I-League monthly awards

Monthly awards in the I-League

This is an association football award that recognises the best I-League coach and player each month of the season. It was started in 2019-20 season. Alejandro Menéndez of East Bengal FC and Fran González of Mohun Bagan AC were the first coach and player of December, respectively.

Coach of the month

Winners

Month	Year	Nationality	Coach	Team	Ref
December	2019	Spain	Alejandro Menéndez	East Bengal	^[1]
January	2020	Spain	Kibu Vicuña	Mohun Bagan	^[2]
February	2020	Spain	Kibu Vicuña	Mohun Bagan	^[3]
January	2021	Spain	Fernando Varela	Churchill Brothers	^[4]
February	2021	Ireland	Curtis Fleming	Punjab	^[5]
March	2021	India	L. Nandakumar Singh	TRAU	^[6]
March	2022	Russia	Andrey Chernyshov	Mohammedan	^[7]

Awards won by nationality

Country	Wins
Spain	4
India	1
Ireland	1
Russia	1

Awards won by club

Club	Wins
Mohun Bagan	2
Churchill Brothers	1
East Bengal	1
Mohammedan	1
Punjab	1
TRAU	1

Player of the month

Winner

Month	Year	Nationality	Player	Team	Ref
December	2019	Spain	Fran González	Mohun Bagan	^[8]
January	2020	Cameroon	Pierrick Dipanda	Punjab	^[9]
February	2020	Spain	Joseba Beitia	Mohun Bagan	^[10]
January	2021	Honduras	Clayvin Zuniga	Churchill Brothers	^[11]
February	2021	Nepal	Kiran Limbu	Punjab	^[5]
March	2021	Brazil	Helder Ribeiro	TRAU	^[6]
March	2022	Trinidad and Tobago	Marcus Joseph	Mohammedan	^[12]

Awards won by nationality

Country	Wins
Spain	2
Brazil	1
Cameroon	1
Honduras	1
Nepal	1
Trinidad and Tobago	1

Awards won by club

Club	Wins
Mohun Bagan	2
Punjab	2
Churchill Brothers	1
Mohammedan	1
TRAU	1

References

^ Barker, Gabby (6 January 2020). "Alejandro Menéndez, coach of the month in the Indian League". Sports Finding. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
^ "Papa heads Mohun Bagan to eighth win in nine ties - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
^ Sportstar, Team. "I-League, as it happened: Chennai City holds Mohun Bagan to 1-1 draw". Sportstar. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
^ ANI. "I-League: Table-toppers Churchill Brothers, Aizawl FC play out goalless draw". BW Businessworld. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b "I-League: Antwi's penalty takes Kerala to second place". daijiworld.com. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Congratulations to Helder Ribeiro & Nandakumar Singh - March Player & Coach of the Month!". Twitter. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
^ "Mohammedan SC's Andrey Chernyshov awarded Hero I-League Coach of the Month for March | Hero I-League". Retrieved 7 April 2022.
^ PTI. "I-League: Indian Arrows hurdle for in-form Mohun Bagan". Sportstar. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
^ "Mohun Bagan owe it to Baba". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
^ Sportstar, Team. "I-League, as it happened: Chennai City holds Mohun Bagan to 1-1 draw". Sportstar. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
^ "Santiago Varela, Clayvin Zuniga win laurels in I-League monthly awards for January". Khel Now. 5 February 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
^ "Marcus Joseph named Hero I-League Player of the Month for March | Hero I-League". Retrieved 7 April 2022.