# 2019–20 Indian Elite League

The 2019–20 Elite League, also known as 2019–20 Hero Elite League for sponsorship reasons, was the twelfth season of the Indian Elite League and the fifth season of the competition as an under-18 one. Punjab F.C. were the defending champions.
On 18 April 2020, All India Football Federation, the organising body of the league announced that the league would be called off due to coronavirus pandemic.

## Zonal 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
    As of 18 April 2020

### Maharashtra zone

The matches of Maharashtra zone kicked off on 25 November 2019 with Kenkre defeating Mumbaikars 5–1 in the opening game.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RFYC | IB | IFA | FSI | IRS | KFC | FCM | OS |
| 1 | RF Young Champs | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 7 | +40 | 39 | Advanced to zonal round | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 9–0 |
| 2 | Iron Born FC | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 29 | Advanced to zonal round | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| 3 | Indian Football Academy | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 10 | +18 | 27 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 |
| 4 | Football School of India | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 19 | | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| 5 | India Rush Steadfast | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 15 | | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 0–3 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 |
| 6 | Kenkre | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 18 | −3 | 13 | | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 7 | FC Mumbaikars | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 30 | −19 | 10 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–5 | — | 5–1 |
| 8 | Oscar SSE | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 48 | −42 | 5 | | 0–7 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | — |

### Chennai & Bengaluru zone

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BFC | RVSS | OFB | SSF | CFC | BJFS | FCM |
| 1 | Bengaluru FC | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 6 | +37 | 34 | Advanced to Final round | — | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 7–0 | 7–0 |
| 2 | Raman Vijayan Soccer School | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 20 | +12 | 24 | Advanced to Final round | 2–5 | — | 4–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Ozone FC | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 12 | +14 | 18 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 7–1 |
| 4 | Stadium Sports Foundation | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 15 | +7 | 18 | | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 |
| 5 | Chennaiyin | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 16 | | 1–5 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| 6 | Boca Juniors Football School | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 39 | −25 | 8 | | 0–5 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 0–3 | — | 6–1 |
| 7 | FC Madras | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 58 | −47 | 1 | | 1–4 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 1–7 | 1–6 | 2–2 | — |

### Delhi, Jaipur & Punjab zone

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PFC | OFC | SFC | BBFS | YFC | UPFC | CF | MPS |
| 1 | Punjab | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 3 | +30 | 34 | Advanced to Final round | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 7–0 |
| 2 | Odisha FC | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 45 | 12 | +33 | 31 | Advanced to Final round | 2–2 | — | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Sudeva | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 13 | +20 | 28 | | 0–3 | 0–2 | — | 4–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 |
| 4 | Bhaichung Bhutia Football Schools | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 18 | | 0–1 | 2–5 | 1–6 | — | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| 5 | Youth Football Club | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 29 | −17 | 17 | | 0–1 | 1–7 | 0–4 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 6 | United Punjab | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 24 | −11 | 16 | | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| 7 | Conscient Football | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 25 | −12 | 14 | | 0–0 | 3–5 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 |
| 8 | Maximus Prime Sports | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 45 | −42 | 0 | | 0–2 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | — |

### Goa zone

The matches of Goa zone kicked off on 21 December 2019 with a 2–2 draw between Sesa Football Academy and Sporting Goa.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FCG | DSC | SFC | SCG | SFA |
| 1 | FC Goa | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 17 | Advanced to Final round | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Dempo | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 17 | Advanced to Final round | 0–3 | — | 6–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Salgaocar | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 12 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Sporting Goa | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 6 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | — | 2–1 |
| 5 | Sesa Football Academy | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 4 | | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | — |

### Kolkata zone

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ATK | USC | QEB | BFA | SAI | BM | MB | BSC |
| 1 | ATK | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 6 | +30 | 36 | Advanced to Final round | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | United SC | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 6 | +19 | 31 | Advanced to Final round | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | East Bengal | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 11 | +12 | 30 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 4 | Bengal Football Academy | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 22 | −6 | 19 | | 0–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | — | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| 5 | SAI-Kolkata | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 24 | −13 | 13 | | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 6 | Bidhannagar Municipal SA | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 17 | −8 | 11 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| 7 | Mohun Bagan | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | −10 | 9 | | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | |
| 8 | Baranagar SC | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 29 | −24 | 7 | | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — |

### Shillong & Assam zone

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | NFA | RDU | SAI | SLG |
| 1 | NRL Football Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advanced to Final round | — | | | |
| 2 | Rangdajied United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advanced to Final round | | — | | |
| 3 | SAI-Guwahati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | — | |
| 4 | Shillong Lajong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | — |

### Jharkhand & Odisha zone

The matches of Jharkhand & Odisha zone kicked off on 15 February 2020 with a 2–2 draw between SAIL Football Academy Bokaro and Dhanbad Football Academy.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | JFC | SHO | DFA | SAJ | SFA | FAO |
| 1 | Jamshedpur | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | +17 | 16 | Advanced to Final round | — | | | 6–0 | 4–1 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Sports Hostel Odisha | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 14 | Advanced to Final round | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | | | 7–0 |
| 3 | Dhanbad Football Academy | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 10 | | 0–2 | | — | 2–0 | 3–2 | |
| 4 | Sports Authority of Jharkhand | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 9 | | | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| 5 | SAIL Football Academy Bokaro | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | −6 | 4 | | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–2 | | — | |
| 6 | FAO Academy | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 17 | −16 | 4 | | | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — |

## Statistics
### Top scorers

    As of 18 April 2020
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Akshunna Tyagi | Odisha FC | 20 |
| 2 | Rishabh Dobriyal | Odisha FC | 18 |
| 3 | Sivasakthi Narayanan | Raman Vijayan SS | 17 |
| 4 | Shubho Paul | Sudeva FC | 14 |
| 4 | Akashdeep Singh | Bengaluru FC | 14 |
| 6 | Bishnu Bordoloi | ATK | 13 |
| 7 | Ashangam Aphoaba Singh | Punjab FC | 11 |
| 7 | Ojas Kamat | Ozone | 11 |
| 9 | Kamalesh P | Raman Vijayan SS | 9 |
| 9 | Deepak Chetri | United SC | 9 |

### Cleansheets

    As of 18 April 2020
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Jaskaranvir Singh | Punjab FC | 12 |
| 2 | Deep Nandy | United | 9 |
| 3 | Dipesh Chauhan | Bengaluru FC | 8 |
| 4 | Bacchu Das | East Bengal | 7 |
| 5 | Khoirom Jackson Singh | Reliance Foundation YC | 6 |
| 5 | Ryan Souza | Dempo | 6 |