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Template:Infobox football league season The 2019–20 I-League (Officially known as Hero I-League, due to sponsorship reasons) was the 13th season of the I-League, one of the top Indian professional football leagues, since its establishment in 2007. A total of 11 teams competed in the league.

Chennai City were the defending champions, having won the previous season.[1] TRAU F.C. joined as a promoted club from the I-League 2nd Division.[2] Shillong Lajong F.C. were relegated from the I-League last season and will play in the second division in the 2019–20 season.[3] 2017-18 champion Minerva Punjab played as Punjab F.C. from this season as the club was renamed on 30 October 2019.[4]

On 18 April 2020, All India Football Federation, the organising body of the league announced Mohun Bagan A.C. as champions and decided to cancel the remaining matches due to the COVID-19 pandemic. No team was relegated, and the remaining prize money (apart from the champion's prize money) was equally divided among the 10 teams.[5]

Changes from last season

Promoted from the 2018–19 I-League 2nd Division

Relegated clubs

Relegated from the 2018–19 I-League

Teams

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Stadiums and locations

Team City/State Stadium[6] 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
Mumbai, Maharashtra Cooperage Ground 5,000
Mohun Bagan Kalyani, West Bengal Kalyani Stadium 20,000
Kolkata, West Bengal Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan[derby 1] 85,000
NEROCA Imphal, Manipur Khuman Lampak Main Stadium 35,000
Punjab Panchkula, Chandigarh Guru Nanak Stadium 10,000
East Bengal Kalyani, West Bengal Kalyani Stadium 20,000
Kolkata, West Bengal Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan[EB 1] 85,000
Real Kashmir Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir TRC Turf Ground 15,000
TRAU Imphal, Manipur Khuman Lampak Main Stadium 35,000
  1. ↑ Kolkata Derby only
  1. ↑ Four home matches against Chennai City, Churchill Brothers, NEROCA and the Kolkata Derby.

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Head coach Captain Sponsor Kit Manufacturer
Aizawl Template:Flagicon Stanley Rozario Template:Flagicon Alfred Jaryan NECS Limited Vamos
Chennai City Template:Flagicon Akbar Nawas Template:Flagicon Roberto Eslava Template:NA Uhlsport[7]
Churchill Brothers Template:Flagicon Bernardo Tavares Template:Flagicon Willis Plaza Churchill Nivia
Gokulam Kerala Template:Flagicon Fernando Santiago Varela Template:Flagicon Marcus Joseph Sree Gokulam
Group 		Kaizen
Indian Arrows Template:Flagicon Shanmugam Venkatesh Template:Flagicon Vikram Pratap Singh Hero MotoCorp Six5Six
Mohun Bagan Template:Flagicon Kibu Vicuña Template:Flagicon Dhanachandra Singh Template:NA Shiv Naresh
NEROCA Template:Flagicon Gift Raikhan Template:Flagicon Marvin Philip Living 3D Vicky Transform
Punjab Template:Flagicon Yan Law Template:Flagicon Sanju Pradhan Apollo Tyres Spartan[8]
East Bengal Template:Flagicon Mario Rivera Campesino Template:Flagicon Lalrindika Ralte Quess Corp Kaizen
Real Kashmir Template:Flagicon David Robertson Template:Flagicon Loveday Enyinnaya J&K Bank Adidas
TRAU Template:Flagicon L.Nandakumar Singh Template:Flagicon Oguchi Uche Aciesta Nivia
  • Note: N/A- Not Announced

