2015–16_I-League_2nd_Division
2015–16 I-League 2nd Division
9th season of the I-League 2nd Division
The 2015–16 I-League 2nd Division was the ninth edition of the I-League 2nd division, the second-highest division in India.
Quick Facts Season, Champions ...
| Season | 2015–16 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Dempo |
| Promoted | Minerva Punjab (Dempo pulled out) |
| Matches played | 40 |
| Goals scored | 92 (2.3 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |  Felix Chidi Odili Atinder Mani(7 Goals each) |
| Biggest home win | Kenkre 4–0 PIFA (18 December 2015) Dempo 4–0 Kenkre (27 December 2015) |
| Biggest away win | PIFA 0–8 Dempo (17 January 2016) |
| Highest scoring | PIFA 0–8 Dempo (17 January 2016) |
← 2015 2016–17 →
All statistics correct as of 17 January 2016. | |
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The 2015–16 I-League 2nd division matches to be played on a home and away basis. The preliminary rounds will be played in the ‘conference’ system with the teams being divided into Eastern and Western conferences. Top 3 teams from each conference will qualify for the final round of the 2015–2016 season of 2nd division I-League.[1]
The 10-team I-League second division commenced on 14 November.[citation needed]
The following clubs participated in the 2nd Division League 2015–16, subject to fulfillment of the Club Licensing criteria.[2]
Locations of the I-League 2nd Division teams
More information Team, State ...
| Team | State | Home Ground | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenkre | Maharashtra | Cooperage Ground | 5,000 |
| Lonestar Kashmir | Jammu and Kashmir | Bakhshi Stadium | 30,000 |
| Mohammedan | West Bengal | Barasat Stadium | 22,000 |
| Dempo | Goa | Raia Panchayat Ground | 6,000 |
| PIFA | Maharashtra | Cooperage Ground | 5,000 |
| Guwahati | Assam | Nehru Stadium, Guwahati | 15,000 |
| NEROCA | Manipur | Khuman Lampak Main Stadium | 26,000 |
| Fateh Hyderabad | Telangana | Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium | 25,000 |
| Gangtok Himalayan | Sikkim | Paljor Stadium | 30,000 |
| Minerva | Punjab | Guru Nanak Stadium | 15,000 |
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Foreign players
Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to three per team. A team could use two foreign players on the field each game.
More information Club, Player 1 ...
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dempo | Chika Wali |
Felix Chidi Odili |
— |
| Fateh Hyderabad | — | — | — |
| Gangtok Himalayan | Samuel Kane |
Namdi Stephen Harry |
 Leonce Dodoz |
| Guwahati | Ugochukwu Godswill |
Oluwaunmi Somide |
Emmanuel Ini Oyoh |
| Kenkre | Yao Kouassi Bernard |
Lassine Karamoko |
 Samuel Bradley |
| Lonestar Kashmir | James Effiong |
— | — |
| Minerva | Alhassan Dahir Bala |
Kareem Omolaja |
 Atsushi Yonezawa |
| Mohammedan | Lancine Toure |
 Simbarashe Gate |
 James Moga |
| NEROCA | Amamba Jerry Elekwachi |
Onwubuariri Ikechukwu Joseph |
Offor Emeka Christian |
| PIFA |  Solileymane Sylla |
— | — |
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All times are Indian Standard Time (IST) – UTC+05:30.
Table
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mohammedan | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 16 | Advance to Final Round |
| 2 | Gangtok Himalayan | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 13 | |
| 3 | NEROCA | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 12 | |
| 4 | Guwahati | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 9 | |
| 5 | Fateh Hyderabad | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 17 | −12 | 4 |
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Fixtures and results
NEROCA v Fateh Hyderabad
| 14 November 2015 | NEROCA | 0–0 | Fateh Hyderabad | Imphal |
