2020 I-League qualifiers

I-League qualifiers
ChampionsMohammedan
Matches played54
Goals scored148 (2.74 per match)
Highest attendance1,209
Lowest attendance23
Average attendance239
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The 2020 I-League qualifiers (also known as Hero I-League Qualifiers 2020 for sponsorship reasons) was the 13th season of I-League 2nd Division, the second division of Indian football league, since its establishment in 2008. The league was kicked-off from 25 January 2020.[1][2]

The season was shortened due to COVID-19 pandemic in India and Mohammedan won the league, being promoted to 2020–21 I-League.

Teams

This season, 17 teams participated, including one reserve side from I-League (Punjab) and eight from Indian Super League (ATK, Jamshedpur, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennaiyin, Mumbai City, Goa and Kerala Blasters). All the teams had been divided into three groups of six teams in A and C, and five teams in group B. The teams which made their debut this season were Bengaluru United, Rajasthan FC, Punjab FC (reserves), Hyderabad FC (reserves) and Mumbai City FC (reserves).[1] Indian Arrows reserves were supposed to debut this season, but later withdrew, since it consists of U-16 and U-18 players, which had their board examinations.[3]

Stadiums and locations

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Locations of the 2019–20 I-League 2nd Division teams


Map
Locations of the stadiums for I-league Qualifiers


Team City/State Stadium Capacity
ARA Ahmedabad, Gujarat EKA Arena 22,000
ATK (R) Barasat, West Bengal Aditya Academy Ground 10,000
Rajasthan Jodhpur, Rajasthan Maharaja Umed Singh Stadium 6,000
Bengaluru (R) Bengaluru, Karnataka Bengaluru Football Stadium 8,400
Bengaluru United Bengaluru, Karnataka Bengaluru Football Stadium 8,400
Bhawanipore Kolkata, West Bengal Kalyani Stadium 20,000
Chennaiyin (R) Chennai, Tamil Nadu SSN College Ground 400
Garhwal New Delhi, Delhi Ambedkar Stadium 35,000
Goa (R) Margao, Goa GMC Stadium 3,200
Hyderabad (R) Hyderabad, Telangana Gachibowli Athletic Stadium 30,000
Jamshedpur (R) Jamshedpur, Jharkhand JRD Tata Sports Complex 24,500
Kerala Thrissur, Kerala Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium 15,000
Kerala Blasters (R) Ernakulam, Kerala Panampally Ground 300
Lonestar Kashmir Katra, Jammu and Kashmir SMVDSB Sports Complex 2,600
Mohammedan Howrah, West Bengal Sailen Manna Stadium 15,000
Mumbai City (R) Mumbai, Maharashtra Cooperage Ground 5,000
Punjab (R) Ludhiana, Punjab Guru Nanak Stadium 15,000

Due to COVID-19 pandemic, all the rescheduled matches after COVID-19 pandemic, will be played in a single venue. AIFF declared Kolkata and Kalyani as the venue on 14 August for the final round after cancelling the remaining matches of the preliminary round. Matches will be played at Kalyani Stadium in Kalyani and at Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata.[4]

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
ARA India Vivek Nagul SEVEN Amul
ATK (R) India Deggie Cardozo Nivia
Bengaluru (R) India Naushad Moosa Puma Kia Motors
Bengaluru United India Richard Hood MS Sportswear The Organic World
Bhawanipore India Sankarlal Chakraborty Cosco Sangbad Pratidin
Chennaiyin (R) India Santosh Kashyap Performax Apollo Tyres
Garhwal India Vikas Rawat Vector X ONGC
Goa (R) India Clifford Miranda T10 Adda52.com
Hyderabad (R) India Anshul Katiyar Reyaur Sports[5] Jai Raj Steel[6]
Jamshedpur (R) India Noel Wilson Nivia Tata Steel
Kerala India TG Purushothaman Cosco Yologans
Kerala Blasters (R) India Renjith Ajithkumar Reyaur Sports Muthoot
Lonestar Kashmir Japan Kenichi Yatsuhashi Kaizen Rising Kashmir
Mohammedan England Sol Campbell Kaizen TRAK Only
Mumbai City (R) India Mohan Das Squad Gear SportsAdda
Punjab (R) Republic of Ireland Curtis Fleming Spartan Apollo Tyres
Rajasthan India Mangesh Desai AIO Sports AU Small Finance Bank

