# 2017–18 in Indian football

The 2017–18 season is the 130th competitive association football season in India.

## National teams
### India national football team
#### 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | India | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 13 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Kyrgyzstan | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 13 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup | 2–1 | — | 5–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Myanmar | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 8 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Macau | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 0 | | 0–2 | 3–4 | 0–4 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head results: India 1–0 Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyzstan 2–1 India (India are ahead of Kyrgyzstan on head to head away goals).

#### Goalscorers

Updated 10 June 2018 after match against Kenya.
| Player | Goals |
| Sunil Chhetri | 11 |
| Jeje Lalpekhlua | 5 |
| Balwant Singh | 3 |
| Sandesh Jhingan | 1 |
| Robin Singh | 1 |
| Jackichand Singh | 1 |
| Rowllin Borges | 1 |
| Udanta Singh | 1 |
| Pronay Halder | 1 |

#### Debutants

* Jerry Lalrinzuala against Nepal on 6 June 2017.
* Nikhil Poojari against Mauritius on 19 August 2017.
* Amrinder Singh against Mauritius on 19 August 2017.
* Manvir Singh against Mauritius on 19 August 2017.
* Anirudh Thapa against Saint Kitts and Nevis on 24 August 2017.
* Salam Ranjan Singh against Macau on 10 October 2017.

### India national under-23 football team
#### 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualifiers

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Qatar (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Syria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | Final tournament |
| 3 | India | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Turkmenistan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 | |

#### Friendlies
### India national under-20 football team
#### 2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualifiers

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 9 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Yemen | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | |
| 3 | India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 | |
| 4 | Turkmenistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 | |

#### 2017 SAFF U-18 Championship

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
| 1 | Nepal (C) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 9 | Champion |
| 2 | Bangladesh | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 9 | |
| 3 | India | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 6 | |
| 4 | Bhutan (H) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 6 | |
| 5 | Maldives | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 | |
* 1 2 Nepal ahead of Bangladesh on head-to-head points: Bangladesh 1–2 Nepal
* 1 2 India ahead of Bhutan on head-to-head points: India 3–0 Bhutan

#### Friendlies
### India national under-17 football team
#### 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ghana | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Colombia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 4 | India (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Colombia 3, United States 0.

#### 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualifiers

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Iraq | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 7 | Final tournament |
| 2 | India | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 | Final tournament |
| 3 | Palestine | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 | |
| 4 | Nepal (H) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 | |

#### 2017 SAFF U-15 Championship

| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts |
| 1 | India | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Nepal (H) | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Maldives | 2 | 0 |

## AFC competitions
### 2017 AFC Cup
#### Inter-zone play-off semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Bengaluru | 3–0 | April 25 | 3–0 | 0–0 |

#### Inter-zone play-off final

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Istiklol | 3–2 | Bengaluru | 1–0 | 2–2 |

### 2018 AFC Champions League
#### Play-off Round

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| West Region |||
| Zob Ahan | 3–1 | Aizawl |

### 2018 AFC Cup
#### Play-off Round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| South Asia Zone |||||
| TC Sports | 2–8 | Bengaluru | 2–3 | 0–5 |

#### Preliminary round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| South Asia Zone |||||
| Transport United | 0–3 | Bengaluru | 0–0 | 0–3 |

#### Group stage
##### Group E

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BFC | RAD | ABD | AIZ |
| 1 | Bengaluru | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 15 | Inter-zone play-off semi-finals | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 |
| 2 | New Radiant | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 12 | | 2–0 | — | 5–1 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Abahani Limited Dhaka | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 4 | | 0–4 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Aizawl | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 4 | | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | — |
* ↑ Head-to-head results: Aizawl 0–3 Abahani Limited Dhaka, Abahani Limited Dhaka 1–1 Aizawl.

## Club competitions
### Indian Super League
#### Teams added

* Bengaluru
* Jamshedpur

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bengaluru | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 16 | +19 | 40 | Qualification for ISL play-offs |
| 2 | Chennaiyin (C) | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 19 | +5 | 32 | Qualification for ISL play-offs |
| 3 | Goa | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 42 | 28 | +14 | 30 | Qualification for ISL play-offs |
| 4 | Pune City | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 21 | +9 | 30 | Qualification for ISL play-offs |
| 5 | Jamshedpur | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 26 | |
| 6 | Kerala Blasters | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 22 | −2 | 25 | |
| 7 | Mumbai City | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 29 | −4 | 23 | |
| 8 | Delhi Dynamos | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 19 | |
| 9 | ATK | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 30 | −14 | 16 | |
| 10 | NorthEast United | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 27 | −15 | 11 | |

#### Results

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

#### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Bengaluru | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Pune City | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Pune City | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Bengaluru | 2 |
| | | | | | 2 | Chennaiyin | 3 |
| 2 | Chennaiyin | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | Chennaiyin | 3 |
| 3 | Goa | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | |

#### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Pune City | 1–3 | Bengaluru | 0–0 | 1–3 |
| Goa | 1–4 | Chennaiyin | 1–1 | 0–3 |

#### Final
### I-League
#### Promotion and relegation
##### Teams promoted

* NEROCA

##### Teams relegated

* Mumbai

#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Minerva Punjab (C) | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 16 | +8 | 35 | Qualification to 2019 AFC Champions League qualifier |
| 2 | NEROCA | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 32 | |
| 3 | Mohun Bagan | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 14 | +14 | 31 | |
| 4 | East Bengal | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 19 | +13 | 31 | |
| 5 | Aizawl | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 24 | |
| 6 | Shillong Lajong | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 25 | −8 | 22 | |
| 7 | Gokulam Kerala | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 21 | |
| 8 | Chennai City | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 24 | −9 | 19 | |
| 9 | Churchill Brothers | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 28 | −11 | 17 | |
| 10 | Indian Arrows | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 24 | −11 | 15 | |
* ↑ Qualified for 2019 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs
* ↑ Churchill Brothers were relegated, but reinstated after the appeal.
* ↑ Indian Arrows were exempted from relegation, as they are an AIFF developmental team.

#### Results table

| Home \ Away | AIZ | CHE | CB | KEB | IA | GK | MP | MB | NFC | SHI |
| Aizawl | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Chennai City | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Churchill Brothers | 1–0 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| East Bengal | 2–2 | 7–1 | 3–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 |
| Indian Arrows | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | — | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 |
| Gokulam Kerala | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–2 |
| Minerva Punjab | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Mohun Bagan | 2–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| NEROCA | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | — | 0–2 |
| Shillong Lajong | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | — |

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

Group A :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Real Kashmir | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 22 | Advance to Final round |
| 2 | Hindustan | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 20 | Advance to Final round |
| 3 | Pune City (R) | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 13 | |
| 4 | Delhi United | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 9 | |
| 5 | Delhi Dynamos (R) | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 8 | |
| 6 | Lonestar Kashmir | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 18 | −9 | 2 | |
* 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 | Kerala Blasters (R) | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 17 | +8 | 21 | |
| 2 | Ozone | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 3 | +16 | 19 | Advance to Final round |
| 3 | Kerala | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 19 | |
| 4 | Fateh Hyderabad | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | +7 | 17 | |
| 5 | Goa (R) | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 9 | |
| 6 | Madhya Bharat | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 39 | −36 | 0 | |
* 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 | TRAU | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 9 | +17 | 23 | Advance to Final round |
| 2 | Bengaluru (R) | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 17 | |
| 3 | Langsning | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 15 | |
| 4 | Jamshedpur (R) | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 22 | −11 | 11 | |
| 5 | Mohammedan | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 12 | |
| 6 | Chennaiyin (R) | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 26 | −18 | 6 | |
* 1 2 3 Reserves team are ineligible for advance to the next round

#### Final round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Real Kashmir (C) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 7 | Promotion to 2018–19 I-League |
| 2 | Hindustan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Ozone | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | TRAU | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | KRYPHSA | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 3 | +21 | 14 | Semi Final |
| 2 | Eastern Sporting Union | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 14 | Semi Final |
| 3 | Sethu | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 13 | Semi Final |
| 4 | Rising Students Club | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 10 | Semi Final |
| 5 | Gokulam Kerala | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 4 | |
| 6 | Indira Gandhi AS&E | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 29 | −21 | 3 | |
| 7 | Rush Soccer | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 1 | |

#### Knock-out stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | KRYPHSA | 0 (3) | | | |
| 4 | Rising Student | 0 (4) | | | |
| 4 | Rising Student | 0 (4) | Rising Student | Rising Student | 1 (5) |
| | | | Eastern Sporting Union | Eastern Sporting Union | 1 (4) |
| 3 | Eastern Sporting Union | 2 | Eastern Sporting Union | Eastern Sporting Union | 1 (4) |
| 2 | Sethu | 0 | | | |

