2018–19 Indian Elite League

The 2018–19 Elite League, also known as 2018–19 Hero Elite League for sponsorship reasons and formerly known as Youth League U18 was the ninth season of the Indian Elite League and the fourth season of the competition as an under-18 one. Shillong Lajong were the defending champions, but could not advance to knock out stage.[1][2]

Elite League

Season	2018–19
Champions	Minerva Punjab
Matches played	310
Goals scored	1,024 (3.3 per match)
Top goalscorer	Siva Sakthi (22 goals)
Highest scoring	Kerala Blasters 12-2 Raman Vijayan SS
Highest attendance	1,500 East Bengal 2-0 Mohun Bagan
← 2017–18 2019–20 → All statistics correct as of complete.

Qualifiers

Kolkata zone

The qualifiers for Kolkata Zone were divided in two groups with five teams in each group, with SAI (East Zone), United S.C., and Rainbow AC advanced to the zonal round.[3]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SAI	USC	BMSA	BFA	BSC
1	SAI (East Zone)	4	3	0	1	6	3	+3	9	Advanced to zonal round		—	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–1
2	United	4	3	0	1	13	4	+9	9			–	—	2–1	2–1	8–0
3	Bidhannagar Municipal SA	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	7			–	–	—	1–1	2–0
4	Bengal Football Academy	4	1	1	2	3	5	−2	4			–	–	–	—	1–0
5	Baranagar Sporting Club	4	0	0	4	1	13	−12	0			–	–	–	–	—

Source: Soccerway

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		NBR	MDSC	HDSA	BWP	SS
1	NBP Rainbow AC	4	2	2	0	13	5	+8	8	Advanced to zonal round		—	2–2	2–2	2–0	7–1
2	Mohammedan	4	2	2	0	10	3	+7	8			–	—	1–1	4–0	3–0
3	The Hooghly District SA	4	2	2	0	9	5	+4	8			–	–	—	3–0	3–2
4	Bhawanipore	4	1	0	3	2	9	−7	3			–	–	–	—	2–0
5	Southern Samity	4	0	0	4	3	15	−12	0			–	–	–	–	—

Source: Soccerway

Maharashtra zone

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RFYC	IB	FSI	SMR	FCM
1	RF Young Champs	4	4	0	0	13	0	+13	12	Advanced to zonal round		—	2–0	3–0	6–0	2–0
2	Iron Born FC	4	2	1	1	5	5	0	7			–	—	1–1	3–2	1–0
3	Football School of India	4	1	2	1	5	6	−1	5			–	–	—	2–2	2–0
4	Steadfast – Mumbai Rush	4	1	1	2	7	11	−4	4			–	–	–	—	3–0
5	FC Mumbaikars	4	0	0	4	0	8	−8	0			–	–	–	–	—

Source: Soccerway

Zonal round

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied in the order given to determine the rankings: Greater number of points obtained in the matches between the Teams concerned Goal difference resulting from the matches between the Teams concerned Greater number of goals scored in the matches between the Teams concerned Goal difference in all the matches Greater number of goals scored in all the matches Drawing of lots

Delhi zone

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		DDFC	SDV	BBFS	RSA	HIN	DU
1	Delhi Dynamos	10	7	2	1	38	8	+30	23	Advanced to final round		—	2–2	0–1	8–1	6–0	8–0
2	Sudeva Moonlight	10	7	2	1	36	7	+29	23			2–2	—	0–1	8–0	4–0	6–1
3	Bhaichung Bhutia FS	10	6	1	3	26	9	+17	19			1–3	0–1	—	0–1	4–0	3–0
4	Real Sports Academy	10	3	1	6	9	29	−20	10			1–3	0–2	1–3	—	1–1	1–0
5	Hindustan	10	1	4	5	10	25	−15	7			0–3	1–3	2–2	4–0	—	1–1
6	Delhi United	10	0	2	8	4	45	−41	2			0–3	0–8	1–11	0–3	1–1	—

Source: Soccerway

Karnataka–Andhra zone

The matches of Karnataka–Andhra zone kicked off on 8 October 2018 with Ananthpur Sports Academy defeating Boca Juniors 2–0 in the opening game.[4]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BFC	FCM	OFC	ASA	BJFS
1	Bengaluru	8	7	0	1	39	8	+31	21	Advanced to final round		—	4–2	3–1	12–1	6–1
2	FC Mangalore	8	5	1	2	23	9	+14	16	Advanced to playoffs		2–1	—	2–1	2–0	8–0
3	Ozone	8	5	0	3	25	10	+15	15			0–3	1–0	—	7–0	7–0
4	Ananthapur Sports Academy	8	2	0	6	7	36	−29	6			0–4	0–5	1–5	—	3–1
5	Boca Juniors FS	8	0	1	7	6	37	−31	1			1–6	2–2	1–3	0–2	—

