2017–18 in Indian football

Football in India
Season	2017–18
Men's football
I-League	Minerva Punjab
Indian Super League	Chennaiyin
I-League 2nd Division	Real Kashmir
Super Cup	Bengaluru
Women's football
Indian Women's League	Rising Students

The 2017–18 season is the 130th competitive association football season in India.

National teams

India national football team

2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	6	4	1	1	11	5	+6	13^[a]	2019 AFC Asian Cup	—	1–0	2–2	4–1
2	Kyrgyzstan	6	4	1	1	14	8	+6	13^[a]	2019 AFC Asian Cup	2–1	—	5–1	1–0
3	Myanmar	6	2	2	2	10	10	0	8		0–1	2–2	—	1–0
4	Macau	6	0	0	6	4	16	−12	0		0–2	3–4	0–4	—

Source: AFC
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head results: India 1–0 Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyzstan 2–1 India (India are ahead of Kyrgyzstan on head to head away goals).

28 March 2017 (2017-03-28) Match 1	Myanmar	0–1	India	Yangon, Myanmar
18:00 UTC+6:30		Report	Chhetri 90+1'	Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium Attendance: 21,025 Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)

13 June 2017 Match 2	India	1–0	Kyrgyzstan	Bangalore, India
	Chhetri	Report		Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: 6,213 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)

5 September 2017 Match 3	Macau	0–2	India	Taipa, Macau
		Report	B. Singh 57', 82'	Stadium: Estádio Campo Desportivo Attendance: 600 Referee: Ahmed Faisal (Jordan)

10 October 2017 Match 4	India	4–1	Macau	Bangalore, India
19:30	Borges 28' Chhetri 60' Ka Seng 70' (o.g.) Lalpekhlua 90+2'	Report	Torrão 37'	Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: 4,113 Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)

14 November 2017 Match 5	India	2–2	Myanmar	Margao, India
	Chhetri 13' (pen.) Lalpekhlua 69'	Report	Yan Naing Oo 1' Kyaw Ko Ko 19'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 5,546 Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)

27 March 2018 Match 6	Kyrgyzstan	2–1	India	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
20:00 UTC+6	Zemlianukhin 2' Murzaev 72'	Report	Lalpekhlua 88'	Stadium: Dolen Omurzakov Stadium Attendance: 9,588 Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates)

Friendlies

6 June 2017	India	2–0	Nepal	Mumbai, India
	Jhingan 60' Lalpekhlua 78'	Report		Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena

19 August 2017 Tri-Nation Series	India	2–1	Mauritius	Mumbai, India
	R. Singh 37' B. Singh 62'	Report	Jocelyn 15'	Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena Referee: Dilan Perera (Sri Lanka)

24 August 2017 Tri-Nation Series	India	1–1	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Mumbai, India
	J. Singh 38'	Report	Amory 71'	Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena Referee: Dilan Perera (Sri Lanka)

Goalscorers

Updated 10 June 2018 after match against Kenya.

Player	Goals
Sunil Chhetri	11
Jeje Lalpekhlua	5
Balwant Singh	3
Sandesh Jhingan	1
Robin Singh	1
Jackichand Singh	1
Rowllin Borges	1
Udanta Singh	1
Pronay Halder	1

Debutants

Jerry Lalrinzuala against Nepal on 6 June 2017.^[1]
Nikhil Poojari against Mauritius on 19 August 2017.^[2]
Amrinder Singh against Mauritius on 19 August 2017.^[2]
Manvir Singh against Mauritius on 19 August 2017.^[2]
Anirudh Thapa against Saint Kitts and Nevis on 24 August 2017.^[3]
Salam Ranjan Singh against Macau on 10 October 2017.^[4]

India national under-23 football team

2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualifiers

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Qatar (H)	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Final tournament
2	Syria	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5	Final tournament
3	India	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Turkmenistan	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

19 July 2017 Match 1	Syria	2–0	India	Doha, Qatar
17:00 UTC+3	Srour 64' Arnaout 88'	Report		Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 853 Referee: Kim Hee-gon (South Korea)

21 July 2017 Match 2	India	0–1	Qatar	Doha, Qatar
20:00 UTC+3		Report	Ali 54'	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 2,768 Referee: Chen Hsin-chuan (Chinese Taipei)

