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Revision as of 16:03, 21 December 2019
Football league season
| Season | 2019–20 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 30 November 2019 - 05 April 2020 |
| Matches played | 18 |
| Goals scored | 50 (2.78 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Fran González (5 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Mohun Bagan 4−0 TRAU (11 December 2019) |
| Biggest away win | NEROCA 1−4 East Bengal (10 December 2019) |
| Highest scoring | Mohun Bagan 2−4 Churchill Brothers (8 December 2019) Aizawl 3−3 Punjab (20 December 2019) |
| Longest winning run | Gokulam Kerala Churchill Brothers East Bengal Mohun Bagan Punjab (2 games) |
| Longest unbeaten run | East Bengal Punjab (4 games) |
| Longest winless run | TRAU Indian Arrows (3 games) |
| Longest losing run | TRAU Indian Arrows (3 games) |
| Highest attendance | 31,184 |
| Lowest attendance | 1,217 |
| Total attendance | 180,184 |
| Average attendance | 10,010 |
| ← 2018–19 2020−21 → All statistics correct as of 14:30, 20 December 2019 (UTC). | |
The 2019–20 I-League is the 13th season of the I-League, one of the top Indian professional football leagues, since its establishment in 2007. It is also known as Hero I League due to the sponsorship deal with Hero Motor India. A total of 11 teams will compete in the league.
Chennai City are the defending champions, having won the previous season. TRAU F.C. joined as a promoted club from the I-League 2nd Division. Shillong Lajong F.C. were relegated from the I-League last season and will play in the second division in the 2019-20 season. 2017-18 champion Minerva Punjab will play as Punjab F.C. from this season as the club renamed on 30 October 2019.
Changes from last season
Team changes
Promoted clubs
Promoted from the 2018–19 I-League 2nd Division
Relegated clubs
Relegated from the 2018–19 I-League
Teams
AizawlChennai CityChurchill BrothersGokulam KeralaIndian ArrowsPunjabImphal
Imphal teamsNEROCA
TRAU
Real KashmirKolkataKolkata teamsEast Bengal
Mohun Bagan
class=notpageimage| Locations of the I-League clubs
Stadiums and locations
| Team | City/State | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aizawl | Aizawl, Mizoram | Rajiv Gandhi Stadium | 20,000 |
| Chennai City | Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | 30,000 |
| Churchill Brothers | Margao, Goa | Fatorda Stadium | 20,000 |
| Gokulam Kerala | Calicut, Kerala | Kozhikode EMS Stadium | 80,000 |
| Indian Arrows | Vasco da Gama, Goa | Tilak Maidan Stadium | 5,000 |
| Bhubaneshwar, Odisha | Kalinga Stadium | 15,000 | |
| Mohun Bagan | Kalyani, West Bengal | Kalyani Stadium | 20,000 |
| NEROCA | Imphal, Manipur | Khuman Lampak Main Stadium | 35,000 |
| Punjab | Panchkula, Chandigarh | Guru Nanak Stadium | 10,000 |
| Quess East Bengal | Kolkata, West Bengal | Kalyani Stadium | 20,000 |
| Real Kashmir | Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir | TRC Turf Ground | 15,000 |
| TRAU | Imphal, Manipur | Khuman Lampak Main Stadium | 35,000 |
Personnel and sponsorship
| Team | Head coach | Captain | Sponsor | Kit Manufacturer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aizawl |  Stanley Rozario
|
 Alfred Jaryan
|
NECS Limited | Vamos |
| Chennai City |  Akbar Nawas
|
 Pedro Manzi
|
Nivia | Uhlsport |
| Churchill Brothers |  Bernardo Tavares
|
 Willis Plaza
|
Churchill | Nivia |
| Gokulam Kerala | Fernando Santiago
|
Marcus Joseph
|
Sree Gokulam Group |
Kaizen |
| Indian Arrows | Shanmugam Venkatesh
|
Vikram Pratap Singh
|
Hero MotoCorp | Six5Six |
| Mohun Bagan | Kibu Vicuña
|
Dhanachandra Singh
|
TBA | Shiv Naresh |
| NEROCA | Gift Raikhan
|
TBA | Living 3D | Vicky Transform |
| Punjab | Chun Yan Law
|
Sanju Pradhan
|
Apollo Tyres | Spartan |
| Quess East Bengal | Alejandro Menéndez
|
 Kassim Aidara (interim)
|
Quess Corp
Paragon |
Kaizen |
| Real Kashmir |  David Robertson
|
 Loveday Enyinnaya
|
J&K Bank | Adidas |
| TRAU |  Douglas Silva
|
Princewell Emeka
|
Aciesta | Nivia |
Head coaching changes
| Team | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure | Position in table | Incoming coach | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Churchill Brothers |  Petre Gigiu
|
Contract finished | Pre-season |  Edward Ansah
|
16 May 2019 |
| Mohun Bagan | Khalid Jamil
|
Contract finished | Kibu Vicuña
|
10 May 2019 | |
| Gokulam Kerala F.C. | Gift Raikhan
|
Contract finished | Fernando Andres Santiago Valera
|
01 July 2019 | |
| NEROCA | Manuel Retamero Fraile
|
Contract finished | Gift Raikhan
|
01 July 2019 | |
| Punjab | Sachin Badadhe
|
End of caretaker spell | Chun Yan Law
|
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| TRAU | L Nandkumar Singh
|
Promoted to Technical Director |  Dimitris Dimitriou
|
18 September 2019 | |
| Churchill Brothers | Edward Ansah
|
demoted to Assistant Coach | Bernardo Tavares
|
28 November 2019 | |
| TRAU | Dimitris Dimitriou
|
Left due to personal reasons | Douglas Silva
|
29 November 2019 |
Transfers
Further information: List of 2019–20 I-League season roster changesForeign players
As of 2019-20 season, there are no more restrictions on a number of signed foreign players, but clubs can only register up to five foreign players for a single match-day squad. Indian Arrows cannot sign any foreign players as they are the AIFF developmental team.
