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2018–19 I-League

The 2018–19 I-League was the 12th season of the I-League, the top Indian professional football league, since its establishment in 2007. The season started on 26 October 2018 and is scheduled to conclude in March 2019.[2] Unlike the Indian Super League, the I-League did not take a mid-season break during the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.[2]

I-League
Season2018–19
ChampionsChennai City
1st I-League title
1st Indian title[1]
RelegatedShillong Lajong
AFC Champions LeagueChennai City
Matches played109
Goals scored303 (2.78 per match)
Top goalscorerPedro Manzi
Willis Plaza
(21 goals)
Biggest home winReal Kashmir 6–1 Shillong Lajong
(11 December 2018)Chennai City 6–1 Shillong Lajong
(29 December 2018)
East Bengal 5-0 Shillong Lajong
(14 February 2019)
Biggest away winMohun Bagan 0–3 Churchill Brothers
(25 November 2018)Shillong Lajong 0–3 Indian Arrows
(13 January 2019)
Highest scoringReal Kashmir 6–1 Shillong Lajong
(11 December 2018) Chennai City 6–1 Shillong Lajong
(29 December 2018) Chennai City 4–3 Aizawl
(18 January 2019)
Longest winning runChennai City, East Bengal
(4 games)
Longest unbeaten runReal Kashmir (13 games)
Longest winless runShillong Lajong (11 games)
Longest losing runShillong Lajong (5 games)
Highest attendance64,867
East Bengal 3–2 Mohun Bagan
(16 December 2018)
Lowest attendance100
Indian Arrows 0–2 Chennai City
(8 February 2019)
Total attendance1,114,349
Average attendance10,223
All statistics correct as of 9 March 2019.

Minerva Punjab was the defending champions having won the previous season. Real Kashmir joined as a promoted club from the I-League 2nd Division. Churchill Brothers, having been relegated the previous season, were given an exemption by the All India Football Federation for this season.

Chennai City FC were the champions for this season, winning the title on the last day.[3] This was their first title win in the history of the club. The top scorer in the league was Chennai City FC's Pedro Manzi, who finished the season with 21 goals.[4]

Teams

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Locations of the I-League clubs


Stadiums and locations

TeamCity/StateStadiumCapacity
AizawlAizawl, MizoramRajiv Gandhi Stadium25,000
Chennai CityCoimbatore, Tamil NaduJawaharlal Nehru Stadium35,000
Churchill BrothersVasco da Gama, GoaTilak Maidan Stadium15,000
East BengalKolkata, West BengalSalt Lake Stadium85,000
Gokulam KeralaKozhikode, KeralaEMS Stadium80,000
Indian ArrowsCuttack, Odisha
Bhubaneswar, Odisha		Barabati Stadium
Kalinga Stadium		60,000
30,000
Minerva PunjabPanchkula, ChandigarhTau Devi Lal Stadium15,000
Mohun BaganKolkata, West BengalSalt Lake Stadium85,000
NEROCAImphal, ManipurKhuman Lampak Main Stadium40,000
Real KashmirSrinagar, Jammu and KashmirTRC Turf Ground15,000
Shillong LajongShillong, MeghalayaJawaharlal Nehru Stadium35,000

Personnel and sponsorship

TeamHead coachKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Aizawl Stanley RozarioVamosNECS Limited
Chennai City Akbar NawasPenaltyNippon Paint
Churchill Brothers Petre GigiuNiviaChurchill Group
East Bengal Alejandro MenéndezPerfQuess Corp
Gokulam Kerala Gift RaikhanKaizenAqualine
Indian Arrows Floyd PintoNikeHero
Minerva Punjab Sachin BadadheAstroApollo Tyres
Mohun Bagan Khalid JamilShiv NareshNone
NEROCA Manuel Retamero FraileSqad GearClassic Group
Real Kashmir David RobertsonAdidasJ&K Bank
Shillong Lajong Alison KharsyntiewLottoMcDowell's No.1