23 July 2017 Match 3	India	3–1	Turkmenistan	Doha, Qatar
17:00 UTC+3	Singh 41' Deory 72' Lalrinzuala 77' (pen.)	Report	Hojovov 13'	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 312 Referee: Kim Hee-gon (South Korea)

Friendlies

9 July 2017 Friendly	Singapore	0–1	India	Choa Chu Kang, Singapore
		Report	G. Singh 80'	Stadium: Choa Chu Kang Stadium

12 July 2017 Friendly	Singapore	1–0	India	Choa Chu Kang, Singapore
	Fandi 51'	Report		Stadium: Choa Chu Kang Stadium

India national under-20 football team

2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualifiers

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saudi Arabia (H)	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9	Final tournament
2	Yemen	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
3	India	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4
4	Turkmenistan	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7	0

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

4 November 2017 Match 1	Saudi Arabia	5–0	India	Dammam, Saudi Arabia
	Al-Hamddan 15' Al-Brikan 50', 81', 86' Al-Shahrani 75'	Report		Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 4,962 Referee: Mohammad Arafah (Jordan)

6 November 2017 Match 2	India	0–0	Yemen	Dammam, Saudi Arabia
		Report		Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 6,370 Referee: Hussein Abo Yehia (Lebanon)

8 November 2017 Match 3	Turkmenistan	0–3	India	Dammam, Saudi Arabia
		Report	Singh Kiyam 74' Halder 80' Lalrindika 90+3'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Hussein Abo Yehia (Lebanon)

2017 SAFF U-18 Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
1	Nepal (C)	4	3	1	6	2	+4	9^[a]	Champion
2	Bangladesh	4	3	1	9	5	+4	9^[a]
3	India	4	2	2	8	7	+1	6^[b]
4	Bhutan (H)	4	2	2	2	5	−3	6^[b]
5	Maldives	4	0	4	1	7	−6	0

Source: Futbol24
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored;
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Nepal ahead of Bangladesh on head-to-head points: Bangladesh 1–2 Nepal
^ ^a ^b India ahead of Bhutan on head-to-head points: India 3–0 Bhutan

18 September 2017 Match 1	Bangladesh	4–3	India	Thimphu, Bhutan
	Iqbal 55', 90+1' Mia 60' Rahman 74'	Report	Lalawmpuia 18' Laldinrika 32' (pen) Rebello 47'	Stadium: Changlimithang Stadium Referee: Farook M. Irshad (Sri Lanka)

22 September 2017 Match 2	India	3–0	Bhutan	Thimphu, Bhutan
	Lalawmpuia 38', 78' Rai 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Changlimithang Stadium Referee: Laba Khatri (Nepal)

25 September 2017 Match 3	India	2–1	Maldives	Thimphu, Bhutan
	Rebello 37' Halder 41'	Report	Tholal 18'	Stadium: Changlimithang Stadium Referee: Abdur Rahman Dhali (Bangladesh)

27 September 2017 Match 4	Nepal	2–0	India	Thimphu, Bhutan
	Henjan 2', 37'	Report		Stadium: Changlimithang Stadium Referee: Ugyen Dorji (Bhutan

Friendlies

28 October 2017 Friendly	Qatar	1–0	India	Doha, Qatar
	12'	Report		Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium

India national under-17 football team

2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ghana	3	2	1	5	1	+4	6	Knockout stage
2	Colombia	3	2	1	5	3	+2	6^[a]
3	United States	3	2	1	5	3	+2	6^[a]
4	India (H)	3	0	3	1	9	−8	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Colombia 3, United States 0.

6 October 2017 Match 1	India	0–3	United States	Delhi, India
20:00		Report	Sargent 30' (pen) Durkin 51' Carlton 84'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 46,351 Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)

9 October 2017 Match 2	India	1–2	Colombia	Delhi, India
20:00	J. Singh 82'	Report	Peñaloza 49', 83'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 48,184 Referee: Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)

12 October 2017 Match 3	Ghana	4–0	India	Delhi, India
20:00	Ayiah 43', 52' Danso 86' Toku 87'	Report		Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 52,614 Referee: Abdelkader Zitouni (Tahiti)

2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualifiers

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iraq	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	7	Final tournament
2	India	3	1	2	0	5	2	+3	5	Final tournament
3	Palestine	3	1	0	2	2	8	−6	3
4	Nepal (H)	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

