2017–18 I-League
The 2017–18 I-League is the 11th season of the I-League. Aizawl were the defending champions. NEROCA entered as the promoted team from the 2016–17 I-League 2nd Division. The season began on 25 November 2017.
Teams
invited bids for new teams on 21 July 2017 from Bengaluru, Mumbai, New Delhi, Ranchi, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bhopal, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Malappuram and Trivandrum, among others.On 20 September, after second round of bidding invitation, the Bid Evaluation Committee decided to award Sree Gokulam Group the right to field their team in the Hero I-League 2017–18 season onward from Kozhikode, Kerala. Bengaluru FC successfully bid for a place in 2017–18 Indian Super League season and thus was not a part of I-League. NEROCA F.C. were promoted for winning 2016–17 I-League 2nd Division. After successful hosting of FIFA U-17 World Cup, AIFF revived Indian Arrows project to field the colts in I-League.
Stadiums and locations
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Aizawl | Aizawl, Mizoram | Rajiv Gandhi Stadium | 20,000 |
| Chennai City | Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Coimbatore | 30,000 |
| Churchill Brothers | Salcete, Goa | Tilak Maidan Stadium | 6,000 |
| East Bengal | Kolkata, West Bengal | Salt Lake Stadium Barasat Stadium | 66,000 |
| East Bengal | Kolkata, West Bengal | Salt Lake Stadium Barasat Stadium | 22,000 |
| Indian Arrows | Delhi, New Delhi Bambolim, Goa | Ambedkar Stadium GMC Bambolim Athletic Stadium | 35,000 |
| Indian Arrows | Delhi, New Delhi Bambolim, Goa | Ambedkar Stadium GMC Bambolim Athletic Stadium | 6,500 |
| Gokulam Kerala | Kozhikode, Kerala | EMS Stadium | 54,000 |
| Minerva Punjab | Ludhiana, Punjab | Guru Nanak Stadium | 15,000 |
| Mohun Bagan | Kolkata, West Bengal | Salt Lake Stadium Barasat Stadium Mohun Bagan Ground | 66,687 |
| Mohun Bagan | Kolkata, West Bengal | Salt Lake Stadium Barasat Stadium Mohun Bagan Ground | 22,000 |
| Mohun Bagan | Kolkata, West Bengal | Salt Lake Stadium Barasat Stadium Mohun Bagan Ground | 22,000 |
| NEROCA | Imphal, Manipur | Khuman Lampak Main Stadium | 30,000 |
| Shillong Lajong | Shillong, Meghalaya | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | 30,000 |
Personnel and kits
Foreign players
On 2 August 2017, it was announced by the All India Football Federation that the number of foreigners for each I-League club would go up to six, with two of the six having to be born in Asia or registered with the AFC.Indian Arrows cannot sign any foreign players as they are the AIFF developmental team.
