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ISL to replace as I-League as country's top league

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 10/15/2019 10:59:08 AM

New Delhi, Oct 14 Indian Super League (ISL) will replace the I-League as top-tier competition in the country as per a proposal presented by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on domestic structural reforms in India. The roadmap was formulated in a meeting of the ILeague and ISL clubs with the officials of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) and the AFC in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Monday. The officials of FSDL, the organizers of the ISL, were also present during the meeting. As per the roadmap, the ISL champions would also be entitled to a play-off place in the AFC Champions League and the ILeague champions would take a place in the AFC Cup in "a package that takes into consideration the recommendations of FIFA/AFC report of 2017". "Everyone has to put the good of Indian football at the forefront and take the best decisions to develop Indian club football. The AFC will be very much involved to ensure the growth of the game to the next level with the pathway to a single league," AFC General Secretary Dato' Windsor John said in a statement. "Every point of this package and it is a package has been thought-out extremely carefully.