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

20 September 2017 Match 1	India	3–0	Palestine	Kathmandu, Nepal
	G. Moirangthem 53' Oram 74' V. Singh 82'	Report		Stadium: ANFA Complex Attendance: 50 Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)

22 September 2017 Match 2	Nepal	2–2	India	Kathmandu, Nepal
	B. Chaudhary 76', 88'	Report	Rulbir 83', 85'	Stadium: ANFA Complex Attendance: 200 Referee: Lakmal (Sri Lanka)

24 September 2017 Match 3	Iraq	0–0	India	Kathmandu, Nepal
		Report		Stadium: ANFA Complex Attendance: 100 Referee: Dmitry Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)

2017 SAFF U-15 Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	India	2	6
2	Nepal (H)	2	3
3	Maldives	2	0

Source: GoalNepal
(H) Hosts

19 August 2017 Group Stage	India	9–0	Maldives	Kathmandu, Nepal
15:00	R. Rana 20', 26', 48' (o.g.) T. Moirangthem 41' R. Shabong 57' V. Singh 70' Lalrokima 80' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: ANFA Complex Referee: Golam Choudhary (Bangladesh)

23 August 2017 Group Stage	Nepal	1–2	India	Kathmandu, Nepal
15:00	R. Magar 40' (pen.)	Report	V. Singh 27' R. Rana 64'	Stadium: ANFA Complex Referee: Ugyen Dorji (Bhutan)

25 August 2017 Semi-final	Bhutan	0–3	India	Kathmandu, Nepal
15:00		Report	V. Singh 20' Rulbir 75' Demello 91'	Stadium: ANFA Complex Referee: Golam Choudhary (Bangladesh)

27 August 2017 Final	Nepal	1–2	India	Kathmandu, Nepal
15:00	B. Chaudhary 41' (pen)	Report	Lalrokima 58' V. Singh 74'	Stadium: ANFA Complex

AFC competitions

2017 AFC Cup

Inter-zone play-off semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bengaluru	3–0	April 25	3–0	0–0

Inter-zone play-off final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Istiklol	3–2	Bengaluru	1–0	2–2

2018 AFC Champions League

Play-off Round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
West Region
Zob Ahan	3–1	Aizawl

2018 AFC Cup

Play-off Round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
South Asia Zone
TC Sports	2–8	Bengaluru	2–3	0–5

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
South Asia Zone
Transport United	0–3	Bengaluru	0–0	0–3

Group stage

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BFC	RAD	ABD	AIZ
1	Bengaluru	6	5	0	1	14	3	+11	15	Inter-zone play-off semi-finals	—	1–0	1–0	5–0
2	New Radiant	6	4	0	2	12	5	+7	12		2–0	—	5–1	3–1
3	Abahani Limited Dhaka	6	1	1	4	5	12	−7	4		0–4	0–1	—	1–1
4	Aizawl	6	1	1	4	5	16	−11	4^[a]		1–3	2–1	0–3	—

Source: AFC
Notes:

^ Head-to-head results: Aizawl 0–3 Abahani Limited Dhaka, Abahani Limited Dhaka 1–1 Aizawl.

Club competitions

Indian Super League

Teams added

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bengaluru	18	13	1	4	35	16	+19	40	Qualification for ISL play-offs
2	Chennaiyin^[a] (C)	18	9	5	4	24	19	+5	32
3	Goa	18	9	3	6	42	28	+14	30
4	Pune City	18	9	3	6	30	21	+9	30
5	Jamshedpur	18	7	5	6	16	18	−2	26
6	Kerala Blasters	18	6	7	5	20	22	−2	25
7	Mumbai City	18	7	2	9	25	29	−4	23
8	Delhi Dynamos	18	5	4	9	27	37	−10	19
9	ATK	18	4	4	10	16	30	−14	16
10	NorthEast United	18	3	2	13	12	27	−15	11

