I-League 2 Explained

Indian Football League 2
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Organiser:	AIFF
Founded:	(as Indian Football League 2)
Country:	India
League Cup:	Durand Cup
Confed:	AFC
Teams:	40, 5 zones (2026)^[1]
Levels:	3
Promotion:	Indian Football League
Relegation:	Indian Football League 3 (2025)
Champions:	Diamond Harbour (1st title)
Most Successful Club:	ONGC (2 titles)
Current:	2026

The Indian Football League 2 (IFL 2), originally known as the I-League 2, is an Indian men's professional football league.^[2] It is the 3rd tier of the Indian football league system, behind the Indian Super League and the Indian Football League.^[3] ^[4] ^[5] It operates as a system of promotion and relegation with the Indian Football League and the Indian Football League 3. In 2026 it was temporarily merged with the Indian Football League 3.

History

I-League 2nd Division was introduced during the 2008 season, with first game played on 25 March between Mohammedan Sporting and Amity United.^[6]

That season saw Mohammedan Sporting, Mumbai FC, Vasco SC and Chirag United promoted to the I-League. The next season saw Pune FC, Shillong Lajong, Viva Kerala and Salgaocar getting promoted.

Since 2010, only top 2 teams were promoted to the I-League. ONGC FC and HAL SC in that year, in 2011 Shillong Lajong and Sporting Clube de Goa, with Lajong being promoted for the second time. In 2012, ONGC and United Sikkim were promoted for the upcoming season. The 2013 saw Rangdajied United FC and Mohammedan qualifying for the I-League.

In 2014, only one team got promoted from the 2nd Division, and similarly only one team got relegated from 2013–14 season.

In 2016, again only one team was promoted from the 2nd division (Aizawl F.C.), and only one was relegated from the I-League (Dempo).

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the traditional final round format was scrapped in 2020. It was decided that the league will be rescheduled into a new format and all non-reserve teams from the preliminary stage will automatically progress to this round. It was officially named as I-League Qualifiers.^[7] After making of I-League as second division of Indian football, the AIFF decided to rename 2nd Division to I-league 2.^[8]

Competition format

2008–2015

Previously, the league was formatted as a neutral venue competition with teams split into groups in which all the groups play in one stadium each. The final round is contested in a double round-robin format, after which the top two teams get promoted to the I-League.

2015–2017

The I-League core committee approved the plans for the 2015–2016 I-League 2nd division matches to be played on a home and away basis. The preliminary rounds will be played as the conference system with the teams being divided into Eastern and Western conferences. Top 3 teams from each conference will qualify for the final round of the 2015–2016 season of 2nd division I-League.^[9]

To widen the football map of the country and to bolster the football structure, I-League committee decide to launch the 2nd division qualifier for 2016–2017 season. Participants from all the state associations would be invited to take part in 2nd division 2016–17 qualifiers. The state associations need to nominate two teams with best results, apart from the teams who would compete in Hero I-League and 2nd division league, from the state leagues to compete in the 2nd division qualifiers. The teams will fight it out amongst themselves in the zonal round followed by the final round. Eventually top two teams from the final round will get a nod to the 2nd division, provided that they fulfill the club licensing requirements in the due time.^[10]

2017–2018

The format was further altered from 2017–2018 season, the league was divided in two stages: the Preliminary and the Final. The tournament will also feature reserve teams of Indian Super League clubs. In the preliminary stage, 18 teams are divided into three groups where all matches would be played on a home and away basis. The winners of each group plus the best second-placed team would qualify for the final round. However, if reserve teams of ISL clubs finishes as winners or runners-up in any group, the position is passed on onto the next non-ISL team. The final round will be played at a central venue, the winners of which would be promoted to the next tier of Indian Football.^[11]

2018–2019

Sixteen teams were allowed to participate in this season by the league committee.^[12]

2021

A new format was introduced named as I-league qualifiers. 10 teams promoted from state leagues battled for I-league qualification.

2022–2023

In a meeting held on 16 December 2022, the AIFF league committee has recommended that states that have conducted their regional leagues in previous season nominate clubs for the Hero I-League 2, with six reserve teams of the Hero ISL also joining them. A pre-tournament qualifier was held for the teams from states that have not conducted their leagues in 2021–22, from which the top two teams gained entry into the Hero I-League 2, bringing the total number of clubs to 20.

