2018–19 I-League 2nd Division

I-League 2nd Division
Season	2018–2019
Champions	TRAU
Matches played	81
Goals scored	253 (3.12 per match)
Top goalscorer	Phillip Adjah Tetteh ; Princewill Emeka ; (10 goals)
Biggest home win	Bengaluru (R) 8–0 Hindustan; (25 January 2019)
Biggest away win	Kerala Blasters (R) 0–5 Ozone; (16 March 2019)
Highest scoring	Bengaluru (R) 8–0 Hindustan; (25 January 2019); Rainbow 6–2 Jamshedpur (R); (28 January 2019)
	← 2017–18 2019–20 → All statistics correct as of 25 May 2019.

The 2018–19 I-League 2nd Division (known as Hero 2018–19 I-League 2nd Division for sponsorship reasons), was the 12th season of the I-League 2nd Division, the second division Indian football league, since its establishment in 2008. The league was played from January to April 2019.^[1]

TRAU won the title and earned the promotion to 2019–20 I-League.

Teams

Nominated teams

At the start of the season 23 teams were nominated by the state associations for participation in this edition of the league.^[2] Following clubs were nominated:

Kerala: SAT Tirur, Quartz, Kerala

Delhi: Hindustan, Sudeva Moonlight, Delhi United

Manipur: TRAU, SSU-Singjamei

Meghalaya: Langsning

Mizoram: Chhinga Veng

Sikkim: United Sikkim

West Bengal: Mohammedan Sporting, Rainbow

Jammu and Kashmir: Lonestar Kashmir, J&K Bank

Karnataka: Ozone, South United

Telangana: Fateh Hyderabad

Odisha: Radha Raman Club

Bihar: Shirsh Bihar United

Gujarat: ARA

Jharkhand: Shivansh Jharkhand FC

Madhya Pradesh: Madan Maharaj

Selected teams

On 7 December 2018, it was announced by the league committee that nine clubs cleared the licensing criteria and are allowed to participate in this season. Additionally TRAU F.C. were granted three days of extension to clear the club licensing, considering the situation in their state league. TRAU cleared the licensing, taking the total teams competing to sixteen.^{[citation needed]}

Kolkata

Bengaluru

Kolkata teams
ATK (R)
Mohammedan
Rainbow

Bengaluru teams
Bengaluru (R)
Ozone
South United
Fateh Hyderabad

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Locations of the 2018–19 I-League 2nd Division teams

Stadiums and locations

Team	City/State	Stadium	Capacity
ARA	Ahmedabad, Gujarat	The Arena	22,000
ATK (R)	Kolkata, West Bengal	Sailen Manna Stadium	15,000
Bengaluru (R)	Bengaluru, Karnataka	Bangalore Football Stadium	8,400
Chennaiyin (R)	Chennai, Tamil Nadu	SSN College Ground	400
Chhinga Veng	Aizawl, Mizoram	Rajiv Gandhi Stadium	20,000
Fateh Hyderabad	Hyderabad, Telangana	FSV Arena	100
Goa (R)	Margao, Goa	GMC Athletic Stadium	3,200
Hindustan	Delhi	Ambedkar Stadium	35,000
Jamshedpur (R)	Jamshedpur, Jharkhand	JRD Tata Sports Complex	24,500
Kerala Blasters (R)	Kochi, Kerala	Panampally Ground	300
Lonestar Kashmir	Katra, Jammu and Kashmir	SMVDSB Sports Complex	2,600
Mohammedan	Kolkata, West Bengal	Kalyani Stadium	20,000
Ozone	Bengaluru, Karnataka	Bangalore Football Stadium	8,400
Rainbow	New Barrackpore, West Bengal	Barasat Stadium	22,000
South United	Bengaluru, Karnataka	Bangalore Football Stadium	8,400
TRAU	Imphal, Manipur	Khuman Lampak Main Stadium	35,000

