2025 Reliance Foundation Development League

Reliance Foundation Development League
Season	2024–25
Dates	25 November 2024 – 14 April 2025
Champions	Mohun Bagan SG; 1st RFDL title
Next Gen Cup	Mohun Bagan SG; Goa; Jamshedpur
Matches played	278
Goals scored	959 (3.45 per match)
Best Player	Md Arbash; (Classic FA)
Top goalscorer	Lawmsangzuala; (16 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Priyansh Dubey; (10 clean sheets)
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The 2024–25 Reliance Foundation Development League is the fourth season of the Reliance Foundation Development League, developmental football league organised by the Reliance Foundation and the AIFF.^[1]^[2]

The season features 54 teams divided into nine regions, held across multiple regions from 25 November 2024. Punjab FC are the defending champions.

Format

The teams may include up to four players born on or after January 1, 2002, in their matchday squads, with no more than two on the playing XI at a time. Participants in the league must have been born on or after January 1, 2004.

This season features the league’s most extensive outreach, divided into four phases: Regional qualifiers, Zonal group stage, National group stage and the National championship. With the introduction of a Zonal stage that will see the top teams from each region play more matches versus higher quality opposition.

Each team will play at least 5 matches in the regional qualifiers. 24 teams will qualify for the Zonal group stage from the regional qualifiers. 12 sides from pan India that top the Zonal stage progress to the National group stage. The National group stage will feature 30 matches across 2 groups with the winners & runners-up from each group booking their spot for the National Championship.^[2]

Teams

Teams are divided into 9 zones for the regional qualifiers, each containing 6 teams.

State/Region	Venue	Clubs	App (last)
East	Kalyani Stadium B, Kalyani Naihati Stadium, Naihati	Diamond Harbour FC	Debut
		East Bengal FC	3rd (2024)
		Mohammedan SC	3rd (2024)
		Mohun Bagan SG	3rd (2024)
		Odisha FC	3rd (2024)
		United SC	3rd (2024)
Goa	Duler Stadium, Mapusa	Churchill Brothers FC Goa	2nd (2023)
		Clube de Salgaocar	2nd (2023)^[3]
		Dempo SC	3rd (2024)
		FC Goa	4th (2024)
		SESA FA	3rd (2024)
		Sporting Clube de Goa	2nd (2024)
Kerala	Maharajas College Stadium, Ernakulam	Gokulam Kerala FC	3rd (2024)
		Kerala Blasters FC	4th (2024)
		Kerala United FC	Debut
		Muthoot FA	3rd (2024)
		Parappur FC Kerala	3rd (2024)
		Wayanad United FC	2nd (2024)
Meghalaya–Assam	Meghalaya Football Ground, Shillong	4ForAll FC	2nd (2024)
		Little Star Academy	2nd (2024)
		NorthEast United FC	3rd (2024)
		PRYCC Shillong	Debut
		Rangdajied United FC	2nd (2023)
		Shillong Lajong FC	3rd (2024)
Mizoram	1st Bn. MAP Ground, Aizawl	Aizawl FC	Debut
		Greenfield FA	Debut
		Kanan SC	Debut
		Kulikawn FC	2nd (2024)
		Mizoram YFF	Debut
		Zemabawk North FC	Debut
Mumbai	Neville D'Souza Football Turf, Bandra, Mumbai	Kenkre FC	3rd (2024)
		Maharashtra Oranje FC	2nd (2024)
		MYJ–GMSC	2nd (2024)
		Millat FC	2nd (2024)
		Mumbai City FC	4th (2024)
		RFYC	4th (2024)
North	Sudeva Academy, Civil Lines, Delhi Frontier FC Ground, Chhawla, Delhi	Delhi FC	2nd (2024)
		Garhwal Heroes FC	2nd (2023)
		Namdhari FC	Debut
		Punjab FC	3rd (2024)
		Rajasthan United FC	3rd (2024)
		Sudeva Delhi FC	3rd (2024)
ROI–NorthEast	Meghalaya Football Ground, Shillong	Classic FA	2nd (2023)
		Football 4 Change Academy	2nd (2023)
		Jamshedpur FC	4th (2024)
		SAI-RC	2nd (2023)
		Senapati FC	Debut
		Todo United FC	Debut
South	Bangalore Football Stadium, Bengaluru HAL SC Stadium, Bengaluru	BIFA	Debut
		Bengaluru FC	4th (2024)
		Chennaiyin FC	4th (2024)
		Kickstart FC	3rd (2024)
		Roots FC	3rd (2024)
		Sreenidi Deccan FC	3rd (2024)

Season summary

The fourth season of the Reliance Foundation Development League kicked off in Goa, on 25 November 2024. A total of 12 teams were making their debut appearance in the competition. Sporting Clube de Goa and Dempo SC played the opening game of the Regional qualifiers at the Duler Stadium.