These 20 teams are divided into the four groups of five and play each other in a round-robin home and away format. The group winners, along with the best second-placed team, play in the final round, a single-leg round robin format competition.^[13]

Clubs (2025)

Club	State	City	Stadium	Capacity
Bengaluru United	Karnataka		Bangalore Football Stadium	8,400
Karbi Anglong Morning Star	Assam	Diphu	KASA Stadium	9,000
MYJ–GMSC	Maharashtra	Mumbai	Cooperage Ground	5,000
NEROCA	Manipur	Imphal	Khuman Lampak Stadium	35,285
SAT	Kerala	Tirur	RG Municipal Stadium	5,000
Sporting Goa	Goa	Panaji	Tilak Maidan	5,000
United	West Bengal		Kalyani Stadium	20,000

All-time clubs

	I-League 2
	Indian Super League / I-League
	I-League 3 / State leagues
	Reserve sides (Indian Super League)
	Defunct clubs

Pos.	Club										1st	2nd	3rd	Appearances
1		11	135	72	27	34	205	125	80	239	1	2	1	2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020
2		5	56	31	10	15	110	65	45	103	0	0	1	2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
3		4	53	30	11	12	108	49	59	101	1	0	0	2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
4		6	92	24	24	44	97	138	-41	96	0	1	0	2015, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020
5	United SC	5	64	26	15	23	89	87	2	93	0	0	1	2008, 2015, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25
6		5	57	24	15	18	84	53	31	87	0	0	1	2020, 2021, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25
7	NEROCA FC	3	50	25	10	15	67	52	15	85	1	0	1	2015–16, 2016–17, 2024-25
8		9	84	22	17	45	107	161	-54	83	0	1	0	2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2021, 2023-24
9		4	45	22	14	9	78	52	26	80	0	2	1	2012, 2013, 2014, 2020
10		3	40	24	7	9	62	29	33	79	1	1	0	2015–16, 2022-23, 2023-24
11		4	43	23	8	12	86	56	30	77	1	0	0	2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
12		4	39	22	10	7	66	29	37	76	2	0	0	2008, 2009, 2010, 2012
13		4	52	21	11	20	67	74	-7	74	0	1	0	2011, 2012, 2013, 2016–17
14		4	41	20	11	10	77	46	31	71	0	0	0	2011, 2012, 2013, 2017–18
15		4	44	21	7	16	91	72	19	70	1	0	0	2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
16		3	45	20	9	16	72	67	5	69	1	0	0	2017–18, 2018–19, 2024-25
17		7	66	18	12	36	71	127	-56	66	0	1	0	2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
18		3	39	18	11	10	73	56	17	65	0	1	0	2011, 2012, 2014
19		3	39	18	9	12	69	43	36	63	0	0	1	2012, 2013, 2014
20		3	29	18	6	5	53	27	26	60	1	1	1	2009, 2011, 2022-23
21	Sporting Goa	3	37	17	8	12	47	36	11	59	0	1	1	2011, 2023-24, 2024-25
22		2	30	17	7	6	71	34	37	58	0	1	1	2015, 2024-25
23		4	42	15	12	15	56	52	4	57	0	0	0	2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
24		4	42	17	5	10	63	38	25	56	0	0	0	2017–18, 2018–19, 2020, 2022-23
25		3	32	15	9	8	59	28	31	54	0	0	2	2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
26		4	35	13	7	15	57	53	4	46	0	0	0	2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
27	Techno Aryan	3	21	10	4	7	43	21	22	44	0	0	0	2011, 2012, 2013
28		4	31	12	8	11	44	42	2	44	0	0	0	2018–19, 2020, 2021, 2022-23
29		4	27	8	7	12	42	50	-8	41	0	0	0	2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
30		2	19	12	3	4	44	13	31	39	1	0	1	2021, 2022-23
31		3	33	8	15	10	35	42	-7	39	0	0	1	2013, 2016–17, 2017–18
32		1	16	11	5	0	28	10	18	38	1	0	0	2024-25
33		2	19	11	5	3	30	22	8	38	1	0	0	2016–17, 2017–18
34	Minerva Punjab	1	18	11	4	3	30	14	16	37	0	1	0	2015–16