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
ARA	Vivek Nagul	Seven	Amul
ATK (R)	Deggie Cardozo	Nivia	CESC Limited
Bengaluru (R)	Naushad Moosa	Puma	Kia Motors
Chennaiyin (R)	Sameer Shaikh	Performax	Apollo Tyres
Chhinga Veng	Danny Lalduhawma	None	JSJ FitPro
Fateh Hyderabad	Vimal Arora	Vector X^[3]	Premier
Goa (R)	Clifford Miranda	Sqad Gear	Xiaomi
Hindustan	Sena	Cosco	Hero Motocorp
Jamshedpur (R)	Kundan Chandra	Nivia	Tata Steel
Kerala Blasters (R)	Renjith Ajithkumar	Six5Six	Muthoot
Lonestar Kashmir	Ishfaq Ahmed	Kaizen	Rising Kashmir
Mohammedan	Raghunath Nandi^[4]	Kaizen	Orion
Ozone	David Booth	Lotto	Ozone Group
Rainbow	Jahar Das	Vamos	New Barrackpore Co-operative Homes Ltd
South United	Noel Wilson	Pyramid Sports	Hot Fut
TRAU	Nandakumar Singh^[5]	VectorX	HVS Constructions

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing Head Coach	Manner of departure	Incoming Head Coach	Date of appointment
Mohammedan	Biswajit Bhattacharya	2018	Raghunath Nandi	2018
South United	Miki Lladó	2019	Noel Wilson	2019

Foreign players

Each club, excluding the Indian Super League reserve sides, can register three foreign players in their squad. One of the foreign players has to be from an AFC Member Nation.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Asian Visa
ARA
Chhinga Veng	Godwin Quashiga
Fateh Hyderabad	Edmund Owusu Peprah	Forster Addae	Emile Demey
Hindustan	Trokon Saykiamien	Ronaque Bakshi	Maruf Fazly
Lonestar Kashmir	Wahab Lasisi	Jagaba Hamza	Lhendup Dorji^[6]
Mohammedan	Phillip Adjah Tetteh^[7]	Arthur Kouassi
Ozone	Chika Wali	William Opoku
Rainbow	Joel Sunday	Emmanuel Chigozie
South United
TRAU	Princewill Emeka	Joseph Olaleye

Preliminary round

Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied in the order given to determine the rankings: Greater number of points obtained in the matches between the Teams concerned Goal difference resulting from the matches between the Teams concerned Greater number of goals scored in the matches between the Teams concerned Goal difference in all the matches Greater number of goals scored in all the matches Drawing of lots

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bengaluru (R)^[a]	8	7	1	0	26	3	+23	22
2	Goa (R)^[a]	8	5	0	3	17	7	+10	15
3	Lonestar Kashmir	8	3	2	3	8	13	−5	11	Advance to Final Round
4	ARA	8	3	1	4	10	14	−4	10
5	Hindustan	8	0	0	8	5	29	−24	0

Source: Soccerway
Notes:

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

Fixtures and results

16 January 2019	ARA	4–3	Hindustan	Ahmedabad
15:00 IST	Syed Shoaib Ahmed 28', 49', 87' Amey Bhatkal 55'		12', 73' Franko Paul 61' Maruf Fazly	Stadium: The Arena Attendance: 400 Referee: Rosario Fernandes

16 January 2019	Goa (R)	1–4	Bengaluru (R)	Nagoa
15:45 IST	Aaren D'Silva 66'		51' Roshan Singh 69', 74' Altamash Sayed 84' Leon Augustine	Stadium: Nagoa Ground Attendance: 150 Referee: Harish Kundu

21 January 2019	ARA	0–4	Bengaluru (R)	Ahmedabad
15:30 IST			37' Advait Shinde 44' Roshan Singh 67', 80' B Lalnuntluanga	Stadium: The Arena Attendance: 150 Referee: Prasad Shivanand Surlakar

21 January 2019	Goa (R)	6–0	Hindustan	Old Goa
15:45 IST	Liston Colaco 73', 74', 85' Meldon Dsilva 76' Nestor Dias 87' Aaren D'silva 90+1'			Stadium: Ella Ground Attendance: 800 Referee: Ajay Krishnan