Head coaching changes

Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Position in table Incoming coach Date of appointment
Churchill Brothers Template:Flagicon Petre Gigiu Contract finished Pre-season Template:Flagicon Edward Ansah 16 May 2019[9]
Mohun Bagan Template:Flagicon Khalid Jamil Contract finished Template:Flagicon Kibu Vicuña 10 May 2019 [10]
Gokulam Kerala F.C. Template:Flagicon Gift Raikhan Contract finished Template:Flagicon Fernando Andres Santiago 1 July 2019[11]
NEROCA Template:Flagicon Manuel Retamero Fraile Contract finished Template:Flagicon Gift Raikhan 1 July 2019[12]
Punjab Template:Flagicon Sachin Badadhe End of caretaker spell Template:Flagicon Yan Law 1 July 2019
TRAU Template:Flagicon L.Nandakumar Singh Promoted to Technical Director Template:Flagicon Dimitris Dimitriou 18 September 2019
Churchill Brothers Template:Flagicon Edward Ansah Demoted to Assistant Coach Template:Flagicon Bernardo Tavares 28 November 2019
TRAU Template:Flagicon Dimitris Dimitriou Resigned Template:Flagicon Douglas Silva 29 November 2019
Template:Flagicon Douglas Silva Resigned 3rd Template:Flagicon L Nandkumar Singh 22 December 2019
Template:Flagicon L Nandkumar Singh Moved as Technical Director 3rd Template:Flagicon Dimitris Dimitriou 2 January 2020[13]
East Bengal Template:Flagicon Alejandro Menendez Resigned 6th Template:Flagicon Mario Rivera Campesino 23 January 2020[14]
TRAU Template:Flagicon Dimitris Dimitriou Sacked 3rd —

Transfers

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Foreign players

Maximum 6 foreign players per team. Indian Arrows cannot sign any foreign players as they are the All India Football Federation developmental team.

Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6
Aizawl Template:Flagicon Matías Verón Template:Flagicon Joseph Adjei Template:Flagicon Alfred Jaryan Template:Flagicon Abdoulaye Kanouté Template:Flagicon Justice Morgan Template:Flagicon Richard Kasagga
Chennai City Template:Flagicon Katsumi Yusa Template:Flagicon Jan Muzangu Template:Flagicon Roberto Eslava Template:Flagicon Adolfo Miranda Template:Flagicon Sandro Rodríguez Template:Flagicon Nauzet Santana
Churchill Brothers Template:Flagicon Dawda Ceesay Template:Flagicon Kalif Alhassan Template:Flagicon Sócrates Pedro Template:FlagiconRadanfah Abu Bakr Template:Flagicon Willis Plaza Template:Flagicon Robert Primus
East Bengal Template:Flagicon Jhonny Acosta Template:Flagicon Kassim Aidara Template:Flagicon Jaimie Santos Colado Template:Flagicon Marcos Jiménez Espada Template:Flagicon Juan Mera Template:Flagicon Víctor Pérez
Gokulam Kerala Template:Flagicon Zohib Islam Amiri Template:Flagicon Atuheire Kipson Template:Flagicon Andre Ettienne Template:Flagicon Nathaniel Garcia Template:Flagicon Marcus Joseph Template:Flagicon Henry Kisekka
Mohun Bagan Template:Flagicon Baba Diawara Template:Flagicon Joseba Beitia Template:Flagicon Fran González Template:Flagicon Fran Morante Template:Flagicon Komron Tursunov Template:Flagicon Daneil Cyrus
NEROCA Template:Flagicon Philip Adjah Tetteh Template:Flagicon Attila Busai Template:Flagicon Boubacar Diarra Template:Flagicon Ousmane Diawara Template:Flagicon Marvin Phillip Template:Flagicon Taryk Sampson
Punjab Template:Flagicon Sérgio Barboza Template:Flagicon Valci Júnior Template:Flagicon Danilo Quipapá Template:Flagicon Dipanda Dicka Template:Flagicon Kiran Chemjong Template:Flagicon Kingsley Obumneme
Real Kashmir Template:Flagicon Kallum Higginbotham Template:Flagicon Bazie Armand Template:Flagicon Gnohere Krizo Template:Flagicon Loveday Enyinnaya Template:Flagicon Mason Robertson Template:Flagicon Aaron Katebe
TRAU Template:Flagicon Petru Leucă Template:Flagicon Princewill Emeka Template:Flagicon Joseph Olaleye Template:Flagicon Joel Sunday Template:Flagicon Oguchi Uche Template:Flagicon Gerard Williams

In bold: Players who are capped for there National Teams.