35		4	32	10	7	15	42	45	-3	37	0	0	0	2017–18, 2018–19, 2020, 2022-23
36		3	25	10	4	11	41	44	-3	34	0	0	0	2017–18, 2018–19, 2020
37		1	14	11	0	3	28	12	16	33	1	0	0	2023-24
38		1	16	10	3	3	30	17	13	33	0	1	0	2018–19
39		3	23	8	9	6	28	27	1	33	0	0	0	2009, 2010, 2011
40		2	17	9	4	4	36	19	17	31	0	1	0	2008, 2010
41		4	27	7	8	11	35	50	-15	29	0	0	0	2010, 2011, 2012, 2022-23
42		4	35	8	5	20	31	68	-37	29	0	0	0	2017–18, 2018–19, 2020, 2022-23
43		2	17	8	4	5	28	19	9	28	0	0	0	2017–18, 2020
44		2	18	8	4	6	25	23	2	28	0	0	0	2018–19, 2020
45		2	20	8	4	8	23	28	-5	28	0	0	1	2016–17, 2023-24
46		2	19	8	3	8	26	24	2	27	0	0	0	2008, 2009
47		2	19	8	2	9	26	23	3	26	0	0	0	2010, 2011
48		1	10	8	1	1	18	5	13	25	1	0	0	2008
49		1	17	8	1	8	27	26	1	25	0	0	0	2013
50		3	28	6	7	15	28	55	-27	25	0	0	0	2017–18, 2018–19, 2020
51		6	48	5	9	34	41	117	-76	25	0	0	0	2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2015–16
52		2	16	7	3	6	27	29	-2	24	0	0	0	2014, 2020
53		1	12	7	2	3	27	17	10	23	0	0	1	2022-23
54		3	22	5	8	9	29	34	-5	23	0	0	0	2008, 2009, 2010
55		4	23	6	4	13	28	52	-24	22	0	0	0	2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
56		1	11	6	3	2	15	8	7	21	0	0	0	2022-23
57		5	31	4	9	18	33	78	-45	21	0	0	0	2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
58		1	9	6	2	1	12	5	7	20	1	0	0	2009
59		2	14	6	2	6	21	21	0	20	0	0	0	2011, 2013
60		1	18	4	7	7	16	20	-4	19	0	0	0	2015–16
61	SAT	1	16	6	4	6	21	23	-2	22	0	0	0	2024-25
62		3	19	4	7	8	23	32	-9	19	0	0	0	2012, 2013, 2014
63		1	9	5	2	2	21	10	11	17	0	1	0	2009
64		1	8	5	2	1	15	7	8	17	0	0	0	2013
65		3	15	5	2	8	20	29	-9	17	0	0	0	2008, 2009, 2010
66		1	14	4	3	7	20	25	-5	15	0	0	0	2023-24
67		3	19	4	3	12	20	34	-14	15	0	0	0	2010, 2011, 2012
68		2	15	3	5	7	22	28	-6	14	0	0	0	2013, 2018–19
69		1	10	3	4	3	17	16	1	13	0	0	0	2018–19
70	Jagat Singh Palahi	1	8	4	1	3	10	9	1	13	0	0	0	2022-23
71		1	10	2	7	1	10	9	1	13	0	0	0	2017-18
72		3	15	3	4	8	25	27	-2	13	0	0	0	2008, 2009, 2010
73		1	6	3	3	0	8	4	4	12	1	0	0	2021
74		1	8	4	0	4	9	8	1	12	0	0	0	2022-23
75		2	14	3	3	8	10	16	-6	12	0	0	0	2020, 2022-23
76		2	15	3	3	9	17	27	-10	12	0	0	0	2012, 2013
77		2	12	3	1	8	17	18	-1	10	0	0	0	2009, 2013
78		3	16	2	4	10	9	37	-28	10	0	0	0	2009, 2010, 2011
79		1	6	2	3	1	10	6	4	9	0	0	0	2010
80		1	6	3	0	3	8	5	3	9	0	0	0	2020
81		1	8	2	3	3	9	8	1	9	0	0	0	2015-16
82		1	10	3	0	7	9	17	-8	9	0	0	0	2008
83		2	14	2	3	9	16	40	-24	9	0	0	0	2012, 2013
84		1	9	2	2	5	5	9	-4	8	0	0	0	2017–18
85		1	6	2	1	3	8	8	0	7	0	0	0	2022-23
86	Mumbai United AC	1	6	2	1	3	8	9	-1	7	0	0	0	2010
87		1	8	2	1	5	8	15	-7	7	0	0	0	2022-23
88		2	10	1	4	5	6	14	-8	7	0	0	0	2009, 2010
89		2	11	2	1	8	11	34	-23	7	0	0	0	2012, 2021
90		2	15	1	4	10	8	40	-32	7	0	0	0	2020, 2022-23
91		1	16	2	1	13	8	38	-30	7	0	0	0	2024-25
92		2	10	2	0	8	10	19	-9	6	0	0	0	2008, 2010
93		1	6	1	2	3	4	7	-3	5	0	0	0	2020
94		1	6	1	2	3	5	13	-8	5	0	0	0	2021
95		1	8	1	1	6	4	25	-21	4	0	0	0	2013
96		1	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	2021
97		1	3	1	0	2	4	12	-8	3	0	0	0	2022-23
98		1	6	1	0	5	3	15	-12	3	0	0	0	2010
99		2	12	0	3	9	10	35	-25	3	0	0	0	2010, 2011
100		2	7	0	2	5	4	14	-10	2	0	0	0	2021, 2022-23
101		1	4	0	1	3	4	12	-8	1	0	0	0	2009
102		1	6	0	0	6	2	16	-14	0	0	0	0	2016–17
103	BLG Diamond Rock	1	6	0	0	6	3	18	-15	0	0	0	0	2022-23
104		1	5	0	0	5	2	18	-16	0	0	0	0	2014
105		1	10	0	0	10	3	39	-36	0	0	0	0	2017–18