| 13:30 | Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium Attendance: 12458 Referee: Anemesh Beswas |
Mohammedan v Guwahati
| 14 November 2015 | Mohammedan | 2–1 | Guwahati | Barasat |
| 14:00 | Taurus Tecompleh Nanneh  42' Ajay Singh  30' 44'  90+2' |
39' Kallol Pal 87' (pen.) Oluwaunmi Somide 90+2' Ugochukwu Godswill |
Stadium: Barasat Stadium |
Guwahati v Fateh Hyderabad
| 21 November 2015 | Guwahati | 3–0 | Fateh Hyderabad | Maligaon |
| 14:00 | Durga Boro 10' Somide Adelaja 31' James Singh 58' 75' |
15' Rohit Negi 81' Pankaj Kshatri |
Stadium: Northeast Frontier Railway Stadium |
Mohammedan v Gangtok Himalayan
| 21 November 2015 | Mohammedan | 0–0 | Gangtok Himalayan | Barasat |
| 14:00 | Taurus Tecompleh Manneh 8' Mumtaz Akhtar 49' Bikramjeet Singh 67' |
30' Samuel Kane 64' Karan Atwal |
Stadium: Barasat Stadium |
Guwahati v NEROCA
| 28 November 2015 | Guwahati | 0–2 | NEROCA | Maligaon |
| 14:00 | 30' Onwubuariri Ikechukwu Joseph 40' (pen.) Chingkhei Yumnam |
Stadium: Northeast Frontier Railway Stadium Referee: Pratik Mondal |
Fateh Hyderabad v Gangtok Himalayan
| 28 November 2015 | Fateh Hyderabad | 0–2 | Gangtok Himalayan | Hyderabad |
| 15:00 | 18' Ong Lepcha 22' (pen.) Badmus Babatunde |
Stadium: Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium |
Gangtok Himalayan v NEROCA
| 5 December 2015 | Gangtok Himalayan | 0–1 | NEROCA | Gangtok |
| 14:30 | 90+1' Ronald Singh |
Stadium: Paljor Stadium |
Fateh Hyderabad v Mohammedan
| 8 December 2015 | Fateh Hyderabad | 1–2 | Mohammedan | Hyderabad |
| 18:50 | Nitin Jyal 14' |
5' Deepak Kumar 37' Ajay Singh |
Stadium: Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium |
NEROCA v Mohammedan
| 12 December 2015 | NEROCA | 2–1 | Mohammedan | Imphal |
| 13:30 | Joseph 49' Moirangthem Ashok 90+5' |
73' Ajay Singh |
Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium Attendance: 15510 |
Gangtok Himalayan v Guwahati
| 12 December 2015 | Gangtok Himalayan | 1–1 | Guwahati | Gangtok |
| 14:30 | Badmus Babatunde 83' |
19' Oluwaunmi Somide |
Stadium: Paljor Stadium |
NEROCA v Guwahati
| 19 December 2015 | NEROCA | 0–0 | Guwahati | Imphal |
| 13:30 | Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium Attendance: 11000 |
Mohammedan v Fateh Hyderabad
| 19 December 2015 | Mohammedan | 2–1 | Fateh Hyderabad | Barasat |
| 14:00 | Tonmoy Ghosh 3' Mumtaz Akhtar 68' |
53' Shahil Bhatt |
Stadium: Barasat Stadium |
Guwahati v Mohammedan
| 26 December 2015 | Guwahati | 0–3 | Mohammedan | Guwahati |
| 14:00 | Stadium: Nehru Stadium |
Gangtok Himalayan v Fateh Hyderabad
| 26 December 2015 | Gangtok Himalayan | 3–1 | Fateh Hyderabad | Gangtok |
| 14:30 | Tenzing Tshepel 16' Badmus Babatunde 22', 79' |
53' Rohit Negi |
Stadium: Paljor Stadium |
NEROCA v Gangtok Himalayan
| 2 January 2016 | NEROCA | 1–1 | Gangtok Himalayan | Imphal |
| 13:30 | Chongtham Kishan Singh 78' |
Babatunde 7' |
Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium |
Fateh Hyderabad v Guwahati
| 4 January 2016 | Fateh Hyderabad | 0–4 | Guwahati | Hyderabad |
| 18:50 | 11', 67' Durga Boro 50', 67' Oluwaunmi Somide |
Stadium: Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium |
Gangtok Himalayan v Mohammedan
| 9 January 2016 | Gangtok Himalayan | 2–0 | Mohammedan | Gangtok |
| 14:30 | Nima Tamang 45+1' Thomas Tshering Lepcha 90+1' |
Stadium: Paljor Stadium |
Fateh Hyderabad v NEROCA
| 11 January 2016 | Fateh Hyderabad | 2–1 | NEROCA | Hyderabad |
| 18:50 | Shahil Bhatt 22', 23' |
35' Amamba Jeremiah Elekwachi |
Stadium: Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium |
Guwahati v Gangtok Himalayan
| 16 January 2016 | Guwahati | 0–0 | Gangtok Himalayan | Guwahati |
| 14:00 | Stadium: Nehru Stadium |
Mohammedan v NEROCA
| 16 January 2016 | Mohammedan | 1–0 | NEROCA | Barasat |
| 14:00 | Basanta Singh |
Stadium: Barasat Stadium |
All times are Indian Standard Time (IST) – UTC+05:30.
