2011–12 I-League

I-League
Season 2011–12
Champions Dempo
Relegated Chirag Club Kerala
HAL
AFC Cup East Bengal
Churchill Brothers
Matches played 181
Goals scored 521 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorer Ranti Martins (32 goals)
Biggest home win Dempo 5-0 Mohun Bagan[1]
Biggest away win HAL 1-8 East Bengal
Highest scoring HAL 1-8 East Bengal
Longest winning run 7 games
Dempo
Longest unbeaten run 7 games
Dempo
Longest losing run 6 games
Chirag United Kerala
Highest attendance 90,000
Mohun Bagan 1-0 East Bengal

The 2011–12 I-League is the fifth season of the I-League, the topmost level of the Indian football pyramid. The season began in October 2011 and ended in May 2012. Salgaocar are the defending champions, having won their maiden title in the previous season.

The current edition has a total of 14 teams contesting for the honors. These include the top twelve teams from the 2010–11 season along with the two promoted sides, Shillong Lajong and Sporting Clube de Goa, who had been the winner and the runner-up in the 2011 I-League 2nd Division respectively.

Teams

According to the AIFF's rules, the two bottom-most teams from the 2010–11 season-ending points table were supposed to be relegated to the second tier, but in actuality, only ONGC FC were relegated after their second to last place finish, while the team finishing the last, JCT FC decided to disband their senior football team at the close of the session.

Shillong Lajong FC and Sporting Clube de Goa, the Champions & Runner-up respectively, of the 2011 I-League 2nd Division, were promoted to the I-League after being relegated only the previous year.

Stadiums and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Air India Mumbai Cooperage Ground 12,000
Chirag United Club Kerala Kannur Kaloor International Stadium 60,000
Churchill Brothers Salcette Fatorda Stadium 27,300
Dempo Panjim Fatorda Stadium 27,300
East Bengal Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium 120,000
HAL Bangalore Bangalore Football Stadium 15,000
Mohun Bagan Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium 120,000
Mumbai Mumbai Cooperage Ground 12,000
Pailan Arrows Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium 120,000
Prayag United Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium 120,000
Pune Pune Balewadi Sports Complex 20,000
Salgaocar Vasco Fatorda Stadium 27,300
Shillong Lajong Shillong Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium 25,000
Sporting Clube de Goa Panjim Fatorda Stadium 27,300

Managerial changes

In chronological order from the bottom

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Mohun Bagan India Bhowmick, SubhashSubhash Bhowmick Caretaker 1 June 2011 Pre-season England Darby, SteveSteve Darby 19 July 2011
Churchill Brothers Croatia Mamic, DragoDrago Mamic Caretaker 1 June 2011 Pre-season Portugal Manuel Gomes 9 June 2011
Pailan Arrows England Bulpin, DesDes Bulpin Sacked 13 August 2011 Pre-season India Sukhwinder Singh 13 August 2011
Chirag United Club Kerala India P. K. Unnikrishnan Sacked 1 October 2011 Pre-season Sri Lanka Pakir Ali 2 October 2011
Mohun Bagan England Darby, SteveSteve Darby Resigned 15 October 2011 Pre-Season India Banerjee, PrasantaPrasanta Banerjee 18 October 2011
Pailan Arrows India Sukhwinder Singh Resigned 7 February 2012 13th India Sujit Chakravarty 8 February 2012
Churchill Brothers Portugal Manuel Gomes Sacked 14 February 2012 5th Brazil Carlos Roberto Pereira 15 February 2012
Chirag United Club Kerala Sri Lanka Pakir Ali Sacked 18 February 2012 12th India Biswajit Bhattacharya 18 February 2012

Foreign players

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Asian Player
Air India Senegal Lamine Tamba Nigeria Henry Ezeh None Japan Takayuki Omi
Chirag United Kerala Ghana Charles Dzisah Ghana Isaac Boakye Nigeria David Sunday None
Churchill Brothers Brazil Roberto Mendes Silva Nigeria Nbusiyu David Opara Gabon Henry Antchouet Australia Antun Kovacic
Dempo Nigeria Ranty Martins Nigeria Koko Sakibo Trinidad and Tobago Densill Theobald Japan Yusuke Kato
East Bengal Nigeria Uga Samuel Okpara Nigeria Penn Orji Brazil Edmilson Australia Tolgay Özbey
HAL Nigeria Joseph Femi Adeola None None Nepal Rohit Chand
Mohun Bagan Brazil Jose Ramirez Barreto Nigeria Odafe Onyeka Okolie Brazil Hudson Lima Silva None
Mumbai Nigeria Kingsley Chioma Nigeria Ebi Sukore Nigeria Gbeneme Friday Afghanistan Zohib Islam Amiri
Pailan Arrows Pailan Arrows don't use foreigners as they are an Indian Developmental Side
Prayag United Brazil Josimar Ghana Yusif Yakubu Nigeria Bello Razaq New Zealand Kayne Vincent
Pune Guinea Keita Mandjou Ivory Coast Pierre Djidjia Douhou Nigeria Chika Wali Japan Arata Izumi
Salgaocar Brazil Luciano Sabrosa Nigeria Chidi Edeh France Maxime Belouet Japan Ryuji Sueoka
Shillong Lajong Liberia James Gbilee Nigeria Christopher Chizoba Liberia Johnny Menyongar Australia Matthew Mayora
Sporting Goa Guinea Boubacar Keita Nigeria Ogba Kalu Nnanna South Sudan James Moga South Korea Park Jae-Hyun

