2018–19 in Indian football

Football in India
Season	2018–19
Men's football
I-League	Chennai City
Indian Super League	Bengaluru
Second Division	TRAU
Super Cup	Goa

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The 2018–19 season was the 140th in Indian football.

National teams[edit]

India national football team[edit]

2018 Intercontinental Cup[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	India (H)	3	2	1	9	2	+7	6	Advance to the Final
2	Kenya	3	2	1	6	4	+2	6	Advance to the Final
3	New Zealand	3	2	1	4	3	+1	6
4	Chinese Taipei	3	0	3	0	10	−10	0

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) head-to-head match result
(H) Host.

1 June 2018 (2018-06-01)	India	5–0	Chinese Taipei	Mumbai, India
20:00 IST	Chhetri 14', 34', 62' U. Singh 48' Halder 78'	Report		Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena Attendance: 2,569^[1] Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)

4 June 2018 (2018-06-04)	India	3–0	Kenya	Mumbai, India
20:00 IST	Chhetri 68' (pen.), 90+2' Lalpekhlua 71'	Report		Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena Attendance: 8,890^[2] Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

7 June 2018 (2018-06-07)	India	1–2	New Zealand	Mumbai, India
20:00 IST	Chhetri 47'	Report	De Jong 49' Dyer 86'	Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

Final

10 June 2018 (2018-06-10) Final	India	2–0	Kenya	Mumbai, India
20:00 IST	Chhetri 8', 29'	Report		Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)

2018 SAFF Championship[edit]

Group B

2018 SAFF Championship

5 September 2018 (2018-09-05)	India	2–0	Sri Lanka	Dhaka, Bangladesh
19:00	Kuruniyan 35' Chhangte 47'	Report		Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)

9 September 2018 (2018-09-09)	India	2–0	Maldives	Dhaka, Bangladesh
19:00	Poojari 36' M. Singh 44'	Report		Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)

Semi-final

12 September 2018	India	3–1	Pakistan	Dhaka, Bangladesh
19:00 IST	Manvir Singh 48', 69' Sumeet Passi 84'	Report	Muhammed Ali 88'	Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Sivakorn Pu-udom (Thailand)

Final

15 September 2018	Maldives	2–1	India	Dhaka, Bangladesh
18:30 IST	Mahudhee 19' Fasir 66'	Report	Passi 90+2'	Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Hasan Akrami (Iran)

2019 AFC Asian Cup[edit]

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United Arab Emirates (H)	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Thailand	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Bahrain	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	India	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3

Source: AFC
(H) Host.
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Head-to-head points: Thailand 3, Bahrain 0.

India national under-23 football team[edit]

2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification[edit]

Group F

2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification

22 March 2019 (2019-03-22)	India	0–3	Uzbekistan	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Template:UTZ			Kobilov 45+1' (p) Abdikholikov 78', 83'	Stadium: Pakhtakor Central Stadium Attendance: 2,452 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

24 March 2019 (2019-03-24)	Tajikistan	2–0	India	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Template:UTZ	Yodgorov 30' Solehov 85'			Stadium: Pakhtakor Central Stadium Attendance: 282 Referee: Ho Wai Sing (Hong Kong)

India men's national under-16 football team[edit]

2018 AFC U-16 Championship[edit]

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Indonesia	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5	Knockout stage
2	India	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	5	Knockout stage
3	Iran	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3	4
4	Vietnam	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

21 September 2018 (2018-09-21)	Vietnam	0–1	India	UM Arena Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
20:45		Report	V. Singh 86' (pen.)	Attendance: 166 Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)

24 September 2018 (2018-09-24)	India	0–0	Iran	Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
16:30		Report		Attendance: 186 Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia)

27 September 2018 (2018-09-27)	India	0–0	Indonesia	Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
20:45		Report		Attendance: 11,388 Referee: Ahmad Yacoub Ibrahim (Jordan)

Quarter-final

1 October 2018 (2018-10-01)	South Korea	1–0	India	Petaling Jaya Stadium, Petaling Jaya
20:45	Jeong Sang-bin 68'	Report		Attendance: 200 Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)

India women's national football team[edit]

