2016–17 I-League U18

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "2016–17 I-League U18" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (February 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

I-League U18

Season	2016–17
Champions	AIFF Elite Academy
Matches played	139
Goals scored	445 (3.2 per match)
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

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.

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

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

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			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	—

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			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	—

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			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	—

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			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	—

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	—

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	—

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	—

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

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]

Group A

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

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

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

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

	Semi-Finals					Final
	United		0 (12)
	AIFF Academy		0 (13)
						AIFF Academy		2
						East Bengal		1
	East Bengal		3
	Salgaocar		2			Third Place

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

• I-League U18 on the AIFF website.