2025–26 Indian Football League

2025–26 Indian Football League
	Season poster
Season	2025–26
Dates	Stage I: 27 February – 19 April; Stage II: 24 April – 23 May 2026
Champions	Diamond Harbour (1st title)
Promoted	Diamond Harbour
Relegated	Namdhari
Matches	66
Goals	201 (3.05 per match)
Top goalscorer	Marcus Joseph; (9 goals)
Biggest home win	Shillong Lajong 6–1 Aizawl; (18 April 2026)
Biggest away win	Namdhari 1–4 Chanmari; (17 April 2026)
Highest scoring	Namdhari 4–5 Diamond Harbour; (6 April 2026)
Longest winning run	Diamond Harbour; (5 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Diamond Harbour; (9 matches)
Longest winless run	Real Kashmir; (7 matches)
Longest losing run	Real Kashmir; Namdhari; (4 matches)
	← 2024–25 IL 2026–27 IFL →

The 2025–26 Indian Football League (Previously I-League), also known as the Star Cement Indian Football League (due to sponsorship reasons with Star Cement), was the fourth season of the Indian Football League as the second tier of the Indian football league system, which started on February 27, 2026.^[2] Inter Kashi were the reigning champions, having won the 2024–25 I-League.

Developments

After the Indian Super League received no bids for a sponsor, the I-League was left without a commercial partner too, putting the future of the league in doubt.^[3]^[4]

On 15 February 2026, the AIFF announced that the rebranded 2025–26 Indian Football League season will feature a two-stage format. Stage 1 will see the 10 participating clubs compete in a single-leg home-and-away round-robin format. In Stage 2, the teams get divided into two groups. Those that finished in the top half in Stage 1 will advance to a home-and-away championship round, while the bottom half will compete in a centralised relegation round. All points from Stage 1 will be carried forward to Stage 2. The league toppers at the end of Stage 2 will be crowned the Indian Football League champions and will be promoted to the 2026–27 Indian Super League.^[5]

On 8th April 2026, the AIFF informed all clubs that going forward all matches would be played in the evenings under lights to increase primetime viewership. Hence, floodlights would have to be mandatory in every stadium, failing which a fine of 9 lakhs would be imposed in each instance the club failed to comply.^[6]

Club changes

The following clubs have changed division since the 2024–25 season:

#	Club	Path
Entered IFL
1	Diamond Harbour	Promotion from I-League 2
2	Chanmari	Promotion from I-League 2
Exited IFL
1	Inter Kashi	Promotion to ISL
2	Sporting Bengaluru	Relegation to I-League 2
3	Delhi	Relegation to I-League 2
4	Churchill Brothers	Withdrew

The AIFF appeal committee stayed relegation for Delhi and Sporting Bengaluru from the 2024–25 I-League season until it arrives at a final judgement. Later, CAS terminated SC Bengaluru's appeal over non-payment and both teams entered Indian Football League One in this season.^[7]

Churchill Brothers withdrew from the league.^[8]

Clubs

2025–26 Indian Football League is located in India

Aizawl

Aizawl teams:

Aizawl
Chanmari

Locations of the Indian Football League teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Aizawl	Aizawl, Mizoram	Rajiv Gandhi Stadium	20,000
Chanmari	Aizawl, Mizoram	Rajiv Gandhi Stadium	20,000
Dempo	Carambolim, Goa	JLN Stadium	19,000
Diamond Harbour	Diamond Harbour, West Bengal	Bankimanjali Stadium	15,000
Diamond Harbour	Diamond Harbour, West Bengal	Kalyani Stadium	20,000
Gokulam Kerala	Kozhikode, Kerala	Payyanad Stadium	30,000
Namdhari	Bhaini Sahib, Punjab	Namdhari Stadium	1,000
Rajasthan United	Jaipur, Rajasthan	VD Nagar Stadium	3,000
Real Kashmir	Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir	TRC Turf Ground	10,000
Shillong Lajong	Shillong, Meghalaya	SSA Stadium	5,000
Sreenidi Deccan	Hyderabad, Telangana	Deccan Arena	1,500

