2017 18 I-League 2nd Division

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Template:Infobox football league season The 2017–18 I-League 2nd Division (known as Hero 2017–18 I-League 2nd Division, for sponsorship reasons) was the 11th season of the I-League 2nd Division, the second division Indian football league, since its establishment in 2008. The season started with the preliminary rounds from 14 March to 15 May 2018. The final round of the league took place between 21 May to 30 May 2018 at FSV Arena, Bengaluru.[1]

This season featured 18 teams, divided into three groups of six teams each. The season also featured the reserve sides of seven Indian Super League clubs, none of which were eligible to qualify for the final round.[1] Real Kashmir won the title on 30 May 2018 and earned the promotion to 2018–19 I-League.[2] They also made history becoming first team from state of Jammu & Kashmir to enter the first division of I-League[3]

Format

Just like the previous season, the I-League 2nd Division will feature a preliminary round and a final round.[4] During the preliminary round, the 18 teams will be divided into three groups of six teams each. All the matches during the preliminary round will be played in a double round-robin basis, in which every team plays all others in their group once at home and once away.[1] The winners of the three groups, along with the best second placed team, will qualify for the final round. The seven Indian Super League reserve sides in the league will not be eligible to qualify for the final round.[4]

During the final round, the four teams will face each other in a single-leg league system at a neutral venue, where each team faces each other once. At the end of the round, the team in first will earn promotion to the next division of Indian football.[4]

Teams

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Stadiums and locations

Team City/State Stadium Capacity
Bengaluru (R) Bengaluru, Karnataka Bangalore Football Stadium[5] 8,400
Chennaiyin (R) Chennai, Tamil Nadu SSN College Ground[5] TBA
Delhi Dynamos (R) Delhi Ambedkar Stadium 35,000
Delhi United Delhi Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground TBA
Fateh Hyderabad Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh Anantapur Sports Village Football Ground[6] TBA
Goa (R) Margao, Goa GMC Stadium 3,200
Hindustan Delhi Ambedkar Stadium 35,000
Jamshedpur (R) Jamshedpur, Jharkhand JRD Tata Sports Complex[5] 24,500
Kerala Thrissur, Kerala Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium 15,000
Kerala Blasters (R) Kochi, Kerala Maharaja's College Stadium 15,000
Langsning Shillong, Meghalaya Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium[5] 30,000
Lonestar Kashmir Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir TRC Turf Ground 15,000
Madhya Bharat Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh JLU Ground TBA
Mohammedan Kolkata, West Bengal Barasat Stadium[7] 22,000
Ozone Bengaluru, Karnataka Bangalore Football Stadium 8,400
Pune City (R) Pune, Maharashtra Pirangute Football Ground TBA
Real Kashmir Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir TRC Turf Ground 15,000
TRAU Manipur Khuman Lampak Main Stadium[5] 35,000

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Bengaluru (R) Template:Flagicon Naushad Moosa[8] Puma JSW
Chennaiyin (R) Template:Flagicon Syed Sabir Pasha[9] Performax Apollo Tyres
Delhi Dynamos (R) Template:Flagicon Francisco Perez Lazaro[10] T10 Sports Kent RO Systems
Delhi United Template:Flagicon Hugo Martins[11] None Peregrine Aviation
Goa (R) Template:Flagicon Clifford Miranda[12] None None
Fateh Hyderabad Template:Flagicon Ellimishetty Shyam[13] None Premier
Hindustan Template:Flagicon Vikrant Sharma[14] Cosco Hero Motocorp
Jamshedpur (R) Template:Flagicon Hilal Parray[15] Nivia Tata
Kerala Template:Flagicon T G Purushothaman[16] TGP Yogakshemam Loans
Kerala Blasters (R) Template:Flagicon Renjith Ajithkumar[13] Admiral Muthoot
Langsning Template:Flagicon Hering Shangpliang[17] None Lotto
Lonestar Kashmir Template:Flagicon Clebson Duarte da Silva[18] TBA TBA
Madhya Bharat Template:Flagicon José Carlos Hevia[19] None None
Mohammedan Template:Flagicon Biswajit Bhattacharya[20] Kaizen [21] TBA
Ozone Template:Flagicon Dave Booth[22] None Ozone Group
Pune City (R) Template:Flagicon Roger Lamesa Grau Adidas Suzuki Gixxer
Real Kashmir Template:Flagicon David Robertson[23] TBA TBA
TRAU Template:Flagicon L Nandakumar Singh[24] Nike[25] HVS

