NFL
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
I-League
2006/07 Dempo SC
2007/08 Dempo SC
2008/09 Churchill Brothers SC
2009/10 Dempo SC
2010/11 Salgaocar SC
2011/12 Dempo SC
2012/13 Churchill Brothers SC
2013/14 Bengaluru FC
2015 Mohun Bagan AC
2016 Bengaluru FC
2017 Aizawl FC
2017/18 Minerva Punjab FC
2018/19 Chennai City FC
2019/20 Mohun Bagan AC
2020/21 Gokulam Kerala FC
2021/22 Gokulam Kerala FC
NB: as of the 2022/23 season, the I-League is a second tier league below the
ISL (Indian Super League)
Number of Wins (26 (10 NFL; 16 I-League)):
5 Dempo SC (Goa) [1 NFL; 4 I-League]
Mohun Bagan AC (Kolkata) [3 NFL; 2 I-League] [merged 2020 into ATK Mohun Bagan]
3 East Bengal Club (Kolkata) [3 NFL]
2 Bengaluru FC (Bangalore) [2 I-League]
Churchill Brothers SC (Goa) [2 I-League]
Gokulam Kerala FC (Kozhikode) [2 I-League]
Salgaocar SC (Goa) [1 NFL; 1 I-League]
1 Aizawl FC (Aizawl) [1 I-League]
Chennai City FC (Chennai) [1 I-League]
JCT Mills (Phagwara) [1 NFL]
Mahindra United (Mumbai) [1 NFL]
Minerva Punjab FC (Chandigarh) [1 I-League]
ISL
NB: franchise league set up as alternative to the I-league, with which it
shared top level status between 2014 and 2022
2014 Atlético de Kolkata
2015 Chennaiyin FC
2016 Atlético de Kolkata
2017/18 Chennaiyin FC
2018/19 Bengaluru FC
2019/20 Atlético de Kolkata
2020/21 Mumbai City FC
2021/22 Hyderabad FC
2022/23 ATK Mohun Bagan
2023/24 Mumbai City FC
2024/25 Mohun Bagan SG
Number of Wins (11):
3 Atlético de Kolkata (Kolkata) [merged 2020 into ATK Mohun Bagan]
2 Chennaiyin FC (Chennai)
Mohun Bagan SG (Kolkata) [includes ATK Mohun Bagan] [Mohun Bagan AC won I-league five times]
Mumbai City FC (Mumbai)
1 Bengaluru FC (Bangalore) [also won I-league twice]
Hyderabad FC
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Authors: Atsushi Fujioka and Arunava Chaudhuri
Last updated: 14 Apr 2025
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