The 2025–26 I-League 2 was the 4th season of I-League 2, the third tier of the Indian football league system. Diamond Harbour were the defending champions, having won the 2024–25 I-League 2.

The season started with Morning Star taking on Sudeva Delhi on 27th March 2026 at KASA Stadium, Diphu, Assam. On 15 May 2026, the final last matchday of the league, Delhi were crowned as champions while Bengaluru United finished as runners-up, with both earning promotion to the 2026–27 Indian Football League. SA Tirur and NEROCA were relegated to the 2026–27 I-League 3.

Developments

  • On 6 January 2026, the AIFF announced that due to shortened season, the 7 I-League 2 clubs and 26 2024–25 I-League 3 clubs would be merged, along with additional 7 clubs to form a 40-member league for this season. However, on 20 February, the federation did a u-turn, declaring that the 2026 Indian Football League 2 would possibly be a 10-club single-leg tournament.
  • Nine clubs will participate in I-League 2, which will be played in a home-and-away single-leg format, with each team playing all opponents once, four at home and four away. Sporting are expected to choose Atal Stadium, Bambolim.
  • SA Tirur withdrew from the tournament citing a lack of funds for travel expenses.

Club changes

The following clubs changed since last season.

#ClubPath
Entered I-League 2
1Sporting BengaluruRelegation from I-League
2Delhi
3Morning StarPromotion from I-League 3
4MYJ–GMSC
5Sudeva DelhiAdministratively admitted
Exited I-League 2
1Diamond HarbourPromotion to IFL
2Chanmari
3TRAURelegation to I-League 3
4KLASA

Clubs

2025–26 I-League 2 is located in India
2026 Indian Football league 2 group stage clubs
ClubLocationStadiumCapacity
Bengaluru UnitedBengaluru, KarnatakaPadukone–Dravid CSE Arena 1250
MYJ–GMSCMumbai, MaharashtraCooperage Ground5,000
Morning StarDiphu, AssamKASA Stadium9,000
NEROCAImphal, ManipurKhuman Lampak Stadium35,285
Sporting GoaPanaji, GoaBambolim Stadium3,000
Sudeva DelhiNew Delhi, DelhiSudeva Residential AcademyTBC
UnitedKalyani, West BengalKalyani Stadium20,000
Sporting BengaluruBengaluru, KarnatakaHAL StadiumTBC
DelhiNew Delhi, DelhiMinerva Academy GroundTBC

Personnel and sponsorship

ClubHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Bengaluru UnitedIndia Nallappan MohanrajIndia Faiz KhanHyveNimidia
NEROCAIndia Gift RaikhanIndia Waikhom Rohit MeiteiVamos
Sporting GoaIndia Armando ColacoIndia Joel ColacoSix5SixModels
MYJ–GMSCIndia Vijith ShettyIndia Kamlesh Nadar
UnitedIndia Lal Kamal BhowmickIndia Tarak HembramTrak-OnlyAahar Caterer
Sporting BengaluruIndia Alex PraveenIndia Manoj Kannan
DelhiBhutan Lobzang DorjiIndia Himanshu Jangra
Morning StarIndia Khogen Singh WangkhemIndia Komalson Rongphar
Sudeva DelhiIndia Zahid Shafi MirIndia Seiminmang Manchong

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Delhi (C, P)85212010+1017Promotion to IFL
2Bengaluru United (P)8431126+615
3United843175+215
4Sporting Bengaluru83231315−211
5Morning Star8242107+310
6Sudeva Delhi831467−110
7Sporting Goa8314811−310
8MYJ–GMSC8125819−115
9NEROCA (R)81251115−45Relegation to IL3
10SA Tirur (R)00000000Withdrew & relegated to IL3

Fixtures and results

Home \ AwayDELBENUSCKAMSCGSCBSUDNERMYJ
Delhi—2–12–15–16–1
Bengaluru United3–1—1–14–10–02–1
United1–1—1–11–01–0
Morning Star0–1—1–10–04–0
Sporting Goa0–1—1–21–02–1
Sporting Bengaluru2–00–1—3–5
Sudeva Delhi1–21–00–2—1–0
NEROCA1–12–20–11–3—
MYJ–GMSC1–10–13–32–1—

Results by games

Match12345678
Bengaluru UnitedDDWWLWWD
Morning StarDLDWLWDD
Sporting BengaluruDDWLLWLW
United SCWWDLWDWD
NEROCADLLLWLDL
MYJ–GMSCDLWLLLLD
DelhiDWWWWLWD
Sudeva DelhiDLLWWLLW
Sporting GoaLWDWLWLL

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 15 May 2026

RankPlayerClubGoals
1India Himanshu JangraDelhi13
2India Phijam Sanathoi MeiteiNEROCA FC6
3India Akshunna TyagiBengaluru United4
India Devadath SSporting Bengaluru
5India Kevisanyu PeseyieMorning Star3
India Rahul Paswan
India Akash TirkeyDelhi
India Lijo KBengaluru United
India Karthick ThirumalaiSporting Bengaluru
10India Aravindraj RajanMYJ–GMSC2
India Shravan Shetty
India Alocious MuthayyanNEROCA FC
India Lalsiem ChongloiMorning Star
India Asif O MSporting Bengaluru
India Alister AnthonySporting Goa
India Joyson Regan Gauncar
India Singte George KomUnited
India Sumay Shome
India Wungshung LunglengDelhi
India Md Ejaj AhamadSudeva Delhi

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
India Phijam Sanathoi MeeteiNEROCASporting Bengaluru5–3 (A)20 April 2026
India Himanshu JangraDelhiMYJ-GMSC6–1 (H)26 April 2026
India Himanshu JangraDelhiSporting Bengaluru5–1 (H)9 May 2026

Discipline

Club discipline

Overall attendances

PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
1Morning Star19,5009,3002,7005,433n/a††
2NEROCA4,6551,6796871,163+72.0%†
3MYJ–GMSC2,7551,150200688n/a††
4United2,6001,200400650+136.4%†
5Sporting Goa1,421500300355+21.6%†
6Sporting Bengaluru61745265205−59.2%†
7Bengaluru United898293100179−19.7%†
8Delhi71537570178−97.6%†
9Sudeva Delhi6002500150−41.6%†
League total33,7619,3000937+27.5%†

Source: I-League Notes: † Delhi and Sporting Bengaluru played in the I-League in the 2024–25 season. †† Attendance count for MYJ–GMSC and Morning Star starts from this season.

Attendance by home matches

Team \ Match played12345Total
Bengaluru United293100175130200898
Delhi37517070100—N/a715
Morning Star9,3002,7004,3003,200—N/a19,500
MYJ–GMSC8235821,150200—N/a2,755
NEROCA1,5391,679687750—N/a4,655
Sporting Goa500300321300—N/a1,421
Sporting Bengaluru45210065—N/a617
Sudeva Delhi2000250150—N/a600
United4007003001,200—N/a2,600

Legend: Highest Lowest Updated to game(s) played on 15 May 2026 Source:

See also