2014–15 in Indian football

Football in India

Season	2014–15
Second Division	Aizawl
Federation Cup	Bengaluru FC
Durand Cup	Salgaocar
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 season is the 136th season of competitive football in India.

Changes in the I-League

Teams promoted to the 2014–15 I-League:

• Royal Wahingdoh^[1]

Teams expelled from the 2014–15 I-League:^[2]

• Churchill Brothers
• Rangdajied United
• United S.C.

Teams relegated from the 2014–15 I-League:

• Mohammedan^[3]

Internationals

Men

International Friendlies

India  v  Palestine

6 October International Friendly	India	2 – 3	Palestine	Siliguri, India
17:30	Chhetri  32' Fernandes  36'	Report	Alfawaghra  8' Wridat  52' Yousef  72'	Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium

2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier

India  v    Nepal

12 March 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifier - AFC First Round	India	2 – 0	Nepal	Guwahati, India
19:00 UTC+5:30	Chhetri  53', 71'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)		Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 11,200 Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)

India  v    Nepal

17 March 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifier - AFC First Round	India	0 – 0	Nepal	Kathmandu, Nepal
15:30 UTC+5:45		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)		Stadium: Dasarath Rangasala Stadium Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)

I-League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Mohun Bagan (C)	20	11	6	3	33	16	+17	39	Qualification for AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
2	Bengaluru FC	20	10	7	3	35	19	+16	37	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage^1
3	Royal Wahingdoh	20	8	6	6	27	27	0	30
4	East Bengal	20	8	5	7	30	28	+2	29^2		PFC 2–3 KEB KEB 1–2 PFC
5	Pune	20	8	5	7	24	26	−2	29^2
6	Mumbai	20	5	9	6	22	27	−5	24^3		MUM 3–0 SFC SFC 3–1 MUM
7	Salgaocar	20	7	3	10	25	27	−2	24^3
8	Sporting Goa	20	5	8	7	22	27	−5	23^4		SCG 1–1 SLFC SLFC 1–2 SCG
9	Shillong Lajong	20	6	5	9	34	29	+5	23^4
10	Dempo (R)	20	3	10	7	15	26	−11	19	Relegation to I-League 2nd Division
11	Bharat FC	20	4	6	10	13	28	−15	18^5

Source: I-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) play-off match
¹ Bengaluru FC, as the winner of 2014–15 Federation Cup, qualified for the 2016 AFC Cup
² East Bengal ahead on goal difference, head-to-head record being the same
³ Mumbal ahead on head-to-head goal difference; Mumbai–Salgaocar 3–0, Salgaocar–Mumbai 3–1
⁴ Sporting Goa ahead on head-to-head record; Sporting Goa–Shillong Lajong 1–1, Shillong Lajong–Sporting Goa 1–2
⁵ Bharat FC were not relegated as they had relegation immunity for two years.^[4]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Transfers

Indian Super League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chennaiyin	14	6	5	3	24	20	+4	23	2014 Indian Super League Semi-finals
2	Goa	14	6	4	4	21	12	+9	22
3	Atlético de Kolkata	14	4	7	3	16	13	+3	19
4	Kerala Blasters	14	5	4	5	9	11	−2	19
5	Delhi Dynamos	14	4	6	4	16	14	+2	18
6	Pune City	14	4	4	6	12	17	−5	16
7	Mumbai City	14	4	4	6	12	21	−9	16
8	NorthEast United	14	3	6	5	11	13	−2	15

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) play-off match

Finals

	Semi Finals							Finals
	4	Kerala Blasters	3	1	4
	1	Chennaiyin	0	3	3
								4	Kerala Blasters	0
								3	Atlético de Kolkata	1
	3	Atlético de Kolkata (pen.)	0	0	0 (4)
	2	Goa	0	0	0 (2)

References

1. "ROYAL WAHINGDOH ARE SECOND DIVISION CHAMPIONS". I-League. 11 April 2014.
2. "Nine Clubs Make The Cut". 21 May 2014.
3. "Churchill Bros Stave-Off Relegation". I-League. 28 April 2014.
4. "East Bengal - Bharat FC Preview: Lions' pride travel in search of first win of the season". 15 February 2015.