The 2018–19 I-League is the 12th season of the I-League and Minerva Punjab are the defending champions. Real Kashmir are making their debut in I-League as the promoted team from the 2017–18 I-League 2nd Division. The season will begin in October 2018.^[1]

Real Kashmir were promoted for winning 2017–18 I-League 2nd Division. Churchill Brothers were relegated in 2017–18 I-League season.

However in the Emergency Committee meeting held in New Delhi on 18 September 2018, it was decided to waive the relegation of Churchill Brothers and they were reinstated in I-League.^[2]

Aizawl

Churchill Brothers

NEROCA

Chennai City

Gokulam Kerala

Minerva Punjab

Kolkata

Shillong Lajong

Real Kashmir

Indian Arrows

Kolkata teams
East Bengal
Mohun Bagan

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Locations of the 2017–18 I-League teams

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Head coach	Captain	Sponsor	Co-Sponsor	Kit Sponsor
Aizawl	Gift Raikhan[4]	TBA	NECS	Amway	Vamos
Chennai City	Akbar Nawas[5]	Michael Regin	None	Nippon Paint	None
Churchill Brothers	Petre Gigiu[6]	TBA	Churchill Group		Nivia[7]
East Bengal	Alejandro Menéndez	TBA	Quess	Shyam Steel	PERF
Gokulam Kerala	Bino George	Musa Mudde	Aqualine	Gokulam	Kaizen
Indian Arrows	Floyd Pinto	Amarjit Singh Kiyam	Odisha Government	Hero	Nike
Minerva Punjab	Paul Munster	TBA	Apollo Tyres	Cleartrip, Gatorade	Astro
Mohun Bagan	Sankarlal Chakraborty	Shilton Paul		M.P Birla Cement Ripley	Shiv Naresh
Neroca	Manuel Retamero Fraile[8]	Lalit Thapa	Classic Group of Hotels	Likla Arun Enterprise	Sqad Gear
Real Kashmir	David Robertson	Loveday Enyinnaya	Kashmir Monitor		Adidas
Shillong Lajong	Alison Kharsyntiew	Samuel Lalmuanpuia			Nivia

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment
Chennai City	Soundararajan	End of contract	14 March 2018	Pre-season	Akbar Nawas	15 March 2018
Aizawl	Santosh Kashyap	End of contract	21 June 2018		Gift Raikhan	22 June 2018
NEROCA	Gift Raikhan	End of contract	1 July 2018		Manuel Retamero Fraile	7 July 2018
East Bengal	Khalid Jamil	Mutual consent	1 July 2018		Alejandro Menéndez	7 July 2018
Indian Arrows	Luís Norton de Matos	End of contract	1 July 2018		Floyd Pinto	7 July 2018
Minerva Punjab FC	Kogen singh	End of contract	1 July 2018		Paul Munster	7 July 2018

On 20 June 2018, it was decided by the All India Football Federation that the number of foreigners for each I-League club will be kept six as previous season. Asian player quota is abolished. Clubs can sign maximum six players of any nationality.^[1]

Indian Arrows cannot sign any foreign players as they are the AIFF developmental team.

Club	Visa 1	Visa 2	Visa 3	Visa 4	Visa 5	Visa 6	Former Players1
Aizawl	Alfred Jaryan	Enzo Prono	Léonce Dodoz Zikahi	Kareem Omolaja	Ansumana Kromah	Bektur Talgat Uulu
Chennai City	Tenzin Samdup	Pedro Manzi	Néstor Gordillo	Roberto Eslava	Sandro Rodríguez
Churchill Brothers	Khalid Aucho	Willis Plaza	David Izazola	Dawda Ceesay	Nenad Novakovic	Hussein El Dor
East Bengal	Johnny Acosta	Enrique Esqueda	Mahmoud Amnah	Kassim Aidara	Borja Gómez Pérez
Gokulam Kerala	Antonio German	Daniel Addo	Fabricio Ortiz	Guilherme Batata	Musa Mudde
Minerva Punjab	Aimable Nsabimana	Robert de souza	William Opoku	Philip Njoku	Lancine Touré	Yu Kuboki
Mohun Bagan	Sony Norde	Henry Kisekka	Aser Pierrick Dipanda	Kingsley Obumneme	Omar Elhussieny	Yuta Kinowaki
NEROCA	Varney Kallon	Eduardo Ferreira	Aryn Williams	Felix Chidi Odili	Mauro Boerchio	Katsumi Yusa
Real Kashmir	Aaron Katebe	Mason Robertson	Loveday Enyinnaya	Henry Ezeh	Bazie Armand	Gnohere Krizo
Shillong Lajong[9]

