NOTE: The following information is based on the format till COVID-19 pandemic, and is subject to change by AIFF.
2nd Division League
Season2020
Matches played54
Goals scored148 (2.74 per match)
Highest attendance1,209
Lowest attendance23
Average attendance239
All statistics correct as of 11 March 2020.

The 2020 2nd Division League (known as Hero 2020 2nd Division League, for sponsorship reasons) will be the 13th season of the I-League 2nd Division, the second division Indian football league, since its establishment in 2008. The league is scheduled to kick-off from 25 January 2020.[1][2] The winners of the Promotion Playoffs will promoted to the 2020-21 I-League

Teams

This season, 17 teams will be participating, comprising 1 reserve side from I-League (Punjab) and 8 from Indian Super League (ATK, Jamshedpur, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennaiyin, Mumbai City, Goa and Kerala Blasters). All the teams will divided in 3 groups of 6 teams in A and C, and 5 teams in group B. The teams those will make their debut this season are 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, and have their board examinations.[3]

Stadiums and locations

Locations of the 2019–20 I-League 2nd Division teams
Rajasthan
F.C. Kerala
Lonestar Kashmir
Mumbai City (R)
Goa (R)
Kerala Blasters (R)
Jamshedpur (R)
Hyderabad (R)
Hyderabad (R)
Chennaiyin (R)
Punjab (R)
Punjab (R)
Bengaluru
Bengaluru
Garhwal
ARA
Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata teams Mohammedan Bhawanipore ATK (R)
Bengaluru teams Bengaluru (R) Bengaluru United
Locations of the 2019–20 I-League 2nd Division teams
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
FC 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 resheduled matches after COVID-19 pandemic , will be played in a single venue. AIFF declared Kolkata as the venue on 14 August for the final round after cancelling the remaining matches of the preliminary round. Matches will be played in stadiums in and around the 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 England Richard Hood MS Sportswear The Organic World
Bhawanipore IndiaSankarlal Chakraborty Cosco Sangbad Pratidin
Chennaiyin (R) India Santosh Kashyap Performax Apollo Tyres
Garhwal India Vikas Rawat Vector X
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 Nigeria Saheed Ramon 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

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 Senegal Dieye Hamidou Nigeria Kareem Omolaja
Rajasthan Ghana Collins Patterson Indonesia Muhammad Iqbal
Bengaluru United
Bhawanipore Ivory Coast Arthur Kouassi Ghana William Opoku
Garhwal Nigeria Bala Dahir Nigeria Ekomobong Victor Philip Japan Kazumasa Nomura
FC Kerala Ivory Coast Cyrille Brohiri
Lonestar Kashmir Cameroon Ellon Maxwell Ivory Coast Bema Coulibaly
Mohammedan Nigeria John Chidi Uganda Musa Mudde

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[a] 6 1 2 3 4 7 −3 5 Advance to Final Round
6 Lonestar Kashmir[a] 7 1 2 4 8 13 −5 5
Updated to match(es) played on 10 March 2020. Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c 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 obtain 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 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 —
Updated to match(es) played on 10 March 2020. 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
01 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
05 February 2020 5 Garhwal 1–0 ATK (R) New Delhi
2:00 Bahir Dala 44' Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
Attendance: 350
05 February 2020 4 Jamshedpur (R) 0–0 Rajasthan Jamshedpur
2:00 Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex
Attendance: 40
08 February 2020 5 Lonestar Kashmir F.C. 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
09 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 F.C. 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 F.C. 1–0 Rajasthan Delhi
3:00 Ekomobong Philip 8' Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
Attendance: 500
17 February 2020 1 ATK (R) 2–0 Lonestar Kashmir F.C. 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 AU Rajasthan|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
01 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
10 March 2020 AU Rajasthan|Rajasthan v Jamshedpur (R) Jodhpur
3:00 Stadium: Umaid Singh Stadium
15 March 2020 Punjab (R) v Garhwal Gurgaon
2:00 Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium
21 March 2020 AU Rajasthan|Rajasthan v ATK (R) Jodhpur
3:00 Stadium: Umaid Singh Stadium
22 March 2020 Punjab (R) v Lonestar Kashmir Gurgaon
2:00 Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium
26 March 2020 Garhwal v Lonestar Kashmir New Delhi
2:00 Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
26 March 2020 AU Rajasthan|Rajasthan v Punjab (R) Jodhpur
3:00 Stadium: Umaid Singh Stadium
30 March 2020 Jamshedpur (R) v ATK (R) Jamshedpur
2:30 Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex
30 March 2020 Garhwal v Punjab (R) New Delhi
3:00 Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
30 March 2020 AU Rajasthan|Rajasthan v ATK (R) Jodhpur
3:00 Stadium: Umaid Singh Stadium

