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The 2019–20 I-League (Officially known as Hero I-League, due to sponsorship reasons) was the 13th season of the I-League, one of the top Indian professional football leagues, since its establishment in 2007. A total of 11 teams competed in the league.
Season | 2019–20 |
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Dates | 30 November 2019 - 14 March 2020[1] |
Champions | Mohun Bagan 2nd I-League title 5th Indian title |
AFC Cup | Mohun Bagan |
Matches played | 87 (Matches after 14 March 2020 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic) |
Goals scored | 187 (2.15 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Dipanda Dicka (12 goals) |
Biggest home win | NEROCA 5−0 TRAU (8 February 2020) |
Biggest away win | NEROCA 1−4 East Bengal (10 December 2019) NEROCA 0−3 Mohun Bagan (23 January 2020) Churchill Brothers 0−3 Mohun Bagan (22 February 2020) |
Highest scoring | Mohun Bagan 6−2 NEROCA (14 February 2020) |
Longest winning run | Mohun Bagan (7 games) |
Longest unbeaten run | Mohun Bagan (14 games) |
Longest winless run | Aizawl TRAU (5 games) |
Longest losing run | TRAU Indian Arrows East Bengal NEROCA (3 games) |
Highest attendance | 63,756 Mohun Bagan 2–1 East Bengal (19 January 2020) |
Lowest attendance | 150 Indian Arrows 1–1 Real Kashmir (26 January 2020) |
Total attendance | 459,885 |
Average attendance | 9,017 |
← 2018–19 2020–21 →
All statistics correct as of 18 April 2020.Season concluded with matches remaining due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
Chennai City were the defending champions, having won the previous season.[2] TRAU joined as a promoted club from the I-League 2nd Division.[3] Shillong Lajong were relegated from the I-League last season and will play in the second division in the 2019–20 season.[4] 2017-18 champion Minerva Punjab played as Punjab from this season as the club was renamed on 30 October 2019.[5]
On 18 April 2020, All India Football Federation, the organising body of the league announced Mohun Bagan as champions and decided to cancel the remaining matches due to the COVID-19 pandemic. No team was relegated, and the remaining prize money (apart from the champion's prize money) was equally divided among the 10 teams.[1]
Promoted from the 2018–19 I-League 2nd Division
Relegated from the 2018–19 I-League
Team | City/State | Stadium[6] | Capacity |
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Aizawl | Aizawl, Mizoram | Rajiv Gandhi Stadium | 20,000 |
Chennai City | Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | 30,000 |
Churchill Brothers | Margao, Goa | Fatorda Stadium | 20,000 |
Gokulam Kerala | Calicut, Kerala | Kozhikode EMS Stadium | 80,000 |
Indian Arrows | Vasco da Gama, Goa | Tilak Maidan Stadium | 5,000 |
Mumbai, Maharashtra | Cooperage Ground | 5,000 | |
Mohun Bagan | Kalyani, West Bengal | Kalyani Stadium | 20,000 |
Kolkata, West Bengal | Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan[derby 1] | 85,000 | |
NEROCA | Imphal, Manipur | Khuman Lampak Main Stadium | 35,000 |
Punjab | Panchkula, Chandigarh | Guru Nanak Stadium | 10,000 |
East Bengal | Kalyani, West Bengal | Kalyani Stadium | 20,000 |
Kolkata, West Bengal | Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan[EB 1] | 85,000 | |
Real Kashmir | Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir | TRC Turf Ground | 15,000 |
TRAU | Imphal, Manipur | Khuman Lampak Main Stadium | 35,000 |
Team | Head coach | Captain | Sponsor | Kit Manufacturer |
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Aizawl | ![]() |
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NECS Limited | Vamos |
Chennai City | ![]() |
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— | Uhlsport[7] |
Churchill Brothers | ![]() |
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Churchill | Nivia |
Gokulam Kerala | ![]() |
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Sree Gokulam Group |
Kaizen |
Indian Arrows | ![]() |
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Hero MotoCorp | Six5Six |
Mohun Bagan | ![]() |
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— | Shiv Naresh |
NEROCA | ![]() |
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Living 3D | Vicky Transform |
Punjab | ![]() |
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Apollo Tyres | Spartan[8] |
East Bengal | ![]() |
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Quess Corp | Kaizen |
Real Kashmir | ![]() |
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J&K Bank | Adidas |
TRAU | ![]() |
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Aciesta | Nivia |
Team | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure | Position in table | Incoming coach | Date of appointment |
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Churchill Brothers | ![]() |
Contract finished | Pre-season | ![]() |
16 May 2019[9] |
Mohun Bagan | ![]() |
Contract finished | ![]() |
10 May 2019 [10] | |
Gokulam Kerala F.C. | ![]() |
Contract finished | ![]() |
1 July 2019[11] | |
NEROCA | ![]() |
Contract finished | ![]() |
1 July 2019[12] | |
Punjab | ![]() |
End of caretaker spell | ![]() |
1 July 2019 | |
TRAU | ![]() |
Promoted to Technical Director | ![]() |
18 September 2019 | |
Churchill Brothers | ![]() |
Demoted to Assistant Coach | ![]() |
28 November 2019 | |
TRAU | ![]() |
Resigned | ![]() |
29 November 2019 | |
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Resigned | 3rd | ![]() |
22 December 2019 | |
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Moved as Technical Director | 3rd | ![]() |
2 January 2020[13] | |
East Bengal | ![]() |
Resigned | 6th | ![]() |
23 January 2020[14] |
TRAU | ![]() |
Sacked | 3rd | — |
Maximum 6 foreign players per team. Indian Arrows cannot sign any foreign players as they are the All India Football Federation developmental team.
In bold: Players who are capped for there National Teams.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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 |
Home \ Away | AFC | CHE | CHU | EAB | GOK | INA | MIN | MOH | NER | REK | TRU |
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Aizawl | — | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | a | 0–2 | 2–0 | |||
Chennai City | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | |||
Churchill Brothers | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | ||
East Bengal | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | a | 1–1 | 2–1 | ||
Gokulam Kerala | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |||
Indian Arrows | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | ||||
Punjab | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | |||
Mohun Bagan | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 6–2 | 4–0 | |
NEROCA | 1–0 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | — | 1–0 | 5–0 | |||
Real Kashmir | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | ||||||
TRAU | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | — |
Note: Matches after 14 March 2020 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
Top scorers
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Top Indian scorers
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Player | For | Against | Goals | Result | Date | Ref |
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![]() | Punjab | NEROCA | 3 | 3−2 | 29 January 2020 | [16] |
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NEROCA | TRAU | 3 | 5–0 | 8 February 2020 | [17] |
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Mohun Bagan | NEROCA | 3 | 6–2 | 14 February 2020 | [18] |
Source:[15] |
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
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1 | ![]() |
Mohun Bagan | 6 |
2 | ![]() |
NEROCA | 4 |
3 | ![]() |
Gokulam Kerala | 3 |
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Punjab | ||
5 | ![]() |
TRAU | 2 |
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Churchill Brothers | ||
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Real Kashmir | ||
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Indian Arrows | ||
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Aizawl | ||
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East Bengal | ||
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Chennai City | ||
12 | ![]() |
Mohun Bagan | 1 |
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Aizawl | ||
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TRAU | ||
Source:[15] |
Team | GP | Cumulative | High | Low | Mean |
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Mohun Bagan | 5 | 112,051 | 63,756 | 8,834 | 22,410 |
Gokulam Kerala | 5 | 85,065 | 31,184 | 10,135 | 19,040 |
TRAU | 4 | 53,042 | 23,682 | 7,564 | 13,260 |
NEROCA | 4 | 52,808 | 19,782 | 7,444 | 13,202 |
East Bengal | 7 | 59,471 | 12,722 | 4,573 | 8,496 |
Chennai City | 4 | 31,302 | 12,307 | 3,863 | 7,825 |
Real Kashmir | 3 | 26,063 | 11,521 | 6,010 | 8,687 |
Aizawl | 5 | 26,018 | 7,642 | 2,222 | 5,203 |
Churchill Brothers | 5 | 15,311 | 7,525 | 1,260 | 3,062 |
Punjab | 6 | 23,674 | 6,421 | 1,131 | 3,945 |
Indian Arrows | 5 | 3,736 | 1,618 | 150 | 747 |
Total | 51 | 459,885 | 63,756 | 150 | 9,017 |
Legend | Lowest
Highest |
Source:[19][20] |
Note: Matches after 14 March 2020 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
Match | Hero of the Match | Match | Hero of the Match | Match | Hero of the Match | |||
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Player | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | |||
Match 1 | ![]() |
Aizawl | Match 38 | ![]() |
TRAU | Match 75 | — | |
Match 2 | ![]() |
Gokulam Kerala | Match 39 | ![]() |
Punjab | Match 76 | ||
Match 3 | ![]() |
Churchill Brothers | Match 40 | ![]() |
Mohun Bagan | Match 77 | ||
Match 4 | ![]() |
Chennai City | Match 41 | ![]() |
Aizawl | Match 78 | ||
Match 5 | ![]() |
East Bengal | Match 42 | ![]() |
East Bengal | Match 79 | ||
Match 6 | ![]() |
NEROCA | Match 43 | ![]() |
Real Kashmir | Match 80 | ||
Match 7 | ![]() |
Indian Arrows | Match 44 | ![]() |
Gokulam Kerala | Match 81 | ||
Match 8 | ![]() |
Punjab | Match 45 | ![]() |
Punjab | Match 82 | ||
Match 9 | ![]() |
Churchill Brothers | Match 46 | ![]() |
Mohun Bagan | Match 83 | ||
Match 10 | ![]() |
Indian Arrows | Match 47 | ![]() |
Real Kashmir | Match 84 | ||
Match 11 | ![]() |
East Bengal | Match 48 | ![]() |
Indian Arrows | Match 85 | ||
Match 12 | ![]() |
Punjab | Match 49 | ![]() |
Churchill Brothers | Match 86 | ||
Match 13 | ![]() |
Mohun Bagan | Match 50 | ![]() |
Gokulam Kerala | Match 87 | ||
Match 14 | ![]() |
TRAU | Match 51 | ![]() |
Aizawl | Match 88 | ||
Match 15 | ![]() |
Punjab | Match 52 | ![]() |
NEROCA | Match 89 | ||
Match 16 | ![]() |
Mohun Bagan | Match 53 | ![]() |
Real Kashmir | Match 90 | ||
Match 17 | ![]() |
Aizawl | Match 54 | ![]() |
Mohun Bagan | Match 91 | ||
Match 18 | ![]() |
Aizawl | Match 55 | ![]() |
Churchill Brothers | Match 92 | ||
Match 19 | ![]() |
NEROCA | Match 56 | ![]() |
Indian Arrows | Match 93 | ||
Match 20 | ![]() |
Real Kashmir | Match 57 | ![]() |
Aizawl | Match 94 | ||
Match 21 | ![]() |
Real Kashmir | Match 58 | ![]() |
Gokulam Kerala | Match 95 | ||
Match 22 | ![]() |
Indian Arrows | Match 59 | ![]() |
East Bengal | Match 96 | ||
Match 23 | ![]() |
TRAU | Match 60 | ![]() |
Mohun Bagan | Match 97 | ||
Match 24 | ![]() |
Churchill Brothers | Match 61 | ![]() |
Churchill Brothers | Match 98 | ||
Match 25 | ![]() |
Mohun Bagan | Match 62 | ![]() |
Punjab | Match 99 | ||
Match 26 | ![]() |
Gokulam Kerala | Match 63 | ![]() |
TRAU | Match 100 | ||
Match 27 | ![]() |
Indian Arrows | Match 64 | ![]() |
East Bengal | Match 101 | ||
Match 28 | ![]() |
Aizawl | Match 65 | ![]() |
Churchill Brothers | Match 102 | ||
Match 29 | ![]() |
TRAU | Match 66 | ![]() |
NEROCA | Match 103 | ||
Match 30 | ![]() |
Mohun Bagan | Match 67 | ![]() |
Mohun Bagan | Match 104 | ||
Match 31 | ![]() |
Chennai City | Match 68 | ![]() |
East Bengal | Match 105 | ||
Match 32 | ![]() |
Real Kashmir | Match 69 | ![]() |
Chennai City | Match 106 | ||
Match 33 | ![]() |
TRAU | Match 70 | — | Match 107 | |||
Match 34 | ![]() |
NEROCA | Match 71 | Match 108 | ||||
Match 35 | ![]() |
Punjab | Match 72 | Match 109 | ||||
Match 36 | ![]() |
Gokulam Kerala | Match 73 | Match 110 | ||||
Match 37 | ![]() |
Mohun Bagan | Match 74 | Source:[19][21] |
Note: Matches after 14 March 2020 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
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