League table

Standings

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Results

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Season statistics

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Scoring

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Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Template:Flagicon Dipanda Dicka Punjab 12
2 Template:Flagicon Fran González Mohun Bagan 10
Template:Flagicon Baba Diawara Mohun Bagan
4 Template:Flagicon Willis Plaza Churchill Brothers 8
Template:Flagicon Philip Adjah Tetteh NEROCA
6 Template:Flagicon Marcus Joseph Gokulam Kerala 7
7 Template:Flagicon Marcos Jiménez Espada East Bengal 6
Template:Flagicon Jaimie Santos Colado East Bengal
Template:Flagicon Henry Kisekka Gokulam Kerala
Template:Flagicon Mason Robertson Real Kashmir
Template:Flagicon Rochharzela Aizawl
12 Template:Flagicon Katsumi Yusa Chennai City 5
Template:Flagicon Lalkhawpuimawia Churchill Brothers
Source:[15]

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Top Indian scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Rochharzela Aizawl 6
2 Lalkhawpuimawia Churchill Brothers 5
3 Vikram Pratap Singh Indian Arrows 4
N. Pritam Singh NEROCA
5 Shibil Muhammed Gokulam Kerala 3
Subha Ghosh Mohun Bagan
K. Krishananda Singh TRAU
8 William Lalnunfela Aizawl 2
Vinil Poojary Churchill Brothers
Nongdamba Naorem Mohun Bagan
V.P. Suhair Mohun Bagan
Makan Chote Punjab
Nganbam Naocha Singh TRAU
Moirangthem Givson Singh Indian Arrows
Danish Farooq Real Kashmir
Deepak Devrani TRAU
Vinil Poojary Churchill Brothers
Source:[15]

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Top assists

Rank Player Club Assists
1 Template:Flagicon Joseba Beitia Mohun Bagan 9
2 Template:Flagicon Israil Gurung Churchill Brothers 5
Template:Flagicon Marcos Jiménez Espada East Bengal
4 Template:Flagicon Nongdamba Naorem Mohun Bagan 4
Template:Flagicon N. Pritam Singh NEROCA
6 Template:Flagicon Dawda Ceesay Churchill Brothers 3
Template:Flagicon Jaime Santos Colado East Bengal
Template:Flagicon Kallum Higginbotham Real Kashmir
Template:Flagicon Oguchi Uche TRAU
Template:Flagicon Sanju Pradhan Punjab
Template:Flagicon Willis Plaza Churchill Brothers
11 Template:Flagicon Juan Mera East Bengal 2
Template:Flagicon Samad Ali Mallick East Bengal
Template:Flagicon Sri Ram Chennai City
Template:Flagicon Syed Suhail Pasha Chennai City
Template:Flagicon Roberto Eslava Chennai City
Template:Flagicon Daneil Cyrus Mohun Bagan
Template:Flagicon Denechandra Meitei TRAU
Template:Flagicon K. Phalguni Singh TRAU
Template:Flagicon Princewill Emeka TRAU
Template:Flagicon Paul Ramfangzauva Aizawl
Template:Flagicon Sebastian Thangmuansang Gokulam Kerala
Template:Flagicon Givson Singh Indian Arrows
Source:[16][17]

Hat-tricks

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Result column shows goal tally of player's team first.
Player For Against Goals Result Date Ref
Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname Punjab NEROCA 3 3−2 Template:Dts [18]
Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname NEROCA TRAU 3 5–0 Template:Dts [19]
Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname Mohun Bagan NEROCA 3 6–2 Template:Dts [20]
Source:[15]

Cleansheets

Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Template:Flagicon Sankar Roy Mohun Bagan 6
2 Template:Flagicon Marvin Phillip NEROCA 4
3 Template:Flagicon Ubaid CK Gokulam Kerala 3
Template:Flagicon Kiran Chemjong Punjab
5 Template:Flagicon Mithun Samanta TRAU 2
Template:Flagicon Jafar Mondal Churchill Brothers
Template:Flagicon Phurba Lachenpa Real Kashmir
Template:Flagicon Lalbiakhlua Jongte Indian Arrows
Template:Flagicon Zothanmawia Aizawl
Template:Flagicon Mirshad Michu East Bengal
Template:Flagicon Nauzet Santana Chennai City
12 Template:Flagicon Debjit Majumder Mohun Bagan 1
Template:Flagicon Lalremruata Arema Aizawl
Template:Flagicon Sayan Roy TRAU
Source:[15]

Discipline

Player

Club

  • Most yellow cards: 24[15]
    • Punjab
  • Most red card: 3[15]
    • Gokulam Kerala

