2026 Reliance Foundation Development League

Reliance Foundation Development League
Season2026
Dates15 December 2025 – 18 April 2026
ChampionsBengaluru FC (3rd title)
Next Gen CupBengaluru FC
Matches255
Goals870 (3.41 per match)
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The 2025–26 Reliance Foundation Development League was the fifth season of the Reliance Foundation Development League, developmental football league organised by the Reliance Foundation.

The season features 54 teams divided into nine regions, held across multiple regions from 15 December 2025. Mohun Bagan SG are the defending champions.

Exposure trip to Japan

In July 2026, the top three teams — Bengaluru FC, FC Goa, and Punjab FC were invited to participate in an international exposure tour in Fukuoka, Japan. The initiative aimed to provide India's leading under-21 players with experience against high-level Japanese youth opposition while exposing coaches and players to different tactical and developmental philosophies.

Each Indian club played a series of friendly matches against Japanese sides including Avispa Fukuoka, Sagan Tosu, Giravanz Kitakyushu, and FC Baleine Shimonoseki. In addition to the matches, the three clubs' coaching staff attended a football workshop in Fukuoka where coaching methods, tactical approaches, youth development systems, and competition structures were discussed with their Japanese counterparts.

The tour followed previous international opportunities provided through the RFDL, including participation in the Premier League Next Generation Cup, and formed part of the league's broader objective of increasing international exposure for Indian youth footballers.

14 July 2026 Friendly India Goa 0–1 Japan Sagan Tosu U18 Fukuoka, Japan
11:30 IST Report Ono 6' Stadium: Saga Field
15 July 2026 Friendly India Bengaluru 3–2 Japan Giravanz Kitakyushu U18 Fukuoka, Japan
12:30 IST
Report
Stadium: Field C
15 July 2026 Friendly India Punjab 5–0 Japan Avispa Fukuoka U18 Fukuoka, Japan
12:30 IST
Report Stadium: Global Arena

Format

The whole competition was divided into 4 phases: Regional Qualifiers, Zonal Group Stage, National Group Stage, National Championship Stage.

54 teams were divided into 9 regions for the regional qualifiers, each containing 6 teams. Top 3 teams from each group qualified (except Meghalaya-Assam, ROI-1 and ROI-2, where 2 teams qualified) for Zonal group stage.

The qualified 24 teams were divided into 4 groups of 6 zones, from which top 3 teams from each group qualified for National group stage.

Phase Name Groups Teams
I Regional Qualifiers 9 54
II Zonal Group Stage 4 24
III National Group Stage 2 12
IV National Championship Stage N/a 4

Teams

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

State/Region Venue Clubs App (last)
Goa Duler Football Stadium, Mapusa
Guirim Football Ground, Guirim		 Churchill Brothers FC Goa 3rd (2024–25)
Clube de Salgaocar 3rd (2024–25)
Dempo SC 4th (2024–25)
FC Goa 5th (2024–25)
SESA FA 4th (2024–25)
Sporting Clube de Goa 3rd (2024–25)
Kerala TMK Arena, Vadakkencherry Kerala Blasters FC 5th (2024–25)
Kerala United FC 2nd (2024–25)
Kovalam FC 3rd (2024)
Parappur FC Kerala 4th (2024–25)
Real Malabar FC Debut
SAI Kollam 2nd (2024)
Kolkata Kalyani Stadium A, Kalyani
Barrackpore Stadium, Barrackpore		 Bengal Future Champs Debut
Diamond Harbour FC 2nd (2024–25)
East Bengal FC 4th (2024–25)
Mohun Bagan SG 4th (2024–25)
United SC 4th (2024–25)
Victoria SC Debut
Meghalaya–Mizoram MFA Ground, Shillong, Meghalaya 4ForAll FC 3rd (2024–25)
Greenfield FA 2nd (2024–25)
Langsning FC Debut
NorthEast United FC 4th (2024–25)
Rangdajied United FC 3rd (2024–25)
Shillong Lajong FC 4th (2024–25)
Mumbai Reliance Corporate Park, Navi Mumbai CFCI 2nd (2024)
Iron Born FC 3rd (2024)
Maharashtra Oranje FC 3rd (2024–25)
MYJ–GMSC 3rd (2024–25)
Millat FC 3rd (2024–25)
RFYC 5th (2024–25)
North Frontier FC Ground, Chhawla, Delhi
Sudeva FC Ground, Civil Lines, Delhi		 Downtown Heroes FC Debut
Inter Kashi FC Debut
Punjab FC 4th (2024–25)
Rajasthan United FC 4th (2024–25)
Sporting Club Delhi 2nd (2022)
Sudeva Delhi FC 4th (2024–25)
ROI–1 SAI Ground, Imphal, Manipur ASUFII FA Debut
Chhaygaon FC Debut
Classic FA 3rd (2024–25)
Imphal Youth FC Debut
SAI-RC 3rd (2024–25)
Subansiri United FC Debut
ROI–2 JRD Tata Sports Complex, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
Flatlets Ground, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand		 Bidhannagar Municipal SA Debut
Chhattisgarh United FC Debut
Football 4 Change Academy 3rd (2024–25)
Jamshedpur FC 5th (2024–25)
Sports Odisha Debut
Zinc FA 2nd (2024)
South HAL SC Ground, Bengaluru, Karnataka Alchemy IFA Debut
Bengaluru FC 5th (2024–25)
Kickstart FC 4th (2024–25)
Roots FC 4th (2024–25)
South United FC Debut
Sreenidi Deccan FC 4th (2024–25)

