2020 I-League qualifiers

13th season of the I-League 2nd Division

Football league season

I-League qualifiers

Champions	Mohammedan
Matches played	54
Goals scored	148 (2.74 per match)
Highest attendance	1,209
Lowest attendance	23
Average attendance	239
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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]

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

Teams

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

Hyderabad (R)

Bengaluru

Kolkata

Kolkata teams
Mohammedan
Bhawanipore
ATK (R)

Bengaluru teams
Bengaluru (R)
Bengaluru United

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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

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

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

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

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

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	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	Eliminated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ 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.
^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b Withdrew team from the league due to financial and other constraits.

Results

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

ATK (R) v Jamshedpur (R)

25 January 2020 1	ATK (R)	0–0	Jamshedpur (R)	Barasat
2:00				Stadium: Aditya Academy Ground Attendance: 700 Referee: Ashish Tiwari

Lonestar Kashmir v Rajasthan

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

Punjab (R) v Rajasthan

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

Lonestar Kashmir v Garhwal

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

Garhwal v ATK (R)

5 February 2020 5	Garhwal	1–0	ATK (R)	New Delhi
2:00	Bahir Dala 44'			Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium Attendance: 350

Jamshedpur (R) v Rajasthan

5 February 2020 4	Jamshedpur (R)	0–0	Rajasthan	Jamshedpur
2:00				Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex Attendance: 40

Lonestar Kashmir v Punjab (R)

8 February 2020 5	Lonestar Kashmir	0–1	Punjab (R)	Katra
2:00			57' Lalrinchhana Lallawmpuia	Stadium: VDSB Sports Complex Attendance: 100

ATK (R) v Rajasthan

9 February 2020 1	ATK (R)	1–1	Rajasthan	Barasat
2:30	Joseph Vanlalhruaia 11'		84' Martand Raina	Stadium: Aditya Academy Ground Attendance: 76

Garhwal v Jamshedpur (R)

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

Jamshedpur (R) v Lonestar Kashmir

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

Garhwal v Rajasthan

16 February 2020 5	Garhwal	1–0	Rajasthan	Delhi
3:00	Ekomobong Philip 8'			Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium Attendance: 500

ATK (R) v Lonestar Kashmir

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

ATK (R) v Punjab (R)

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

Rajasthan v Garhwal

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

Jamshedpur (R) v Punjab (R)

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

Lonestar Kashmir v Jamshedpur (R)

25 February 2020	Lonestar Kashmir	1–2	Jamshedpur (R)	Katra
2:00				Stadium: VDSB Sports Complex Attendance: 52

Punjab (R) v ATK (R)

26 February 2020	Punjab (R)	0–1	ATK (R)	Gurgaon
2:00			20' Billu Teli	Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium Attendance: 110

Punjab (R) v ATK (R)

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

Lonestar Kashmir v Jamshedpur (R)

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

Jamshedpur (R) v Garhwal

6 March 2020	Jamshedpur (R)	1–0	Garhwal	Jamshedpur
2:30	Harsha Parui 50'			Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex Attendance: 60 Referee: Surojit Das

ATK (R) v Garhwal

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

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	Advance to Final round
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:

^ ^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.
^ ^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

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

Bhawanipore v Mohammedan

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

Chennaiyin (R) v Bengaluru (R)

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

Chennaiyin (R) v Bhawanipore

31 January 2020 1	Chennaiyin (R)	1–1	Bhawanipore	Chennai
3:30	Balkar Singh 41'		26' Anup Theres Raj	Stadium: SSN Ground Attendance: 100

Chennaiyin (R) v Hyderabad (R)

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

Mohammedan v Bengaluru (R)

11 February 2020 1	Mohammedan	1–0	Bengaluru (R)	Howrah
2:00	Jiten Murmu 48'			Stadium: Howrah Ground Attendance: 1200

Bhawanipore v Bengaluru (R)

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

Hyderabad (R) v Bhawanipore

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

Mohammedan v Chennaiyin (R)

