Indian Football Structure
This is the fan made , Indian football structure
Competitions - ISL, League-1, League-2, League-3 , League-4,Super Cup, International Cup, Champions Cup
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ISL -Indian Super League
Top tier of Indian football league
Level on pyramid - 1
Teams- 16
Promotion - ACL Qualifiers for top team
Relegation - League-1 for bottom 3 teams
Participating clubs -
1.Minerva Punjab
2.Delhi Dynamos
3.Jamshedpur FC
4.Atletico de kolkata
5.Mohun Bagan
6.Kingfisher East Bengal
7.NEROCA FC
8. Northeast United FC
9.Gujarat FC
10.Odhisha FC
11.Mumbai City FC
12.FC Goa
13.FC Pune City
14.Bengaluru FC
15.Kerala Blasters FC
16.Chennaiyin FC
League-1 : 10 teams
Level on pyramid -2
Teams- 10
Promotion- ISL for top 3 teams
Relegation- League-2 for bottom 2 teams
Participating Teams-
1.Ozone FC
2.FC Kerala
3.Chennai City FC
4.Gokulam FC
5.Churchill Brothers FC
6.FC Kolhapur City
7.Mohamedan SC
8.TRAU FC
9.Aizawl FC
10.Shillong Lajong FC
League-2
Level on the pyramid - 3
Teams- 8
Promotion- League-1for top 2 teams
Relegation- League-3 for bottom 2 teams
Participating Teams-
1.Langsing FC
2.Fateh Hyderabad AC
3.Lonestar Kashmir FC
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4.Madhya Bharath FC
5.Delhi United FC
6.Sikkim United FC
7.Real Kashmir FC
8.Hindustan FC
League-3
Level on the pyramid- 4
Teams- 8
Promotion- League-2 for top 2 teams
Relegation- League-4 for bottom 2 teams
Participating Teams-
1.League-3 Relegated team1
2.League-3 Relegated team2
3.Winner of North Zone League
4.Winner of South Zone League
5.Winner of East Zone League
6.Winner of West Zone League
7.Winner of Central Zone League
8.Winner of Northeast Zone League
Note-
North Zone Clubs from : Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan,Uttar Pradesh.
South zone clubs from : Karnataka, Kerala,Goa, Telengana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil nadu.
West Zone Clubs from : Gujarat, Maharashtra,
Central Zone Clubs from : Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, odhisha, Jharkhand.
East Zone Clubs from : Bihar, West Bengal.
Northeast Zone Clubs from : North eastern states.
League-4
Level on the pyramid-5
Teams- Any Number of
Promotion - Each group winners to League-3
GROUPS-
A- North Zone
B- South Zone
C- East Zone
D- West Zone
E-Central Zone
F-Northeastern Zone
Super Cup
Teams- 32
16 teams from ISL - direct entry to group stage
16 spots earned through Qualifiers
Qualifier tournament participants
10 teams from League-1
8 teams from League-2
6 teams from League-3
24 teams will be divided into 6 groups consisting of 4 teams each. Top 2 teams from 4 groups will qualify for the final tournament.0
Super cup Main tournament
32 teams divided into 8 groups, top two teams from each group will qualify for Round of 16.
Super cup champions- AFC cup qualifiers spot
Champions Cup- ISL Champions VS Super Cup champions
(Incase if both ISL and super cup champions are same then Super cup runners up play against ISL champions)
Intercontinental Cup
( International Tournament )
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One team from each confederation
Total teams- 5 or 4
Top two teams will play final
Durations-
ISL October to March
League-1,2,3,4 - October to April
Super cup - August to September
Intercontinental Cup- June
Champions Cup- May