2019–20 2nd Division League

2nd Division League
Season	2020
Matches played	54
Goals scored	148 (2.74 per match)
Highest attendance	1,209
Lowest attendance	23
Average attendance	239
	← 2018–19 2020–21 → All statistics correct as of 11 March 2020.

The 2020 2nd Division League (known as Hero 2020 2nd Division League, for sponsorship reasons) will be the 13th season of the I-League 2nd Division, the second division Indian football league, since its establishment in 2008. The league is scheduled to kick-off from 25 January 2020.[1][2]

Teams

This season, 17 teams will be participating, comprising 1 reserve side from I-League (Punjab) and 8 from Indian Super League (ATK, Jamshedpur, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennaiyin, Mumbai City, Goa and Kerala Blasters). All the teams will divided in 3 groups of 6 teams in A and C, and 5 teams in group B. The teams those will make their debut this season are Bengaluru United, Rajasthan FC, Punjab FC (reserves), Hyderabad FC (reserves) and Mumbai City FC (reserves).[1] Indian Arrows reserves were supposed to debut this season, but later withdrew, since it consists of U-16 and U-18 players, and have their board examinations.[3]

Stadiums and locations

Rajasthan

F.C. Kerala

Lonestar Kashmir

Mumbai City (R)

Goa (R)

Kerala Blasters (R)

Jamshedpur (R)

Hyderabad (R)

Chennaiyin (R)

Punjab (R)

Bengaluru

Garhwal

ARA

Kolkata

Kolkata teams
Mohammedan
Bhawanipore
ATK (R)

Bengaluru teams
Bengaluru (R)
Bengaluru United

Locations of the 2019–20 I-League 2nd Division teams

Team	City/State	Stadium	Capacity
ARA	Ahmedabad, Gujarat	EKA Arena	22,000
ATK (R)	Barasat, West Bengal	Aditya Academy Ground	10,000
Rajasthan	Jodhpur,Rajasthan	Maharaja Umed Singh Stadium	6,000
Bengaluru (R)	Bengaluru, Karnataka	Bengaluru Football Stadium	8,400
Bengaluru United	Bengaluru, Karnataka	Bengaluru Football Stadium	8,400
Bhawanipore	Kolkata, West Bengal	Kalyani Stadium	20,000
Chennaiyin (R)	Chennai, Tamil Nadu	SSN College Ground	400
Garhwal	New Delhi, Delhi	Ambedkar Stadium	35,000
Goa (R)	Margao, Goa	GMC Stadium	3,200
Hyderabad (R)	Hyderabad, Telangana	Gachibowli Athletic Stadium	30,000
Jamshedpur (R)	Jamshedpur, Jharkhand	JRD Tata Sports Complex	24,500
FC Kerala	Thrissur, Kerala	Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium	15,000
Kerala Blasters (R)	Ernakulam, Kerala	Panampally Ground	300
Lonestar Kashmir	Katra, Jammu and Kashmir	SMVDSB Sports Complex	2,600
Mohammedan	Howrah, West Bengal	Sailen Manna Stadium	15,000
Mumbai City (R)	Mumbai, Maharashtra	Cooperage Ground	5,000
Punjab (R)	Ludhiana, Punjab	Guru Nanak Stadium	15,000

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
ARA	Vivek Nagul	SEVEN	Amul
ATK (R)	Deggie Cardozo	Nivia
Bengaluru (R)	Naushad Moosa	Puma	Kia Motors
Bengaluru United	Richard Hood	MS Sportswear	The Organic World
Bhawanipore	Sankarlal Chakraborty	Cosco	Sangbad Pratidin
Chennaiyin (R)	Santosh Kashyap	Performax	Apollo Tyres
Garhwal	Vikas Rawat	Vector X
Goa (R)	Clifford Miranda	T10	Adda52.com
Hyderabad (R)	Anshul Katiyar	Reyaur Sports[4]	Jai Raj Steel[5]
Jamshedpur (R)	Noel Wilson	Nivia	Tata Steel
Kerala	TG Purushothaman	Cosco	Yologans
Kerala Blasters (R)	Renjith Ajithkumar	Reyaur Sports	Muthoot
Lonestar Kashmir	Kenichi Yatsuhashi	Kaizen	Rising Kashmir
Mohammedan	Saheed Ramon	Kaizen	TRAK Only
Mumbai City (R)	Mohan Das	Squad Gear	SportsAdda
Punjab (R)	Curtis Fleming	Spartan	Apollo Tyres
Rajasthan	Mangesh Desai	AIO Sports	AU Small Finance Bank

