2008–09 I-League

I-League 2008-09
League I-League
Sport Association football
Duration 2008-2009
Number of teams 12
TV partner(s) Zee Sports
I-League season
Champions Churchill Brothers SC
Top scorer Odafe Onyeka Okolie

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 different 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

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 Bencharifa Goa Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
Dempo SC IndiaArmando Colaco Goa Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
East Bengal IndiaManoranjan Bhattacharjee Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium
JCT FC IndiaSukhvinder Singh New Delhi Ambedkar Stadium
Mahindra United IndiaDerrick Pereira Mumbai Cooperage Ground
Mohammedan SC 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. 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 Group stage
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 1
7 Mumbai 22 7 7 8 22 275 28
8 Chirag United 22 6 8 8 20 266 26
9 JCT 22 6 7 9 19 223 25
10 Air India 22 5 9 8 21 265 24
11 Mohammedan 22 5 7 10 17 3114 22 Relegation to 2010 I-League 2nd Division
12 Vasco SC (R) 22 2 4 16 14 4935 10

Updated to games played on 16 April 2009.
Source: http://www.indianfootball.com/specials/ileague/index.phpl
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1. East Bengal qualified for the 2010 AFC Cup as 2009–10 Indian Federation Cup winners.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Home and away season

Round 1


26 September 2008
18:30 IST
East Bengal Club 3 1 Chirag United Sports Club
I Surkumar Singh  10'
Yakubu Yusif  19'
Sunil Chetri  28'
Shankar Oraon  79'
Barasat Stadium
Referee: S Suresh

26 September 2008
16:00 IST
Vasco Sports Club 0 1 Sporting Clube de Goa
Elijah Obagbemiro Jr  90+1'
Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
Referee: Minangshu Bhattacharya

27 September 2008
18:30 IST
Mohun Bagan 1 2 Mumbai FC
Pachau Lalam Puia  77' Abel Hammond  9'
Kalia Kulothungan  24'
Barasat Stadium
Referee: A Arjunan


28 September 2008
16:00 IST
Dempo Sports Club 1 2 JCT FC
Nicolau Borges  77' E. da Silva Escobar  17'
Balwant Singh  64'

29 September 2008
18:30 IST
Mohammedan Sporting Club 1 1 Air-India
Theodore Sunday Wrobeh  59' Surojit Roy  23'
Barasat Stadium
Referee: Francisco Fernandes

Round 2


30 September 2008
18:30 IST
East Bengal Club 0 - 1 Mumbai FC
Felix Aboagye  23'
Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: A Arjunan


3 October 2008
18:30 IST
Mohun Bagan 1 - 1 Air-India
Branco Cordozo  70' Soccor Velho  43'

4 October 2008
16:00 IST
Sporting Clube de Goa 3 0 Mohammedan Sporting Club
Elijah Obagbemiro Jr  63' 77'
Micky Fernandes 76'

4 October 2008
16:00 IST
Mahindra United 1 3 Chirag United Sports Club
Sushil Kumar Singh  12' Subair Muritala Ali  46'
Gouranga Datta  52'
Hardip Singh Saini  87'

Round 3


11 October 2008
16:00 IST
JCT FC 2 0 Mohammedan Sporting Club
Baljeet Singh Saini  46'

Eduardo Escober  68'


11 October 2008
Mahindra United 0 1 Mumbai FC
K.Kulothungan  23'



12 October 2008
18:30 IST
Air-India 2 0 East Bengal Club
Surojit Roy  48'

Michael Tayo  70'


12 October 2008
16:00 IST
Dempo Sports Club 2 1 Vasco Sports Club
Roberto Silva  24'

Ranty Martins  30'

Ravshan Teshabaev  32'

Round 4




18 October 2008
18:30 IST
Air-India 1 0 Chirag United Sports Club
Surojit Roy  69'



Round 5






25 October 2008
Vasco Sports Club 1 4 Churchill Bros
Agnelo Colaco  70' Odafe Onyeka Okolie  39'  44'  62'

Felix Chimaokw  41'


26 October 2008
Dempo SC 3 1 Air-India
Ranty Martins  38'  78'

Climax Lawrence  55'

Ravinder Singh  60'

Round 6




1 November 2008
Air-India 2 0 Mumbai FC
Soccor Velho 20  20'

Subhas Singh  32'




