National Football League (India)

For other uses, see NFL (disambiguation).

National Football League

Country	India
Confederation	AFC
Founded	1996
Folded	2007
Divisions	1 (1996) 2 (1997–2005) 3 (2006-2007)
Number of teams	10
Level on pyramid	1 (1996-2006)
Domestic cup(s)	Federation Cup
International cup(s)	Asian Club Championship
Last champions	Dempo S.C. (2006–07)
Most championships	Mohun Bagan A.C. East Bengal Club (3 titles each)

The National Football League (commonly known as the NFL) was an association football league competition in India between 1996 and 2007 which was organised into three divisions. The league is now transformed into the I-League and continues with that name. The Premier Division of the league was first introduced in 1996, though the country already had a long history in the sport thanks to the likes of the IFA Shield and the Federation Cup. In fact, the Santosh Trophy (started in 1941) was the top football competition in the country before the then National Football League started.^[1]^[2]

A Second Division was added to the league in 1997, as Football in India grew to challenge cricket for the title of India's most popular sport. Between the divisions each year two teams were relegated and two teams were promoted. By 2006 a Third Division was added but that did not matter as by this time this would be the last year for the NFL; it was replaced in 2007 by the I-League which focuses on completely turning Indian football into a professional sport.

List of Champions

Year	Champions (number of titles)	Runners-up	Third place	Top goalscorer	Goals
1996–97	JCT FC (1)	Churchill Brothers S.C.	Kingfisher East Bengal FC	Baichung Bhutia	14
1997–98	Mohun Bagan AC (1)	Kingfisher East Bengal FC	Salgaocar SC	Raman Vijayan	10
1998–99	Salgaocar SC (1)	Kingfisher East Bengal FC	Churchill Brothers S.C.	Philip Mensa	11
1999–2000	Mohun Bagan AC (2)	Churchill Brothers S.C.	Salgaocar SC	Igor Shkvyrin	11
2000–01	Kingfisher East Bengal FC (1)	Mohun Bagan AC	Churchill Brothers SC	Jose Barreto	14
2001–02	Mohun Bagan AC (3)	Churchill Brothers S.C.	Vasco SC	Yusif Yakubu	18
2002–03	Kingfisher East Bengal FC (2)	Salgaocar SC	Vasco SC	Yusif Yakubu	21
2003–04	Kingfisher East Bengal FC (3)	Dempo SC	Mahindra United	Cristiano Junior	15
2004–05	Dempo SC (1)	Sporting Clube de Goa	Kingfisher East Bengal FC	Dudu Omagbemi	21
2005–06	Mahindra United (1)	Kingfisher East Bengal FC	Mohun Bagan AC	Ranty Martins	13
2006–07	Dempo SC (2)	JCT FC	Mahindra United	Ranty Martins Odafe Okolie	16

All-time NFL member clubs

Original 12 Clubs

JCT FC (1996-2007) - defunct
East Bengal Club (1996-2007)
Salgaocar S.C. (1996-2006)
Indian Bank (1996-1999, 2002-2004)
Dempo S.C. (1996-2000, 2002-2007)
Air India FC (1996-1998, 1999-2000, 2005–2007)
Churchill Brothers S.C. (1996-2005, 2006-2007)
Mahindra United (1996-2007) - defunct
Mohammedan SC (1996-1997, 2003-2004, 2005–2007)
Kerala Police F.C. (1996-1997) - defunct
Mohun Bagan A.C. (1996-2007)
Indian Telephone Industries Limited (1996-1997, 1998-2003) - defunct

Other First Division Clubs

In order of their promotion to the First Division.