Foreign players

Each club, excluding the reserve sides, can register three foreign players in their squad. One of the foreign players has to be from an AFC Member Nation.

Team	Player 1	Player 2	Asian Visa
ARA	Dieye Hamidou	Kareem Omolaja
Rajasthan	Collins Patterson		Muhammad Iqbal
Bengaluru United
Bhawanipore	Arthur Kouassi	William Opoku
Garhwal	Bala Dahir	Ekomobong Victor Philip	Kazumasa Nomura
FC Kerala	Cyrille Brohiri
Lonestar Kashmir	Ellon Maxwell	Bema Coulibaly
Mohammedan	John Chidi	Musa Mudde

Preliminary 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

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Garhwal	7	4	2	1	14	8	+6	14	Advance to Final Round
2	ATK (R)[lower-alpha 1]	8	4	2	2	10	9	+1	14
3	Jamshedpur (R)[lower-alpha 1]	8	2	4	2	7	9	−2	10
4	Punjab (R)[lower-alpha 1]	6	3	0	3	8	5	+3	9
5	Rajasthan	6	1	2	3	4	7	−3	5	Best second placed team, advance to Final Round
6	Lonestar Kashmir	7	1	2	4	8	13	−5	5

Updated to match(es) played on 10 March 2020. Source:
Notes:

Reserves team are ineligible for advance to the next round To qualify for promotion, a club must hold a obtain 2nd Division license (marked in bold in the table), and finish both in the top 4 of the AIFF, and either 1st or 2nd among the promotion-eligible clubs.

Results

Home \ Away	ATK	GFC	JFC	LFC	PFC	RFC
ATK (R)	—	1–4	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–1
Garhwal	1–0	—	2–2			1–0
Jamshedpur (R)		1–0	—	1–2	0–3	0–0
Lonestar Kashmir	1–2	3–3	2–2	—	0–1	0–2
Punjab (R)	1–2		0–1		—	2–0
Rajasthan		1–3				—

Updated to match(es) played on 10 March 2020. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Fixtures and results

25 January 2020 1	ATK (R)	0–0	Jamshedpur (R)	Barasat
2:00				Stadium: Aditya Academy Ground Attendance: 700 Referee: Ashish Tiwari

27 January 2020 2	Lonestar Kashmir	0–2	Rajasthan	Katra
2:00			5' Arvind Sharma 41' Ishaan Shahi	Stadium: VDSB Sports Complex Attendance: 52 Referee: Aditya Purkyastha

31 January 2020 3	Punjab (R)	2–0	Rajasthan	Gurgaon
2:00	Himanshu Jangra 6', 51'			Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Lakshay

01 February 2020 4	Lonestar Kashmir	3–3	Garhwal	Katra
2:00	Shakir Sheikh 18', 28' Maxwell Ellon 84'		3' Abhishek Rawat 29', 90+4' Ekombong Philip	Stadium: VDSB Sports Complex Attendance: 65 Referee: Jatinder Singh

05 February 2020 5	Garhwal	1–0	ATK (R)	New Delhi
2:00	Bahir Dala 44'			Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium Attendance: 350

05 February 2020 4	Jamshedpur (R)	0–0	Rajasthan	Jamshedpur
2:00				Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex Attendance: 40

08 February 2020 5	Lonestar Kashmir F.C.	0–1	Punjab (R)	Katra
2:00			57' Lalrinchhana Lallawmpuia	Stadium: VDSB Sports Complex Attendance: 100

9 February 2020 1	ATK (R)	1–1	Rajasthan	Barasat
2:30	Joseph Vanlalhruaia 11'		84' Martand Raina	Stadium: Aditya Academy Ground Attendance: 76

