I-League could be expanded to 16 teams…
By Rupert Fryer
Despite finishing rock bottom of the I-League, Indian club Lajong SC might just be saved from relegation after the All India Football Federation (AIFF) confirmed they were mulling over the option of expanding the league from 14 teams to 16.
"Thanks to Lajong, soccer has touched new heights in the northeast,” AIFF treasurer Hardev Jadeja told The Times Of India.
“From every I-League match at home, the club has earned Rs.1.5 million as gate money. This is a record, which even Kolkata clubs couldn't achieve in the last five years.
We want Lajong in the first division for the development of football in the northeast.”
If the expansion gets the go-ahead, Lajong and Sporting Clube de Goa, who finished second from bottom, will both avoid relegation and be joined in the I-League by Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), who earned promotion from the second division.
[ via goal.com ]
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