The 2017–18 I-League was the 11th season of the

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were the defending champions. NEROCA entered as the promoted team from the

2016–17 I-League 2nd Division The 2016–17 I-League 2nd Division was the tenth season of the I-League 2nd Division, the second-tier Indian league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2008. The season began on 21 January 2017 and featured 12 teams which ...

. The season began on 25 November 2017. Minerva Punjab won their first I-League title.

Teams

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invited bids for new teams on 21 July 2017 from Bengaluru, Mumbai, New Delhi, Ranchi, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bhopal, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Malappuram and Trivandrum, among others. On 20 September, after second round of bidding invitation, the Bid Evaluation Committee decided to award Sree Gokulam Group the right to field their team in the Hero I-League 2017–18 season onward from

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Bengaluru FC Bengaluru Football Club () (Kannada: ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು.ಎಫ್.ಸಿ) is an Indian professional football club based in Bengaluru, Karnataka. The club competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football. The club w ...

successfully bid for a place in 2017–18 Indian Super League season and thus was not a part of

. NEROCA F.C. were promoted for winning

. After successful hosting of

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, AIFF revived

Indian Arrows Indian Arrows (formerly known as Pailan Arrows) is an Indian developmental football team that competes in the Indian national football tiers. They competed in the I-League. The club was formed by the All India Football Federation in 2010, wi ...

project to field the colts in I-League.

Stadiums and locations

:''Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.''

Personnel and kits

Foreign players

On 2 August 2017, it was announced by the

that the number of foreigners for each I-League club would go up to six, with two of the six having to be born in Asia or registered with the AFC. Indian Arrows cannot sign any foreign players as they are the AIFF developmental team.

League table

Results table

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Top Indian scorers

Hat-tricks

⁴ Player scored 4 goals.

Clean sheets

Attendance

Average home attendances

Highest attendances

Awards

Hero of the Match

Season awards

Hero I-League 2017–18 awards were announced on March 22.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2017-18 I-League I-League seasons

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