Head coaching changes

TeamOutgoing coachManner of departurePosition in tableIncoming coachDate of appointment
Chennai City V. SoundararajanContract finishedPre-season Akbar Nawas20 March 2018[5]
Aizawl Santosh KashyapContract finished Gift Raikhan6 June 2018[6]
NEROCA Gift RaikhanContract finished Manuel Retamero Fraile6 July 2018[7]
Indian Arrows Luís Norton de MatosContract finished Floyd Pinto25 July 2018[8]
Minerva Punjab Khogen SinghContract finished Paul Munster9 August 2018[9]
East Bengal Khalid JamilMutual consent Alejandro Menéndez20 August 2018[10]
Mohun Bagan Sankarlal ChakrabortyResigned6th(11 game in) Khalid Jamil7 January 2019[11]
Aizawl Gift RaikhanResigned10th(11 game in) Stanley Rozario9 January 2019
Minerva Punjab Paul MunsterResigned9th(16 game in) Sachin Badadhe(interim)12 February 2019
Gokulam Kerala Bino GeorgeMove To Technical Director10th(18 game in) Gift Raikhan28 February 2019

Foreign players

On 20 June 2018, it was decided by the All India Football Federation that the number of foreigners for each I-League club will be kept six as previous season. Asian player quota is abolished. Clubs can sign maximum six players of any nationality.[12]

Indian Arrows cannot sign any foreign players as they are the AIFF developmental team.

ClubForeigner 1Foreigner 2Foreigner 3Foreigner 4Foreigner 5Foreigner 6
Aizawl Léonce Dodoz Alfred Jaryan Ansumana Kromah Kareem Omolaja Richard Kasagga
Chennai City Mauro Boerchio Jozef Kapláň Roberto Eslava Néstor Gordillo Pedro Manzi Sandro Rodríguez
Churchill Brothers Nenad Novakovic Lorougnon Christ Remi Hussein Eldor Willis Plaza Anthony Wolfe Khalid Aucho
East Bengal Jhonny Acosta Enrique Esqueda Kassim Aidara Toni Dovale Borja Gómez Pérez Jaime Santos
Gokulam Kerala Daniel Addo Fabien Vorbe Ejiogu Emmanual Andre Ettienne Marcus Joseph
Minerva Punjab Jorge Caceido Kalif Alhassan Juan Quero Mahmoud Amnah Roland Bilala
Mohun Bagan Aser Pierrick Dipanda Omar Elhussieny Sony Norde Yuta Kinowaki Kingsley Obumneme Henry Kisekka
NEROCA Aryn Williams Chencho Gyeltshen Eduardo Ferreira Katsumi Yusa Varney Kallon Felix Chidi Odili
Real Kashmir Abednego Tetteh Bazie Armand Gnohere Krizo Loveday Enyinnaya Mason Robertson Aaron Katebe
Shillong Lajong

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Chennai City (C)2013434828+2043Qualification for AFC Champions League preliminary round 1[a]
2East Bengal2013343720+1742
3Real Kashmir2010732514+1137[b]
4Churchill Brothers209743523+1234
5Mohun Bagan208572728−129
6NEROCA207582726+126
7Aizawl206682728−124
8Indian Arrows2063111928−921
9Minerva Punjab2046101019−918[b]
10Gokulam Kerala203892533−817
11Shillong Lajong (R)2032152356−3311Relegation to I-League 2nd Division (withdrew)
Source: I-league
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwayAFCCHECHUEABGOKINAMINMOHNERREKSHI
Aizawl—1–22–13–23–20–11–21–20–00–04–1
Chennai City4–3—2–22–13–24–13–13–12–10–16–1
Churchill Brothers4–13–2—1–23–12–12–01–12–11–14–2
East Bengal1–11–21–1—3–11–00–13–22–11–15–0
Gokulam Kerala1–32–31–11–2—1–11–01–12–11–13–1
Indian Arrows0–00–20–11–21–0—2–10–22–32–21–0
Minerva Punjab0–10–00–00–11–11–0—0–11–00–10–1
Mohun Bagan2–21–10–30–22–21–32–0—1–01–22–0
NEROCA0–03–32–10–21–13–00–02–1—2–33–2
Real Kashmir1–01–00–01–21–02–0–[a]0–10–2—6–1
Shillong Lajong2–12–43–21–31–10–32–22–31–20–1—
Source: I-League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

Season statistics

Scoring

As of 9 March 2019[15]