09 February 2020 5	Garhwal	2–2	Jamshedpur (R)	New Delhi
3:00	Ekomobomg Philip 20' Nirmal Bisht 37'		49', 90+6' Billu Teli	Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium Attendance: 550

13 February 2020 4	Jamshedpur (R)	1–2	Lonestar Kashmir F.C.	Jamshedpur
2:30	Billu Teli 45+1'		32' Maxwell Ellon 37' Shakir Ahmad Shaikh	Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex Attendance: 237

16 February 2020 5	Garhwal F.C.	1–0	Rajasthan	Delhi
3:00	Ekomobong Philip 8'			Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium Attendance: 500

17 February 2020 1	ATK (R)	2–0	Lonestar Kashmir F.C.	Barasat
2:00	Yumnam Singh 56' William Pauliankhum 86'			Stadium: Aditya Academy Ground Attendance: 50

20 February 2020 1	ATK (R)	2–1	Punjab (R)	Barasat
2:30	William Pauliankhum 14' Ashish Jha 52'		12' Maheson Tongbram	Stadium: Aditya Academy Ground Attendance: 250

21 February 2020 1	AU Rajasthan\|Rajasthan	1–3	Garhwal	Jodhpur
3:00	Rohit Atkan 11'		20' Nirmal Bisht 43', 85' Aman Thapa	Stadium: Umaid Singh Stadium Attendance: 200

23 February 2020 4	Jamshedpur (R)	0–3	Punjab (R)	Jamshedpur
2:30			17' Thockhom Adison Singh 55' Ashangbam Aphaoba Singh 63' Saurabh Bhanwala	Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex Attendance: 200

25 February 2020	Lonestar Kashmir	1–2	Jamshedpur (R)	Katra
2:00				Stadium: VDSB Sports Complex Attendance: 52

26 February 2020	Punjab (R)	0–1	ATK (R)	Gurgaon
2:00			20' Billu Teli	Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium Attendance: 110

29 February 2020	Punjab (R)	1–2	ATK (R)	Gurgaon
2:00	Aaron Rodrigues 5'		25', 80' William Pauliankhum	Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium Attendance: 105

01 March 2020	Lonestar Kashmir	2–2	Jamshedpur (R)	Srinagar
2:00	Shakir Sheikh 52', 89'		75' Harsha Parui 90+4' Ritesh Perambara	Stadium: TRC Turf Ground Attendance: 350

6 March 2020	Jamshedpur (R)	1–0	Garhwal	Jamshedpur
2:30	Harsha Parui 50'			Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex Attendance: 60 Referee: Surojit Das

10 March 2020	ATK (R)	1–4	Garhwal	Barasat
2:30	William Pauliankhum 16'		Ekomobong Philip 28', 32', 48' Aman Thapa 85'	Stadium: Aditya Academy Ground Attendance: 125

10 March 2020	AU Rajasthan\|Rajasthan	v	Jamshedpur (R)	Jodhpur
3:00				Stadium: Umaid Singh Stadium

15 March 2020	Punjab (R)	v	Garhwal	Gurgaon
2:00				Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium

21 March 2020	AU Rajasthan\|Rajasthan	v	ATK (R)	Jodhpur
3:00				Stadium: Umaid Singh Stadium

22 March 2020	Punjab (R)	v	Lonestar Kashmir	Gurgaon
2:00				Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium

26 March 2020	Garhwal	v	Lonestar Kashmir	New Delhi
2:00				Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

26 March 2020	AU Rajasthan\|Rajasthan	v	Punjab (R)	Jodhpur
3:00				Stadium: Umaid Singh Stadium

30 March 2020	Jamshedpur (R)	v	ATK (R)	Jamshedpur
2:30				Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex

30 March 2020	Garhwal	v	Punjab (R)	New Delhi
3:00				Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

30 March 2020	AU Rajasthan\|Rajasthan	v	ATK (R)	Jodhpur
3:00				Stadium: Umaid Singh Stadium

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mohammedan	6	4	0	2	13	6	+7	12	Advance to Final Round
2	Bhawanipore	5	2	2	1	7	7	0	8	Best second placed team, advance to Final Round
3	Hyderabad (R)[lower-alpha 1]	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	8
4	Chennaiyin (R)[lower-alpha 1]	7	2	2	3	8	12	−4	8
5	Bengaluru (R)[lower-alpha 1]	6	2	0	4	8	11	−3	6

Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source:
Notes:

Reserves team are ineligible for advance to the next round To qualify for promotion, a club must hold a obtain 2nd Division license (marked in bold in the table), and finish both in the top 4 of the AIFF, and either 1st or 2nd among the promotion-eligible clubs.

Results

Home \ Away	BFC	BHP	CFC	HFC	MDS
Bengaluru (R)	—			2–0	1–3
Bhawanipore	4–2	—	1–0		0–3
Chennaiyin (R)	3–2	1–1	—	1–3	3–1
Hyderabad (R)	0–1	1–1	0–0	—	2–1
Mohammedan	1–0		4–0		—

Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Fixtures and results

25 January 2020 1	Bhawanipore	0–3	Mohammedan	Kolkata
2:00			2' Sanjib Ghosh 26' John Chidi 79' Sattyam Sharma	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 300

27 January 2020 1	Chennaiyin (R)	3–2	Bengaluru (R)	Chennai
3:00	Balkar Singh 36' Zonunmawia 61' Senthamizhi 85'		33' Biswa Darjee 83' Advait	Stadium: SSN Ground Attendance: 40

31 January 2020 1	Chennaiyin (R)	1–1	Bhawanipore	Chennai
3:30	Balkar Singh 41'		26' Anup Theres Raj	Stadium: SSN Ground Attendance: 100

6 February 2020 1	Chennaiyin (R)	1–3	Hyderabad (R)	Chennai
3:30	Sarif Khan 64'		13' Nikhil Prabhu 53' Ishan Dey 90+2' Gani Ahmed Nigam	Stadium: SSN Ground Attendance: 50

11 February 2020 1	Mohammedan	1–0	Bengaluru (R)	Howrah
2:00	Jiten Murmu 48'			Stadium: Howrah Ground Attendance: 1200

14 February 2020 1	Bhawanipore	4–2	Bengaluru (R)	Howrah
2:30	Pankaj Moula 18', 56' Anup Theres Raj 58' Pradeep Mohanraj 83'		27' Bekey Oram 65' (o.g.) Nitish Hazra	Stadium: Howrah Ground Attendance: 20

18 February 2020 1	Hyderabad (R)	1–1	Bhawanipore	Hyderabad
3:30	Ghani Ahmmed Nigam 33'		18' Sourav Dasgupta	Stadium: Gachibowli Athletic Stadium Attendance: 125

20 February 2020 1	Mohammedan	4–0	Chennaiyin (R)	Kalyani
2:30	Sanjib Ghosh 45+1' John Chidi Uzodinma 59' Balwinder Singh 67' Jaskaranpreet Singh 87'			Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 200

23 February 2020 1	Bhawanipore	1–0	Bengaluru (R)	Kalyani
2:30	Pankaj Moula 63'			Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 75

26 February 2020	Hyderabad (R)	2–1	Mohammedan	Hyderabad
3:30	Abhishek Halder 50' Kynsailang Khongsit 89'		72' Tirthankar Sarkar	Stadium: Gachibowli Athletic Stadium Attendance: 200

29 February 2020	Bengaluru (R)	2–0	Hyderabad (R)	Bangalore
3:30	Bekey Oram 75' Biswa Darjee 87'			Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 100

2 March 2020	Chennaiyin (R)	3–1	Mohammedan	Chennai
3:30	Balkar Singh 65' Senthamizhi S 90+3', 90+5'		19' Vanlalbiaa Changte	Stadium: SSN Ground Attendance: 25

5 March 2020	Bengaluru (R)	1–3	Mohammedan	Bangalore
3:30	Biswa Darjee 74'		John Chidi 40', 75', 88'	Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 455