Source: Soccerway

Chennai zone

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CFC	RVSS	CCFC	FPP	MFC
1	Chennaiyin	8	6	2	0	37	9	+28	20	Advanced to final round		—	2–2	4–2	6–2	1–1
2	Raman Vijayan Soccer School	8	3	3	2	27	21	+6	12	Advanced to playoffs		0–7	—	2–2	7–0	6–4
3	Chennai City	8	3	3	2	18	12	+6	12			2–3	1–1	—	1–0	1–1
4	Football Plus PSA	8	2	0	6	8	24	−16	6			0–5	2–1	0–1	—	3–1
5	FC Madras	8	1	2	5	13	37	−24	5			0–9	3–8	1–8	2–1	—

Source: Soccerway

Kolkata zone

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MB	EB	ATK	USC	SAI	NBR
1	Mohun Bagan	10	6	3	1	16	6	+10	21	Advance to final round		—	0–2	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–1
2	East Bengal	10	5	3	2	16	7	+9	18			0–1	—	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–1
3	ATK	10	4	4	2	22	9	+13	16			1–1	2–2	—	0–0	4–1	6–1
4	United	10	3	4	3	16	13	+3	13			1–1	0–0	1–6	—	2–2	4–0
5	SAI (East Zone)	10	2	3	5	8	15	−7	9			0–0	1–2	1–0	0–3	—	2–0
6	NBP Rainbow AC	10	1	1	8	3	31	−28	4			0–5	0–5	0–2	0–4	0–0	—

Source: Soccerway

Maharashtra zone

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FCPC	RFYC	IB	MCFC	SMR	FSI
1	Pune City	10	9	0	1	29	5	+24	27	Advanced to final round		—	2–0	3–1	1–0	4–0	2–0
2	RF Young Champs	10	6	2	2	18	9	+9	20			1–3	—	3–0	1–1	1–0	4–0
3	Iron Born FC	10	5	1	4	15	14	+1	16			2–1	2–3	—	0–1	1–0
4	Mumbai City	10	3	3	4	12	12	0	12			1–4	1–1	1–2	—	3–0	0–0
5	Steadfast – Mumbai Rush	10	2	1	7	2	16	−14	7			0–3	0–1	0–3	1–0	—	0–0
6	Football School of India	10	0	3	7	4	24	−20	3			0–6	0–3	1–3	2–4	0–1	—

Source: Soccerway

Shillong–Guwahati zone

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SAIG	SLFC	LFC	GTC	NEUFC
1	SAI (Guwahati)	8	7	0	1	17	6	+11	21	Advanced to final round		—	2–1	4–1	4–2	2–0
2	Shillong Lajong	8	6	0	2	21	6	+15	18	Advanced to playoffs		1–0	—	0–1	2–1	8–0
3	Langsning	8	5	0	3	15	10	+5	15			0–1	1–4	—	5–0	2–0
4	Gauhati Town	8	2	0	6	9	19	−10	6			1–2	1–3	0–3	—	2–0
5	NorthEast United	8	0	0	8	1	22	−21	0			0–2	0–2	1–2	0–2	—

Source: Soccerway

Goa zone

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SFC	FCG	SCG	DSC	SESA	CBSC
1	Salgaocar	10	8	0	2	25	8	+17	24	Advance to final round		—	0–2	2–1	3–1	3–0	5–1
2	Goa	10	6	3	1	18	4	+14	21			1–0	—	0–2	2–0	0–0	4–0
3	Sporting Goa	10	5	2	3	18	10	+8	17			0–1	0–3	—	2–2	1–0	7–0
4	Dempo	10	3	4	3	15	11	+4	13			1–2	1–1	1–1	—	0–0	7–0
5	SESA	10	2	3	5	13	12	+1	9			0–3	0–0	1–2		—	5–2
6	Churchill Brothers	10	0	0	10	5	50	−45	0			1–6	1–5	0–2	0–2	0–7	—

Source: Soccerway

Jharkhand–Odisha zone

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		JAM	FAO	SHO	SAIL
1	Jamshedpur	6	4	2	0	13	3	+10	14	Advanced to playoffs		—	4–0	1–0	1–0
2	FAO Academy	6	3	0	3	8	15	−7	9			1–5	—	1–0	3–2
3	Sports Hostel Odisha	6	2	1	3	9	10	−1	7			2–2	3–1	—	1–3
4	SAIL Bokaro	6	1	1	4	8	10	−2	4			0–0	1–2	2–3	—

