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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2022}}
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{{Infobox sports season
{{Infobox football league season
| title            = 2007–08 I-League
| season = 2007–08 I-League Season
| league          = [[I-League]]
| dates = 24 November 2007 – 19 May 2008
| sport            = [[Association football]]
| winners = [[Dempo SC|Dempo]]<br/>1st I-League title<br/>3rd [[List of Indian football champions | Indian title]]
| logo            =
| relegated = [[Viva Kerala FC|Viva Kerala]]<br />[[Salgaocar FC|Salgaocar]]
| pixels          = 100px
| continentalcup1 = [[2009 AFC Champions League|AFC Champions League]]
| duration        = 24 November 2007 – 19 May 2008
| continentalcup1 qualifiers = [[Dempo SC|Dempo]]
| no_of_teams      = 10
| continentalcup2 = [[2009 AFC Cup|AFC Cup]]
| season          = I-League season
| continentalcup2 qualifiers = [[Mohun Bagan]]<br /> (as [[2008 Indian Federation Cup|Federation Cup]] Winners)
| season_champs    = [[Dempo SC]]<br/>1st I-League title<br/>3rd [[List of Indian football champions|Indian title]]
| matches = 90
| top_scorer      = [[Odafe Onyeka Okolie]]
| league topscorer = [[Odafa Onyeka Okolie]]
| seasonslistnames = I-League
| prevseason = [[2006–07 National Football League (India)|2006–07 NFL]]
| prevseason_link  = 2006–07 National Football League (India)
| nextseason = [[2008–09 I-League|2008–09]]
| 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 '''2007–08 I-League''' 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.
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 2|I-League 2nd Division]] in the next season.


==Teams==
==Teams==


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{{Location map+ |India |width=400 |float=right |caption=Locations of games played in the 2007-08 I-League |places=
{{Location map~ |India |lat=15.49300 |long=73.81800 |label= [[Goa]]|position=left }}
{{Location map~ |India |lat=31.22000|long=75.77000 |label=[[JCT FC|JCT]]|position=right }}
{{Location map~ |India |lat=28.613889|long=77.208889 |label=[[New Delhi]]}}
{{Location map~ |India |lat=9.931194 |long=76.267306 |label=[[Viva Kerala FC|Viva Kerala]]|position=left }}
{{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}}
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{{Location map~ |India |lat=11.25 |long=75.77 |label= [[Kozhikode]] |position=left}}
 
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{{nobreak|[[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]]}}<br>
{{nobreak|[[Mohun Bagan Super Giant|Mohun Bagan]]}}<br>
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{{nobreak|[[Churchill Brothers FC Goa|Churchill Brothers]]}}<br>
{{nobreak|[[Dempo SC|Dempo]]}}<br>
{{nobreak|[[Salgaocar FC|Salgaocar]]}}<br>
{{nobreak|[[SC de Goa|Sporting Goa]]}}<br>
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|position=right}}
 