2019 SAFF Women's Championship[edit]

Group B

2019 SAFF Women's Championship

13 March 2019	Template:Fbw-rt	6–0	Maldives	Sahid Rangsala, Biratnagar
15:00	Sanju 27', 89' Grace 8' Sweety 13' Indumathi 23' Ratanbala 45+4'	SAFF AIFF		Attendance: 1,813 Referee: Ashmita Manandhar (Nepal)

17 March 2019	Template:Fbw-rt	0–5	India	Sahid Rangsala, Biratnagar
15:00		SAFF AIFF	Grace 4' Sandhiya 7' Indumathi 36' Sangita 45' Ratanbala 47'	Attendance: 1,684 Referee: Mizanur Rahman (Bangladesh)

Semi-final

20 March 2019	Template:Fbw-rt	4–0	Bangladesh	Sahid Rangsala, Biratnagar
15:00	Indumathi 22', 37' Dalima 18' Manisha 93+3'	AIFF		Attendance: 1,263 Referee: Mohommed Nizam (Sri Lanka)

Final

22 March 2019	Nepal	1–3	India	Sahid Rangsala, Biratnagar
15:00	Bhandari 33'	AIFF	Chhibber 26' Grace 63' Tamang 78'	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mohammed Manir Dhali (Bangladesh)

2020 AFC Olympic Qualifying Tournatment[edit]

First Round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Myanmar (H)	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7	Second round
2	India	3	1	1	1	9	4	+5	4
3	Nepal	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
4	Bangladesh	3	0	1	2	2	13	−11	1

Source: AFC
(H) Host.

8 November 2018 2020 Olympics Q	Template:Fbw-rt	1–1	Nepal	Yangon, Myanmar
14:00 IST	Kamala Devi 37'	FIFA AFC	Niru Thapa 11'	Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Lee Yi-Chi (Taiwan)

11 November 2018 2020 Olympics Q	Template:Fbw-rt	1–7	India	Yangon, Myanmar
14:00 IST	Krishna Rani 81'	FIFA AFC	Kamala Devi 16' (pen.), 53' Bala Devi 22', 23', 62', 75' Sanju 73'	Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Mi Siyu (China)

13 November 2018 2020 Olympics Q	Template:Fbw-rt	2–1	India	Yangon, Myanmar
17:00 IST	Win Theingi Tun 3' Nge Nge Htwe 83'	FIFA AFC	Ratanbala Devi	Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium Attendance: 1698 Referee: Ri Hyang-ok (DPR Korea)

Second Round

Though India won first two matches against Indonesia and Nepal and was able to draw against Myanmar but due to Myanmar's goal difference is greater than that of India's, India could not move to the third round of the qualification.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Myanmar (H)	3	2	1	0	12	4	+8	7	Third round
2	India	3	2	1	0	8	4	+4	7
3	Nepal	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	3
4	Indonesia	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9	0

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host.

3 April 2019 (2019-04-03) 2020 Olympic 2R Q	Template:Fbw-rt	2–0	Indonesia	Mandalay, Myanmar
14:00 IST	Dangmei Grace 27', 68'	AFC AIFF		Stadium: Mandalarthiri Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)

6 April 2019 (2019-04-06) 2020 Olympic 2R Q	Template:Fbw-rt	1–3	India	Mandalay, Myanmar
14:00 IST	Niru Thapa 7'	AFC AIFF	P. Magar 6' (o.g.) Ranganathan 60' Ashalata 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Mandalarthiri Stadium Attendance: 356 Referee: Law Bik Chi (Hong Kong)

9 April 2019 (2019-04-09) 2020 Olympic 2R Q	Template:Fbw-rt	3–3	India	Mandalay, Myanmar
14:30 IST	Win Tun 17', 21', 72'	AFC AIFF	Sandhiya Ranganathan 10' Sanju 32' Ratanbala 64'	Stadium: Mandalarthiri Stadium Attendance: 851 Referee: Mahsa Ghorbani (Iran)

India women's national under-18 football team[edit]

2018 SAFF U-18 Women's Championship[edit]

Group A

Times listed are UTC+6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
1	India	2	2	0	12	0	+12	6	Qualified for Knockout stage
2	Bhutan (H)	2	1	1	13	4	+9	3	Qualified for Knockout stage
3	Maldives	2	0	2	0	19	−19	0

Source: Championship schedule according to the SAFF U18 Women's Championship official website.SAFF
(H) Host.

