2013–14 I-League

Teams

A total of 13 teams are currently registered to start the new season. Ten clubs from the previous campaign, two promoted sides from the 2013 I-League 2nd Division and one new expansion team.

Rangdajied United as champions and Mohammedan as runners-up secured direct promotion from the 2nd Division.

United Sikkim and Air India were relegated, although Air India would not have been given a licence to compete in this edition after failing to fulfill the AIFF criteria. This same fate happened to ONGC who have also been left out of the coming season.

Mumbai Tigers was accepted into the league on 27 May 2013 but later withdrew citing unavoidable circumstances with only 20 days left into the start of the new season.

Bengaluru was also accepted into the league and is based in Bangalore. One other consortium from Kerala, whose leading company is Eagles FC, also expressed interest in joining the league. It was also announced in late May that English club Queens Park Rangers also expressed interest but look to be prepared to enter for the 2014–15 season.

On 29 August 2013, the AIFF decided to shut down Pailan Arrows and withdraw them from the coming season. The league committee also announced in May 2013 to use a Conference Model, the Eastern Conference and Western Conference. The top-four from each Conference would advance to play the final round. But this was later dropped.

On 20 September 2013, it was announced that the largest cellular service provider in India, Airtel, will be the title sponsor of I-League for the 2013–14 season.

Venues and locations

Churchill Brothers

Dempo

Salgaocar

Sporting Goa

East Bengal

Mohammedan

Mohun Bagan

United

Personnel and kits

:1. On the back of shirt. :2. On the sleeves.

Transfers

Managerial changes

:1. Rangdajied United, during the 2013 I-League 2nd Division, were under the control of their General Secretary, Karsing Kurbah.

Foreign players

Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to four per team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team could use four foreign players on the field during each game including at least one player from the AFC country.

• Foreign players who left their clubs midway or after first half of the season.

League table

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

Top Indian Scorers

Hat-tricks

4 Player scored 4 goals

Disciplinary

• [[File:Red card.svg|10px]] Most red cards (2)
  • Echezona Anyichie (Mohun Bagan)
  • Amrinder Singh (Pune)
• [[File:Yellow card.svg|10px]] Most yellow cards (7)
  • Eric Brown (United SC)
  • Yohei Iwasaki (Rangdajied United)
  • Luciano Sabrosa (Mohammedan)
  • Lamine Tamba (Rangdajied United)
• [[File:Yellow card.svg|10px]] [[File:Red card.svg|10px]] Worst disciplinary record (2 red cards & 5 yellow cards)
  • Echezona Anyichie (Mohun Bagan)

Fair play

The Fair Play qualities of the participating teams and which are pertinent to the spectators will be evaluated using the FIFA Fair Play evaluation form. Salgaocar led the Fair Play rankings at the end of the season.

Average attendance

Average attendance at the various clubs were as follows:

Awards

AIFF Awards

All India Football Federation awarded the following awards for the I-League season, voted by all the captains and the coaches of all the participating clubs.

• Best player of I-League: Sunil Chhetri (Bengaluru)
• Best goalkeeper of I-League: Karanjit Singh (Salgaocar)
• Best defender of I-League: John Johnson (Bengaluru)
• Best midfielder of I-League: Douhou Pierre (Pune)
• Best forward of I-League: Sunil Chhetri (Bengaluru)
• Best referee of I-League: Pratap Singh
• Best assistant referee of I-League: Sapan Kennedy

FPAI Awards

Football Player's Association of India awarded the following award for the season

• Indian player of the year : IND Balwant Singh
• Coach of the season : ENG Ashley Westwood
• Young player of the season : IND Alwyn George
• Foreign player of the season : SCO Daryl Duffy
• Fans player of the season : IND Boithang Haokip

Number of teams by state

References

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