2019–20 in Indian football

Football in India
Season	2019–20
Men's football
Indian Super League	Shield: Goa; Cup: ATK
I-League	Mohun Bagan
I-League 2nd Division	Mohammedan
Durand Cup	Gokulam Kerala
Women's football
Indian Women's League	Gokulam Kerala

The 2019–20 season is the 132nd competitive association football season in India.

Men's national team

India national football team

2019 King's Cup

India were invited to play King's Cup tournament by Thailand. This was India's first tournament under the new coach, Igor Štimac.^[1]

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India

5 June 2019 (2019-06-05)	Curaçao	3–1	India	Buriram
15:30	Bonevacia 15' Hooi 17' Bacuna 33'	Report	Chhetri 31' (pen.)	Stadium: Chang Arena Referee: Chaireag Ngamsom (Thailand)

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Thailand

8 June 2019 (2019-06-08)	India	1–0	Thailand	Buriram
15:30	Thapa 17'	Report		Stadium: Chang Arena Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

2019 Intercontinental Cup

This is the second edition of the Hero Intercontinental Cup, organised by AIFF. This year no national side from other confederation took part other than AFC. India participated along with Syria, Tajikistan and North Korea. India was able to draw their third match against Syria after being defeated by Tajikistan and North Korea in their first two matches.

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Tajikistan

7 July 2019 Intercontinental Cup	India	2–4	Tajikistan	Ahmedabad, India
20:00 IST	Chhetri 4' (pen.), 41'	AIFF FFT	Tursunov 56' Boboev 58' Rahimov 71' Samiev 75'	Stadium: TransStadia Arena Attendance: 7,293 Referee: Jasur Mukhtarov (Uzbekistan)

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North Korea

13 July 2019 Intercontinental Cup	India	2–5	North Korea	Ahmedabad, India
20:00 IST	Chhangte 51' Chhetri 71'	AIFF	Jong Il-gwan 8', 28' Sim Hyon-jin 16' Ri Un-chol 63' Ri Hyong-jin 90+2'	Stadium: TransStadia Arena Attendance: 9,590 Referee: Akhrol Riskullaev (Uzbekistan)

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Syria

16 July 2019 Intercontinental Cup	India	1–1	Syria	Ahmedabad, India
20:00 IST	Gahlot 52'	AIFF	Al-Khatib 78' (pen.)	Stadium: TransStadia Arena Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Jasur Mukhtarov (Uzbekistan)

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Qatar^[a]	8	7	1	0	18	1	+17	22	Asian Cup	—	2–1	0–0	6–0	5–0
2	Oman	8	6	0	2	16	6	+10	18	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup	0–1	—	1–0	3–0	4–1
3	India	8	1	4	3	6	7	−1	7	Asian Cup qualifying third round	0–1	1–2	—	1–1	1–1
4	Afghanistan	8	1	3	4	5	15	−10	6		0–1	1–2	1–1	—	1–0
5	Bangladesh	8	0	2	6	3	19	−16	2		0–2	0–3	0–2	1–1	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

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Oman

5 September 2019 (2019-09-05)	India	1–2	Oman	Guwahati, India
19:30 UTC+5:30	Chhetri 24'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Alawi 82', 90'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 22,798 Referee: Mooud Bonyadifar (Iran)

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India

10 September 2019 (2019-09-10)	Qatar	0–0	India	Doha, Qatar
19:30 UTC+3		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)		Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 12,020 Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia)

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Bangladesh

15 October 2019 (2019-10-15)	India	1–1	Bangladesh	Kolkata, India
19:30 UTC+5:30	Khan 88'		Uddin 42'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 53,286 Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

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India

14 November 2019 (2019-11-14)	Afghanistan	1–1	India	Dushanbe, Tajikistan
19:00 UTC+5	Nazary 45+1'		Doungel 90+3'	Stadium: Central Republican Stadium Attendance: 8,100 Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)

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India

19 November 2019 (2019-11-19)	Oman	1–0	India	Muscat, Oman
19:00 UTC+4	Al-Ghassani 33'			Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex Attendance: 24,250 Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)

