Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

2022–23 I-League

15th season of the I-League From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2022–23 I-League
Remove ads

The 2022–23 I-League (also known as the Hero I-League for sponsorship reasons) was the 16th season of I-League, first as the second tier of Indian football league system. It was played from 12 November 2022 to 12 March 2023.[1]

Quick Facts Season, Dates ...

After a 4–0 win against Rajasthan United on 4 March 2023, RoundGlass Punjab clinched their second league title and became the first ever club to be promoted to the Indian Super League[2][3][4][5] while Kenkre and Sudeva Delhi were relegated to I-League 2.[6][7]

Remove ads

Changes from last season

Disbanded clubs

Reinstated clubs

  • Kenkre: After being relegated at the end of the 2021–22 I-League season, Kenkre was allowed to participate this season.[10] The closure of the Indian Arrows project played a major part in their reinstatement. The conditions for their reinstatement were an agreement to take in several Arrows players and no travel subsidy for away matches.[11]

Changes in format

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament's format was shortened for the last two seasons. From this season, the traditional home and away games format in a double round-robin have returned. Each team will play two matches against every other team at home and away.

The table topper will be declared the league's winner at the end of the season, thereby achieving promotion to 2023–24 Indian Super League,[12] while the two teams with the lowest points will be relegated to 2023–24 I-League 2, and will get a bye to the final round.[13]

Remove ads

Teams

Summarize
Perspective

12 teams participated in the 2022–23 season:

Stadiums and locations

Due to a lack of AFC standard football stadiums available in Rajasthan, Rajasthan United will play their home matches at Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi. RoundGlass Punjab will play their home matches at Panchkula's Tau Devi Lal Stadium in Haryana. On 22 October 2022, AIFF chief Kalyan Chaubey inaugurated the new home ground of Sreenidi Deccan, the Deccan Arena.[14]

Personnel and sponsorship


More information Team, Head coach ...

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...

Transfers

Remove ads

Foreign players

Summarize
Perspective

AIFF allowed a maximum of six foreign players, including one from an AFC-affiliated country per team, but only four can be part of the matchday squad.[50]

More information Club, Player 1 ...

League table

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: I-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Aizawl 4, Mohammedan 1.
  2. Head-to-head points: Rajasthan United 6, NEROCA 0.

Fixtures and results

More information Home \ Away, RGP ...
Source: I-League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  1. Initially, Real Kashmir won 1–0, but the scoreline was overturned by the AIFF after Churchill Brothers filed a protest due to an illegal substitution made by Real Kashmir.[51]

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each round mentioned in official fixtures.

More information Round, Aizawl ...
Promotion to Indian Super League
Relegation to I-League 2
Source: I-League

Results by games

More information Team ╲ Round, Aizawl ...
Updated to match(es) played on 12 March 2023. Source: I-League
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose
Remove ads

Season statistics

Summarize
Perspective

Top scorers

As of 12 March 2023
More information Rank, Player ...

Top Indian scorers

The table includes only the list of top Indian goalscorers with more than 3 goals in this season.

More information Rank, Player ...

Hat-tricks

More information Player, For ...

Top assists

As of 12 March 2023
More information Rank, Player ...

Clean sheets

As of 12 March 2023
More information Rank, Player ...

Discipline

Player

  • Most yellow cards: 9
    • India Melroy Assisi
    • Uzbekistan Mirjalol Kasimov
  • Most red cards: 1
    • 27 players

Club

  • Most yellow cards: 47
    • Real Kashmir
  • Most red cards: 5
    • Churchill Brothers
Remove ads

Attendances

Summarize
Perspective

Overall statistical table

More information Pos, Team ...

Source: I-League
Notes:
Teams that joined I-League during the pandemic.

Attendances by home match played

More information Team \ Match played, Total ...

Legend:   Highest   Lowest
Source: I-League

Remove ads

Broadcasting

The 2022–23 I-League season aired on India's DD Sports and Eurosport HD television channels. It was also available on the Discovery+ mobile app. However, after the start of the league, the broadcast was fraught with problems.[56]

Awards

Hero of the match

More information Match No., Hero of the Match ...
  1. Match was postponed to 5 February 2023.
  2. Match was postponed to 21 February 2023.

Annual awards

More information Award, Winner ...
Remove ads

See also

References

Loading related searches...

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads