2008–09 I-League

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I-League 2008–09
LeagueI-League
SportAssociation football
Duration26 September 2008– 16 April 2009
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)Zee Sports
I-League season
ChampionsChurchill Brothers
1st I-League title
1st Indian title
Top scorerOdafe Onyeka Okolie
I-League seasons

The 2008–09 I-League 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

Teams

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 Monoranjan Bhattacharya Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium
JCT India Sukhwinder Singh New Delhi Ambedkar Stadium
Mahindra United India Derrick Pereira Mumbai Cooperage Ground
Mohammedan Sporting India Shabbir Ali Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium
Mohun Bagan Brazil Carlos Roberto Pereira Da Silva Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium
Sporting Goa Nigeria Clifford Chukwuma Goa Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
Vasco India Subrata Bhattacharya Goa Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium

League table

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 Sporting 22 5 7 10 17 31 −14 22 Relegation to 2010 I-League 2nd Division
12 Vasco (R) 22 2 4 16 14 49 −35 10
Source: Soccerway
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

Round 1







Round 2







Round 3







Round 4


Mumbai FC0–0Dempo SC





Round 5







Round 6







Round 7







Round 8







Round 9







Round 10






JCT FC2–3Mumbai FC

Round 12


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



JCT FC1–1Vasco Sports Club



Air-India1–2Mohun Bagan AC

Round 14



Mumbai FC0–0Mahindra United

Mohammedan Sporting Club2–0JCT FC



Vasco Sports Club2–2Dempo Sports Club

Round 15


Dempo Sports Club3–0Mumbai FC


Chirag United Sports Club1–0Air-India

Mahindra United0–0JCT FC


Round 16


Air-India0–0Dempo Sports Club



JCT FC0–1Chirag United Sports Club
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East Bengal3–0Mohun Bagan AC
Syed Rahim Nabi File:Soccerball shade.svg 22', 40'
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Attendance: 90,000

Mumbai FC1–2Sporting Clube de Goa

Round 17


JCT FC1–2Churchill Brothers SC


Mumbai FC1–1Air-India
Kalia Kulothungan File:Soccerball shade.svg 38' Emmanuel Ovieghara
Cooperage, Mumbai

East Bengal2–2Mohammedan Sporting Club
Nirmal Chhetri File:Soccerball shade.svg 48'; Chhetri File:Soccerball shade.svg 54' Okoro File:Soccerball shade.svg 4'; Eugene Gray
Referee: Shaji Kurian


Mohun Bagan AC2–1Dempo SC

Round 18



Sporting Clube de Goa2–1Dempo SC



JCT FC1–1Air-India

Vasco Sports Club1–2Mumbai FC
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Round 19


Air-India1–3Mahindra United
Sushil Kumar Singh File:Soccerball shade.svg 56'



Mumbai FC2–3Churchill Brothers SC
Anees Kutty File:Soccerball shade.svg 15'

JCT FC1–1Mohun Bagan AC

Round 20


JCT FC2–0Sporting Clube de Goa
Paul M. Nwachukwu File:Soccerball shade.svg 11', Jagpreet singh File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'

Mohammedan Sporting Club2–0Mumbai FC
Satyajit Bose File:Soccerball shade.svg 14'


Air-India1–0Vasco Sports Club
Singam Subash Singh File:Soccerball shade.svg 67'

Dempo SC3–2Mahindra United
Arata izumi File:Soccerball shade.svg 1', Sushil Kumar Singh File:Soccerball shade.svg 65'

Round 21


Air-India1–1Churchill Brothers SC





Round 22


Churchill Brothers6–2Mohammedan Sporting Club
Report

Air-India1–3Sporting Clube de Goa

JCT FC1–0Mumbai FC


Mahindra United2–1Mohun Bagan AC

Top scorers

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

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