Coaching changes

Team Outgoing Head Coach Manner of departure Incoming Head Coach Date of appointment
Mohammedan India Raghunath Nandi 2019 India Yan Law 2020
Lonestar Kashmir Spain Miki Lladó 2019 Japan Kenichi Yatsuhashi 2020

Foreign players

Each club, excluding the reserve sides, can register three foreign players in their squad. One of the foreign players has to be from an AFC Member Nation.

Team Player 1 Player 2 Asian Visa
ARA Nigeria Eze Stanley Guinea Camara Bakia Nepal Rajesh Pariyar
Rajasthan Ghana Collins Patterson Indonesia Muhammad Iqbal
Bengaluru United Trinidad and Tobago Robert Primus Ghana William Opoku
Bhawanipore Ghana Philip Adjah Liberia Ansumana Kromah
Garhwal Nigeria Bala Dahir Nigeria Ekomobong Victor Philip
Kerala Ivory Coast Cyrille Brohiri
Lonestar Kashmir Cameroon Ellon Maxwell Ivory Coast Bema Coulibaly
Mohammedan Trinidad and Tobago Willis Plaza Nigeria Eze Kingsley Nepal Abhishek Rijal

Preliminary round

Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied in the order given to determine the rankings:
  1. Greater number of points obtained in the matches between the Teams concerned
  2. Goal difference resulting from the matches between the Teams concerned
  3. Greater number of goals scored in the matches between the Teams concerned
  4. Goal difference in all the matches
  5. Greater number of goals scored in all the matches
  6. Drawing of lots

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Garhwal[a] 7 4 2 1 14 8 +6 14 Advance to Final round
2 ATK (R)[b] 8 4 2 2 10 9 +1 14
3 Jamshedpur (R)[b] 8 2 4 2 7 9 −2 10
4 Punjab (R)[b] 6 3 0 3 8 5 +3 9
5 Rajasthan[c] 6 1 2 3 4 7 −3 5 Eliminated
6 Lonestar Kashmir[c] 7 1 2 4 8 13 −5 5
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India, a shorter format of the league was announced. Therefore, only the top 6 non-reserve clubs advanced to the Final round.
  2. ^ a b c Reserves team are ineligible for advancing to the next round. To qualify for promotion, club must hold a 2nd Division license (marked in bold in the table), finish in the top 4, and either 1st or 2nd among the promotion-eligible clubs.
  3. ^ a b Withdrew team from the league due to financial and other constraits.


Results

Home \ Away ATK GFC JFC LFC PFC RFC
ATK (R) — 1–4 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–1
Garhwal 1–0 — 2–2 1–0
Jamshedpur (R) 1–0 — 1–2 0–3 0–0
Lonestar Kashmir 1–2 3–3 2–2 — 0–1 0–2
Punjab (R) 1–2 0–1 — 2–0
Rajasthan 1–3 —
Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Fixtures and results