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

Bhawanipore v Bengaluru (R)

23 February 2020 1	Bhawanipore	1–0	Bengaluru (R)	Kalyani
2:30	Pankaj Moula 63'			Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 75

Hyderabad (R) v Mohammedan

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

Bengaluru (R) v Hyderabad (R)

29 February 2020	Bengaluru (R)	2–0	Hyderabad (R)	Bangalore
3:30	Bekey Oram 75' Biswa Darjee 87'			Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 100

Chennaiyin (R) v Mohammedan

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

Bengaluru (R) v Mohammedan

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

Hyderabad (R) v Chennaiyin (R)

7 March 2020	Hyderabad (R)	0–0	Chennaiyin (R)	Hyderabad
3:30				Stadium: Gachibowli Athletic Stadium Attendance: 50

Group C

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	Advance to Final Round
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:

^ ^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.
^ Withdrew team from the league due to financial and other constraints.
^ ^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

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

Kerala v Kerala Blasters (R)

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

ARA v Mumbai City (R)

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

Goa v Bengaluru United

29 January 2020 1	Goa	0–1	Bengaluru United	Nagoa Ground
3:30			78' Amey Bhatkal	Attendance: 250

ARA v Kerala

2 February 2020 1	ARA	2–0	Kerala	Ahmedabad
3:30	Syed Shoaib Ahmed 72' Dieye Hamidou 32'			Stadium: The Arena Attendance: 300

Mumbai (R) v Bengaluru United

2 February 2020 1	Mumbai (R)	0–1	Bengaluru United	Mumbai
7:45			83' Asraf Mondal	Stadium: Cooperage Ground Attendance: 200

ARA v Bengaluru United

6 February 2020 1	ARA	1–0	Bengaluru United	Ahmedabad
3:30	Dieye Hamidou 1'			Stadium: The Arena Attendance: 250

Mumbai (R) v F.C. Kerala

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

Kerala Blasters (R) v Goa (R)

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

Kerala v Goa (R)

12 February 2020 1	Kerala	1–1	Goa (R)	Trissur
3:15	Brohiri Cyrille 25'		7' Lalmangaih Sanga	Stadium: Corporation Stadium Attendance: 200

Mumbai (R) v Kerala Blasters (R)

13 February 2020 1	Mumbai (R)	1–0	Kerala Blasters (R)	Mumbai
7:30	Shreyas Vatekar 24'			Stadium: Cooperage Stadium Attendance: 200

Bengaluru United v Kerala Blasters (R)

17 February 2020 1	Bengaluru United	1–3	Kerala Blasters (R)	Bangalore
3:30	Phrangki Buam 44'		17' Shaiborlang Kharpan 30', 35' Ronaldo Oliveira	Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 250

Goa v ARA

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

Bengaluru United v ARA

22 February 2020 1	Bengaluru United	1–0	ARA	Bangalore
3:30	Nikhil Vijay Pal 90'			Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 200

Bengaluru United v Kerala

26 February 2020	Bengaluru United	1–1	Kerala	Bangalore
3:30	Phrangki Buam 78'		71' Nikhil Raj	Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 450

Goa v Mumbai (R)

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

ARA v Kerala Blasters (R)

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

Bengaluru United v Mumbai (R)

1 March 2020	Bengaluru United	6–0	Mumbai (R)	Bangalore
3:30	Phrangki Buam 78'			Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 450

Kerala Blasters (R) v Kerala

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

Mumbai (R) v ARA

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

Goa v Kerala

7 March 2020	Goa	1–0	Kerala	Nagoa
4:00	Flan Gomes 54'			Stadium: Nagoa Ground Attendance: 200

Kerala Blasters (R) v Mumbai (R)

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

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

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

Final round

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

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

Bhawanipore v Bengaluru United

8 October 2020 (2020-10-08) 1	Bhawanipore	2–0	Bengaluru United	Kolkata, West Bengal
12:30	Pankaj Moula 45+4' Philip Adjah 60'	Report		Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Santosh Kumar

