An AIFF League Committee will decide which teams will take part in the 2nd Division League 2018-19 scheduled to start in December 2018. As many as 23 clubs were nominated by State Associations based on the criteria set out by the AIFF:
1. All nominated clubs must have participated in the last conducted top-most division League of the District/State.
2. A club must have finished in the top five or top half of the final league table, whichever is lower, in order to be nominated for HERO 2nd Division League 2018-19.
Here’s the complete list of nominations.
| STATE ASSOCIATION | NOMINATION(s) |
| Bihar | Shirsh Bihar United FC |
| Delhi | Hindustan FC, Sudeva Moonlight FC, Delhi United FC. |
| Gujarat | ARA FC (Ahmedabad Racquet Academy) |
| Jammu & Kashmir | Lonestar Kashmir FC, J&K Bank. |
| Jharkhand | Shivansh Jharkhand FC |
| Karnataka | Ozone FC, South United FC. |
| Kerala | Sports Academy Tirur (SAT), Quartz FC, FC Kerala. |
| Madhya Pradesh | Madan Maharaj FC |
| Manipur | TRAU FC, SSU Singjamei. |
| Meghalaya | Langsning FC |
| Mizoram | Chhinga Veng FC |
| Odisha | Radharaman Club |
| Sikkim | United Sikkim FC |
| Telangana | Fateh Hyderabad AFC |
| West Bengal | Mohammedan SC, Rainbow AC. |
The selected teams will participate alongside reserve sides of teams from the Indian Super League. In the 2017-18 season, 13 teams were chosen to play alongside seven reserve sides of ISL teams.
The final list will be announced after a licensing and financial inspection followed by deliberations amongst the AIFF League Committee.
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