2024–25 I-League

I-League
Season	2024–25
Dates	22 November 2024 – 6 March 2025
Matches played	36
Goals scored	89 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorer	Stéphane Binong; Wayde Lekay; (5 goals)
Biggest home win	Shillong Lajong 8–0 Rajasthan United; (8 December 2024)
Biggest away win	Namdhari 1–3 Rajasthan United; (30 November 2024); Shillong Lajong 0–2 Dempo; (30 November 2024); SC Bengaluru 1–3 Churchill Brothers; (4 December 2024); Inter Kashi 1–3 Churchill Brothers; (14 December 2024)
Highest scoring	Shillong Lajong 8–0 Rajasthan United; (8 December 2024)
Longest winning run	4 matches; Churchill Brothers
Longest losing run	3 matches; SC Bengaluru
Highest attendance	7,131; Delhi 3–1 Shillong Lajong; (19 December 2024)
Lowest attendance	115; Inter Kashi 3–1 Sreenidi Deccan; (20 December 2024)
Total attendance	79,716
Average attendance	2,214
	← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 20 December 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 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

Locations of I-League teams

Team	State/UT	City	Stadium	Capacity
Aizawl	Mizoram	Aizawl	Rajiv Gandhi Stadium	20,000
Churchill Brothers	Goa	Margao	Tilak Maidan Raia Panchayat Ground	5,000 8,000
Delhi^[a]	Delhi	New Delhi	Mahilpur Football Stadium	10,000
Dempo	Goa	Panaji	Fatorda Stadium^[6]	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	3,000
Real Kashmir	Jammu & Kashmir	Srinagar	TRC Turf Ground	10,000
Shillong Lajong	Meghalaya	Shillong	SSA Stadium	5,000
Shillong Lajong	Meghalaya	Shillong	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	17,000
Sporting Bengaluru	Karnataka	Bengaluru	Bangalore Football Stadium	8,400
Sreenidi Deccan	Telangana	Hyderabad	Deccan Arena	1,500

^ The club is based in New Delhi, but will play its home games in Mahilpur, Punjab for the 2024–25 season.^[5]
^ The club is based in Varanasi but will play its home games in Kalyani due to a lack of football stadiums and poor infrastructure in Uttar Pradesh.^[7]

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Aizawl	Victor Lalbiakmawia	Lalchhawnkima	Vamos^[8]	NECS Limited^[9]
Churchill Brothers	Dimitris Dimitriou	Aubin Kouakou	King Sports	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^[10]	CSB Bank^[11]
Inter Kashi	Antonio López Habas	Sumeet Passi	Hummel^[12]	UCO Bank^[13]
Namdhari	Fernando Capobianco	Manvir Singh	SPS Hospitals^[14]	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	^[15]
Inter Kashi	Arata Izumi	End of interim spell	25 July 2024		Antonio López Habas	25 July 2024	^[16]
Sreenidi Deccan	Carlos Vaz Pinto	Signed by Mafra	16 June 2024		Domingo Oramas	03 August 2024	^[17]
Rajasthan United	Pushpender Kundu	End of contract	31 May 2024		Walter Caprile	20 August 2024	^[18]
Sreenidi Deccan	Domingo Oramas	Sacked^[19]	24 September 2024		Rui Amorim	26 September 2024	^[20]

Foreign players

Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Former player(s)
Aizawl
Churchill Brothers	Sebastian Gutierrez	Gnohere Krizo	Aubin Kouakou	Pape Gassama	Wayde Lekay		Juan Mera Kurtis Guthrie
Delhi	Dawa Tshering	Danilo Quipapá	Stephane Binong	Laken Limbu	Stephen Acquah	Nelson Okwa	Stephane Dang
Dempo	Damián Perez Roa	Matija Babović	Shaher Shaheen
Gokulam Kerala	Adama Niane	Nacho Abeledo	Sergio Llamas	Martín Cháves	Siniša Stanisavić
Inter Kashi	Joni Kauko	Domi Berlanga	Nikola Stojanović	David Humanes	Julen Pérez	Mario Barco
Namdhari	Dé	Vicente	Francis Addo	Joseph Gordon	Adrián Montoro	Moro Lamine
Rajasthan United	Ronny Rodríguez	Ronaldo Johnson Mina	Bektur Amangeldiyev	Alain Oyarzun	Lucas Rodríguez	Gerard Artigas
Real Kashmir	Paulo Cézar	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	Carlos Lomba	Jordan Lamela	Yuya Kuriyama
Sreenidi Deccan	Faysal Shayesteh	Eli Sabiá	William Alves	David Castañeda	Roly Bonevacia	Ángel Orelien

