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The 2023–24 I-League 3 was the 1st season of the I-League 3, and the national fourth tier of the Indian football league system. The top three clubs qualified for 2023–24 I-League 2.[4][5]

Season2023–24
Dates9 November – 30 December 2023[1]
ChampionsSporting Goa[2][3]
PromotedSporting Goa
Dempo
Sporting Bengaluru
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I-League 3
Season2023–24
Dates9 November – 30 December 2023[1]
ChampionsSporting Goa[2][3]
PromotedSporting Goa
Dempo
Sporting Bengaluru
Relegated20 clubs
Matches60
Goals182 (3.03 per match)
Top goalscorerIndia Arif Shaikh (5 goals)
Biggest winSporting Goa 10–0 New Friends Club (13 November)
Highest scoringSporting Goa 10–0 New Friends Club (13 November)
Total attendance18,580
Average attendance309
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The AIFF was launched National Football Division -3 for the first time in the 2006-2007 season. The NFL3 was folded after first season. After 17 years, the AIFF reintroduced this league as I-League 3. The inaugural season 25 clubs were participated in 5 group of 5 team in each group. 5 group champions were promoted to final round. 3 top teams from the final round were promoted to Ileague-2. Sporting Goa, Dempo Sc, Sporting Club Bengaluru were promoted to 2023-24 I-League 2. Bottom 2 teams from final round Kerala United and KLASA were reinstated 2024-25 I-League 3 group stage.

Clubs

Main article: 2022–23 Indian State Leagues

On 22 August 2023, 15 clubs were nominated for the I-League 3rd Division by nine state FAs (Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Bengaluru, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, and Mumbai).[6][7][8] Nominations from 10 other states (Manipur, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Kerala, Pondicherry, Sikkim, Assam, Odisha, Telangana, and West Bengal) were assessed after due diligence.[9]

Locations of 2023-24 I-League 3 Group stage clubs

Group A Group B Group C Group D

Group E
More information No., Club ...
No. Club City State League Position
1 RKM Narayanpur Chhattisgarh 2023 Chhattisgarh State Men's Football League Championship 1st
2 New Friends Bade Bacheli 2nd
3 Vatika New Delhi Delhi 2022–23 Delhi Premier League 1st
4 Garhwal 3rd
5 Dempo Panaji Goa 2022–23 Goa Professional League 1st
6 Sporting Goa 2nd
7 Baroda Vadodara Gujarat 2022–23 Gujarat SFA Club Championship 1st
8 ARA Ahemedabad 2nd
9 Sporting Bengaluru Bengaluru Karnataka 2022–23 Bangalore Super Division 1st
10 Kickstart 3rd
11 Lake City Bhopal Madhya Pradesh 2022–23 Madhya Pradesh Premier League 1st
12 International Phagwara Punjab 2022 Punjab State Super Football League 3rd
13 Doaba United Jalandhar 4th
14 Jaipur Elite Jaipur Rajasthan 2022 R-League A Division 1st
15 Millat Mumbai Maharashtra 2022–23 MFA Elite Division 3rd
16 Bhawanipore Kolkata West Bengal 2022 Calcutta Premier Division 2nd
17 Diamond Harbour Diamond Harbour 2022 Calcutta First Division 3rd
18 Kerala United Malappuram Kerala 2022–23 Kerala Premier League Champions[a]
19 Rangdajied United Shillong Meghalaya 2022-23 Meghalaya State League 1st
20 KLASA Bishnupur Manipur 2022 Manipur State League Champions[a]
21 KIYC Imphal Semifinalist[a]
22 United Chirang Duar Chirang Assam 2023 ATPA Shield Champions[b]
23 Sports Odisha Cuttack Odisha 2023 FAO Super Cup Champions[a]
24 Abbas Union Hyderabad Telangana Rahim League “A” Division -
25 Jeppiaar Institute of Technology Pondicherry Pondicherry Pondicherry Men's League Championship -
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  1. [a]
    The club qualified via a cup or knock-out tournament after the conclusion of the league stage
  2. [b]
    No state or district league conducted.

