2018 19 I-League 2nd Division

Template:Infobox football league season The 2019 I-League 2nd Division (known as Hero 2018–19 I-League 2nd Division, for sponsorship reasons) was the 12th season of the I-League 2nd Division, the second division Indian football league, since its establishment in 2008. The league was played from January to April 2019.^[1]

TRAU won the title and earned the promotion to 2019–20 I-League.

Teams

At the start of the season 23 teams applied for participation in this edition of the league.^[2] On 7 December 2018, it was announced by the league committee that nine clubs cleared the licensing criteria and are allowed to participate in this season. Additionally TRAU F.C. were granted three days of extension to clear the club licensing, considering the situation in their state league. TRAU cleared the licensing, taking the total teams competing to sixteen.Template:Fact <section begin=map /> Template:Location map+<section end=map />

Stadiums and locations

Team	City/State	Stadium	Capacity
ARA	Ahmedabad, Gujarat	The Arena	22,000
ATK (R)	Kolkata, West Bengal	Sailen Manna Stadium	15,000
Bengaluru (R)	Bengaluru, Karnataka	Bangalore Football Stadium	8,400
Chennaiyin (R)	Chennai, Tamil Nadu	SSN College Ground	400
Chhinga Veng FC	Aizawl, Mizoram	Rajiv Gandhi Stadium	20,000
Fateh Hyderabad	Hyderabad, Telangana	FSV Arena	100
Goa (R)	Margao, Goa	GMC Athletic Stadium	3,200
Hindustan	Delhi	Ambedkar Stadium	35,000
Jamshedpur (R)	Jamshedpur, Jharkhand	JRD Tata Sports Complex	24,500
Kerala Blasters (R)	Kochi, Kerala	Panampally Ground	300
Lonestar Kashmir	Katra, Jammu and Kashmir	SMVDSB Sports Complex	2,600
Mohammedan	Kolkata, West Bengal	Kalyani Stadium	20,000
Ozone	Bengaluru, Karnataka	Bangalore Football Stadium	8,400
Rainbow	New Barrackpore, West Bengal	Barasat Stadium	22,000
South United	Bengaluru, Karnataka	Bangalore Football Stadium	8,400
TRAU	Imphal, Manipur	Khuman Lampak Main Stadium	35,000

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
ARA	Template:Flagicon Vivek Nagul	Seven	Amul
ATK (R)	Template:Flagicon Deggie Cardozo	Nivia	CESC Limited
Bengaluru (R)	Template:Flagicon Naushad Moosa	Puma	Kia Motors
Chennaiyin (R)	Template:Flagicon Sameer Shaikh	Performax	Apollo Tyres
Chhinga Veng	Template:Flagicon Danny Lalduhawma	None	JSJ FitPro
Fateh Hyderabad	Template:Flagicon Vimal Arora	Vector X^[3]	Premier
Goa (R)	Template:Flagicon Clifford Miranda	Sqad Gear	Xiaomi
Hindustan	Template:Flagicon Sena	Cosco	Hero Motocorp
Jamshedpur (R)	Template:Flagicon Kundan Chandra	Nivia	Tata Steel
Kerala Blasters (R)	Template:Flagicon Renjith Ajithkumar	Six5Six	Muthoot
Lonestar Kashmir	Template:Flagicon Ishfaq Ahmed	Kaizen	Rising Kashmir
Mohammedan	Template:Flagicon Raghunath Nandi^[4]	Kaizen	Orion
Ozone	Template:Flagicon David Booth	Lotto	Ozone Group
Rainbow	Template:Flagicon Jahar Das	Vamos	New Barrackpore Co-operative Homes Ltd
South United	Template:Flagicon Noel Wilson	Pyramid Sports	Hot Fut
TRAU	Template:Flagicon Nandakumar Singh^[5]	VectorX	HVS Constructions

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing Head Coach	Manner of departure	Incoming Head Coach	Date of appointment
Mohammedan	Template:Flagicon Biswajit Bhattacharya	2018	Template:Flagicon Raghunath Nandi	2018
South United	Template:Flagicon Miquel Llado Plana	2019	Template:Flagicon Noel Wilson	2019

Foreign players

Each club, excluding the Indian Super League reserve sides, can register three foreign players in their squad. One of the foreign players has to be from an AFC Member Nation.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Asian Visa
ARA
Chhinga Veng FC	Template:Flagicon Godwin Quashiga	Template:Flagicon
Fateh Hyderabad	Template:Flagicon Edmund Owusu Peprah	Template:Flagicon Forster Addae	Template:Flagicon Emile Demey
Hindustan	Template:Flagicon Trokon Saykiamien	Template:Flagicon Ronaque Bakshi	Template:Flagicon Maruf Fazly
Lonestar Kashmir	Template:Flagicon Wahab Lasisi	Template:Flagicon Jagaba Hamza	Template:Flagicon Lhendup Dorji^[6]
Mohammedan	Template:Flagicon Phillip Adjah Tetteh^[7]	Template:Flagicon Arthur Kouassi
Ozone	Template:Flagicon Chika Wali	Template:Flagicon William Opoku
Rainbow	Template:Flagicon Joel Sunday	Template:Flagicon Emmanuel Chigozie
South United
TRAU	Template:Flagicon Princewill Emeka	Template:Flagicon Joseph Olaleye

