2008–09 I-League

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I-League 2008–09
File:I-League first logo.jpg
LeagueI-League
SportAssociation football
Duration2008–2009
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)Zee Sports
I-League season
ChampionsChurchill Brothers SC
1st I-League title
1st Indian title
Top scorerOdafe Onyeka Okolie
I-League seasons

The I-League 2008–2009 season began on 26 September 2008 and finished on 16 April 2009 with a break in December for the Federation Cup and Durand Cup. Most games this season were played on Saturday's and Sunday's to attract larger crowds. After a successful first season for the I League, the second season featured 12 teams from four cities – again this would be expanded in the 2009–10 season to 14 teams.

The champion in the I-League qualified for the AFC Champions League 2010 qualifying playoffs in 2010, while the bottom two teams were relegated to I-League 2nd Division for the next season.

Gallery[edit]

Teams[edit]

Locations of games played in the 2008–09 I-League season
Club Manager Location Stadia
Air India IndiaBimal Ghosh Mumbai Cooperage Ground
Churchill Brothers SC MoroccoKarim Bencherifa Goa Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
Dempo SC IndiaArmando Colaco Goa Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
East Bengal India Monoranjan Bhattacharya Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium
JCT FC IndiaSukhvinder Singh New Delhi Ambedkar Stadium
Mahindra United IndiaDerrick Pereira Mumbai Cooperage Ground
Mohammedan S.C India Shabbir Ali Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium
Mohun Bagan BrazilCarlos Roberto Pereira Da Silva Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium
Sporting Clube De Goa NigeriaCliffort Chukwama Goa Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
Vasco S.C. IndiaSubrata Bhattacharya Goa Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Churchill Brothers 22 13 7 2 53 23 +30 46 2010 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off
2 Mohun Bagan 22 13 4 5 30 20 +10 43
3 Sporting Goa 22 13 4 5 28 20 +8 43
4 Dempo 22 8 7 7 35 26 +9 31
5 Mahindra United 22 8 7 7 28 22 +6 31
6 East Bengal 22 7 7 8 31 26 +5 28 2010 AFC Cup group stage[lower-alpha 1]
7 Mumbai 22 7 7 8 22 27 −5 28
8 Chirag United 22 6 8 8 20 26 −6 26
9 JCT 22 6 7 9 19 22 −3 25
10 Air India 22 5 9 8 21 26 −5 24
11 Mohammedan 22 5 7 10 17 31 −14 22 Relegation to 2010 I-League 2nd Division
12 Vasco SC (R) 22 2 4 16 14 49 −35 10
Updated to match(es) played on 16 April 2009. Source: IndiaFooty.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. East Bengal qualified for the 2010 AFC Cup as 2009–10 Indian Federation Cup winners.

Home and away season[edit]

Round 1[edit]




Mohun Bagan1–2Mumbai FC
Pachau Lalam Puia Goal 77' Abel Hammond Goal 9'
Kalia Kulothungan Goal 24'



Mohammedan Sporting Club1–1Air-India
Theodore Sunday Wrobeh Goal 59' Surojit Roy Goal 23'

Round 2[edit]


East Bengal0–1Mumbai FC
Felix Aboagye Goal 23'





Round 3[edit]


JCT FC2–0Mohammedan Sporting Club
Saini Goal 46'
Escobar Goal 68'




Air-India2–0East Bengal
Surojit Roy Goal 48' Michael Tayo Goal 70'

Round 4[edit]


Mumbai FC0–0Dempo SC



East Bengal2–0Vasco Sports Club
Yakubu Goal 7' Goal 90'


Round 5[edit]







Round 6[edit]







Round 7[edit]





Chirag United Sports Club1–0Mohammedan Sporting Club
Gouranga Dutta Goal 62'


Air-India1–0JCT FC
Samson Singh Goal 86'

Round 8[edit]







Round 9[edit]







JCT FC1–0East Bengal
Escobar Goal 58'

Round 10[edit]


Mohammedan Sporting Club0–1Churchill Brothers
[Odafa Onyeka Okolie

Mohun Bagan AC1–0Mahindra United
Bhaichung BhutiaGoal 46'
Referee: P. Basu


Dempo Sports Club1–0East Bengal
[Beto]Goal 78'

JCT FC2–3Mumbai FC

Round 12[edit]


Mumbai FC0–3Mohun Bagan AC
Cooperage Ground, Mumbai

JCT FC2–1Dempo Sports Club
Guru Nanak Dev Stadium

Chirag United Sports Club0–0East Bengal
Saltlake Stadium, Kolkata

Mahindra United1–3Churchill Brothers SC
Cooperage Ground, Mumbai

Air-India1–1Mohammedan Sporting Club
Cooperage Ground, Mumbai

Sporting Clube de Goa0–1Vasco Sports Club
Fatorda Stadium, Margao

Round 13[edit]



JCT FC1–1Vasco Sports Club

Mumbai FC2–1East Bengal
A. Yadav Goal 47'
A. Hammond Goal 88'
Yakubu Goal 13'