Regional qualifiers

Goa Region

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DEM SESA FCG SFC SCG CBFC
1 Dempo 5 5 0 0 14 0 +14 15 Advance to Zonal group stage 1–0 2–0
2 SESA 5 3 1 1 12 4 +8 10 1–0
3 Goa 5 3 1 1 9 5 +4 10 0–2 2–2 3–1 3–0 1–0
4 Salgaocar 5 2 0 3 8 9 −1 6
5 Sporting Goa 5 1 0 4 5 14 −9 3 0–4 1–3 2–3
6 Churchill Brothers 5 0 0 5 2 18 −16 0 0–5 0–6 1–4 1–2
Source: RFDL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Royson Colaco Salgaocar 4
Swavel Cristiano Furtado Dempo
3 Murphy Fernandes Dempo 3
Saish Gaunkar SESA
Likson Rebelo SESA

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Deep Singh Dempo 5
2 Lionel Daryl Rymmei Goa 2
Micky Dias SESA

North Region

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PFC SUD RUFC SCD DWN IKFC
1 Punjab 5 4 0 1 18 4 +14 12 Advance to Zonal group stage 5–0 4–0 5–0
2 Sudeva Delhi 5 3 1 1 14 7 +7 10 3–2 1–3 5–1
3 Rajasthan United 5 2 2 1 11 12 −1 8 3–1 2–2 3–3
4 SC Delhi 5 2 1 2 8 6 +2 7 1–2 1–1
5 Downtown Heroes 5 1 1 3 5 13 −8 4 0–2 2–0
6 Inter Kashi 5 0 1 4 3 17 −14 1 0–4 0–3
Source: RFDL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Omang Dodum Punjab 6
2 Sachin Sudeva Delhi 4
Pangambam Naoba Meitei Rajasthan United
4 Alan Saji SC Delhi 3

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Naveen Saini Punjab 3
2 Mohammed Fizaan Jabir Punjab 2

South Region

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BFC SUFC SRE KIC ALC ROOT
1 Bengaluru 5 5 0 0 16 0 +16 15 Advance to Zonal group stage 3–0 3–0
2 South United 5 4 0 1 18 6 +12 12 0–4 3–2
3 Sreenidi Deccan 5 3 0 2 10 5 +5 9 0–1 2–0
4 Kickstart 5 1 1 3 4 18 −14 4 0–5 0–8
5 Alchemy IFA 5 1 0 4 5 11 −6 3 0–2 1–4 1–2
6 Roots 5 0 1 4 2 15 −13 1 0–5 0–2 2–2 0–3
Source: RFDL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Md Altab Hussain South United 6
2 Md Arbash Bengaluru 4
Aiborlang Kharthangmaw Sreenidi Deccan
Makakmayum Daniyal South United
5 Nirupam Gowda H South United 3
Prajwal V Gowda South United
Rakshit P Anil Bengaluru
Serto Worneilen Kom Bengaluru