India national under-20 football team

Friendlies

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India

19 July 2019	Oman	2–1	India	Kartepe, Turkey
18:30 IST	34', 78'	Report	Givson Singh Moirangthem 68' (pen)

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Oman

22 July 2019	India	1–0	Oman	Kartepe, Turkey
18:30 IST	Rohit Danu 83'	Report	-

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India

27 July 2019 Unofficial	Kocaelispor	1–0	India	Kartepe, Turkey
		Report

Group A

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Russia	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9
Moldova	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Bulgaria	3	0	2	1	1	4	−3	2
India	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

Source: RFS Granatkin

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India

4 June 2019 (2019-06-04)	Russia	3–0	India	Saint Petersburg, Russia
18:00 3:00	Kosarev 50', 73', 82'			Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Dmitry Streltsov (Russia)

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India

6 June 2019 (2019-06-06)	Moldova	2–1	India	Saint Petersburg, Russia
12:00 3:00	Puşcaş 54' Gaiu 56' (p)		Danu 34'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Yunus Koshko (Russia)

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Bulgaria

9 June 2019 (2019-06-09)	India	1–1	Bulgaria	Saint Petersburg, Russia
12:00 3:00	Mishra 50'		Rafi 7' (og)	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Oleg Sokolov (Russia)

9–12th place

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India

11 June 2019	Kyrgyzstan	1–1 (3–1 p)	India	Saint Petersburg, Russia
14:30 IST	Emir Shigaibaev 88'	RFS AIFF	Akash Mishra 75'	Stadium: Stadium Turbostroitel Referee: Artem Petrenko (Russia)
	Penalties
	Ryskeldi Artykbaev Adilet Kanibekov Ilia Rusakov		Rohit Danu Harmanpreet Singh Lalchhinhima Sailo Jitendra Singh

11th place

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Tajikistan

13 June 2019	India	0–1	Tajikistan	Saint Petersburg, Russia
14:30 IST		AIFF RFS	Ozodbek Panzhiev 39'	Stadium: Stadium Turbostroitel Attendance: 300 Referee: Jan Bobrovsky (Russia)

2019 OFC Youth Development Tournament

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	2	2	0	5	1	+4	6	Final
2	New Caledonia	2	1	1	4	5	−1	3	Third place match
3	Vanuatu (H)	2	0	2	1	4	−3	0	Fifth place match

Source: OFC
(H) Hosts

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India

18 August 2019	Vanuatu	0–1	India	Port Vila, Vanuatu
11:30 IST		AIFF OCF	Sumit Rathi 78'	Stadium: Korman Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Roger Adams (Papua New Guinea)

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New Caledonia

21 August 2019	India	4–1	New Caledonia	Port Vila, Vanuatu
11:30 IST	Vikram Pratap Singh 17' Aman Chetri 41' Ricky John Shabong 74' Gurkirat Singh 79' (pen.)	OCF AIFF	Lues Waya 83'	Stadium: Korman Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Rani Perry (Tahiti)

Final

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India

24 August 2019	Tahiti	0–2	India	Port Vila, Vanuatu
13:30 IST		OCF AIFF	Manvir Singh 71' Vikram Pratap Singh 83'	Stadium: Korman Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Sione Lelenga (Tonga)

2019 SAFF U-18 Championship

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
1	India	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	4	Qualified for Knockout stage
2	Bangladesh	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	4	Qualified for Knockout stage
3	Sri Lanka	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0

Updated to match(es) played on 25 September 2019. Source: SAFF

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Bangladesh

23 September 2019	India	0–0	Bangladesh	Kathmandu, Nepal
15:15 IST		Report		Stadium: APF Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Kabin Byanjankar (Nepal)

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India

25 September 2019	Sri Lanka	0–3	India	Kathmandu, Nepal
15:15 IST		Report	Gurkirat Singh 61', 89' Aman Chetri 90+2'	Stadium: APF Stadium Attendance: 450 Referee: Virendha Rai (Bhutan)