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Aizawl	R Lalruatfela	Vanlalhriatpuia	Vamos^[9]	NECS Limited^[10]
Chanmari	Dipankur Sharma	Zothanmawia	Six5Six	LESDE Mizoram
Diamond Harbour	Kibu Vicuña	Jobby Justin	Nautica	Birla Tyres
Dempo	Samir Naik	Ariston Costa	Shiv Naresh	Dempo
Gokulam Kerala	Dimitris Dimitriou	Nili	FLY HIGH	Sree Gokulam
Namdhari	Harpreet Singh	Jaskaranpreet Singh	SPS Hospitals^[11]	Namdharis
Rajasthan United	Vikas Rawat	Bhabindra Malla Thakuri	King Sports	Vertak Group
Real Kashmir	Ishfaq Ahmed	Mohammad Inam	Hummel	Livpure
Shillong Lajong	Birendra Thapa	Kenstar Kharshong	King Sports	Meghalaya Tourism
Sreenidi Deccan	Carlos Vaz Pinto	David Castañeda	Six5Six	Sreenidhi Sports

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Gokulam Kerala	Renjith TA	End of interim spell	6 June 2025	Pre-season	José Hevia	6 June 2025^[12]
Shillong Lajong	José Hevia	Mutual consent	5 June 2025		Birendra Thapa	18 July 2025^[13]
Sreenidi Deccan	Ishant Singh	End of interim spell	11 November 2025		Carlos Vaz Pinto	12 November 2025
Chanmari	Dipankur Sharma	End of contract	31 May 2025		Victor Lalbiakmawia	20 February 2026
Gokulam Kerala	José Hevia	Mutual Consent	10 January 2026		Derrick Pereira	11 January 2026
Gokulam Kerala	Derrick Pereira	Re-appointed as technical director	5 March 2026	9^th	Dimitris Dimitriou	6 March 2026^[14]
Chanmari	Victor Lalbiakmawia	Sacked	26 March 2026	7^th	Dipankur Sharma	26 March 2026^[15]

Foreign players

Bold denotes the player was signed mid-season.

Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Unregistered player(s)	Former player(s)
Aizawl	Higor Gomes	Luis Rodriguez	Timur Talipov
Chanmari	Joao Vitor Morais	Pedro Lucas	Marlon Rangel	Emmanuel Badu	Kyle Degelman
Diamond Harbour	Sunday Afolabi	Luka Majcen	Mikel Kortazar	Antonio Moyano	Hugo Díaz
Dempo	Damian Perez Roa	Sebastián Gutiérrez	José Luis Moreno	Richmond Kwasi Owusu	Aubin Kouakou	Marcus Joseph
Gokulam Kerala	Vítor Barata	Aminou Bouba	Armand Bazié	Thabiso Brown	Benjamin Kuku	Mirjalol Kasimov	Nili	John Kennedy Amid Arezou
Namdhari	Francis Addo	Lamine Moro	Najib Fuseini	Abdoulaye Diallo	Milos Gordic
Rajasthan United	Jonathan Fernandes	Amadou Soukouna	Abdul Samed Ango	Isaac Nortey	Gerard Artigas	Jordan Lamela		Cedric Gogoua Pedro Astray
Real Kashmir	Marius Obekop	Kamal Issah	Mamoud Oshie	Djakaridja Traore	Habib Fofana	Shedrack Charles		Fandje Toure
Shillong Lajong
Sreenidi Deccan	Paulo Cezar	Fabrice Kah	David Castañeda	Roly Bonevacia	Pape Gassama	Hadi Idrissou