In bold: Players that have been capped for their senior national team.
League table
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Bengal | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 8 | Champion and Qualification for AFC Cup playoffs |
| 2 | Punjab | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | |
| 3 | Mohun Bagan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 7 | |
| 4 | Churchill Brothers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 | |
| 5 | Gokulam Kerala | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | |
| 6 | Aizawl | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| 7 | Chennai City | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 5 | |
| 8 | NEROCA | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | |
| 9 | Real Kashmir | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | Indian Arrows | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 | |
| 11 | TRAU | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 | Relegation to I-League 2nd Division |
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
Results
| Home \ Away | AFC | CHE | CHU | EAB | GOK | INA | MIN | MOH | NER | REK | TRU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aizawl | — | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | a | a | |||||
| Chennai City | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | ||||||||
| Churchill Brothers | — | 3–0 | |||||||||
| East Bengal | — | a | 1–1 | 2–1 | |||||||
| Gokulam Kerala | — | 2–1 | |||||||||
| Indian Arrows | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | ||||||||
| Punjab | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | |||||||
| Mohun Bagan | 2–4 | a | 2–1 | — | 4–0 | ||||||
| NEROCA | 1–0 | 1–4 | — | a | |||||||
| Real Kashmir | — | ||||||||||
| TRAU | a | a | — |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Season statistics
- As of 20 December 2019
Scoring
Top scorers
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Top Indian scorers
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Hat-tricks
Main article: List of I-League hat-tricks| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Source: | |||||
Cleansheets
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Debjit Majumder
|
Mohun Bagan | 1 |
| Lalremruata Arema
|
Aizawl | ||
| Jafar Mondal
|
Churchill Brothers | ||
| Nauzet Santana
|
Chennai City | ||
| Ubaid CK
|
Gokulam Kerala | ||
| Marvin Phillip
|
NEROCA | ||
| Sankar Roy
|
Mohun Bagan | ||
 Kiran Chemjong
|
Punjab | ||
| Source: | |||
Discipline
Player
- Most yellow cards: 4
- Gurjinder Kumar (Mohun Bagan)
- Most red cards: 1
- Anwar Ali (Punjab)
- Andre Ettienne (Gokulam Kerala)
- Gurjinder Kumar (Mohun Bagan)
Club
- Most yellow cards: 15
- Punjab
- Most red card: 1
- Punjab
- Gokulam Kerala
- Mohun Bagan
Attendance
- As of 20 December 2019
| Team | GP | Cumulative | High | Low | Mean |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aizawl | 3 | 20,661 | 7,642 | 5,928 | 6,887 |
| Chennai City | 1 | 8,882 | 8,882 | 8,882 | 8,882 |
| Churchill Brothers | 1 | 7,625 | 7,625 | 7,625 | 7,625 |
| Gokulam Kerala | 1 | 31,184 | 31,184 | 31,184 | 31,184 |
| Indian Arrows | 2 | 2,835 | 1,618 | 1,217 | 1,217 |
| Mohun Bagan | 3 | 37,357 | 14,386 | 8,834 | 12,452 |
| NEROCA | 2 | 37,144 | 19,782 | 17,362 | 18,572 |
| Punjab | 3 | 13,022 | 4,587 | 3,110 | 4,340 |
| Quess East Bengal | 2 | 21,474 | 11,592 | 9,882 | 10,737 |
| Real Kashmir | |||||
| TRAU | |||||
| Total | 18 | 180,184 | 31,184 | 1,217 | 10,010 |
| Legend | Lowest
Highest |
Source: | |||
Award
Hero of the Match
| Match | Hero of the Match | Match | Hero of the Match | Match | Hero of the Match | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | |||
| Match 1 | Lalremruata Arema
|
Aizawl | Match 38 | Match 75 | ||||
| Match 2 | Marcus Joseph
|
Gokulam Kerala | Match 39 | Match 76 | ||||
| Match 3 | Lalkhawpuimawia
|
Churchill Brothers | Match 40 | Match 77 | ||||
| Match 4 | Adolfo Miranda
|
Chennai City | Match 41 | Match 78 | ||||
| Match 5 | Juan Mera
|
East Bengal | Match 42 | Match 79 | ||||