Top Indian scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1Jobby JustinEast Bengal9
2Laldanmawia RalteEast Bengal8
3LalkhawpuimawiaAizawl6
Phrangki BuamShillong Lajong
5Samuel KynshiShillong Lajong5
6Naorem Mahesh SinghShillong Lajong4
Rohit DanuIndian Arrows
Subhash SinghNEROCA
9Surchandra SinghReal Kashmir3
Samuel LalmuanpuiaShillong Lajong
Amarjit Singh KiyamIndian Arrows
Rahul Kannoly PraveenIndian Arrows

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
Pedro ManziChennai CityIndian Arrows4–1 (H)26 October 2018[16]
Willis PlazaChurchill BrothersShillong Lajong4–2 (H)15 November 2018[17]
Pedro ManziChennai CityShillong Lajong6–1 (H)29 December 2018[18]
Pedro ManziChennai CityGokulam Kerala3–2 (H)4 January 2019[19]
Pedro ManziChennai CityNEROCA3–3 (A)11 February 2019[20]
Laldanmawia RalteEast BengalShillong Lajong5–0 (H)14 February 2019[21]

Cleansheets

As of 9 March 2019
RankPlayerClubClean
sheets
1 Bilal KhanReal Kashmir9
2 James KithanChurchill Brothers5
Prabhsukhan Singh GillIndian Arrows
Rakshit DagarEast Bengal
5 Shilton PaulMohun Bagan4
6 Bhaskar RoyMinerva Punjab3
Lalit ThapaNEROCA
LalawmpuiaAizawl
9 Nauzet SantanaChennai City2
Mauro BoerchioNEROCA
Arshdeep SinghMinerva Punjab
Shankar RoyMohun Bagan
Gurpreet Singh ChabalAizawl

Average home attendances

As of 9 March 2019[22][23]
TeamGPCumulativeHighLowMean
East Bengal10272,69964,8679,95227,270
NEROCA10191,38329,9326,13519,139
Mohun Bagan10176,48662,6283,38817,649
Gokulam Kerala10148,23030,2462,13614,823
Real Kashmir992,44012,8572,79211,206
Chennai City1061,3819,8563,2536,138
Minerva Punjab1056,2398,5913,4705,624
Shillong Lajong1041,23114,6971,1074,123
Churchill Brothers1033,8673,7962,4173,387
Aizawl1028,8015,3248632,881
Indian Arrows1016,4974,5201001,640
Total10911,14,34964,86710010,223

