The 2017–18 I-League was the 11th season of the I-League. Aizawl were the defending champions. NEROCA entered as the promoted team from the 2016–17 I-League 2nd Division. The season began on 25 November 2017. Minerva Punjab won their first I-League title.[1]
Season | 2017–18 |
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Dates | 25 November 2017 – 8 March 2018 |
Champions | Minerva Punjab 1st I-League title 1st Indian title |
Relegated | Churchill Brothers |
AFC Champions League | Minerva Punjab |
Matches played | 90 |
Goals scored | 205 (2.28 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Aser Pierrick Dipanda (13 goals) |
Best goalkeeper | Shilton Paul (8 clean sheets) |
Biggest home win | East Bengal 7–1 Chennai City (24 February 2018) |
Biggest away win | Gokulam Kerala 0–3 NEROCA (9 December 2017) |
Highest scoring | East Bengal 7–1 Chennai City (24 February 2018) |
Longest winning run | Minerva Punjab East Bengal(4 games) |
Longest unbeaten run | NEROCA (9 games) |
Longest winless run | Churchill Brothers (6 games) |
Longest losing run | Churchill Brothers (5 games ) |
Highest attendance | 64,630 Mohun Bagan vs East Bengal (3 December 2017) |
Lowest attendance | 218 Indian Arrows vs Chennai City (29 November 2017) |
Total attendance | 832,665 |
Average attendance | 10,280 |
← 2016–17 2018–19 →
All statistics correct as of 8 March 2018. |
Teams
editAll India Football Federation invited bids for new teams on 21 July 2017 from Bengaluru, Mumbai, New Delhi, Ranchi, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bhopal, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Malappuram and Trivandrum, among others.[2] On 20 September, after second round of bidding invitation, the Bid Evaluation Committee decided to award Sree Gokulam Group the right to field their team in the Hero I-League 2017–18 season onward from Kozhikode, Kerala.[3] Bengaluru FC successfully bid for a place in 2017–18 Indian Super League season and thus was not a part of I-League. NEROCA F.C. were promoted for winning 2016–17 I-League 2nd Division. After successful hosting of FIFA U-17 World Cup, AIFF revived Indian Arrows project to field the colts in I-League.
Stadiums and locations
edit- Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team | Standort | Stadium | Capacity |
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Aizawl | Aizawl, Mizoram | Rajiv Gandhi Stadium | 20,000[4] |
Chennai City | Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Coimbatore | 30,000[5] |
Churchill Brothers | Salcete, Goa | Tilak Maidan Stadium | 6,000 |
East Bengal | Kolkata, West Bengal | Salt Lake Stadium Barasat Stadium |
66,000 |
22,000 | |||
Indian Arrows | Delhi, New Delhi Bambolim, Goa |
Ambedkar Stadium GMC Bambolim Athletic Stadium |
35,000[6] |
6,500 | |||
Gokulam Kerala | Kozhikode, Kerala | EMS Stadium | 54,000 |
Minerva Punjab | Ludhiana, Punjab | Guru Nanak Stadium | 15,000[7] |
Mohun Bagan | Kolkata, West Bengal | Salt Lake Stadium Barasat Stadium Mohun Bagan Ground |
66,687[8] |
22,000 | |||
22,000 | |||
NEROCA | Imphal, Manipur | Khuman Lampak Main Stadium | 30,000 |
Shillong Lajong | Shillong, Meghalaya | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | 30,000 |
Personnel and kits
editTeam | Head coach | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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Aizawl | Santosh Kashyap | Vamos | NE Consultancy Services |
Chennai City | V Soundararajan | Counter Sports[9] | None |
Churchill Brothers | Joseph Afusi | Faisports | Churchill Group |
East Bengal | Khalid Jamil | PERF | Kingfisher |
Gokulam Kerala | Bino George | Kaizen sports | Aachi Group |
Indian Arrows | Luís Norton de Matos | Nike | None |
Minerva Punjab | Khogen Singh | Astro[10] | Apollo Tyres[11] |
Mohun Bagan | Sankarlal Chakraborty | Shiv Naresh | Nilkamal |
NEROCA | Gift Raikhan | Vector X[12] | Classic Group of Hotels |
Shillong Lajong | Alison Kharsyntiew | Nivia Sports[13] | None |
Foreign players
editOn 2 August 2017, it was announced by the All India Football Federation that the number of foreigners for each I-League club would go up to six, with two of the six having to be born in Asia or registered with the AFC.[14]
Indian Arrows cannot sign any foreign players as they are the AIFF developmental team.
Results
editLeague table
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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[a] | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 28 | −11 | 17 | |
10 | Indian Arrows[b] | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 24 | −11 | 15 |
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:
- ^ Churchill Brothers were relegated, but reinstated after the appeal.[15]
- ^ Indian Arrows were exempted from relegation, as they are an AIFF developmental team.