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.[1]

Club Player 1 Player 2 AFC player
Delhi United Template:Flagicon Ladji Saika Sylla Template:Flagicon Kouame Konan Zacharie Template:Flagicon
Fateh Hyderabad Template:Flagicon Edmund Owusu Peprah[13] Template:Flagicon Godwin Quashiga[13] Template:Flagicon Nuriev Vladislav[13]
Hindustan Template:Flagicon Amestrong Alexandré[26] Template:Flagicon Martins Rami[26] Template:Flagicon
Kerala Template:Flagicon Abdoul Karim Sylla Template:Flagicon Bala Alhassan Dahir[27]
Langsning Template:Flagicon Lancine Toure[17] Template:Flagicon Jacson Glei Da Silva Clemente[17] Template:Flagicon Kento Sakurai[17]
Lonestar Kashmir Template:Flagicon Alexandre Tabillon[28] Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon
Madhya Bharat Template:Flagicon Ibrahim Sylla Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon
Mohammedan Template:Flagicon Fikru Teferra[29] Template:Flagicon Echezona Anyichie[30] Template:Flagicon Wael Ayan[31]
Ozone Template:Flagicon Robert de Souza Ribeiro [32] Template:Flagicon Chika Wali[33] Template:Flagicon Son Yong-chan
Real Kashmir Template:Flagicon Loveday Enyinnaya Template:Flagicon Yao Kouassi Bernard Template:Flagicon
TRAU Template:Flagicon Princewell Emeka [34] Template:Flagicon Christoppe Jonnette[35] Template:Flagicon

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:
  1. Greater number of points obtained in the matches between the Teams concerned
  2. Goal difference resulting from the matches between the Teams concerned
  3. Greater number of goals scored in the matches between the Teams concerned
  4. Goal difference in all the matches
  5. Greater number of goals scored in all the matches
  6. Drawing of lots

Group A

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Fixtures and results

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Group B

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Group C

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Final round

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Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Template:Flagicon Robert D‘Souza Ribiero Ozone 10
2 Template:Flagicon C. S. Sabeeth Ozone 9
3 Template:Flagicon Aakif Javaid Lonestar Kashmir 7
Template:Flagicon Shaiborlang Kharpan Kerala Blasters (R)
Template:Flagicon Sahal Abdul Samad Kerala Blasters (R)
Template:Flagicon Kitboklang Pale Langsning
Template:Flagicon Princewill Emeka TRAU
8 Template:Flagicon Shreyas VG Kerala 6
Template:Flagicon Gourav Mukhi Jamshedpur (R)
Template:Flagicon Hitova Ayemi Fateh Hyderabad
Template:Flagicon Kushant Chauhan Hindustan

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Template:Flagicon Mithun Samanto Hindustan 7
Template:Flagicon Abhishek Das Ozone
3 Template:Flagicon Anuj Kumar Pune City (R) 6
4 Template:Flagicon Sukhwinder Singh Real Kashmir 5
5 Template:Flagicon Royal Basumatary Delhi United 4
6 Template:Flagicon Ahamad Afsar Kerala 3
Template:Flagicon Shayon Roy Delhi Dynamos (R)
Template:Flagicon Surjay Kumar Pariyar Langsning
Template:Flagicon Tajuddin TRAU
Template:Flagicon Avjit Kar Kerala Blasters (R)
Template:Flagicon Mohammed Nawaz Goa (R)