7 March 2020	Hyderabad (R)	0–0	Chennaiyin (R)	Hyderabad
3:30				Stadium: Gachibowli Athletic Stadium Attendance: 50

15 March 2020	Bengaluru (R)	v	Bhawanipore	Bangalore
3:30				Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium

17 March 2020	Mohammedan	v	Hyderabad (R)	Kalyani
2:30				Stadium: Kalyani Stadium

20 March 2020 1	Bhawanipore	v	Hyderabad (R)	Kalyani
2:30				Stadium: Kalyani Stadium

25 March 2020	Bengaluru (R)	v	Chennaiyin (R)	Bangalore
3:30				Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium

25 March 2020	Mohammedan	v	Bhawanipore	Kalyani
2:30				Stadium: Kalyani Stadium

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ARA	7	4	2	1	15	6	+9	14	Advance to Final Round
2	Bengaluru United	8	4	2	2	12	6	+6	14	Best second placed team, advance to Final Round
3	Kerala	7	2	3	2	9	7	+2	9
4	Goa (R)[lower-alpha 1]	6	2	3	1	8	6	+2	9
5	Kerala Blasters FC Reserves[lower-alpha 1]	7	1	2	4	8	14	−6	5
6	Mumbai City (R)[lower-alpha 1]	7	1	2	4	4	17	−13	5

Updated to match(es) played on 10 March 2020. Source:
Notes:

Reserves team are ineligible for advance to the next round To qualify for promotion, a club must hold a obtain 2nd Division license (marked in bold in the table), and finish both in the top 4 of the AIFF, and either 1st or 2nd among the promotion-eligible clubs.

Results

Home \ Away	ARA	BUD	FCG	FCK	KBS	MFC
ARA	—	1–0		2–0	2–2	5–0
Bengaluru United	1–0	—	1–1	1–1	1–3	6–0
Goa (R)	2–2	0–1	—	1–0
F.C. Kerala			1–1	—	3–0
Kerala Blasters FC Reserves			1–3	1–3	—	1–1
Mumbai City (R)	1–3	0–1		1–1	1–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 10 March 2020. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Fixtures and results

25 January 2020 1	FC Kerala	3–0	Kerala Blasters (R)	Trissur
2:00	Sajeesh E 6', 65' Roshan Gigi 18'			Stadium: Corporation Stadium Attendance: 700

25 January 2020 1	ARA	5–0	Mumbai City (R)	Ahmedabad
2:00	Syed Shoaib Ahmed 3', 19', 52' Dieye Hamidou 36' Parminder Singh 63'			Stadium: The Arena Attendance: 450

29 January 2020 1	FC Goa	0–1	Bengaluru United	Nagoa Ground
3:30			78' Amey Bhatkal	Attendance: 250

2 February 2020 1	ARA	2–0	FC Kerala	Ahmedabad
3:30	Syed Shoaib Ahmed 72' Dieye Hamidou 32'			Stadium: The Arena Attendance: 300

2 February 2020 1	Mumbai (R)	0–1	Bengaluru United	Mumbai
7:45			83' Asraf Mondal	Stadium: Cooperage Ground Attendance: 200

6 February 2020 1	ARA	1–0	Bengaluru United	Ahmedabad
3:30	Dieye Hamidou 1'			Stadium: The Arena Attendance: 250

6 February 2020 1	Mumbai (R)	1–1	F.C. Kerala	Mumbai
7:30	Melwin Thomas 89' (o.g.)		74' Mousoof Naizan	Stadium: Cooperage Ground Attendance: 160

8 February 2020 1	Kerala Blasters (R)	1–3	Goa (R)	Kochi
3:30	Ronaldo Oliveira 48'		33', 65' Lalawmpuia 88' Flan Gomes	Stadium: Panampally Ground Attendance: 50

12 February 2020 1	FC Kerala	1–1	Goa (R)	Trissur
3:15	Brohiri Cyrille 25'		7' Lalmangaih Sanga	Stadium: Corporation Stadium Attendance: 200

13 February 2020 1	Mumbai (R)	1–0	Kerala Blasters (R)	Mumbai
7:30	Shreyas Vatekar 24'			Stadium: Cooperage Stadium Attendance: 200