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Aheibam Suraj Singh Bengaluru 5
2 Khulakpam Saroj South United 3
3 Shuhaid Koya Thangal Sreenidi Deccan 2
4 Arun M South United 1

Kerala Region

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PFC MFC KBFC KUFC SAI KOV
1 PFC Kerala 5 5 0 0 9 2 +7 15 Advance to Zonal group stage 1–0
2 Real Malabar 5 3 1 1 5 4 +1 10 0–2 1–0 2–1
3 Kerala Blasters 5 3 0 2 13 6 +7 9 1–2 4–1 5–0
4 Kerala United 5 2 0 3 11 7 +4 6 1–2 2–3 2–0 5–0
5 SAI Kollam 5 1 1 3 4 10 −6 4 0–2 1–1
6 Kovalam 5 0 0 5 1 14 −13 0 0–1 1–2
Source: RFDL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Sreekuttan MS Kerala Blasters 5
2 Mohammed Adhnan K Kerala Blasters 4
3 Ibrahim AN Kerala United 3

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Farhan KB PFC Kerala 3
2 Saviyol Varghese Real Malabar 2
Aadil VS Kerala United
4 Alsabith ST Kerala Blasters 1
Mohamed Fayiz PFC Kerala

Rest Of India 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ASU CFA SUB CHH SAI IUFC
1 Asufii FA 5 3 1 1 15 8 +7 10 Advance to Zonal group stage 1–1 6–3
2 Classic FA 5 2 3 0 7 4 +3 9 1–1 2–0
3 Subansiri United FC 5 2 2 1 6 5 +1 8 3–2 1–0 0–1 1–1
4 Chhayagaon FC 5 2 0 3 6 9 −3 6 1–4 2–0 3–2
5 SAI RC 5 2 0 3 9 11 −2 6 1–2 4–1
6 Imphal Youth FC 5 0 2 3 5 11 −6 2 0–2 1–1
Source: RFDL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head points: Chhayagaon FC 3, SAI RC 0

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Wangkheirakpam John Singh ASUFII FA 6
2 Oinam Romio Singh SAI-RC 3
Ngararshing Raikhan ASUFII

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Rohit Deka Chhayagaon 1
Shrinivas Keisham Classic
Khaidem Amarjit Singh SAI-RC
Eziio ASUFII
Nur Alam Gazi Subansiri United

Rest Of India 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JFC BSA ZNF SOD F4C CHU
1 Jamshedpur FC 5 4 0 1 38 3 +35 12 Withdrew from Zonal group stage 0–1 2–0 9–0 7–2 20–0
2 Bidhannagar Municipal SA 5 3 2 0 15 5 +10 11 Advance to Zonal group stage 1–1 7–0
3 Zinc FA 5 2 2 1 10 5 +5 8 6–0
4 Sports Odisha 5 2 0 3 10 16 −6 6 1–3 0–1 6–1
5 Football 4 Change 5 1 2 2 20 18 +2 5 3–3 2–2 2–3 11–3
6 Chhattisgarh United 5 0 0 5 4 50 −46 0
Source: RFDL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Rayan C Jamshedpur 10
2 Heerangamba Seram Jamshedpur 9
3 Lawmsangzuala Jamshedpur 7
4 Henjoimang Khongsai Football 4 Change 6
Lalminlun Khongsai Football 4 Change
6 Rabi Mondal Bidhannagar 4

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Ritabrata Sarkar Jamshedpur 3
2 Piti Baskey Jamshedpur 2
Axay Zinc
Deba Baski Bidhannagar

Kolkata Region

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification EAB MBSG DHB USC VIC IFA
1 East Bengal 5 4 0 1 14 2 +12 12 Advance to Zonal group stage 0–1 3–1 8–0
2 Mohun Bagan SG 5 4 0 1 17 2 +15 12 0–2 2–0 1–0
3 Diamond Harbour 5 3 0 2 9 3 +6 9 0–1 1–0 5–0
4 United SC 5 2 1 2 5 11 −6 7 0–8
5 Victoria Sporting Club 5 1 0 4 3 16 −13 3 0–6 0–2
6 IFA Bengal Future Champs 5 0 1 4 2 16 −14 1 0–3 2–2 0–2
Source: RFDL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head points: East Bengal 3, Mohun Bagan 0

