2008–09 I-League

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

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 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[]

2008–09 I-League is located in India
Goa
New Delhi
New Delhi
Kolkata
Kolkata
Mumbai
Mumbai
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 Bencherifa Goa Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
Dempo SC IndiaArmando Colaco Goa Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
East Bengal India Monoranjan Bhattacharya Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium
JCT FC IndiaSukhvinder Singh New Delhi Ambedkar Stadium
Mahindra United IndiaDerrick Pereira Mumbai Cooperage Ground
Mohammedan S.C India Shabbir Ali Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium
Mohun Bagan BrazilCarlos Roberto Pereira Da Silva Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium
Sporting Clube De Goa Nigeria Goa Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
Vasco S.C. IndiaSubrata 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[a]
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 match(es) played on 16 April 2009. Source: IndiaFooty.com
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[]

East Bengal3–1Chirag United Sports Club
Goal 10'
Yakubu Goal 19'
Sunil Chetri Goal 28'		 Shankar Oraon Goal 79'
Referee:
Vasco Sports Club0–1Sporting Clube de Goa
Goal 90+1'
Referee:
Mohun Bagan1–2Mumbai FC
Pachau Lalam Puia Goal 77' Abel Hammond Goal 9'
Kalia Kulothungan Goal 24'
Referee:
Churchill Brothers2–1Mahindra United
Odafe Onyeka Okolie Goal 61' Goal 88' Sushil Kumar Singh Goal 83'
Referee: Pratap Singh
Dempo Sports Club1–2JCT FC
Nicolau Borges Goal 77' Escobar Goal 17'
Balwant Singh Goal 64'
Referee:
Mohammedan Sporting Club1–1Air-India
Theodore Sunday Wrobeh Goal 59' Surojit Roy Goal 23'

Round 2[]

East Bengal0–1Mumbai FC
Felix Aboagye Goal 23'
Referee:
Vasco Sports Club0–0JCT FC
Mohun Bagan1–1Air-India
Goal 70' Soccor Velho Goal 43'
Sporting Clube de Goa3–0Mohammedan Sporting Club
Goal 63'Goal 77'
Micky FernandesGoal 76'
Referee: Dinesh Nair
Mahindra United1–3Chirag United Sports Club
Sushil Kumar Singh Goal 12' Goal 46'
Goal 52'
Goal 87'
Churchill Brothers3–3Dempo Sports Club
Felix Chimaokwu Goal 15' Goal 19'
Odafe Onyeka Okolie Goal 31'		 Mboyo Iyomi Goal 37' Goal 47' Goal 76'

Round 3[]

JCT FC2–0Mohammedan Sporting Club
Saini Goal 46'
Escobar Goal 68'
Guru Nanak Dev Stadium
Mahindra United0–1Mumbai FC
Goal 23'
Sporting Clube de Goa2–0Mohun Bagan
Goal 25' Nathaniel Amos Goal 51'
Chirag United Sports Club0–0Churchill Brothers
Air-India2–0East Bengal
Goal 48' Michael Tayo Goal 70'
Dempo Sports Club2–1Vasco Sports Club
Roberto Silva Goal 24' Goal 30' Goal 32'

Round 4[]

Mumbai FC0–0Dempo SC
JCT FC0–1Mahindra United
Sukhwinder Singh Goal 70'
Guru Nanak Dev Stadium
Air-India1–0Chirag United Sports Club
Goal 69'
East Bengal2–0Vasco Sports Club
Yakubu Goal 7' Goal 90'
Mohammedan Sporting Club1–1Mohun Bagan
Goal 3' Jose Ramirez Barreto Goal 23'
Churchill Brothers3–0Sporting Clube de Goa
Odafe Onyeka Okolie Goal 14' Goal 60' Goal 85'

Round 5[]

Chirag United Sports Club0–0JCT FC
Mohammedan Sporting Club1–0Mahindra United
Mike Okoro Goal 75'
Sporting Clube de Goa1–0Mumbai FC
Goal 17'
Mohun Bagan1–1East Bengal
Baichung Bhutia Goal 2' Goal 38'
Vasco Sports Club1–4Churchill Brothers
Goal 70' Odafe Onyeka Okolie Goal 39' Goal 44' Goal 62' Goal 41'
Dempo SC3–1Air-India
Goal 38' Goal 78' Climax Lawrence Goal 55' Ravinder Singh Goal 60'