17 February 2020 1	Bengaluru United	1–3	Kerala Blasters (R)	Bangalore
3:30	Phrangki Buam 44'		17' Shaiborlang Kharpan 30', 35' Ronaldo Oliveira	Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 250

18 February 2020 1	FC Goa	2–2	ARA	Bambolim
4:00	Kapil Hoble 48' Nestor Dias 87'		31' Dieye Hamidou 88' Parmimder Singh	Stadium: Bambolim Stadium Attendance: 200

22 February 2020 1	Bengaluru United	1–0	ARA	Bangalore
3:30	Nikhil Vijay Pal 90'			Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 200

26 February 2020	Bengaluru United	1–1	FC Kerala	Bangalore
3:30	Phrangki Buam 78'		71' Nikhil Raj	Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 450

26 February 2020	FC Goa	3–0	Mumbai (R)	Nagoa
4:00	Kapil Hoble 16' Aaren Dsilva 55' Sarineo Fernandes 70'			Stadium: Nagoa Ground Attendance: 500

27 February 2020	ARA	2–2	Kerala Blasters (R)	Ahmedabad
3:30	Dieye Hamidou 22', 68'		7' Shahajas 62' Ronaldo Oliveira	Stadium: The Arena Attendance: 150

1 March 2020	Bengaluru United	6–0	Mumbai (R)	Bangalore
3:30	Phrangki Buam 78'			Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 450

3 March 2020 1	Kerala Blasters (R)	1–3	FC Kerala	Kochi
3:30	Samuel Kynshi 73'		30', 45' Brohiri Cyrille 58' Sreekuttan VS	Stadium: Panampally Ground Attendance: 250

6 March 2020	Mumbai (R)	1–3	ARA	Mumbai
7:30	Kamran Ateeque Ansari 46'		Syed Shoaib Ahmed 9', 87', 89'	Stadium: Cooperage Ground Referee: Mrutyunjay Ligaraj Amatya

7 March 2020	FC Goa	1–0	FC Kerala	Nagoa
4:00	Flan Gomes 54'			Stadium: Nagoa Ground Attendance: 200

10 March 2020	Kerala Blasters (R)	1–1	Mumbai (R)	Kochi
3:30	Naorem Mahesh 21'		35' (o.g.) Zahid Mir	Stadium: Panampally Ground Attendance: 60

Ranking of 2nd Placed Teams

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bengaluru United	8	4	2	2	12	6	+6	14	Advance to Final Round
2	Bhawanipore	5	2	2	1	7	7	0	8
3	Rajasthan	6	1	2	3	4	7	−3	5

Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 2020. Source:

Final round

Group champions from preliminary round and best second-placed team between Group A and C will qualify for this round. Here, four qualified teams will play at a central venue on a single-leg league system. The team that finishes top of the table in the final round will be crowned champions, and will be promoted to the I League next season. All placed team may also possibly qualify, based on the decision taken by the AIFF.[6]

Final Round

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Rajasthan	2020–21 I-League Promotion
2	Mohammedan	2020–21 I-League Promotion
3	Garhwal
4	Lonestar Kashmir

Updated to match(es) played on 10 July 2020. Source:

Final Round

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	ARA	2020–21 I-League Promotion
2	Kerala	2020–21 I-League Promotion
3	Bhawanipore
4	Bengaluru United

Updated to match(es) played on 10 July 2020. Source:

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 11 March 2020

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Syed Shoaib Ahmed	ARA	7
1	Ekombong Victor Philip	Garhwal	7
3	Dieye Hamidou	ARA	6
4	Shakir Ahmed Sheikh	Lonestar Kashmir	5
	John Chidi Uzodinma	Mohammedan
	William Pauliankhum	ATK (R)
7	Billu Teli	Jamshedpur (R)	4
7	Ronaldo Oliveira	Kerala Blasters (R)	4