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

Results

Home \ Away	KOL	BEN	CHE	DEL	GOA	JAM	KER	MUM	NEU	PUN
ATK	—	0–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	1–4
Bengaluru	1–0	—	1–2	4–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–1
Chennaiyin	3–2	1–3	—	2–2	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–0
Delhi Dynamos	4–3	2–0	1–1	—	1–5	0–1	1–3	5–1	0–2	2–2
Goa	5–1	4–3	0–1	1–1	—	2–1	5–2	3–4	2–2	0–2
Jamshedpur	0–0	0–2	0–1	3–2	0–3	—	2–1	2–2	1–0	0–1
Kerala Blasters	0–0	1–3	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	—	1–1	1–0	1–1
Mumbai City	0–1	1–3	1–0	4–0	2–1	1–2	0–1	—	3–2	0–2
NorthEast United	0–1	0–1	3–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–2	—	0–1
Pune City	3–0	1–3	0–1	2–3	0–4	2–1	1–2	2–1	5–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 4 March 2018. Source: Indian Super League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Bracket

Semi-finals					Final

1	Bengaluru	0	3	3

4	Pune City	0	1	1
					1	Bengaluru	2

					2	Chennaiyin	3
2	Chennaiyin	1	3	4

3	Goa	1	0	1

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pune City	1–3	Bengaluru	0–0	1–3
Goa	1–4	Chennaiyin	1–1	0–3

Final

17 March 2018

20:00 IST

Bengaluru	2–3	Chennaiyin
Chhetri 9' Miku 90+2'	Report	Alves 17', 45' Augusto 67'

Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru

Attendance: 25,753

Referee: Ali Abdulnabi

I-League

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted

NEROCA

Teams relegated

Mumbai

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Minerva Punjab (C)	18	11	2	5	24	16	+8	35	Qualification to 2019 AFC Champions League qualifier
2	NEROCA	18	9	5	4	20	13	+7	32
3	Mohun Bagan	18	8	7	3	28	14	+14	31
4	East Bengal	18	8	7	3	32	19	+13	31
5	Aizawl	18	6	6	6	21	18	+3	24
6	Shillong Lajong	18	6	4	8	17	25	−8	22
7	Gokulam Kerala	18	6	3	9	17	23	−6	21
8	Chennai City	18	4	7	7	15	24	−9	19
9	Churchill Brothers^[b]	18	5	2	11	17	28	−11	17
10	Indian Arrows^[c]	18	4	3	11	13	24	−11	15

Source: i-league.org
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
Notes:

^ Qualified for 2019 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs
^ Churchill Brothers were relegated, but reinstated after the appeal.^[5]
^ Indian Arrows were exempted from relegation, as they are an AIFF developmental team.

Results table

Home \ Away	AIZ	CHE	CB	KEB	IA	GK	MP	MB	NFC	SHI
Aizawl	—	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–1
Chennai City	1–1	—	3–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0
Churchill Brothers	1–0	0–2	—	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–1	2–0
East Bengal	2–2	7–1	3–2	—	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	5–1
Indian Arrows	2–2	3–0	2–1	0–2	—	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–0
Gokulam Kerala	0–2	1–1	2–3	2–1	0–1	—	0–1	1–1	0–3	3–2
Minerva Punjab	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	—	1–1	2–1	3–2
Mohun Bagan	2–0	1–2	5–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–2	—	0–0	1–1
NEROCA	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–3	—	0–2
Shillong Lajong	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–3	0–1	—

Source: I-League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

I-League 2nd Division

Preliminary round

Group A
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Real Kashmir	10	6	4	0	15	8	+7	22	Advance to Final round
2	Hindustan	10	5	5	0	13	7	+6	20	Advance to Final round
3	Pune City (R)^[a]	10	2	7	1	10	9	+1	13
4	Delhi United	10	1	6	3	10	11	−1	9
5	Delhi Dynamos (R)^[a]	9	2	2	5	5	9	−4	8
6	Lonestar Kashmir	9	0	2	7	9	18	−9	2

Source: soccerway
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Reserves team are ineligible for advance to the next round

Group B
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kerala Blasters (R)^[a]	10	7	0	3	25	17	+8	21
2	Ozone	10	5	4	1	19	3	+16	19	Advance to Final round
3	Kerala	10	6	1	3	19	12	+7	19
4	Fateh Hyderabad	10	5	2	3	23	16	+7	17
5	Goa (R)^[a]	10	2	3	5	13	15	−2	9
6	Madhya Bharat	10	0	0	10	3	39	−36	0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: soccerway
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Reserves team are ineligible for advance to the next round

