I-League 3
Season2023–24
Dates9 November – December 2023[1]
ChampionsTBD
PromotedTBD
Matches played40
Goals scored123 (3.08 per match)
Top goalscorerLloyd Cardozo
Khanngam Horam
(4 goals)
Biggest winSporting Goa 10–0 New Friends Club
(13 November 2023)
Highest scoringSporting Goa 10–0 New Friends Club
(13 November 2023)
Total attendance13,395
Average attendance334
2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 5 December 2023.

2023–24 I-League 3 is the 1st season of the I-League 3 since its establishment in 2023. It is also the 1st season as the national fourth tier of the Indian football league system. The top three teams on the league table will qualify for 2023–24 I-League 2.[2]

Clubs

On 22 August 2023, 15 clubs were nominated for the I-League 3rd Division by nine state FAs (Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Bengaluru, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, and Mumbai) which complied with the nomination criteria.[2][3][4] Nominations from 10 other states (Manipur, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Kerala, Pondicherry, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Odisha, Telangana, and West Bengal) were assessed after due diligence.[5]

No. Club City State League Position
1 RKM Narayanpur Chhattisgarh 2023 Chhattisgarh State Men's Football League Championship 1st
2 New Friends Club Bade Bacheli 2nd
3 Vatika New Delhi Delhi 2022–23 Delhi Premier League 1st
4 Garhwal 3rd
5 Dempo Panaji Goa 2022–23 Goa Professional League 1st
6 Sporting Goa 2nd
7 Baroda Vadodara Gujarat 2022–23 Gujarat SFA Club Championship 1st
8 ARA Ahemedabad 2nd
9 Sporting Bengaluru Bengaluru Karnataka 2022–23 Bangalore Super Division 1st
10 Kickstart 3rd
11 Lake City Bhopal Madhya Pradesh 2022–23 Madhya Pradesh Premier League 1st
12 International Phagwara Punjab 2022 Punjab State Super Football League 3rd
13 Doaba United Jalandhar 4th
14 Jaipur Elite Jaipur Rajasthan 2022 R-League A Division 1st
15 Millat Mumbai Maharashtra 2022–23 MFA Elite Division 3rd
16 Bhawanipore Kolkata West Bengal 2022 Calcutta Premier Division 2nd
17 Diamond Harbour Diamond Harbour 2022 Calcutta First Division 3rd
18 Kerala United Malappuram Kerala 2022–23 Kerala Premier League Champions[lower-alpha 1]
19 Rangdajied United Shillong Meghalaya 2022-23 Meghalaya State League 1st
20 KLASA Bishnupur Manipur 2022 Manipur State League Champions[lower-alpha 1]
21 KIYC Imphal Semifinalist[lower-alpha 1]
22 United Chirang Duar Chirang Assam 2023 ATPA Shield Champions[lower-alpha 2]
23 Sports Odisha Cuttack Odisha 2023 FAO Super Cup Champions[lower-alpha 1]
24 Abbas Union Hyderabad Telangana Rahim League “A” Division -
25 Jeppiaar Institute of Technology Pondicherry Pondicherry Pondicherry Men's League Championship -
  1. 1 2 3 4 The club qualified via a cup or knock-out tournament after the conclusion of the league stage
  2. ↑ No state or district league conducted.

Locations of 2023-24 I-League 3 Group Stage clubs

Group A Group B Group C Group D

Group E

Venues

India
Group City Stadium Capacity
Group A Bhopal Jagran Lakecity University 1,800
Group B Vadodra VMC Sports Complex 3,500
Group C Panjim Dempo Academy Ground 500
Group D Bengaluru Bangalore Football Stadium 8,400
Group E Narainpur RKM Sports Complex 1,000
Final Round Vasco Tilak Maidan 5,000

Changes from last season

Until the previous season, the AIFF allowed only state champions to feature in the qualifiers, but with the removal of ISL reserve teams[6] and the creation of I-League 3 from where teams would move to I-League 2 in the same season, state FAs were allowed to nominate a second team.[7]

