# 2018–19 in Indian football

The 2018–19 season is the 131st competitive association football season in India.

## National teams
### India national football team
#### 2018 Intercontinental Cup

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | India (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 6 | Advance to the Final |
| 2 | Kenya | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | Advance to the Final |
| 3 | New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 | |

##### Final
#### 2018 SAFF Championship
##### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 | Qualified for semi-finals |
| 2 | Maldives | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 | Qualified for semi-finals |
| 3 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 | |
* 1 2 Maldives and Sri Lanka were level on points, goal difference, goals against and head-to-head. The winner was decided by a coin toss.

##### Final
#### 2019 AFC Asian Cup
##### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United Arab Emirates (H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Thailand | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Bahrain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | India | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Thailand 3, Bahrain 0.

### India national under-23 football team
#### 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification
##### Group F

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Uzbekistan (H) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 4 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Tajikistan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 4 | |
| 3 | India | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 | |
| 4 | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |

### India men's national under-16 football team
#### 2018 AFC U-16 Championship
##### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Indonesia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | India | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 5 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Iran | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Vietnam | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 1 | |

##### Quarter-final
### India women's national football team
#### 2019 SAFF Women's Championship
##### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
| 1 | India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 6 | Qualified for Knockout stage |
| 2 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | Qualified for Knockout stage |
| 3 | Maldives | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 | |

##### Final
#### 2020 AFC Olympic Qualifying Tournatment
##### First Round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Myanmar (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 | Second round |
| 2 | India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 4 | Second round |
| 3 | Nepal | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Second round |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 1 | |

##### Second Round

Though India won first two matches against Indonesia and Nepal and was able to draw against Myanmar but due to Myanmar's goal difference is greater than that of India's, India could not move to the third round of the qualification.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Myanmar (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 7 | Third round |
| 2 | India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | |
| 3 | Nepal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Indonesia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 | |

### India women's national under-18 football team
#### 2018 SAFF U-18 Women's Championship
##### Group A

* Times listed are UTC+6
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
| 1 | India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 6 | Qualified for Knockout stage |
| 2 | Bhutan (H) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 3 | Qualified for Knockout stage |
| 3 | Maldives | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | −19 | 0 | |

##### Semi-final
### India women's national under-15 football team
#### 2018 SAFF U-15 Women's Championship

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
| 1 | India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 6 | Qualified for Semi-finals |
| 2 | Bhutan (H) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 3 | Qualified for Semi-finals |
| 3 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | −18 | 0 | |

##### Final
## AFC club competitions
### 2018 AFC Cup
#### Inter-zone play-off semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Bengaluru | 2–5 | Altyn Asyr | 2–3 | 0–2 |
Altyn Asyr won 5–2 on aggregate.

### 2019 AFC Champions League
#### Preliminary round 2

West Region :
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |

### 2019 AFC Cup

South Asia Zone :
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |

#### Group E

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ABD | CFC | MIN | MMC |
| 1 | Abahani Limited Dhaka | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 13 | Inter-zone play-off semi-finals | — | 3–2 | 2–2 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Chennaiyin | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 11 | | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Minerva Punjab | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 5 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 |
| 4 | Manang Marshyangdi Club | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 2 | | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | — |

## Club competitions
### Indian Super League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Bengaluru (C) | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 22 | +7 | 34 | Advance to ISL Playoffs |
| 2 | Goa | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 20 | +16 | 34 | Advance to ISL Playoffs |
| 3 | Mumbai City | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 20 | +5 | 30 | Advance to ISL Playoffs |
| 4 | NorthEast United | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 18 | +4 | 29 | Advance to ISL Playoffs |
| 5 | Jamshedpur | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 29 | 21 | +8 | 27 | |
| 6 | ATK | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 22 | −4 | 24 | |
| 7 | Pune City | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 30 | −6 | 22 | |
| 8 | Delhi Dynamos | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 27 | −4 | 18 | |
| 9 | Kerala Blasters | 18 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 28 | −10 | 15 | |
| 10 | Chennaiyin | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 32 | −16 | 9 | |
* ↑ Qualified for 2020 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs
* 1 2 Head-to-head standings: Bengaluru 6 pts, Goa 0 pts.