Source: Soccerway

Punjab zone

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MIN	YFC	RGS	UPJ
1	Minerva Punjab	6	5	1	0	8	1	+7	16	Advanced to playoffs		—	1–0	1–0	3–1
2	Youth FC	6	3	1	2	6	5	+1	10			0–1	—	1–0	1–0
3	Round Glass Sports	6	2	2	2	8	4	+4	8			0–0	2–2	—	1–0
4	United Punjab FC	6	0	0	6	2	14	−12	0			0–2	1–2	0–5	—

Source: Soccerway

Rest Of India zone

Group A

All matches were played at Panampally Ground, Kochi.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		KB	MSP	GK	SAI	FCK
1	Kerala Blasters	4	2	2	0	12	3	+9	8	Advanced to playoffs		—	0–0	2–0	2–2	8–1
2	MSP Football Academy	4	2	2	0	7	1	+6	8			–	—	1–1	1–0	5–0
3	Gokulam Kerala	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	7			–	–	—	1–0	4–2
4	SAI (Thiruvananthapuram)	4	1	1	2	4	4	0	4			–	–	–	—	2–0
5	FC Kerala	4	0	0	4	3	19	−16	0			–	–	–	–	—

Source: soccerway

Group B

All matches were played at Khuman Lampak Turf Ground, Imphal.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AIZ	TRA	NER	GAH
1	Aizawl	3	3	0	0	15	0	+15	9	Advanced to playoffs		—	3–0	4–0	8–0
2	TRAU	3	2	0	1	6	6	0	6			–	—	4–2	2–1
3	NEROCA	3	1	0	2	4	9	−5	3			–	–	—	2–1
4	Gangtok Himalayan	3	0	0	3	2	12	−10	0			–	–	–	—

Source: Soccerway

Group C

All matches will be played at TRC Turf Ground, Srinagar.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RK	LK	JKS
1	Real Kashmir	2	2	0	0	10	0	+10	6	Advanced to playoffs		—	9–0	1–0
2	Lonestar Kashmir	2	1	0	1	1	9	−8	3			–	—	1–0
3	J&K State FA	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0			–	–	—

Source: Soccerway

Group D

All matches were played at Kahaani Sports Academy Ground, Ahmedabad.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		KAH	ARA	FLA	FAH
1	Kaahani FC	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Advanced to playoffs		—	2–1	2–1	0–0
2	ARA FC	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4			–	—	4–1	0–0
3	Football Leaders Academy	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3			–	–	—	2–0
4	Fateh Hyderabad	3	0	2	1	0	2	−2	2			–	–	–	—

Source: Soccerway

Playoffs

Ten teams entered this round, out of which five will progress to the final round.[5]

Group A

All matches played at Navelim Ground, Margao.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MSP	MP	RK	FCM	KAH
1	MSP Academy	4	3	0	1	10	3	+7	9	Advance to final round		—	0–3	2–0	5–0	3–0
2	Minerva Punjab	4	2	2	0	13	5	+8	8			—	—	0–0	5–5	5–0
3	Real Kashmir	4	2	1	1	6	2	+4	7			—	—	—	1–0	5–0
4	FC Mangalore	4	1	1	2	7	11	−4	4			—	—	—	—	2–0
5	Kahaani FC	4	0	0	4	0	15	−15	0			—	—	—	—	—

Source: Soccerway

Group B

All matches played at Navelim Ground, Margao.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SLFC	AFC	KB	JFC	RVSS
1	Shillong Lajong	4	2	2	0	7	1	+6	8	Advance to final round		—	1–1	0–0	2–0	4–0
2	Aizawl	4	2	2	0	5	2	+3	8			—	—	1–1	2–0	1–0
3	Kerala Blasters	4	1	3	0	13	3	+10	6			—	—	—	0–0	12–2
4	Jamshedpur	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	4			—	—	—	—	4–1
5	Raman Vijayan SS	4	0	0	4	3	21	−18	0			—	—	—	—	—

Source: Soccerway

Final round

Group A

All matches played at Nagoa Ground, Nagoa.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FCG	FCP	MSP	SFC
1	Goa	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7	Advance to Knockout stage		—	1–0	0–0	2–1
2	Pune City	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6			—	—	2–1	3–1
3	MSP FA	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2			—	–	—	2–2
4	Sudeva	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2	1			—	—	—	—

Source: Soccerway

Group B

Matches played at Don Bosco Ground, Borda and Nagoa Ground, Nagoa.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MP	CFC	RFYC	SLFC
1	Minerva Punjab	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	7	Advance to Knockout stage		—	2–0	3–0	0–0
2	Chennaiyin	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6			–	—	4–1	1–0
3	RF Young Champs	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5	3			—	–	—	2–1
4	Shillong Lajong	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1			—	—	—	—

Source: Soccerway

Group C

All matches played at Utorda Ground, Utorda.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		EB	SAIG	BFC	DDFC
1	East Bengal	3	1	2	0	2	0	+2	5	Advance to Knockout stage		—	1–1	1–1	1–0
2	SAI (Guwahati)	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4			–	—	2–1	0–2
3	Bengaluru	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4			–	–	—	4–0
4	Delhi Dynamos	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3			—	—	—	—

