Indian I-League

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Established
2007 (19 years old)

First Recorded Event
2019-11-30

Current Season
2025-2026

Current Round
1

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Level Below
Indian I-League 2nd Division

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Soccer

Location
India

Gender
Male

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06 Mar	Aizawl	1:00pm	Rajasthan
07 Mar	Gokulam K	10:30am	Namdhari
07 Mar	Chanmari	1:00pm	Sreenidi
08 Mar	Diamond H	10:30am	Dempo
08 Mar	Shillong	1:00pm	Real Kash
12 Mar	Chanmari	8:00am	Dempo
13 Mar	Aizawl	8:00am	Real Kash
13 Mar	Rajasthan	8:00am	Namdhari
14 Mar	Gokulam K	8:00am	Sreenidi
14 Mar	Shillong	8:00am	Diamond H
Results
01 Mar	Shillong	1 - 1	Rajasthan
01 Mar	Dempo	2 - 2	Real Kash
28 Feb	Diamond H	0 - 1	Sreenidi
27 Feb	Chanmari	0 - 0	Gokulam K
27 Feb	Namdhari	1 - 1	Aizawl
06 Apr	Inter Kas	3 - 1	Rajasthan
06 Apr	Gokulam	3 - 4	Dempo
06 Apr	Real Kash	1 - 1	Churchill
05 Apr	Aizawl	3 - 0	Namdhari
05 Apr	Sreenidi	2 - 2	SC Bengal

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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