The number of foreigners allowed per team in the I-League will come down to four from the upcoming season. The rule follows Asian Football Confederation (AFC) guidelines which means one of those four overseas players must be from an AFC affiliated country.
This is after the All India Football Federation's (AIFF) Executive Committee met on Wednesday via video conferencing and ratified the implementation of the '3+1' foreigners rule in I-League from the upcoming 2020-21 season.
On Monday, the Indian FA had held discussions with all 10 I-League clubs over the implementation of the aforementioned foreigners rule from the next season.