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{{Short description|1st season of the I-League}}
{{No footnotes|date=June 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox sports season
| title = 2007–08 I-League
| league = [[I-League]]
| sport = [[Association football]]
| logo =
| pixels = 100px
| duration = 24 November 2007 – 19 May 2008
| no_of_teams = 10
| season = I-League season
| season_champs = [[Dempo SC]]<br/>1st I-League title<br/>3rd [[List of Indian football champions|Indian title]]
| top_scorer = [[Odafe Onyeka Okolie]]
| seasonslistnames = I-League
| prevseason_link = 2006–07 National Football League (India)
| prevseason_year = 2006–07 NFL
| altseason_year =
| altseason_link =
| nextseason_link = 2008–09 I-League
| nextseason_year = 2008–09
}}
The '''I-League 2007–08''' kicked off on 24 November 2007 at the [[Fatorda Stadium]], [[Margao]], [[Goa]]. The first match of the season was played between the two [[Goan]] clubs [[Dempo Sports Club|Dempo]] and [[Salgaocar Sports Club|Salgaocar]].

The top team in the [[I-League]] qualified for the qualifying phase of the [[2009 AFC Champions League]], while the bottom two teams were relegated to [[I-League 2nd Division]] in the next season.

==Teams==

{{Location map+ |India |width=400 |float=right |caption=Locations of games played in the 2007-08 I-League season |places=
{{Location map~ |India |lat=15.49300 |long=73.81800 |label= [[Goa]]|position=left }}
{{Location map~ |India |lat=28.613889|long=77.208889 |label=[[New Delhi]]}}
{{Location map~ |India |lat=22.56972 |long=88.36972 |label=[[Kolkata]]|position=right}}
{{Location map~ |India |lat=18.97500|long=72.82583 |label= [[Mumbai]]|position=left}}
{{Location map~ |India |lat=30.91|long=75.85 |label= [[Ludhiana]] |position=right}}
{{Location map~ |India |lat=11.25 |long=75.77 |label= [[Kozhikode]] |position=left}}
}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Club
! Manager
! Location
! Stadia
|-
| [[Air India (football club)|Air India]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Bimal Ghosh]]
|[[Mumbai]]
|[[Cooperage Ground]]
|-
| [[Churchill Brothers SC]]
| {{flagicon|Morocco}} [[Karim Bencherifa]]
|[[Goa]]
|[[Fatorda Stadium|Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium]]
|-
| [[Dempo SC]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Armando Colaco]]
|[[Goa]]
|[[Fatorda Stadium|Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium]]
|-
| [[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Monoranjan Bhattacharya (Footballer)|Manoranjan Bhattacharjee]]
|[[Kolkata]]
|[[Salt Lake Stadium]]
|-
| [[JCT FC]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Sukhwinder Singh (footballer, born 1983)|Sukhwinder Singh]]
|[[New Delhi]] & [[Ludhiana]]
|[[Ambedkar Stadium]] & [[Guru Gobind Singh Stadium]]
|-
| [[Mahindra United]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Derrick Pereira]]
|[[Mumbai]]
|[[Cooperage Ground]]
|-
| [[Mohun Bagan]]
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Carlos Roberto Pereira Da Silva]]
|[[Kolkata]]
|[[Salt Lake Stadium]]
|-
| [[Salgaocar SC Goa]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Savio Medeira]]
|[[Goa]]
|[[Fatorda Stadium|Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium]]
|-
| [[Sporting Clube De Goa]]
| {{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Clifford Chukwuma]]
|[[Goa]]
|[[Fatorda Stadium|Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium]]
|-
| [[Viva Kerala]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[A.M.Sreedharan]]
|[[Kozhikode]]
|[[EMS Corporation Stadium|Kozhikode EMS Corporation Stadium]]
|-
|}

==Standings==

===I-League Division 1===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=QR
|sortable_table=y