#### Results

| Home \ Away | KOL | BEN | CHE | DEL | GOA | JAM | KER | MUM | NEU | PUN |
| ATK | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Bengaluru | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Chennai | 2–3 | 2–1 | — | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 1–2 |
| Delhi | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Goa | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 4–2 |
| Jamshedpur | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 |
| Kerala Blasters | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Mumbai City | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 6–1 | — | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| NorthEast United | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 |
| Pune City | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | — |

#### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Bengaluru | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | |
| 4 | NorthEast United | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | |
| 4 | NorthEast United | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Bengaluru | 1 |
| | | | | | 2 | Goa | 0 |
| 2 | Goa | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | Goa | 0 |
| 3 | Mumbai City | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | |

#### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| NorthEast United | 2–4 | Bengaluru | 2–1 | 0–3 |
| Mumbai City | 2–5 | Goa | 1–5 | 1–0 |

#### Final
### I-League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Chennai City (C) | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 48 | 28 | +20 | 43 | Qualification for AFC Champions League preliminary round 1 |
| 2 | East Bengal | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 20 | +17 | 42 | |
| 3 | Real Kashmir | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 14 | +11 | 37 | |
| 4 | Churchill Brothers | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 23 | +12 | 34 | |
| 5 | Mohun Bagan | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 28 | −1 | 29 | |
| 6 | NEROCA | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 26 | |
| 7 | Aizawl | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 28 | −1 | 24 | |
| 8 | Indian Arrows | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 21 | |
| 9 | Minerva Punjab | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 19 | −9 | 18 | |
| 10 | Gokulam Kerala | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 33 | −8 | 17 | |
| 11 | Shillong Lajong (R) | 20 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 23 | 56 | −33 | 11 | Relegation to I-League 2nd Division (withdrew) |
* ↑ If the league champions cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League group stage, they will enter the AFC Cup group stage.
* 1 2 The game between Minerva Punjab and Real Kashmir was rescheduled, but eventually it was not played and both teams were awarded a point.

#### Promotion and relegation
##### Teams promoted

* Real Kashmir

##### Teams relegated

* None

#### Results

| Home \ Away | AFC | CHE | CHU | EAB | GOK | INA | MIN | MOH | NER | REK | SHI |
| Aizawl | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 |
| Chennai City | 4–3 | — | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 6–1 |
| Churchill Brothers | 4–1 | 3–2 | — | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 |
| East Bengal | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 |
| Gokulam Kerala | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Indian Arrows | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Minerva Punjab | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Mohun Bagan | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| NEROCA | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–3 | 3–2 |
| Real Kashmir | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | – | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 6–1 |
| Shillong Lajong | 2–1 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — |
* ↑ Both teams agreed to share one point each. Match was abandoned because of security issue.