• ^1 Foreign players who left their clubs midway or after first half of the season.
• In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.

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  Home Match Win;   Match Drawn;   Away Match Win;

The following table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve the chronological evolution, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled but added to the full round they were played immediately afterward. If a club from the I League wins the super cup, they will qualify for the AFC Champions League, unless they have already qualified for it through their league position.

As of 26 October 2018

Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Pedro Manzi Chennai City 3 2 Enrique Esqueda East Bengal 2 3 Amarji Kiyam Indian Arrows 1 3 A.R Jesuraj Chennai City 1

Top Assists Rank Player Club Assists 1 Aniket Jadhav Indian Arrows 1 Boris Singh Thangjam Indian Arrows 1 Rohit Danu Indian Arrows 1 K.Govindswsmy Chennai City 1 M.S.Lourdusamy Chennai City 1 M.S.Thangalakath Chennai City 1

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Pedro Manzi	Chennai City	Indian Arrows	4–1	26 October 2018

Attendance Average home attendances Team GP Cumulative High Low Mean Aizawl 0 0 0 0 0 Chennai City 1 8,262 8,262 8,262 8,262 Churchill Brothers 0 0 0 0 0 East Bengal 0 0 0 0 0 Gokulam Kerala 0 0 0 0 0 Indian Arrow 0 0 0 0 0 Minerva Punjab 0 0 0 0 0 Mohun Bagan 0 0 0 0 0 NEROCA 0 0 0 0 0 Real Kashmir 0 0 0 0 0 Shillong Lajong 0 0 0 0 0 Total 0 0 0 0 0 Source:[10] Highest attendances Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Week Stadium Notes: Updated to games played on 28 October 2018. Source: Awards Hero of the Match Match Hero of the Match Match Hero of the Match Match Hero of the Match Player Club Player Club Player Club 1 Pedro Manzi Chennai 2 3 Monthly awards Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Goal of the Month Reference Manager Club Player Club Player Club Notes: Fan's voting See also 2019 Indian Super Cup 2018–19 I-League 2nd Division 2018–19 I-League U18 2018–19 I-League U15 References ^ a b "AIFF LEAGUE COMMITTEE MEETS AT FOOTBALL HOUSE". AIFF. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018. ^ "Churchill Bros back in I-League". heraldgoa.com. Retrieved 19 September 2018. ^ "I-League: Minerva Punjab to play home matches in Panchkula". Indianexpress.com. Retrieved 22 September 2018. ^ "I-League: Aizawl FC snap up Gift Raikhan from NEROCA FC". goal.com. Retrieved 4 October 2018. ^ Parasar, Swapnaneel (20 March 2018). "I-League: Akbar Nawas takes over at Chennai City FC". Goal. Retrieved 23 June 2018. ^ "Churchill Brothers put faith in Romanian coach". timesofindia.com. Retrieved 19 September 2018. ^ "Hussain eldor on instagram". instagram.com. Retrieved 19 September 2018. ^ Neogi, Saurav (7 June 2018). "NEROCA appoint Spaniard Manuel Fraile as new head coach". Khelnow. Retrieved 23 June 2018. ^ "I-League 2018-19: Shillong Lajong to field an all-Indian squad". goal.com. Retrieved 19 September 2018. ^ [https: "Attendance"]. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help) External links Official website