25 January 2020 1 ATK (R) 0–0 Jamshedpur (R) Barasat
2:00 Stadium: Aditya Academy Ground
Attendance: 700
Referee: Ashish Tiwari
27 January 2020 2 Lonestar Kashmir 0–2 Rajasthan Katra
2:00 5' Arvind Sharma
41' Ishaan Shahi		 Stadium: VDSB Sports Complex
Attendance: 52
Referee: Aditya Purkyastha
31 January 2020 3 Punjab (R) 2–0 Rajasthan Gurgaon
2:00 Himanshu Jangra 6', 51' Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium
Attendance: 250
Referee: Lakshay
1 February 2020 4 Lonestar Kashmir 3–3 Garhwal Katra
2:00 Shakir Sheikh 18', 28'
Maxwell Ellon 84'		 3' Abhishek Rawat
29', 90+4' Ekombong Philip		 Stadium: VDSB Sports Complex
Attendance: 65
Referee: Jatinder Singh
5 February 2020 5 Garhwal 1–0 ATK (R) New Delhi
2:00 Bahir Dala 44' Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
Attendance: 350
5 February 2020 4 Jamshedpur (R) 0–0 Rajasthan Jamshedpur
2:00 Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex
Attendance: 40
8 February 2020 5 Lonestar Kashmir 0–1 Punjab (R) Katra
2:00 57' Lalrinchhana Lallawmpuia Stadium: VDSB Sports Complex
Attendance: 100
9 February 2020 1 ATK (R) 1–1 Rajasthan Barasat
2:30 Joseph Vanlalhruaia 11' 84' Martand Raina Stadium: Aditya Academy Ground
Attendance: 76
9 February 2020 5 Garhwal 2–2 Jamshedpur (R) New Delhi
3:00 Ekomobomg Philip 20'
Nirmal Bisht 37'		 49', 90+6' Billu Teli Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
Attendance: 550
13 February 2020 4 Jamshedpur (R) 1–2 Lonestar Kashmir Jamshedpur
2:30 Billu Teli 45+1' 32' Maxwell Ellon
37' Shakir Ahmad Shaikh		 Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex
Attendance: 237
16 February 2020 5 Garhwal 1–0 Rajasthan Delhi
3:00 Ekomobong Philip 8' Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
Attendance: 500
17 February 2020 1 ATK (R) 2–0 Lonestar Kashmir Barasat
2:00 Yumnam Singh 56'
William Pauliankhum 86'		 Stadium: Aditya Academy Ground
Attendance: 50
20 February 2020 1 ATK (R) 2–1 Punjab (R) Barasat
2:30 William Pauliankhum 14'
Ashish Jha 52'		 12' Maheson Tongbram Stadium: Aditya Academy Ground
Attendance: 250
21 February 2020 1 Rajasthan 1–3 Garhwal Jodhpur
3:00 Rohit Atkan 11' 20' Nirmal Bisht
43', 85' Aman Thapa		 Stadium: Umaid Singh Stadium
Attendance: 200
23 February 2020 4 Jamshedpur (R) 0–3 Punjab (R) Jamshedpur
2:30 17' Thockhom Adison Singh
55' Ashangbam Aphaoba Singh
63' Saurabh Bhanwala		 Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex
Attendance: 200
25 February 2020 Lonestar Kashmir 1–2 Jamshedpur (R) Katra
2:00 Stadium: VDSB Sports Complex
Attendance: 52
26 February 2020 Punjab (R) 0–1 ATK (R) Gurgaon
2:00 20' Billu Teli Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium
Attendance: 110
29 February 2020 Punjab (R) 1–2 ATK (R) Gurgaon
2:00 Aaron Rodrigues 5' 25', 80' William Pauliankhum Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium
Attendance: 105
1 March 2020 Lonestar Kashmir 2–2 Jamshedpur (R) Srinagar
2:00 Shakir Sheikh 52', 89' 75' Harsha Parui
90+4' Ritesh Perambara		 Stadium: TRC Turf Ground
Attendance: 350
6 March 2020 Jamshedpur (R) 1–0 Garhwal Jamshedpur
2:30 Harsha Parui 50' Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex
Attendance: 60
Referee: Surojit Das
10 March 2020 ATK (R) 1–4 Garhwal Barasat
2:30 William Pauliankhum 16' Ekomobong Philip 28', 32', 48'
Aman Thapa 85'		 Stadium: Aditya Academy Ground
Attendance: 125

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Mohammedan[a] 6 4 0 2 13 6 +7 12 Advance to Final round
2 Bhawanipore[a] 5 2 2 1 7 7 0 8
3 Hyderabad (R)[b] 6 2 2 2 6 6 0 8
4 Chennaiyin (R)[b] 7 2 2 3 8 12 −4 8
5 Bengaluru (R)[b] 6 2 0 4 8 11 −3 6
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India, a shorter format of the league was announced. Therefore, all the non-reserve clubs advanced to the Final Round.
  2. ^ a b c Reserves team are ineligible for advance to the next round To qualify for promotion, a club must hold a 2nd Division license (marked in bold in the table), and finish both in the top 4 of the AIFF, and either 1st or 2nd among the promotion-eligible clubs.


