2016 17 I-League 2nd Division

Template:Infobox football league season The 2016–17 I-League 2nd Division was the tenth season of the I-League 2nd Division, the second-tier Indian league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2008. The season began on 21 January 2017 and will feature 12 teams which will be divided into three groups of four teams each. NEROCA F.C. won the title and secured the promotion to I-League. 12 teams participated in the league.

Teams

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Stadiums and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Delhi United	New Delhi, Delhi	Ambedkar Stadium	20,000
Fateh Hyderabad	Hyderabad, Telangana	Gachibowli Athletic Stadium	30,000
Hindustan	New Delhi, Delhi	Thyagaraj Sports Complex	5,000
Kenkre	Mumbai, Maharastra	Cooperage Ground	5,000
Lonestar Kashmir	Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir	Polo Ground	10,000
Mohammedan	Kolkata, West Bengal	Mohammedan Sporting Ground	15,000
NEROCA	Imphal, Manipur	Khuman Lampak Main Stadium	30,000
Ozone	Bangalore, Karnataka	Bangalore Football Stadium	8,400
Pride Sports	Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh	Dr. Rajendra Prasad Football Stadium	10,000
Real Kashmir	Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir	Bakshi Stadium	30,000
Southern Samity	Kolkata, West Bengal	Barasat Stadium	22,000
Sudeva Moonlight	New Delhi, Delhi	Ambedkar Stadium	20,000

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Template:Nobreak	Template:Flagicon Clebson Duarte Da Silva	Nivia	Aakash Healthcare
Template:Nobreak	Template:Flagicon ES Shyam	T10 Sports	None
Template:Nobreak	Template:Flagicon Abhijoy basu	Cosco	Hero
Template:Nobreak	Template:Flagicon Ekendra Singh	Cosco	Customers
Template:Nobreak	Template:Flagicon Fahd Khan	None	Lonestar
Template:Nobreak	Template:Flagicon Ranjan Chowdhury	Kaizen Sports	None
Template:Nobreak	Template:Flagicon Gift Raikhan	None	Classic group of hotels
Template:Nobreak	Template:Flagicon Bert Zuurman	None	Ozone Group
Template:Nobreak	Template:Flagicon Paulo Pedro	None	None
Template:Nobreak	Template:Flagicon David Robertson	None	Mentor
Template:Nobreak	Template:Flagicon Amit Sen	None	None
Template:Nobreak	Template:Flagicon Carlton Chapman	None	United Nations

Foreign players

Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to three per team. A team could use two foreign players on the field each game.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Released
Delhi United	Template:Flagicon Stephen Harry	Template:Flagicon Chibueze Jonathon	Template:Flagicon Hamidullah Nesar Ahmed	Template:Flagicon Mohammed Adeola Hassan
Fateh Hyderabad	Template:Flagicon Adam Mitter	Template:Flagicon Luis Carlos Santos	Template:Flagicon Saihou Jagne	Template:Flagicon Bruno Bryan
Hindustan	Template:Flagicon Adehin Nelson	—	—	—
Kenkre	Template:Flagicon Yao Kouassi Bernard	Template:Flagicon Boubacar Keita	Template:Flagicon Korhena A Boakai	Template:Flagicon Spenser Johnson
Lonestar Kashmir	Template:Flagicon Lancine ToureTemplate:Efn-ua	Template:Flagicon Alexandre Tabillon	—
Mohammedan	Template:Flagicon Leonce Dodoz	Template:Flagicon Lancine Toure	Template:Flagicon Alexandre Tabillon	—
NEROCA	Template:Flagicon Varney Kallon	Template:Flagicon Emmanuel Chinedu	Template:Flagicon Felix Chidi Odili	—
Ozone	Template:Flagicon Cornell Glen	Template:Flagicon Chika Wali	Template:Flagicon Roby Norales	—
Pride Sports	—	—	—	—
Real Kashmir	Template:Flagicon Lamine Tamba	Template:Flagicon Lago Bei	—	—
Southern Samity	Template:Flagicon Ogba Kalu Nnanna	Template:Flagicon Agwu Richard	Template:Flagicon Odafa Okolie	Template:Flagicon Daniel Bedemi
Sudeva Moonlight	Template:Flagicon Peterson Joseph	Template:Flagicon Jason Starr	—	—

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

Final round

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Season statistics

Top scorers

Updated: 28 May 2017

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Template:Flagicon Odafa Okolie	Southern Samity	9
	Template:Flagicon Felix Chidi Odili	NEROCA
3	Template:Flagicon Stephan Harry	Delhi United	8
4	Template:Flagicon Anto Xavier	Ozone	7
5	Template:Flagicon Subhash Singh	NEROCA	6
6	Template:Flagicon Yao Kouassi Bernard	Kenkre FC	5
	Template:Flagicon Aakif Javaid	Lonestar Kashmir
8	Template:Flagicon Vanlal Biaa	Mohammedan	4
	Template:Flagicon Lago Dogbo Bei	Real Kashmir
	Template:Flagicon Ashim Biswas	Southern Samity
	Template:Flagicon Pritam Singh	NEROCA
	Template:Flagicon Saihou Jagne	Fateh Hyderabad
13	Template:Flagicon Prem Kumar	Real Kashmir	3
	Template:Flagicon Ogba Kalu Nnanna	Southern Samity
	Template:Flagicon Thangjam Singh	NEROCA
	Template:Flagicon Mashangva Zenith	Delhi United
	Template:Flagicon Basanta Singh	Southern Samity
	Template:Flagicon Sampath Kuttymani	Kenkre
	Template:Flagicon Yogesh Kadam	Kenkre

External links

• I-League website.