Semi-final

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Maldives

27 September 2019	India	4–0	Maldives	Kathmandu, Nepal
15:15 IST	Narender Gahlot 7' Ahnaf Rasheedh 45+1' (o.g.) Manvir Singh 79' Ninthoinganba Meetei 81'	Report		Stadium: APF Stadium Attendance: 350 Referee: Kabin Byanjankar (Nepal)

Final

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India

29 September 2019	Bangladesh	1–2	India	Kathmandu, Nepal
15:15 IST	Md Yeasin Arafat 40'	Report	Vikram Pratap Singh 2' Ravi Bahadur Rana 90+1'	Stadium: APF Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Kabin Byanjankar (Nepal)

2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saudi Arabia (H)	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Final tournament
2	Uzbekistan^[a]	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Final tournament
3	Afghanistan	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3
4	India	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

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India

6 November 2019	Uzbekistan	2–0	India	Khobar, Saudi Arabia
18:35 IST	Khoshimov 51' Olimjonov 65'	AFC AIFF		Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 324 Referee: Shaun Evans (Australia)

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Saudi Arabia

8 November 2019	India	0–4	Saudi Arabia	Khobar, Saudi Arabia
21:35 IST		AFC AIFF	Marran 2' Al-Ghamdi 10', 18', 28'	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 2,523 Referee: Feras Taweel (Syria)

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Afghanistan

10 November 2019	India	0–3	Afghanistan	Khobar, Saudi Arabia
18:35 IST		AFC AIFF	Ramaki 2' Nawshad 4' Del 29'	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 180 Referee: Feras Taweel (Syria)

India national under-17 football team

Friendlies

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Bangkok Glass FC

30 July 2019	India	4–2	Bangkok Glass FC	Bangkok, Thailand
14:30 IST	Sridarth 13', 47', 79' (pen.) Shubho Paul 68'	Report	22', 23'

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Port F.C.

4 August 2019	India	7–1	Port F.C.	Bangkok, Thailand
14:30 IST	Sridarth 15', 25' Port FC 35' (o.g) Shubho Paul 44' Maheson Tongbram 69' Himanshu Jangra 70', 73'	Report	Wiwat 90'

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Chonburi F.C.

6 August 2019	India	4–1	Chonburi F.C.	Bangkok, Thailand
14:30 IST	Taison Loitongbam 5' Himanshu Jangra 50' Sridarth 78', 87'	Report	Nithipan Suksai 36'

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Assumption United FC

9 August 2019	India	2–0	Assumption United FC	Bangkok, Thailand
14:30 IST	Sridarth 40' Shubho Paul 59'	Report

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Keçiörengücü

9 September 2019	India	7–0	Keçiörengücü	Istanbul, Turkey
18:30 IST	Paogoumang Singson 2' Anish Mazumder 33' Taison Loitongbam 37' Shubho Paul 85' Himanshu Jangra 88', 89' (pen.), 90'	Report

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Fenerbahçe SK

9 September 2019	India	6–3	Fenerbahçe SK	Istanbul, Turkey
20:00 IST	Nongmeikapam 4', 5', 33', 53' Shubho Paul 12', 30'	Report	Arda Chakirli 14' Doğukan Tarlaek 37' Utku Büyükköse 14'

2020 AFC U-16 Championship qualification

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	3	2	1	0	11	1	+10	7	Final tournament
2	Uzbekistan (H)	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	7	Final tournament
3	Turkmenistan	3	1	0	2	4	9	−5	3
4	Bahrain^[a]	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0	Final tournament

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

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Turkmenistan

18 September 2019	India	5–0	Turkmenistan	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
17:00 IST	Paul 23' Nongmeikapam 40', 90+1' Taison Loitongbam 55' Jangra 90'	AFC AIFF		Stadium: Transportation Institute Stadium Attendance: 55 Referee: Masoud Tufaylieh (Syria)

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India

20 September 2019	Bahrain	0–5	India	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
17:00 IST		AFC AIFF	Nongmeikapam 4', 27' Mohamed Hasan 25' (o.g.) Paul 45+1', 73'	Stadium: Transportation Institute Stadium Attendance: 1,110 Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines)

