The 2019–20 I-League (Officially known as Hero I-League, due to sponsorship reasons) was the 13th season of the

I-League The I-League (known as Hero I-League for sponsorship ties with Hero MotoCorp) is the second-tier men's professional football competition of the Indian football league system. It is currently contested by 12 clubs across the country with the w ...

, one of the top Indian professional

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leagues, since its establishment in 2007. A total of 11 teams competed in the league.

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were the defending champions, having won the previous season. TRAU F.C. joined as a promoted club from the

I-League 2nd Division I-League 2, previously known as I-League 2nd Division and officially known as or Hero I-League 2 (for sponsorship ties with Hero MotoCorp), is an Indian men's professional football league. It is the 3rd tier of Indian football, behind Indian ...

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were relegated from the I-League last season and will play in the second division in the 2019–20 season. 2017-18 champion ''Minerva Punjab'' played as Punjab F.C. from this season as the club was renamed on 30 October 2019. On 18 April 2020,

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, the organising body of the league announced

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as champions and decided to cancel the remaining matches due to the

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. No team was relegated, and the remaining prize money (apart from the champion's prize money) was equally divided among the 10 teams.

Changes from last season

Promoted clubs

Promoted from the

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* TRAU

Relegated clubs

Relegated from the 2018–19 I-League * Shillong Lajong

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

:*''Note: N/A- Not Announced''

Head coaching changes

Transfers

Foreign players

Maximum 6 foreign players per team. Indian Arrows cannot sign any foreign players as they are the All India Football Federation developmental team. In bold: Players who are capped for there National Teams.

League table

Standings

Results

Note: Matches after 14 March 2020 were cancelled due to the

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Top Indian scorers

Top assists

Hat-tricks

:''Result column shows goal tally of player's team first.''

Cleansheets

Discipline

Player

* Most yellow cards: 5 **

Gurjinder Kumar Gurjinder Kumar ( pa, ਗੁਰਜਿੰਦਰ ਕੁਮਾਰ; born 10 October 1990), is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for NorthEast United in the Indian Super League. Club career Early career Born in Nawanshahr, ...

(Mohun Bagan) ** Charles Anandraj (Chennai City) ** Mohammed Irshad (Gokulam Kerala) * Most red cards: 1 ** Anwar Ali (Punjab) ** Andre Ettienne (Gokulam Kerala) **

(Mohun Bagan) **

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(Aizawl) ** Mohamed Irshad (Gokulam Kerala) **

Zohib Islam Amiri Zohib Islam Amiri ( prs, ذهیب اسلام امیری; born 15 February 1990) is a professional footballer from Afghanistan who plays as a centre-back for A.S. Blainville and the Afghanistan national team. Early life Amiri was born on 15 Fe ...

(Gokulam Kerala) ** Mashoor Shereef (Chennai City) **

Radanfah Abu Bakr Radanfah Abu Bakr (born 12 February 1987 in Port of Spain) is a Trinidadian professional footballer who plays as a defender. Career Club Abu Bakr went to Queen's Royal College in Trinidad and began his career in Trinidad and Tobago side Cal ...

(Churchill Brothers) ** Marcos Jiménez Espada (East Bengal) **

Sandeep Singh Sandeep Singh (born 27 February 1986) is an Indian professional field hockey player from Haryana and an ex-captain of the Indian national hockey team. He generally features as a full back and is a penalty corner specialist for the team. He ...

(TRAU) **

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(Mohun Bagan)

Club

* Most yellow cards: 24 ** Punjab * Most red card: 3 ** Gokulam Kerala

Attendance

Note: Matches after 14 March 2020 were cancelled due to the

Award

Hero of the Match

Note: Matches after 14 March 2020 were cancelled due to the

References

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