Mohammedan v Garhwal

8 October 2020 (2020-10-08) 1	Mohammedan	1–0	Garhwal	Kalyani, West Bengal
16:30	Munmun Lugun 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ajit Kumar Meitei

Mohammedan v ARA

11 October 2020 (2020-10-11) 2	Mohammedan	4–1	ARA	Kolkata, West Bengal
12:30	Willis Plaza 13' Abhishek Rijal 35', 45' SK Faiaz 88'	Report	Safiul Rahman 53' (o.g.)	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Raktim Saha

Garhwal v Bengaluru United

11 October 2020 (2020-10-11) 2	Garhwal	0–1	Bengaluru United	Kalyani, West Bengal
16:30		Report	William Opoku 8'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Senthil Nathan

Garhwal v Bhawanipore

14 October 2020 (2020-10-14) 3	Garhwal	1–2	Bhawanipore	Kolkata, West Bengal
12:30	Afdal VK 76'	Report	Philip Adjah 8' Pankaj Moula 50'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Raktim Saha

Bengaluru United v ARA

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

ARA v Garhwal

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

Bhawanipore v Mohammedan

16 October 2020 (2020-10-16) 4	Bhawanipore	0–2	Mohammedan	Kalyani, West Bengal
16:30		Report	Vanlalbiaa Chhangte 27' Gani Nigam 67'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ajit Kumar Meitei

Bengaluru United v Mohammedan

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

ARA v Bhawanipore

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

Top scorers

As of 11 March 2020

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Syed Shoaib Ahmed	ARA	7
1	Ekombong Victor Philip	Garhwal	7
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
7	Ronaldo Oliveira	Kerala Blasters (R)	4

Hat-tricks

As of 11 March 2020

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
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

As of 11 March 2020

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Srijith R	Bengaluru United	4
2	Iprotip Das	ARA	3
2	Priyant Singh	Mohammedan	3
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

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

^ ^a ^b "Eighteen teams to compete in Hero Second Division League 2019–20". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
^ "Fixtures Page | Hero I-League". Retrieved 23 January 2020.
^ "Indian Arrows pull out of I-League 2nd Division to take examinations". The Bridge. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
^ "Hero I-League and Hero 2nd division Qualifiers to be held in Kolkata". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
^ Goyal, Shaily (30 September 2019). "ISL 2019 Season 6: Hyderabad FC unveil team jersey". InsideSport. Archived from the original on 11 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
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^ "2nd Division League to begin in September, I-League by late November or early December". The Fan Garage. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
^ "FC Kerala pull out of I-league second division". The Times of India. 31 July 2020.

External links

https://i-league.org/category/2nd-division-league/
https://www.the-aiff.com/competitions/second-division

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Seasons

Final rounds

Indian football league seasons

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National Football League	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07
I-League	2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Indian Super League	2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
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I-League 2nd Division	2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2020 2021
I-League	2022–23 2023–24

Third tier league seasons (2006–07, 2022–present)
NFL 3rd Division	2006–07
I-League 2	2022–23 2023–24

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I-League 3	2023–24

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Youth League	2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2022–23 2023–24

2019–20 in Indian football

League competitions

First division	I-League Indian Super League Playoffs Final
Second division	I-League 2nd Division
State leagues	Assam Delhi Goa Karnataka Men's Kerala Manipur Meghalaya Sikkim Mizoram Maharashtra (Mumbai) Odisha (Men's Women's) Punjab Uttarakhand West Bengal Men's Women's
Women	Indian Women's League Final round
Youth	Elite League

Cup competitions

Men	Santosh Trophy (State) Qualifiers Final Durand Cup
Women	Women's Championship (State)

Club seasons
I-League	East Bengal Gokulam Kerala Indian Arrows Mohun Bagan Punjab TRAU
Indian Super League	ATK Bengaluru Chennaiyin Goa Hyderabad Kerala Blasters Mumbai City NorthEast United Odisha