League table

Unlike last season, only one team will be relegated this year.^[21]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Inter Kashi	7	4	2	1	12	6	+6	14	Champions and Promotion to Indian Super League
2	Churchill Brothers	7	4	1	2	12	7	+5	13
3	Namdhari	7	3	2	2	6	5	+1	11
4	Gokulam Kerala	7	2	4	1	10	5	+5	10
5	Dempo	7	3	1	3	5	6	−1	10
6	Rajasthan United	7	3	1	3	8	15	−7	10
7	Real Kashmir	6	2	3	1	7	5	+2	9
8	Sreenidi Deccan	7	3	0	4	11	13	−2	9
9	Delhi	7	2	2	3	8	15	−7	8
10	Shillong Lajong	6	1	3	2	11	7	+4	6
11	Aizawl	7	1	3	3	9	11	−2	6
12	Sporting Bengaluru	7	1	2	4	7	11	−4	5	Relegation to I-League 2

Updated to match(es) played on 10 January 2025. 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				1–2	1–1		2–0	3–4
Churchill Brothers		—		2–0			0–1
Delhi			—		0–5					3–1
Dempo				—
Gokulam Kerala	1–1	0–1			—			0–0
Inter Kashi		1–3	5–1			—					1–0	3–1
Namdhari	3–1		0–0	0–1			—	1–3	1–0
Rajasthan United								—
Real Kashmir			2–1		1–1	1–1		2–0	—
Shillong Lajong		2–2		0–2	0–0	0–0		8–0		—
Sporting Bengaluru		1–3	2–2	3–1			0–0				—
Sreenidi Deccan		2–1	0–1	0–1	2–3			2–1				—

Updated to match(es) played on 9 January 2025. 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
Team ╲ Round
Aizawl	D	W	D	L	L	D	L
Churchill Brothers	D	L	W	W	W	W	L
Delhi	D	L	L	W	D	W	L
Dempo	D	W	W	L	W	L
Gokulam Kerala	W	D	D	L	D	D	W
Inter Kashi	W	W	D	D	L	W
Namdhari	D	L	L	W	W	D	W
Rajasthan United	L	W	L	L	W	D	W
Real Kashmir	W	D	W	D	L	D
Shillong Lajong	D	L	D	W	D	L
Sporting Bengaluru	L	L	L	W	D	D	L
Sreenidi Deccan	L	W	W	L	L	L	W

Updated to match(es) played on 9 January 2025. Source: I-League
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Positions by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Round
Aizawl	8	4	5	8	10	10
Churchill Brothers	4	8	7	3	1	1
Delhi	7	11	11	10	11	6
Dempo	6	3	3	4	2	3
Gokulam Kerala	2	5	6	7	7	7
Inter Kashi	3	1	1	1	3	2
Namdhari	9	10	10	9	5	5
Rajasthan United	12	7	8	12	9	8
Real Kashmir	1	2	2	2	4	4
Shillong Lajong	5	9	9	6	6	9
Sporting Bengaluru	11	12	12	11	12	12
Sreenidi Deccan	10	6	4	5	8	11

	Promotion to 2025-26 Indian Super League
	Relegation to 2025-26 I-League 2

Source: [1]

Season statistics

As of 15 December 2024

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Stéphane Binong	Delhi	5
1	Wayde Lekay	Churchill Brothers	5
3	Domi Berlanga	Inter Kashi	4
3	Dé	Namdhari	4
5	Ángel Orelien	Sreenidi Deccan	3
	Lalhriatpuia Lalrinfela	Aizawl
	Douglas Tardin	Shillong Lajong
	Alain Oyarzun	Rajasthan United

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Domi Berlanga	Inter Kashi	Delhi	5–1 (H)	1 December 2024	^[22]
Dé	Namdhari	Aizawl	3–1 (H)	8 December 2024	^[23]
David Castañeda	Sreenidhi	Aizawl	4–3 (A)	9 January 2025	^[24]

Top assists

Rank	Player	Team	Assists
1	Joni Kauko	Inter Kashi	4
1	Sebastián Gutiérrez	Churchill Brothers	4
3	Damián Peréz Roa	Dempo	2
	Shafeel PP	SC Bengaluru
	Mohammed Aqib	Real Kashmir
	Imanol Arana	Shillong Lajong
	Anil Gaonkar	Churchill Brothers
	Danilo Quipapá	Delhi
	Edmund Lalrindika	Inter Kashi

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Team	Clean sheets
1	Ashish Sibi	Dempo	4
2	Ranit Sarkar	Shillong Lajong	3
2	Jaspreet Singh	Namdhari	3
4	Vanlal Hriatpuia	Aizawl	2
	Arindam Bhattacharya	Inter Kashi
	Sayad Bin Abdul Kadir	Churchill Brothers
	Shibinraj Kunniyil	Gokulam Kerala
8	Lalmuansanga	Delhi	1
	Mohammed Arbaz	Real Kashmir
	Calvin Abhishek	Delhi
	James Kithan	Rajasthan United
	Bishal Lama	SC Bengaluru