Group stage

25 teams are divided into five groups of five each. Each team will play the teams in the same group in single-legged fixtures.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SPG LKC INT ARA NFC
1 Sporting Goa 4 3 1 0 13 0 +13 10 Advance to Final round — 0–0 1–0 2–0 10–0
2 Lake City (H) 4 2 2 0 10 4 +6 8 — — 2–1 1–1 7–2
3 International Phagwara 4 2 0 2 5 3 +2 6 — — — 1–0 3–0
4 ARA 4 1 1 2 7 4 +3 4 — — — — 6–0
5 New Friends 4 0 0 4 2 26 −24 0 — — — — —
Source: i-league.org The Away End[8]
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification KLA ODI CHD BAR JPE
1 KLASA 4 3 1 0 4 1 +3 10 Advance to Final round — 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–0
2 Sports Odisha 4 2 1 1 6 3 +3 7 — — 1–1 2–0 3–1
3 United Chirang Duar 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5 — — — 2–1 1–1
4 Baroda (H) 4 1 0 3 3 5 −2 3 — — — — 2–0
5 Jaipur Elite 4 0 2 2 2 6 −4 2 — — — — —
Source: i-league.org The Away End[9]
(H) Hosts

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DEM RGD KST JIT MIL
1 Dempo (H) 4 3 1 0 5 0 +5 10 Advance to Final round — 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–0
2 Rangdajied 4 2 2 0 8 2 +6 8 — — 2–2 1–0 5–0
3 Kickstart 4 2 1 1 15 4 +11 7 — — — 7–0 6–0
4 JIT 4 1 0 3 2 11 −9 3 — — — — 2–1
5 Millat 4 0 0 4 1 14 −13 0 — — — — —

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DHB SCB VAT DUN ABU
1 Diamond Harbour 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 6 Advance to Final round — 11–12-23 3–0 2–0 09–12-23
2 Sporting Bengaluru (H) 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 3 — 07–12-23 09–12-23 3–1
3 Vatika 2 1 0 1 3 5 −2 3 — 11–12-23 3–2
4 Doaba United 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 0 — 07–12-23
5 Abbas Union 2 0 0 2 3 6 −3 0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 5 December 2023. Source: i-league.org The Away End
(H) Hosts

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GRH KYC KUN BHW RKM
1 Garhwal 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 6 Advance to Final round — 1–0 3–1
2 KIYC 2 1 1 0 6 3 +3 4 4–1 — 2–2 09–12-23
3 Kerala United 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 4 07–12-23 — 2–1
4 Bhawanipore 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3 07–12-23 09–12-23 — 3–1
5 RKM (H, E) 3 0 0 3 3 8 −5 0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 5 December 2023. Source: i-league.org The Away End[11]
(E) Eliminated; (H) Hosts

Final round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sporting Goa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Champions and promotion to 2023–24 I-League 2.
2 KLASA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to 2023–24 I-League 2.
3 Dempo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Winner Group D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Winner Group E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Updated to game(s) played on unknown
Source: I-League[12][13]

Statistics

As of 5 December 2023

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[14]
1 India Khanngam Horam Kickstart 4
India Lloyd Cardozo Sporting Goa
2 India Ivon Costa Sporting Goa 3
India Arpan Lakra Sports Odisha
India Alocious M Kickstart
India Alister Anthony Kickstart
India Abhishekh Shankar Powar Kickstart

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 India Bhaskar Jalmi Sporting Goa 4
2 India Golmei Rongmei KLASA 3
3 India Dylan D'Silva Dempo 2
India Wellyster Mendes Dempo
India Banshanskhem Kharsyntiew Rangdajied United
India Kabir Toufik Kickstart
India Susnata Malik Diamond Harbour
8 India Karandeep Singh International 1
India Akash Chaudhray International
India Suryash Jaiswal ARA FC
India Hitendra Singh Lakecity
India Ummed Nat Jaipur Elite
India Ayan Bhattacharya Baroda
India Siddhanta Padhan Sports Odisha
India December Khongjoh Rangdajied United
India Lalmuansanga Garhwal