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{{nobreak|[[Air India FC|Air India]]}}<br>
{{nobreak|[[Mahindra United FC|Mahindra United]]}}<br>
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| [[Air India (football club)|Air India]]
| [[Air India (football club)|Air India]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Bimal Ghosh]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Bimal Ghosh]]
|[[Mumbai]]
| [[Mumbai]]
|[[Cooperage Ground]]
| [[Cooperage Ground]]
|-
|-
| [[Churchill Brothers SC]]
| [[Churchill Brothers SC|Churchill Brothers]]
| {{flagicon|Morocco}} [[Karim Bencherifa]]
| {{flagicon|Morocco}} [[Karim Bencherifa]]
|[[Goa]]
| [[Goa]]
|[[Fatorda Stadium|Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium]]
| [[Fatorda Stadium|Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium]]
|-
|-
| [[Dempo SC]]
| [[Dempo SC|Dempo]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Armando Colaco]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Armando Colaco]]
|[[Goa]]
| [[Goa]]
|[[Fatorda Stadium|Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium]]
| [[Fatorda Stadium|Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium]]
|-
|-
| [[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]]
| [[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Monoranjan Bhattacharya (Footballer)|Manoranjan Bhattacharjee]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Monoranjan Bhattacharya (Footballer)|Manoranjan Bhattacharjee]]
|[[Kolkata]]
| [[Kolkata]]
|[[Salt Lake Stadium]]  
| [[Salt Lake Stadium]]  
|-
|-
| [[JCT FC]]
| [[JCT FC|JCT]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Sukhwinder Singh (footballer, born 1983)|Sukhwinder Singh]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Sukhwinder Singh (footballer, born 1983)|Sukhwinder Singh]]
|[[New Delhi]] & [[Ludhiana]]  
| [[New Delhi]] & [[Ludhiana]]  
|[[Ambedkar Stadium]] & [[Guru Gobind Singh Stadium]]
| [[Ambedkar Stadium]] & [[Guru Gobind Singh Stadium]]
|-
|-
| [[Mahindra United]]
| [[Mahindra United]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Derrick Pereira]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Derrick Pereira]]
|[[Mumbai]]
| [[Mumbai]]
|[[Cooperage Ground]]
| [[Cooperage Ground]]
|-
|-
| [[Mohun Bagan]]
| [[Mohun Bagan]]
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Carlos Roberto Pereira Da Silva]]
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Carlos Roberto Pereira Da Silva]]
|[[Kolkata]]
| [[Kolkata]]
|[[Salt Lake Stadium]]
| [[Salt Lake Stadium]]
|-
|-
| [[Salgaocar SC Goa]]
| [[Salgaocar SC Goa|Salgaocar]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Savio Medeira]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Savio Medeira]]
|[[Goa]]
| [[Goa]]
|[[Fatorda Stadium|Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium]]
| [[Fatorda Stadium|Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium]]
|-
|-
| [[Sporting Clube De Goa]]
| [[Sporting Clube De Goa|Sporting Goa]]
| {{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Clifford Chukwuma]]
| {{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Clifford Chukwuma]]
|[[Goa]]
| [[Goa]]
|[[Fatorda Stadium|Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium]]
| [[Fatorda Stadium|Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium]]
|-
|-
| [[Viva Kerala]]
| [[Viva Kerala FC|Viva Kerala]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[A.M.Sreedharan]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[A.M.Sreedharan]]
|[[Kozhikode]]
| [[Kozhikode]]
|[[EMS Corporation Stadium|Kozhikode EMS Corporation Stadium]]
| [[EMS Corporation Stadium|Kozhikode EMS Corporation Stadium]]
|-
|}
|}


==Standings==
==Standings==


===I-League Division 1===
===League table===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=QR
|res_col_header=QR
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|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
|show_limit=5
|show_limit=5
|update=23 February 2008
 
|source= [http://www.indiafooty.com/news-center/table/2007-08-i-league-standings/ IndiaFooty.com]  
|update=complete
|source=[https://int.soccerway.com/national/india/i-league/2007-2008/regular-season/r5773/tables/ Soccerway]  
}}</onlyinclude>
}}</onlyinclude>


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|match_EB_VK=2–0
|match_EB_VK=2–0


|name_JCT=[[JCT FC]]
|name_JCT=[[JCT FC|JCT]]
|match_JCT_AI=2–0
|match_JCT_AI=2–0
|match_JCT_CB=3–0
|match_JCT_CB=3–0
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|match_VK_SCG=0–0
|match_VK_SCG=0–0


|update=30 January 2011
|update=complete
|source=[https://int.soccerway.com]  
|source=[https://int.soccerway.com/national/india/i-league/2007-2008/regular-season/r5773/ Soccerway]  
}}
}}


==Top goalscorers==
==Top goalscorers==


===I-League Division 1===
''Last updated:'' 23 February 2008
''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>
:Ref:<ref name=IL0708>{{cite news |url=http://www.indianfootball.de/seasons/2007-08il.html |work=Indian Football |title=1st "ONGC" I-League - Division 1 2007/08: from 24.November 2007 upto 23.February 2008 all over the country|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;"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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|-
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Ranty Martins Soleye]]
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Ranty Martins Soleye]]
|align="left"|[[Dempo Sports Club|Dempo SC]]
|align="left"|[[Dempo Sports Club|Dempo]]
|-
|-
|rowspan="1"|5
|rowspan="1"|5
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|-
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Chidi Edeh]]
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Chidi Edeh]]
|align="left"|[[Dempo Sports Club|Dempo SC]]
|align="left"|[[Dempo Sports Club|Dempo]]
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|8
|rowspan="2"|8
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Felix Chimaokwu]]
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Felix Chimaokwu]]
|align="left"|[[Salgaocar SC Goa|Salgaocar SC]]
|align="left"|[[Salgaocar SC Goa|Salgaocar]]
|rowspan="2"|7
|rowspan="2"|7
|-
|-
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|rowspan="2"|10
|rowspan="2"|10
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Junior Obagbemiro]]
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Junior Obagbemiro]]
|align="left"|[[Sporting Clube de Goa]]
|align="left"|[[Sporting Clube de Goa|Sporting Goa]]
|rowspan="2"|6
|rowspan="2"|6
|-
|-
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|-
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Roberto Mendes Silva]]
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Roberto Mendes Silva]]
|align="left"|[[Dempo Sports Club|Dempo SC]]
|align="left"|[[Dempo Sports Club|Dempo]]
|-
|-
|rowspan="1"|16
|rowspan="1"|16
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|align="left"|[[Air India (football club)|Air India]]
|align="left"|[[Air India (football club)|Air India]]
|rowspan="1"|4
|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
|}
|}


