2015 I-League 2nd Division

The 2015 I-League 2nd Division was the eighth season of the I-League 2nd Division, the second division of football in India. Eight clubs participated this season, including Mohammedan, after they were relegated from the I-League last season.^[1] Aizawl won the league and will be the first team from Mizoram to play in I-League in 2015–16 I-League season.^[2]

I-League 2nd Division

Season	2014–15
Champions	Aizawl
Promoted	Aizawl
Matches played	56
Goals scored	209 (3.73 per match)
Highest scoring	Hindustan 2–6 Chanmari (1 April 2015) United 5–3 Kenkre (7 April 2015) PIFA 3–5 Aizawl (27 April 2015)
Longest winning run	Aizawl (6 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Aizawl (6 games)
Longest winless run	PIFA (14 games)
Longest losing run	Kenkre (6 games)
← 2014 2015–16 →

Venues

The double-leg league was held in two venues Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri and SSB Ranidanga Stadium, Golaghat respectively.^[3] The initial seven rounds of matches were held in Siliguri, the return legs were held in Golaghat.^[4]

Team overview

Location and coaches

Team	Location	Head coach
Aizawl	Aizawl, Mizoram	Hmingthana Zadeng
Chanmari	Aizawl, Mizoram	Gaurav Chatterjee
Hindustan	Delhi	Abhijoy Basu
Kenkre	Mumbai, Maharashtra	Ekendra Singh
Lonestar Kashmir	Jammu and Kashmir	Hilal Rasool
Mohammedan	Kolkata, West Bengal	Ananta Kumar Ghosh
PIFA	Mumbai, Maharashtra	Nirvan Shah
United	Kolkata, West Bengal	Satyabrata Bhowmick

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Aizawl (C, P)	14	11	1	2	45	20	+25	34	Qualification to 2015–16 I-League
2	Lonestar Kashmir	14	8	3	3	22	14	+8	27
3	Chanmari	14	7	4	3	35	24	+11	25
4	Mohammedan[a]	14	8	2	4	29	17	+12	23
5	United	14	5	2	7	24	28	−4	17
6	Hindustan	14	4	3	7	18	28	−10	15
7	Kenkre	14	3	1	10	21	39	−18	10
8	PIFA	14	0	4	10	15	39	−24	4

Source: I-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Mohammedan were deducted three points for the payment default to a player.^[5]

Results

Home \ Away	AFC	CFC	HIN	KFC	LKFC	MSC	PIFA	USC
Aizawl		2–3	5–0	2–0	4–1	2–1	6–1	0–0
Chanmari	2–4		1–2	4–1	1–2	2–2	3–3	5–1
Hindustan	2–3	2–6		2–3	1–3	1–0	1–0	0–2
Kenkre	1–4	1–2	0–3		1–1	0–4	5–4	0–3
Lonestar Kashmir	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–0		1–2	1–0	3–2
Mohammedan	2–4	1–1	1–0	4–3	1–2		2–0	2–0
PIFA	3–5	1–1	2–2	0–3	1–1	0–5		0–1
United	2–4	2–3	2–2	5–3	0–4	1–2	3–0

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.