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Suhail Ahmad Bhat Mohun Bagan SG 5
2 Debojit Roy East Bengal 4
Vanlalpeka Guite East Bengal
4 Kazi Talal Ibtida Diamond Harbour 3

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Priyansh Dubey Mohun Bagan SG 4
2 Mohd Arbaz Diamond Habour 3
Julfikar Gazi East Bengal

Mumbai Region

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RFYC ORA CFCI MYJ MIL IBF
1 RFYC 5 4 1 0 9 1 +8 13 Advance to Zonal group stage 1–0 1–0 5–0
2 Maharashtra Oranje 5 3 1 1 11 3 +8 10 1–1 3–1
3 Community FC India 5 3 0 2 7 8 −1 9 0–1 0–4 3–1
4 MYJ-GMSC 5 1 1 3 7 8 −1 4 1–2
5 Millat 5 1 1 3 7 11 −4 4 0–3 1–2 2–2
6 Iron Born 5 1 0 4 5 15 −10 3 1–0 0–3 3–4
Source: RFDL , AIFF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head points: MYJ-GSM 1, Millat FC 1

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Mayur Jadhav Millat 6
2 Kaustubh Ajitkumar Shinde Maharashtra Oranje 4
Nirvaan Bhatt Community FC India

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Abhinand PB RFYC 3
2 Aaryan Mhatre Maharashtra Oranje 2

Meghalaya-Mizoram Region

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NEUTD RFC LFC SLFC GFA 4FA
1 NorthEast United 5 3 2 0 22 3 +19 11 Advance to Zonal group stage
2 Rangdajied United 5 3 2 0 11 5 +6 11 0–0 2–2 2–0 4–1
3 Langsning 5 3 1 1 15 8 +7 10 2–4 6–0
4 Shillong Lajong 5 2 0 3 13 9 +4 6 1–2 2–3 1–3 3–0 6–1
5 Greenfield FA 5 1 1 3 7 8 −1 4 0–0 1–2
6 4 For All FA 5 0 0 5 3 38 −35 0 0–16 1–6
Source: RFDL , AIFF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head points: NEUTD 1, Rangdajied 1

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Tanbir Dey NorthEast United 7
Mocha Irom NorthEast United
3 Emanbha Marbaniang Shillong Lajong 5
4 Pasborlang Khonglikong Rangdajied United 3
Samuel Phawa Langsning
Banlamkupar Rynjah Shillong Lajong
Kyrmenskhem Mukhim Langsning

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Divyaj Thakkar NorthEast United 3
2 Meshan Banjop Sumer Rangdajied United 2

Zonal group stage

A total of 24 teams progressed to the Zonal group stage.

Qualified teams

No. Club Qualified as
1 East Bengal East region champions
2 Mohun Bagan East region runners-up
3 Diamond Harbour East region 3rd
4 Dempo SC Goa region champions
5 SESA FA Goa region runners-up
6 FC Goa Goa region 3rd
7 Parappur FC Kerala Kerala region champions
8 Real Malabar FC Kerala region runners-up
9 Kerala Blasters Kerala region 3rd
10 NorthEast United Meghalaya–Assam region champions
11 Rangdajied United Meghalaya–Mizoram region runners-up
12 RFYC Mumbai region champions
13 Maharashtra Oranje Mumbai region runners-up
14 CFCI Mumbai region 3rd
15 Punjab FC North region champions
16 Sudeva Delhi North region runners-up
17 Rajasthan United North region 3rd
18 Asufii FA Rest Of India 1 region champions
19 Classic FA Rest Of India 1 runners-up
20 Jamshedpur
United SC		 Rest Of India 2 region champions
East region 4th
21 Bidhannagar Municipal SA Rest Of India 2 runners-up
22 Bengaluru FC South region champions
23 South United South region runners-up
24 Sreenidi Deccan South region 3rd