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Syed Shoaib Ahmed	ARA	Mumbai City (R)	5–0	25 January 2020
Mohammad Asrar Rehbar	Bengaluru United	Mumbai City (R)	6–0	1 March 2020
John Chidi Uzodinma	Mohammedan	Bengaluru (R)	1–3	5 March 2020
Syed Shoaib Ahmed	ARA FC	Mumbai (R)	1–3	6 March 2020
Ekombong Victor Philip	Garhwal	ATK (R)	1–4	10 March 2020

Cleansheets

As of 11 March 2020

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Srijith R	Bengaluru United	4
2	Iprotip Das	ARA	3
2	Priyant Singh	Mohammedan	3
4	Nitin Meel	Rajasthan	2
	Raj Kumar Mahato	Jamshedpur (R)
	Amrit Gope	Jamshedpur (R)
	Ahamed Afsar	Kerala
	Lara Sharma	ATK (R)
	Sayak Barai	Garhwal
	Antonio da Silva	Goa (R)

Average home attendances

As of 11 March 2020

Team	GP	Cumulative	High	Low	Mean
F.C. Kerala	2	900	700	200	450
ARA	4	1150	450	150	287
Bhawanipore	3	395	300	20	131
Rajasthan	2	200	200	200	200
Lonestar Kashmir	4	567	350	52	141
Garhwal	3	1400	550	350	466
Mohammedan	2	1400	1200	200	700
Bengaluru United	4	1050	450	150	262
ATK (R)	5	1201	700	50	240
Goa (R)	4	1250	500	200	312
Mumbai City (R)	4	760	200	160	190
Kerala Blasters (R)	3	360	250	50	120
Bengaluru (R)	2	555	455	100	277
Chennaiyin (R)	4	215	100	25	53
Hyderabad (R)	3	375	200	50	125
Punjab (R)	3	465	250	105	155
Jamshedpur (R)	4	697	237	60	174
Total	54	12,940	1200	20	239

References

"Eighteen teams to compete in Hero Second Division League 2019–20". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
"Fixtures Page | Hero I-League". Retrieved 2020-01-23.
"Indian Arrows pull out of I-League 2nd Division to take examinations". The Bridge. 2020-01-22. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
Goyal, Shaily (30 September 2019). "ISL 2019 Season 6: Hyderabad FC unveil team jersey". InsideSport. Archived from the original on 11 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
@HydFCOfficial (31 October 2019). "We just got stronger!" (Tweet). Retrieved 31 October 2019 – via Twitter.
"I-League could feature corporate teams, squads to be trimmed to 30 players, possible 2 team promotion from 2nd Division League". Retrieved 2020-02-11.

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[table_note_PFC0.01004004804885-6] Reserves team are ineligible for advance to the next round To qualify for promotion, a club must hold a obtain 2nd Division license (marked in bold in the table), and finish both in the top 4 of the AIFF, and either 1st or 2nd among the promotion-eligible clubs.

[table_note_CFC0.020563628534118-7] Reserves team are ineligible for advance to the next round To qualify for promotion, a club must hold a obtain 2nd Division license (marked in bold in the table), and finish both in the top 4 of the AIFF, and either 1st or 2nd among the promotion-eligible clubs.

[table_note_MFC0.15517650272473-8] Reserves team are ineligible for advance to the next round To qualify for promotion, a club must hold a obtain 2nd Division license (marked in bold in the table), and finish both in the top 4 of the AIFF, and either 1st or 2nd among the promotion-eligible clubs.

[:0-1] "Eighteen teams to compete in Hero Second Division League 2019–20". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 2020-01-10.

[2] "Fixtures Page | Hero I-League". Retrieved 2020-01-23.

[3] "Indian Arrows pull out of I-League 2nd Division to take examinations". The Bridge. 2020-01-22. Retrieved 2020-01-23.

[4] Goyal, Shaily (30 September 2019). "ISL 2019 Season 6: Hyderabad FC unveil team jersey". InsideSport. Archived from the original on 11 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.

[5] @HydFCOfficial (31 October 2019). "We just got stronger!" (Tweet). Retrieved 31 October 2019 – via Twitter.

[9] "I-League could feature corporate teams, squads to be trimmed to 30 players, possible 2 team promotion from 2nd Division League". Retrieved 2020-02-11.