Source: Soccerway

Group D

All matches played at Utorda Ground, Utorda.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AFC	MB	RK	SAL
1	Aizawl	3	2	0	1	9	5	+4	6	Advance to Knockout stage		—	3–4	2–1	4–0
2	Mohun Bagan	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6			–	—	0–1	3–0
3	Real Kashmir	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6			—	—	—	2–1
4	Salgaocar	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0			—	—	—	—

Source: Soccerway

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter Finals					Semi-Finals					Final
	Goa		3
	SAI Guwahati		1
						Goa		0
						Minerva Punjab		1
	Minerva Punjab		1 (6)
	Mohun Bagan		1 (5)
											Minerva Punjab		2
											Pune City		0
	East Bengal		1
	Pune City		2
						Pune City		2
						Aizawl		0
	Aizawl		1
	Chennaiyin		0

Quarter Finals

2 February 2019

09:00 IST

Goa	3–1	SAI Guwahati
Doyal Alves  13', 78' Jovito Joao Dias  88'		87' Shano Tariang

Don Bosco Ground, Fatorda

Attendance: 100

Referee: Ankush Chakraborty

2 February 2019

15:00 IST

East Bengal	1–2	Pune City
Srikumar Karjee  37'		11', 33' Laldawngkima

Don Bosco Ground, Fatorda

Attendance: 50

Referee: Vishal

3 February 2019

09:00 IST

Minerva Punjab	1–1	Mohun Bagan
Makan Chote  75'		7' Anirban Das
Penalties
	6–5

Don Bosco Ground, Fatorda

Attendance: 25

Referee: Ashwin

3 February 2019

15:00 IST

Aizawl	1–0	Chennaiyin
R Lalthanmawia  16'

Don Bosco Ground, Fatorda

Attendance: 25

Referee: Jatinder Singh

Semi-Finals

6 February 2019

9:00 IST

Goa	0–1	Minerva Punjab
		17' Makan Chote

Nagoa Ground, Margao

Attendance: 150

Referee: Ashwin

6 February 2019

15:00 IST

Pune City	2–0	Aizawl
Nikhil Prabhu  22' Akhil Rawat  90+4'

Nagoa Ground, Margao

Attendance: 100

Referee: Ankush Chakraborty

Final

8 February 2019

15:30 IST

Minerva Punjab	2–0	Pune City
Makan Chote  59' Thoiba Singh  67'

Don Bosco Ground, Borda, Margao

Attendance: 110

Referee: Ashwin

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 8 February 2019

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Siva Sakthi N	Raman Vijayan SS	22
2	Murshid KP	FC Mangalore	14
3	Akashdeep Singh	Bengaluru	13
4	Ashley Alban Koli	IRON BORN	10
	Muhammed Nemil Valiyattil	RF Young Champs
6	Seiminmang Manchong	Delhi Dynamos	9
	Thoi Singh	RF Young Champs
	Aaron Bareto	Salgaocar
	Surag Chhetri	Kerala Blasters
	Nongthombam Joysana Singh	Chennaiyin
	Prathap E	MSP FA
	R Zothanmawia	Aizawl

Clean Sheets

As of 8 February 2019

Rank	Player	Club	Clean Sheets
1	Manav Baraskar	FC Goa	9
2	Devansh Dabas	Minerva	8
3	Christurajan T	MSP FA	7
	Van Nunmawia	Aizawl
5	Rewang Dorjee Lepcha	Pune City	6
6	Kalyan Hasda	SAI (East)	5
	Khoirom Jackson Singh	Reliance Foundation YC
8	Birendra Rabha Singh	Reliance Foundation YC	4
	Avishak Shaw	United
	Paramveer Singh	Bhaichung Bhutia FS
	Raj Kumar Mahato	Jamshedpur
	Akshat Hadkonkar	Sporting Goa
	Sapam Nongpoknganba Singh	SESA
	Wellyster Mendes	Dempo
	C Vanlalhriata	Shillong Lajong
	Ayon Roy	East Bengal

References

1. "U-18 Youth League: Shillong Lajong beat Kerala Blasters to win title". 26 May 2018.
2. "Lajong Brush Aside Blasters To Clinch Maiden U-18 Youth League Glory". 26 May 2018.
3. "Fixtures: Hero U-18 YL". Retrieved 7 November 2018.
4. "Our U18 Football team started off their season in style as they won their maiden match by 2-0 against Bocajuniors Football School India in Youth I-League". 9 October 2018.
5. "4 teams secure progress to next rounds of Hero U-18 Youth League". I–League. 3 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.

External links

• Elite League on the I-League website.