After 135 matches, a total of 24 teams qualified to the Zonal group stage from the Regional qualifiers. Shillong Lajong scored the most goals in the stage, netting 23 times, and also recorded the highest number of clean sheets with 4, a feat they shared with Mohun Bagan SG and NorthEast United. Seiminthang Khongsai of Delhi FC emerged as the top scorer of the stage, finding the net eight times.

The National group stage began on 23 March 2025, with two groups comprising six teams each locked horns at the Reliance Corporate Park, Navi Mumbai.^[4]

Regional qualifiers

East region

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mohun Bagan SG	5	3	2	0	8	1	+7	11	Advance to Zonal group stage
2	East Bengal	5	2	2	1	6	5	+1	8
3	Diamond Harbour	5	2	2	1	11	6	+5	8
4	Odisha	5	2	2	1	8	7	+1	8
5	Mohammedan	5	2	0	3	6	8	−2	6
6	United SC	5	0	0	5	2	14	−12	0

Source: RFDL

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Kartik Hantal	Odisha	5
2	Benjamin Lalnunpula	Diamond Harbour	3
	Bamiya Samad	Mohammedan SC
	Serto Worneilen Kom	Mohun Bagan SG
5	Andrews A	East Bengal	2

Goa region

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dempo SC	5	3	2	0	13	3	+10	11	Advance to Zonal group stage
2	FC Goa	5	3	0	2	13	6	+7	9
3	SESA FA	5	2	2	1	9	6	+3	8
4	Clube de Salgaocar	5	1	2	2	8	7	+1	5
5	SC de Goa	5	1	2	2	9	14	−5	5
6	Churchill Brothers	5	1	0	4	6	22	−16	3

Source: RFDL

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Francisco Fernandes	SC de Goa	6
2	Mevan Shawn Dias	Dempo	5
3	Isac Zomuanpuia	Clube de Salgaocar	4
4	Lalthangliana	FC Goa	3
	Sankalp Sandeep Kankonkar	SESA FA
	Likson Rebelo	FC Goa

Kerala region

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Muthoot FA	5	4	1	0	15	4	+11	13	Advance to Zonal group stage
2	Gokulam Kerala	5	4	0	1	10	5	+5	12
3	Kerala Blasters	5	3	0	2	10	8	+2	9
4	Parappur FC Kerala	5	1	1	3	6	8	−2	4
5	Kerala United	5	1	0	4	6	10	−4	3
6	Wayanad United	5	1	0	4	6	18	−12	3

Source: RFDL

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Sujin S	Kerala Blasters	5
2	Abith KB	Muthoot FA	4
2	Harshal Rahman	Muthoot FA	4
4	Ebindas Yesudas	Kerala Blasters	3
	Muhammed Sanad P	Gokulam Kerala
	Chabungbam Linky Meitei	Kerala United

Meghalaya–Assam region

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	NorthEast United	5	5	0	18	1	+17	15	Advance to Zonal group stage
2	Shillong Lajong	5	4	1	23	2	+21	12	Advance to Zonal group stage
3	Rangdajied United	5	3	2	7	10	−3	9
4	4ForAll FC	5	2	3	11	11	0	6
5	Little Star Academy	5	1	4	5	10	−5	3
6	PRYCC Shillong	5	0	5	1	31	−30	0

Source: RFDL

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Gunleiba Wangkheirakpam	NorthEast United	5
	Samborlang Langte	4ForAll FC
	Babysunday Marngar	Shillong Lajong
	Emanbha Marbaniang	Shillong Lajong
5	Yohaan Benjamin	Shillong Lajong	4
5	Freddy Banteilang Jyrwa	Rangdajied United	4

Mizoram region

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mizoram YFF	5	4	1	17	8	+9	12	Advance to Zonal group stage
2	Aizawl	5	4	1	17	7	+10	12	Advance to Zonal group stage
3	Kanan SC	5	3	2	15	10	+5	9
4	Greenfield FA	5	2	3	11	15	−4	6
5	Zemabawk North FC	5	1	4	8	19	−11	3
6	Kulikawn FC	5	1	4	6	15	−9	3

Source: RFDL

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Lalrinhlua	Aizawl	5
2	Elisa Lalchamliana	Aizawl	4
	Simon Lalnilien Zote	Kanan SC
	Lalbiaktluanga	Mizoram YFF
	Emanuel Lalhruaizela	Mizoram YFF

Mumbai region

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Maharashtra Oranje	5	4	1	0	13	4	+9	13	Advance to Zonal group stage
2	RFYC	5	3	1	1	9	6	+3	10	Advance to Zonal group stage
3	Millat FC	5	3	1	1	7	6	+1	10
4	MYJ–GMSC	5	1	2	2	7	8	−1	5
5	Mumbai City	5	1	1	3	8	8	0	4	Advance to Zonal group stage
6	Kenkre FC	5	0	0	5	1	13	−12	0