Results

Home \ Away BFC BHP CFC HFC MDS
Bengaluru (R) — 2–0 1–3
Bhawanipore 4–2 — 1–0 0–3
Chennaiyin (R) 3–2 1–1 — 1–3 3–1
Hyderabad (R) 0–1 1–1 0–0 — 2–1
Mohammedan 1–0 4–0 —
Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Fixtures and results

25 January 2020 1 Bhawanipore 0–3 Mohammedan Kolkata
2:00 2' Sanjib Ghosh
26' John Chidi
79' Sattyam Sharma		 Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Attendance: 300
27 January 2020 1 Chennaiyin (R) 3–2 Bengaluru (R) Chennai
3:00 Balkar Singh 36'
Zonunmawia 61'
Senthamizhi 85'		 33' Biswa Darjee
83' Advait		 Stadium: SSN Ground
Attendance: 40
31 January 2020 1 Chennaiyin (R) 1–1 Bhawanipore Chennai
3:30 Balkar Singh 41' 26' Anup Theres Raj Stadium: SSN Ground
Attendance: 100
6 February 2020 1 Chennaiyin (R) 1–3 Hyderabad (R) Chennai
3:30 Sarif Khan 64' 13' Nikhil Prabhu
53' Ishan Dey
90+2' Gani Ahmed Nigam		 Stadium: SSN Ground
Attendance: 50
11 February 2020 1 Mohammedan 1–0 Bengaluru (R) Howrah
2:00 Jiten Murmu 48' Stadium: Howrah Ground
Attendance: 1200
14 February 2020 1 Bhawanipore 4–2 Bengaluru (R) Howrah
2:30 Pankaj Moula 18', 56'
Anup Theres Raj 58'
Pradeep Mohanraj 83'		 27' Bekey Oram
65' (o.g.) Nitish Hazra		 Stadium: Howrah Ground
Attendance: 20
18 February 2020 1 Hyderabad (R) 1–1 Bhawanipore Hyderabad
3:30 Ghani Ahmmed Nigam 33' 18' Sourav Dasgupta Stadium: Gachibowli Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 125
20 February 2020 1 Mohammedan 4–0 Chennaiyin (R) Kalyani
2:30 Sanjib Ghosh 45+1'
John Chidi Uzodinma 59'
Balwinder Singh 67'
Jaskaranpreet Singh 87'		 Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Attendance: 200
23 February 2020 1 Bhawanipore 1–0 Bengaluru (R) Kalyani
2:30 Pankaj Moula 63' Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Attendance: 75
26 February 2020 Hyderabad (R) 2–1 Mohammedan Hyderabad
3:30 Abhishek Halder 50'
Kynsailang Khongsit 89'		 72' Tirthankar Sarkar Stadium: Gachibowli Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 200
29 February 2020 Bengaluru (R) 2–0 Hyderabad (R) Bangalore
3:30 Bekey Oram 75'
Biswa Darjee 87'		 Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
Attendance: 100
2 March 2020 Chennaiyin (R) 3–1 Mohammedan Chennai
3:30 Balkar Singh 65'
Senthamizhi S 90+3', 90+5'		 19' Vanlalbiaa Changte Stadium: SSN Ground
Attendance: 25
5 March 2020 Bengaluru (R) 1–3 Mohammedan Bangalore
3:30 Biswa Darjee 74' John Chidi 40', 75', 88' Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
Attendance: 455
7 March 2020 Hyderabad (R) 0–0 Chennaiyin (R) Hyderabad
3:30 Stadium: Gachibowli Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 50