First stage

First stage league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Diamond Harbour	9	7	1	1	22	12	+10	22	Promotion round
2	Shillong Lajong	9	5	2	2	16	9	+7	17^[a]
3	Rajasthan United	9	5	2	2	13	10	+3	17^[a]
4	Sreenidi Deccan	9	4	3	2	10	8	+2	15
5	Chanmari	9	3	2	4	14	15	−1	11
6	Dempo	9	2	3	4	14	14	0	9^[b]
7	Aizawl	9	2	3	4	13	22	−9	9^[b]	Relegation round
8	Real Kashmir	9	2	2	5	15	14	+1	8^[c]
9	Gokulam Kerala	9	2	2	5	11	18	−7	8^[c]
10	Namdhari	9	1	4	4	12	18	−6	7

Source: IFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Total goal difference; 5) Total number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)
Notes:

1 2 Tied on head-to-head result and head-to-head goal difference. Total goal difference: Shillong Lajong +7, Rajasthan United +3.
1 2 Head-to-head result: Dempo 3–0 Aizawl.
1 2 Head-to-head result: Real Kashmir 6–2 Gokulam Kerala.

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away	DHB	SRD	SHL	RAJ	AIZ	GOK	NAM	CHN	DEM	REK
Diamond Harbour		0–1				5–2		3–1	2–1
Sreenidi Deccan			0–0	2–1	1–1		1–1		3–1
Shillong Lajong	1–2			1–1	6–1					2–1
Rajasthan United	1–1					1–0	3–2	2–0		1–0
Aizawl	0–2			3–1				3–2		2–2
Gokulam Kerala		0–1	0–2		4–2		1–1		2–0
Namdhari	4–5		0–2		1–1			1–4
Chanmari		2–1	1–2			0–0			2–2
Dempo			3–0	1–2	3–0		1–1			2–2
Real Kashmir	1–2	2–0				6–2	0–1	1–2

Source: IFL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by games

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Team ╲ Round
Aizawl	D	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	L
Namdhari	D	D	L	D	W	D	L	L	L
Sreenidi Deccan	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	W	L
Chanmari	D	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	W
Dempo	D	L	D	L	L	D	W	W	L
Shillong Lajong	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	W
Diamond Harbour	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W
Gokulam Kerala	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	L
Real Kashmir	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	W
Rajasthan United	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	W

Source: IFL
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose; P = Postponed

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Team ╲ Round
Aizawl	4	1	3	5	4	6	6	6	7
Namdhari	5	6	9	8	6	7	7	9	10
Sreenidi Deccan	1	4	1	3	2	3	3	2	4
Chanmari	8	3	4	6	7	8	8	7	5
Dempo	2	8	8	10	10	9	9	5	6
Shillong Lajong	7	2	5	2	1	2	4	4	2
Diamond Harbour	10	5	2	1	3	1	1	1	1
Gokulam Kerala	9	7	10	7	8	5	5	8	9
Real Kashmir	3	9	7	9	9	10	10	10	8
Rajasthan United	6	10	6	4	5	4	2	3	3

Source: IFL
= Promotion round; = Relegation round

Promotion round

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Diamond Harbour (C, P)	14	9	2	3	31	20	+11	29	Promotion to ISL
2	Shillong Lajong	14	8	4	2	28	12	+16	28
3	Sreenidi Deccan	14	7	5	2	18	13	+5	26
4	Rajasthan United	14	5	3	6	20	24	−4	18
5	Chanmari	14	4	3	7	19	25	−6	15
6	Dempo	14	3	6	5	17	18	−1	15

Source: IFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Total goal difference; 5) Total number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away	DHB	SHL	RAJ	SRD	CHN	DEM
Diamond Harbour		0–3	5–2	1–2
Shillong Lajong			4–2		4–0	0–0
Rajasthan United				1–2	2–2	0–1
Sreenidi Deccan		1–1			2–1
Chanmari	0–2					2–0
Dempo	1–1			1–1

Source: IFL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by games

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5
Team ╲ Round
Sreenidi Deccan	W	W	D	W	D
Chanmari	L	L	W	L	D
Dempo	D	W	L	D	D
Shillong Lajong	D	W	D	W	W
Diamond Harbour	W	L	W	D	L
Rajasthan United	L	L	L	L	D