Clubs promoted/relegated to I-League 2

Promoted clubs from I-League 3 to I-League 2!Season!Clubs
2023–24	Sporting Goa, Dempo, Sporting Bengaluru
2024–25	Diamond Harbour, Chanmari, SAT, KLASA
2025–26	Karbi Anglong Morning Star, MYJ–GMSC

Relegated clubs from I-League to I-League 2!Season!Clubs
2007–08	Viva Kerala, Salgaocar
2008–09	Mohammedan, Vasco
2009–10	Sporting Goa, Shillong Lajong
2010–11	JCT, ONGC
2011–12	Viva Kerala, HAL
2012–13	Air India, United Sikkim
2013–14	Mohammedan
2014–15	Dempo
2015–16	None
2016–17	Mumbai
2017–18	None
2018–19	Shillong Lajong
2019–20	None
2020–21	None
2021–22	None
2022–23	Kenkre, Sudeva Delhi
2023–24	NEROCA, TRAU
2024–25	None

Clubs promoted/relegated from I-League 2

Promoted clubs from I-League 2 to I-League!Season!Clubs
2008	Mumbai, Mohammedan, United, Vasco
2009	Salgaocar, Viva Kerala, Shillong Lajong, Pune
2010	ONGC, HAL
2011	Shillong Lajong, Sporting Goa
2012	ONGC, United Sikkim
2013	Rangdajied United, Mohammedan
2014	Royal Wahingdoh
2015	Aizawl
2015–16	Dempo
2016–17	NEROCA
2017–18	Real Kashmir
2018–19	TRAU
2020	Mohammedan
2021	Rajasthan United, Kenkre
2022–23	Shillong Lajong, Delhi
2023–24	Sporting Bengaluru, Dempo
2024-25	Diamond Harbour, Chanmari

Relegated clubs from I-League 2 to I-League 3!Season!Clubs
2023–24	Kenkre, Maharashtra Oranje
2024–25	KLASA, TRAU

Champions

Champions!style="background:silver"
Runners-up	Third place	Teams
2008	Mumbai	Mohammedan	United	6+6
2009	Salgaocar	Viva Kerala	Shillong Lajong	5+5+5
2010	ONGC	HAL	Vasco	7+7+7
2011	Shillong Lajong	Sporting Goa	Vasco	7+7+7
2012	ONGC (2)	United Sikkim	Mohammedan	8+8+7
2013	Rangdajied United	Mohammedan	Bhawanipore	9+9+8
2014	Royal Wahingdoh	Bhawanipore	Kalighat MS	6+5
2015	Aizawl	Lonestar Kashmir	Chanmari	8
2015–16	Dempo	Minerva Punjab	NEROCA	5+5
2016–17	NEROCA	Southern Samity	Delhi United	4+4
2017–18	Real Kashmir	Hindustan	Ozone	6+6+6
2018–19	TRAU	Chhinga Veng	Ozone	5+5+6
2020	Mohammedan	Bhawanipore	Bengaluru United	6+5+6
2021	Rajasthan United	Kenkre	Delhi	4+5
	Delhi	Shillong Lajong	Ambernath United Atlanta	17+4
2023–24	Sporting Bengaluru	Dempo	Sudeva Delhi	8
2024–25	Diamond Harbour	Chanmari	Sporting Goa	9

Performance by clubs

Club	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Winning seasons	Runners-up seasons	Third place seasons
ONGC	2	0	0	2010, 2012
Mohammedan	1	2	1	2020	2008, 2013	2012
Shillong Lajong	1	1	1	2011	2022–23	2009
Dempo	1	1	0	2015–16	2023-24
NEROCA	1	0	1	2016–17		2015–16
Delhi	1	0	1	2022–23		2021
Mumbai	1	0	0	2008
Salgaocar	1	0	0	2009
Rangdajied United	1	0	0	2013
Royal Wahingdoh	1	0	0	2014
Aizawl	1	0	0	2015
Real Kashmir	1	0	0	2017–18
TRAU	1	0	0	2018–19
Rajasthan United	1	0	0	2021
Sporting Bengaluru	1	0	0	2023–24
Diamond Harbour	1	0	0	2024–25
Bhawanipore	0	2	1		2014, 2020	2013
Sporting Goa	0	1	1		2011	2024–25
Chanmari	0	1	1		2024–25	2015
Viva Kerala	0	1	0		2009
HAL	0	1	0		2010
United Sikkim	0	1	0		2012
Lonestar Kashmir	0	1	0		2015
Minerva Punjab	0	1	0		2015–16
Southern Samity	0	1	0		2016–17
Hindustan	0	1	0		2017–18
Chhinga Veng	0	1	0		2018–19
Mumbai Kenkre	0	1	0		2021
Vasco	0	0	2			2010, 2011
Ozone	0	0	2			2017–18, 2018–19
United	0	0	1			2008
Kalighat MS	0	0	1			2014
Delhi United	0	0	1			2016–17
Bengaluru United	0	0	1			2020
Ambernath United Atlanta	0	0	1			2022–23
Sudeva Delhi	0	0	1			2023–24

Sponsorship and media coverage

Sponsorship

From 2008 to 2011 the league was sponsored by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and was named the ONGC I-League 2nd Division. ONGC was also the title sponsor of the I-League. In October 2011 ONGC was dropped as a sponsor.

Period	Title Sponsor	Tournament
2008–2011	ONGC	ONGC I-League 2nd Division
2011–2017	none	I-League 2nd Division
2017–2023		Hero I-League 2nd Division / I-League Qualifiers (2020)
2023–present	none	I-League 2

Broadcasters

Period	TV telecast	Online streaming
2007–2010	Zee Sports
2010–2017	Ten Action, Ten Sports	DittoTV
2017–2019	JioTV
2019–2022		Facebook, JioTV
2022–2024		YouTube
2024–present	Sony Sports	SSEN

Winning coaches

Head coach	Club	Wins	Winning years
L. Nandakumar Singh	Royal Wahingdoh, TRAU	2	2014, 2018–19
Dave Booth	Mumbai	1	2008
Peter Vales	Salgaocar		2009
Caetano Pinho	ONGC		2010
Pradhyum Reddy	Shillong Lajong		2011
Philippe De Ridder	United Sikkim		2012–13
Karsing Kurbah	Rangdajied United		2013–14
Hmingthana Zadeng	Aizawl		2014–15
Mauricio Afonso	Dempo		2015–16
Gift Raikhan	NEROCA		2016–17
David Robertson	Real Kashmir		2017–18
Yan Law (sacked midway)	Mohammedan SC		2020
Vikrant Sharma	Rajasthan United		2021
Surinder Singh	Delhi FC		2022-23
Chinta Chandrashekar Rao	SC Bengaluru		2023-24
Kibu Vicuña	Diamond Harbour		2024-25

Top scorers

Season	Top scorer	Club	Goals
2008	Fredrick Okwagbe	HAL	6
2009	Badmus Babatunde	Viva Kerala	6
2010	Badmus Babatunde	ONGC	4
2010	Joy Ferrao	Vasco	4
2011	Stanley Okoroigwe	Techno Aryan	6
2012	Daniel Bedemi	United Sikkim	11
2013	Badmus Babatunde	Rangdajied United	8
2013	Hudson Lima Da Silva	Bhawanipore	8
2014	Daniel Bedemi	Bhawanipore	8
2015		Mohammedan	11
2015–16	Felix Chidi Odili	Dempo	7
2015–16	Atinder Mani	Lonestar Kashmir	7
2016–17	Odafa Okolie	Southern Samity	9
2016–17	Felix Chidi Odili	NEROCA	9
2017–18	Robert de Souza Ribiero	Ozone	10
2018–19	Phillip Adjah	Mohammedan	10
2018–19	Princewill Emeka	TRAU	10
2020	Syed Shoaib Ahmed	ARA	7
2020	Ekombong Victor Philip	Garhwal	7
2021	Anwar Ali Jr.	Delhi FC	4
2022–23	Irfan Yadwad	Bengaluru United	13
	Thomyo L Shimray	Sporting Bengaluru	11
	Sahil Harijan	United SC	11
2024-25	Akshunna Tyagi	Bengaluru United	8

Awards

Prize money

As updated on 19 May 2023:

Champions	70 lakhs
Runners-up	50 lakhs
Match winner	50,000
Hero of the match	20,000

Notes and References

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