|team1=DEM|name_DEM=[[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]]
|team2=CB|name_CB=[[Churchill Brothers S.C.|Churchill Brothers]]
|team3=JCT|name_JCT=[[JCT FC|JCT]]
|team4=MB|name_MB=[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|team5=MAH|name_MAH=[[Mahindra United]]
|team6=EB|name_EB=[[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
|team7=SCG|name_SCG=[[Sporting Clube de Goa|Sporting Goa]]
|team8=AI|name_AI=[[Air India (football club)|Air India]]
|team9=VK|name_VK=[[Viva Kerala FC|Viva Kerala]]
|team10=SFC|name_SFC=[[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]]
|win_DEM=10|draw_DEM=6|loss_DEM=2|gf_DEM=35|ga_DEM=13|status_DEM=C
|win_CB=11|draw_CB=3|loss_CB=4|gf_CB=40|ga_CB=22
|win_JCT=9|draw_JCT=6|loss_JCT=3|gf_JCT=31|ga_JCT=14
|win_MB=8|draw_MB=6|loss_MB=4|gf_MB=22|ga_MB=17
|win_MAH=7|draw_MAH=7|loss_MAH=4|gf_MAH=24|ga_MAH=18
|win_EB=5|draw_EB=4|loss_EB=9|gf_EB=17|ga_EB=23
|win_SCG=4|draw_SCG=7|loss_SCG=7|gf_SCG=14|ga_SCG=24
|win_AI=3|draw_AI=8|loss_AI=7|gf_AI=10|ga_AI=20
|win_VK=3|draw_VK=3|loss_VK=12|gf_VK=13|ga_VK=38|status_VK=R
|win_SFC=1|draw_SFC=8|loss_SFC=9|gf_SFC=20|ga_SFC=37|status_SFC=R

|col_C=#ACE1AF|text_C=[[2009 AFC Champions League]]
|result1=C
|col_ACGS=#97DEFF|text_ACGS=[[2009 AFC Cup]] group stage
|note_res_ACGS=Mohun Bagan qualified for the 2009 AFC Cup as [[2008 Indian Federation Cup]] winners.
|result4=ACGS
|col_R=#FFCCCC|text_R=Relegation to [[2009 I-League 2nd Division]]
|result9=R|result10=R
|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
|show_limit=5
|update=23 February 2008
|source= [http://www.indiafooty.com/news-center/table/2007-08-i-league-standings/ IndiaFooty.com]
}}</onlyinclude>

==Results==
{{#invoke:sports results|main
|matches_style=FBR|solid_cell=grey
|team1=AI|team2=CB|team3=DEM|team4=EB|team5=JCT
|team6=MAH|team7=MB|team8=SFC|team9=SCG|team10=VK

|name_AI=[[Air India (football club)|Air India]]
|match_AI_CB=0–0
|match_AI_DEM=1–4
|match_AI_EB=1–0
|match_AI_JCT=0–0
|match_AI_MAH=0–1
|match_AI_MB=0–0
|match_AI_SFC=2–1
|match_AI_SCG=1–0
|match_AI_VK=1–1

|name_CB=[[Churchill Brothers S.C.|Churchill Brothers]]
|match_CB_AI=3–0
|match_CB_DEM=0–2
|match_CB_EB=3–2
|match_CB_JCT=1–0
|match_CB_MAH=4–2
|match_CB_MB=2–2
|match_CB_SFC=2–1
|match_CB_SCG=3–0
|match_CB_VK=5–0

|name_DEM=[[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]]
|match_DEM_AI=0–0
|match_DEM_CB=4–1
|match_DEM_EB=2–2
|match_DEM_JCT=2–1
|match_DEM_MAH=1–1
|match_DEM_MB=2–0
|match_DEM_SFC=3–0
|match_DEM_SCG=4–1
|match_DEM_VK=4–0

|name_EB=[[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
|match_EB_AI=0–0
|match_EB_CB=0–1
|match_EB_DEM=1–0
|match_EB_JCT=1–3
|match_EB_MAH=1–0
|match_EB_MB=0–2
|match_EB_SFC=3–2
|match_EB_SCG=1–1
|match_EB_VK=2–0

|name_JCT=[[JCT FC]]
|match_JCT_AI=2–0
|match_JCT_CB=3–0
|match_JCT_DEM=0–0
|match_JCT_EB=3–0
|match_JCT_MAH=0–0
|match_JCT_MB=1–1
|match_JCT_SFC=4–0
|match_JCT_SCG=4–2
|match_JCT_VK=2–0

|name_MAH=[[Mahindra United]]
|match_MAH_AI=1–1
|match_MAH_CB=1–5
|match_MAH_DEM=3–1
|match_MAH_EB=2–1
|match_MAH_JCT=3–1
|match_MAH_MB=0–0
|match_MAH_SFC=2–2
|match_MAH_SCG=3–0
|match_MAH_VK=0–0

|name_MB=[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|match_MB_AI=2–0
|match_MB_CB=2–1
|match_MB_DEM=0–0
|match_MB_EB=1–0
|match_MB_JCT=1–2
|match_MB_MAH=1–0
|match_MB_SFC=1–0
|match_MB_SCG=1–1
|match_MB_VK=1–3

|name_SFC=[[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]]
|match_SFC_AI=1–1
|match_SFC_CB=1–5
|match_SFC_DEM=1–1
|match_SFC_EB=0–0
|match_SFC_JCT=3–3
|match_SFC_MAH=0–0
|match_SFC_MB=4–5
|match_SFC_SCG=1–1
|match_SFC_VK=1–0