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 ARA[a] 7 4 2 1 15 6 +9 14 Advance to Final Round
2 Bengaluru United[a] 8 4 2 2 12 6 +6 14
3 Kerala[b] 7 2 3 2 9 7 +2 9 Pulled out from league
4 Goa (R)[c] 6 2 3 1 8 6 +2 9
5 Kerala Blasters (R)[c] 7 1 2 4 8 14 −6 5
6 Mumbai City (R)[c] 7 1 2 4 4 17 −13 5
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India, a shorter format of the league was announced. Therefore, all the non-reserve clubs advanced to the Final Round.
  2. ^ Withdrew team from the league due to financial and other constraints.
  3. ^ a b c Reserves team are ineligible for advance to the next round To qualify for promotion, a club must hold a 2nd Division license (marked in bold in the table), and finish both in the top 4 of the AIFF, and either 1st or 2nd among the promotion-eligible clubs.


Results

Home \ Away ARA BUD FCG FCK KBS MFC
ARA — 1–0 2–0 2–2 5–0
Bengaluru United 1–0 — 1–1 1–1 1–3 6–0
Goa (R) 2–2 0–1 — 1–0
Kerala 1–1 — 3–0
Kerala Blasters (R) 1–3 1–3 — 1–1
Mumbai City (R) 1–3 0–1 1–1 1–0 —
Source: [3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Fixtures and results

25 January 2020 1 Kerala 3–0 Kerala Blasters (R) Trissur
2:00 Sajeesh E 6', 65'
Roshan Gigi 18'		 Stadium: Corporation Stadium
Attendance: 700
25 January 2020 1 ARA 5–0 Mumbai City (R) Ahmedabad
2:00 Syed Shoaib Ahmed 3', 19', 52'
Dieye Hamidou 36'
Parminder Singh 63'		 Stadium: The Arena
Attendance: 450
29 January 2020 1 Goa 0–1 Bengaluru United Nagoa Ground
3:30 78' Amey Bhatkal Attendance: 250
2 February 2020 1 ARA 2–0 Kerala Ahmedabad
3:30 Syed Shoaib Ahmed 72'
Dieye Hamidou 32'		 Stadium: The Arena
Attendance: 300
2 February 2020 1 Mumbai (R) 0–1 Bengaluru United Mumbai
7:45 83' Asraf Mondal Stadium: Cooperage Ground
Attendance: 200
6 February 2020 1 ARA 1–0 Bengaluru United Ahmedabad
3:30 Dieye Hamidou 1' Stadium: The Arena
Attendance: 250
6 February 2020 1 Mumbai (R) 1–1 F.C. Kerala Mumbai
7:30 Melwin Thomas 89' (o.g.) 74' Mousoof Naizan Stadium: Cooperage Ground
Attendance: 160
8 February 2020 1 Kerala Blasters (R) 1–3 Goa (R) Kochi
3:30 Ronaldo Oliveira 48' 33', 65' Lalawmpuia
88' Flan Gomes		 Stadium: Panampally Ground
Attendance: 50
12 February 2020 1 Kerala 1–1 Goa (R) Trissur
3:15 Brohiri Cyrille 25' 7' Lalmangaih Sanga Stadium: Corporation Stadium
Attendance: 200
13 February 2020 1 Mumbai (R) 1–0 Kerala Blasters (R) Mumbai
7:30 Shreyas Vatekar 24' Stadium: Cooperage Stadium
Attendance: 200
17 February 2020 1 Bengaluru United 1–3 Kerala Blasters (R) Bangalore
3:30 Phrangki Buam 44' 17' Shaiborlang Kharpan
30', 35' Ronaldo Oliveira		 Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
Attendance: 250
18 February 2020 1 Goa 2–2 ARA Bambolim
4:00 Kapil Hoble 48'
Nestor Dias 87'		 31' Dieye Hamidou
88' Parmimder Singh		 Stadium: Bambolim Stadium
Attendance: 200
22 February 2020 1 Bengaluru United 1–0 ARA Bangalore
3:30 Nikhil Vijay Pal 90' Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
Attendance: 200
26 February 2020 Bengaluru United 1–1 Kerala Bangalore
3:30 Phrangki Buam 78' 71' Nikhil Raj Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
Attendance: 450
26 February 2020 Goa 3–0 Mumbai (R) Nagoa
4:00 Kapil Hoble 16'
Aaren Dsilva 55'
Sarineo Fernandes 70'		 Stadium: Nagoa Ground
Attendance: 500
27 February 2020 ARA 2–2 Kerala Blasters (R) Ahmedabad
3:30 Dieye Hamidou 22', 68' 7' Shahajas
62' Ronaldo Oliveira		 Stadium: The Arena
Attendance: 150
1 March 2020 Bengaluru United 6–0 Mumbai (R) Bangalore
3:30 Phrangki Buam 78' Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
Attendance: 450
3 March 2020 1 Kerala Blasters (R) 1–3 Kerala Kochi
3:30 Samuel Kynshi 73' 30', 45' Brohiri Cyrille
58' Sreekuttan VS		 Stadium: Panampally Ground
Attendance: 250
6 March 2020 Mumbai (R) 1–3 ARA Mumbai
7:30 Kamran Ateeque Ansari 46' Syed Shoaib Ahmed 9', 87', 89' Stadium: Cooperage Ground
Referee: Mrutyunjay Ligaraj Amatya
7 March 2020 Goa 1–0 Kerala Nagoa
4:00 Flan Gomes 54' Stadium: Nagoa Ground
Attendance: 200
10 March 2020 Kerala Blasters (R) 1–1 Mumbai (R) Kochi
3:30 Naorem Mahesh 21' 35' (o.g.) Zahid Mir Stadium: Panampally Ground
Attendance: 60

