Kuala Lumpur: In a major development, the winner of I-League in 2022-23 and 2023-24 will be promoted to the Indian Super League as per AIFF's proposal as a roadmap for India's domestic football structure.
The officials of the AIFF and the Asian Football Confederation held meeting with various I-League and ISL club officials in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Monday.
The proposed timeline till 2024/25 has been agreed upon by the AFC.
Earlier, the Indian football board had invited various stakeholders of the Indian footballing landscape to a meeting at AFC headquarters in Kuala Lumpur to discuss the future of the game in the country. The officials of Football Sports Development Limited, the organisers of the ISL, were also present in the meeting.
Among the major points of the agreement which the AIFF presented in consultation with the AFC, there will be no entry fee for I-League clubs that are promoted to the Indian Super League.
However, for the first three years (2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22), there will be no promotion and relegation process in the ISL.
Also, as per the agreement, two I-League clubs will be offered entry into the ISL by the end of the 2020-21 season.
The meeting also confirmed that the winner of ISL will represent India in the AFC Champions League while the I-League champions will be conferred with the AFC Cup slot.