25 January 2019	Bengaluru (R)	8–0	Hindustan	Bengaluru
15:30 IST	Advait Shinde 11' Shrivas 16', 43' Myron Mendes 20' Leon Augustine 51', 57' Emanuel Lalchhanchhuaha 60' Altamash Sayed 61'			Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Ashwin

25 January 2019	ARA	2–3	Lonestar Kashmir	Ahmedabad
15:30 IST	Amey Bhatkal 58' Aditya Ashok Kumar Jha 72'		Jagaba Hamza 25', 51' Atinder Mani 66'	Stadium: The Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Harish Kundu

20 February 2019	Hindustan	0–2	ARA	Delhi
14:30 IST			24', 79' Parminder Singh	Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium Attendance: 90 Referee: Dipu Roy

25 February 2019	Hindustan	1–3	Bengaluru (R)	Delhi
14:30 IST	Franko Paul 6' (pen.)		14' Altamash Sayed 65' Roshan Singh 87' Namgyal Bhutia	Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Ravindra Thapliyal

5 March 2019	ARA	1–0	Goa (R)	Ahmedabad
15:30 IST	Syed Shoaib Ahmed 84'			Stadium: The Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Vishal

13 March 2019	Hindustan	0–3	Goa (R)	Delhi
14:30 IST			76' Sweden Fernandes 79' Aaren D Silva 86' Hayden Fernandes	Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium Attendance: 170 Referee: Diwakar Kumar

15 March 2019	Bengaluru (R)	0–0	Lonestar Kashmir	Bengaluru
15:30 IST				Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 450 Referee: Animesh Biswas

19 March 2019	Goa (R)	4–0	Lonestar Kashmir	Old Goa
15:45 IST	Aaren D Silva 39', 65' Meldon D'Silva 54' Lalawmpuia 70'			Stadium: Ella Ground Attendance: 50 Referee: Khamruddin K M

20 March 2019	Bengaluru (R)	2–0	ARA	Bengaluru
15:30 IST	Roshan Singh 47' Altamash Sayed 73'			Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Jestin Jose Kuzhivelil

24 March 2019	Hindustan	0–1	Lonestar Kashmir	Delhi
14:30 IST			50' Atinder Mani	Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Ashish Tiwari

24 March 2019	Goa (R)	1–0	ARA	Old Goa
15:45 IST	Hayden Fernandes 53'			Stadium: Ella Ground Attendance: 100 Referee: Ashwin

27 March 2019	Lonestar Kashmir	1–3	Bengaluru (R)	Katra
14:00 IST	Basit Ahmed Bhat 65'		Advait Shinde 7' Edmund Lalrindika 20' Myron Mendes 40' (pen.)	Stadium: SMVDSB Sports Complex Attendance: 200 Referee: Harish Kundu

30 March 2019	Lonestar Kashmir	2–1	Hindustan	Katra
14:00 IST	Trokon Saykiamien 4' (o.g.) Basit Ahmed Bhat 9'		Raja Musharaf Dar 28'	Stadium: SMVDSB Sports Complex Attendance: 200 Referee: Pratik Mondal

30 March 2019	Bengaluru (R)	2–0	Goa (R)	Bengaluru
15:30 IST	Edmund Lalrindika 4' Roshan Singh 50'			Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Akashkumar Kamaleshkumar Mehta

3 April 2019	Lonestar Kashmir	0–2	Goa (R)	Katra
14:00 IST			Hayden Fernandes 81' Aaren D Silva 84'	Stadium: SMVDSB Sports Complex Attendance: 82 Referee: Aditya Purkayastha

6 April 2019	Lonestar Kashmir	1–1	ARA	Katra
14:00 IST	Jagaba Hamza 26'		Parminder Singh 33'	Stadium: SMVDSB Sports Complex Attendance: 70 Referee: Anil Gulia

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ozone	8	6	2	0	19	6	+13	20	Advance to Final Round
2	Fateh Hyderabad	8	4	1	3	12	9	+3	13
3	Kerala Blasters (R)^[a]	8	2	2	4	8	13	−5	8
4	South United	8	1	4	3	10	16	−6	7
5	Chennaiyin (R)^[a]	8	1	3	4	8	13	−5	6

Source: Soccerway
Notes:

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

Fixtures and results

14 January 2019	Ozone	1–0	South United	Bengaluru
15:00 IST	Manvir Singh 72'			Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Sumiraj Poorathil Sudhakaran

14 January 2019	Kerala Blasters (R)	0–0	Chennaiyin (R)	Kochi
15:30 IST				Stadium: Panampally Ground Attendance: 125 Referee: Ankush Chakraborty

19 January 2019	Chennaiyin (R)	3–3	South United	Chennai
13:30 IST	Krishna Pandit 11' B Rohmingthanga 14', 16'		22' Sudipta Malakar 70', 89' Cletus Paul	Stadium: SSN College Ground Attendance: 100 Referee: Sumiraj Purathil Sudhakaran

19 January 2019	Kerala Blasters (R)	0–1	Fateh Hyderabad	Kochi
15:30 IST			68' Edmond Peprah	Stadium: Panampally Ground Attendance: 50 Referee: Ashish Tiwari

22 January 2019	Chennaiyin (R)	1–2	Ozone	Chennai
13:30 IST	Joysana Singh 42'		71' Prabin Tigga (o.g.) 85' Manvir Singh	Stadium: SSN College Ground Attendance: 60 Referee: Rafeek Babu Mannamparambath

25 January 2019	Fateh Hyderabad	4–0	South United	Bengaluru
15:00 IST	Naro Hari Shrestha 29' Gagandeep Singh 50' Bedashwor Singh 87' Emile O Damey 89'			Stadium: FSV Arena Attendance: 150 Referee: Dipu Roy

22 February 2019	South United	1–3	Kerala Blasters (R)	Bengaluru
15:00 IST	Amit Tudu 71'		Md Esha 17' Nongdamba Naorem 44' Pragyan Sundar Gogoi 90+2'	Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 350 Referee: Ashwin

22 February 2019	Fateh Hyderabad	2–1	Chennaiyin (R)	Bengaluru
15:00 IST	Naro Hari Shrestha 34' Haileuyibe Iranggau 86'		Syed Suhail Pasha 72'	Stadium: FSV Arena Attendance: 25 Referee: Moosa Vayoli

26 February 2019	South United	1–1	Chennaiyin (R)	Bengaluru
15:00 IST	David Lalbiakzara 15'		90+2' Krishna Pandit	Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Rafeek Babu Mannamparambath

26 February 2019	Fateh Hyderabad	2–1	Kerala Blasters (R)	Bengaluru
15:00 IST	Hitova Ayemi 35' Rahul Yadav 60'		90+4' Hrishi Dhath	Stadium: FSV Arena Attendance: 50 Referee: Prasad Shivanand Surlakar

2 March 2019	Ozone	2–1	Kerala Blasters (R)	Bengaluru
15:30 IST	William Opoku 13' C. S. Sabeeth 42'		78' Pragyan Sundar Gogoi	Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Ashwin

3 March 2019	South United	1–0	Fateh Hyderabad	Bengaluru
15:30 IST	Chanambam Jotin Singh 71'			Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Maria Joseph Arokia

7 March 2019	Fateh Hyderabad	0–0	Ozone	Bengaluru
15:30 IST				Stadium: FSV Arena Attendance: 120 Referee: Sunil Suryakant Nanodkar

9 March 2019	Kerala Blasters (R)	2–2	South United	Kochi
15:30 IST	Surag Chhetri 16' Hrishi Dhath 26'		14' Rungsing Muinao 70' Aaron D'costa	Stadium: Panampally Ground Attendance: Ravindra Thapliyal Referee: 100

11 March 2019	Ozone	3–0	Chennaiyin (R)	Bengaluru
15:30 IST	C. S. Sabeeth 22' Shaiborlang Kharpan 33', 45+2'			Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Dipu Roy

16 March 2019	Kerala Blasters (R)	0–5	Ozone	Kochi
15:30 IST			Shaiborlang Kharpan 6' Prabin Subba 19' Chika Wali 25' C. S. Sabeeth 58', 84'	Stadium: Panampally Ground Attendance: 100 Referee: Aditya Purkayastha

