Overview
- Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya announced the restart after a New Delhi meeting with the AIFF and representatives of all 14 clubs.
- The season will feature 91 single-leg home-and-away matches, with final fixtures, venues and logistics to be confirmed.
- The I-League will return around the same time in a truncated 55-match format with all 11 clubs participating.
- AIFF has created a Rs 25 crore central pool and says it will provide about Rs 14 crore for ISL operations and roughly Rs 3.2 crore for the I-League until a commercial partner is secured.
- A new governing council is planned to oversee league operations, while key gaps remain on broadcasters, commercial partnership and potential implications for AFC competition eligibility.