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Uzbekistan

22 September 2019	India	1–1	Uzbekistan	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
18:00 IST	Nongmeikapam 66'	AFC AIFF	Islamov 81'	Stadium: JAR Stadium

AFC competitions

2020 AFC Champions League

Preliminary round 1

West Region
Team 1	Score	Team 2
Chennai City	0–1	Al-Riffa

2020 AFC Cup

Preliminary round 2

South Asia Zone
Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Paro	1–10	Bengaluru	0–1	1–9

Play-off round

South Asia Zone
Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Maziya	4–4 (4–3 p)	Bengaluru	2–1	2–3 (a.e.t.)

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	BAS	MAZ	CHE	TCS
1	Bashundhara Kings	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4	3	—	~~4 Nov~~	~~29 Oct~~	5–1
2	Maziya	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1^[a]	~~23 Oct~~	—	~~1 Nov~~	~~26 Oct~~
3	Chennai City	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1^[a]	~~26 Oct~~	2–2	—	~~4 Nov~~
4	TC Sports	1	0	0	1	1	5	−4	0	~~1 Nov~~	~~29 Oct~~	~~23 Oct~~	—

Source: AFC
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Club competitions

Indian Super League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Goa (L)	18	12	3	3	46	23	+23	39	Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League group stage and ISL playoffs
2	ATK (C)	18	10	4	4	33	16	+17	34	Advance to ISL playoffs^{[Note 1]}
3	Bengaluru	18	8	6	4	22	13	+9	30	Qualification for 2021 AFC Cup play-off round and ISL playoffs^{[Note 1]}
4	Chennaiyin	18	8	5	5	32	26	+6	29	Advance to ISL playoffs
5	Mumbai City	18	7	5	6	25	29	−4	26
6	Odisha	18	7	4	7	28	31	−3	25
7	Kerala Blasters	18	4	7	7	29	32	−3	19
8	Jamshedpur	18	4	6	8	22	35	−13	18
9	NorthEast United	18	2	8	8	16	30	−14	14
10	Hyderabad	18	2	4	12	21	39	−18	10

Source: Indian Super League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair play ranking; 6) drawing of lots
(C) Champions; (L) League Winners' Shield Winners

I-League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mohun Bagan (C)	16	12	3	1	35	13	+22	39	Qualification for 2021 AFC Cup group stage
2	East Bengal	16	6	5	5	23	18	+5	23
3	Punjab	16	5	8	3	23	21	+2	23
4	Real Kashmir	15	6	4	5	16	14	+2	22
5	Gokulam Kerala	15	6	4	5	20	19	+1	22
6	TRAU	17	6	4	7	17	27	−10	22
7	Chennai City	15	5	5	5	20	21	−1	20
8	Churchill Brothers	15	6	2	7	23	21	+2	20
9	NEROCA	16	5	3	8	27	35	−8	18
10	Aizawl	15	3	7	5	17	19	−2	16
11	Indian Arrows	16	2	3	11	7	20	−13	9

Source: I-league, RSSSF
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

I-League 2nd Division

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Garhwal^[a]	7	4	2	1	14	8	+6	14	Advance to Final round
2	ATK (R)^[b]	8	4	2	2	10	9	+1	14
3	Jamshedpur (R)^[b]	8	2	4	2	7	9	−2	10
4	Punjab (R)^[b]	6	3	0	3	8	5	+3	9
5	Rajasthan^[c]	6	1	2	3	4	7	−3	5	Eliminated
6	Lonestar Kashmir^[c]	7	1	2	4	8	13	−5	5	Eliminated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mohammedan^[a]	6	4	0	2	13	6	+7	12	Advance to Final round
2	Bhawanipore^[a]	5	2	2	1	7	7	0	8	Advance to Final round
3	Hyderabad (R)^[b]	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	8
4	Chennaiyin (R)^[b]	7	2	2	3	8	12	−4	8
5	Bengaluru (R)^[b]	6	2	0	4	8	11	−3	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ARA^[a]	7	4	2	1	15	6	+9	14	Advance to Final Round
2	Bengaluru United^[a]	8	4	2	2	12	6	+6	14	Advance to Final Round
3	Kerala^[b]	7	2	3	2	9	7	+2	9	Pulled out from league
4	Goa (R)^[c]	6	2	3	1	8	6	+2	9
5	Kerala Blasters (R)^[c]	7	1	2	4	8	14	−6	5
6	Mumbai City (R)^[c]	7	1	2	4	4	17	−13	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