21 March 2019	Chennaiyin (R)	0–1	Kerala Blasters (R)	Chennai
15:30 IST			39' Pragyan Sundar Gogoi	Stadium: SSN College Ground Attendance: 75 Referee: Ankush Chakraborty

21 March 2019	Ozone	4–2	Fateh Hyderabad	Bengaluru
15:30 IST	C. S. Sabeeth 27' Manvir Singh 37' Prabin Subba 52' Sampath Kuttymani 87'		46' Naro Hari Shrestha 65' Edmond Peprah	Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Fasil Salahudeen

26 March 2019	Chennaiyin (R)	2–1	Fateh Hyderabad	Chennai
15:30 IST	B Rohmingthanga 38' Krishna Pandit 45+2'		90+4' Forster Addae	Stadium: SSN College Ground Attendance: 50 Referee: Fasil Salahudeen

26 March 2019	South United	2–2	Ozone	Bengaluru
15:30 IST	Rungsing Muinao 32' Sudipta Malakar 68'		55' Harpreet Rulbir 82' (o.g.) Krishanu Malo	Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Ashwin

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chhinga Veng	10	6	2	2	18	11	+7	20	Advance to Final Round
2	TRAU	10	5	2	3	17	20	−3	17	Advance to Final Round
3	Mohammedan	10	5	1	4	21	13	+8	16
4	ATK (R)^[a]	10	4	2	4	15	14	+1	14
5	Rainbow	10	3	4	3	17	16	+1	13
6	Jamshedpur (R)^[a]	10	1	1	8	10	24	−14	4

Source: Soccerway
Notes:

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

Fixtures and results

12 January 2019	Mohammedan	0–2	ATK (R)	Kolkata
13:30 IST			Thomyo L Shimray 26' S K Azaruddin 59'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Ibungo Meetei Ningthoukhongjam

13 January 2019	Jamshedpur (R)	0–1	TRAU	Jamshedpur
14:00 IST			Princewill Emeka 46'	Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex Attendance: 100 Referee: Deepak Singha

14 January 2019	Rainbow	0–0	Chhinga Veng	Kolkata
14:00 IST				Stadium: Barasat Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Jibon Chardra Gogoi

17 January 2019	Jamshedpur (R)	0–1	Chhinga Veng	Jamshedpur
14:00 IST			38' Lalromawia	Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex Attendance: 310 Referee: Anil Gulia

17 January 2019	Rainbow	1–1	Mohammedan	Kolkata
14:00 IST	Sourov Roy 4'		88' Philip Adjah (pen.)	Stadium: Barasat Stadium Attendance: 1500 Referee: Ibungo Meetei Ningthoukhongjam

17 January 2019	ATK (R)	2–3	TRAU	Kolkata
14:00 IST	SK Azaruddin 11' Thomyo Shimray 60'		4', 73' Princewill Emeka 36' Ngangbam Naocha Singh	Stadium: Howrah Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Ripu Nath Gogoi

22 January 2019	TRAU	2–3	Rainbow	Imphal
14:00 IST	Reisangmi Khodang 12' Princewill Emeka 73'		38' Sujit Sadhu 50' Sunday 65' Sujay Dutta	Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Jibon Chandra Gogoi

23 January 2019	ATK (R)	2–0	Jamshedpur (R)	Kolkata
14:00 IST	Thomyo L Shimray 32' Yumnam Singh 42'			Stadium: Howrah Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Aditya Purkayasta

25 January 2019	Chhinga Veng	3–0	Mohammedan	Aizawl
14:00 IST	MS Dawngliana 2' Lalromawia 25' Lalmuanzova 81'			Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Lanthoiba Pheiroijam

28 January 2019	Rainbow	6–2	Jamshedpur (R)	Kolkata
14:00 IST	Sujit Sadhu 35' Suraj Mahato 45+1' Sunday 57', 65' Saikat Sarkar 63' Robi Hansda 74'		82' Sohrab Akhtar 89' Jaypal Singh Sirka	Stadium: Barasat Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Harish Kundu

21 February 2019	ATK (R)	0–0	Rainbow	Kolkata
14:00 IST				Stadium: Howrah Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Fasil Salahudeen