Air-India1–2Mohun Bagan AC

Round 14[edit]



Mumbai FC0–0Mahindra United

Mohammedan Sporting Club2–0JCT FC


East Bengal3–1Air-India
Yakubu Goal 49'
Sunil Chetri Goal 56'
Sanju Pradhan Goal 81'
Subhash Singh Goal 88'

Vasco Sports Club2–2Dempo Sports Club

Round 15[edit]


Dempo Sports Club3–0Mumbai FC

Vasco Sports Club1–4East Bengal
Sherzod Nazarov Goal 52' Chhetri Goal 29' Goal 90',
Yakubu Goal 46'56'

Chirag United Sports Club1–0Air-India

Mahindra United0–0JCT FC


Round 16[edit]


Air-India0–0Dempo Sports Club

Churchill Brothers SC9 -1Vasco Sports Club
Odafe Onyeka Okolie Goal 42' Goal 50'Goal 57' Goal 82'Goal 89' Goal 90'


JCT FC0–1Chirag United Sports Club
Ayeni Bidemi Daniel Goal 38'

East Bengal3–0Mohun Bagan AC
Syed Rahim Nabi Goal 22'40'
Chhetri Goal 47'
Attendance: 90,000

Mumbai FC1–2Sporting Clube de Goa

Round 17[edit]


JCT FC1–2Churchill Brothers SC


Mumbai FC1–1Air-India
Kalia Kulothungan Goal 38' Emmanuel Ovieghara
Cooperage, Mumbai

East Bengal2–2Mohammedan Sporting Club
Nirmal Chhetri Goal 48'; Chhetri Goal 54' Okoro Goal 4'; Eugene Gray
Referee: Shaji Kurian


Mohun Bagan AC2–1Dempo SC

Round 18[edit]


Churchill Brothers SC3–1Mohun Bagan AC
Odafe Onyeka Okolie Goal 45', Ogba Kalu Nnanna Goal 57', Goal 77' Jose Ramirez Barreto Goal 28'
Referee: Pradeep Kumar (Tamil Nadu)

Sporting Clube de Goa2–1Dempo SC

Mahindra United2–1East Bengal
C.Edeh Goal 54' Goal 70' Sunil Chetri Goal 50'


JCT FC1–1Air-India

Vasco Sports Club1–2Mumbai FC
Kalia Kulothungan Goal 89',Abhishek YadavGoal 10'

Round 19[edit]


Air-India1–3Mahindra United
Sushil Kumar Singh Goal 56'


Sporting Clube de Goa1–1East Bengal
J. Pereira Goal 64' I. Addo Goal 42'

Mumbai FC2–3Churchill Brothers SC
Anees Kutty Goal 15'

JCT FC1–1Mohun Bagan AC

Round 20[edit]


JCT FC2–0Sporting Clube de Goa
Paul M. Nwachukwu Goal 11', Jagpreet singh Goal 81'

Mohammedan Sporting Club2–0Mumbai FC
Satyajit Bose Goal 14'

Churchill Brothers SC3–1East Bengal
Odafe Onyeka Okolie Goal 45' Goal 75'
Kalu Goal 53'
Yakubu Goal 86'

Air-India1–0Vasco Sports Club
Singam Subash Singh Goal 67'

Dempo SC3–2Mahindra United
Arata izumi Goal 1',Sushil Kumar Singh Goal 65'

Round 21[edit]


Air-India1–1Churchill Brothers SC





East Bengal2–1JCT FC
Yakubu Goal 35' Goal 69' Edu Goal 76'

Round 22[edit]


Churchill Brothers6–2Mohammedan Sporting Club
Report
  • Okoro Goal 52'
  • Jothikumar Goal 90'

Air-India1–3Sporting Clube de Goa

JCT FC1–0Mumbai FC

East Bengal2–2Dempo SC
Yakubu Goal 12'
I. Addo Goal 60'
C. Antao Goal 21'
Beto Goal 22'

Mahindra United2–1Mohun Bagan AC

Top scorers[edit]

As of 23 March 2009
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Nigeria Odafe Onyeka Okolie Churchill Brothers SC 24
2 Brazil Jose Ramirez Barreto Mohun Bagan 10
Nigeria Felix Chimaokwu Churchill Brothers SC
4 India Sunil Chhetri East Bengal Club 9
Nigeria Ranty Martins Soleye Dempo SC
Nigeria Chidi Edeh Mahindra United
Ghana Yusif Yakubu East Bengal Club
8 India Singam Subash Singh Air India 7
India Sushil Kumar Singh Mahindra United
India Kalia Kulothungan Mumbai FC
Nigeria Junior Obagbemiro Sporting Clube de Goa
12 India Baichung Bhutia Mohan Bagan 6
Nigeria Ogba Kalu Nnanna Churchill Brothers SC
India Joseph Pereira Sporting Clube de Goa

External links[edit]

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