Round 6[]

Dempo SC0–1Mohun Bagan
Jose Ramirez Barreto (P) Goal 52'
Chirag United Sports Club0–1Sporting Clube de Goa
Joseph Pereira Goal 73'
Air-India2–0Mumbai FC
Goal 20' Goal 32'
Vasco Sports Club0–2Mahindra United
Goal 43' Sushil Kumar Singh Goal 61'
Mohammedan Sporting Club0–0East Bengal
Churchill Brothers1–1JCT FC
Odafe Onyeka Okolie Goal 27' Amandeep Singh Goal 48'

Round 7[]

East Bengal1–1Mahindra United
Chhetri Goal 61' Paresh Shivalkar Goal 59'
Mumbai FC1–1Vasco Sports Club
Kulothungan Goal 25' Goal 65'
Dempo SC0–1Sporting Clube de Goa
Goal 83'
Chirag United Sports Club1–0Mohammedan Sporting Club
Gouranga Dutta Goal 62'
Mohun Bagan1–0Churchill Brothers
Goal 14'
Air-India1–0JCT FC
Samson Singh Goal 86'

Round 8[]

Mohammedan Sporting Club1–0Vasco Sports Club
Goal 87'
Mahindra United1–1Air-India
Goal 55' Subhash Singh Goal 66'
East Bengal3–1Sporting Clube de Goa
Chhetri Goal 14' Syed Rahim Nabi Goal 26' Goal 31' Harmanjot Khabra Goal 54'
Churchill Brothers2–2Mumbai FC
Odafe Onyeka Okolie Goal 21' Goal 70' Abhishek Yadav Goal 10' Kulothungan Goal 75'
Mohun Bagan2–0JCT FC
Ishfaq Ahmed Goal 15' Jose Ramirez Barreto Goal 30 pen'
Dempo SC4–0Chirag United Sports Club
Goal 4'Goal 70'

Joaquim Abranches Goal 45+1'

Roberto Mendes Silva Goal 58'

Round 9[]

Churchill Brothers1–1Air-India
Felix Chimaokwu Goal 38' Michael Tayo Goal 90+3'
Mahindra United0–0Sporting Clube de Goa
Mohammedan Sporting Club0–2Dempo Sports Club
Anthony Pereira Goal 9' Ranti Martins Goal 41'
Vasco Sports Club1–2Mohun Bagan
Goal 29' Rakesh Masih Goal 31' Lalkamal Bhowmick Goal 55'
Chirag United Sports Club1–1Mumbai FC
Goal 12' Riston Rodrigues Goal 59'
JCT FC1–0East Bengal
Escobar Goal 58'
Guru Nanak Dev Stadium

Round 10[]

Mohammedan Sporting Club0–1Churchill Brothers
[Odafa Onyeka Okolie
Mohun Bagan AC1–0Mahindra United
Bhaichung BhutiaGoal 46'
Referee: P. Basu
Chirag United Sports Club3–1Vasco Sports Club
Dempo Sports Club1–0East Bengal
[Beto]Goal 78'
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[]

Mohammedan Sporting Club0–1Sporting Clube de Goa
JCT FC1–1Vasco Sports Club
Mumbai FC2–1East Bengal
Goal 47'
Goal 88'		 Yakubu Goal 13'
Chirag United Sports Club0–2Mahindra United
Air-India1–2Mohun Bagan AC
Dempo Sports Club1–1Churchill Brothers SC

Round 14[]

Mohun Bagan AC1–0Sporting Clube de Goa
Mumbai FC0–0Mahindra United
Mohammedan Sporting Club2–0JCT FC
Churchill Brothers SC3–0Chirag United Sports Club
East Bengal3–1Air-India
Yakubu Goal 49'
Sunil Chetri Goal 56'
Sanju Pradhan Goal 81'		 Subhash Singh Goal 88'
Vasco Sports Club2–2Dempo Sports Club

Round 15[]

Dempo Sports Club3–0Mumbai FC
Vasco Sports Club1–4East Bengal
Sherzod Nazarov Goal 52' Chhetri Goal 29' Goal 90',
Yakubu Goal 46', 56'
Chirag United Sports Club1–0Air-India
Mahindra United0–0JCT FC
Mohun Bagan AC1–0Mohammedan Sporting Club
Sporting Clube de Goa1–0Churchill Brothers SC

