2009–10 I-League
2009–10 I-League | |
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League | I-League |
Sport | Association football |
Duration | 1 October 2009 – 28 May 2010 |
Number of teams | 14 |
I-League season | |
Season champions | Dempo SC 2nd I-League title 4th Indian title |
Top scorer | Odafa Onyeka Okolie |
This season marks the addition of four new teams, with Lajong SSC, Pune FC, Salgaocar Sports Club and Viva Kerala are confirmed to participate in the I-League. With the inception of these four clubs, many club transfers have been undergone within India, and around the world. The length of the regular season will be longer than in previous years, with 26 rounds rather than 22.
The season kicked off on October 1, 2009 with Mahindra United hosting defending champions Churchill Brothers in Mumbai.[1]
Rule changes[]
India became the latest member association to adopt AFC's 3+1 rule which will allow clubs to recruit one player of Asian origin in addition to their regular quota of three foreigners.
The All India Football Federation (AIFF) executive committee decided to embrace the new AFC rule which encourages the mobility of talented Asian players and provides a fillip to the regional game.[2]
AFC Campaign[]
Two of the I-League teams are playing in 2010 AFC Cup. This has caused some delays in scheduling. East Bengal lost all its round robin matches and is out of the tourney, but Churchill Brothers are at Knockout stage.
Stadia and locations[]
Club | Location | Stadium |
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Churchill Brothers Sports Club | Goa | Fatorda Stadium |
Dempo Sports Club | Goa | Fatorda Stadium |
Sporting Clube de Goa | Goa | Fatorda Stadium |
Salgaocar Sports Club | Goa | Fatorda Stadium |
Mohun Bagan | Kolkata | Yuva Bharati Krirangan |
East Bengal Club | Kolkata | Yuva Bharati Krirangan |
Prayag United | Kolkata | Yuva Bharati Krirangan |
Mahindra United | Mumbai | Cooperage Ground |
Mumbai FC | Mumbai | Cooperage Ground |
Air-India | Mumbai | Cooperage Ground |
Pune FC | Pune | Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex |
JCT FC | Phagwara | Guru Gobind Singh Stadium |
Shillong Lajong FC | Shillong | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium |
Viva Kerala | Kozhikode | Municipal Corporation Stadium, Kozhikode |
Managerial changes[]
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
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Mahindra United | Derrick Pereira | Resigned.[3] | David Booth[4] | Pre season | |
Mumbai FC | David Booth | Resigned.[5] | Khalid Jamil[6] | 20 June 2009 | Pre season |
Shillong Lajong | Herring Shangpliang | sacked[7] | Stanley Rozario | 1 June 2009 | Pre season |
Salgaocar SC Goa | Peter Vales | Promoted to technical director.[8] | Tim Hankinson | 12 July 2009 | Pre season |
Sporting Clube de Goa | Clifford Chukwuma | Lacked qualifications.[9][10] | Pre season | ||
Churchill Brothers SC | Zoran Đorđević | Contract Expired.[11] | Carlos Roberto Pereira da Silva | 3 July 2009 | Pre season |
Pune FC | Stewart Hall | Contract Expired | |||
East Bengal Club | Subhash Bhowmick | Resigned.[12] | 12 | ||
Sporting Clube de Goa | Resigned [13] | 14 December 2009.[13] | 14 | ||
Air India FC | Bimal Ghosh | Resigned [14] | Yusuf Ansari | 8 January 2010.[14] | 12 |
Mohun Bagan | Karim Bencherifa | Sacked [15] | Satyajit Chatterjee | 7 | |
Salgaocar Sports Club | Tim Hankinson | Sacked [15] | Karim Bencherifa | ||
Mohun Bagan | Satyajit Chatterjee | Resignation [16] | 1 April 2010 | 5 |
League table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Dempo (C) | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 54 | 31 | +23 | 54 | 2011 AFC Champions League playoff |
2 | Churchill Brothers | 26 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 50 | 35 | +15 | 43 | |
3 | Pune | 26 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 38 | 23 | +15 | 42 | |
4 | Mahindra United | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 45 | 29 | +16 | 41 | Disbanded |
5 | Mohun Bagan | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 48 | 43 | +5 | 36 | |
6 | Salgaocar | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 34 | 38 | −4 | 33 | |
7 | JCT | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 29 | −3 | 32 | |
8 | Prayag United | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 32 | |
9 | East Bengal | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 31 | −4 | 31 | 2011 AFC Cup group stage[a] |
10 | Viva Kerala | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 36 | −11 | 30 | |
11 | Mumbai | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 24 | 26 | −2 | 29 | |
12 | Air India | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 46 | −18 | 28 | |
13 | Sporting Goa | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 40 | −10 | 27 | Relegation to 2011 I-League 2nd Division |
14 | Shillong Lajong | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 39 | −16 | 26 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion
Notes:
- ^ East Bengal qualified for the 2011 AFC Cup as 2010 Indian Federation Cup winners.
