2019–20 2nd Division League

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]

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.

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:

1. 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

ATK (R) v Jamshedpur (R)

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

Lonestar Kashmir v Rajasthan

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

Punjab (R) v Rajasthan

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

Lonestar Kashmir v Garhwal

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

Garhwal v ATK (R)

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

Jamshedpur (R) v Rajasthan

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

Lonestar Kashmir F.C. v Punjab (R)

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

ATK (R) v Rajasthan

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

Garhwal v Jamshedpur (R)

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

Jamshedpur (R) v Lonestar Kashmir F.C.

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

Garhwal F.C. v Rajasthan

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

ATK (R) v Lonestar Kashmir F.C.

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

ATK (R) v Punjab (R)

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

AU Rajasthan|Rajasthan v Garhwal

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

Jamshedpur (R) v Punjab (R)

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

Lonestar Kashmir v Jamshedpur (R)

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

Punjab (R) v ATK (R)

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

Punjab (R) v ATK (R)

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

Lonestar Kashmir v Jamshedpur (R)

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

Jamshedpur (R) v Garhwal

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

ATK (R) v Garhwal

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

AU Rajasthan|Rajasthan v Jamshedpur (R)

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

Punjab (R) v Garhwal

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

AU Rajasthan|Rajasthan v ATK (R)

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

Punjab (R) v Lonestar Kashmir

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

Garhwal v Lonestar Kashmir

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

AU Rajasthan|Rajasthan v Punjab (R)

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

Jamshedpur (R) v ATK (R)

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

Garhwal v Punjab (R)

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

AU Rajasthan|Rajasthan v ATK (R)

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:

1. 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

Bhawanipore v Mohammedan

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

Chennaiyin (R) v Bengaluru (R)

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

Chennaiyin (R) v Bhawanipore

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

Chennaiyin (R) v Hyderabad (R)

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

Mohammedan v Bengaluru (R)

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

Bhawanipore v Bengaluru (R)

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

Hyderabad (R) v Bhawanipore

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

Mohammedan v Chennaiyin (R)

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

Bhawanipore v Bengaluru (R)

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

Hyderabad (R) v Mohammedan

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

Bengaluru (R) v Hyderabad (R)

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

Chennaiyin (R) v Mohammedan

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

Bengaluru (R) v Mohammedan

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

Hyderabad (R) v Chennaiyin (R)

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

Bengaluru (R) v Bhawanipore

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

Mohammedan v Hyderabad (R)

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

Bhawanipore v Hyderabad (R)

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

Bengaluru (R) v Chennaiyin (R)

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

Mohammedan v Bhawanipore

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:

1. 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

FC Kerala v Kerala Blasters (R)

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

ARA v Mumbai City (R)

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

FC Goa v Bengaluru United

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

ARA v FC Kerala

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

Mumbai (R) v Bengaluru United

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

ARA v Bengaluru United

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

Mumbai (R) v F.C. Kerala

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

Kerala Blasters (R) v Goa (R)

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

FC Kerala v Goa (R)

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

Mumbai (R) v Kerala Blasters (R)

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

Bengaluru United v Kerala Blasters (R)

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

FC Goa v ARA

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

Bengaluru United v ARA

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

Bengaluru United v FC Kerala

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

FC Goa v Mumbai (R)

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

ARA v Kerala Blasters (R)

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

Bengaluru United v Mumbai (R)

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

Kerala Blasters (R) v FC Kerala

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

Mumbai (R) v ARA

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

FC Goa v FC Kerala

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

Kerala Blasters (R) v Mumbai (R)

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	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rajasthan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2020–21 I-League Promotion
2	Mohammedan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Garhwal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Lonestar Kashmir	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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

Final Round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ARA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2020–21 I-League Promotion
2	Kerala	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Bhawanipore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Bengaluru United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
	Ekombong Victor Philip	Garhwal
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
	Ronaldo Oliveira	Kerala Blasters (R)

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
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
	Priyant Singh	Mohammedan
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. External links https://i-league.org/category/2nd-division-league/ https://www.the-aiff.com/competitions/second-division