Attendance

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Team Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip
Mohun Bagan 5 112,051 63,756 8,834 22,410
Gokulam Kerala 5 85,065 31,184 10,135 19,040
TRAU 4 53,042 23,682 7,564 13,260
NEROCA 4 52,808 19,782 7,444 13,202
East Bengal 7 59,471 12,722 4,573 8,496
Chennai City 4 31,302 12,307 3,863 7,825
Real Kashmir 3 26,063 11,521 6,010 8,687
Aizawl 5 26,018 7,642 2,222 5,203
Churchill Brothers 5 15,311 7,525 1,260 3,062
Punjab 6 23,674 6,421 1,131 3,945
Indian Arrows 5 3,736 1,618 150 747
Total 51 459,885 63,756 150 9,017
Legend Template:Color box

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Source:[16][21]

Note: Matches after 14 March 2020 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

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 Template:Flagicon Lalremruata Arema Aizawl Match 38 Template:Flagicon Gerrard Williams TRAU Match 75 —
Match 2 Template:Flagicon Marcus Joseph Gokulam Kerala Match 39 Template:Flagicon Dipanda Dicka Punjab Match 76
Match 3 Template:Flagicon Lalkhawpuimawia Churchill Brothers Match 40 Template:Flagicon Baba Diawara Mohun Bagan Match 77
Match 4 Template:Flagicon Adolfo Miranda Chennai City Match 41 Template:Flagicon Rochharzela Aizawl Match 78
Match 5 Template:Flagicon Juan Mera East Bengal Match 42 Template:Flagicon Jaime Santos Colado East Bengal Match 79
Match 6 Template:Flagicon Marvin Phillip NEROCA Match 43 Template:Flagicon Mason Robertson Real Kashmir Match 80
Match 7 Template:Flagicon Hormipam Ruivah Indian Arrows Match 44 Template:Flagicon Marcus Joseph Gokulam Kerala Match 81
Match 8 Template:Flagicon Danilo Quipapá Punjab Match 45 Template:Flagicon Dipanda Dicka Punjab Match 82
Match 9 Template:Flagicon Willis Plaza Churchill Brothers Match 46 Template:Flagicon Baba Diawara Mohun Bagan Match 83
Match 10 Template:Flagicon Samik Mitra Indian Arrows Match 47 Template:Flagicon Mason Robertson Real Kashmir Match 84
Match 11 Template:Flagicon Jaime Santos East Bengal Match 48 Template:Flagicon Lalbiakhlua Jongte Indian Arrows Match 85
Match 12 Template:Flagicon Kiran Chemjong Punjab Match 49 Template:Flagicon James Kithan Churchill Brothers Match 86
Match 13 Template:Flagicon Fran González Mohun Bagan Match 50 Template:Flagicon Nathaniel Garcia Gokulam Kerala Match 87
Match 14 Template:Flagicon Laishram Premjit Singh TRAU Match 51 Template:Flagicon Rochharzela Aizawl Match 88
Match 15 Template:Flagicon Dipanda Dicka Punjab Match 52 Template:Flagicon N. Pritam Singh NEROCA Match 89
Match 16 Template:Flagicon Sankar Roy Mohun Bagan Match 53 Template:Flagicon Phurba Lachenpa Real Kashmir Match 90
Match 17 Template:Flagicon William Lalnunfela Aizawl Match 54 Template:Flagicon Baba Diawara Mohun Bagan Match 91
Match 18 Template:Flagicon Jonathan Lalrawngbawla Aizawl Match 55 Template:Flagicon Glan Martins Churchill Brothers Match 92
Match 19 Template:Flagicon Khaiminthang Lhungdim NEROCA Match 56 Template:Flagicon Lalbiakhlua Jongte Indian Arrows Match 93
Match 20 Template:Flagicon Mason Robertson Real Kashmir Match 57 Template:Flagicon Abdoulaye Kanouté Aizawl Match 94
Match 21 Template:Flagicon Danish Farooq Bhat Real Kashmir Match 58 Template:Flagicon Marcus Joseph Gokulam Kerala Match 95
Match 22 Template:Flagicon Givson Singh Indian Arrows Match 59 Template:Flagicon Ansumana Kromah East Bengal Match 96
Match 23 Template:Flagicon K.Phalguni Singh TRAU Match 60 Template:Flagicon Fran González Mohun Bagan Match 97
Match 24 Template:Flagicon Willis Plaza Churchill Brothers Match 61 Template:Flagicon Willis Plaza Churchill Brothers Match 98
Match 25 Template:Flagicon Fran Morante Mohun Bagan Match 62 Template:Flagicon Dipanda Dicka Punjab Match 99
Match 26 Template:Flagicon Marcus Joseph Gokulam Kerala Match 63 Template:Flagicon Sayan Roy TRAU Match 100
Match 27 Template:Flagicon Ayush Adhikari Indian Arrows Match 64 Template:Flagicon Lalrindika Ralte East Bengal Match 101
Match 28 Template:Flagicon Isak Vanlalruatfela Aizawl Match 65 Template:Flagicon Sócrates Pedro Churchill Brothers Match 102
Match 29 Template:Flagicon Wahengbam Angousana Luwang TRAU Match 66 Template:Flagicon N. Pritam Singh NEROCA Match 103
Match 30 Template:Flagicon Daneil Cyrus Mohun Bagan Match 67 Template:Flagicon Fran González Mohun Bagan Match 104
Match 31 Template:Flagicon Sriram Boopathi Chennai City Match 68 Template:Flagicon Brandon Vanlalremdika East Bengal Match 105
Match 32 Template:Flagicon Gnohere Krizo Real Kashmir Match 69 Template:Flagicon Katsumi Yusa Chennai City Match 106
Match 33 Template:Flagicon Princewill Emeka TRAU Match 70 — Match 107
Match 34 Template:Flagicon Marvin Phillip NEROCA Match 71 Match 108
Match 35 Template:Flagicon Danilo Quipapá Punjab Match 72 Match 109
Match 36 Template:Flagicon Marcus Joseph Gokulam Kerala Match 73 Match 110
Match 37 Template:Flagicon Joseba Beitia Mohun Bagan Match 74 Source:[16][22]