FC Kochin (1997-2002) - defunct
Tollygunge Agragami (1998-2005)
State Bank of Travancore (1999-2001, 2004-2005)
Border Security Force SC (1999-2000)
Vasco S.C. (2000-2005)
Punjab Police FC (2001-2002)
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited S.C. (2002-2003, 2006-2007)
Sporting Clube de Goa (2003-2007)
Fransa-Pax FC (2004-2006)

References

Sports leagues of India

Major pro leagues	Badminton Cricket (Twenty20) Football (ISL, I-League) Hockey Kabaddi Wrestling

Other tournaments	Cricket (List A) Duleep Trophy (First-class cricket) Ranji Trophy (First-class cricket) Football

Women's	Football Kabaddi

NFL and I-League Champions

National Football League	1996–97: JCT 1997–98: Mohun Bagan 1998–99: Salgaocar 1999–2000: Mohun Bagan 2000–01: East Bengal 2001–02: Mohun Bagan 2002–03: East Bengal 2003–04: East Bengal 2004–05: Dempo 2005–06: Mahindra United 2006–07: Dempo

I-League	2007–08: Dempo 2008–09: Churchill Brothers 2009–10: Dempo 2010–11: Salgaocar 2011–12: Dempo 2012–13: Churchill Brothers 2013–14: Bengaluru FC 2014–15: Mohun Bagan 2015–16: Bengaluru FC

Indian football seasons

National Football League	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07

I-League	2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

I-League Division II	2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2015–16

I-League U18	2011 2012 2013 2014 2014–15 2015–16

I-League Youth	2015–16 (U15)

Football in India

National teams

Men	India U-23 U-20 U-17

Women	India U-19 U-16

League competitions

Level 1	I-League (Official league) Indian Super League

Level 2	I-League 2nd Division

State/District	Assam Bangalore Chennai Delhi Goa Jamshedpur Kerala Kolkata Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Mumbai Odisha Pune Punjab Sikkim Telangana Uttarakhand

Cup competitions

AIFF cups	Federation Cup Santosh Trophy

Other cups	Durand Cup

Other

Youth football
Indian football seasons
State associations
Defunct leagues

Lists

NFL Premier Division 2007–08

Churchill Brothers Dempo Air India JCT Kingfisher East Bengal Mahindra United Mohun Bagan Salgaocar SC Goa Sporting Clube de Goa Viva Kerala

National Football League seasons

League Champions by seasons:

1996/97 JCT Mills
1997/98 Mohun Bagan AC
1998/99 Salgaocar SC
1999/00 Mohun Bagan AC
2000/01 East Bengal Club
2001/02 Mohun Bagan AC
2002/03 East Bengal Club
2003/04 East Bengal Club
2004/05 Dempo SC
2005/06 Mahindra United
2006/07 Dempo SC
2007/08 Dempo SC
2008/09 Churchill Brothers SC

International association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Confederations Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or Timeline of association football

Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU)

Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15

Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games

Games	African Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also Geography Debuts Codes Player of the Century Women's football

National football associations of Asia (AFC)

Afghanistan (AFF) Australia (FFA) Bahrain (BFA) Bangladesh (BFF) Bhutan (BFF) Brunei Darussalam (NFABD) Cambodia (FFC) China PR (CFA) Timor-Leste (FFTL) Guam (GFA) Hong Kong (HKFA) India (AIFF) Indonesia (PSSI) Iran (FFIRI) Iraq (IFA) Japan (JFA) Jordan (JFA) Korea DPR (PRKFA) Korea Republic (KFA) Kuwait (KFA) Kyrgyzstan (FFKR) Laos (LFF) Lebanon (LFA) Macau (MFA) Malaysia (FAM) Maldives (FAM) Mongolia (MFF) Myanmar (MFF) Nepal (ANFA) Northern Mariana Islands (NMIFA) Oman (OFA) Pakistan (PFF) Palestine (PFA) Philippines (PFF) Qatar (QFA) Saudi Arabia (SAFF) Singapore (FAS) Sri Lanka (FFSL) Syria (FASF) Chinese Taipei (CTFA) Tajikistan (FFT) Thailand (FAT) Turkmenistan (TFF) United Arab Emirates (UAEFA) Uzbekistan (UFF) Vietnam (VFF) Yemen (YFA)

Italics denote provisional Associate Member Association - Not a member of FIFA

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