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==External links==
==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 }}
*{{citation| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080128221209/http://www.indianfootball.com:80/specials/ileague/index.php |archive-date=28 January 2008 |url=http://www.indianfootball.com:80/specials/ileague/index.php |work=indianfootball.com |title=specials/ileague/}}<!-- This is one page on a 2008 website, many of the internal links are to archive pages, but the Flash SWF file does not load-->


{{I-League}}
{{I-League}}

Latest revision as of 00:09, 29 October 2025


2007–08 I-League
Season2007–08 I-League Season
Dates24 November 2007 – 19 May 2008
ChampionsDempo
1st I-League title
3rd Indian title
RelegatedViva Kerala
Salgaocar
AFC Champions LeagueDempo
AFC CupMohun Bagan
(as Federation Cup Winners)
Matches played90
Top goalscorerOdafa Onyeka Okolie

The 2007–08 I-League 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 and 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[edit | edit source]

Locations of games played in the 2007-08 I-League
Club Manager Location Stadia
Air India India Bimal Ghosh Mumbai Cooperage Ground
Churchill Brothers Morocco Karim Bencherifa Goa Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
Dempo India Armando Colaco Goa Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
East Bengal India Manoranjan Bhattacharjee Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium
JCT India Sukhwinder Singh New Delhi & Ludhiana Ambedkar Stadium & Guru Gobind Singh Stadium
Mahindra United India Derrick Pereira Mumbai Cooperage Ground
Mohun Bagan Brazil Carlos Roberto Pereira Da Silva Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium
Salgaocar India Savio Medeira Goa Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
Sporting Goa Nigeria Clifford Chukwuma Goa Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
Viva Kerala India A.M.Sreedharan Kozhikode Kozhikode EMS Corporation Stadium

Standings[edit | edit source]

League table[edit | edit source]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dempo (C) 18 10 6 2 35 13 +22 36 2009 AFC Champions League
2 Churchill Brothers 18 11 3 4 40 22 +18 36
3 JCT 18 9 6 3 31 14 +17 33
4 Mohun Bagan 18 8 6 4 22 17 +5 30 2009 AFC Cup group stage[lower-alpha 1]
5 Mahindra United 18 7 7 4 24 18 +6 28
6 East Bengal 18 5 4 9 17 23 −6 19
7 Sporting Goa 18 4 7 7 14 24 −10 19
8 Air India 18 3 8 7 10 20 −10 17
9 Viva Kerala (R) 18 3 3 12 13 38 −25 12 Relegation to 2009 I-League 2nd Division
10 Salgaocar (R) 18 1 8 9 20 37 −17 11
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Mohun Bagan qualified for the 2009 AFC Cup as 2008 Indian Federation Cup winners.

Results[edit | edit source]

Script error: No such module "sports results".

Top goalscorers[edit | edit source]

Last updated: 23 February 2008

Ref:[1]
Rank Name Team Goals
1 Nigeria Odafe Onyeka Okolie Churchill Brothers 22
2 Brazil Eduardo da Silva Escobar JCT 14
3 Template:Country data DRCTemplate:Preview warning Mboyo Iyomi Churchill Brothers 12
Nigeria Ranty Martins Soleye Dempo
5 India Baichung Bhutia Mohun Bagan 10
6 Brazil Edmilson Marques Pardal East Bengal 8
Nigeria Chidi Edeh Dempo
8 Nigeria Felix Chimaokwu Salgaocar 7
India Sunil Chhetri JCT
10 Nigeria Junior Obagbemiro Sporting Goa 6
Ghana Andrews Pomeyie Mensah Mahindra United
12 Ghana Wisdom Abbey Viva Kerala 5
Brazil Jose Ramirez Barreto Mohun Bagan
Ghana Yusif Yakubu Mahindra United
Brazil Roberto Mendes Silva Dempo
16 Ghana Bashiree Mohammed Abbas Air India 4

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "1st "ONGC" I-League - Division 1 2007/08: from 24.November 2007 upto 23.February 2008 all over the country". Indian Football. 24 November 2011. Archived from the original on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2011.

External links[edit | edit source]

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