### Super Cup

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 31 March | 31 March | | | | | | |
| Aizawl (pen.) | 2 (5) | | | | | | |
| Aizawl (pen.) | 2 (5) | 8 April | 8 April | | | | | |
| Chennaiyin | 2 (3) | 8 April | 8 April | | | | |
| Chennaiyin | 2 (3) | Aizawl | 0 | | | | |
| 5 April | 5 April | | Aizawl | 0 | | | | |
| 5 April | 5 April | East Bengal | 1 | | | | |
| East Bengal | 2 | East Bengal | 1 | | | | |
| East Bengal | 2 | | | | 16 April | 16 April | | |
| Mumbai City | 1 | | | | 16 April | 16 April | |
| Mumbai City | 1 | | | | East Bengal | 1 | |
| 2 April | 2 April | | | | | East Bengal | 1 | |
| 2 April | 2 April | | | | Goa | 0 | |
| Minerva Punjab | 0 (4) | | | | Goa | 0 | |
| Minerva Punjab | 0 (4) | 12 April | 12 April | | | | | |
| Jamshedpur (pen.) | 0 (5) | 12 April | 12 April | | | | |
| Jamshedpur (pen.) | 0 (5) | Jamshedpur | 1 | | | | |
| 3 April | 3 April | | Jamshedpur | 1 | | | | |
| 3 April | 3 April | Goa | 5 | | | | |
| Goa | 3 | Goa | 5 | | | | |
| Goa | 3 | | | | | | | 20 April | 20 April |
| ATK | 1 | | | | | | | 20 April | 20 April |
| ATK | 1 | | | | | | | East Bengal | 1 |
| 1 April | 1 April | | | | | | | | East Bengal | 1 |
| 1 April | 1 April | | | | | | | Bengaluru | 4 |
| Churchill Brothers | 1 | | | | | | | Bengaluru | 4 |
| Churchill Brothers | 1 | 11 April | 11 April | | | | | | |
| Mohun Bagan | 2 | 11 April | 11 April | | | | | | |
| Mohun Bagan | 2 | Mohun Bagan | 3 | | | | | | |
| 4 April | 4 April | | Mohun Bagan | 3 | | | | | | |
| 4 April | 4 April | Shillong Lajong | 1 | | | | | | |
| Pune City | 2 | Shillong Lajong | 1 | | | | | | |
| Pune City | 2 | | | | 17 April | 17 April | | | | |
| Shillong Lajong | 3 | | | | 17 April | 17 April | | | |
| Shillong Lajong | 3 | | | | Mohun Bagan | 2 | | | |
| 1 April | 1 April | | | | | Mohun Bagan | 2 | | | |
| 1 April | 1 April | | | | Bengaluru | 4 | |
| Bengaluru | 2 | | | | Bengaluru | 4 | |
| Bengaluru | 2 | 13 April | 13 April | | | | | |
| Gokulam Kerala | 1 | 13 April | 13 April | | | | |
| Gokulam Kerala | 1 | Bengaluru | 3 | | | | |
| 6 April | 6 April | | Bengaluru | 3 | | | | |
| 6 April | 6 April | NEROCA | 1 | | | | |
| NEROCA | 3 | NEROCA | 1 | | | | |
| Kerala Blasters | 2 | | | | | | |

### Club managerial changes

This is a list of changes of managers within Indian league football:
| Team | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming coach | Date of appointment |
| Goa | Zico | Contract finished | 18 December 2016 | Pre-season | Sergio Lobera | 6 June 2017 |
| East Bengal | Mridul Banerjee | Mutual consent | 22 June 2017 | Pre-season | Khalid Jamil | 22 June 2017 |
| Delhi Dynamos | Gianluca Zambrotta | Mutual consent | 14 June 2017 | Pre-season | Miguel Ángel Portugal | 29 June 2017 |
| Chennaiyin | Marco Materazzi | Mutual consent | 6 March 2017 | Pre-season | John Gregory | 3 July 2017 |
| Jamshedpur | Expansion club | Expansion club | Expansion club | Pre-season | Steve Coppell | 14 July 2017 |
| Kerala Blasters | Steve Coppell | Mutual consent | 12 July 2017 | Pre-season | René Meulensteen | 14 July 2017 |
| ATK | José Francisco Molina | Mutual consent | 18 December 2016 | Pre-season | Teddy Sheringham | 14 July 2017 |
| NorthEast United | Nelo Vingada | Mutual consent | 15 May 2017 | Pre-season | João de Deus | 17 July 2017 |
| Aizawl | Khalid Jamil | Mutual consent | 22 June 2017 | Pre-season | Paulo Menezes | 28 July 2017 |
| Pune City | Antonio López Habas | Mutual consent | 15 September 2017 | Pre-season | Ranko Popović | 25 September 2017 |
| Churchill Brothers | Alfred Fernandes | Unknown | Unknown | Pre-season | Mykola Shevchenko | 13 November 2017 |
| Minerva Punjab | Surinder Singh | Unknown | Unknown | Pre-season | Wangkhem Khogen Singh | 24 November 2017 |
| Indian Arrows | New direct entry club | New direct entry club | New direct entry club | Pre-season | Luís Norton de Matos | 29 November 2017 |
| Shillong Lajong | Thangboi Singto | Mutual consent | 7 June 2017 | Pre-season | Bobby Nongbet | Unknown |
| Kerala Blasters | René Meulensteen | Sacked | 3 January 2018 | 8th | David James | 3 January 2018 |
| NorthEast United | João de Deus | Sacked | 3 January 2018 | 9th | Avram Grant | 12 January 2018 |
| ATK | Teddy Sheringham | Sacked | 24 January 2018 | 8th | Ashley Westwood (Interim) | 24 January 2018 |
| Aizawl | Paulo Menezes | Sacked | 12 February 2018 | 5th | Santosh Kashyap | 14 February 2018 |
| ATK | Ashley Westwood | Resignation | 2 March 2018 | 9th | Robbie Keane (Player Manager) | 3 March 2018 |