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
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Abhishek Yadav of Mumbai FC and Samir Naik of Dempo SC during I-League match at Fatorda Stadium Goa
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Sayed Rahim Nabi of East Bengal and Daniel of Chirag United SC during at I-league 2008-09 at Salt Lake Stadium
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I League Daniel of Chirag United SC takes a freekick against Mahindra United at Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata
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Wilton Gomes of Sporting Clube de Goa tackles Lester Fernandes of Vasco SC during I-League 2008-09 match at Fatorda Stadium Goa
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Baljit Saini of JCT FC against Dempo SC during I-League 2008-09 at Guru Nanak Stadium Ludhiana
Teams
| Club | Manager | Location | Stadia |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air India |  Bimal Ghosh |
Mumbai | Cooperage Ground |
| Churchill Brothers SC |  Karim Bencharifa |
Goa | Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium |
| Dempo SC | Armando Colaco |
Goa | Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium |
| East Bengal | Manoranjan Bhattacharjee |
Kolkata | Salt Lake Stadium |
| JCT FC | Sukhvinder Singh |
New Delhi | Ambedkar Stadium |
| Mahindra United | Derrick Pereira |
Mumbai | Cooperage Ground |
| Mohammedan SC | Kolkata | Salt Lake Stadium | |
| Mohun Bagan |  Carlos Roberto Pereira Da Silva |
Kolkata | Salt Lake Stadium |
| Sporting Clube De Goa |  Cliffort 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 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 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 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
| 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 |
27 September 2008 16:00 IST |
| Churchill Bros | 2 – 1 | Mahindra United |
|---|---|---|
| Odafe Onyeka Okolie 61' 88' |
Sushil Kumar Singh 83' |
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 |
4 October 2008 16:00 IST |
| Sporting Clube de Goa | 3 – 0 | Mohammedan Sporting Club |
|---|---|---|
| Elijah Obagbemiro Jr 63' 77' Micky Fernandes 76' |
Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium Referee: Dinesh Nair |
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' |
5 November 2008 |
| Churchill Bros | 3 – 3 | Dempo Sports Club |
|---|---|---|
| Felix Chimaokwu 15' 19' Odafe Onyeka Okolie 31' |
Mboyo Iyomi 37' 47' 76' |
Round 3
11 October 2008 16:00 IST |
| JCT FC | 2 – 0 | Mohammedan Sporting Club |
|---|---|---|
| Baljeet Singh Saini 46'
Eduardo Escober |
11 October 2008 16:00 IST |
| Sporting Clube de Goa | 2 – 0 | Mohun Bagan |
|---|---|---|
| Mohonraj "OG" 25'
Nathaniel Amos |
12 October 2008 16:00 IST |
| Dempo Sports Club | 2 – 1 | Vasco Sports Club |
|---|---|---|
| Roberto Silva 24'
Ranty Martins |
Ravshan Teshabaev 32' |
Round 4
19 October 2008 18:30 IST |
| Mohammedan Sporting Club | 1 – 1 | Mohun Bagan |
|---|---|---|
| Goutam Thakur 3' |
Jose Ramirez Barreto 23' |
19 October 2008 16:00 IST |
| Churchill Bros | 3 – 0 | Sporting Clube de Goa |
|---|---|---|
| Odafe Onyeka Okolie 14' 60'
T.Naoba Singh |
Round 5
25 October 2008 |
| Vasco Sports Club | 1 – 4 | Churchill Bros |
|---|---|---|
| Agnelo Colaco 70' |
Odafe Onyeka Okolie 39' 44' 62'
Felix Chimaokw |
26 October 2008 |
| Dempo SC | 3 – 1 | Air-India |
|---|---|---|
| Ranty Martins 38' 78'
Climax Lawrence |
Ravinder Singh 60' |
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
15 November 2008 |
| East Bengal Club | 3 – 1 | Sporting Clube de Goa |
|---|---|---|
| Sunil Chhetri 14'
Syed Rahim Nabi |
Harmanjot Khabra 54' |
15 November 2008 |
| Churchill Bros | 2 – 2 | Mumbai FC |
|---|---|---|
| Odafe Onyeka Okolie 21'
Reisangmi Vashum |
Abhishek Yadav 10'
Kulothungan |
16 November 2008 |
| Dempo SC | 4 - 0 | Chirag United Sports Club |
|---|---|---|
| Ranty Martins 4' 70'
Joaquim Abranches |
Round 9
20 November 2008 |
| Mohammedan Sporting Club | 0 – 2 | Dempo Sports Club |
|---|---|---|
| Anthony Pereira 9'
Ranti Martins |
Round 10
24 November 2008 |
| Mohun Bagan AC | 1 - 0 | Mahindra United |
|---|---|---|
| Bhaichung Bhutia 46' |
Salt Lake Stadium Referee: P. Basu |
Round 12
Round 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' |
Round 16
20 February 2009 |
| Churchill Brothers SC | 9 -1 | Vasco Sports Club |
|---|---|---|
| Odafe Onyeka Okolie 42' 50' 57' 82' 89' 90' |
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) |
Round 19
Round 20
22 March 2009 |
| Churchill Brothers SC | 3 - 1 | East Bengal Club |
|---|---|---|
| Odafe Onyeka Okolie 45' 75' Kalu 53' |
Yakubu Yusif 86' |
Round 21
Round 22
Top scorers
- As of 23 March 2009
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Odafe Onyeka Okolie |
Churchill Brothers SC | 24 |
| 2 | Jose Ramirez Barreto |
Mohun Bagan | 10 |
| Felix Chimaokwu |
Churchill Brothers SC | ||
| 4 | Sunil Chhetri |
East Bengal Club | 9 |
| Ranty Martins Soleye |
Dempo SC | ||
| Chidi Edih |
Mahindra United | ||
 Yakubu Yusif |
East Bengal Club | ||
| 8 | Singam Subash Singh |
Air India | 7 |
| Sushil Kumar Singh |
Mahindra United | ||
| Kaila Kulothungan |
Mumbai FC | ||
| Elijah obagbemiro junior |
Sporting Clube de Goa | ||
| 12 | Baichung Bhutia |
Mohan Bagan | 6 |
| Nnanna |
Churchill Brothers SC | ||
| Joseph Pereira |
Sporting Clube de Goa |