Indian I-League

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Established
2007 (18 years old)

First Recorded Event
2019-11-30

Current Season
2024-2025

Level Below
Indian I-League 2nd Division

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Location
India

Gender
Male

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28 Mar	Rajasthan Un	-	Delhi FC	11:00am
29 Mar	Dempo	-	Real Kashmir	11:00am
29 Mar	Shillong Laj	-	Aizawl	1:30pm
30 Mar	Gokulam	-	Sreenidi Dec	1:30pm
30 Mar	Namdhari	-	SC Bengaluru	8:30am
30 Mar	Churchill Br	-	Inter Kashi	11:00am
04 Apr	Gokulam	-	Dempo	1:30pm
05 Apr	Sreenidi Dec	-	SC Bengaluru	1:30pm
05 Apr	Aizawl	-	Namdhari	1:30pm
05 Apr	Shillong Laj	-	Delhi FC	1:30pm
Results
24 Mar	Dempo	5 - 2	Aizawl
24 Mar	Inter Kashi	2 - 1	Shillong Laj
23 Mar	Rajasthan Un	2 - 1	Namdhari
23 Mar	Churchill Br	1 - 1	Sreenidi Dec
22 Mar	Delhi FC	1 - 2	Real Kashmir
22 Mar	SC Bengaluru	1 - 2	Gokulam
19 Mar	Dempo	1 - 3	Churchill Br
19 Mar	Sreenidi Dec	2 - 2	Inter Kashi
18 Mar	SC Bengaluru	3 - 2	Real Kashmir
17 Mar	Namdhari	1 - 3	Gokulam

Description

The I-League, formerly known as National Football League, is one among the two co-existing premier football leagues in India together with Indian Super League. For sponsorship reasons, the league is officially known as the Hero I-League. It is currently contested by 11 clubs across the country.

The competition was founded in 2007 as the successor to the National Football League (NFL) and competition commenced in November 2007. The league was launched as India's first ever professional football league and with the aim to increase the player pool for India's national team. Unlike the franchise based Indian Super League, the I-League operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the I-League 2nd Division. For the clubs that become I-League champions, they are granted the opportunity to participate in the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary international club competition.

Since the inception of the I-League, a total of seven clubs have been crowned champions. Dempo have won the most titles in league history, being crowned champions three times. Churchill Brothers and former I-League side Bengaluru have won the league twice. Salgaocar, Mohun Bagan, Aizawl, Minerva Punjab, and the current champions, Chennai City have won it once.

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