2016–17 I-League U18

I-League U18
Season	2016–17
Champions	AIFF Elite Academy
Matches played	139
Goals scored	445 (3.2 per match)
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The 2016–17 I-League U18 was the ninth season of the Indian I-League U18 and the second season of the competition as an under-18 one. The season began on 15 November with 35 teams divided into eight groups across India. The top 12 teams played in the final group stage in which they were divided into three groups of four and the top team from each group, along with the top second place team, went into the semi-finals, followed by the final.^[1] AIFF Elite Academy won the title by defeating East Bengal F.C. in the final.

Teams[edit]

Kolkata	Maharashtra	Shillong–Guwahati	Delhi	Goa	Rest of India A, B, or C
East Bengal	DSK Shivajians	Gauhati Town Club	Bhaichung Bhutia Football Schools	AIFF Elite Academy	Aizawl Bengaluru FC Fateh Hyderabad J&K Bank Lonestar Kashmir Minerva Academy NEROCA Ozone Pride Sports Real Kashmir Tata Football Academy
Mohun Bagan	Kenkre	Rangdajied United	Delhi United	Dempo
Mohammedan	Mumbai	Royal Wahingdoh	Hindustan	Salgaocar
SAI Kolkata	PIFA	SAI Guwahati	Sudeva Moonlight	Sporting Goa
Southern Samity	Pune City	Shillong Lajong
United

First round[edit]

Tiebreakers
The 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

Kolkata zone[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MB	EB	USC	SAI	MSC	SS
1	Mohun Bagan^[a]	10	7	2	1	17	5	+12	23		—	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	5–1
2	East Bengal	10	7	2	1	14	2	+12	23	Advance to final round	1–0	—	0–0	2–0	3–0	2–0
3	United	10	6	1	3	18	10	+8	19	Advance to final round	0–1	0–1	—	4–3	2–1	3–2
4	SAI Kolkata	10	3	3	4	13	11	+2	12		1–1	1–0	0–1	—	0–0	2–0
5	Mohammedan	10	1	2	7	5	12	−7	5		0–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	—	0–1
6	Southern Samity	10	1	0	9	5	32	−27	3		0–3	0–3	0–6	1–5	0–3	—

Source: I-league
Notes:

^ Mohun Bagan disqualified for fielding over-age player.^[2]

Maharashtra zone[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	PC	DSK	MFC	KSC	PIFA
1	Pune City	8	8	0	0	30	3	+27	24	Advance to final round	—	3–0	2–1	7–0	5–0
2	DSK Shivajians	8	5	1	2	33	10	+23	16	Advance to final round	1–2	—	4–1	1–1	6–0
3	Mumbai	8	3	1	4	16	15	+1	10		1–1	1–5	—	2–0	6–0
4	Kenkre	8	2	2	4	11	23	−12	8		1–3	1–10	0–0	—	3–0
5	PIFA	8	0	0	8	2	44	−42	0		0–8	1–6	1–5	0–5	—

Source: I-league

Shillong–Guwahati zone[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RW	SL	GT	RU	SAI
1	Royal Wahingdoh	8	7	1	0	25	4	+21	22	Advance to final round	—	5–1	2–0	4–0	3–2
2	Shillong Lajong	8	5	0	3	11	10	+1	15	Advance to final round	0–3	—	2–0	0–1	4–1
3	Gauhati Town	8	3	1	4	7	10	−3	10		0–3	0–1	—	1–1	1–0
4	Rangdajied United	8	1	4	3	7	14	−7	7		0–0	0–2	1–3	—	2–2
5	SAI Guwahati	8	0	2	6	8	20	−12	2		1–5	0–1	0–2	2–2	—

Source: I-league

Goa zone[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AIFF	SAL	DSC	SCG
1	AIFF Academy	6	5	0	1	16	3	+13	15	Advance to final round	—	1–2	8–0	3–1
2	Salgaocar	6	3	1	2	11	7	+4	10	Advance to final round	0–1	—	2–2	2–3
3	Dempo	6	1	2	3	3	14	−11	5		0–2	0–2	—	1–0
4	SC Goa	6	1	1	4	4	10	−6	4		0–1	0–3	0–0	—

Source: I-league

Delhi zone[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification^[a]	BBFS	SDV	HIN	DU
1	Bhaichung Bhutia FS	6	4	0	2	10	13	−3	12	Advance to final round	—	3–2	2–1	2–8
2	Sudeva Moonlight	6	3	1	2	12	7	+5	10		1–0	—	0–1	2–0
3	Hindustan	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10		1–2	2–2	—	2–0
4	Delhi United	6	1	0	5	9	13	−4	3		0–1	1–5	0–1	—

Source: U-18 I-league
Notes:

^ All games played at Ambedkar Stadium.

Rest of India – Group A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification^[a]	BFC	OZ	FH
1	Bengaluru FC	4	3	1	0	17	1	+16	10	Advance to final round	—	0–0	7–0
2	Ozone FC	4	1	1	2	7	8	−1	4		1–5	—	0–3
3	Fateh Hyderabad	4	1	0	3	3	18	−15	3		0–5	0–6	—

Source: U-18 I-league
Notes:

^ All games played at Bangalore Football Stadium.

Rest of India – Group B[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification^[a]	TFA	AFC	NER	PS
1	Tata Football Academy	6	3	3	0	7	3	+4	12	Advance to final round	—	0–0	3–1	1–1
2	Aizawl	6	3	1	2	12	4	+8	10		0–1	—	0–1	5–0
3	NEROCA	6	3	1	2	8	9	−1	10		1–1	1–4	—	2–0
4	Pride Sports	6	0	1	5	3	14	−11	1		0–1	1–3	1–2	—

Source: U-18 I-league
Notes:

^ All games played at JRD Tata Sports Complex.

Rest of India – Group C[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification^[a]	MIN	RK	LK	JKB
1	Minerva Punjab	3	3	0	9	3	+6	9	Advance to final round	—	3–1	1–0	5–2
2	Real Kashmir	3	2	1	10	5	+5	6			—	6–1	3–1
3	Lonestar Kashmir	3	1	2	3	8	−5	3				—	2–1
4	J&K Bank	3	0	3	4	10	−6	0					—

Source: U-18 I-league
Notes:

^ All games played at Ambedkar Stadium.

Final round[edit]

Final round will feature 12 teams qualified from first round. The teams are drawn into three groups of four teams. Three group winners and one best second placed team enter semifinal.^[1]

Groups[edit]

Group A
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification^[a]
1	United	3	3	0	17	3	+14	9	Advance to semifinal
2	Salgaocar	3	2	1	14	9	+5	6	Advance to semifinal
3	Royal Wahingdoh	3	1	2	4	7	−3	3
4	Bhaichung Bhutia FS	3	0	3	3	19	−16	0

Source: U-18 I-league
Notes:

^ All games played at Kalyani Stadium, Kolkata.

Group B
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification^[a]
1	East Bengal	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Advance to semifinal
2	Pune City	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6
3	Tata Football Academy	3	1	0	2	1	2	−1	3
4	Shillong Lajong	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Source: U-18 I-league
Notes:

^ All games played at East Bengal Ground, Kolkata.

Group C
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification^[a]
1	AIFF Academy	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6	Advance to semifinal
2	DSK Shivajians	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4^[b]
3	Bengaluru FC	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4^[b]
4	Minerva Punjab	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3

Source: U-18 I-league
Notes:

^ All games played at Barasat Stadium, Kolkata.
^ ^a ^b DSK Shivajians head of Bengaluru FC on number of goals scored, head-to-head record and goal-difference being the same.

Ranking of runner-up teams[edit]

Pos	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	A	Salgaocar	3	2	0	1	14	9	+5	6^[a]	Advance to semifinal
2	B	Pune City	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6^[a]
3	C	DSK Shivajians	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4

Source: U-18 I-league
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Salgaocar ahead of Pune City on goal-difference

Knock–out stage[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Semi-Finals		Final

United	0 (12)

AIFF Academy	0 (13)
		AIFF Academy	2

		East Bengal	1
East Bengal	3

Salgaocar	2	Third Place

Semi-finals[edit]

5 May 2017

09:00 IST

United	0–0	AIFF Academy
	Report
Penalties
	12–13

Barasat Stadium, Kolkata

Attendance: 100

Referee: Valenton Raphael Fernandes

5 May 2017

15:30 IST

East Bengal	3–2	Salgaocar
Bidyashagar Singh 14' Suranjit Singh 43', 60'	Report	Andrus John 80' Liston Colaco 86'

Barasat Stadium, Kolkata

Attendance: 500

Referee: Ravindra Thapliyal

Final[edit]

7 May 2017

15:30 IST

AIFF Academy	2–1	East Bengal
Lalengmawia 15' Namgyal Bhutia 42'	Report	Bidyashagar Singh 14'

Barasat Stadium, Kolkata

Attendance: 1000

Referee: Valenton Raphael Fernandes

Statistics[edit]

Top Scorers[edit]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Liston Colaco	Salgaocar	16
2	Lalawmpuia	DSK Shivajians	14
3	Dipankar Baral	United	10
3	Sandip Bhattacharjee	United	10
5	Lalcchanhima	East Bengal	8
5	Kh. Tajuddin	Royal Wahingdoh	8
7	Sirandeep Moran	Royal Wahingdoh	7
	Pranjal Bhumij	DSK Shivajians
	Mohammad Asrar Rehbar	Real Kashmir
10	Bidyashagar Singh	East Bengal	6

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "U-18 I-League To Kick Off On November 14". I-League. 12 November 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
^ "Mohun Bagan scratched from U-18 Youth League for fielding overage player". 13 March 2017.

External links[edit]

I-League U18 on the AIFF website.

[table_note_MB0.30347244362509-3] Mohun Bagan disqualified for fielding over-age player.^[2]

[4] All games played at Ambedkar Stadium.

[5] All games played at Bangalore Football Stadium.

[6] All games played at JRD Tata Sports Complex.

[7] All games played at Ambedkar Stadium.

[8] All games played at Kalyani Stadium, Kolkata.

[9] All games played at East Bengal Ground, Kolkata.

[10] All games played at Barasat Stadium, Kolkata.

[table_hth_DSK0.37227990914708-11] DSK Shivajians head of Bengaluru FC on number of goals scored, head-to-head record and goal-difference being the same.

[table_hth_2A0.62170269881454-12] Salgaocar ahead of Pune City on goal-difference

[PR-1] "U-18 I-League To Kick Off On November 14". I-League. 12 November 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.

[2] "Mohun Bagan scratched from U-18 Youth League for fielding overage player". 13 March 2017.

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