Results table
editSeason statistics
editScoring
edit- As of 8 March 2018[16]
Top scorersedit
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Top Indian scorersedit
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Hat-tricks
editPlayer | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
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Dudu Omagbemi4 | East Bengal | Chennai City | 7–0 | 24 February 2018 | [17] |
4 Player scored 4 goals.
Clean sheets
edit- As of 8 March 2018[18]
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Shilton Paul | Mohun Bagan | 8 |
2 | Avilash Paul | Aizawl | 6 |
3 | Phurba Lachenpa | Shillong Lajong | 5 |
Uroš Poljanec | Chennai City | ||
Bishorjit Singh | NEROCA | ||
6 | Lalit Thapa | NEROCA | 4 |
Rakshit Dagar | Minerva Punjab | ||
8 | Luis Barreto | East Bengal | 3 |
James Kithan | Churchill Brothers | ||
Kiran Chemjong | Minerva Punjab | ||
11 | Dheeraj Singh | Indian Arrows | 2 |
Prabhsukhan Singh Gill | Indian Arrows | ||
Nidhin Lal | Shillong Lajong | ||
Ubaid C K | East Bengal | ||
Bilal Husain Khan | Gokulam Kerala |
Attendance
editAverage home attendances
edit- As of 8 March 2018
Team | GP | Cumulative | Hoch | Niedrig | Mean |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
NEROCA | 9 | 192,438 | 35,285 | 11,020 | 21,382 |
East Bengal | 9 | 156,295 | 52,951 | 8,692 | 17,366 |
Mohun Bagan | 9 | 142,421 | 64,360 | 4,360 | 15,825 |
Gokulam Kerala | 9 | 73,177 | 25,841 | 621 | 8,131 |
Chennai City | 9 | 73,739 | 14,751 | 3,082 | 8,194 |
Minerva Punjab | 9 | 51,627 | 8,243 | 3,845 | 5,736 |
Shillong Lajong | 9 | 49,086 | 7,880 | 3,000 | 5,454 |
Aizawl | 9 | 38,297 | 7,280 | 2,800 | 4,256 |
Indian Arrows | 9 | 29,300 | 5,563 | 218 | 3,256 |
Churchill Brothers | 9 | 26,285 | 3,437 | 2,400 | 2,921 |
Total | 90 | 832,665 | 64,360 | 218 | 10,280 |
Highest attendances
editRank | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance | Date | Stadium |
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1 | Mohun Bagan | 1–0 | East Bengal | 64,360 | 3 December 2017 | Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan |
2 | East Bengal | 0–2 | Mohun Bagan | 52,951 | 21 January 2018 | Salt Lake Stadium |
3 | NEROCA | 2–1 | Indian Arrows | 35,285 | 5 January 2018 | Khuman Lampak Main Stadium |
4 | NEROCA | 1–1 | East Bengal | 28,243 | 30 December 2017 | Khuman Lampak Main Stadium |
5 | NEROCA | 2–1 | Chennai City | 27,633 | 15 December 2017 | Khuman Lampak Main Stadium |
6 | East Bengal | 1–1 | NEROCA | 26,900 | 8 March 2018 | Salt Lake Stadium |
7 | Gokulam Kerala | 1–1 | Chennai City | 25,841 | 4 December 2017 | EMS Stadium |
8 | NEROCA | 0–0 | Aizawl | 20,345 | 10 February 2018 | Khuman Lampak Main Stadium |
9 | Mohun Bagan | 1–2 | Chennai City | 18,316 | 2 January 2018 | Mohun Bagan Ground |
10 | NEROCA | 1–0 | Gokulam Kerala | 17,300 | 4 February 2018 | Khuman Lampak Main Stadium |
Awards
editHero of the Match
editMatch | Hero of the Match | Match | Hero of the Match | Match | Hero of the Match | |||
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Player | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | |||
1 | Sony Norde | Mohun Bagan | 31 | Mahmoud Amnah | East Bengal | 61 | Akram Moghrabi | Mohun Bagan |
2 | Alen Deory | Shillong Lajong | 32 | Murilo de Almeida | Chennai City | 62 | Varney Kallon | NEROCA |
3 | Katsumi Yusa | East Bengal | 33 | Subhash Singh | NEROCA | 63 | Prabhsukhan Singh Gill | Indian Arrows |
4 | Aniket Jadhav | Indian Arrows | 34 | Uroš Poljanec | Chennai City | 64 | Monday Osagie | Churchill Brothers |