Attendances

Group Stage

Match No. Group A Match No. Group B Match No. Group C
Fixture Attendance Fixture Attendance Fixture Attendance
Match 1 Lake City-Sporting Goa 200 Match 1 Baroda-KLASA 350 Match 1 Dempo-JIT 100
Match 2 ARA FC-International Phagwara 50 Match 2 United Chirang-Jaipur Elite 175 Match 2 Rangdajied-Millat 100
Match 3 New Friends-ARA FC 20 Match 3 Sports Odisha-United Chirang 75 Match 3 Kickstart-Rangdajied 100
Match 4 International Phagwara-Sporting Goa 20 Match 4 Jaipur Elite-KLASA 375 Match 4 Millat-JIT 50
Match 5 International Phagwara-Lake City 10 Match 5 Jaipur Elite-Baroda 250 Match 5 Millat-Dempo 100
Match 6 New Friends-Sporting Goa 10 Match 6 Sports Odisha-KLASA 180 Match 6 Kickstart-JIT 50
Match 7 Sporting Goa-ARA FC 10 Match 7 KLASA-United Chirang 280 Match 7 JIT-Rangdajied 50
Match 8 Lake City-New Friends 10 Match 8 Baroda-Sports Odisha 315 Match 8 Dempo-Kickstart 100
Match 9 New Friends-International Phagwara 10 Match 9 Sports Odisha-Jaipur Elite 45 Match 9 Kickstart-Millat 50
Match 10 ARA FC-Lake City 20 Match 10 United Chirang-Baroda 65 Match 10 Rangdajied-Dempo 100
Group A Total 360 Group B Total 2,110 Group C Total 800
Match No. Group D Match No. Group E
Fixture Attendance Fixture Attendance
Match 1 Diamond Harbour-Vatika 120 Match 1 RKM-Garhwal 3,100
Match 2 Sporting Bengaluru-Abbas Union 180 Match 2 KIYC-Kerala United 1,600
Match 3 Doaba United-Diamond Harbour 75 Match 3 Garhwal-KIYC 800
Match 4 Vatika-Abbas Union 250 Match 4 RKM-Bhawanipore 2,100
Match 5 Match 5 Kerala United-RKM 1,100
Match 6 Match 6 Bhawanipore-Garhwal 800
Match 7 Match 7
Match 8 Match 8
Match 9 Match 9
Match 10 Match 10
Group D Total Group E Total

Updated to game(s) played on 05 December 2023
Source=I-league

See also

References

  1. ↑ "AIFF League Committee meets online to reach decisions on I-League, IWL, and 3rd Division League". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  2. 1 2 "AIFF League Committee introduces youth quota for I-League". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "Major AIFF Decisions: 15 Clubs Nominated In 3rd Division; Youth Quota In I League Teams". thefangarage.com. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "AIFF League Committee: Youth quota for I-League, State FAs nominate 3rd Division League clubs". The Away End. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "THIRD DIVISION: Dempo to play at home, Sporting away". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "Record five bids for I-League; no ISL reserves in 2nd and 3rd divisions". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "Sporting Clube is Goa's second pick for Third Division League". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "@sportingoa Our fixtures for the AIFF Third Division League". Sporting Goa Instagram. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  9. ↑ "@klasa_fc Our fixtures for the Group stage of the I-League 3rd Division at Vadodara, Gujarat ⬆️". KLASA FC Instagram. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  10. ↑ "@rangdajiedunitedfc Our 3rd Division League campaign organised by the @indianfootball begins this coming November 2023". Rangdajied Instagram. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  11. ↑ "@keralaunitedfcofficial 3rd DIVISION LEAGUE GROUP E season 2023-24". Kerala United Instagram. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  12. ↑ "Fixtures: I-League 3 - 2023-24". i-league.org. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  13. ↑ "@klasa_fc: The fixtures for our I League 3 playoffs are here! We'll face the winners of the other groups at Tilak Maidan, Goa". KLASA Instagram. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  14. ↑ "I-league 3 statistics". I-league. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
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