2020 I-League qualifiers

The 2020 I-League qualifiers (also known as Hero I-League Qualifiers 2020 for sponsorship reasons) was the 13th season of I-League 2nd Division, the second division of Indian football league, since its establishment in 2008. The league was kicked-off from 25 January 2020.[1][2]

I-League qualifiers
ChampionsMohammedan
Matches played54
Goals scored148 (2.74 per match)
Highest attendance1,209
Lowest attendance23
Average attendance239
2021

The season was shortened due to COVID-19 pandemic in India and Mohammedan won the league, being promoted to 2020–21 I-League.

Teams

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This season, 17 teams participated, including one reserve side from I-League (Punjab) and eight from Indian Super League (ATK, Jamshedpur, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennaiyin, Mumbai City, Goa and Kerala Blasters). All the teams had been divided into three groups of six teams in A and C, and five teams in group B. The teams which made their debut this season were Bengaluru United, Rajasthan FC, Punjab FC (reserves), Hyderabad FC (reserves) and Mumbai City FC (reserves).[1] Indian Arrows reserves were supposed to debut this season, but later withdrew, since it consists of U-16 and U-18 players, which had their board examinations.[3]

Stadiums and locations

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Locations of the 2019–20 I-League 2nd Division teams


 
Locations of the stadiums for I-league Qualifiers


Team City/State Stadium Capacity
ARA Ahmedabad, Gujarat EKA Arena 22,000
ATK (R) Barasat, West Bengal Aditya Academy Ground 10,000
Rajasthan Jodhpur, Rajasthan Maharaja Umed Singh Stadium 6,000
Bengaluru (R) Bengaluru, Karnataka Bengaluru Football Stadium 8,400
Bengaluru United Bengaluru, Karnataka Bengaluru Football Stadium 8,400
Bhawanipore Kolkata, West Bengal Kalyani Stadium 20,000
Chennaiyin (R) Chennai, Tamil Nadu SSN College Ground 400
Garhwal New Delhi, Delhi Ambedkar Stadium 35,000
Goa (R) Margao, Goa GMC Stadium 3,200
Hyderabad (R) Hyderabad, Telangana Gachibowli Athletic Stadium 30,000
Jamshedpur (R) Jamshedpur, Jharkhand JRD Tata Sports Complex 24,500
Kerala Thrissur, Kerala Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium 15,000
Kerala Blasters (R) Ernakulam, Kerala Panampally Ground 300
Lonestar Kashmir Katra, Jammu and Kashmir SMVDSB Sports Complex 2,600
Mohammedan Howrah, West Bengal Sailen Manna Stadium 15,000
Mumbai City (R) Mumbai, Maharashtra Cooperage Ground 5,000
Punjab (R) Ludhiana, Punjab Guru Nanak Stadium 15,000

Due to COVID-19 pandemic, all the rescheduled matches after COVID-19 pandemic, will be played in a single venue. AIFF declared Kolkata and Kalyani as the venue on 14 August for the final round after cancelling the remaining matches of the preliminary round. Matches will be played at Kalyani Stadium in Kalyani and at Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata.[4]

Personnel and kits

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Team Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
ARA   Vivek Nagul SEVEN Amul
ATK (R)   Deggie Cardozo Nivia
Bengaluru (R)   Naushad Moosa Puma Kia Motors
Bengaluru United   Richard Hood MS Sportswear The Organic World
Bhawanipore   Sankarlal Chakraborty Cosco Sangbad Pratidin
Chennaiyin (R)   Santosh Kashyap Performax Apollo Tyres
Garhwal   Vikas Rawat Vector X ONGC
Goa (R)   Clifford Miranda T10 Adda52.com
Hyderabad (R)   Anshul Katiyar Reyaur Sports[5] Jai Raj Steel[6]
Jamshedpur (R)   Noel Wilson Nivia Tata Steel
Kerala   TG Purushothaman Cosco Yologans
Kerala Blasters (R)   Renjith Ajithkumar Reyaur Sports Muthoot
Lonestar Kashmir   Kenichi Yatsuhashi Kaizen Rising Kashmir
Mohammedan   Sol Campbell Kaizen TRAK Only
Mumbai City (R)   Mohan Das Squad Gear SportsAdda
Punjab (R)   Curtis Fleming Spartan Apollo Tyres
Rajasthan   Mangesh Desai AIO Sports AU Small Finance Bank

Coaching changes

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Team Outgoing Head Coach Manner of departure Incoming Head Coach Date of appointment
Mohammedan   Raghunath Nandi 2019   Yan Law 2020
Lonestar Kashmir   Miki Lladó 2019   Kenichi Yatsuhashi 2020

Foreign players

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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.

