2008–09_I-League

I-League 2008–09
I-League 2008–09
League	I-League
Sport	Association football
Duration	26 September 2008– 16 April 2009
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	Zee Sports
I-League season
Champions	Churchill Brothers; 1st I-League title; 1st Indian title
Top scorer	Odafe Onyeka Okolie
I-League seasons
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

2008–09 I-League

2nd season of the I-League

The 2008–09 I-League 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.

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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.

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[table_note_res_ACGS0.47793273743146-1] East Bengal qualified for the 2010 AFC Cup as 2009–10 Indian Federation Cup winners.

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Club	Manager	Location	Stadia
Air India	Bimal Ghosh	Mumbai	Cooperage Ground
Churchill Brothers	Karim Bencherifa	Goa	Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
Dempo	Armando Colaco	Goa	Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
East Bengal	Monoranjan Bhattacharya	Kolkata	Salt Lake Stadium
JCT	Sukhwinder Singh	New Delhi	Ambedkar Stadium
Mahindra United	Derrick Pereira	Mumbai	Cooperage Ground
Mohammedan Sporting	Shabbir Ali	Kolkata	Salt Lake Stadium
Mohun Bagan	Carlos Roberto Pereira Da Silva	Kolkata	Salt Lake Stadium
Sporting Goa	Clifford Chukwuma	Goa	Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
Vasco	Subrata Bhattacharya	Goa	Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium

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^{[lower-alpha 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 Sporting	22	5	7	10	17	31	−14	22	Relegation to 2010 I-League 2nd Division
12	Vasco (R)	22	2	4	16	14	49	−35	10	Relegation to 2010 I-League 2nd Division

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Odafe Onyeka Okolie	Churchill Brothers	24
2	Jose Ramirez Barreto	Mohun Bagan	10
2	Felix Chimaokwu	Churchill Brothers	10
4	Sunil Chhetri	East Bengal	9
	Ranty Martins Soleye	Dempo
	Chidi Edeh	Mahindra United
	Yusif Yakubu	East Bengal
8	Singam Subash Singh	Air India	7
	Sushil Kumar Singh	Mahindra United
	Kalia Kulothungan	Mumbai
	Junior Obagbemiro	Sporting Goa
12	Baichung Bhutia	Mohun Bagan	6
	Ogba Kalu Nnanna	Churchill Brothers
	Joseph Pereira	Sporting Goa

2008–09_I-League

2008–09 I-League

Gallery

Teams

League table

Home and away season

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Top scorers

External links

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