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Indian Football Structure

 * Durand Cup : August


 * ISL, League-1,2 : September-March


 * Federation Cup : November-February
 * R1, R2 - November
 * R3, R16 - December
 * QF, SF - January
 * F - February


 * IFA Shield : November-December


 * Super Cup : April


 * League-3 : April-May


 * Off-season : May-July
 * ICC : June


 * AFC Slots
 * ACL GS - ISL Winners
 * AFC Cup GS - Fed Cup winners
 * AFC Cup Qualifying - ISL runners up

Indian Super League
September - March 7 months

League-1
September - March 7 months

ISL Qualifying Playoff
Runner up advances to promotion playoff.

League-2
September - March : 7 Months

North Zone
Consists of the clubs from North Indian states, namely : Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan & Uttar Pradesh.

West Zone
Consists of the clubs from West Indian states, namely : Gujarat, Daman & Diu,Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra & Goa.

South Zone
Consists of the clubs from South Indian states, namely : Karnataka, Telengana, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala & Tamil Nadu.

East Zone
Consists of the clubs from East Indian states, namely : West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Chattisgarh & Odisha.

Northeast Zone
Consists of the clubs from Northeast Indian states, namely : Sikkim, Assam, Tripura, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland & Arunachal Pradesh.

Interzonal Round
Top two teams of each zone join the Interzonal Round. Finalists & Third placed team will get promoted to League-1.

Group A

Group B

League-3
State League : Shall be finished before March Zonal finals : April

All the state league winners in their particular zone will qualify for the final round or simply known as promotional round.

North Zone
Delhi State League

North Zone Finals Winners of North Zonal state leagues will play against each other in final round of the zone known as North Zone Finals.


 * Promotion to League-2 North Zone
 * Ludhiana FC
 * Gurugram City

Federation Cup

 * Parallel to League (midweek games)
 * 2 legged Knockout Competition for ISL,League-1,2,3 clubs
 * Total clubs 128 (R1,R2,R3, Rof16, QF, SF, F)
 * ISL - R3 entry
 * L1,L2 - R2 entry : 20L1 + top 44
 * L2, L3(state leagues) - R1 entry : last 26 L2 + 102 L3

Durand Cup

 * August
 * 16 team tournament
 * Top 4 of ISL, L1 + 5 Toppers and 3 best runners up of L2

IFA Shield

 * November-December
 * 32 team U-19 tournament
 * 8 groups, top two to Knockouts

Super Cup

 * April
 * Winners of ISL, Federation Cup, Durand Cup, IFA Shield + 4 invited foriegn teams
 * Two groups of 4
 * Single legged semifinal and final
 * Chance to compete with good foriegn teams

U-13 & U-15

 * 3-4 tiers in each zone
 * Atleast 18 teams per tier
 * Atleast 30-40 games per team
 * Winners & runners up of top tier from each zone will play in final round consisting of 10 teams

U-18

 * 4 tiers in each respective zone
 * Atleast 18 teams per tier
 * 30+ games must in zonal league
 * Top 8 teams from top 3 zones and top 4 teams from last two zones will play in IFA Shield
 * Winner of IFA Shield will participate in Super Cup
 * 40-50 games guaranteed

Broadcasting

 * ISL - Starsports, OTT Platforms
 * L1 - Ten Network, OTT Platforms
 * L2 - Local Channels (Starsports regional), 1Sport, Mycujoo Live Stream / FB Live
 * L3 - 1Sport, Mycujoo Live Stream / FB Live
 * State Leagues - Local Channels, FB Live


 * Durand Cup - Starsports/Ten,OTT Platforms, FB Live
 * Federation Cup - R1,R2 : FB Live, Regional, Mycujoo. (R3 onwards) - Starsports/Ten, OTT
 * IFA Shield - Ten,1sport, Mycujoo, FB Live
 * Super Cup - Ten

North Zone
Divided into 3 categories based upon the quality and size.