2023–24 I-League 2

I-League 2
Season	2023–24
Dates	20 January – 27 April 2024
Champions	Sporting Bengaluru
Promoted	Sporting Bengaluru; Dempo
Relegated	Kenkre; Maharashtra Oranje
Matches	56
Goals	161 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorer	Thomyo L Shimray; Sahil Harijan; (11 goals)
Biggest home win	Maharashtra Oranje 3-0 Sudeva Delhi ; (1 Feb 2024) ; Bengaluru United 3-0 Sudeva Delhi ; (12 Feb 2024); Dempo 4-1 Maharashtra Oranje (30 Mar 2024); Sporting Bengaluru 3-0 Dempo; (6 Apr 2024); Maharashtra Oranje 3-0 Sporting Goa; (14 Apr 2024)
Biggest away win	Kenkre 0-4 Dempo; (15 Apr 2024); Kenkre 0-4 Sporting Bengaluru; (21 Apr 2024)
Highest scoring	Kenkre 3-5 Sudeva Delhi; (11 Apr 2024) ; United 5-3 Bengaluru United (14 Apr 2024)
Longest winning run	7 matches ; Sporting Bengaluru
Longest unbeaten run	7 matches ; Sporting Bengaluru
Longest winless run	7 matches; Maharashtra Oranje
Longest losing run	6 matches; Maharashtra Oranje
Highest attendance	1,235; Sporting Bengaluru 1–0 Sporting Goa; (24 Mar 2024)
Lowest attendance	10; Bengaluru United 1-2 Dempo; (3 Apr 2024)
Total attendance	11,798
Average attendance	210
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

2023–24 I-League 2 was the 16th season of the I-League 2 since its establishment in 2008. It was also the 2nd season as the third tier of the Indian football league system. The top two clubs on the league table will secure a place in the 2024–25 I-League season.

This was the first edition where the clubs have been reinstated from the previous season, after approval from the league committee on 13 January 2023.^[2]^[3]

Changes from last season

Teams

Promotion from 2023–24 I-League 3

Source:^[4]

Reinstatement from 2022–23 I-League 2 Final Round

Ambernath United Atlanta (now, Maharashtra Oranje)
Bengaluru United
United

Relegation from 2022–23 I-League

Promotion to 2023–24 I-League

With the introduction of the 4th tier I-League 3, the teams participating in I-League 2 have been reduced to 8.

Clubs

Clubs relegated from 2022–23 I-League enter I-League 2.
Clubs not promoted to 2023–24 I-League in the previous season are reinstated.
Clubs promoted from 2023–24 I-League 3 enter I-League 2.

2023–24 I-League 2 clubs

Sudeva Delhi

United

Mumbai

Mumbai clubs:
Maharashtra Oranje
Kenkre

Goa

Goa clubs:
Dempo
Sporting Goa

Bengaluru

Bengaluru clubs:
Bengaluru United
Sporting Bengaluru

Locations of I-League 2 clubs

Source:^[5]

Club	State	City	Stadium	Capacity
United	West Bengal	Kalyani	Kalyani Stadium	20,000
Maharashtra Oranje	Maharashtra	Mumbai	COE Kharghar	5,000
Kenkre	Maharashtra	Mumbai	COE Kharghar	5,000
Sudeva Delhi	Delhi	New Delhi	Ambedkar Stadium	15,000
Bengaluru United	Karnataka	Bengaluru	Padukone & Dravid COE	250
Sporting Bengaluru	Karnataka	Bengaluru	Bangalore Football Stadium	8,400
Sporting Goa	Goa	Panaji	Tilak Maidan	5,000
Dempo	Goa	Panaji	Ella Ground	500

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Bengaluru United	Fernando Varela	Faiz Khan	HYVE	NIMIDA
Dempo	Samir Naik	Ariston Costa	Shiv-Naresh	Dempo
Maharashtra Oranje	Augusto Wilson Da Silva	Manish Malyadri Siddha	KING	AWSCA
Kenkre	Akhil Kothari	Raul Almeida	Hummel	Kenkre Sports Foundation
Sporting Bengaluru	Chinta Chandrashekar Rao	Manoj Swamy Kannan	MS Sportswear	Sporting Group International
Sporting Goa	Armando Colaco	Joel Colaco		Models
Sudeva Delhi	Chencho Dorji	Ashray Bhardwaj	Shiv-Naresh	HCL
United	Steve Herbots	Sanjib Mondal	Trak Only

League table

Source:^[6]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sporting Bengaluru (C)	14	11	0	3	28	12	+16	33	Promotion to I-League^[7]
2	Dempo	14	8	3	3	21	13	+8	27	Promotion to I-League^[7]
3	Sudeva Delhi	14	7	2	5	17	19	−2	23
4	Bengaluru United	14	6	2	6	21	19	+2	20
5	Sporting Goa	14	6	1	7	19	18	+1	19
6	United	14	4	3	7	18	21	−3	15
7	Maharashtra Oranje	14	4	3	7	20	25	−5	15	Relegation to I-League 3^[8]
8	Kenkre	14	3	0	11	17	34	−17	9	Relegation to I-League 3^[8]

Source: I-League 2 AIFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) fair play ranking; 8) drawing of lots
(C) Champions

Results

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away	SCB	DEM	SUD	BEN	SCG	USC	MAO	KEN
Sporting Bengaluru	—	3–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	4–3
Dempo	1–0	—	3–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	4–1	0–2
Sudeva Delhi	0–1	0–0	—	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–2	2–1
Bengaluru United	0–1	1–2	3–0	—	1–0	2–2	2–1	4–2
Sporting Goa	4–3	0–1	1–1	1–0	—	1–2	2–0	2–1
United	1–0	0–1	0–1	5–3	0–2	—	1–1	0–1
Maharashtra Oranje	0–2	2–2	3–0	2–2	3–0	2–5	—	1–0
Kenkre	0–4	0–4	3–5	0–2	2–5	2–0	0–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2024. Source: I-League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by games

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Team ╲ Round
Maharashtra Oranje	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	W
Bengaluru United	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	L
United	W	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	W
Kenkre	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L
Sudeva Delhi	D	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	L
Sporting Goa	D	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	L
Dempo	D	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	W
Sporting Bengaluru	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W

Updated to match(es) played on 27 Apr 2024. Source: I-League
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 27 April 2024

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[9]^[10]
1	Thomyo L Shimray	Sporting Bengaluru	11
1	Sahil Harijan	United	11
3	Sanchit Singh	Maharashtra Oranje	9
4	Alister Anthony	Sporting Goa	8
5	Ramesh Chhetri	Sudeva Delhi	5

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Sahil Harijan	United	Maharashtra Oranje	5–2 (A)	12 February 2024	^[11]
Alister Anthony	Sporting Goa	Kenkre	5–2 (A)	2 April 2024	^[12]
Thomyo L Shimray	Sporting Bengaluru	Kenkre	4–0 (A)	21 April 2024	^[13]

Clean sheets