Template:Infobox football league season The 2017–18 I-League was the 11th season of the I-League. Aizawl were the defending champions. NEROCA entered as the promoted team from the 2016–17 I-League 2nd Division. The season began on 25 November 2017. Minerva Punjab won their first I-League title.[1]
Teams
All India Football Federation invited bids for new teams on 21 July 2017 from Bengaluru, Mumbai, New Delhi, Ranchi, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bhopal, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Malappuram and Trivandrum, among others.[2] On 20 September, after second round of bidding invitation, the Bid Evaluation Committee decided to award Sree Gokulam Group the right to field their team in the Hero I-League 2017–18 season onward from Kozhikode, Kerala.[3] Bengaluru FC successfully bid for a place in 2017–18 Indian Super League and thus was not a part of I-League. NEROCA F.C. were promoted for winning 2016–17 I-League 2nd Division. After successful hosting of FIFA U-17 World Cup, AIFF revived Indian Arrows project to field the colts in I-League. <section begin=map /> Template:Location map+<section end="map" />
Stadiums and locations
- Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aizawl | Aizawl, Mizoram | Rajiv Gandhi Stadium | 20,000[4] |
| Chennai City | Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Coimbatore | 30,000[5] |
| Churchill Brothers | Salcete, Goa | Tilak Maidan Stadium | 6,000 |
| East Bengal | Kolkata, West Bengal | Salt Lake Stadium Barasat Stadium |
66,000 |
| 22,000 | |||
| Indian Arrows | Delhi, New Delhi Bambolim, Goa |
Ambedkar Stadium GMC Bambolim Athletic Stadium |
35,000[6] |
| 6,500 | |||
| Gokulam Kerala | Kozhikode, Kerala | EMS Stadium | 54,000 |
| Minerva Punjab | Ludhiana, Punjab | Guru Nanak Stadium | 15,000[7] |
| Mohun Bagan | Kolkata, West Bengal | Salt Lake Stadium Barasat Stadium Mohun Bagan Ground |
66,687[8] |
| 22,000 | |||
| 22,000 | |||
| NEROCA | Imphal, Manipur | Khuman Lampak Main Stadium | 30,000 |
| Shillong Lajong | Shillong, Meghalaya | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | 30,000 |
Personnel and kits
| Team | Head coach | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Nobreak | Template:Flagicon Santosh Kashyap | Vamos | NE Consultancy Services |
| Template:Nobreak | Template:Flagicon V Soundararajan | Counter Sports[9] | None |
| Template:Nobreak | Template:Flagicon Joseph Afusi | Faisports | Churchill Group |
| Template:Nobreak | Template:Flagicon Khalid Jamil | PERF | Kingfisher |
| Gokulam Kerala | Template:Flagicon Bino George | Kaizen sports | Aachi Group |
| Indian Arrows | Template:Flagicon Luís Norton de Matos | Nike | None |
| Template:Nobreak | Template:Flagicon Khogen Singh | Astro[10] | Apollo Tyres[11] |
| Template:Nobreak | Template:Flagicon Sankarlal Chakraborty | Shiv Naresh | Nilkamal |
| Template:Nobreak | Template:Flagicon Gift Raikhan | Vector X[12] | Classic Group of Hotels |
| Template:Nobreak | Template:Flagicon Alison Kharsyntiew | Nivia Sports[13] | None |
Foreign players
On 2 August 2017, it was announced by the All India Football Federation that the number of foreigners for each I-League club would go up to six, with two of the six having to be born in Asia or registered with the AFC.[14]
Indian Arrows cannot sign any foreign players as they are the AIFF developmental team.