23 February 2019	TRAU	0–2	Chhinga Veng	Imphal
14:00 IST			Thasiama 6' Lalliansanga 39'	Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium Attendance: 907 Referee: Akash Jackson Routh

24 February 2019	Mohammedan	2–1	Jamshedpur (R)	Kolkata
14:30 IST	Arthur Kouassi Desmos 43', 70'		82' Samim Hossain	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Khamruddin K M

28 February 2019	TRAU	2–1	Mohammedan	Imphal
14:00 IST	Princewill Emeka 25' Joseph Mayowa 56'		12' Philip Adjah	Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Srikant Bohidar

28 February 2019	Chhinga Veng	3–1	ATK (R)	Aizawl
14:00 IST	Vanlalbiaa Chhangte 26' Godwin Quashiga 53' Lalliansanga 65'		73' Ashish Jha	Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Attendance: 1000 Referee: Jibon Chandra Gogoi

3 March 2019	TRAU	2–0	Jamshedpur (R)	Imphal
14:00 IST	Kivi Zhimomi 45+1' Joseph Mayowa Olaleye 85'			Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Prasad Rabha

4 March 2019	Chhinga Veng	3–1	Rainbow	Aizawl
9:00 IST	Imanuel Lalthazuala 24', 64', 88'		44' Sunday	Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Lanthioba Pheiroijam

4 March 2019	ATK (R)	0–4	Mohammedan	Kolkata
15:00 IST			43' Stephanson Pale 45+1' Prosenjit Chakroborty 53' Philip Adjah 78' Arthur Kouassi	Stadium: Howrah Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Akash Jackson Routh

9 March 2019	Jamshedpur (R)	0–4	ATK (R)	Jamshedpur
14:00 IST			Ashish Jha 26' Thomyo L Shimray 35' Monoranjan Singh 51' Yumnam Singh 76'	Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex Attendance: 150 Referee: Prabhat Kalita

9 March 2019	Mohammedan	3–0	Chhinga Veng	Kolkata
15:00 IST	Arthur Kouassi 38' Philip Adjah 43', 70'			Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Srikant Bohidar

10 March 2019	Rainbow	3–3	TRAU	Kolkata
14:00 IST	Abhijit Sarkar 15', 45' Sunday 89'		Kivi Zhimomi 77' Joseph Mayowa Olaleye 90+1' Ningthoujam Momocha Singh 90+4'	Stadium: Barasat Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Nishant Bhengra

12 March 2019	ATK (R)	1–2	Chhinga Veng	Kolkata
15:00 IST	Yumnam Singh 8'		Lalromawia 14' Imanuel Lalthazuala 22'	Stadium: Howrah Stadium Attendance: 75 Referee: Vishal

13 March 2019	Jamshedpur (R)	3–0	Rainbow	Jamshedpur
14:00 IST	Jaypal Singh Sirka 53' Gorachand Mamdi 62' Sohrab Akhtar 63'			Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex Attendance: 700 Referee: Jehrul Islam

13 March 2019	Mohammedan	6–0	TRAU	Kolkata
15:00 IST	Stephanson Pale 43', 71' Philip Adjah 66', 90+1' Md. Amirul 86'			Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 350 Referee: Jatinder Singh

17 March 2019	TRAU	1–1	ATK (R)	Imphal
14:00 IST	Princewill Emeka 15'		Yumnam Singh 69'	Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium Attendance: 1000 Referee: Akash Jackson Routh

17 March 2019	Mohammedan	0–2	Rainbow	Kolkata
15:00 IST			Sunday 4' Sourov Roy 90+2'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 188 Referee: Priyobarta Singh Langpoklakpam

18 March 2019	Chhinga Veng	2–2	Jamshedpur (R)	Aizawl
14:00 IST	Lalmuanzova 26' Lalrammawia Rammawia 30'		Subhankar Sana 72' Jaypal Singh Sirka 88'	Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Shubhankar Khamri