Venues

More information Group, City ...
Group City Stadium Capacity
A Bhopal Jagran Lakecity University Stadium 1,800
B Vadodra VMC Sports Complex 3,500
C Panjim Dempo Academy Ground 500
D Bangalore Bangalore Football Stadium 8,400
HAL Sports Club Ground 2,000
E Narainpur Ramakrishna Mission Sports Complex 1,000
Playoffs Vasco Tilak Maidan 5,000
Nagoa Nagoa Ground 1,000
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Changes from last season

Until the previous season, the AIFF allowed only state champions to feature in the qualifiers, but with the removal of the ISL reserve teams[10] and the creation of the I-League 3 from where teams would move to I-League 2 in the same season, state FAs were allowed to nominate a second team.[11]

Group stage

25 teams are divided into five groups of five each. Each team will play the teams in the same group in single-legged fixtures.

Group A

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SPG LKC INT ARA NFC
1 Sporting Goa 4 3 1 0 13 0 +13 10 Advanced to Play-offs 2–0
2 Lake City (H) 4 2 2 0 10 4 +6 8 Relegated to State leagues 0–0 7–2
3 International 4 2 0 2 5 3 +2 6 0–1 1–2
4 ARA 4 1 1 2 7 4 +3 4 1–1 0–1
5 New Friends 4 0 0 4 2 26 −24 0 0–10 0–3 0–6
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Source: i-league.org The Away End[12]
(H) Hosts

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification KLA ODI CHD BAR JPE
1 KLASA 4 3 1 0 4 1 +3 10 Advanced to Play-offs 2–1
2 Sports Odisha 4 2 1 1 6 3 +3 7 Relegated to State leagues 0–1 1–1 3–1
3 United Chirang Duar 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5 2–1 1–1
4 Baroda (H) 4 1 0 3 3 5 −2 3 0–1 0–2
5 Jaipur Elite 4 0 2 2 2 6 −4 2 0–0 0–2
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Source: i-league.org The Away End[13]
(H) Hosts

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DEM RGD KST JIT MIL
1 Dempo (H) 4 3 1 0 5 0 +5 10 Advanced to Play-offs 2–0 2–0
2 Rangdajied United 4 2 2 0 8 2 +6 8 Relegated to State leagues 0–0 5–0
3 Kickstart 4 2 1 1 15 4 +11 7 2–2 7–0 6–0
4 JIT 4 1 0 3 2 11 −9 3 0–1
5 Millat 4 0 0 4 1 14 −13 0 0–1 1–2
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Source: i-league.org The Away End[14]
(H) Hosts

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SCB DHB VAT DUN ABU
1 Sporting Bengaluru (H) 4 3 1 0 13 3 +10 10 Advanced to Play-offs 6–0 3–1
2 Diamond Harbour 4 3 1 0 8 2 +6 10 Relegated to State leagues 2–2 3–0
3 Vatika 4 2 0 2 5 7 −2 6 0–2 3–2
4 Doaba United 4 1 0 3 3 11 −8 3 0–2 0–2 3–1
5 Abbas Union 4 0 0 4 4 10 −6 0 0–1
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Source: i-league.org The Away End
(H) Hosts

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification KUN BHW GRH KYC RKM
1 Kerala United 4 2 2 0 10 6 +4 8 Advanced to Play-offs 3–0 2–1
2 Bhawanipore 4 2 1 1 8 6 +2 7 Relegated to State leagues 3–3 0–1 2–1
3 Garhwal 4 2 0 2 5 8 −3 6 1–4
4 KIYC 4 1 1 2 8 7 +1 4 2–2 1–2
5 RKM (H) 4 1 0 3 5 9 −4 3 1–3 1–3
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Source: i-league.org The Away End[15]
(H) Hosts

Play-offs

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion SPG DEM SCB KUN KLA
1 Sporting Goa (C, H) 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 7 Promoted to I-League 2 1–0 1–0
2 Dempo (H) 4 2 1 1 6 2 +4 7 1–1 1–0 4–0
3 Sporting Bengaluru 4 2 1 1 6 5 +1 7 2–1
4 Kerala United 4 2 0 2 5 5 0 6 2–1 2–1
5 KLASA 4 0 1 3 4 10 −6 1 1–1 2–3
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Updated to match(es) played on 30 December 2023. Source: [16][17]
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

Broadcast

Matches are broadcast by AIFF, SportsKPI and SportsCast India on their official YouTube channels.[18][19]

Statistics

30 December 2023

Top scorers

Bold indicates the player is currently active in the tournament.