5 | Chencho Gyeltshen | Minerva Punjab | 35 | Bali Gagandeep | Minerva Punjab | 65 | Bali Gagandeep | Minerva Punjab |
6 | Hardy Nongbri | Shillong Lajong | 36 | Aser Pierrick Dipanda | Mohun Bagan | 66 | Jean-Michel Joachim | Chennai City |
7 | Kingsley Obumneme | Mohun Bagan | 37 | Abdoulaye Koffi | Shillong Lajong | 67 | Lalram Hmunmawia | Aizawl |
8 | Nikhil Bernard | Gokulam Kerala | 38 | Mechac Koffi | Churchill Brothers | 68 | Anwar Ali | Indian Arrows |
9 | William Opoku | Minerva Punjab | 39 | Michael Soosairaj | Chennai City | 69 | Venyamin Shumeyko | Chennai City |
10 | Felix Chidi Odili | NEROCA | 40 | Chencho Gyeltshen | Minerva Punjab | 70 | Aser Pierrick Dipanda | Mohun Bagan |
11 | Laldanmawia Ralte | East Bengal | 41 | Abhijit Sarkar | Indian Arrows | 71 | Mahmoud Amnah | East Bengal |
12 | Aser Pierrick Dipanda | Mohun Bagan | 42 | David Lalrinmuana | Aizawl | 72 | Varney Kallon | NEROCA |
13 | Kassim Aidara | Minerva Punjab | 43 | Rakshit Dagar | Minerva Punjab | 73 | Edmund Lalrindika | Indian Arrows |
14 | Masih Saighani | Aizawl | 44 | Ogba Kalu Nnanna | Churchill Brothers | 74 | Bilal Husain Khan | Gokulam Kerala |
15 | Sheikh Faiaz | Mohun Bagan | 45 | Avilash Paul | Aizawl | 75 | Michael Soosairaj | Chennai City |
16 | Lalit Thapa | NEROCA | 46 | Varney Kallon | NEROCA | 76 | Subhash Singh | NEROCA |
17 | James Kithan | Churchill Brothers | 47 | Monday Osagie | Churchill Brothers | 77 | Saihou Jagne | Shillong Lajong |
18 | Redeem Tlang | Shillong Lajong | 48 | Felix Chidi Odili | NEROCA | 78 | Henry Kisekka | Gokulam Kerala |
19 | Dheeraj Singh Moirangthem | Indian Arrows | 49 | Santu Singh | Gokulam Kerala | 79 | Lalkhawpuimawia | Aizawl |
20 | Rana Gharami | Mohun Bagan | 50 | Aser Pierrick Dipanda | Mohun Bagan | 80 | Dudu Omagbemi | East Bengal |
21 | Jean-Michel Joachim | Chennai City | 51 | Prabhsukhan Singh Gill | Indian Arrows | 81 | Arjun Jayaraj | Gokulam Kerala |
22 | Daniel Addo | Gokulam Kerala | 52 | Abdoulaye Koffi | Shillong Lajong | 82 | Guy Eric Dano | Minerva Punjab |
23 | Uroš Poljanec | Chennai City | 53 | Leonce Dodoz Zikahi | Aizawl | 83 | Aser Pierrick Dipanda | Mohun Bagan |
24 | Phurba Lachenpa | Shillong Lajong | 54 | Chencho Gyeltshen | Minerva Punjab | 84 | Leonce Dodoz Zikahi | Aizawl |
25 | Jitendra Singh | Indian Arrows | 55 | Prabhsukhan Singh Gill | Indian Arrows | 85 | Michael Soosairaj | Chennai City |
26 | Leonce Dodoz Zikahi | Aizawl | 56 | Mahmood Al-Ajmi | Gokulam Kerala | 86 | Nikhil Kadam | Mohun Bagan |
27 | Mohammed Rafique | East Bengal | 57 | Kiran Chemjong | Minerva Punjab | 87 | Nidhin Lal | Shillong Lajong |
28 | Dheeraj Singh Moirangthem | Indian Arrows | 58 | Felix Chidi Odili | NEROCA | 88 | Nikhil Bernard | Gokulam Kerala |
29 | Eduardo Ferreira | East Bengal | 59 | Wayne Vaz | Churchill Brothers | 89 | Ricardo Cardozo | Churchill Brothers |
30 | Andrei Ionescu | Aizawl | 60 | Michael Soosairaj | Chennai City | 90 | Lalit Thapa | NEROCA |
Season awards
editHero I-League 2017–18 awards were announced on March 22.[19]
Award | Recipient |
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Best Goalkeeper | Shilton Paul (Mohun Bagan) |
Jarnail Singh Award for Best Defender | Varney Kallon (NEROCA) |
Best Midfielder | Michael Soosairaj (Chennai City FC) |
Best Forward | Chencho Gyeltshen (Minerva Punjab) |
Highest Scorer | Aser Pierrick Dipanda (Mohun Bagan) |
Best Emerging Player (U-22) | Samuel Lalmuanpuia (Shillong Lajong) |
Syed Abdul Rahim Award for Best Coach | Gift Raikhan (NEROCA) |
Best Organizers | NEROCA |
Fairplay award | NEROCA |
See also
editReferences
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