Source: IFL
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose; P = Postponed

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5
Team ╲ Round
Sreenidi Deccan	3	3	3	3	3
Chanmari	5	6	5	6	6
Dempo	6	5	6	5	5
Shillong Lajong	2	2	2	2	2
Diamond Harbour	1	1	1	1	1
Rajasthan United	4	4	4	4	4

Source: IFL
= Promotion

Relegation round

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Real Kashmir	12	4	2	6	20	18	+2	14
2	Aizawl	12	3	4	5	18	27	−9	13
3	Gokulam Kerala	12	3	3	6	14	23	−9	12
4	Namdhari (R)	12	2	4	6	16	21	−5	10	Relegation to IL2

Source: IFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Total goal difference; 5) Total number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)
(R) Relegated

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away	REK	GOK	NAM
Aizawl	1–2	2–2	2–1
Real Kashmir		3–0	0–3
Gokulam Kerala			1–0
Namdhari

Source: IFL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by games

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3
Team ╲ Round
Aizawl	W	D	L
Namdhari	L	W	L
Gokulam Kerala	L	D	W
Real Kashmir	W	L	W

Source: IFL
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose; P = Postponed

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3
Team ╲ Round
Aizawl	1	1	2
Namdhari	4	3	4
Gokulam Kerala	3	4	3
Real Kashmir	2	2	1

Source: IFL
= Relegation

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Diamond Harbour	14	9	2	3	31	20	+11	29	Promotion to ISL
2	Shillong Lajong	14	8	4	2	28	12	+16	28
3	Sreenidi Deccan	14	7	5	2	18	13	+5	26
4	Rajasthan United	14	5	3	6	20	24	−4	18
5	Chanmari	14	4	3	7	19	25	−6	15^[a]
6	Dempo	14	3	6	5	17	18	−1	15^[a]

7	Real Kashmir	12	4	2	6	20	18	+2	14
8	Aizawl	12	3	4	5	18	27	−9	13
9	Gokulam Kerala	12	3	3	6	14	23	−9	12
10	Namdhari	12	2	4	6	16	21	−5	10	Relegation to IL2

Source: IFL
Notes:

1 2 Head-to-head points: Chanmari 4, Dempo 1.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Marcus Joseph	Dempo	9
2	Phrangki Buam	Shillong Lajong	8
2	Hugo Díaz	Diamond Harbour	8
4	Everbrightson Mylliempdah	Shillong Lajong	7
5	Zomuansanga	Aizawl	6
6	Antonio Moyano	Diamond Harbour	5
	David Castañeda	Sreenidi Deccan
	Gerard Artigas	Rajasthan United
9	Shedrack Charles	Real Kashmir	4
	Luka Majcen	Diamond Harbour
	Amadou Soukouna	Rajasthan United
	Hadi Idrissou	Sreenidi Deccan
	Manvir Singh	Namdhari
	Gladdy Nelcen Kharbuli	Shillong Lajong
	Treimiki Lamurong	Shillong Lajong

Top assists

Rank	Player	Team	Assists
1	Thabiso Brown	Gokulam Kerala	4
1	Antonio Moyano	Diamond Harbour	4
3	Bryce Miranda		3
	Jobby Justin
	Joao Vitor Morais	Chanmari
	P Christopher Kamei	Chanmari
	H Lalrempuia	Aizawl
	Shedrack Charles	Real Kashmir
	Ephraim Lalremtluanga	Shillong Lajong
10	Gladdy Nelcen Kharbuli		2
	Jakob Vanlalhlimpuia
	Laltlanzova	Aizawl
	Vincent Lalduhawma	Aizawl
	Jonathan Fernandes	Rajasthan United
	Gautam Virwani	Rajasthan United
	Jaskaranpreet Singh	Namdhari
	Bhupinder Singh	Namdhari
	Hardik Bhatt	Sreenidi Deccan
	Sebastian Gutierrez	Dempo
	Halicharan Narzary	Diamond Harbour
	Moses Lalrinzuala	Gokulam Kerala