League table
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Results table
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Season statistics
Scoring
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Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Aser Pierrick Dipanda | Mohun Bagan | 13 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Dudu Omagbemi | East Bengal | 8 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Chencho Gyeltshen | Minerva Punjab | 7 |
| Template:Flagicon Felix Chidi Odili | NEROCA | ||
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Katsumi Yusa | East Bengal | 6 |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Jean-Michel Joachim | Chennai City | 5 |
| Template:Flagicon William Opoku | Minerva Punjab | ||
| 8 | Template:Flagicon Yugo Kobayashi | Aizawl | 4 |
| Template:Flagicon Mechac Koffi | Churchill Brothers | ||
| Template:Flagicon Abhijit Sarkar | Indian Arrows | ||
| Template:Flagicon Subhash Singh | NEROCA | ||
| Template:Flagicon Abdoulaye Koffi | Shillong Lajong | ||
| Template:Flagicon Léonce Dodoz Zikahi | Aizawl | ||
| Template:Flagicon Akram Moghrabi | Mohun Bagan | ||
| Template:Flagicon Henry Kisekka | Gokulam Kerala |
Top Indian scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abhijit Sarkar | Indian Arrows | 4 |
| Subhash Singh | NEROCA | ||
| 3 | Laldanmawia Ralte | East Bengal | 3 |
| Bali Gagandeep | Minerva Punjab | ||
| Lalkhawpuimawia | Aizawl | ||
| Michael Soosairaj | Chennai City | ||
| Samuel Lalmuanpuia | Shillong Lajong | ||
| 8 | William Lalnunfela | Aizawl | 2 |
| Aniket Jadhav | Indian Arrows | ||
| Ronald Singh | NEROCA | ||
| Redeem Tlang | Shillong Lajong | ||
| Rahul Praveen | Indian Arrows | ||
| Jobby Justin | East Bengal | ||
| Sheikh Faiaz | Mohun Bagan | ||
| Kivi Zhimomi | Gokulam Kerala |
Hat-tricks
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Flagicon Dudu Omagbemi4 | East Bengal | Chennai City | 7–0 | Template:Dts | [16] |
4 Player scored 4 goals.
Clean sheets
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Shilton Paul | Mohun Bagan | 8 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Avilash Paul | Aizawl | 6 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Phurba Lachenpa | Shillong Lajong | 5 |
| Template:Flagicon Uroš Poljanec | Chennai City | ||
| Template:Flagicon Bishorjit Singh | NEROCA | ||
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Lalit Thapa | NEROCA | 4 |
| Template:Flagicon Rakshit Dagar | Minerva Punjab | ||
| 8 | Template:Flagicon Luis Barreto | East Bengal | 3 |
| Template:Flagicon James Kithan | Churchill Brothers | ||
| Template:Flagicon Kiran Chemjong | Minerva Punjab | ||
| 11 | Template:Flagicon Dheeraj Singh | Indian Arrows | 2 |
| Template:Flagicon Prabhsukhan Singh Gill | Indian Arrows | ||
| Template:Flagicon Nidhin Lal | Shillong Lajong | ||
| Template:Flagicon Ubaid C K | East Bengal | ||
| Template:Flagicon Bilal Husain Khan | Gokulam Kerala |
Attendance
Average home attendances
| Team | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEROCA | 9 | 192,438 | 35,285 | 11,020 | 21,382 |
| East Bengal | 9 | 156,295 | 52,951 | 8,692 | 17,366 |
| Mohun Bagan | 9 | 142,421 | 64,360 | 4,360 | 15,825 |
| Gokulam Kerala | 9 | 73,177 | 25,841 | 621 | 8,131 |
| Chennai City | 9 | 73,739 | 14,751 | 3,082 | 8,194 |
| Minerva Punjab | 9 | 51,627 | 8,243 | 3,845 | 5,736 |
| Shillong Lajong | 9 | 49,086 | 7,880 | 3,000 | 5,454 |
| Aizawl | 9 | 38,297 | 7,280 | 2,800 | 4,256 |
