I-League
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Key facts
- Organising body
- AIFF
- Founded
- 2007 ; 19 years ago ( 2007 ) (as the I-League ; succeeding the National Football League ), 2026 ; 0 years ago ( 2026 ) (as the Indian Football League )
- Country
- India
- Confederation
- AFC
- Promotion to
- Indian Super League
- Relegation to
- I-League 2
- Domestic cup
- AIFF Super Cup
- League cup
- Durand Cup
- International cup
- AFC Champions League Two (via the AIFF Super Cup )
- Current champions
- Diamond Harbour (1st title)
- Most championships
- Dempo (3 titles)
- Top scorer
- Ranti Martins (214 goals)
- Broadcaster s
- DD Sports , Sony Sports Network , Waves (OTT)
- Website
- indianfootballleague .in
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Indian Football League (IFL), previously known as the I-League, officially known as the Star Cement Indian Football League for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional football division of the Indian football league system, below the Indian Super League. Administered by the All India Football Federation, it is currently contested by 10 clubs. It operates as a system of promotion and relegation with the ISL and the I-League 2 respectively.
The competition was founded in 2007 as I-League, the successor to the National Football League, with the first season commenced in November 2007. The league was launched as India's first top-tier professional football league with the aim to increase the player pool for the India national team. It operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the I-League 2 and at first only promotion system with the ISL, from the 2022–23 season.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “I-League” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.