28 September 2018	Template:Fbwu-rt	4–0	Bhutan	Changlimithang Stadium
16:00	Devneta Roy 35', 50' Manisha 64' Ashem Roja Devi 67'	SAFF AIFF

2 October 2018	Template:Fbwu-rt	0–8	India	Changlimithang Stadium
16:00		SAFF AIFF	16' Ashem Roja Devi 19' Karishma Rai 22' (pen.) Pakpi Devi 27' B. Mariyammal 34', 46' Soni Behra 57' Sangita Kumari 62' (o.g.) Jannat Adam

Semi-final

5 October 2018	Template:Fbwu-rt	1–1 (1–3 p)	Nepal	Changlimithang Stadium
15:30	Jabamani Tudu 62'	SAFF AIFF	15' Rashmi Kumari Ghising
	Penalties
	Devnata Roy Asha Kumari Jabamani Tudu Manisha		Rekha Poudel Puja Rana Anjana Rani Magar

India women's national under-15 football team[edit]

2018 SAFF U-15 Women's Championship[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
1	India	2	2	0	13	0	+13	6	Qualified for Semi-finals
2	Bhutan (H)	2	1	1	6	1	+5	3	Qualified for Semi-finals
3	Sri Lanka	2	0	2	0	18	−18	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(H) Host.

9 August 2018	Template:Fbwu-rt	12–0	Sri Lanka	Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu
16:00	Silky Devi 1', 20', 44' Lynda Kom 6' Avika Singh 14', 59' Sunita Munda 42', 79' Kritina Devi 47' Kiran. 72' Anju. 87', 89'	AIFF

13 August 2018	Template:Fbwu-rt	1–0	Bhutan	Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu
16:00	Silky Devi 58'	AIFF

Semi-final[edit]

16 August 2018	Template:Fbwu-rt	2–1	Nepal	Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu
16:00	Lynda Kom 31' Kritina Devi 59'	AIFF	37' Rajani Thokar

Final[edit]

18 August 2018	Template:Fbwu-rt	1–0	Bangladesh	Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu
19:00	Sunita Munda 66'	AIFF

AFC competitions[edit]

2018 AFC Cup[edit]

Inter-zone play-off semi-finals[edit]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bengaluru	2–5	Altyn Asyr	2–3	0–2

22 August 2018 (2018-08-22)	Bengaluru	2–3	Altyn Asyr	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
Template:UTZ	Bheke 63' Paartalu 88'	Live Report Stats Report	Orazsähedow 11', 46' Annadurdyýew 25'	Attendance: 5,832 Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

29 August 2018 (2018-08-29)	Altyn Asyr	2–0	Bengaluru	Köpetdag Stadium, Ashgabat
Template:UTZ	Annadurdyýew 50' Orazsähedow 58'	Live Report Stats Report		Attendance: 12,326 Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)

Altyn Asyr won 5–2 on aggregate.

2019 AFC Champions League[edit]

Preliminary Round 2[edit]

West Region
Team 1	Score	Team 2
Saipa	4–0	Minerva Punjab

2019 AFC Cup[edit]

South Asia Zone
Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Colombo	0–1	Chennaiyin	0–0	0–1

Group E

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Club competitions[edit]

Indian Super League[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bengaluru^{[lower-alpha 1]} (C)	18	10	4	4	29	22	+7	34^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Advance to Indian Super League Playoffs
2	Goa	18	10	4	4	36	20	+16	34^{[lower-alpha 2]}
3	Mumbai City	18	9	3	6	25	20	+5	30
4	NorthEast United	18	7	8	3	22	18	+4	29
5	Jamshedpur	18	6	9	3	29	21	+8	27
6	ATK	18	6	6	6	18	22	−4	24
7	Pune City	18	6	4	8	24	30	−6	22
8	Delhi Dynamos	18	4	6	8	23	27	−4	18
9	Kerala Blasters	18	2	9	7	18	28	−10	15
10	Chennaiyin	18	2	3	13	16	32	−16	9

Source: Indian Super League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair play ranking; 6) drawing of lots
(C) Champion.
Notes:

↑ Qualified for 2020 AFC Cup Qualifiers
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Head-to-head standings: Bengaluru 6 pts, Goa 0 pts.