|name_SCG=[[Sporting Clube de Goa|Sporting Goa]]
|match_SCG_AI=1–0
|match_SCG_CB=1–1
|match_SCG_DEM=0–1
|match_SCG_EB=1–0
|match_SCG_JCT=0–0
|match_SCG_MAH=0–3
|match_SCG_MB=1–0
|match_SCG_SFC=1–1
|match_SCG_VK=3–0

|name_VK=[[Viva Kerala FC|Viva Kerala]]
|match_VK_AI=3–2
|match_VK_CB=1–3
|match_VK_DEM=1–4
|match_VK_EB=1–3
|match_VK_JCT=0–2
|match_VK_MAH=0–2
|match_VK_MB=0–2
|match_VK_SFC=3–1
|match_VK_SCG=0–0

|update=30 January 2011
|source=[https://int.soccerway.com]
}}

==Top goalscorers==

===I-League Division 1===
''Last updated:'' 23 February 2008
:Ref:<ref name=IL0708>{{cite news| url = http://www.indianfootball.de/seasons/2007-08il.html| work = Indian Football| title = I-League 2007–08| date = 24 November 2011| accessdate = 24 November 2011| archive-date = 16 March 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140316152349/http://www.indianfootball.de/seasons/2007-08il.html| url-status = dead}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Rank
!Name
!Team
!Goals
|-
|rowspan="1"|1
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Odafe Onyeka Okolie]]
|align="left"|[[Churchill Brothers Sports Club|Churchill Brothers]]
|rowspan="1"|22
|-
|rowspan="1"|2
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Eduardo da Silva Escobar]]
|align="left"|[[JCT FC|JCT]]
|rowspan="1"|14
|-
|rowspan="2"|3
|align="left"|{{flagicon|DRC}} [[Mboyo Iyomi]]
|align="left"|[[Churchill Brothers Sports Club|Churchill Brothers]]
|rowspan="2"|12
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Ranty Martins Soleye]]
|align="left"|[[Dempo Sports Club|Dempo SC]]
|-
|rowspan="1"|5
|align="left"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Baichung Bhutia]]
|align="left"|[[Mohun Bagan AC|Mohun Bagan]]
|rowspan="1"|10
|-
|rowspan="2"|6
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Edmilson Marques Pardal]]
|align="left"|[[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]
|rowspan="2"|8
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Chidi Edeh]]
|align="left"|[[Dempo Sports Club|Dempo SC]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|8
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Felix Chimaokwu]]
|align="left"|[[Salgaocar SC Goa|Salgaocar SC]]
|rowspan="2"|7
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sunil Chhetri]]
|align="left"|[[JCT FC|JCT]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|10
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Junior Obagbemiro]]
|align="left"|[[Sporting Clube de Goa]]
|rowspan="2"|6
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Andrews Pomeyie Mensah]]
|align="left"|[[Mahindra United]]
|-
|rowspan="4"|12
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Wisdom Abbey]]
|align="left"|[[Viva Kerala]]
|rowspan="4"|5
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Jose Ramirez Barreto]]
|align="left"|[[Mohun Bagan AC|Mohun Bagan]]
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Yusif Yakubu]]
|align="left"|[[Mahindra United]]
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Roberto Mendes Silva]]
|align="left"|[[Dempo Sports Club|Dempo SC]]
|-
|rowspan="1"|16
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Bashiree Mohammed Abbas]]
|align="left"|[[Air India (football club)|Air India]]
|rowspan="1"|4
|}

==Managers==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Club
! Manager
|-
| [[Dempo SC]]
| {{flagicon|India}} Armando Colaco
|-
| [[JCT FC]]
| {{flagicon|India}} Sukhvinder Singh
|-
| [[Churchill Brothers SC]]
| {{flagicon|Morocco}} Karim Bencharifa
|-
| [[Viva Kerala]]
| {{flagicon|India}} A.M.Sreedharam
|-
| [[Kingfisher East Bengal FC]]
| {{flagicon|India}} Manoranjan Bhattacharjee
|-
| [[Air India (football club)]]
| {{flagicon|India}} Bimal Ghosh
|-
| [[Mahindra United]]
| {{flagicon|India}} Derrick Pereira
|-
| [[Mohun Bagan]]
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Carlos Roberto Pereira Da Silva
|-
| [[Salgaocar SC Goa]]
| {{flagicon|India}} Savio Medeira
|-
| [[Sporting Clube De Goa]]
| {{flagicon|Nigeria}} Cliffort Chukwama
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.indianfootball.com/specials/ileague/index.php I League] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211002801/http://www.indianfootball.com/specials/ileague/index.php |date=11 February 2021 }}

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