| Indian Arrows | 9 | 29,300 | 5,563 | 218 | 3,256 |
| Churchill Brothers | 9 | 26,285 | 3,437 | 2,400 | 2,921 |
| Total | 90 | 832,665 | 64,360 | 218 | 10,280 |
Highest attendances
| Rank | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance | Date | Stadium |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mohun Bagan | 1–0 | East Bengal | 64,360 | Template:Start date | Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan |
| 2 | East Bengal | 0–2 | Mohun Bagan | 52,951 | Template:Start date | Salt Lake Stadium |
| 3 | NEROCA | 2–1 | Indian Arrows | 35,285 | Template:Start date | Khuman Lampak Main Stadium |
| 4 | NEROCA | 1–1 | East Bengal | 28,243 | Template:Start date | Khuman Lampak Main Stadium |
| 5 | NEROCA | 2–1 | Chennai City | 27,633 | Template:Start date | Khuman Lampak Main Stadium |
| 6 | East Bengal | 1–1 | NEROCA | 26,900 | Template:Start date | Salt Lake Stadium |
| 7 | Gokulam Kerala | 1–1 | Chennai City | 25,841 | Template:Start date | EMS Stadium |
| 8 | NEROCA | 0–0 | Aizawl | 20,345 | Template:Start date | Khuman Lampak Main Stadium |
| 9 | Mohun Bagan | 1–2 | Chennai City | 18,316 | Template:Start date | Mohun Bagan Ground |
| 10 | NEROCA | 1–0 | Gokulam Kerala | 17,300 | Template:Start date | Khuman Lampak Main Stadium |
Awards
Hero of the Match
Season awards
Hero I-League 2017–18 awards were announced on March 22.[18]
| Award | Recipient |
|---|---|
| Best Goalkeeper | Shilton Paul (Mohun Bagan) |
| Jarnail Singh Award for Best Defender | Varney Kallon (NEROCA) |
| Best Midfielder | Michael Soosairaj (Chennai City FC) |
| Best Forward | Chencho Gyeltshen (Minerva Punjab) |
| Highest Scorer | Aser Pierrick Dipanda (Mohun Bagan) |
| Best Emerging Player (U-22) | Samuel Lalmuanpuia (Shillong Lajong) |
| Syed Abdul Rahim Award for Best Coach | Gift Raikhan (NEROCA) |
| Best Organizers | NEROCA |
| Fairplay award | NEROCA |
See also
References
- ↑ Minerva give India another champion team from Punjab. ESPN(8 March 2018). Retrieved 5 December 2021.
- ↑ AIFF Invites New Bids For Hero I-League 2017–18(21 July 2017). Retrieved 21 July 2017.
- ↑ AIFF WELCOMES SREE GOKULAM GROUP IN HERO I-LEAGUE(20 September 2017). Retrieved 20 September 2017.
- ↑ Aizawl F.C. Stadium. I-League.Template:Dead link
- ↑ Chennai City Stadium. I-League.Template:Dead link
- ↑ Shillong Lajong Stadium. I-League.Template:Dead link
- ↑ Minerva Punjab Stadium. I-League.Template:Dead link
- ↑ Mohun Bagan Stadium. I-League.Template:Dead link
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- ↑ VECTOR X THE OFFICIAL KITS AND UNIFORM SPONSOR FOR NEROCA FC !!! Various official MERCHANDISE TO BE AVAILABLE FOR ALL OUR FANS SOON!!, FC, NEROCA. @Nerocafc(2017-08-08). Retrieved 2017-11-10.
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- ↑ I-LEAGUE Foreign players: Mohun Bagan, EB get their way. Times of India(2 August 2017). Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ↑ Top scorers. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- ↑ I-League: East Bengal hits seven to decimate Chennai City. Sportstar(25 February 2018). Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- ↑ Clean Sheets. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- ↑ I-League 2017–18: Minerva Punjab presented with winners' trophy; NEROCA's Gift Raikhan named season's best coach. firstpost.com. The FirstPost News(22 March 2018). Retrieved 23 March 2018.
External links
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