Qualifiers

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mohammedan (C)	4	3	1	0	7	1	+6	10	Champion and Promotion to 2020–21 I-League
2	Bhawanipore	4	3	0	1	6	3	+3	9
3	Bengaluru United	4	1	2	1	2	3	−1	5
4	ARA	4	0	2	2	3	8	−5	2
5	Garhwal	4	0	1	3	3	6	−3	1

Source: I League
(C) Champions

Indian Women's League

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	KRYPHSA	5	5	0	0	15	0	+15	15	Semi Final
2	Sethu	5	4	0	1	23	2	+21	12	Semi Final
3	Kickstart FC	5	3	0	2	6	7	−1	9
4	FC Kolhapur City	5	1	1	3	3	8	−5	4
5	Baroda Football Academy	5	1	0	4	3	13	−10	3
6	BBK Dav FC	5	0	1	4	1	21	−20	1

Source: AIFF
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

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Gokulam Kerala	5	5	0	0	28	2	+26	15	Semi Final
2	Kenkre	5	4	0	1	13	14	−1	12	Semi Final
3	Odisha Police FC	5	2	1	2	9	12	−3	7
4	Sreebhumi	5	1	2	2	4	5	−1	5
5	Bangalore United FC	5	1	1	3	4	9	−5	4
6	Bidesh XI SC	5	0	0	5	2	18	−16	0

Source: AIFF
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

Knock–out stage

Semi-finals			Final

1	KRYPHSA	3

4	Kenkre	1
			KRYPHSA	2

			Gokulam Kerala	3
3	Gokulam Kerala	3

2	Sethu	0

Season Statistics

India national team

Goalscorers

5 goals

Sunil Chhetri

1 goal

Match Stats

Criteria	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Competition
Highest Win	India	1–0	Thailand	2019 King's Cup
Highest Loss	India	2–5	North Korea	2019 Intercontinental Cup

India national under-20 team

Goalscorers

3 goals

Vikram Pratap Singh

2 goals

1 goal

Ahnaf Rasheedh
Givson Singh Moirangthem
John Shabong
Meetei
Narender Gahlot
Ravi Bahadur Rana
Sumit Rathi

1 own goal

Rafi (against Bulgaria)

Match Stats

Criteria	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Competition
Highest Win	India	4–0	Maldives	2019 SAFF U-18 Championship
Highest Loss	India	0–4	Saudi Arabia	2020 AFC U-16 Championship qualification
Highest Scoring	India	4–1	New Caledonia	2019 OFC Youth Development Tournament

India national under-17 team

Match Stats

Criteria	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Competition
Highest Win	India	7–0	Bhutan Nepal Keçiörengücü	2019 SAFF U-15 Championship 2019 SAFF U-15 Championship Friendly
Highest Loss	–	–	–	–
Highest Scoring	India	6–3	Fenerbahçe SK	Friendly

India women's national team

Match Stats

Criteria	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Competition
Highest Win	Sri Lanka	0–6	India	2019 South Asian Games
Highest Loss	India	1–5	Uzbekistan	Friendly
Highest Scoring	India Sri Lanka	1–5 0–6	Uzbekistan India	Friendly 2019 South Asian Games

India women's national under-17 team

Match Stats

Criteria	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Competition
Highest Win	Bhutan	1–10	India	2019 SAFF U-15 Women's Championship
Highest Loss	Sweden	4–0	India	Friendly
Highest Scoring	Bhutan	1–10	India	2019 SAFF U-15 Women's Championship

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