Note: Matches after 14 March 2020 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]Template:Clear

References

  1. ↑ Chennai City FC crowned I-League champions after another photo finish. The Times of India(9 May 2019). Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  2. ↑ TRAU FC wins Second Division League, qualifies for I-League. The Sportstar(19 May 2019). Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  3. ↑ I-League: Shillong Lajong relegated after losing 4-1 to Aizawl FC. The India Today(4 March 2019). Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  4. ↑ Minerva Punjab renamed as Punjab Football Club. The Sportstar(13 January 2020). Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 League Committee sends its recommendations to the AIFF Executive Committee | Hero I-League. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
  6. ↑ 2019-20 Hero I League Fixtures (Stadiums). Hero I League. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  7. ↑ Chennai City announce strategic partnership with Uhlsports(19 August 2019). Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  8. ↑ Spartan sports will be the official kit sponsor of Minerva Punjab FC for the upcoming season. Twitter(10 August 2019). Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  9. ↑ Ansah returns to Churchill Brothers. The Times of India(11 August 2019). Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  10. ↑ Football: All you need to know about Mohun Bagan's latest manager Kibu Vicuna. The Scroll(12 May 2019). Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  11. ↑ Indian football: Fernando Santiago Varela appointed head coach of I-League club Gokulam Kerala. The Scroll(18 July 2019). Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  12. ↑ I-League: Gift Raikhan likely to join NEROCA. goal.com(4 July 2019). Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  13. ↑ Trau FC announce Cypriot 🇨🇾 Dimitris Dimitriou as their new Head Coach. I League(4 January 2020). Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  14. ↑ I-League: East Bengal appoint Rivera as head coach till end of the season. The Times of India(23 January 2020). Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 15.7 Statistics: Hero I-League. Hero I-League. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Fixtures Page | Hero I-League. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
  17. ↑ I League: Stats. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  18. ↑ Dipanda Dicka hattrick powers Punjab FC's comeback win against Neroca. I League(29 January 2020). Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  19. ↑ Pritam Singh's hat-trick gives Neroca huge Imphal Derby win. I League(8 February 2020). Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  20. ↑ Fran Gonzalez hattrick powers table toppers Mohun Bagan past Neroca. I League(14 February 2020). Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  21. ↑ I League Statistics: Attendances. worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  22. ↑ I-League News. Retrieved 20 October 2019.

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