Round 16[]

Air-India0–0Dempo Sports Club
Churchill Brothers SC9 -1Vasco Sports Club
Odafe Onyeka Okolie Goal 42' Goal 50'Goal 57' Goal 82'Goal 89' Goal 90'
Mahindra United0–0Mohammedan Sporting Club
JCT FC0–1Chirag United Sports Club
Ayeni Bidemi Daniel Goal 38'
East Bengal3–0Mohun Bagan AC
Syed Rahim Nabi Goal 22', 40'
Chhetri Goal 47'
Attendance: 90,000
Mumbai FC1–2Sporting Clube de Goa

Round 17[]

JCT FC1–2Churchill Brothers SC
Sporting Clube de Goa2–2Chirag United Sports Club
Mumbai FC1–1Air-India
Kalia Kulothungan Goal 38' Emmanuel Ovieghara
Cooperage, Mumbai
East Bengal2–2Mohammedan Sporting Club
Nirmal Chhetri Goal 48'; Chhetri Goal 54' Okoro Goal 4'; Eugene Gray
Referee: Shaji Kurian
Mahindra United4–0Vasco Sports Club
Mohun Bagan AC2–1Dempo SC

Round 18[]

Churchill Brothers SC3–1Mohun Bagan AC
Odafe Onyeka Okolie Goal 45', Ogba Kalu Nnanna Goal 57', Goal 77' Jose Ramirez Barreto Goal 28'
Referee: Pradeep Kumar (Tamil Nadu)
Sporting Clube de Goa2–1Dempo SC
Mahindra United2–1East Bengal
Goal 54' Goal 70' Sunil Chetri Goal 50'
Mohammedan Sporting Club2–2Chirag United Sports Club
JCT FC1–1Air-India
Vasco Sports Club1–2Mumbai FC
Kalia Kulothungan Goal 89',Abhishek YadavGoal 10'

Round 19[]

Air-India1–3Mahindra United
Sushil Kumar Singh Goal 56'
Vasco Sports Club0–1Mohammedan Sporting Club
Sporting Clube de Goa1–1East Bengal
Goal 64' Goal 42'
Mumbai FC2–3Churchill Brothers SC
Anees Kutty Goal 15'
JCT FC1–1Mohun Bagan AC
Chirag United Sports Club0–0Dempo SC

Round 20[]

JCT FC2–0Sporting Clube de Goa
Paul M. Nwachukwu Goal 11', Jagpreet singh Goal 81'
Mohammedan Sporting Club2–0Mumbai FC
Satyajit Bose Goal 14'
Churchill Brothers SC3–1East Bengal
Odafe Onyeka Okolie Goal 45' Goal 75'
Kalu Goal 53'		 Yakubu Goal 86'
Air-India1–0Vasco Sports Club
Singam Subash Singh Goal 67'
Dempo SC3–2Mahindra United
Arata izumi Goal 1',Sushil Kumar Singh Goal 65'
Chirag United Sports Club1–2Mohun Bagan AC

Round 21[]

Air-India1–1Churchill Brothers SC
Sporting Clube de Goa2–0Mahindra United
Mumbai FC0–0Chirag United Sports Club
Dempo SC4–1Mohammedan Sporting Club
Mohun Bagan AC3–0Vasco Sports Club
East Bengal2–1JCT FC
Yakubu Goal 35' Goal 69' Edu Goal 76'

Round 22[]

Churchill Brothers6–2Mohammedan Sporting Club
 Report
Air-India1–3Sporting Clube de Goa
JCT FC1–0Mumbai FC
East Bengal2–2Dempo SC
Yakubu Goal 12'
Goal 60'		 Goal 21'
Beto Goal 22'
Mahindra United2–1Mohun Bagan AC
Vasco Sports Club1–4Chirag United Sports Club

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 Edeh Mahindra United
Ghana Yusif Yakubu East Bengal Club
8 India Singam Subash Singh Air India 7
India Sushil Kumar Singh Mahindra United
India Kalia Kulothungan Mumbai FC
Nigeria Junior Obagbemiro Sporting Clube de Goa
12 India Baichung Bhutia Mohan Bagan 6
Nigeria Ogba Kalu Nnanna Churchill Brothers SC
India Joseph Pereira Sporting Clube de Goa

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