Source: RFDL

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Pratham Ghatnur	Maharashtra Oranje	3
	Gyamar Nikum	Mumbai City
	F Vanlalchhanchhuaha	RFYC
	Mohammed Khatib	Maharashtra Oranje
	Ansh Tembulkar	RFYC
6	Aditya Gopireddy	MYJ-GMSC	2

North region

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Delhi FC	5	4	1	0	22	5	+17	13	Advance to Zonal group stage
2	Garhwal Heroes	5	3	1	1	13	6	+7	10
3	Sudeva Delhi	5	3	0	2	14	4	+10	9
4	Punjab	5	2	1	2	8	8	0	7
5	Namdhari	5	1	1	3	4	13	−9	4
6	Rajasthan United	5	0	0	5	2	26	−24	0

Source: RFDL

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Seiminthang Khongsai	Delhi	8
2	Omang Dodum	Punjab	4
	Jajo Prashan	Sudeva Delhi
	Gwgwmsar Gayary	Delhi
5	Iashanbok Buhphang	Garhwal Heroes	3

ROI–NorthEast region

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Jamshedpur	5	4	1	0	20	2	+18	13	Advance to Zonal group stage
2	Classic FA	5	4	1	0	12	2	+10	13	Advance to Zonal group stage
3	SAI-RC	5	3	0	2	9	8	+1	9
4	Football 4 Change Academy	5	2	0	3	9	10	−1	6
5	Todo United	5	1	0	4	5	23	−18	3
6	Senapati FC	5	0	0	5	2	12	−10	0

Source: RFDL

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Lalhriatpuia Chawngthu	Jamshedpur	6
2	Lawmsangzuala	Jamshedpur	5
3	Kishor Tiwari	Football 4 Change Academy	4
4	Ningthoujam Remson Singh	Jamshedpur	3
	Yendrembam Rohit Singh	Classic FA
	Punit Thangjam	Classic FA

South region

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sreenidi Deccan	5	3	1	1	15	4	+11	10	Advance to Zonal group stage
2	Kickstart FC	5	2	3	0	5	2	+3	9
3	Roots FC	5	2	2	1	5	4	+1	8
4	Chennaiyin	5	2	1	2	6	4	+2	7
5	Bengaluru	5	1	3	1	12	5	+7	6
6	BIFA	5	0	0	5	0	24	−24	0

Source: RFDL

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	R Lalbiakliana	Sreenidi Deccan	4
1	Lalfamkima	Sreenidi Deccan	4
3	Soham Varshneya	Bengaluru	3
3	Taorem Kelvin Singh	Bengaluru	3
5	Rashid CK	Bengaluru	2
5	Deepak DP	Sreenidi Deccan	2

Zonal group stage

Qualified teams

No.	Club	Qualified as
1	Mohun Bagan SG	East region champions
2	East Bengal	East region runners-up
3	Diamond Harbour	East region 3rd
4	Dempo SC	Goa region champions
5	FC Goa	Goa region runners-up
6	SESA FA	Goa region 3rd
7	Muthoot FA	Kerala region champions
8	Gokulam Kerala	Kerala region runners-up
9	Kerala Blasters	Kerala region 3rd
10	NorthEast United	Meghalaya–Assam region champions
11	Shillong Lajong	Meghalaya–Assam region runners-up
12	Mizoram YFF	Mizoram region champions
13	Aizawl	Mizoram region runners-up
14	Maharashtra Oranje	Mumbai region champions
15	RFYC	Mumbai region runners-up
16	Mumbai City	Mumbai region 3rd
17	Delhi FC	North region champions
18	Garhwal Heroes	North region runners-up
19	Sudeva Delhi	North region 3rd
20	Jamshedpur	ROI–NorthEast region champions
21	Classic FA	ROI–NorthEast region runners-up
22	Sreenidi Deccan	South region champions
23	Kickstart FC	South region runners-up
24	Roots FC	South region 3rd

Goa–Mumbai region

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dempo SC	10	7	2	1	20	3	+17	23	Advance to National group stage
2	FC Goa	10	6	4	0	20	5	+15	22
3	Mumbai City	10	3	2	5	24	27	−3	11
4	RFYC	10	2	4	4	19	23	−4	10
5	Maharashtra Oranje	10	2	2	6	13	27	−14	8
6	SESA FA	10	1	4	5	8	19	−11	7

Source: RFDL

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Lalthangliana	FC Goa	6
	Jovial Dias	FC Goa
	Mohammed Kaif	Mumbai City
4	Ayush Chhikara	Mumbai City	5
5	Shreyash Gajanan Naik	Dempo	4