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Team	Clean sheets
1	Ashish Sibi	Dempo	4
1	Ranit Sarkar ^[a]	Shillong Lajong	4
3	Shibinraj Kunniyil	Gokulam Kerala	3
	Bhabindra Malla Thakuri	Rajasthan United
	Siwel Rymbai	Shillong Lajong
6	Zothanmawia	Chanmari	2
	Niraj Kumar	Namdhari
	Dheeraj Singh	Diamond Harbour
	Furqan Ahmad Dar	Real Kashmir
	Kamaljit Singh	Sreenidi Deccan

↑ Substituted in for Siwel Rymbai at 36' against Chanmari

Attendance

Awards

Player of the match
Match no.	Player	Team	Match no.	Player	Team	Match no.	Player	Team
1	Nishan Singh	Namdhari	2	Zothanmawia	Chanmari	3	Fabrice Kah	Sreenidi Deccan
4	Sebastian Guiterrez	Dempo	5	Amadou Soukouna	Rajasthan United	6	Vincent Lalduhawma	Aizawl
7	Niraj Kumar	Namdhari	8	Joao Vitor Morais	Chanmari	9	Hugo Díaz	Diamond Harbour
10	Phrangki Buam	Shillong Lajong	11	Marcus Joseph	Dempo	12	Amadou Soukouna (2)	Rajasthan United
13	Ahteeb Ahmad Dar	Real Kashmir	14	Hardik Bhatt	Sreenidi Deccan	15	Siwel Rymbai	Shillong Lajong
16	Amadou Soukouna (3)	Rajasthan United	17	Phrangki Buam (2)	Shillong Lajong	18	Hadi Idrissou	Sreenidi Deccan
19	Shibinraj Kunniyil	Gokulam Kerala	20	Antonio Moyano	Diamond Harbour	21	Laldawngzuala	Aizawl
22	Niraj Kumar (2)	Namdhari	23	Hadi Idrissou (2)	Sreenidi Deccan	24	Abhishek Ambekar	Rajasthan United
25	Treimiki Lamurong	Shillong Lajong	26	Rahul Raju	Gokulam Kerala	27	Amadou Soukouna (4)	Rajasthan United
28	Kamaljit Singh	Sreenidi Deccan	29	Hugo Díaz (2)	Diamond Harbour	30	Bidyashagar Singh	Namdhari

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[table_hth_SHL0.36122252622676-16] 1 2 Tied on head-to-head result and head-to-head goal difference. Total goal difference: Shillong Lajong +7, Rajasthan United +3.

[table_hth_AIZ0.36122252622676-17] 1 2 Head-to-head result: Dempo 3–0 Aizawl.

[table_hth_REK0.36122252622676-18] 1 2 Head-to-head result: Real Kashmir 6–2 Gokulam Kerala.

[table_hth_DEM0.2093589758544-20] 1 2 Head-to-head points: Chanmari 4, Dempo 1.

[21] Substituted in for Siwel Rymbai at 36' against Chanmari

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Indian Football League
formerly "I-League"
Current Clubs	Aizawl Chanmari Dempo Diamond Harbour Gokulam Kerala Namdhari Rajasthan United Real Kashmir Shillong Lajong Sreenidi Deccan
Former Clubs	Air India Bengaluru Chennai City Churchill Brothers Dempo DSK Shivajians East Bengal HAL Indian Arrows Inter Kashi JCT Minerva Academy FC Mohun Bagan Mohammedan SC Mumbai Kenkre ONGC Punjab Rangdajied United Royal Wahingdoh Salgaocar Sporting Goa Sudeva Vasco United United Sikkim Delhi
Dissolved clubs	Bharat FC Chirag United Club Kerala Mahindra United Mumbai FC Pune FC
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