### Super Cup

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 31 March | 31 March | | | | | | |
| Mohun Bagan | | | | | | | |
| Mohun Bagan | | 4 April | 4 April | | | | | |
| Bengaluru | w/o | 4 April | 4 April | | | | |
| Bengaluru | w/o | Bengaluru | 1 | | | | |
| 31 March | 31 March | | Bengaluru | 1 | | | | |
| 31 March | 31 March | Chennai City | 2 | | | | |
| Pune City | 2 | Chennai City | 2 | | | | |
| Pune City | 2 | | | | 9 April | 9 April | | |
| Chennai City | 4 | | | | 9 April | 9 April | |
| Chennai City | 4 | | | | Chennai City | 0 | |
| 30 March | 30 March | | | | | Chennai City | 0 | |
| 30 March | 30 March | | | | Goa | 3 | |
| Indian Arrows | 0 | | | | Goa | 3 | |
| Indian Arrows | 0 | 6 April | 6 April | | | | | |
| Goa | 3 | 6 April | 6 April | | | | |
| Goa | 3 | Goa | 4 | | | | |
| 2 April | 2 April | | Goa | 4 | | | | |
| 2 April | 2 April | Jamshedpur | 3 | | | | |
| Jamshedpur | w/o | Jamshedpur | 3 | | | | |
| Jamshedpur | w/o | | | | | | | 13 April | 13 April |
| Churchill Brothers | | | | | | | | 13 April | 13 April |
| Churchill Brothers | | | | | | | | Goa | 2 |
| 29 March | 29 March | | | | | | | | Goa | 2 |
| 29 March | 29 March | | | | | | | Chennaiyin | 1 |
| Chennaiyin | 2 | | | | | | | Chennaiyin | 1 |
| Chennaiyin | 2 | 7 April | 7 April | | | | | | |
| Mumbai City | 0 | 7 April | 7 April | | | | | | |
| Mumbai City | 0 | Chennaiyin | 2 | | | | | | |
| 3 April | 3 April | | Chennaiyin | 2 | | | | | | |
| 3 April | 3 April | NorthEast United | 1 | | | | | | |
| NEROCA | | NorthEast United | 1 | | | | | | |
| NEROCA | | | | | 10 April | 10 April | | | | |
| NorthEast United | w/o | | | | 10 April | 10 April | | | |
| NorthEast United | w/o | | | | Chennaiyin | 2 | | | |
| 30 March | 30 March | | | | | Chennaiyin | 2 | | | |
| 30 March | 30 March | | | | ATK | 0 | |
| Delhi Dynamos | w/o | | | | ATK | 0 | |
| Delhi Dynamos | w/o | 5 April | 5 April | | | | | |
| East Bengal | | 5 April | 5 April | | | | |
| East Bengal | | Delhi Dynamos | 3 | | | | |
| 1 April | 1 April | | Delhi Dynamos | 3 | | | | |
| 1 April | 1 April | ATK | 4 | | | | |
| ATK | 3 | ATK | 4 | | | | |
| Real Kashmir | 1 | | | | | | |

### I-League 2nd Division
#### Preliminary round
##### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Bengaluru (R) | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 3 | +23 | 22 | |
| 2 | Goa (R) | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 15 | |
| 3 | Lonestar Kashmir | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 11 | Advance to Final Round |
| 4 | ARA | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 10 | |
| 5 | Hindustan | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 29 | −24 | 0 | |
* 1 2 Reserves team are ineligible for advance to the next round

##### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ozone | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 20 | Advance to Final Round |
| 2 | Fateh Hyderabad | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 13 | |
| 3 | Kerala Blasters (R) | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 8 | |
| 4 | South United | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | −6 | 7 | |
| 5 | Chennaiyin (R) | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 6 | |
* 1 2 Reserves team are ineligible for advance to the next round

##### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Chhinga Veng | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 20 | Advance to Final Round |
| 2 | TRAU | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 20 | −3 | 17 | Advance to Final Round |
| 3 | Mohammedan | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 13 | +8 | 16 | |
| 4 | ATK (R) | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 14 | |
| 5 | Rainbow | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 13 | |
| 6 | Jamshedpur (R) | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 24 | −14 | 4 | |
* 1 2 Reserves team are ineligible for advance to the next round

#### Final round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | TRAU (Q) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 15 | Promotion to I-League |
| 2 | Chhinga Veng | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 13 | |
| 3 | Ozone | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Lonestar Kashmir | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 15 | −12 | 1 | |

### Indian Women's League
#### Group stage
##### Cluster I

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Gokulam Kerala | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | +15 | 15 | Semi Final |
| 2 | Central SSB Women | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 12 | Semi Final |
| 3 | Hans Women FC | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 6 | |
| 4 | Panjim Footballers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 4 | |
| 5 | Rising Student's Club | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 4 | |
| 6 | FC Alakhpura | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | |

##### Cluster II

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sethu | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 4 | +30 | 15 | Semi Final |
| 2 | Manipur Police | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 8 | +29 | 12 | Semi Final |
| 3 | FC Kolhapur City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 20 | −12 | 7 | |
| 4 | SAI-STC Cuttack | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 21 | −16 | 6 | |
| 5 | Bangalore United FC | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 15 | −12 | 4 | |
| 6 | Baroda Football Academy | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 23 | −19 | 0 | |

#### Knock–out stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Gokulam Kerala | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Manipur Police | 4 | | | |
| 4 | Manipur Police | 4 | Manipur Police | Manipur Police | 1 |
| | | | Sethu | Sethu | 3 |
| 3 | Sethu | 8 | Sethu | Sethu | 3 |
| 2 | Central SSB Women's | 1 | | | |