2023–24 I-League 2 was the 16th season of the I-League 2 since its establishment in 2008. It was 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 was the first edition where the clubs have been reinstated from the previous season, after approval from the league committee on 13 January 2023.
Changes from last season Teams Promotion from 2023–24 I-League 3 Sporting Goa Dempo Sporting Bengaluru
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Reinstatement from 2022–23 I-League 2 Final Round Ambernath United Atlanta (now, Maharashtra Oranje) Bengaluru United United
Relegation from 2022–23 I-League Kenkre Sudeva Delhi
Promotion to 2023–24 I-League Delhi Shillong Lajong
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: ClubStateCityStadiumCapacityUnitedWest Bengal Kalyani Kalyani Stadium20,000Maharashtra OranjeMaharashtraMumbai COE Kharghar5,000KenkreSudeva DelhiDelhiNew DelhiAmbedkar Stadium15,000Bengaluru UnitedKarnatakaBengaluru Padukone & Dravid COE250Sporting BengaluruBangalore Football Stadium8,400Sporting GoaGoaPanajiTilak Maidan5,000DempoElla Ground500
Personnel and sponsorship
TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsorBengaluru United Fernando Varela Faiz Khan HYVENIMIDADempo Samir Naik Ariston Costa Shiv-NareshDempoMaharashtra Oranje Augusto Wilson Da Silva Manish Malyadri Siddha KINGAWSCAKenkre Akhil Kothari Raul Almeida HummelKenkre Sports FoundationSporting Bengaluru Chinta Chandrashekar Rao Manoj Swamy Kannan MS SportswearSporting Group InternationalSporting Goa Armando Colaco Joel ColacoModelsSudeva Delhi Chencho Dorji Ashray Bhardwaj Shiv-NareshHCLUnited Steve Herbots Sanjib Mondal Trak Only
League table Source:
Results
Fixtures and results
Results by games
Statistics
Top scorers As of 27 April 2024 RankPlayerClubGoals1 Thomyo L ShimraySporting Bengaluru11 Sahil HarijanUnited3 Sanchit SinghMaharashtra Oranje94 Alister AnthonySporting Goa85 Ramesh ChhetriSudeva Delhi5
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Ref Sahil Harijan United Maharashtra Oranje 5–2 (A) Alister Anthony Sporting Goa Kenkre 5–2 (A) Thomyo L Shimray Sporting Bengaluru Kenkre 4–0 (A)
Clean sheets As of 27 April 2024 RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Ashish SibiSudeva Delhi52 Vishal JoonBengaluru United4 Satyajit BordoloiSporting Bengaluru Mukunthan Ravi KumarMaharashtra Oranje5 Niraj KumarSporting Bengaluru3 Dylan D'SilvaSporting Goa Harsh Rajesh PatilKenkre Sangramjit Roy ChowdhuryDempo9 Wellyster MendesDempo210 Suvam SenUnited SC1
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. +ClubBroadcasterReferenceMaharashtra OranjeSportsCast IndiaSporting GoaSportsKPIDempo
Attendances Overall statistical table
Attendances by home matches Team \ Match played1 2 3 4 5 6 7Total 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 1,195100 250 130 75 150 100 50855 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
References