I-League Second Division| Five Teams from Kerala in Qualifying Round

The I-League 2nd division qualifying round will be held from March 26 to April 25 in three venues viz. Delhi, Bangalore and Tripura.

21 teams will be participating in the qualifying round and has been divided into three groups. Top two teams from each group will then meet in the final round along with Mohammedan Sporting and Vasco SC (who faced relegation last year in the I-League Division I) scheduled to be held at Bangalore.

The final round will take place sometime at the end of April or first week of May.

The two top teams from the final round will qualify for the I-League Division I next year.

Group A: Bangalore
HAL (Bangalore), BEML (Bangalore), Malabar United (Kerala), Titanium (Kerala), Golden Threads (Kerala), SBT (Kerala), Chandni FC (Kerala).

Group B: Delhi
Sesa Football Academy (Goa), ONGC (Mumbai), Simla Youngs (Delhi), Indian National FC (Delhi), Hindustan FC (Delhi), New Delhi Heroes (Delhi), Amity United (Haryana).

Group C: Tripura
Guwahati Town Club (Assam), Oil India FC (Assam), JCB Bhilai (Chhattisgarh), Ar-Hima (Meghalaya), Denzong Boys (Sikkim), NISA (Manipur), Mumbai United (Mumbai).

Source: AIFF

From the archive. First published on footballkerala.com on Friday 26 February 2010, restored from the site's 2012 database. Text as originally published.