The 2016–17 I-League 2nd Division was the tenth season of the I-League 2nd Division, the second-tier Indian league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2008. The season began on 21 January 2017 and featured 12 teams which was divided into three groups of four teams each. NEROCA won the title and secured the promotion to I-League. 12 teams participated in the league.
Teams
Stadiums and locations Note: Table lists in alphabetical order. Team Location Stadium Capacity Delhi United New Delhi, Delhi Ambedkar Stadium 20,000 Fateh Hyderabad Hyderabad, Telangana Gachibowli Athletic Stadium 30,000 Hindustan New Delhi, Delhi Thyagaraj Sports Complex 5,000 Kenkre Mumbai, Maharastra Cooperage Ground 5,000 Lonestar Kashmir Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir Polo Ground 10,000 Mohammedan Kolkata, West Bengal Mohammedan Sporting Ground 15,000 NEROCA Imphal, Manipur Khuman Lampak Main Stadium 30,000 Ozone Bangalore, Karnataka Bangalore Football Stadium 8,400 Pride Sports Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh Dr. Rajendra Prasad Football Stadium 10,000 Real Kashmir Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir Bakshi Stadium 30,000 Southern Samity Kolkata, West Bengal Barasat Stadium 22,000 Sudeva Moonlight New Delhi, Delhi Ambedkar Stadium 20,000
Personnel and kits Team Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Clebson Duarte Da SilvaNiviaAakash Healthcare ES ShyamT10 SportsNone Abhijoy basuCoscoHero Ekendra SinghCoscoCustomers Fahd KhanNoneLonestar Ranjan ChowdhuryKaizen SportsNone Gift RaikhanNoneClassic group of hotels Bert ZuurmanNoneOzone Group Paulo PedroNoneNone David RobertsonNoneMentor Amit SenNone None Carlton ChapmanNoneUnited Nations
Foreign players Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to three per team. A team could use two foreign players on the field each game.
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Released Delhi United Stephen Harry Chibueze Jonathon Hamidullah Nesar Ahmed Mohammed Adeola Hassan Fateh Hyderabad Adam Mitter Luis Carlos Santos Saihou Jagne Bruno Bryan Hindustan Adehin Nelson — — — Kenkre Yao Kouassi Bernard Boubacar Keita Korhena A Boakai Spenser Johnson Lonestar Kashmir Lancine Toure Alexandre Tabillon — Mohammedan Leonce Dodoz Lancine Toure Alexandre Tabillon — NEROCA Varney Kallon Emmanuel Chinedu Felix Chidi Odili — Ozone Cornell Glen Chika Wali Roby Norales — Pride Sports — — — — Real Kashmir Lamine Tamba Lago Bei — — Southern Samity Ogba Kalu Nnanna Agwu Richard Odafa Okolie Daniel Bedemi Sudeva Moonlight Peterson Joseph Jason Starr — —
Preliminary round TiebreakersThe 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
Group A
Fixtures and results
Group B
Fixtures and results
Group C
Fixtures and results
Final round
Season statistics
Top scorers
Updated: 28 May 2017 RankPlayerClubGoals1 Odafa Okolie Southern Samity 9 Felix Chidi OdiliNEROCA3 Stephan HarryDelhi United 84 Anto XavierOzone 75 Subhash Singh NEROCA66 Yao Kouassi BernardKenkre5 Aakif JavaidLonestar Kashmir8 Vanlal BiaaMohammedan4 Lago Dogbo BeiReal Kashmir Ashim Biswas Southern Samity Pritam Singh NEROCA Saihou Jagne Fateh Hyderabad 13 Prem KumarReal Kashmir3 Ogba Kalu Nnanna Southern Samity Thangjam Singh NEROCA Mashangva ZenithDelhi United Basanta Singh Southern Samity Sampath Kuttymani Kenkre Yogesh KadamKenkre
References
External links I-League website.