Kerala–South region

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Muthoot FA	10	5	4	1	21	7	+14	19	Advance to National group stage
2	Kickstart FC	10	4	4	2	19	12	+7	16
3	Sreenidi Deccan	10	3	5	2	10	14	−4	14
4	Kerala Blasters	10	3	4	3	17	13	+4	13
5	Roots FC	10	3	2	5	7	12	−5	11
6	Gokulam Kerala	10	1	3	6	6	22	−16	6

Source: RFDL

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Abith KB	Muthoot FA	10
2	Sreekuttan MS	Kerala Blasters	6
3	Lalfamkima	Sreenidi Deccan	4
	Yohann Victor Britto	Roots FC
	Crispin C Cleetus	Kickstart

NorthEast region

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	NorthEast United	10	7	2	1	32	9	+23	23	Advance to National group stage
2	Classic FA	10	7	1	2	33	11	+22	22
3	Jamshedpur	10	5	1	4	23	15	+8	16
4	Aizawl	10	3	3	4	12	17	−5	12
5	Mizoram YFF	10	2	1	7	14	35	−21	7
6	Shillong Lajong	10	2	0	8	12	39	−27	6

Source: RFDL

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Laishram Danny Meitei	NorthEast United	10
2	Aditya Kalloli	NorthEast United	7
	Ningthoujam Remson Singh	Jamshedpur
	Md Arbash	Classic FA
5	Lawmsangzuala	Jamshedpur	6

Kolkata–North region

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	East Bengal	8	6	1	1	19	8	+11	19	Advance to National group stage
2	Mohun Bagan	8	4	2	2	12	8	+4	14
3	Diamond Harbour	8	3	1	4	13	16	−3	10
4	Sudeva Delhi	8	2	2	4	10	14	−4	8
5	Garhwal Heroes	8	1	2	5	11	19	−8	5

Source: RFDL

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Benjamin Lalnunpuia	Diamond Harbour	5
2	Akash Hemram	Diamond Harbour	4
3	Vian Vinay Murgod	Mohun Bagan SG	3
4	Thumsol Tongsin	Mohun Bagan SG	2
	Surajit Dutta	East Bengal
	Iashanbok Buhphang	Garwhal Heroes
	Pasang Dorjee Tamang	Mohun Bagan SG

National group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	JAM	GOA	KIC	NEU	DHB	EAB
1	Jamshedpur	5	3	1	1	13	7	+6	10	Advance to National Championship	—	—	—	5–2	1–1	3–0
2	FC Goa	5	3	0	2	7	4	+3	9	Advance to National Championship	4–0	—	2–0	0–1	0–3	1–0
3	Kickstart FC	5	3	0	2	5	6	−1	9		0–4	—	—	1–0	3–0	—
4	NorthEast United	5	2	1	2	5	6	−1	7		—	—	—	—	—	—
5	Diamond Harbour	5	1	2	2	4	6	−2	5		—	—	—	0–0	—	0–2
6	East Bengal	5	1	0	4	2	7	−5	3		—	—	0–1	0–2	—	—

Source: RFDL

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Bivan Jyoti Laskar	Jamshedpur	5
2	Likson Rebelo	FC Goa	3
3	Laishram Danny Meitei	NorthEast United	2
	Akash Hemram	Diamond Harbour
	Vellington Fernandes	FC Goa

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	CFA	MBG	MFA	DEM	SDE	MCI
1	Classic FA	5	3	1	1	6	3	+3	10	Advance to National Championship	—	0–0	0–1	2–0	—	—
2	Mohun Bagan SG	5	3	1	1	6	4	+2	10	Advance to National Championship	—	—	2–1	0–2	—	—
3	Muthoot FA	5	3	0	2	9	4	+5	9		—	—	—	3–1	0–1	—
4	Dempo SC	5	2	1	2	7	6	+1	7		—	—	—	—	—	—
5	Sreenidi Deccan	5	1	2	2	6	8	−2	5		2–3	0–2	—	1–1	—	—
6	Mumbai City	5	0	1	4	3	12	−9	1		0–1	1–2	0–4	0–3	2–2	—

Source: RFDL

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Febil K	Muthoot FA	3
1	Bharat Lairenjam	Classic FA	3
3	Salgeo Dias	Dempo	2
	Leimapokpam Sibajit Singh	Mohun Bagan SG
	Levis Zangminlun	Sreenidi Deccan

National Championship

Qualification

Club	Qualified as
Jamshedpur	Group A champions
Classic FA	Group B champions
FC Goa	Group A runners-up
Mohun Bagan SG	Group B runners-up

Top 3 teams from this stage will qualify for Next Gen Cup. As Classic FA backed out of Next Gen Cup due to scheduling challenges, Jamshedpur replaced them in Next Gen Cup.