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Hero I-League

FIFA Region

AFC

Season

2021-2022

Location

India

Abbreviation

IND1

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Summary

The Indian I-League (IND1) is the top football league in the India football system. At the end of the 2021-2022 IND1 season, the IND1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

2023 AFC Champions League - Preliminary Round:
- 1st place 2021-2022 IND1 team
2023 AFC Cup - Group Stage:
- 2nd place 2021-2022 IND1 team

Leagues Pyramid - India

Abbrev	League	# of Teams
IND1	I-League	13
IND2	I-League 2nd Division	9

Competition Structure

Season			# of Teams
26 Dec 2021 - 26 Mar 2022			11: IND1 (10), IND2 (1)

Season Format

The 2021-2022 IND1 season consists of 2 phases. In the 1st Phase, each IND1 team plays one match against other 12 IND1 teams for a total of 12 league matches. In the 2nd Phase, the top 7 teams play in the Championship Group (one match against the other 6 teams for 18 total matches) and the bottom 6 teams play in the Relegation Group (one match against the other 5 teams for 17 total matches). Table ranking ties are broken by (1) head-to-head points, (2) head-to-head goal difference, (3) total goal difference, (4) total goals scored, then (5) a drawing.

Due to COVID-19 in India, all matches will be played in Mohun Bagan Ground in Kolkata, Kalyani Stadium in Kalyani and Naihati Stadium in Naihati.

Playoffs

Not applicable.

Relegation

At the end of the 2021-2022 2nd Phase, the 6th place IND1 Relegation Group team will be relegated directly to the IND2.

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2nd Phase

		League							Home						Road
POS		MP	W - D - L	PTS	CPTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD
Championship
1	Gokulam FC	18	13 -4-1	43	-	44	15	29	9	7 -1-1	22	27	8	19	9	6 -3-0	21	17	7	10
2	Mohammedan SC	18	11 -4-3	37	-	34	18	16	11	7 -2-2	23	21	11	10	7	4 -2-1	14	13	7	6
3	Sreenidi Deccan FC	18	9 -5-4	32	-	27	19	8	8	2 -4-2	10	10	9	1	10	7 -1-2	22	17	10	7
4	Churchill Brothers FC	18	9 -3-6	30	-	24	22	2	6	3 -1-2	10	7	6	1	12	6 -2-4	20	17	16	1
5	Punjab FC	18	8 -4-6	28	-	33	29	4	12	5 -3-4	18	21	22	-1	6	3 -1-2	10	12	7	5
6	Rajasthan United FC	18	5 -7-6	22	-	16	16	0	9	2 -4-3	10	5	7	-2	9	3 -3-3	12	11	9	2
7	NEROCA FC	18	4 -8-6	20	-	21	30	-9	10	3 -3-4	12	11	16	-5	8	1 -5-2	8	10	14	-4
Relegation
1	Aizawl FC	17	7 -0-10	21	-	23	26	-3	8	3 -0-5	9	9	12	-3	9	4 -0-5	12	14	14	0
2	TRAU FC	17	4 -6-7	18	-	15	17	-2	11	3 -3-5	12	10	10	0	6	1 -3-2	6	5	7	-2
3	Sudeva Delhi FC	17	4 -5-8	17	-	13	23	-10	8	1 -2-5	5	3	12	-9	9	3 -3-3	12	10	11	-1
4	Indian Arrows FC	17	4 -5-8	17	-	10	23	-13	6	2 -0-4	6	5	8	-3	11	2 -5-4	11	5	15	-10
5	Real Kashmir FC	17	2 -8-7	14	-	23	31	-8	12	1 -7-4	10	16	20	-4	5	1 -1-3	4	7	11	-4
6	Kenkre FC	17	3 -3-11	12	-	11	25	-14	4	1 -1-2	4	2	6	-4	13	2 -2-9	8	9	19	-10
2023 AFCCUP Relegation to IND2

1st Phase

		League							Home						Road
POS		MP	W - D - L	PTS	CPTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD
1	Gokulam FC	12	9 -3-0	30	-	33	10	23	5	4 -1-0	13	18	4	14	7	5 -2-0	17	15	6	9
2	Mohammedan SC	12	8 -2-2	26	-	23	12	11	8	5 -1-2	16	15	9	6	4	3 -1-0	10	8	3	5
3	Punjab FC	12	7 -2-3	23	-	25	17	8	9	4 -2-3	14	16	16	0	3	3 -0-0	9	9	1	8
4	Sreenidi Deccan FC	12	6 -3-3	21	-	18	14	4	5	2 -2-1	8	7	5	2	7	4 -1-2	13	11	9	2
5	Churchill Brothers FC	12	6 -2-4	20	-	16	15	1	2	1 -0-1	3	2	2	0	10	5 -2-3	17	14	13	1
6	NEROCA FC	12	4 -6-2	18	-	17	16	1	8	3 -3-2	12	10	11	-1	4	1 -3-0	6	7	5	2
7	Rajasthan United FC	12	3 -7-2	16	-	10	8	2	7	2 -4-1	10	5	4	1	5	1 -3-1	6	5	4	1
8	Real Kashmir FC	12	2 -7-3	13	-	18	22	-4	9	1 -6-2	9	13	15	-2	3	1 -1-1	4	5	7	-2
9	TRAU FC	12	3 -3-6	12	-	12	15	-3	8	2 -2-4	8	8	9	-1	4	1 -1-2	4	4	6	-2
10	Aizawl FC	12	4 -0-8	12	-	15	19	-4	5	1 -0-4	3	3	8	-5	7	3 -0-4	9	12	11	1
11	Sudeva Delhi FC	12	2 -4-6	10	-	9	16	-7	6	1 -1-4	4	3	9	-6	6	1 -3-2	6	6	7	-1
12	Indian Arrows FC	12	2 -3-7	9	-	6	20	-14	4	1 -0-3	3	3	6	-3	8	1 -3-4	6	3	14	-11
13	Kenkre FC	12	0 -2-10	2	-	6	24	-18	2	0 -0-2	0	1	6	-5	10	0 -2-8	2	5	18	-13
Championship Group Relegation Group