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Goals[20]
1 India Arif Shaikh Sporting Bengaluru 5
2 India Khanngam Horam Kickstart 4
India Bijoy ghosh KIYC
India Lloyd Cardozo Sporting Goa
5 14 Players 3
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Clean sheets

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Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 India Bhaskar Jalmi Sporting Goa 6
2 India Wellyster Mendes Dempo 4
3 India Golmei Rongmei KLASA 3
India Susnata Malik Diamond Harbour
5 India Dylan D'Silva Dempo 2
India Banshanskhem Kharsyntiew Rangdajied United
India Kabir Toufik Kickstart
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Discipline

Player

  • Most yellow cards: 4
    • India Dhiraj Chouhan
  • Most red cards: 1
    • 6 players

Club

  • Most yellow cards: 18
    • Sporting Bengaluru
  • Most red cards: 2
    • Kerala United

Attendances

Group Stage

More information Match No., Group A ...
Match No. Group A Match No. Group B Match No. Group C
Fixture Attendance Fixture Attendance Fixture Attendance
1 Lake City-Sporting Goa 200 1 Baroda-KLASA 350 1 Dempo-JIT 100
2 ARA-International 50 2 United Chirang Duar-Jaipur Elite 175 2 Rangdajied United-Millat 100
3 New Friends-ARA 20 3 Sports Odisha-United Chirang Duar 75 3 Kickstart-Rangdajied United 100
4 International-Sporting Goa 20 4 Jaipur Elite-KLASA 375 4 Millat-JIT 50
5 International-Lake City 10 5 Jaipur Elite-Baroda 250 5 Millat-Dempo 100
6 New Friends-Sporting Goa 10 6 Sports Odisha-KLASA 180 6 Kickstart-JIT 50
7 Sporting Goa-ARA 10 7 KLASA-United Chirang Duar 280 7 JIT-Rangdajied United 50
8 Lake City-New Friends 10 8 Baroda-Sports Odisha 315 8 Dempo-Kickstart 100
9 New Friends-International 10 9 Sports Odisha-Jaipur Elite 45 9 Kickstart-Millat 50
10 ARA -Lake City 20 10 United Chirang Duar-Baroda 65 10 Rangdajied United-Dempo 100
Group A Total 360 Group B Total 2,110 Group C Total 800
Match No. Group D Match No. Group E
Fixture Attendance Fixture Attendance
1 Diamond Harbour-Vatika 120 1 RKM-Garhwal 3,100
2 Sporting Bengaluru-Abbas Union 180 2 KIYC-Kerala United 1,600
3 Doaba United-Diamond Harbour 75 3 Garhwal-KIYC 800
4 Vatika-Abbas Union 250 4 RKM-Bhawanipore 2,100
5 Doaba United-Abbas Union 250 5 Kerala United-RKM 1,100
6 Vatika-Sporting Bengaluru 50 6 Bhawanipore-Garhwal 800
7 Abbas Union-Diamond Harbour 75 7 Bhawanipore-KIYC 400
8 Sporting Bengaluru-Doaba United 50 8 Kerala United-Garhwal 500
9 Doaba United-Vatika 60 9 Bhawanipore-Kerala United 800
10 Diamond Harbour-Sporting Bengaluru 150 10 KIYC-RKM 1,100
Group D Total 1,260 Group E Total 12,300
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Playoffs

More information Match No., Playoffs ...
Match No. Playoffs
Fixture Attendance
1 Sporting Goa-Sporting Bengaluru 50
2 Kerala United-KLASA 150
3 Dempo-Kerala United 150
4 KLASA-Sporting Bengaluru 250
5 KLASA-Sporting Goa 100
6 Dempo-Sporting Bengaluru 250
7 Sporting Bengaluru-Kerala United 50
8 Sporting Goa-Dempo 250
9 Dempo-KLASA 250
10 Kerala United-Sporting Goa 250
Total 1,750
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Source: I-League

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