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Indian I-League

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Established
2007 (17 years old)

First Recorded Event
2019-11-30

Current Season
2024-2025

Level Below
Indian I-League 2nd Division

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Soccer

Location
India

Gender
Male

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24 Nov	Real Kashmir	-	Rajasthan Un	8:30am
24 Nov	Shillong Laj	-	Churchill Br	1:30pm
29 Nov	Real Kashmir	-	Gokulam	8:30am
29 Nov	Aizawl	-	SC Bengaluru	1:30pm
30 Nov	Namdhari	-	Rajasthan Un	8:30am
30 Nov	Shillong Laj	-	Dempo	1:30pm
01 Dec	Sreenidi Dec	-	Churchill Br	11:00am
01 Dec	Inter Kashi	-	Delhi FC	1:30pm
03 Dec	Namdhari	-	Dempo	8:30am
03 Dec	Gokulam	-	Aizawl	1:30pm
Results
23 Nov	Namdhari	0 - 0	Delhi FC
23 Nov	Aizawl	0 - 0	Dempo
22 Nov	Sreenidi Dec	2 - 3	Gokulam
22 Nov	Inter Kashi	1 - 0	SC Bengaluru
12 Apr	Aizawl	-	NEROCA
12 Apr	Gokulam	6 - 1	TRAU
10 Apr	Churchill Br	7 - 0	Rajasthan Un
09 Apr	Aizawl	-	TRAU
07 Apr	NEROCA	0 - 3	Gokulam
06 Apr	TRAU	2 - 1	Real Kashmir

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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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