Ownership changes

Club New owner Previous owner Date
Pailan Arrows India Pailan Group India All India Football Federation 31 July 2011[2]
Prayag United India Prayag Group India RP-Chirag 3 August 2011[3]
Chirag United Club Kerala India Chirag Computers India Viva Kerala Group 7 August 2011[4]
Shillong Lajong United Arab Emirates Anglian Holdings (20% stake)1 29 February 2012[5]

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Dempo (C) 26 18 3 5 59 21+38 57
2 East Bengal 26 15 6 5 46 22+24 51 2013 AFC Cup Group stage 1
3 Churchill Brothers 26 14 6 6 47 28+19 48 2013 AFC Cup Group stage 2
4 Mohun Bagan 26 13 8 5 51 32+19 47
5 Pune 26 13 7 6 44 34+10 46
6 Salgaocar 26 12 8 6 32 19+13 44
7 United SC 26 11 9 6 41 29+12 42
8 Sporting Goa 26 11 7 8 53 43+10 40
9 Air India 26 9 5 12 29 378 32
10 Shillong Lajong 26 7 7 12 24 4420 28
11 Mumbai 26 7 3 16 31 5221 24
12 Chirag United Kerala (R) 26 6 2 18 28 5022 20 Relegation to 2013 I-League 2nd Division 3
13 Pailan Arrows 26 2 10 14 17 4023 16
14 HAL (R) 26 1 5 20 19 6849 8 Relegation to 2013 I-League 2nd Division

Updated to games played on 6 May 2012.
Source: I-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
1East Bengal, the winner of the 2012 Indian Federation Cup, qualified for the 2013 AFC Cup.
2Dempo refused to enter the 2013 AFC Cup, so they were replaced by Churchill Brothers.[6]
3Pailan Arrows were not relegated in the season as they were a developmental team.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Season charity

IMG Reliance and the I-League have joined hands with the polio eradication campaign India Unite to End Polio Now. IUEPN is an initiative of Aidmatrix Foundation, supported by UNICEF, and a collaborative effort between the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), World Health Organisation (WHO), National Polio Surveillance Project (NPSP), Rotary International and US Centre for Disease Control (CDC).[7]

Season statistics

Top scorers

[8]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Nigeria Ranti Martins Dempo 32
2 Nigeria Odafe Onyeka Okolie Mohun Bagan 26
3 Australia Tolgay Özbey East Bengal 18
Gabon Henry Antchouet Churchill Brothers
5 South Sudan James Moga Sporting Goa 16
Guinea Mandjou Keita Pune
7 Ghana Yusif Yakubu United SC 12
8 Brazil Josimar United SC 11
Nigeria Ogba Kalu Sporting Goa
10 Nigeria Gbeneme Friday Mumbai 10
Nigeria David Sunday Chirag United Kerala

Top Indian scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 India Chinadorai Sabeeth Pailan Arrows 9
India Manandeep Singh Air India
3 India Abdul Hamza HAL 8
India C.K. Vineeth Chirag United Kerala
5 India Sandesh Gadkari Air India 7
India Subhash Singh Pune
7 India Dawson Fernandes Sporting Goa 6
India Clifford Miranda Dempo
India Lalrindika Ralte Churchill Brothers

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Nigeria Odafe Onyeka Okolie Mohun Bagan Pailan Arrows 3–1 23 October 2011
South Sudan James Moga Sporting Clube de Goa Salgaocar 4–2 5 November 2011
Brazil Josimar United SC Pune 5–1 5 November 2011
Australia Tolgay Ozbey East Bengal HAL 8–1 23 November 2011
Gabon Henry Antchouet Churchill Brothers Shillong Lajong 6–0 17 December 2011
Nigeria N. D. Opara Churchill Brothers Sporting Clube de Goa 5–0 28 December 2011
Nigeria Odafe Onyeka Okolie Mohun Bagan Churchill Brothers 3–2 15 January 2012
Nigeria N. D. Opara Churchill Brothers Chirag United Kerala 4–0 4 April 2012
Nepal Rohit Chand HAL Pune 4–6 10 April 2012
Nigeria Gbeneme Friday Mumbai HAL 5–1 14 April 2012
Nigeria David Sunday Chirag United Kerala East Bengal 3–4 16 April 2012
India Chinadorai Sabeeth Pailan Arrows Chirag United Kerala 3–0 25 April 2012

Scoring

End of season awards

FPAI Team of the Year

Formation: 4-4-2[11]

Nat. Position Name Club
India GK Karanjit Singh Salgaocar
India RB Deepak Mondal United SC
India CB Mahesh Gawli Dempo
Nigeria CB Uga Okpara East Bengal
India LB Syed Rahim Nabi Mohun Bagan
India RM Rocus Lamare Salgaocar
Ivory Coast CM Pierre Djidjia Douhou Pune
Brazil CM Beto Churchill Brothers
Nigeria LM Penn Orji East Bengal
Nigeria ST Odafe Onyeka Okolie Mohun Bagan
Nigeria ST Ranti Martins Dempo
England Coach Trevor Morgan East Bengal

References

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