Results[edit]

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Bracket[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
NorthEast United	2–4	Bengaluru	2–1	0–3
Mumbai City	2–5	Goa	1–5	1–0

Final[edit]

17 March 2019

17:30 IST

Bengaluru	1–0	Goa
Rahul Bheke 117'	Report

Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai

Attendance: 7,372

Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)

I-League[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chennai City (C)	20	13	4	3	48	28	+20	43	Qualification for AFC Champions League preliminary round 1^{[lower-alpha 1]}
2	East Bengal	20	13	3	4	37	20	+17	42
3	Real Kashmir	20	10	7	3	25	14	+11	37^{[lower-alpha 2]}
4	Churchill Brothers	20	9	7	4	35	23	+12	34
5	Mohun Bagan	20	8	5	7	27	28	−1	29
6	NEROCA	20	7	5	8	27	26	+1	26
7	Aizawl	20	6	6	8	27	28	−1	24
8	Indian Arrows	20	6	3	11	19	28	−9	21
9	Minerva Punjab	20	4	6	10	10	19	−9	18^{[lower-alpha 2]}
10	Gokulam Kerala	20	3	8	9	25	33	−8	17
11	Shillong Lajong (R)	20	3	2	15	23	56	−33	11	Relegation to Template:Season link

Source: I-league
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

↑ If the league champions cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League group stage, they will enter the AFC Cup group stage.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 The game between Minerva Punjab and Real Kashmir was rescheduled, but eventually it was not played and both teams were awarded a point.^[3]

Promotion and relegation[edit]

Teams promoted

Real Kashmir

Teams relegated

None^[4]

Results[edit]

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Super Cup[edit]

31 March

4 April

Bengaluru

w/o

Bengaluru

1

31 March

Chennai City

2

Pune City

2

9 April

Chennai City

4

Chennai City

0

30 March

Goa

3

Indian Arrows

0

6 April

Goa

3

Goa

4

2 April

Jamshedpur

3

Jamshedpur

w/o

13 April

Churchill Brothers

Goa

2

29 March

Chennaiyin

1

Chennaiyin

2

7 April

Mumbai City

0

Chennaiyin

2

3 April

NorthEast United

1

NEROCA

10 April

NorthEast United

w/o

Chennaiyin

2

30 March

ATK

0

Delhi Dynamos

w/o

5 April

East Bengal

Delhi Dynamos

3

1 April

ATK

4

ATK

3

Real Kashmir

1

I-League 2nd Division[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bengaluru (R)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	8	7	1	0	26	3	+23	22
2	Goa (R)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	8	5	0	3	17	7	+10	15
3	Lonestar Kashmir	8	3	2	3	8	13	−5	11	Advance to Final Round
4	ARA	8	3	1	4	10	14	−4	10
5	Hindustan	8	0	0	8	5	29	−24	0

Source: Soccerway
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Reserves team are ineligible for advance to the next round

Group B[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ozone	8	6	2	0	19	6	+13	20	Advance to Final Round
2	Fateh Hyderabad	8	4	1	3	12	9	+3	13
3	Kerala Blasters (R)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	8	2	2	4	8	13	−5	8
4	South United	8	1	4	3	10	16	−6	7
5	Chennaiyin (R)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	8	1	3	4	8	13	−5	6

Source: Soccerway
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Reserves team are ineligible for advance to the next round

Group C[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chhinga Veng	10	6	2	2	18	11	+7	20	Advance to Final Round
2	TRAU	10	5	2	3	17	20	−3	17	Advance to Final Round
3	Mohammedan	10	5	1	4	21	13	+8	16
4	ATK (R)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	10	4	2	4	15	14	+1	14
5	Rainbow	10	3	4	3	17	16	+1	13
6	Jamshedpur (R)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	10	1	1	8	10	24	−14	4

Source: Soccerway
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Reserves team are ineligible for advance to the next round

Final round[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	TRAU (Q)	6	5	0	1	13	5	+8	15	Promotion to I-League
2	Chhinga Veng	6	4	1	1	12	6	+6	13
3	Ozone	5	1	0	4	4	6	−2	3
4	Lonestar Kashmir	5	0	1	4	3	15	−12	1

Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2019. Source: Soccerway
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Indian Women's League[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Cluster I[edit]

2018–19 Indian Women's League final round

Cluster II[edit]

2018–19 Indian Women's League final round

Knock–out stage[edit]

Semi-finals			Final

1	Gokulam Kerala	2

4	Manipur Police	4
			Manipur Police	1

			Sethu	3
3	Sethu	8

2	Central SSB Women's	1

References[edit]

↑ "'Scream at us, but come watch us': Indian captain Sunil Chhetri makes heartfelt plea to fans".
↑ @ThatUnitedLady (4 June 2018). "Attendance figures: India vs Chinese Taipei, June 1: 2569 India vs Kenya, today: 8890" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
↑ "AIFF league committee meets in Bhubaneshwar". 13 April 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}
↑ "AIFF reinstates Churchill Brothers in I-League". 20 September 2018.

[table_hth_THA0.021532670139117-3] 1.0 ^1.1 Head-to-head points: Thailand 3, Bahrain 0.

[table_note_BFC0.26474471402575-4] Qualified for 2020 AFC Cup Qualifiers

[table_hth_BFC0.26474471402575-5] 2.0 ^2.1 Head-to-head standings: Bengaluru 6 pts, Goa 0 pts.

[table_note_res_CLP10.88836766541394-6] If the league champions cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League group stage, they will enter the AFC Cup group stage.

[table_hth_REK0.88836766541394-8] 2.0 ^2.1 The game between Minerva Punjab and Real Kashmir was rescheduled, but eventually it was not played and both teams were awarded a point.^[3]

[table_note_BFC0.7629208302884-10] 1.0 ^1.1 Reserves team are ineligible for advance to the next round

[table_note_CFC0.23305070317958-11] 1.0 ^1.1 Reserves team are ineligible for advance to the next round

[table_note_ATK0.99704458331552-12] 1.0 ^1.1 Reserves team are ineligible for advance to the next round

[1] "'Scream at us, but come watch us': Indian captain Sunil Chhetri makes heartfelt plea to fans".

[2] @ThatUnitedLady (4 June 2018). "Attendance figures: India vs Chinese Taipei, June 1: 2569 India vs Kenya, today: 8890" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[7] "AIFF league committee meets in Bhubaneshwar". 13 April 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}

[9] "AIFF reinstates Churchill Brothers in I-League". 20 September 2018.

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Domestic cups	Australia Bahrain '17–'18 '18–'19 Bangladesh Brunei '17–'18 '18–'19 Cambodia China Chinese Taipei East Timor Guam Hong Kong '17–'18 '18–'19 India Indonesia '18–'19 Iran '17–'18 '18–'19 Iraq '18–'19 Japan '17 (final) '18 Jordan '17–'18 '18–'19 Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait '17–'18 '18–'19 Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon '17–'18 '18–'19 Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman '17–'18 '18–'19 Pakistan Palestine '17–'18 '18–'19 Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria '18 '18–'19 Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan UAE '17–'18 '18–'19 Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
League cups	Bahrain '17–'18 '18–'19 Bangladesh '17–'18 '18–'19 Hong Kong Shield '17–'18 '18–'19 India Shield Durand Cup Indonesia Japan Kuwait Crown Prince Cup '17–'18 '18–'19 Fed Cup '17–'18 '18–'19 Lebanon Malaysia Malaysia Cup Challenge Cup Maldives Oman '17–'18 '18–'19 Qatar '17–'18 '18–'19 Saudi Arabia '17–'18 Singapore Syria Thailand UAE '17–'18 '18–'19 Uzbekistan
Super Cups	Bahrain China Iran Iraq Japan Kuwait Malaysia Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Tajikistan Thailand UAE Uzbekistan Vietnam
Regional club competitions	2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup
AFC club competitions	AFC Champions League Qualifying play-offs Group stage Knockout stage Final AFC Cup Qualifying play-offs Group stage Knockout stage Final
National team competitions	2018 FIFA World Cup 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification 2018 AFC U-23 Championship 2018 AFC Futsal Championship 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup Football at the 2018 Asian Games (Men - Women) 2018 AFC U-19 Championship 2018 AFC U-16 Championship 2018 AFF Championship 2018 CAFA Championship 2018 SAFF Championship 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup