[74] Performance by clubs[edit] Titles Winning seasons Runners-up seasons Third place seasons 2008–09, 2012–13 2007–08, 2009–10, 2014–15, 2019–20 2008–09, 2015–16, 2016–17 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2012–13, 2015–16, 2016–17 Stats and players[edit] Individual game highest attendance records[edit] Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date 1–0 90, 000 Salt Lake Stadium 20 November 2011 0–1 24 November 2013 2–1 63, 756 Salt lake Stadium 19 January 2020 1–1 63, 342 26 January 2016 57, 780 28 March 2015 Seasonal statistics[edit] Total goals Matches played Average per game 226 2.
It is currently contested by 12 clubs across the country with the winners getting promotion to play in the premier division, the Indian Super League. [2] The competition was founded in 2007 as the successor to the National Football League, with the first season starting in November 2007. [3] The league was launched as India's first ever top-tier professional football league with the aim to increase the player pool for the India national team. [3] I-League operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the I-League 2 and at first only promotion system with the Indian Super League, from the 2022–23 season. [3] Since the inception of the I-League, a total of seven clubs have been crowned champions.
14 crore (US$140, 000) Mumbai City Pedro Manzi ₹1 crore (US$130, 000) Albirex Niigata Eugeneson Lyngdoh ₹90 lakh (US$110, 000) Pune City Top scorers[edit] Season after season, players in the I-League compete for the golden boot title, which is awarded at the end of each season to the top scorer throughout the entire season.