2020 I-League qualifiers
| Season | 2019–20 |
|---|---|
← 2018–19 2020–21 → | |
The 2019–20 I-League 2nd Division (known as Hero 2019–20 I-League 2nd Division, for sponsorship reasons) will be the 13th season of the I-League 2nd Division, the second division Indian football league, since its establishment in 2008. The league is scheduled to kick-off in the last week of January 2020[1]
Teams
This season, 18 teams will be participating, comprising 2 reserve sides from I-League (Punjab and Indian Arrows) and 8 from Indian Super League (ATK, Jamshedpur, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennaiyin, Mumbai City, Goa and Kerala Blasters). All the teams will divided in 3 groups of 6 teams. The teams those will make their debut this season are FC Bengaluru United, Rajasthan FC, Indian Arrows (reserves), Punjab FC (reserves), Hyderabad FC (reserves) and Mumbai City FC (reserves).[1]
Stadiums and locations
Bengaluru (R)
| Team | City/State | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARA | Ahmedabad, Gujarat | EKA Arena | 22,000 |
| ATK (R) | Kolkata, West Bengal | Sailen Manna Stadium | 15,000 |
| Bengaluru (R) | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Bangalore Football Stadium | 8,400 |
| Bengaluru United | Bengaluru, Karnataka | ||
| Bhawanipore | Kolkata, West Bengal | ||
| Chennaiyin (R) | Chennai, Tamil Nadu | SSN College Ground | 400 |
| Garhwal | |||
| Goa (R) | Margao, Goa | GMC Stadium | 3,200 |
| Hyderabad (R) | Hyderabad, Telengana | ||
| Indian Arrows (R) | |||
| Jamshedpur (R) | Jamshedpur, Jharkhand | JRD Tata Sports Complex | 24,500 |
| Kerala | |||
| 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 |
| Mumbai City (R) | Mumbai, Maharashtra | ||
| Punjab (R) | Ludhiana, Punjab | Guru Nanak Stadium | 15,000 |
| Rajasthan |
Personnel and kits
| Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARA |  Vivek Nagul
|
None | None |
| ATK (R) | Deggie Cardozo
|
Nivia | CESC Limited |
| Bengaluru (R) | Naushad Moosa
|
Puma | Kia Motors |
| Bengaluru United | |||
| Bhawanipore | |||
| Chennaiyin (R) | Sameer Shaikh
|
Performax | Apollo Tyres |
| Garhwal | |||
| Goa (R) | Clifford Miranda
|
Sqad Gear | Xiaomi |
| Hyderabad (R) | |||
| Indian Arrows (R) | |||
| Jamshedpur (R) | Kundan Chandra
|
Nivia | Tata Steel |
| Kerala | |||
| Kerala Blasters (R) | Renjith Ajithkumar
|
Six5Six | Muthoot |
| Lonestar Kashmir | Ishfaq Ahmed
|
Kaizen | Rising Kashmir |
| Mohammedan | Raghunath Nandi
|
Kaizen | Orion |
| Mumbai City (R) | |||
| Punjab (R) | |||
| Rajasthan |
Foreign players
Each club, excluding the reserve sides, can register three foreign players in their squad. One of the foreign players has to be from an AFC Member Nation.
Preliminary round
Group A
Group B
Group C
- ^ a b "Eighteen teams to compete in Hero Second Division League 2019-20". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 2020-01-10.