NEW DELHI: The Hero I-League 2019-20 will commence on November 30, and the official broadcaster will be confirmed within a week, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) announced on Friday, even as the full list of fixtures was yet to be released.
Rules for the new season of I-League state that a maximum of three foreign players can be replaced by a club during the entire course of the 2019-20 season and a maximum of eight officials will be allowed to sit on the bench during a match.
The AIFF statement also mentioned that the U-22 player quota rules will be decided after a meeting between the AIFF secretariat and the I-League clubs.
The committee also reviewed submissions made by the various Second Division League 2019-20 applicants and after several deliberations, the committee has approved 11 clubs that will undergo the Second Division League club licensing process.
Those 11 clubs are: Bhawanipore FC, Mohammedan SC, Lonestar Kashmir FC, ARA FC, NGR Football Club Jammu, Kickstart FC Karnataka, FC Bengaluru United, FC Kerala, Garhwal FC, AU Rajasthan FC and Techtro FC.
Reserve teams of ATK, Jamshedpur FC, Bengaluru FC, Chennaiyin FC, FC Goa, Kerala Blasters FC, Mumbai City FC, Hyderabad FC, Punjab FC, alongside a developmental team of AIFF, will also participate in the Second Division League 2019-20.
The committee was also apprised of the development of Indian Women’s League, Khelo India Girls Football League (U17) and Golden Baby League.
