I-League 2024-25 fixtures announced: Tournament to begin from November 22
The I-league fixtures were announced on Wednesday as 12 teams will fight to earn promotion to the Indian Super League (ISL).
Published : Oct 24, 2024 15:46 IST , CHENNAI - 1 MIN READ
Gokulam Kerala is a two-time I-League champion.
The I-League campaign will begin from November 22 with Sreenidi Deccan taking on Gokulam Kerala in the season-opener in Hyderabad.
The fixtures were announced on Wednesday as 12 teams will fight to earn promotion to the Indian Super League (ISL). The I-League will run through December, January, February, and March, ending on April 6, 2025.
The two newly promoted teams are Sporting Club Bengaluru and Dempo SC, making a return to the division after eight seasons.
Dempo withdrew from the I-League before the 2016-17 season in protest of the All India Football Federation’s (AIFF) proposed roadmap of promoting the ISL as the top-division league.
The AIFF said it held a meeting with the I-League club owners on Thursday and they agreed to its proposals “to invite potential sponsors and the initiative to bring the telecasting partners and broadcasting team on board for all the I-League matches, including the IWL and other elite group of competitions in AIFF”.
“Hopefully, we will be able to complete this process by the second week of November as the first match is on 22nd November. That is what we have decided and a couple of points were raised by the I-League clubs, which are being considered by the AIFF,” AIFF secretary general Anilkumar Prabhakaran said.