2007–08 I-League

2007–08 I-League
2007–08 I-League
League	I-League
Sport	Association football
Duration	24 November 2007 - 19 May 2008
Number of teams	10
I-League season
Season champions	Dempo SC; 1st I-League title; 3rd Indian title
Top scorer	Odafe Onyeka Okolie
I-League seasons
	← 2006–07 NFL 2008–09 →

The I-League 2007–08 kicked off on 24 November 2007 at the Fatorda Stadium, Margao, Goa. The first match of the season was played between the two Goan clubs Dempo and Salgaocar.

The top team in the I-League qualified for the qualifying phase of the 2009 AFC Champions League, while the bottom two teams were relegated to I-League 2nd Division in the next season.

Teams[]

Goa

New Delhi

Kolkata

Mumbai

Ludhiana

Kozhikode

Locations of games played in the 2007-08 I-League season

Club	Manager	Location	Stadia
Air India	Bimal Ghosh	Mumbai	Cooperage Ground
Churchill Brothers SC	Karim Bencherifa	Goa	Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
Dempo SC	Armando Colaco	Goa	Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
East Bengal	Manoranjan Bhattacharjee	Kolkata	Salt Lake Stadium
JCT FC		New Delhi & Ludhiana	Ambedkar Stadium & Guru Gobind Singh Stadium
Mahindra United	Derrick Pereira	Mumbai	Cooperage Ground
Mohun Bagan	Carlos Roberto Pereira Da Silva	Kolkata	Salt Lake Stadium
Salgaocar SC Goa	Savio Medeira	Goa	Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
Sporting Clube De Goa	Clifford Chukwuma	Goa	Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
Viva Kerala		Kozhikode	Kozhikode EMS Corporation Stadium

Standings[]

I-League Division 1[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dempo (C)	18	10	6	2	35	13	+22	36	2009 AFC Champions League
2	Churchill Brothers	18	11	3	4	40	22	+18	36
3	JCT	18	9	6	3	31	14	+17	33
4	Mohun Bagan	18	8	6	4	22	17	+5	30	2009 AFC Cup group stage^[a]
5	Mahindra United	18	7	7	4	24	18	+6	28
6	East Bengal	18	5	4	9	17	23	−6	19
7	Sporting Goa	18	4	7	7	14	24	−10	19
8	Air India	18	3	8	7	10	20	−10	17
9	Viva Kerala(R)	18	3	3	12	13	38	−25	12	Relegation to 2009 I-League 2nd Division
10	Salgaocar(R)	18	1	8	9	20	37	−17	11	Relegation to 2009 I-League 2nd Division

Updated to match(es) played on 23 February 2008. Source: IndiaFooty.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion
Notes:

^ Mohun Bagan qualified for the 2009 AFC Cup as 2008 Indian Federation Cup winners.

Results[]

Home \ Away	AI	CB	DEM	EB	JCT	MAH	MB	SFC	SCG	VK
Air India		0–0	1–4	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–1
Churchill Brothers	3–0		0–2	3–2	1–0	4–2	2–2	2–1	3–0	5–0
Dempo	0–0	4–1		2–2	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	4–1	4–0
East Bengal	0–0	0–1	1–0		1–3	1–0	0–2	3–2	1–1	2–0
JCT FC	2–0	3–0	0–0	3–0		0–0	1–1	4–0	4–2	2–0
Mahindra United	1–1	1–5	3–1	2–1	3–1		0–0	2–2	3–0	0–0
Mohun Bagan	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–0		1–0	1–1	1–3
Salgaocar	1–1	1–5	1–1	0–0	3–3	0–0	4–5		1–1	1–0
Sporting Goa	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–3	1–0	1–1		3–0
Viva Kerala	3–2	1–3	1–4	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–1	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on 30 January 2011. Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers[]

I-League Division 1[]

Last updated: 23 February 2008

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Odafe Onyeka Okolie	Churchill Brothers	22
2	Eduardo da Silva Escobar	JCT	14
3	Mboyo Iyomi	Churchill Brothers	12
3	Ranty Martins Soleye	Dempo SC	12
5	Baichung Bhutia	Mohun Bagan	10
6	Edmilson Marques Pardal	East Bengal	8
6	Chidi Edeh	Dempo SC	8
8	Felix Chimaokwu	Salgaocar SC	7
8	Sunil Chhetri	JCT	7
10	Junior Obagbemiro	Sporting Clube de Goa	6
10	Andrews Pomeyie Mensah	Mahindra United	6
12		Viva Kerala	5
	Jose Ramirez Barreto	Mohun Bagan
	Yusif Yakubu	Mahindra United
	Roberto Mendes Silva	Dempo SC
16		Air India	4

Managers[]

Club	Manager
Dempo SC	Armando Colaco
JCT FC	Sukhvinder Singh
Churchill Brothers SC	Karim Bencharifa
Viva Kerala	A.M.Sreedharam
Kingfisher East Bengal FC	Manoranjan Bhattacharjee
Air India (football club)	Bimal Ghosh
Mahindra United	Derrick Pereira
Mohun Bagan	Carlos Roberto Pereira Da Silva
Salgaocar SC Goa	Savio Medeira
Sporting Clube De Goa	Cliffort Chukwama

External links[]

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[table_note_res_ACGS0.8083059060426-1] Mohun Bagan qualified for the 2009 AFC Cup as 2008 Indian Federation Cup winners.

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