Fixtures and results[]
Top goalscorers[]
As of 18 May 2010 (season end)
- 21 goals
- Odafa Onyeka Okolie (Churchill Brothers)
- 16 goals
- Muritala Ali (Mahindra United)
- Josimar (Chirag United Kerala)
- Ekene Ikenwa (Salgaocar)
- 15 goals
- Ranty Martins (Dempo)
- 14 goals
- Edmar Figueira (Pune)
- N.D.Opara (Air India)
- Mohammed Rafi (Mahindra United)
- Jose Ramirez Barreto (Mohun Bagan)
- 12 goals
- Chidi Edeh (Mohun Bagan)
- Edmilson (Chirag United Kerala)
- 11 goals
- Felix Chimaokwu (Churchill Brothers)
- 10 goals
- Arata Izumi (Pune)
- Junior Obagbemiro (Sporting Goa)
Hat tricks[]
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
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Odafa Onyeka Okolie | Churchill Brothers | Chirag United Kerala | 4–2 | 2010-3-07 |
Muritala Ali | Mahindra United | Air India | 4–0 | 2009-11-12 |
Muritala Ali | Mahindra United | Salgaocar | 4–1 | 2009-10-18 |
Baljit Singh Sahni | JCT | Shillong Lajong | 5–1 | 2009-10-4 |
See also[]
- 2009 IFA Shield
- 2009 Durand Cup
- I-League 2nd Division 2010
References[]
- ^ http://www.indianfootball.com/en/news/articleId/1657
- ^ "India adopts 3+1 rule". The AFC. 2009-06-13. Archived from the original on June 16, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-13.
- ^ "Derrick Pereira resigns". The AFC. 2009-04-24. Retrieved 2009-04-24.[dead link]
- ^ "David Booth officially signs 3-year deal with Mahindra United". IndianFootball.com. 2009-05-13. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
- ^ "David Booth resigns". The AFC. 2009-04-24. Retrieved 2009-04-24.[dead link]
- ^ "Mumbai (FC) do a (FC) Barcelona – Khalid follows in Pep's path". IndianFootball.com. 2009-06-18. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
- ^ "Stanley Rozario appointed Lajong SC Coach". Indian Football.com. 2009-06-01. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
- ^ "American flavour for Indian Football". Indian Football.com. 2009-07-01. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
- ^ "Sporting Clube look for European coach". Indian Football.com. 2009-06-26. Retrieved 2009-06-26.
- ^ "Roy Barreto to coach Sporting Clube". Indian Football.com. 2009-07-01. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
- ^ "Pereira to coach Churchill Brothers". Indian Football.com. 2009-07-03. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
- ^ "Subhash Bhowmick resigns, de Ridder to be new coach". eastbengalfootballclub.com. 2009-10-27. Archived from the original on 2009-08-30. Retrieved 2009-11-02.
- ^ a b "I-League: Vishwas Gaonkar Replaces Roy Barreto As The Head Coach Of Sporting Clube De Goa - Goal.com". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17.
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-15. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
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- ^ "Mohun Bagan Express Confidence In New Coach Biswajit Bhattacharya At Press Conference - Goal.com". Archived from the original on 2010-04-03.
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