| Club | Foreigner 1 | Foreigner 2 | Foreigner 3 | Foreigner 4 | AFC Foreigner 1 | AFC Foreigner 2 |
| Aizawl |  Léonce Dodoz |  Alfred Jaryan |  Kareem Omolaja |  Andrei Ionescu |  Masih Saighani |  Yugo Kobayashi |
| Chennai City |  Jean-Michel Joachim |  Aleksandar Rakić |  Uroš Poljanec |  Venyamin Shumeyko |  Kim Dong-hyeon | |
| Churchill Brothers |  Dawda Ceesay | Francis Onyeama | Monday Osagie |  Willis Plaza | Bektur Talgat Uulu |  Hussein Eldor |
| East Bengal |  Eduardo Ferreira | Ansumana Kromah | Dudu Omagbemi | Katsumi Yusa |  Mahmoud Amnah | |
| Gokulam Kerala |  Daniel Addo | Emmanuel Chigozie |  Henry Kisekka | Musa Mudde |  Mahmood Al-Ajmi |  Gulom Urunov |
| Minerva Punjab | William Opoku | Bazie Armand | Guy Eric Dano | Kassim Aidara |  Chencho Gyeltshen |  Kiran Chemjong |
| Mohun Bagan |  Aser Pierrick Dipanda | Akram Moghrabi | Bimal Gharti Magar | Kingsley Obumneme |  Cameron Watson | Yuta Kinowaki |
| NEROCA |  Nedo Turković |  Fabien Vorbe | Varney Kallon | Felix Chidi Odili | Nick Ward | Aryn Williams |
| Shillong Lajong | Lawrence Doe | Abdoulaye Koffi | Daniel Odafin |  Saihou Jagne | Oh Joo-ho |
Results
League table
Results table
Season statistics
Scoring
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Aser Pierrick Dipanda | Mohun Bagan | 13 |
| 2 | Dudu Omagbemi | East Bengal | 8 |
| 3 | Chencho Gyeltshen | Minerva Punjab | 7 |
| 3 | Felix Chidi Odili | NEROCA | 7 |
| 5 | Katsumi Yusa | East Bengal | 6 |
| 6 | Jean-Michel Joachim | Chennai City | 5 |
| 6 | William Opoku | Minerva Punjab | 5 |
| 8 | Yugo Kobayashi | Aizawl | 4 |
| 8 | Mechac Koffi | Churchill Brothers | 4 |
| 8 |  Abhijit Sarkar | Indian Arrows | 4 |
| 8 | Subhash Singh | NEROCA | 4 |
| 8 | Abdoulaye Koffi | Shillong Lajong | 4 |
| 8 | Léonce Dodoz Zikahi | Aizawl | 4 |
| 8 | Akram Moghrabi | Mohun Bagan | 4 |
| 8 | Henry Kisekka | Gokulam Kerala | 4 |
Top Indian scorers
Hat-tricks
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
| Dudu Omagbemi4 | East Bengal | Chennai City | 7–0 | 24 2 2018 |
4 Player scored 4 goals.
Clean sheets
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Shilton Paul | Mohun Bagan | 8 |
| 2 | Avilash Paul | Aizawl | 6 |
| 3 | Phurba Lachenpa | Shillong Lajong | 5 |
| 3 | Uroš Poljanec | Chennai City | 5 |
| 3 | Bishorjit Singh | NEROCA | 5 |
| 6 | Lalit Thapa | NEROCA | 4 |
| 6 | Rakshit Dagar | Minerva Punjab | 4 |
| 8 | Luis Barreto | East Bengal | 3 |
| 8 | James Kithan | Churchill Brothers | 3 |
| 8 | Kiran Chemjong | Minerva Punjab | 3 |
| 11 | Dheeraj Singh | Indian Arrows | 2 |
| 11 | Prabhsukhan Singh Gill | Indian Arrows | 2 |
| 11 | Nidhin Lal | Shillong Lajong | 2 |
| 11 | Ubaid C K | East Bengal | 2 |
| 11 | Bilal Husain Khan | Gokulam Kerala | 2 |
Attendance
Average home attendances
| Team | |||||
| NEROCA | 9 | 192,438 | 35,285 | 11,020 | 21,382 |
| East Bengal | 9 | 156,295 | 52,951 | 8,692 | 17,366 |
| Mohun Bagan | 9 | 142,421 | 64,360 | 4,360 | 15,825 |
| Gokulam Kerala | 9 | 73,177 | 25,841 | 621 | 8,131 |
| Chennai City | 9 | 73,739 | 14,751 | 3,082 | 8,194 |
| Minerva Punjab | 9 | 51,627 | 8,243 | 3,845 | 5,736 |
| Shillong Lajong | 9 | 49,086 | 7,880 | 3,000 | 5,454 |
| Aizawl | 9 | 38,297 | 7,280 | 2,800 | 4,256 |
| Indian Arrows | 9 | 29,300 | 5,563 | 218 | 3,256 |
| Churchill Brothers | 9 | 26,285 | 3,437 | 2,400 | 2,921 |
| Total | 90 | 832,665 | 64,360 | 218 | 10,280 |