All stakeholders agreed to relegation, promotion in ISL from 2024-25 season: Kushal Das

Relegation and promotion will be an intrinsic part of Indian Super League from 2024-25 season as this has been "agreed upon by all stakeholders", All India Football Federation general secretary Kushal Das said on Saturday. Before that, he said the I-League winners will get "direct slots" in the top-tier ISL in 2022 and 2023.

"Going forward, in the next two-three years Indian football will have a structured road map in terms and relegation and promotion," Das told PTI.

"The road map is for the next two years... The winner of I-League will get a direct slot in ISL purely on sporting merit from 2022. Then, from 2024-25 there will be promotion, relegation where the bottom-placed team in ISL will be relegated to the second tier and the I-League winner will be promoted to ISL. This is the road map agreed by all stakeholders," the top official added.