| Match 6 | Marvin Phillip
|
NEROCA | Match 43 | Match 80 | ||||
| Match 7 | Hormipam Ruivah
|
Indian Arrows | Match 44 | Match 81 | ||||
| Match 8 | Danilo Quipapá
|
Punjab | Match 45 | Match 82 | ||||
| Match 9 | Willis Plaza
|
Churchill Brothers | Match 46 | Match 83 | ||||
| Match 10 | Samik Mitra
|
Indian Arrows | Match 47 | Match 84 | ||||
| Match 11 | Jaime Santos
|
East Bengal | Match 48 | Match 85 | ||||
| Match 12 | Kiran Chemjong
|
Punjab | Match 49 | Match 86 | ||||
| Match 13 | Fran González
|
Mohun Bagan | Match 50 | Match 87 | ||||
| Match 14 | Laishram Premjit Singh
|
TRAU | Match 51 | Match 88 | ||||
| Match 15 |  Aser Dipanda
|
Punjab | Match 52 | Match 89 | ||||
| Match 16 | Fran González
|
Mohun Bagan | Match 53 | Match 90 | ||||
| Match 17 | William Lalnunfela
|
Aizwal | Match 54 | Match 91 | ||||
| Match 18 | Jonathan Lalrawngbawla
|
Aizawl | Match 55 | Match 92 | ||||
| Match 19 | Match 56 | Match 93 | ||||||
| Match 20 | Match 57 | Match 94 | ||||||
| Match 21 | Match 58 | Match 95 | ||||||
| Match 22 | Match 59 | Match 96 | ||||||
| Match 23 | Match 60 | Match 97 | ||||||
| Match 24 | Match 61 | Match 98 | ||||||
| Match 25 | Match 62 | Match 99 | ||||||
| Match 26 | Match 63 | Match 100 | ||||||
| Match 27 | Match 64 | Match 101 | ||||||
| Match 28 | Match 65 | Match 102 | ||||||
| Match 29 | Match 66 | Match 103 | ||||||
| Match 30 | Match 67 | Match 104 | ||||||
| Match 31 | Match 68 | Match 105 | ||||||
| Match 32 | Match 69 | Match 106 | ||||||
| Match 33 | Match 70 | Match 107 | ||||||
| Match 34 | Match 71 | Match 108 | ||||||
| Match 35 | Match 72 | Match 109 | ||||||
| Match 36 | Match 73 | Match 110 | ||||||
| Match 37 | Match 74 | Source: | ||||||
Notes
- 1. The Hero of the match for Mohun Bagan vs TRAU was not announced/published in the I League official website.
- 2. The Hero of the match for Mohun Bagan vs Gokulam Kerala was not announced/published in the I League official website.
References
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- "Chennai City FC crowned I-League champions after another photo finish".
- "TRAU FC wins Second Division League, qualifies for I-League". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- "I-League: Shillong Lajong relegated after losing 4-1 to Aizawl FC". indiatoday.in. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- "Minerva Punjab renamed as Punjab Football Club". Sportstar. The Hindu. 30 October 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
- "2019-20 Hero I League Fixtures (Stadiums)". Hero I League. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
- "Chennai City announce strategic partnership with Uhlsports". AIFF. 19 August 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- "Spartan sports will be the official kit sponsor of Minerva Punjab FC for the upcoming season". twitter.com. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- "QEBFC vs RKFC MATCH SUMMARY" (PDF).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Quess East Bengal FC". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- https://fanport.in/football/i-league/churchill-brothes-headcoach/
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- https://scroll.in/field/930989/indian-football-fernando-santiago-varela-appointed-head-coach-of-i-league-club-gokulam-kerala
- "NEROCA set to appoint Gift Raikhan as head coach for upcoming I League season".
- "TRAU FC appoint Cyprot Dimitris Dimitriou as their head coach".
- ^ "Statistics: Hero I-League". Hero I League. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
- "Attendance".
- "I League Statistics: Attendances". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
- "I-League News". AIFF. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- "Mohun Bagan overwhelm TRAU FC for first win of 2019-20 Hero I-League season". I League. AIFF. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- "Mohun Bagan overwhelm TRAU FC for first win of 2019-20 Hero I-League season". I League. AIFF. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
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