I-League qualifiers

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India, usual final round format was scrapped off. It was decided that the final round of the league will be rescheduled into a new format and all the non-reserve teams from the preliminary stage will automatically progress to this round. It was officially named as I-League Qualifiers.[7] The teams in this round will play in a round-robin format in two venues, at Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata and Kalyani Stadium in Kalyani, near Kolkata. The team with highest points would advance to the 2020–21 I-League.[8][9] Out of the eight non-reserve teams, FC Kerala, Lonestar Kashmir FC and Rajasthan FC pulled out from tournament due to financial and other constraints.[10]

Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied in the order given to determine the rankings:
  1. Greater number of points obtained in the matches between the Teams concerned
  2. Goal difference resulting from the matches between the Teams concerned
  3. Greater number of goals scored in the matches between the Teams concerned
  4. Goal difference in all the matches
  5. Greater number of goals scored in all the matches
  6. Drawing of lots

Final round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Mohammedan (C) 4 3 1 0 7 1 +6 10 Champion and Promotion to 2020–21 I-League
2 Bhawanipore 4 3 0 1 6 3 +3 9
3 Bengaluru United 4 1 2 1 2 3 −1 5
4 ARA 4 0 2 2 3 8 −5 2
5 Garhwal 4 0 1 3 3 6 −3 1
Source: I League
(C) Champions


Results

Home \ Away GFC BHP MDS BUD ARA
Garhwal —
Bhawanipore 2–1 —
Mohammedan 1–0 2–0 —
Bengaluru United 1–0 0–2 0–0 —
ARA 1–1 0–2 1–4 1–1 —
Source: I League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Fixtures and results