Group C
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	TRAU	10	7	2	1	26	9	+17	23	Advance to Final round
2	Bengaluru (R)^[a]	10	5	2	3	19	13	+6	17
3	Langsning	10	4	3	3	16	9	+7	15
4	Jamshedpur (R)^[a]	10	3	2	5	11	22	−11	11
5	Mohammedan	10	3	3	4	12	13	−1	12
6	Chennaiyin (R)^[a]	10	2	0	8	8	26	−18	6

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: soccerway
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Reserves team are ineligible for advance to the next round

Final round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Real Kashmir (C)	3	2	1	0	8	6	+2	7	Promotion to 2018–19 I-League
2	Hindustan	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
3	Ozone	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2
4	TRAU	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2

Source: I-league
(C) Champions

Indian Women's League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	KRYPHSA	6	4	2	0	24	3	+21	14	Semi Final
2	Eastern Sporting Union	6	4	2	0	11	5	+6	14
3	Sethu	6	4	1	1	11	9	+2	13
4	Rising Students Club	6	3	1	2	11	5	+6	10
5	Gokulam Kerala	6	1	1	4	6	12	−6	4
6	Indira Gandhi AS&E	6	1	0	5	8	29	−21	3
7	Rush Soccer	6	0	1	5	4	12	−8	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

Knock-out stage

Semi-finals			Final

1	KRYPHSA	0 (3)

4	Rising Student	0 (4)
			Rising Student	1 (5)

			Eastern Sporting Union	1 (4)
3	Eastern Sporting Union	2

2	Sethu	0

Super Cup

31 March

Aizawl (pen.)

2 (5)

8 April

Chennaiyin

2 (3)

Aizawl

0

5 April

East Bengal

1

East Bengal

2

16 April

Mumbai City

1

East Bengal

1

2 April

Goa

0

Minerva Punjab

0 (4)

12 April

Jamshedpur (pen.)

0 (5)

Jamshedpur

1

3 April

Goa

5

Goa

3

20 April

ATK

1

East Bengal

1

1 April

Bengaluru

4

Churchill Brothers

1

11 April

Mohun Bagan

2

Mohun Bagan

3

4 April

Shillong Lajong

1

Pune City

2

17 April

Shillong Lajong

3

Mohun Bagan

2

1 April

Bengaluru

4

Bengaluru

2

13 April

Gokulam Kerala

1

Bengaluru

3

6 April

NEROCA

1

NEROCA

3

Kerala Blasters

2

Club managerial changes

This is a list of changes of managers within Indian league football:

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment
Goa	Zico	Contract finished	18 December 2016	Pre-season	Sergio Lobera	6 June 2017^[6]
East Bengal	Mridul Banerjee	Mutual consent	22 June 2017		Khalid Jamil	22 June 2017^[7]
Delhi Dynamos	Gianluca Zambrotta	Mutual consent	14 June 2017^[8]		Miguel Ángel Portugal	29 June 2017^[9]
Chennaiyin	Marco Materazzi	Mutual consent	6 March 2017^[10]		John Gregory	3 July 2017^[11]
Jamshedpur	Expansion club				Steve Coppell	14 July 2017^[12]
Kerala Blasters	Steve Coppell	Mutual consent	12 July 2017^[13]		René Meulensteen	14 July 2017^[14]
ATK	José Francisco Molina	Mutual consent	18 December 2016		Teddy Sheringham	14 July 2017^[15]
NorthEast United	Nelo Vingada	Mutual consent	15 May 2017^[16]		João de Deus	17 July 2017^[17]
Aizawl	Khalid Jamil	Mutual consent	22 June 2017^[7]		Paulo Menezes	28 July 2017^[18]
Pune City	Antonio López Habas	Mutual consent	15 September 2017^[19]		Ranko Popović	25 September 2017^[20]
Churchill Brothers	Alfred Fernandes	Unknown			Mykola Shevchenko	13 November 2017^[21]
Minerva Punjab	Surinder Singh	Unknown			Wangkhem Khogen Singh	24 November 2017^[22]
Indian Arrows	New direct entry club				Luís Norton de Matos	29 November 2017^[23]
Shillong Lajong	Thangboi Singto	Mutual consent	7 June 2017^[24]		Bobby Nongbet	Unknown^[25]
Kerala Blasters	René Meulensteen	Sacked	3 January 2018^[26]	8th	David James	3 January 2018^[27]
NorthEast United	João de Deus		3 January 2018^[28]	9th	Avram Grant	12 January 2018^[29]
ATK	Teddy Sheringham		24 January 2018^[30]	8th	Ashley Westwood (Interim)	24 January 2018^[30]
Aizawl	Paulo Menezes		12 February 2018^[31]	5th	Santosh Kashyap	14 February 2018^[32]
ATK	Ashley Westwood	Resignation	2 March 2018^[33]	9th	Robbie Keane (Player Manager)	3 March 2018^[34]

