I-League Committee sticks to 3+1 rule on number of foreigners in season beginning Oct 29

By: PTIUpdated: September 28, 2022 1:01:17 am

The League Committee of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) on Sunday allowed I-League clubs to register six foreigners, including one Asian, on the match-day squad but permitted only four of them (under the prevailing 3+1 rule) in the playing eleven for this season beginning on October 29.

Last season, the I-League clubs were allowed to register six foreign players but only four, including one Asian, were allowed on the match-day squad. India head coach Igor Stimac is not a fan of increasing the number of foreigners in the domestic leagues on the ground that less number of Indian players will get to play.

“The League Committee recommended (to the executive committee) to increase the number of foreigners to 5+1 (5 foreigners from anywhere in the world, and one from Asia) in the squad on the match day,” the AIFF said in a release after the League Committee meeting. “However, out of these, a total of four foreigners should be allowed in the playing eleven at any given point of time on a 3+1 basis.

While a foreigner on the pitch can be substituted by another foreign player at the bench or by an Indian player, a foreigner of an Asian quota can be replaced by another foreigner of an Asian quota or by an Indian.” The meeting was chaired by new-elected League Committee head Lalnghinglova Hmar, who is also an executive Committee member. Also present in the meeting were Secretary General Shaji Prabhakaran, Deputy Secretary General Sunando Dhar, among others.

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Kenkre Football Club has appealed to the AIFF for retention in the I-League, which the League Committee has sympathetically agreed to and the recommendation for the same has been forwarded to the Executive Committee.

The committee further recommended to the Executive Committee that to encourage participation of more Indian players, all state leagues across the country should be played without foreign players. The League Committee also suggested that the Indian Women’s League should be played across multiple venues, in order to broad base the women’s game in India.

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In another attempt to broad-base the game, the League Committee recommended to do away with the licensing criteria in the IWL and the Second Division League, and the Academy Accreditations criteria in the Youth League.

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