8 October 2020 (2020-10-08) 1 Bhawanipore 2–0 Bengaluru United Kolkata, West Bengal
12:30
Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Santosh Kumar
8 October 2020 (2020-10-08) 1 Mohammedan 1–0 Garhwal Kalyani, West Bengal
16:30
Report Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ajit Kumar Meitei
11 October 2020 (2020-10-11) 2 Mohammedan 4–1 ARA Kolkata, West Bengal
12:30
Report Safiul Rahman 53' (o.g.) Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Raktim Saha
11 October 2020 (2020-10-11) 2 Garhwal 0–1 Bengaluru United Kalyani, West Bengal
16:30 Report
Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Senthil Nathan
14 October 2020 (2020-10-14) 3 Garhwal 1–2 Bhawanipore Kolkata, West Bengal
12:30 Afdal VK 76' Report
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Raktim Saha
14 October 2020 (2020-10-14) 3 Bengaluru United 1–1 ARA Kalyani, West Bengal
16:30
  • Asrar Rehbar 97'
 Report
  • Pratik Swami 36'
 Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ashwin
16 October 2020 (2020-10-16) 4 ARA 1–1 Garhwal Kalyani, West Bengal
12:30 Surajit Seal 83' Report Neeraj Bhandari 17' Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jehrul Islam
16 October 2020 (2020-10-16) 4 Bhawanipore 0–2 Mohammedan Kalyani, West Bengal
16:30 Report
Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ajit Kumar Meitei
19 October 2020 (2020-10-19) 5 Bengaluru United 0–0 Mohammedan Kolkata, West Bengal
14:00 Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Santosh Kumar
19 October 2020 (2020-10-19) 5 ARA 0–2 Bhawanipore Kalyani, West Bengal
14:00 Report
  • Jiten Murmu 17'
  • Supriya Pandit 21'
 Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ashwin

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 11 March 2020
Rank Player Club Goals
1 India Syed Shoaib Ahmed ARA 7
Nigeria Ekombong Victor Philip Garhwal
3 Senegal Dieye Hamidou ARA 6
4 India Shakir Ahmed Sheikh Lonestar Kashmir 5
Nigeria John Chidi Uzodinma Mohammedan
India William Pauliankhum ATK (R)
7 India Billu Teli Jamshedpur (R) 4
India Ronaldo Oliveira Kerala Blasters (R)

Hat-tricks

As of 11 March 2020
Player For Against Result Date Ref
India Syed Shoaib Ahmed ARA Mumbai City (R) 5–0 25 January 2020
India Mohammad Asrar Rehbar Bengaluru United Mumbai City (R) 6–0 1 March 2020
Nigeria John Chidi Uzodinma Mohammedan Bengaluru (R) 3–1 5 March 2020
India Syed Shoaib Ahmed ARA Mumbai (R) 3–1 6 March 2020
Nigeria Ekombong Victor Philip Garhwal ATK (R) 4–1 10 March 2020

Cleansheets

As of 11 March 2020
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 India Srijith R Bengaluru United 4
2 India Iprotip Das ARA 3
India Priyant Singh Mohammedan
4 India Nitin Meel Rajasthan 2
India Raj Kumar Mahato Jamshedpur (R)
India Amrit Gope Jamshedpur (R)
India Ahamed Afsar Kerala
India Lara Sharma ATK (R)
India Sayak Barai Garhwal
India Antonio da Silva Goa (R)

Average home attendances

As of 11 March 2020
Team GP Cumulative High Low Mean
F.C. Kerala 2 900 700 200 450
ARA 4 1150 450 150 287
Bhawanipore 3 395 300 20 131
Rajasthan 2 200 200 200 200
Lonestar Kashmir 4 567 350 52 141
Garhwal 3 1400 550 350 466
Mohammedan 2 1400 1200 200 700
Bengaluru United 4 1050 450 150 262
ATK (R) 5 1201 700 50 240
Goa (R) 4 1250 500 200 312
Mumbai City (R) 4 760 200 160 190
Kerala Blasters (R) 3 360 250 50 120
Bengaluru (R) 2 555 455 100 277
Chennaiyin (R) 4 215 100 25 53
Hyderabad (R) 3 375 200 50 125
Punjab (R) 3 465 250 105 155
Jamshedpur (R) 4 697 237 60 174
Total 54 12,940 1200 20 239

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