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SRE KBFC BFC SUFC PFC MFC
1 Sreenidi Deccan 5 3 2 0 12 4 +8 11 Advance to National group stage 3–0
2 Kerala Blasters 5 3 1 1 12 5 +7 10 1–1 1–3 4–0 3–0
3 Bengaluru 5 3 0 2 12 9 +3 9 1–2 5–1
4 South United 5 2 1 2 12 15 −3 7 3–3 5–4
5 PFC Kerala 5 1 1 3 5 11 −6 4 0–3 2–3 3–2
6 Real Malabar 5 0 1 4 6 15 −9 1 0–2 1–3 0–0
Source: RFDL , AIFF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Makakmayum Daniyal South United 5
Sreekuttan MS Kerala Blasters
3 Dinesh Singh Soubam Sreenidi Deccan 4
4 Serto Worneilen Kom Bengaluru 3
R Lawmnasangzuala Sreenidi Deccan
Md Altab Hussain South United
Vivek KS Real Malabar
Md Arshad PFC Kerala

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Shuhaid Koya Thangal Sreenidi Deccan 3
2 Alsabith ST Kerala Blasters 2
3 Saviyol Varghese Real Malabar 1
Mohamed Fayiz PFC Kerala

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SESA FCG DEM RFYC ORA CFCI
1 SESA 5 4 1 0 9 1 +8 13 Advance to National group stage 2–1
2 FC Goa 5 3 1 1 7 4 +3 10 2–1
3 Dempo 5 2 1 2 11 4 +7 7 0–1
4 RF Young Champs 5 1 3 1 5 4 +1 6 0–0 1–3 1–1 3–0
5 Maharashtra Oranje 5 1 1 3 3 6 −3 4 0–2 0–1 0–3 0–0
6 Community FC India 5 0 1 4 0 16 −16 1 0–4 0–0 0–6 0–3
Source: RFDL , AIFF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PFC SUD NEUTD CFA RUFC ASU
1 Punjab 5 4 1 0 13 2 +11 13 Advance to National group stage
2 Sudeva Delhi 5 3 1 1 11 7 +4 10 1–3 2–1 1–1
3 North East United 5 3 1 1 14 5 +9 10 0–0 3–0
4 Classic FA 5 2 0 3 3 9 −6 6 1–2 0–3 0–4 1–0
5 Rangdajied United 5 1 1 3 6 9 −3 4 0–1 3–6 0–1 2–0
6 Asufii FA 5 0 0 5 2 17 −15 0 0–7 2–4
Source: RFDL , AIFF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head points: Delhi 3, NEUTD 0

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DHB EAB MBSG BMSA RUFC USC
1 Diamond Harbour 5 4 1 0 10 2 +8 13 Advance to National group stage 1–0 3–0 3–1 2–0
2 East Bengal 5 4 0 1 11 3 +8 12 1–0 6–2
3 Mohun Bagan 5 2 2 1 8 5 +3 8 1–1 0–1 2–2
4 Bidhannagar MSA 5 2 0 3 3 9 −6 6 0–3 0–2 2–1
5 Rajasthan United 5 1 0 4 6 9 −3 3 1–3 3–0
6 United SC 5 0 1 4 4 14 −10 1 0–1
Source: RFDL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

National group stage

A total of twelve teams progressed to the National group stage from zonal stage.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BFC FCG SUD MBG SRE DHB
1 Bengaluru 10 5 4 1 17 8 +9 19 Advance to National Championship 1–1 0–2 0–0 6–2 1–1
2 Goa 10 4 2 4 10 11 −1 14 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–3 1–3
3 Sudeva Delhi 10 4 2 4 13 16 −3 14 0–3 0–0 3–2 1–3 1–1
4 Mohun Bagan 10 3 4 3 10 7 +3 13 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 0–0
5 Sreenidi Deccan 10 3 3 4 21 23 −2 12 2–2 0–2 2–3 0–3 4–0
6 Diamond Harbour 10 1 5 4 11 17 −6 8 0–1 1–3 2–3 0–0 3–3
Source: RFDL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PFC KBFC DSC SESA NEUTD EBFC
1 Punjab 10 7 2 1 22 9 +13 23 Advance to National Championship 1–2 3–0 2–0 2–2 4–2
2 Kerala Blasters 10 7 2 1 19 10 +9 23 0–1 3–2 2–0 3–2 1–1
3 Dempo 10 4 3 3 11 12 −1 15 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–1
4 SESA 10 2 3 5 9 15 −6 9 1–1 1–2 0–0 3–2 1–1
5 North East United 10 2 2 6 13 21 −8 8 1–4 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–0
6 East Bengal 10 1 2 7 11 18 −7 5 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 3–1
Source: RFDL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