References

^ "India 2-0 Nepal". Goal.com. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "India 2-1 Mauritius". Soccerway.
^ "India 1-1 St. Kitts". Soccerway.
^ "Records broken by India after beating Macau 4-1 to seal AFC Asian Cup 2019 spot". SportsKeeda. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
^ "AIFF reinstates Churchill Brothers in I-League". The Times of India. 20 September 2018. Archived from the original on 18 November 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
^ "Sergio Lobera Rodriguez replaces Zico as FC Goa's new head coach". Indian Super League. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Khalid Jamil joins East Bengal". East Bengal Football Club (Twitter).
^ "Zambrotta leaves Delhi Dynamos". Delhi Dynamos (Twitter).
^ "Angel Portugal new coach for Delhi Dynamos". Delhi Dynamos FC (Twitter).
^ "Chennaiyin FC part ways with Materazzi by mutual consent". Times of India. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
^ "John Gregory joins Chennaiyin". Chennaiyin FC (Twitter).
^ "Steve Coppell joins Jamshedpur ISL team". Tata Steel (Twitter).
^ "Steve Coppell leaves Kerala Blasters". Kerala Blasters FC (Twitter).
^ "Rene Meulensteen signs with Kerala Blasters". Kerala Blasters FC (Twitter).
^ "Teddy Sheringham signs for ATK". Atletico de Kolkata (Twitter).
^ "Vingada leaves NorthEast United FC". NorthEast United FC (Twitter).
^ "Joao Carlos Pires signs with NorthEast United". NorthEast United FC (Twitter).
^ "Defending Champions Aizawl FC Appoint Portuguese Paulo Menezes As Head Coach". Goal.com. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
^ "FC Pune City and Antonio Habas Part Ways". FC Pune City. Archived from the original on 2017-09-15. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
^ "Ranko Popović signs with Pune City". FC Pune City (Twitter).
^ "Shevchenko joins Churchill Brothers as coach". Times of India. 13 November 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
^ "Minerva Punjab coach". Minerva Punjab (Twitter).
^ "Matos Names 25-member Indian Arrows Squad for Hero I-League 2017-18". The All India Football Federation. 29 November 2017. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
^ "Shillong Lajong end association with coach Thangboi Singto". Times of India. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
^ Ganguly, Abhishek (21 November 2017). "Shillong Lajong FC announces squad for I-League". Times of India. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
^ "Kerala Blasters Part Ways With Rene Meulensteen". Goal.com. 2 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
^ "David James returns as Kerala Blasters head coach". Times of India. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
^ "NorthEast United sack coach Joao de Deus Pires, Siddy to take charge". Times of India. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
^ "Avram Grant Head Coach". NorthEast United FC (Twitter).
^ ^a ^b "Teddy Sheringham sacked; Ashley Westwood replaces as interim". ATK (Twitter).
^ Mukherjee, Soham (12 February 2018). "I-League 2017–18: Aizawl FC sack Paulo Meneses". Goal. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ "Santosh Kashyap appointed Aizawl FC head coach". Hindustan Times. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
^ "Ashley Westwood steps down at ATK; Robbie Keane-Bastab Roy likely to take charge". Hindustan Times. 2 March 2018.
^ "Robbie Keane will be the Player Manager for tomorrow's game". Twitter.

[table_hth_IND0.26511650591396-1] Head-to-head results: India 1–0 Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyzstan 2–1 India (India are ahead of Kyrgyzstan on head to head away goals).

[table_hth_NEP0.72123561088053-6] Nepal ahead of Bangladesh on head-to-head points: Bangladesh 1–2 Nepal

[table_hth_IND0.72123561088053-7] India ahead of Bhutan on head-to-head points: India 3–0 Bhutan

[table_hth_COL0.10065687452474-8] Head-to-head points: Colombia 3, United States 0.