Awards

Hero of the Match

MatchHero of the MatchMatchHero of the MatchMatchHero of the Match
PlayerClubPlayerClubPlayerClub
Match 1 Pedro ManziChennai CityMatch 38 Nagen TamangReal KashmirMatch 75 Jobby JustinEast Bengal
Match 2 Enrique EsquedaEast BengalMatch 39 Amarjit Singh KiyamIndian ArrowsMatch 76 Gnohere KrizoReal Kashmir
Match 3 Arjun JayarajGokulam KeralaMatch 40 Khalid AuchoChurchill BrothersMatch 77 Arnab Das SharmaGokulam Kerala
Match 4 Philip NjokuMinerva PunjabMatch 41 Ningthoujam Pritam SinghGokulam KeralaMatch 78 Willis PlazaChurchill Brothers
Match 5 Naorem Mahesh SinghShillong LajongMatch 42 Alexander RomarioChennai CityMatch 79 Boris Singh ThangjamIndian Arrows
Match 6 Bilal KhanReal KashmirMatch 43 Laldanmawia RalteEast BengalMatch 80 LalrinchhanaAizawl
Match 7 Ronald SinghNEROCAMatch 44 Henry KisekkaMohun BaganMatch 81 Rahim AliIndian Arrows
Match 8 Jobby JustinEast BengalMatch 45 Jaime SantosEast BengalMatch 82 Naorem Mahesh SinghShillong Lajong
Match 9 Nenad NovakovićChurchill BrothersMatch 46 Amarjit Singh KiyamIndian ArrowsMatch 83 Loveday EnyinnayaReal Kashmir
Match 10 Sony NordeMohun BaganMatch 47 Roberto EslavaChennai CityMatch 84 Enrique EsquedaEast Bengal
Match 11 Ajith KumarChennai CityMatch 48 Malemngamba MeiteiNEROCAMatch 85 Sandro RodríguezChennai City
Match 12 Ashish RaiIndian ArrowsMatch 49 Henry KisekkaMohun BaganMatch 86 Nenad NovakovićChurchill Brothers
Match 13 Danish FarooqReal KashmirMatch 50 Eduardo FerreiraNEROCAMatch 87 Pedro ManziChennai City
Match 14 Malemngamba MeiteiNEROCAMatch 51 Jobby JustinEast BengalMatch 88 Laldanmawia RalteEast Bengal
Match 15 Lancine TouréMinerva PunjabMatch 52 Alfred JaryanAizawlMatch 89 Henry KisekkaMohun Bagan
Match 16 Aser Pierrick DipandaMohun BaganMatch 53 Pedro ManziChennai CityMatch 90 Marcus JosephGokulam Kerala
Match 17 Felix Chidi OdiliNEROCAMatch 54 Nickson CastanhaChurchill BrothersMatch 91 Lalrindika RalteEast Bengal
Match 18 Gani NigamGokulam KeralaMatch 55 Subhash SinghNEROCAMatch 92match not held
Match 19 Edwin Sydney VanspaulChennai CityMatch 56 Pedro ManziChennai CityMatch 93 Pedro ManziChennai City
Match 20 Willis PlazaChurchill BrothersMatch 57 Anwar AliIndian ArrowsMatch 94 Naorem Mahesh SinghShillong Lajong
Match 21 Kabir ThaufiqChennai CityMatch 58 Anthony WolfeChurchill BrothersMatch 95 Juan QueroMinerva Punjab
Match 22 Rajesh SGokulam KeralaMatch 59 Mason RobertsonReal KashmirMatch 96 Suresh Singh WangjamIndian Arrows
Match 23 Aser Pierrick DipandaMohun BaganMatch 60 Jobby JustinEast BengalMatch 97 Néstor GordilloChennai City
Match 24 Novin GurungShillong LajongMatch 61 Omar ElhussienyMohun BaganMatch 98 Léonce DodozAizawl
Match 25 Léonce Dodoz ZikahiAizawlMatch 62 Dawda CeesayChurchill BrothersMatch 99 Enrique EsquedaEast Bengal
Match 26 Néstor GordilloChennai CityMatch 63 Alfred JaryanAizawlMatch 100 LalkhawpuimawiaAizawl
Match 27 Bazie ArmandReal KashmirMatch 64 Shilton PaulMohun BaganMatch 101 Rahul Kannoly PraveenIndian Arrows
Match 28 Willis PlazaChurchill BrothersMatch 65 LalengmawiaIndian ArrowsMatch 102 Willis PlazaChurchill Brothers
Match 29 Arjun JayarajGokulam KeralaMatch 66 Alexander RomarioChennai CityMatch 103 Laldanmawia RalteEast Bengal
Match 30 Philip NjokuMinerva PunjabMatch 67 Borja Gómez PérezEast BengalMatch 104 Daniel AddoGokulam Kerala
Match 31 Sony NordeMohun BaganMatch 68 Sandro RodríguezChennai CityMatch 105 Paul RamfangzauvaAizawl
Match 32 Subhash SinghNEROCAMatch 69 Marcus JosephGokulam KeralaMatch 106 Phrangki BuamShillong Lajong
Match 33 William OpokuMinerva PunjabMatch 70 Phurba LachenpaShillong LajongMatch 107 LalawmpuiaAizawl
Match 34 Bazie ArmandReal KashmirMatch 71 Willis PlazaChurchill BrothersMatch 108 Danish FarooqReal Kashmir
Match 35 Felix Chidi OdiliNEROCAMatch 72 Phurba LachenpaShillong LajongMatch 109 Laldanmawia RalteEast Bengal
Match 36 Jobby JustinEast BengalMatch 73 Willis PlazaChurchill BrothersMatch 110 Gaurav BoraChennai City
Match 37 Israil GurungChurchill BrothersMatch 74 Malemngamba MeiteiNEROCA

See also

References

External links

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