Team Player 1 Player 2 Asian Visa
ARA   Eze Stanley   Camara Bakia   Rajesh Pariyar
Rajasthan   Collins Patterson   Muhammad Iqbal
Bengaluru United   Robert Primus   William Opoku
Bhawanipore   Philip Adjah   Ansumana Kromah
Garhwal   Bala Dahir   Ekomobong Victor Philip
Kerala   Cyrille Brohiri
Lonestar Kashmir   Ellon Maxwell   Bema Coulibaly
Mohammedan   Willis Plaza   Eze Kingsley   Abhishek Rijal

Preliminary round

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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:
  1. Greater number of points obtained in the matches between the Teams concerned
  2. Goal difference resulting from the matches between the Teams concerned
  3. Greater number of goals scored in the matches between the Teams concerned
  4. Goal difference in all the matches
  5. Greater number of goals scored in all the matches
  6. Drawing of lots

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Garhwal[a] 7 4 2 1 14 8 +6 14 Advance to Final round
2 ATK (R)[b] 8 4 2 2 10 9 +1 14
3 Jamshedpur (R)[b] 8 2 4 2 7 9 −2 10
4 Punjab (R)[b] 6 3 0 3 8 5 +3 9
5 Rajasthan[c] 6 1 2 3 4 7 −3 5 Eliminated
6 Lonestar Kashmir[c] 7 1 2 4 8 13 −5 5
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India, a shorter format of the league was announced. Therefore, only the top 6 non-reserve clubs advanced to the Final round.
  2. ^ a b c Reserves team are ineligible for advancing to the next round. To qualify for promotion, club must hold a 2nd Division license (marked in bold in the table), finish in the top 4, and either 1st or 2nd among the promotion-eligible clubs.
  3. ^ a b Withdrew team from the league due to financial and other constraits.


Results

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Home \ Away ATK GFC JFC LFC PFC RFC
ATK (R) 1–4 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–1
Garhwal 1–0 2–2 1–0
Jamshedpur (R) 1–0 1–2 0–3 0–0
Lonestar Kashmir 1–2 3–3 2–2 0–1 0–2
Punjab (R) 1–2 0–1 2–0
Rajasthan 1–3
Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Fixtures and results

