Mariana Islands '22 '23 Oman Pakistan Palestine West Bank Gaza Strip Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore '22 '23 Sri Lanka '22 '23 Syria Tajikistan '22 '23 Thailand Turkmenistan '22 '23 United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan '22 '23 Vietnam '22 '23 Yemen '22 '23
Domestic cups	Australia '22 '23 Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan '22 '23 Brunei '22 '23 Cambodia '22 '23 China '22 '23 Chinese Taipei '22 '23 East Timor '22 '23 Guam '22 '23 Hong Kong India '22 '23 Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan '22 '23 Jordan '22 '23 Korea DPR '22 '23 Korea Republic '22 '23 Kuwait Kyrgyszstan '22 '23 Laos '22 '23 Lebanon Macau '22 '23 Malaysia '22 '23 Maldives '22 '23 Mongolia '22 '23 Myanmar '22 '23 Nepal '22 '23 Oman Pakistan '22 '23 Palestine Philippines '22 '23 Qatar '22 '23 Saudi Arabia Singapore '22 '23 Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan '22 '23 Thailand Turkmenistan '22 '23 United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan '22 '23 Vietnam '22 '23 Yemen '22 '23
League cups	Bahrain Bangladesh Hong Kong Shield India '22 '23 Japan '22 '23 Jordan '22 '23 Kuwait Crown Prince Cup Federation Cup Lebanon Elite Cup Challenge Cup Malaysia Cup Challenge Cup Maldives '22 '23 Oman Philippines Qatar Syria Thailand Uzbekistan United Arab Emirates
Super Cups	Bahrain East Timor Iran Japan Saudi Arabia Tajikistan '22 '23 Thailand UAE '22 '23 Uzbekistan '22 '23 Vietnam
Regional club competitions	2022 ASEAN Club Championship 2023 Arab Club Champions Cup
AFC club competitions	AFC Champions League Qualifying play-offs Group stage Knockout stage Final AFC Cup Qualifying play-offs Group stage Knockout stage Final
National team competitions	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification 2022 AFF Championship (Final) 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup (Final) 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification 2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship 25th Arabian Gulf Cup 2023 WAFF Championship 2023 SAFF Championship

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Changes from last season

Number of clubs

Promoted clubs

Relegated clubs

Format

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

Head coaching changes

Transfers

Foreign players

Phase 1

Standings

Fixtures and results

Positions by round

Results by games

Phase 2

Championship stage (Group A)

Relegation stage (Group B)

Fixtures and results

Positions by round

Results by games

Final standings

Season statistics

Top scorers

Top assists

Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

Discipline

Player

Club

Awards

Hero of the Match

Season awards

I-League All Stars

See also

References