In 2008 Dempo managed to reach the semi-finals of the AFC Cup before being defeated by Al-Safa of Lebanon. [107] East Bengal also managed to reach the semi-finals in 2013 before being knocked-out by Kuwait. [108] Bengaluru is the only I-League club to reach the AFC Cup Final in 2016 but lost to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya of Iraq. [109] However, in the AFC Champions League, no I-League club has ever managed to make it past the qualifiers. [110] AFC Cup AFC Champions League Group stage Play-off Round Semi-finals Round of 16 DNP Qualifying Round 1 Preliminary Round 1 Preliminary Round 2 Inter-zone finals Group Stage Inter-zone semi-finals Cancelled ATK Mohun Bagan See also[edit] Football in India History of Indian football List of football clubs in India 2021–23 Indian football club competition play-offs for AFC IFA Shield NFL Second Division NFL Third Division References[edit] ^ "HERO MOTOCORP TO BE TITLE SPONSOR OF THE FEDERATION CUP AND I-LEAGUE".
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In its recommendation for 2024–25, it was agreed to fully implement promotion and relegation between the two leagues, and abolition of parallel league system. [44] Criticisms[edit] Financial situation[edit] One of the major criticisms of the I-League has been the league's continuing financial instability.
[8] The league's first season consisted of eight teams from the previous NFL campaign and two teams from the 2nd Division to form a 10 team league. [8] Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), the title sponsors of the previous NFL, were named as the title sponsors of the I-League before the league kicked off in November 2007. [9] The league also announced a change in their foreign-player restrictions with the new rule being that all the clubs could sign four foreigners – three non-Asian and one which must be Asian.
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[95] Before 2013 the I-League champions received a basic trophy. [95] The new trophy was designed in Europe and is modeled along the lines of the champion trophies in the top European leagues. [95] Regarding the trophy, the AIFF general secretary, Kushal Das, said "It is the endeavour of AIFF to practice the best principles of other leagues and accordingly we thought to create a more contemporary look to the I-League trophy in line with trophies given in European leagues".
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