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 ...
was founded as the top tier of
Indian football for the start of the 2007–08 season. The following page details the football records and statistics of the I-League since then.
Club records
Titles
*Most titles: 3,
Dempo
*Most consecutive title wins: 2,
Gokulam Kerala FC
Wins
*Most wins in a season: 18,
Salgaocar
Salgaocar Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Vasco, Goa, that competes in the Goa Professional League. They have also played in the I-League, then top flight of Indian football league system. Founded in 1956, the clu ...
(
2010–11
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)
*Fewest wins in a season: 1,
Salgaocar
Salgaocar Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Vasco, Goa, that competes in the Goa Professional League. They have also played in the I-League, then top flight of Indian football league system. Founded in 1956, the clu ...
(
2007–08)
*Longest winning streak: 10,
Mohun Bagan
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(
2008-09)
Losses
*Most losses in a season: 16,
Vasco Vasco may refer to:
* Basque language, called ''vasco'' in Spanish
* ''Vasco'' (album), a two-part EP by Ricardo Villalobos
* Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer
* Vasco da Gama, Goa, a city in India, often called simply Vasco
* Club de Regatas Va ...
(
2008–09)
*Fewest losses in a season: 2, joint record:
**
Dempo (
2007–08)
**
Churchill Brothers
Churchill Brothers FC Goa, or simply known as Churchill Brothers, is an Indian professional football club based in Margao, Goa, that competes in the I-League, alongside Goa Professional League. Founded in 1988 in Margao, the club usually part ...
(
2008–09)
*Longest losing streak: 6, joint record:
**
Chirag United (
2011–12)
**
Air India FC (
2012–13
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)
**
Mumbai FC
Mumbai Football Club was an Indian professional football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, that competed in the I-League, then top flight of Indian football league system, alongside the MDFA Elite League. It was founded in 2007, with the o ...
(
2016–17)
Goals
*Most goals scored in a single season: 531, 182 matches (
2012–13
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)
*Most goals scored by a team in a season: 63,
Dempo (
2010–11
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)
*Fewest goals scored by a team in a season: 10,
Air India (
2007–08)
*Most goals conceded by a team in a season (26 games): 63
**
Air India (
2012–13
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)
**
United Sikkim (
2012–13
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)
*Fewest goals conceded by a team in a season: 13,
Dempo (
2007–08)
*Best goal difference of a team in a season: 34,
Churchill Brothers
Churchill Brothers FC Goa, or simply known as Churchill Brothers, is an Indian professional football club based in Margao, Goa, that competes in the I-League, alongside Goa Professional League. Founded in 1988 in Margao, the club usually part ...
(
2012–13
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)
*Worst goal difference of a team in a season: -40,
United Sikkim (
2012–13
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)
Points
* Most points in a season: 56,
Salgaocar
Salgaocar Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Vasco, Goa, that competes in the Goa Professional League. They have also played in the I-League, then top flight of Indian football league system. Founded in 1956, the clu ...
(
2010–11
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)
* Fewest points in a season: 10,
Vasco Vasco may refer to:
* Basque language, called ''vasco'' in Spanish
* ''Vasco'' (album), a two-part EP by Ricardo Villalobos
* Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer
* Vasco da Gama, Goa, a city in India, often called simply Vasco
* Club de Regatas Va ...
(
2008–09)
* Most points in a season without winning the league:
** 26 games:
Pune
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, 52, (
2012–13
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)
* Fewest points in a season while winning the league:
** 16 games:
Bengaluru FC, 32, (
2015–16)
* Most points in a season while being relegated:
** 26 games:
Sporting Clube de Goa
Sporting Clube de Goa, simply known as Sporting Goa (also known by its abbreviation SCG), is an Indian professional football club based in Panaji, in the Indian state of Goa, that competes in Goa Professional League. The club has also competed ...
, 27, (
2009–10)
* Fewest points in a season while surviving relegation:
Air India, 17, (
2007–08)
Player records (
NFL
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included)
Players in 100-goal club
Top Indian scorers
Top five Indian goalscorers are listed below.
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Other individual records
* Most individual goals in a match: 6 by Ranti Martins
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, Dempo vs Air India (2010–11
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* Most goals in one edition: 32 by ]Ranti Martins
Ranti Martins Soleye (born 5 September 1986) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Martins regarded as one of the best foreign players to play in the India. He is the record goal scorer in National Football Le ...
, Dempo ( 2011–12)[
* Fastest goal in a match: ]Katsumi Yusa
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Career Sanfrecce Hiroshima
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— 13 seconds, NEROCA vs Churchill Brothers
Churchill Brothers FC Goa, or simply known as Churchill Brothers, is an Indian professional football club based in Margao, Goa, that competes in the I-League, alongside Goa Professional League. Founded in 1988 in Margao, the club usually part ...
( 2018–19)
* Most number of hat-tricks: Odafa Onyeka Okolie
Odafa Onyeka Okolie (born 6 June 1985) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who spent most of his career in India. He last played for Gokulam Kerala in the I-League. He was once the highest paid footballer in I-league history, earning a ...
(13)[
]
References
{{Football in India
I-League lists
See also
List of Indian football first tier top scorers
The top tier in Indian football today is the Indian Super League, replacing the I-League for the 2022–23 season. The list includes records from National Football League or I-League ( 1996–97 – 2021–22) and the Indian Super League ( 2017â ...