22 March 2019	Jamshedpur (R)	2–4	Mohammedan	Jamshedpur
14:00 IST	Sohrab Akhtar 15' Subhankar Sana 58' (pen.)		Arthur Kouassi 13' Philip Adjah 17', 28' (pen.), 52'	Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex Attendance: 250 Referee: Harish Kundu

22 March 2019	Rainbow	1–2	ATK (R)	Kolkata
14:00 IST	Sunday 51'		Yumnam Singh 45+2' Thomyo L Shimray 88'	Stadium: Barasat Stadium Attendance: 338 Referee: Prabhat Kalita

22 March 2019	Chhinga Veng	2–3	TRAU	Aizawl
14:00 IST	Vanlalbiaa Chhangte 64' Lalliansanga 73'		Shougrapkam Netrajit Singh 8' Moirangthem Deepak Singh 58' Princewill Emeka 78'	Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Mithun Kumar Kundu

Final round

Group champions from preliminary round and second placed team from Group C will qualify for this round. The four sides will play each other twice in the home and away format. The team that finishes top of the table in the Final Round will be crowned champions, and earn promotion.^[8]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	TRAU (Q)	6	5	0	1	13	5	+8	15	Promotion to I-League
2	Chhinga Veng	6	4	1	1	12	6	+6	13
3	Ozone	5	1	0	4	4	6	−2	3
4	Lonestar Kashmir	5	0	1	4	3	15	−12	1

Source: Soccerway
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Fixtures and results

29 April 2019	Chhinga Veng	1–3	TRAU	Aizawl
14:30 IST	Godwin Quashiga 80'		Princewill Emeka 43' Joseph Mayowa Olaleye 63' Yami Longvah 89'	Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Pratik Mondal

29 April 2019	Ozone	3–0	Lonestar Kashmir	Bengaluru
15:30 IST	C. S. Sabeeth 45+3', 68' Rinreithan Shaiza 76'			Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Venkatesh R

3 May 2019	TRAU	4–1	Lonestar Kashmir	Imphal
14:30 IST	Princewill Emeka 19' Joseph Mayowa Olaleye 30', 86' Ngangbam Naocha Singh 54'		Jagaba Hamza 52'	Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium Attendance: 739 Referee: Mithun Kumar Kundu

5 May 2019	Ozone	0–1	Chhinga Veng	Bengaluru
15:30 IST			Lalromawia 75'	Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Rowan Arumugan

8 May 2019	Ozone	0–2	TRAU	Bengaluru
15:30 IST			Yami Longvah 8', 12'	Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Prasad Shivanand Surlakar

9 May 2019	Lonestar Kashmir	1–1	Chhinga Veng	Srinagar
15:30 IST	Lalrammawia Rammawia 46' (o.g.)		Lalmuanzova 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: TRC Turf Ground Attendance: 400 Referee: Aditya Purkayastha

12 May 2019	Lonestar Kashmir	0–1	TRAU	Srinagar
15:30 IST			Ngangbam Naocha Singh 88'	Stadium: TRC Turf Ground Attendance: 600 Referee: Harish Kundu

15 May 2019	Chhinga Veng	1–0	Ozone	Aizawl
14:30 IST	MS Dawngliana 48'			Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Tanmoy Dhar

18 May 2019	Chhinga Veng	6–1	Lonestar Kashmir	Aizawl
14:30 IST	Gagandeep Singh Ghattaura 32' (o.g.) Laldinpua PC 35' MS Dawngliana 39', 90+1' Vanlalbiaa Chhangte 50' Lalliansanga 86'		Jagaba Hamza 87'	Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Priyobarta Singh Langpoklakpam

19 May 2019	TRAU	2–1	Ozone	Imphal
14:30 IST	Princewill Emeka 56' Joseph Mayowa Olaleye 90+3'		C. S. Sabeeth 88'	Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium Attendance: 1700 Referee: Om Prakash Thakur

25 May 2019	TRAU	1–2	Chhinga Veng	Imphal
14:30 IST	Ngangbam Naocha Singh 66'		Malsawmzuala MC 33' Lalliansanga 40'	Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium Attendance: 806 Referee: Raktim Saha

