2023–24 I-League 2 Explained

2023–24 I-League 2 is the 16th season of the I-League 2 since its establishment in 2008. It is also the 2nd season as the third tier of the Indian football league system. The top two clubs on the league table will secure a place in the 2024–25 I-League season.

This is the league's first edition, where the clubs have been reinstated from the previous season after approval from the league committee on 13 January 2023.^{[2] [3]}

Changes from last season

Teams

Source:^[4]

• Ambernath United Atlanta (now, Maharashtra Oranje)
• Bengaluru United
• United

With the introduction of the 4th tier I-League 3, the teams participating in I-League 2 have been reduced to 8.

Clubs

• Clubs relegated from 2022–23 I-League enter I-League 2.
• Clubs not promoted to 2023–24 I-League in the previous season are reinstated.
• Clubs promoted from 2023–24 I-League 3 enter I-League 2.

2023–24 I-League 2 clubs

Source:^[5]

Club	State	City	Stadium	Capacity
United			Kalyani Stadium	20,000
Maharashtra Oranje	Maharashtra		COE Kharghar	5,000
Kenkre
Sudeva Delhi	Delhi	New Delhi	Ambedkar Stadium	15,000
Bengaluru United	Karnataka		Padukone & Dravid COE	250
Sporting Bengaluru			Bangalore Football Stadium	8,400
Sporting Goa	Goa	Panaji	Tilak Maidan	5,000
Dempo			Ella Ground	500

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Bengaluru United	Fernando Varela	Faiz Khan	HYVE	NIMIDA
Dempo	Samir Naik	Ariston Costa	Shiv-Naresh	Dempo
Maharashtra Oranje	Augusto Wilson Da Silva	Manish Malyadri Siddha	KING	AWSCA
Kenkre	Akhil Kothari	Raul Almeida	Hummel	Kenkre Sports Foundation
Sporting Bengaluru	Chinta Chandrashekar Rao	Manoj Swamy Kannan	MS Sportswear	Sporting Group International
Sporting Goa	Armando Colaco	Joel Colaco		Models
Sudeva Delhi	Chencho Dorji	Ashray Bhardwaj	Shiv-Naresh	HCL
United	Steve Herbots	Sanjib Mondal	Trak Only

League table

Source:^[6]

Results

Results by games

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 27 April 2024

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[7] [8]
1	Thomyo L Shimray	Sporting Bengaluru	11
	Sahil Harijan	United
3	Sanchit Singh	Maharashtra Oranje	9
4	Alister Anthony	Sporting Goa	8
5	Ramesh Chhetri	Sudeva Delhi	5

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Sahil Harijan	United	Maharashtra Oranje	5–2 (A)		[9]
Alister Anthony	Sporting Goa	Kenkre	5–2 (A)		[10]
Thomyo L Shimray	Sporting Bengaluru	Kenkre	4–0 (A)		[11]

Clean sheets

As of 27 April 2024

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Ashish Sibi	Sudeva Delhi	5
2	Vishal Joon	Bengaluru United	4
	Satyajit Bordoloi	Sporting Bengaluru
	Mukunthan Ravi Kumar	Maharashtra Oranje
5	Niraj Kumar	Sporting Bengaluru	3
	Dylan D'Silva	Sporting Goa
	Harsh Rajesh Patil	Kenkre
	Sangramjit Roy Chowdhury	Dempo
9	Wellyster Mendes	Dempo	2
10	Suvam Sen	United SC	1

Broadcast

Home games of Maharashtra Oranje are broadcast by SportsCast India while all games of Sporting Goa and Dempo are broadcast by SportsKPI on their respective official YouTube channels.^{[12] [13]}

!Club!Broadcaster!Reference

Maharashtra Oranje	SportsCast India
Sporting Goa	SportsKPI
Dempo

Attendances

Overall statistical table

Attendances by home matches

Team \ Match played	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
	400	400	400	527	1,235	400	50	3,412
	400	120	50	280	250	500	300	1,900
	100	500	125	350	200	300	230	1,805
	500	300	300	300	50	26	130	1,606
	125	150	50	220	200	100	350	1,195
	100	250	130	75	150	100	50	855
	125	100	50	45	40	10	245	615
	50	65	100	60	40	45	50	410

Legend:
Updated to game(s) played on 27 April 2024
Source: I-League.org

See also

• Men
  • 2023–24 Indian Super League (Tier I)
  • 2023–24 I-League (Tier II)
  • 2023–24 I-League 3 (Tier IV)
  • 2023–24 Indian State Leagues (Tier V)
  • 2024 Super Cup
  • 2023 Durand Cup
  • 2024 Reliance Foundation Development League
• Women
  • 2023–24 Indian Women's League
  • 2023–24 Indian Women's League 2

Notes and References

1. Web site: Presenting the 2023-24 #ILeague2 teams ⚔️ and fixtures ️ . 2024-01-05 . Twitter @ILeague_aiff.
2. Web site: League Committee meets over video conferencing . 2023-01-14 . www.the-aiff.com . 29 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230129020757/https://www.the-aiff.com/article/league-committee-meets-over-video-conferencing . live .
3. Web site: Five teams submit bids for direct Hero I-League entry . 14 June 2023 . www.the-aiff.com . 14 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230614022729/https://www.the-aiff.com/article/five-teams-submit-bids-for-direct-hero-i-league-entry . live .
4. Web site: Five teams submit bids for direct Hero I-League entry  . 2023-06-13 . www.the-aiff.com . 14 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230614022729/https://www.the-aiff.com/article/five-teams-submit-bids-for-direct-hero-i-league-entry . live .
5. Web site: 2024-01-08 . I-League 2 Set to Kick Off Exciting 2023-24 Season with 8 Clubs in the Fray . 2024-01-09 . Bong Football . en-US.
6. Web site: I-LEAGUE 2 2023/2024 — Table (final standings). 27 April 2024. int.soccerway.com. Soccerway. 28 April 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240428070019/https://us.soccerway.com/national/india/i-league-2nd-division/2024/final-round/r76112/tables/.
7. Web site: Statistics: I-League 2.
8. Web site: Indian I-League Stats, 2023-24 Season - ESPN (IN) .
9. Web site: Maharashtra Oranje 2 – 5 United. 12 February 2024. 12 February 2024. I-league.
10. Web site: Kenkre 2 – 5 Sporting Goa. 2 April 2024. 6 April 2024. I-league.
11. Web site: Kenkre 0 – 4 Sporting Bengaluru. 21 April 2024. 21 April 2024. I-league.
12. Web site: India . Sportscast . Jan 18, 2024 . Aahmi Mumbaila Jaanar Aahot! . X.
13. Web site: KPI . Sports . Jan 21, 2024 . I-League 2 : Exclusive LIVE!!! .