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
Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. 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 obtain 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 —
Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. 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
15 March 2020 Bengaluru (R) v Bhawanipore Bangalore
3:30 Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
17 March 2020 Mohammedan v Hyderabad (R) Kalyani
2:30 Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
20 March 2020 1 Bhawanipore v Hyderabad (R) Kalyani
2:30 Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
25 March 2020 Bengaluru (R) v Chennaiyin (R) Bangalore
3:30 Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
25 March 2020 Mohammedan v Bhawanipore Kalyani
2:30 Stadium: Kalyani Stadium

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[a] 7 2 3 2 9 7 +2 9
4 Goa (R)[b] 6 2 3 1 8 6 +2 9
5 Kerala Blasters FC Reserves[b] 7 1 2 4 8 14 −6 5
6 Mumbai City (R)[b] 7 1 2 4 4 17 −13 5
Updated to match(es) played on 10 March 2020. Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c 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 obtain 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
F.C. Kerala 1–1 — 3–0
Kerala Blasters FC Reserves 1–3 1–3 — 1–1
Mumbai City (R) 1–3 0–1 1–1 1–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 10 March 2020. Source: [3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Fixtures and results

25 January 2020 1 FC 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 FC Goa 0–1 Bengaluru United Nagoa Ground
3:30 78' Amey Bhatkal Attendance: 250
2 February 2020 1 ARA 2–0 FC 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 FC 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 FC 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 FC Kerala Bangalore
3:30 Phrangki Buam 78' 71' Nikhil Raj Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
Attendance: 450
26 February 2020 FC 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 FC 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 FC Goa 1–0 FC 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

Final round

Group champions from preliminary round and best second-placed team between Group A and C were to qualify for this round. Here, four qualified teams would have played matches at a central venue on a single-leg league system. The team that had finished at the top of the table in the final round was to be crowned champions, and was to be promoted to the I League next season. But due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India, for this year the original format was scrapped off. On 19th August 2020, it was decided that the final round of the league will be rescheduled into a new format and all the 8 non-reserve teams from the preliminary stage will progress in this round. The teams will be divided into 2 groups of 4 teams each with the top 2 clubs from the both the groups of the final round will advance to the Promotion Playoffs. The winner of the Promotion Playoffs final will advance to the 2020-21 I-League. [7]


Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Garhwal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualified for Promotion Playoffs
2 Lonestar Kashmir 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Mohammedan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Rajasthan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 25 August 2020. Source: [citation needed]


Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 ARA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualified for Promotion Playoffs
2 Bhawanipore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bengaluru United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Kerala [8][a] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pulled out from tournament
Updated to match(es) played on 25 August 2020. Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Team pulled out of tournament due to financial constraints


Promotion Playoffs

The Promotion Playoffs will have a single elimination knockout format involving semifinals and a final. It consists of the top 2 teams of both the groups of Final Round. The winner of the Promotion Playoffs final will advance to the 2020-21 I-League. [9]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
TBD – TBD
 
 
 
 
TBD – TBD
 
 
 
Winner Semi-final 1
 
TBD – TBD
 
Winner Semi-final 2
 
 
 
 
 
 

Promotion Playoffs Final

Final Match

TBDvTBD

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

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) 1–3 5 March 2020
India Syed Shoaib Ahmed ARA FC Mumbai (R) 1–3 6 March 2020
Nigeria Ekombong Victor Philip Garhwal ATK (R) 1–4 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
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