[table_hth_DAB0.29692122307463-9] Head-to-head results: Aizawl 0–3 Abahani Limited Dhaka, Abahani Limited Dhaka 1–1 Aizawl.

[10] Qualified for 2019 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs

[table_note_CB0.59892429718698-12] Churchill Brothers were relegated, but reinstated after the appeal.^[5]

[table_note_IA0.59892429718698-13] Indian Arrows were exempted from relegation, as they are an AIFF developmental team.

[table_note_DD0.51188863837714-14] Reserves team are ineligible for advance to the next round

[table_note_FCG0.39711288288101-15] Reserves team are ineligible for advance to the next round

[table_note_BFC0.25642225018536-16] Reserves team are ineligible for advance to the next round

[2] "India 2-0 Nepal". Goal.com. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017.

[Mauritius-3] "India 2-1 Mauritius". Soccerway.

[4] "India 1-1 St. Kitts". Soccerway.

[5] "Records broken by India after beating Macau 4-1 to seal AFC Asian Cup 2019 spot". SportsKeeda. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2017.

[11] "AIFF reinstates Churchill Brothers in I-League". The Times of India. 20 September 2018. Archived from the original on 18 November 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.

[17] "Sergio Lobera Rodriguez replaces Zico as FC Goa's new head coach". Indian Super League. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.

[Jamil-18] "Khalid Jamil joins East Bengal". East Bengal Football Club (Twitter).

[19] "Zambrotta leaves Delhi Dynamos". Delhi Dynamos (Twitter).

[20] "Angel Portugal new coach for Delhi Dynamos". Delhi Dynamos FC (Twitter).

[21] "Chennaiyin FC part ways with Materazzi by mutual consent". Times of India. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.

[22] "John Gregory joins Chennaiyin". Chennaiyin FC (Twitter).

[23] "Steve Coppell joins Jamshedpur ISL team". Tata Steel (Twitter).

[24] "Steve Coppell leaves Kerala Blasters". Kerala Blasters FC (Twitter).

[25] "Rene Meulensteen signs with Kerala Blasters". Kerala Blasters FC (Twitter).

[26] "Teddy Sheringham signs for ATK". Atletico de Kolkata (Twitter).

[27] "Vingada leaves NorthEast United FC". NorthEast United FC (Twitter).

[28] "Joao Carlos Pires signs with NorthEast United". NorthEast United FC (Twitter).

[29] "Defending Champions Aizawl FC Appoint Portuguese Paulo Menezes As Head Coach". Goal.com. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2017.

[30] "FC Pune City and Antonio Habas Part Ways". FC Pune City. Archived from the original on 2017-09-15. Retrieved 2017-09-28.

[31] "Ranko Popović signs with Pune City". FC Pune City (Twitter).

[32] "Shevchenko joins Churchill Brothers as coach". Times of India. 13 November 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.

[33] "Minerva Punjab coach". Minerva Punjab (Twitter).

[34] "Matos Names 25-member Indian Arrows Squad for Hero I-League 2017-18". The All India Football Federation. 29 November 2017. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2017.

[35] "Shillong Lajong end association with coach Thangboi Singto". Times of India. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.

[36] Ganguly, Abhishek (21 November 2017). "Shillong Lajong FC announces squad for I-League". Times of India. Retrieved 30 November 2017.

[37] "Kerala Blasters Part Ways With Rene Meulensteen". Goal.com. 2 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.

[38] "David James returns as Kerala Blasters head coach". Times of India. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.

[39] "NorthEast United sack coach Joao de Deus Pires, Siddy to take charge". Times of India. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.

[40] "Avram Grant Head Coach". NorthEast United FC (Twitter).

[Westwood-41] "Teddy Sheringham sacked; Ashley Westwood replaces as interim". ATK (Twitter).

[menezes_sacked2-42] Mukherjee, Soham (12 February 2018). "I-League 2017–18: Aizawl FC sack Paulo Meneses". Goal. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

[kashyap_coach-43] "Santosh Kashyap appointed Aizawl FC head coach". Hindustan Times. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.

[Westwood_sacked-44] "Ashley Westwood steps down at ATK; Robbie Keane-Bastab Roy likely to take charge". Hindustan Times. 2 March 2018.

[45] "Robbie Keane will be the Player Manager for tomorrow's game". Twitter.

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