25 May 2019	Lonestar Kashmir	cancelled	Ozone	Srinagar
14:30 IST				Stadium: TRC Turf Ground

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 25 May 2019^[9]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Phillip Adjah Tetteh	Mohammedan	10
1	Princewill Emeka Olariche	TRAU	10
3	C. S. Sabeeth	Ozone	8
4	Joel Sunday	Rainbow	7
4	Joseph Mayowa Olaleye	TRAU	7
6	Aaren D Silva	Goa (R)	6
7	Altamash Sayed	Bengaluru (R)	5
	Arthur Kouassi	Mohammedan
	Thomyo L. Shimray	ATK (R)
	Yumnam Singh	ATK (R)
	Roshan Singh	Bengaluru (R)
	Jagaba Hamza	Lonestar Kashmir
	Lalliansanga	Chhinga Veng

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Syed Shoaib Ahmed	ARA FC	Hindustan FC	4–3 (H)	16 January 2019	^[10]
Liston Colaco	FC Goa (R)	Hindustan FC	6-0 (H)	21 January 2019
Imanuel Lalthazuala	Chhinga Veng FC	Rainbow AC	3-1 (H)	4 March 2019
Phillip Adjah Tetteh	Mohammedan	Jamshedpur (R)	2-4 (A)	22 March 2019

Clean sheets

As of 25 May 2019

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Zothanmawia	Chhinga Veng	6
2	Aditya Patra	Bengaluru (R)	5
	Shubham Dhas	Goa (R)
	Dharmindar Guru	Ozone
5	Mithun Samonto	TRAU	4
6	Jedidi Haokip	ATK (R)	3
6	Priyant Kumar Singh	Mohammedan	3
8	Fayaz Shaikh	Fateh Hyderabad	2
	Dibyendu Sarkar	Rainbow
	Abhishek Das	ARA

References

^ "LEAGUE COMMITTEE MEETS AT AIFF HQ IN NEW DELHI". AIFF. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
^ "AIFF Executive Committee announce 2nd Division I-League tentative kick-off date". Khel Now.
^ "Fateh Hyderabad AFC is proud to announce its first ever Official Kitting Partner for the 2019 season". twitter.com. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
^ "CFL 2018: Mohammedan SC ropes in Raghu Nandi as coach". sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
^ "Will aim for next season's I League: TRAU's secretary". e-pao.net. Retrieved 9 January 2019.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Lhendup Dorji to play with Lonestar Kashmir FC in India". kuenselonline.com. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
^ "Mohammedan Sporting Sign Striker Phillip Adjah Tetteh". mohammedansportingindia.com. Archived from the original on 16 September 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Hero 2nd Division League set to kick-off on January 12". i league. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
^ "Players–Goals". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
^ "ARA FC of to a flier". Ahmedabad Mirror.

External links

Official I-League website.

[table_note_BFC0.60188761334954-8] Reserves team are ineligible for advance to the next round

[table_note_CFC0.55787896158075-9] Reserves team are ineligible for advance to the next round

[table_note_ATK0.96969031308298-10] Reserves team are ineligible for advance to the next round

[Teams-1] "LEAGUE COMMITTEE MEETS AT AIFF HQ IN NEW DELHI". AIFF. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2018.

[2] "AIFF Executive Committee announce 2nd Division I-League tentative kick-off date". Khel Now.

[3] "Fateh Hyderabad AFC is proud to announce its first ever Official Kitting Partner for the 2019 season". twitter.com. Retrieved 12 December 2018.

[4] "CFL 2018: Mohammedan SC ropes in Raghu Nandi as coach". sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 12 December 2018.

[5] "Will aim for next season's I League: TRAU's secretary". e-pao.net. Retrieved 9 January 2019.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[6] "Lhendup Dorji to play with Lonestar Kashmir FC in India". kuenselonline.com. Retrieved 9 January 2019.

[7] "Mohammedan Sporting Sign Striker Phillip Adjah Tetteh". mohammedansportingindia.com. Archived from the original on 16 September 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[11] "Hero 2nd Division League set to kick-off on January 12". i league. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2019.

[12] "Players–Goals". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 January 2019.

[13] "ARA FC of to a flier". Ahmedabad Mirror.

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