Attendance

Overall

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Delhi	17,869	10,738	7,131	8,934	+1,437.7%^†
2	Real Kashmir	20,754	6,420	4,000	5,188	+48.3%^†
3	Shillong Lajong	22,548	5,865	3,665	4,510	−28.6%^†
4	Gokulam Kerala	12,713	6,243	3,250	4,238	−17.1%^†
5	Churchill Brothers	2,279	1,750	529	1,139	−1.5%^†
6	Aizawl	4,568	1,833	483	913	−49.8%^†
7	Namdhari	4,225	1,500	250	845	+65.0%^†
8	Inter Kashi	2,996	1,051	115	749	+42.9%^†
9	Sreenidi Deccan	2,807	928	206	546	+33.8%^†
10	Sporting Bengaluru	2,080	821	369	525	+7.8%^†
11	Rajasthan United	629	629		629	+243.7%^†
12	Dempo					NA^†
	League total	93,239	10,738	115	2,330	+20.5%^†

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

Attendances by home matches

Team \ Match played	1	2	3	4	5	Total
Aizawl	1,233	1,833	483	519	500	4,568
Churchill Brothers	529	1,750				2,279
Delhi	7,131	10,738				17,869
Dempo
Gokulam Kerala	6,243	3,250	3,220			12,713
Inter Kashi	1,051	1,033	797	115		2,996
Namdhari	1,500	600	250	875	1,000	4,225
Rajasthan United	629					629
Real Kashmir	5,132	6,420	5,202	4,000		20,754
Shillong Lajong	5,865	4,715	3,922	4,381	3,665	22,548
Sreenidi Deccan	928	675	381	206	617	2,807
Sporting Bengaluru	471	821	369	419		2,080

Legend: Highest Lowest
Updated to game(s) played on 9 January 2024
Source: I-League

Awards

Player 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	Lalchhawnkima	Aizawl	9	Alain Oyarzun	Rajasthan United
10	Damián Peréz Roa	Dempo	11	Ángel Orelien	Sreenidi Deccan	12	Domi Berlanga	Inter Kashi
13	Matija Babovic	Dempo	14	Rishad PP	Gokulam Kerala	15	Aminou Bouba	Real Kashmir
16	Sebastián Gutiérrez	Churchill Brothers	17	Ángel Orelien (2)	Sreenidi Deccan	18	Phrangki Buam	Shillong Lajong
19	Salam Johnson Singh	SC Bengaluru	20	Lamgoulen Hangshing	Churchill Brothers	21	Dé	Namdhari
22	Douglas Tardin	Shillong Lajong	23	Domi Berlanga (2)	Inter Kashi	24	Stéphane Binong	Delhi
25	Stéphane Binong (2)	Delhi	26	Damián Peréz Roa (2)	Dempo	27	Alain Oyarzun (2)	Rajasthan United
28	Nacho Abeledo (2)	Gokulam Kerala	29	Sebastián Gutiérrez (2)	Churchill Brothers	30	Gursimrat Singh (2)	Namdhari
31	Lalliansanga Renthlei	Churchill Brothers	32	Joel Lalramchhana	Aizawl	33	Stéphane Binong (3)	Delhi
34	Sergio Llamas	Gokulam Kerala	35	Thomyo Shimray	SC Bengaluru	36	Mario Barco	Inter Kashi
37	Sergio Llamas (2)	Gokulam Kerala	38	Jaspreet Singh	Namdhari	39	Asif OM	SC Bengaluru
40	David Castañeda	Sreenidi Deccan	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.
^ "Delhi FC to host I League matches at Mahilpur". The Tribune. 12 November 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
^ "I-League: Non-compliant academy ground forces Dempo to shift to Fatorda". The Times of India. 7 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
^ "I-League 2024-25: Habas loses first league match as Inter Kashi manager". Sportstar. 14 December 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
^ "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.
^ "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.
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^ "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).
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[6] The club is based in New Delhi, but will play its home games in Mahilpur, Punjab for the 2024–25 season.^[5]

[9] The club is based in Varanasi but will play its home games in Kalyani due to a lack of football stadiums and poor infrastructure in Uttar Pradesh.^[7]

[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.

[5] "Delhi FC to host I League matches at Mahilpur". The Tribune. 12 November 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.

[7] "I-League: Non-compliant academy ground forces Dempo to shift to Fatorda". The Times of India. 7 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2025.

[8] "I-League 2024-25: Habas loses first league match as Inter Kashi manager". Sportstar. 14 December 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2025.

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

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

[12] "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.

[13] 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.

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

[15] "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.

[16] 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

[23] "Points Table | I-League".

[24] "Inter Kashi 5 – 1 Delhi". Soccerway. 1 December 2024. Archived from the original on 8 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.

[25] "Namdhari 3 – 1 Aizawl". Soccerway. 8 December 2024. Archived from the original on 8 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.

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