The 2017–18 Youth League U18 (formerly known as I-League U18) was the tenth season of the Indian
Youth League U18 and the third season of the competition as an under-18 one. AIFF announced that the zonal rounds for the league that started from 20 November 2017 in
Chennai
Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...
,
Maharashtra
Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...
,
Kolkata
Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary ...
and
Delhi
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its Bank (geography ...
.
were three-time defending champions, but did not participate in the tournament.
Shillong Lajong won their first title by defeating
Kerala Blasters 2–0 in the final on 26 May 2018.
Qualifiers
Kolkata zone
Zonal round
Delhi zone
Kolkata zone
Maharashtra zone
Chennai–Karnataka zone
Shillong–Guwahati zone
Goa zone
Playoff Qualifiers
Group A - Rest Of India Zone
Group B - Punjab/Kashmir/Ladakh Zone
''All matches played at Minerva Training Ground, Ludhiana.''
Group C - Gujarat Zone
Group D - Kerala Zone
''All matches played at Panampally Ground, Kochi.''
Playoffs
Group A
''All matches played at
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Shillong)
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, locally known as Polo Ground, is a association football, football stadium in Shillong, in the India, Indian state of Meghalaya. It has most notably hosted the home matches of Shillong Lajong FC in the I-League. The s ...
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Group B
''All matches played at MFA Turf, Shillong.''
Final round
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
Bracket
Semi-finals
Final
Top scorers
References
External links
I-League U18 on the AIFF website
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Indian Youth League
2017–18 in Indian football