Preliminary round

Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied in the order given to determine the rankings: Greater number of points obtained in the matches between the Teams concerned Goal difference resulting from the matches between the Teams concerned Greater number of goals scored in the matches between the Teams concerned Goal difference in all the matches Greater number of goals scored in all the matches Drawing of lots

Group A

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Fixtures and results

Group B

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Group C

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Final round

Group champions from preliminary round and second placed team from Group C will qualify for this round. The four sides will play each other twice in the home and away format. The team that finishes top of the table in the Final Round will be crowned champions, and earn promotion.^[8]

Table

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Fixtures and results

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Season statistics

Top scorers

Template:Updated^[9]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Template:Flagicon Phillip Adjah Tetteh	Mohammedan	10
1	Template:Flagicon Princewill Emeka Olariche	TRAU	10
3	Template:Flagicon C. S. Sabeeth	Ozone	8
4	Template:Flagicon Joel Sunday	Rainbow	7
4	Template:Flagicon Joseph Mayowa Olaleye	TRAU	7
6	Template:Flagicon Aaren D Silva	Goa (R)	6
7	Template:Flagicon Altamash Sayed	Bengaluru (R)	5
	Template:Flagicon Arthur Kouassi	Mohammedan
	Template:Flagicon Thomyo L. Shimray	ATK (R)
	Template:Flagicon Yumnam Singh	ATK (R)
	Template:Flagicon Roshan Singh	Bengaluru (R)
	Template:Flagicon Jagaba Hamza	Lonestar Kashmir
	Template:Flagicon Lalliansanga	Chhinga Veng

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Template:Flagicon Syed Shoaib Ahmed	ARA FC	Hindustan FC	4–3 (H)	Template:Dts	^[10]
Template:Flagicon Liston Colaco	FC Goa (R)	Hindustan FC	6-0 (H)	Template:Dts
Template:Flagicon Imanuel Lalthazuala	Chhinga Veng FC	Rainbow AC	3-1 (H)	Template:Dts
Template:Flagicon Phillip Adjah Tetteh	Mohammedan	Jamshedpur (R)	2-4 (A)	Template:Dts

Clean sheets

Template:Updated

Rank	Player	Club	Clean Sheets
1	Template:Flagicon Zothanmawia	Chhinga Veng	6
2	Template:Flagicon Aditya Patra	Bengaluru (R)	5
	Template:Flagicon Shubham Dhas	Goa (R)
	Template:Flagicon Dharmindar Guru	Ozone
5	Template:Flagicon Mithun Samonto	TRAU	4
6	Template:Flagicon Jedidi Haokip	ATK (R)	3
6	Template:Flagicon Priyant Kumar Singh	Mohammedan	3
8	Template:Flagicon Fayaz Shaikh	Fateh Hyderabad	2
	Template:Flagicon Dibyendu Sarkar	Rainbow
	Template:Flagicon Abhishek Das	ARA

References

↑ LEAGUE COMMITTEE MEETS AT AIFF HQ IN NEW DELHI(7 December 2018). Retrieved 8 December 2018.
↑ AIFF Executive Committee announce 2nd Division I-League tentative kick-off date.
↑ Fateh Hyderabad AFC is proud to announce its first ever Official Kitting Partner for the 2019 season. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
↑ CFL 2018: Mohammedan SC ropes in Raghu Nandi as coach. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
↑ Will aim for next season's I League: TRAU's secretary. Retrieved 9 January 2019.Template:Dead link
↑ Lhendup Dorji to play with Lonestar Kashmir FC in India. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
↑ Mohammedan Sporting Sign Striker Phillip Adjah Tetteh. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
↑ Hero 2nd Division League set to kick-off on January 12(9 January 2019). Retrieved 6 Apr 2019.
↑ Players–Goals. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
↑ ARA FC of to a flier. Ahmedabad Mirror.

External links

Official I-League website.

Template:I-League 2nd Division Template:2018–19 in Indian football

[Teams-1] LEAGUE COMMITTEE MEETS AT AIFF HQ IN NEW DELHI(7 December 2018). Retrieved 8 December 2018.

[2] AIFF Executive Committee announce 2nd Division I-League tentative kick-off date.

[3] Fateh Hyderabad AFC is proud to announce its first ever Official Kitting Partner for the 2019 season. Retrieved 12 December 2018.

[4] CFL 2018: Mohammedan SC ropes in Raghu Nandi as coach. Retrieved 12 December 2018.

[5] Will aim for next season's I League: TRAU's secretary. Retrieved 9 January 2019.Template:Dead link

[6] Lhendup Dorji to play with Lonestar Kashmir FC in India. Retrieved 9 January 2019.

[7] Mohammedan Sporting Sign Striker Phillip Adjah Tetteh. Retrieved 12 December 2018.

[8] Hero 2nd Division League set to kick-off on January 12(9 January 2019). Retrieved 6 Apr 2019.

[9] Players–Goals. Retrieved 12 January 2019.

[10] ARA FC of to a flier. Ahmedabad Mirror.

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