Round 7



8 November 2008
Mumbai FC 1 1 Vasco Sports Club
Kulothungan  25' Abhiskek Yadav  65'



9 November 2008
Mohun Bagan 1 - 0 Churchill Bros
P Lalwampuia  14'

9 November 2008
Air-India 1 0 JCT FC
Samson Singh  86'

Round 8



14 November 2008
Mahindra United 1 1 Air-India
Sushil Kumar  55' Subhash Singh  66'




Round 9







22 November 2008
16:00 IST
JCT FC 1 0 East Bengal Club
E. Escober  58'

Round 10






26 November 2008
JCT FC 2 - 3 Mumbai FC

Round 12


23 January 2009
Mumbai FC 0 - 3 Mohun Bagan AC
Cooperage Ground, Mumbai

23 January 2009
JCT FC 2 - 1 Dempo Sports Club
Guru Nanak Dev Stadium

24 January 2009
Chirag United Sports Club 0 - 0 East Bengal Club
Saltlake Stadium, Kolkata

24 January 2009
Mahindra United 1 - 3 Churchill Brothers SC
Cooperage Ground, Mumbai

25 January 2009
Air-India 1 - 1 Mohammedan Sporting Club
Cooperage Ground, Mumbai

25 January 2009
Sporting Clube de Goa 0 - 1 Vasco Sports Club
Fatorda Stadium, Margao

Round 13




31 January 2009
Mumbai FC 2 - 1 East Bengal Club
A. Yadav  47'
A. Hammond  88'
Yakubu Yusif  13'



Round 14






7 February 2009
East Bengal Club 3 - 1 Air-India
Yakubu  49'
Sunil Chetri  56'
Sanju Pradhan  81'
Subhash Singh  88'

Round 15



14 February 2009
Vasco Sports Club 1 - 4 East Bengal Club
Sherzod Nazarov  52' Sunil Chhetri  29'  90',
Yakubu  46'  56'


14 February 2009
Mahindra United 0 - 0 JCT FC


Round 16



20 February 2009
Churchill Brothers SC 9 -1 Vasco Sports Club
Odafe Onyeka Okolie  42'  50' 57'  82' 89'  90'


21 February 2009
JCT FC 0 - 1 Chirag United Sports Club
Ayeni Bidemi Daniel  38'

22 February 2009
East Bengal Club 3 - 0 Mohun Bagan AC
Syed Rahim Nabi  22'  40' ,
Sunil Chhetri  47'
Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 90,000

Round 17




28 February 2009
Mumbai FC 1 - 1 Air-India
Kalia Kulothungan  38' Emmanuel Ovieghara
Cooperage, Mumbai

28 February 2009
East Bengal Club 2 - 2 Mohammedan Sporting Club
Nirmal Chhetri  48'; Sunil Chhetri  54' Okoro  4'; Eugene Gray
Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
Referee: Shaji Kurian


Round 18


4 March 2009
Churchill Brothers SC 3 - 1 Mohun Bagan AC
Odafe Onyeka Okolie  45', Ogba Kalu Nnanna  57',  77' Jose Ramirez Barreto  28'

Referee: Pradeep Kumar (Tamil Nadu)


6 March 2009
Mahindra United 2 - 1 East Bengal Club
C.Edeh  54'  70' Sunil Chetri  50'


7 March 2009
JCT FC 1 - 1 Air-India

8 March 2009
Vasco Sports Club 1 - 2 Mumbai FC
Kalia Kulothungan  89',Abhishek Yadav 10'

Round 19


14 March 2009
Air-India 1 - 3 Mahindra United
Sushil Kumar Singh  56'


15 March 2009
Sporting Clube de Goa 1 - 1 East Bengal Club
J. Pereira  64' I. Addo  42'

15 March 2009
Mumbai FC 2 - 3 Churchill Brothers SC
Anees Kutty  15'

28 March 2009
JCT FC 1 - 1 Mohun Bagan AC

Round 20


21 March 2009
JCT FC 2 - 0 Sporting Clube de Goa
Paul M. Nwachukwu  11', Jagpreet singh  81'

22 March 2009
Mohammedan Sporting Club 2 - 0 Mumbai FC
Satyajit Bose  14'

22 March 2009
Churchill Brothers SC 3 - 1 East Bengal Club
Odafe Onyeka Okolie  45'  75'
Kalu  53'
Yakubu Yusif  86'

22 March 2009
Air-India 1 - 0 Vasco Sports Club
Singam Subash Singh  67'

23 March 2009
Dempo SC 3 - 2 Mahindra United
Arata izumi  1',Sushil Kumar Singh  65'

Round 21







3 April 2009
East Bengal Club 2 - 1 JCT FC
Yusif Yakubu  35'  69' Edu  76'

Round 22




16 April 2009
JCT FC 1 - 0 Mumbai FC

16 April 2009
East Bengal Club 2 - 2 Dempo SC
Yakubu Yusif  12'
I. Addo  60'
C. Antao  21'
Beto  22'


Top scorers

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 Edih Mahindra United
Ghana Yakubu Yusif East Bengal Club
8 India Singam Subash Singh Air India 7
India Sushil Kumar Singh Mahindra United
India Kaila Kulothungan Mumbai FC
Nigeria Elijah obagbemiro junior Sporting Clube de Goa
12 India Baichung Bhutia Mohan Bagan 6
Nigeria Nnanna Churchill Brothers SC
India Joseph Pereira Sporting Clube de Goa

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