ISL News: ISL and I-League to have promotion-relegation after talks with FIFA and AFC

In the latest ISL news, The meeting between the AIFF-FIFA has yielded positive results as promotion and relegation in the top tier of Indian football are set to be implemented.

The promotion of I-League champions will start from next season while the relegation in the top tier of Indian football will commence from 2024-25 season.

ISL News: Indian Football Rod Map:

1. FIFA-AFC agrees to the roadmap set for Indian Football.
2. Promotion of I-League champions to ISL will take place from next season.
3. Promotion-Relegation were already a part of the roadmap set for Indian Football by the AFC and AIFF.

This news will be of great joy for the I-League clubs who will get the chance to face the ISL clubs once they emerge as champions of the I-League. As per the roadmap, the promotion of clubs from the I-League will take place in 2023 and then be followed in the year 2024.

The delegation team of FIFA-AFC which paid a visit to the country this week to discuss the internal affairs of the All India Football Federation has conducted meetings with the AIFF for the past 2 days. Today, on the third day of the meeting involving the state federations and the ISL, I-League clubs, the topic of promotion and relegation was brought up.

Previously AIFF with the AFC made a roadmap for Indian football which remarked that the Indian Super League, ISL is to be the tier-1 football competition of the country while the I-League is to be deemed as Tier-2. As time progresses, the winners of the I-League will get a chance to be promoted to ISL.

Now that the delegations of FIFA-AFC have agreed that this is the best way out for the development of Indian football in the country, the promotion will commence next year. Recent reports also claim that the promotion of the clubs can also be made according to sporting merits.