Highest Attendances

Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Stadium
1 Jamshedpur (R) 1–3 Langsning 8,256 Template:Start date JRD Tata Sports Complex
2 Jamshedpur (R) 3–2 Chennaiyin (R) 6,315 Template:Start date JRD Tata Sports Complex
3 Real Kashmir 0–0 Pune City (R) 5,992 Template:Start date TRC Turf Ground
4 Jamshedpur (R) 1–1 Mohammedan 5,342 Template:Start date JRD Tata Sports Complex
5 Jamshedpur (R) 1–1 TRAU 4,200 Template:Start date JRD Tata Sports Complex
6 Kerala 3–2 Kerala Blasters (R) 4,000 Template:Start date Corporation Stadium
7 TRAU 1–2 Bengaluru (R) 3,500 Template:Start date Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
8 TRAU 4–1 Mohammedan 3,100 Template:Start date Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
9 Lonestar Kashmir 0–1 Delhi Dynamos (R) 3,000 Template:Start date TRC Turf Ground
10 TRAU 3–1 Langsning 3,000 Template:Start date Khuman Lampak Main Stadium

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Eighteen Teams Will Contest In Second Division League 2017-18. I-League(20 February 2018). Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  2. ↑ 2nd Division I-League: Real Kashmir promoted to I-League. goal.com(30 May 2018). Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  3. ↑ Real Kashmir makes history after booking I-League berth. espn.in(30 May 2018). Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Inaugural Super Cup's final round from Mar 31-Apr 22: AIFF. Times of India(19 February 2018). Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 TRAU fixtures(9 March 2018). Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  6. ↑ Fateh Hyderabad fixtures(10 March 2018). Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  7. ↑ Mohammedan fixtures. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  8. ↑ Indian Super League: Naushad Moosa joins Bengaluru FC as assistant coach(29 June 2017).
  9. ↑ Chennaiyin FC appoint Sabir Pasha as assistant coach.
  10. ↑ Delhi Dynamos announce squad for I-League second division.
  11. ↑ Hugo Martins named Delhi United Football Club coach(1 February 2018).
  12. ↑ 'Derrick convinced me into coaching' - Clifford Miranda turns to management(2 September 2017).
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 Match Report: Kerala Blasters (Reserves) vs Fateh Hyderabad.
  14. ↑ I-League 2nd Division: Hindustan FC stuns TRAU.
  15. ↑ [{{{url}}} Proud Moment: Hilal Parray is Jamshedpur FC head coach](12 March 2018).
  16. ↑ ചെമ്പടയും നൈസാമുമാരും പോരാട്ടത്തിനിറങ്ങുന്നു. southsoccers.com.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Langsning to begin Second Division League campaign next week(9 March 2018).
  18. ↑ Clebson Duarte da Silva new coach of Lonestar Kashmir(8 March 2018). Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  19. ↑ MBSC’s new signings do well in friendly against Hazrat Nizamuddin FC(26 February 2018).
  20. ↑ Mohammedan Sporting begin preparation for second division I-League(12 February 2018).
  21. ↑ http://www.mohammedansportingindia.com/archives/263
  22. ↑ Ozone on cloud nine(23 February 2018).
  23. ↑ Two Kashmir I-League clubs get foreign coaches(15 March 2018).
  24. ↑ TRAU to play in Second Division League(22 February 2018). Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  25. ↑ Some moments of todays match Vs Manipur XI(Santosh Trophy).
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 Match Report: Hindustan FC vs Delhi United FC.
  27. ↑ [{{{url}}} FC Kerala squad].
  28. ↑ Lone Star select 30 players for 2nd Division I-League. Lonestar Kashmir(13 March 2018).
  29. ↑ Fikru replaces Willis Plaza. MohammedanSC.
  30. ↑ Echezona replaces unfit Bayi Kamo. MohammedanSC.
  31. ↑ http://www.kolkatafootball.com/live_update/
  32. ↑ An official welcome to ozone fc Robert de Souza Ribeiro(1 March 2018).
  33. ↑ Ozone gunning for Div2 glory.
  34. ↑ Prince from Sagolband United shall be joining us today(26 February 2018).
  35. ↑ TRAU signs Christoppe Jonnette(14 March 2018).

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