National Championship

Qualification

Club Qualified as
Bengaluru FC Group A Champions
Punjab FC Group B Champions
FC Goa Group A Runners-up
Kerala Blasters FC Group B Runners-up

Bracket

All matches to be played at GMC Athletic Stadium, Bambolim, Goa.

Semifinals Final
        
A1 Bengaluru FC 7 3 10
B2 Kerala Blasters 0 0 0
SF1W Bengaluru FC 1
SF2W FC Goa 0
B1 Punjab FC 0 2 2
A2 FC Goa 4 1 5 Third place
SF1L Kerala Blasters 0
SF2L Punjab FC 6

Semi-finals 1st legs

Bengaluru FC7–0Kerala Blasters
 Report
GMC Athletic Stadium, Goa
Referee: Manvir Singh Kalyan
Punjab0–4Goa
Report
GMC Athletic Stadium, Goa
Referee: Abdul Majid Choudhury

Semi-finals 2nd legs

Kerala Blasters0–3Bengaluru FC
Report
GMC Athletic Stadium, Goa
Referee: Manvir Singh Kalyan
Goa1–2Punjab
 Report
GMC Athletic Stadium, Goa
Referee: Vivek Chhetri

Third-place play-off

Kerala Blasters0–6Punjab FC
 Report
GMC Athletic Stadium, Goa
Referee: Vivek Chhetri

Final

Bengaluru FC1–0FC Goa
 Report
GMC Athletic Stadium, Goa

Final standing

Final standing of 2026 Reliance Foundation Development League
Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bengaluru FC2316435617+3952
2nd place, silver medalist(s) FC Goa2311483123+837
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Punjab FC2317326018+4254
4 Kerala Blasters2312374135+639
Eliminated in the National group stage
5Dempo SC2011453616+2037
6Sudeva Delhi2010463830+834
7Mohun Bagan209653514+2133
8Sreenidi Deccan209564332+1132
9SESA209563020+1032
10Diamond Harbour208663022+830
11NorthEast United208574929+2029
12East Bengal209293623+1329
Eliminated in the Zonal group stage
13South United106133021+919
14RF Young Champs10541145+919
15PFC Kerala106131413+119
16Bidhannagar Municipal SA105231814+417
17Rangdajied United104331714+315
18Classic FA104331013-315
19Rajasthan United103251721-411
20Real Malabar FC103251119-811
21Maharashtra Oranje10424149+510
22Asufii FA103161725-810
23Community FC India10316724-1710
24United SC10226925-168
Eliminated in the Regional qualifiers
25Jamshedpur FC5401383+3512
26Langsning SC5311158+710
27Zinc FA5221105+58
28Subansiri United FC522165+18
29SC Delhi521286+27
30Shillong Lajong5203139+46
31Kerala United5203117+46
32Salgaocar FC520389-16
33SAI RC5203911-26
34Chhayagaon FC520369-36
35Sports Odisha52031016-66
36Football 4 Change51222018+25
37MYJ-GSM511378-14
38Greenfield FA511378-14
39Millat FC5113711-44
40SAI Kollam5113410-64
41Downtown Heroes5113513-84
42Kickstart FC5113418-144
43Alchemy FA5104511-63
44SC de Goa5104514-93
45Iron Born FC5104515-103
46Victoria SC5104316-133
47Imphal Youth5023511-62
48Roots5014215-131
49Inter Kashi5014317-141
50IFA Bengal Future Champs5014216-141
51Kovalam5005114-130
52Churchill Brothers5005218-160
534 For All FA5005338-350
54Chhatisgarh United5005450-460

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Qualified but withdrew from Zonal group stage.

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