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25 January 2020 1 ATK (R) 0–0 Jamshedpur (R) Barasat
2:00 Stadium: Aditya Academy Ground
Attendance: 700
Referee: Ashish Tiwari
27 January 2020 2 Lonestar Kashmir 0–2 Rajasthan Katra
2:00   5' Arvind Sharma
  41' Ishaan Shahi
Stadium: VDSB Sports Complex
Attendance: 52
Referee: Aditya Purkyastha
31 January 2020 3 Punjab (R) 2–0 Rajasthan Gurgaon
2:00 Himanshu Jangra   6', 51' Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium
Attendance: 250
Referee: Lakshay
1 February 2020 4 Lonestar Kashmir 3–3 Garhwal Katra
2:00 Shakir Sheikh   18', 28'
Maxwell Ellon   84'
  3' Abhishek Rawat
  29', 90+4' Ekombong Philip
Stadium: VDSB Sports Complex
Attendance: 65
Referee: Jatinder Singh
5 February 2020 5 Garhwal 1–0 ATK (R) New Delhi
2:00 Bahir Dala   44' Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
Attendance: 350
5 February 2020 4 Jamshedpur (R) 0–0 Rajasthan Jamshedpur
2:00 Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex
Attendance: 40
8 February 2020 5 Lonestar Kashmir 0–1 Punjab (R) Katra
2:00   57' Lalrinchhana Lallawmpuia Stadium: VDSB Sports Complex
Attendance: 100
9 February 2020 1 ATK (R) 1–1 Rajasthan Barasat
2:30 Joseph Vanlalhruaia   11'   84' Martand Raina Stadium: Aditya Academy Ground
Attendance: 76
9 February 2020 5 Garhwal 2–2 Jamshedpur (R) New Delhi
3:00 Ekomobomg Philip   20'
Nirmal Bisht   37'
  49', 90+6' Billu Teli Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
Attendance: 550
13 February 2020 4 Jamshedpur (R) 1–2 Lonestar Kashmir Jamshedpur
2:30 Billu Teli   45+1'   32' Maxwell Ellon
  37' Shakir Ahmad Shaikh
Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex
Attendance: 237
16 February 2020 5 Garhwal 1–0 Rajasthan Delhi
3:00 Ekomobong Philip   8' Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
Attendance: 500
17 February 2020 1 ATK (R) 2–0 Lonestar Kashmir Barasat
2:00 Yumnam Singh   56'
William Pauliankhum   86'
Stadium: Aditya Academy Ground
Attendance: 50
20 February 2020 1 ATK (R) 2–1 Punjab (R) Barasat
2:30 William Pauliankhum   14'
Ashish Jha   52'
  12' Maheson Tongbram Stadium: Aditya Academy Ground
Attendance: 250
21 February 2020 1 Rajasthan 1–3 Garhwal Jodhpur
3:00 Rohit Atkan   11'   20' Nirmal Bisht
  43', 85' Aman Thapa
Stadium: Umaid Singh Stadium
Attendance: 200
23 February 2020 4 Jamshedpur (R) 0–3 Punjab (R) Jamshedpur
2:30   17' Thockhom Adison Singh
  55' Ashangbam Aphaoba Singh
  63' Saurabh Bhanwala
Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex
Attendance: 200
25 February 2020 Lonestar Kashmir 1–2 Jamshedpur (R) Katra
2:00 Stadium: VDSB Sports Complex
Attendance: 52
26 February 2020 Punjab (R) 0–1 ATK (R) Gurgaon
2:00   20' Billu Teli Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium
Attendance: 110
29 February 2020 Punjab (R) 1–2 ATK (R) Gurgaon
2:00 Aaron Rodrigues   5'   25', 80' William Pauliankhum Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium
Attendance: 105
1 March 2020 Lonestar Kashmir 2–2 Jamshedpur (R) Srinagar
2:00 Shakir Sheikh   52', 89'   75' Harsha Parui
  90+4' Ritesh Perambara
Stadium: TRC Turf Ground
Attendance: 350
6 March 2020 Jamshedpur (R) 1–0 Garhwal Jamshedpur
2:30 Harsha Parui  50' Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex
Attendance: 60
Referee: Surojit Das
10 March 2020 ATK (R) 1–4 Garhwal Barasat
2:30 William Pauliankhum   16' Ekomobong Philip   28', 32', 48'
Aman Thapa   85'
Stadium: Aditya Academy Ground
Attendance: 125

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Mohammedan[a] 6 4 0 2 13 6 +7 12 Advance to Final round
2 Bhawanipore[a] 5 2 2 1 7 7 0 8
3 Hyderabad (R)[b] 6 2 2 2 6 6 0 8
4 Chennaiyin (R)[b] 7 2 2 3 8 12 −4 8
5 Bengaluru (R)[b] 6 2 0 4 8 11 −3 6
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India, a shorter format of the league was announced. Therefore, all the non-reserve clubs advanced to the Final Round.
  2. ^ a b c Reserves team are ineligible for advance to the next round To qualify for promotion, a club must hold a 2nd Division license (marked in bold in the table), and finish both in the top 4 of the AIFF, and either 1st or 2nd among the promotion-eligible clubs.


Results

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Home \ Away BFC BHP CFC HFC MDS
Bengaluru (R) 2–0 1–3
Bhawanipore 4–2 1–0 0–3
Chennaiyin (R) 3–2 1–1 1–3 3–1
Hyderabad (R) 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–1
Mohammedan 1–0 4–0
Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Fixtures and results

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25 January 2020 1 Bhawanipore 0–3 Mohammedan Kolkata
2:00   2' Sanjib Ghosh
  26' John Chidi
  79' Sattyam Sharma
Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Attendance: 300
27 January 2020 1 Chennaiyin (R) 3–2 Bengaluru (R) Chennai
3:00 Balkar Singh   36'
Zonunmawia   61'
Senthamizhi   85'
  33' Biswa Darjee
  83' Advait
Stadium: SSN Ground
Attendance: 40
31 January 2020 1 Chennaiyin (R) 1–1 Bhawanipore Chennai
3:30 Balkar Singh   41'   26' Anup Theres Raj Stadium: SSN Ground
Attendance: 100
6 February 2020 1 Chennaiyin (R) 1–3 Hyderabad (R) Chennai
3:30 Sarif Khan   64'   13' Nikhil Prabhu
  53' Ishan Dey
  90+2' Gani Ahmed Nigam
Stadium: SSN Ground
Attendance: 50
11 February 2020 1 Mohammedan 1–0 Bengaluru (R) Howrah
2:00 Jiten Murmu   48' Stadium: Howrah Ground
Attendance: 1200
14 February 2020 1 Bhawanipore 4–2 Bengaluru (R) Howrah
2:30 Pankaj Moula   18', 56'
Anup Theres Raj   58'
Pradeep Mohanraj   83'
  27' Bekey Oram
  65' (o.g.) Nitish Hazra
Stadium: Howrah Ground
Attendance: 20
18 February 2020 1 Hyderabad (R) 1–1 Bhawanipore Hyderabad
3:30 Ghani Ahmmed Nigam   33'   18' Sourav Dasgupta Stadium: Gachibowli Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 125
20 February 2020 1 Mohammedan 4–0 Chennaiyin (R) Kalyani
2:30 Sanjib Ghosh   45+1'
John Chidi Uzodinma   59'
Balwinder Singh   67'
Jaskaranpreet Singh   87'
Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Attendance: 200
23 February 2020 1 Bhawanipore 1–0 Bengaluru (R) Kalyani
2:30 Pankaj Moula   63' Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Attendance: 75
26 February 2020 Hyderabad (R) 2–1 Mohammedan Hyderabad
3:30 Abhishek Halder   50'
Kynsailang Khongsit   89'
  72' Tirthankar Sarkar Stadium: Gachibowli Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 200
29 February 2020 Bengaluru (R) 2–0 Hyderabad (R) Bangalore
3:30 Bekey Oram   75'
Biswa Darjee   87'
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
Attendance: 100
2 March 2020 Chennaiyin (R) 3–1 Mohammedan Chennai
3:30 Balkar Singh   65'
Senthamizhi S   90+3', 90+5'
  19' Vanlalbiaa Changte Stadium: SSN Ground
Attendance: 25
5 March 2020 Bengaluru (R) 1–3 Mohammedan Bangalore
3:30 Biswa Darjee   74' John Chidi   40', 75', 88' Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
Attendance: 455

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 ARA[a] 7 4 2 1 15 6 +9 14 Advance to Final Round
2 Bengaluru United[a] 8 4 2 2 12 6 +6 14
3 Kerala[b] 7 2 3 2 9 7 +2 9 Pulled out from league
4 Goa (R)[c] 6 2 3 1 8 6 +2 9
5 Kerala Blasters (R)[c] 7 1 2 4 8 14 −6 5
6 Mumbai City (R)[c] 7 1 2 4 4 17 −13 5
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India, a shorter format of the league was announced. Therefore, all the non-reserve clubs advanced to the Final Round.
  2. ^ Withdrew team from the league due to financial and other constraints.
  3. ^ a b c Reserves team are ineligible for advance to the next round To qualify for promotion, a club must hold a 2nd Division license (marked in bold in the table), and finish both in the top 4 of the AIFF, and either 1st or 2nd among the promotion-eligible clubs.


Results

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Home \ Away ARA BUD FCG FCK KBS MFC
ARA 1–0 2–0 2–2 5–0
Bengaluru United 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 6–0
Goa (R) 2–2 0–1 1–0
Kerala 1–1 3–0
Kerala Blasters (R) 1–3 1–3 1–1
Mumbai City (R) 1–3 0–1 1–1 1–0
Source: [3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Fixtures and results

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25 January 2020 1 Kerala 3–0 Kerala Blasters (R) Trissur
2:00 Sajeesh E   6', 65'
Roshan Gigi   18'
Stadium: Corporation Stadium
Attendance: 700
25 January 2020 1 ARA 5–0 Mumbai City (R) Ahmedabad
2:00 Syed Shoaib Ahmed   3', 19', 52'
Dieye Hamidou   36'
Parminder Singh   63'
Stadium: The Arena
Attendance: 450
29 January 2020 1 Goa 0–1 Bengaluru United Nagoa Ground
3:30   78' Amey Bhatkal Attendance: 250
2 February 2020 1 ARA 2–0 Kerala Ahmedabad
3:30 Syed Shoaib Ahmed   72'
Dieye Hamidou   32'
Stadium: The Arena
Attendance: 300
2 February 2020 1 Mumbai (R) 0–1 Bengaluru United Mumbai
7:45   83' Asraf Mondal Stadium: Cooperage Ground
Attendance: 200
6 February 2020 1 ARA 1–0 Bengaluru United Ahmedabad
3:30 Dieye Hamidou   1' Stadium: The Arena
Attendance: 250
6 February 2020 1 Mumbai (R) 1–1 F.C. Kerala Mumbai
7:30 Melwin Thomas   89' (o.g.)   74' Mousoof Naizan Stadium: Cooperage Ground
Attendance: 160
8 February 2020 1 Kerala Blasters (R) 1–3 Goa (R) Kochi
3:30 Ronaldo Oliveira   48'   33', 65' Lalawmpuia
  88' Flan Gomes
Stadium: Panampally Ground
Attendance: 50
12 February 2020 1 Kerala 1–1 Goa (R) Trissur
3:15 Brohiri Cyrille   25'   7' Lalmangaih Sanga Stadium: Corporation Stadium
Attendance: 200
13 February 2020 1 Mumbai (R) 1–0 Kerala Blasters (R) Mumbai
7:30 Shreyas Vatekar   24' Stadium: Cooperage Stadium
Attendance: 200
18 February 2020 1 Goa 2–2 ARA Bambolim
4:00 Kapil Hoble   48'
Nestor Dias   87'
  31' Dieye Hamidou
  88' Parmimder Singh
Stadium: Bambolim Stadium
Attendance: 200
22 February 2020 1 Bengaluru United 1–0 ARA Bangalore
3:30 Nikhil Vijay Pal   90' Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
Attendance: 200
26 February 2020 Bengaluru United 1–1 Kerala Bangalore
3:30 Phrangki Buam   78'   71' Nikhil Raj Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
Attendance: 450
26 February 2020 Goa 3–0 Mumbai (R) Nagoa
4:00 Kapil Hoble   16'
Aaren Dsilva   55'
Sarineo Fernandes   70'
Stadium: Nagoa Ground
Attendance: 500
27 February 2020 ARA 2–2 Kerala Blasters (R) Ahmedabad
3:30 Dieye Hamidou   22', 68'   7' Shahajas
  62' Ronaldo Oliveira
Stadium: The Arena
Attendance: 150
3 March 2020 1 Kerala Blasters (R) 1–3 Kerala Kochi
3:30 Samuel Kynshi   73'   30', 45' Brohiri Cyrille
  58' Sreekuttan VS
Stadium: Panampally Ground
Attendance: 250
6 March 2020 Mumbai (R) 1–3 ARA Mumbai
7:30 Kamran Ateeque Ansari  46' Syed Shoaib Ahmed  9', 87', 89' Stadium: Cooperage Ground
Referee: Mrutyunjay Ligaraj Amatya
7 March 2020 Goa 1–0 Kerala Nagoa
4:00 Flan Gomes   54' Stadium: Nagoa Ground
Attendance: 200
10 March 2020 Kerala Blasters (R) 1–1 Mumbai (R) Kochi
3:30 Naorem Mahesh   21'   35' (o.g.) Zahid Mir Stadium: Panampally Ground
Attendance: 60

I-League qualifiers

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India, usual final round format was scrapped off. It was decided that the final round of the league will be rescheduled into a new format and all the non-reserve teams from the preliminary stage will automatically progress to this round. It was officially named as I-League Qualifiers.[7] The teams in this round will play in a round-robin format in two venues, at Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata and Kalyani Stadium in Kalyani, near Kolkata. The team with highest points would advance to the 2020–21 I-League.[8][9] Out of the eight non-reserve teams, FC Kerala, Lonestar Kashmir FC and Rajasthan FC pulled out from tournament due to financial and other constraints.[10]

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:
  1. Greater number of points obtained in the matches between the Teams concerned
  2. Goal difference resulting from the matches between the Teams concerned
  3. Greater number of goals scored in the matches between the Teams concerned
  4. Goal difference in all the matches
  5. Greater number of goals scored in all the matches
  6. Drawing of lots

Final round

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Mohammedan (C) 4 3 1 0 7 1 +6 10 Champion and Promotion to 2020–21 I-League
2 Bhawanipore 4 3 0 1 6 3 +3 9
3 Bengaluru United 4 1 2 1 2 3 −1 5
4 ARA 4 0 2 2 3 8 −5 2
5 Garhwal 4 0 1 3 3 6 −3 1
Source: I League
(C) Champions


Results

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Home \ Away GFC BHP MDS BUD ARA
Garhwal
Bhawanipore 2–1
Mohammedan 1–0 2–0
Bengaluru United 1–0 0–2 0–0
ARA 1–1 0–2 1–4 1–1
Source: I League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Fixtures and results

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8 October 2020 (2020-10-08) 1 Bhawanipore 2–0 Bengaluru United Kolkata, West Bengal
12:30
Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Santosh Kumar
8 October 2020 (2020-10-08) 1 Mohammedan 1–0 Garhwal Kalyani, West Bengal
16:30
Report Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ajit Kumar Meitei
11 October 2020 (2020-10-11) 2 Mohammedan 4–1 ARA Kolkata, West Bengal
12:30
Report Safiul Rahman   53' (o.g.) Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Raktim Saha
11 October 2020 (2020-10-11) 2 Garhwal 0–1 Bengaluru United Kalyani, West Bengal
16:30 Report Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Senthil Nathan
14 October 2020 (2020-10-14) 3 Garhwal 1–2 Bhawanipore Kolkata, West Bengal
12:30 Afdal VK   76' Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Raktim Saha
14 October 2020 (2020-10-14) 3 Bengaluru United 1–1 ARA Kalyani, West Bengal
16:30
  • Asrar Rehbar   97'
Report
  • Pratik Swami   36'
Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ashwin
16 October 2020 (2020-10-16) 4 ARA 1–1 Garhwal Kalyani, West Bengal
12:30 Surajit Seal   83' Report Neeraj Bhandari   17' Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jehrul Islam
16 October 2020 (2020-10-16) 4 Bhawanipore 0–2 Mohammedan Kalyani, West Bengal
16:30 Report
Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ajit Kumar Meitei
19 October 2020 (2020-10-19) 5 Bengaluru United 0–0 Mohammedan Kolkata, West Bengal
14:00 Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Santosh Kumar
19 October 2020 (2020-10-19) 5 ARA 0–2 Bhawanipore Kalyani, West Bengal
14:00 Report
  • Jiten Murmu   17'
  • Supriya Pandit   21'
Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ashwin

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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As of 11 March 2020
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Syed Shoaib Ahmed ARA 7
  Ekombong Victor Philip Garhwal
3   Dieye Hamidou ARA 6
4   Shakir Ahmed Sheikh Lonestar Kashmir 5
  John Chidi Uzodinma Mohammedan
  William Pauliankhum ATK (R)
7   Billu Teli Jamshedpur (R) 4
  Ronaldo Oliveira Kerala Blasters (R)

Hat-tricks

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As of 11 March 2020
Player For Against Result Date Ref
  Syed Shoaib Ahmed ARA Mumbai City (R) 5–0 25 January 2020
  Mohammad Asrar Rehbar Bengaluru United Mumbai City (R) 6–0 1 March 2020
  John Chidi Uzodinma Mohammedan Bengaluru (R) 3–1 5 March 2020
  Syed Shoaib Ahmed ARA Mumbai (R) 3–1 6 March 2020
  Ekombong Victor Philip Garhwal ATK (R) 4–1 10 March 2020

Cleansheets

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As of 11 March 2020
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1   Srijith R Bengaluru United 4
2   Iprotip Das ARA 3
  Priyant Singh Mohammedan
4   Nitin Meel Rajasthan 2
  Raj Kumar Mahato Jamshedpur (R)
  Amrit Gope Jamshedpur (R)
  Ahamed Afsar Kerala
  Lara Sharma ATK (R)
  Sayak Barai Garhwal
  Antonio da Silva Goa (R)

Average home attendances

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As of 11 March 2020
Team GP Cumulative High Low Mean
F.C. Kerala 2 900 700 200 450
ARA 4 1150 450 150 287
Bhawanipore 3 395 300 20 131
Rajasthan 2 200 200 200 200
Lonestar Kashmir 4 567 350 52 141
Garhwal 3 1400 550 350 466
Mohammedan 2 1400 1200 200 700
Bengaluru United 4 1050 450 150 262
ATK (R) 5 1201 700 50 240
Goa (R) 4 1250 500 200 312
Mumbai City (R) 4 760 200 160 190
Kerala Blasters (R) 3 360 250 50 120
Bengaluru (R) 2 555 455 100 277
Chennaiyin (R) 4 215 100 25 53
Hyderabad (R) 3 375 200 50 125
Punjab (R) 3 465 250 105 155
Jamshedpur (R) 4 697 237 60 174
Total 54 12,940 1200 20 239

References

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  2. ^ "Fixtures Page | Hero I-League". Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Indian Arrows pull out of I-League 2nd Division to take examinations". The Bridge. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Hero I-League and Hero 2nd division Qualifiers to be held in Kolkata". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
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