2012–13 in Indian football
# 2012–13 in Indian football

The 2012–13 season is the 125th competitive association football season in India.

## Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated from the I-League:

* Chirag United Club Kerala
* HAL

Teams promoted to the I-League:

* ONGC
* United Sikkim

## India national football team

### Men

**2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification**

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Myanmar | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 |
| India | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 |
| Guam | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |

### Women

**2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Myanmar | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 7 | 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 7 | |
| 3 | India | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | |
| 4 | Palestine (H) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 1 | |

## I-League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Churchill Brothers (C) | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 56 | 22 | +34 | 55 | Qualification for 2014 AFC Cup group stage |
| 2 | Pune | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 53 | 26 | +27 | 52 | Qualification for 2014 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off |
| 3 | East Bengal | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 44 | 18 | +26 | 47 | |
| 4 | United SC | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 55 | 35 | +20 | 44 | |
| 5 | Dempo | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 40 | |
| 6 | Sporting Goa | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 35 | |
| 7 | Salgaocar | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 33 | |
| 8 | Mumbai | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 32 | |
| 9 | ONGC (R) | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 30 | 40 | −10 | 31 | Excluded |
| 10 | Mohun Bagan | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 29 | |
| 11 | Shillong Lajong | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 40 | −14 | 28 | |
| 12 | Pailan Arrows | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 45 | −20 | 23 | |
| 13 | Air India (R) | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 63 | −35 | 19 | Excluded |
| 14 | United Sikkim (R) | 26 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 63 | −40 | 15 | Relegation to 2014 I-League 2nd Division |

* ↑ Pune were chosen to represent India in the AFC Champions League as they passed the club licensing requirements.
* 1 2 ONGC and Air India were expelled from I-League because they failed to meet Asian Football Confederation's licensing criteria.
* ↑ On 29 December 2012, Mohun Bagan failed to turn up in the second half of the match against East Bengal due to crowd trouble; their record was expunged, with their remaining fixtures scratched, and they were banned from the I-League for until 2015 by the I-League core committee. On 15 January 2013, Mohun Bagan appealed against the decision to ban them from the league and were reinstated, but would start on 0 points.
