With the Covid-19 restrictions lifted, I-League will again be a pan-India affair, as 12 clubs are set to play in as many as 13 venues across the country. With the disbanding of the Indian Arrows project by the All India Football Federation and subsequent reinstating of Kenkre FC, I-League will see participation from Gokulam Kerala, Mohammedan SC, Sreenidi Deccan, Churchill Brothers, Roundglass Punjab, Rajasthan United, NEROCA, Aizawl, TRAU, Sudeva Delhi, Real Kashmir and Kenkre FC. HOME AND AWAY Aizawl will play their home matches at Mizoram capital’s Rajiv Gandhi Stadium as Churchill Brothers will call the GMC Athletic Stadium in Margao their base. Gokulam Kerala will have EMS Stadium in Kozhikode and the Payyanad Stadium in Manjeri as their two home stadium, and likewise Real Kashmir will play in Srinagar at the Bakshi Stadium and the TRC Turf Ground.

With the I-League traversing the length and breadth of the country, the new season will see football reach every pocket imaginable – from Jammu and Kashmir in the north to Kerala in the south with Mizoram in the east to Maharashtra in the west. TITLE CONTENDERS As for the contenders, defending champions Gokulam Kerala will want to make it hat-trick after they created history by becoming the first team ever to clinch back-to-back I-League titles. Richard Towa, replaces Vincenzo Annesse as head coach with some notable changes in their roster too, knows the challenge of making it three in three. “Every team will fight hard to stop us from making it three in a row and it will be a difficult responsibility.

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We are preparing for it vigorously and everybody at the club knows in their minds that we are ready to win the championship and defend our title, ” Towa told AIFF. The Malbarians will kick-off the season against last season’s runners up, Mohammedan SC after missing out on the title last time around on the final day. Andrey Chernyshov is still at the helm and will want to go that extra step this season. “All of us are looking forward to the start of the new season. Our team wants to fight for victory in the Hero I-League.

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We want to show interesting, aggressive football that the fans like, ” Chernyshov told AIFF. Last season’s surprise team, Sreenidhi Deccan will want to repeat their feat yet again and possibly go a few steps further this time. And they have roped in Carlos Vaz Pinto as boss. “We want to play dominant football and fight to stay at the top of the table, ” Pinto was quoted as saying by I-League website. Despite third-place finish, Pinot feels “whatever happened last season will not affect the players. This season is a new story, with new players, and new targets. ” Always in the mix will be Churchill Brothers from Goa as head coach Antonio Rueda having some new faces at his command.

“We want to continue being a fearsome team in the opposition area, ” Rueda told I-League, adding that: “I think it will be a very even and closely contested league. There will be hardly any difference in points between the first and last positions. All the teams have been reinforced very well. Last season, any team could beat anyone, and this year I think it will be the same. ” SPRING A SURPRISE Former champions Aizawl FC and RoundGlass Punjab (as Minerva Punjab) will want to throw their hat in the ring too. “Everything is possible in football and life, and I believe that we are a team that can beat anybody on our day, ” Aizawl head coach H Standly Rozario told I-League. RoundGlass Punjab boss Staikos Vergetis too is eyeing the top spot with help pf some experienced players.

Mohammedan SC will move to the Kishore Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata as Kenkre will have Cooperage Ground as their base of operations. Khuman Lampak Main Stadium in Imphal will see rivals NEROCA and TRAU share amenities as Sreenidi Deccan will play at their newly launched Deccan Arena in Hyderabad and RoundGlass Punjab will call the Tau Devi Lal Stadium in Mohali their home. Football returns to the national capital since the National Football League Division 2 days as Delhi will play host to Sudeva Delhi at the Chhatrasal Stadium and outstation team Rajasthan United, who are based out of Jaipur, will play their home games at the Ambedkar Stadium as their home state does not have a single AFC standard football stadium.

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