Table
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minerva | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | +13 | 19 | Advance to Final Round |
| 2 | Dempo | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 15 | |
| 3 | Lonestar Kashmir | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 13 | |
| 4 | Kenkre | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 6 | |
| 5 | PIFA | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 26 | −23 | 2 |
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Fixtures and results
Dempo v PIFA
| 15 November 2015 | Dempo | 1–0 | PIFA | Raia |
| 16:00 | Milagres Gonsalves 12' 43' (pen.) |
42' Karun Kumar RS |
Stadium: Raia Panchayat Ground Referee: Fasi Salahudeen |
Kenkre v Lonestar Kashmir
| 16 November 2015 | Kenkre | 0–0 | Lonestar Kashmir | Mumbai |
| 18:30 | Deepak Prakash 23' |
Stadium: Cooperage Ground Referee: William Koshy |
Kenkre v Minerva
| 19 November 2015 | Kenkre | 0–2 | Minerva | Mumbai |
| 18:30 | Shivakumar M 39' Aravindraj Ranjan 59' |
13' Bala Alhassan 60' (pen.) Harpreet Bedi 74' Simranjit Singh |
Stadium: Cooperage Ground Referee: K Radhakrishnan |
Dempo v Lonestar Kashmir
| 21 November 2015 | Dempo | 0–3 | Lonestar Kashmir | Raia |
| 16:00 | Asheer Akhtar 37' |
21' Atinder Mani 55', 65' Farukh Choudhary |
Stadium: Raia Panchayat Ground |
Minerva v Lonestar Kashmir
| 29 November 2015 | Minerva | 2–1 | Lonestar Kashmir | Ludhiana |
| 14:30 | Jagpreet Singh 38' Bala Alhassan 84' |
43' Iffam Tariq |
Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium |
Kenkre v PIFA
| 29 November 2015 | Kenkre | 1–1 | PIFA | Bhiwandi |
| 15:30 | Rishad P P 12' |
33' Francisco Dominic |
Stadium: All Saints School |
Minerva v Dempo
| 6 December 2015 | Minerva | 1–0 | Dempo | Ludhiana |
| 14:30 | Manvir Singh 40' |
Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium |
Lonestar Kashmir v PIFA
| 6 December 2015 | Lonestar Kashmir | 2–2 | PIFA | Srinagar |
| 14:00 | Farukh Choudhary 55', 89' |
33' Irfan Khan 90+2' Junaid |
Stadium: Synthetic Turf Football Stadium Attendance: 7540 |
Minerva v PIFA
| 11 December 2015 | Minerva | 3–0 | PIFA | Ludhiana |
| 14:30 | Sehijpal Singh 19' Kamalpreet Singh 37' Dilliram Sanyasi 85' |
Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium |
Kenkre v Dempo
| 15 December 2015 | Kenkre | 0–1 | Dempo | Mumbai |
| 19:00 | 90' Peter Carvalho |
Stadium: Cooperage Ground |
Kenkre v PIFA
| 18 December 2015 | Kenkre | 4–0 | PIFA | Mumbai |
| 19:00 | Egypsio Noronha 9' Loukik Jadhav 17' Yao Kouassi Bernard 45' Prathamesh Rokade 48' |
Stadium: Cooperage Ground |
Lonestar Kashmir v Minerva
| 20 December 2015 | Lonestar Kashmir | 0–0 | Minerva | Srinagar |
| 16:00 | Stadium: Synthetic Turf Football Stadium |
Dempo v Kenkre
| 27 December 2015 | Dempo | 4–0 | Kenkre | Vasco |
| 16:00 | Milagres Gonsalves 9', 85' Beevan D'Mello 27', 35' |
Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium |
PIFA v Lonestar Kashmir
| 3 January 2016 | PIFA | 0–2 | Lonestar Kashmir | Bhiwandi |
| 15:30 | 68', 83' Atinder Mani |
Stadium: All Saints School |
Dempo v Minerva
| 3 January 2016 | Dempo | 2–1 | Minerva | Vasco |
| 16:00 | Beevan D'Mello 2' Milagres Gonsalves 61' |
88' Sehijpal Singh |
Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium |
PIFA v Minerva
| 7 January 2016 | PIFA | 0–5 | Minerva | Bhiwandi |
| 15:30 | Aji Demengje 41' 51' Sehijpal Singh 53' Prabhjot Singh 64' 83' |
Stadium: All Saints School |
Lonestar Kashmir v Dempo
| 10 January 2016 | Lonestar Kashmir | 1–0 | Dempo | Srinagar |
| 16:00 | Gagandeep Singh 7' |
Stadium: Synthetic Turf Football Stadium |
Minerva v Kenkre
| 12 January 2016 | Minerva | 2–0 | Kenkre | Ludhiana |
| 14:30 | Manvir Singh 9', 17' |
Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium |
PIFA v Dempo
| 17 January 2016 | PIFA | 0–8 | Dempo | Bhiwandi |
| 15:30 | 19' Beevan D'Mello 32' Shallum Pires 39' Chika Wali 43', 84' Kapil Hoble 45+1', 64' Felix 90+2' Nickson Castanha |
Stadium: All Saints School |
Lonestar Kashmir v Kenkre
| 17 January 2016 | Lonestar Kashmir | 1–1 | Kenkre | Srinagar |
| 16:00 | Atinder Mani 85' |
44' Arish Sutaria |
Stadium: Synthetic Turf Football Stadium |
Main article: 2015–16 I-League 2nd Division final round
More information Pos, Pld ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dempo (C, P) | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 23 | Promotion to I-League |
| 2 | Minerva | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 18 | |
| 3 | NEROCA | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 17 | |
| 4 | Mohammedan[lower-alpha 1] | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 12 | |
| 5 | Gangtok Himalayan | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 6 | |
| 6 | Lonestar Kashmir | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 20 | −10 | 4 |
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Source: Results & Fixtures: 2nd Division I-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) play-off match
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) play-off match
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
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- 3 points are deducted from Mohammedan SC as per the decision taken by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee.[3]
- As of 6 June 2016[4]
Top scorers
More information Rank, Player ...
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals | Apps. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Felix Chidi Odili |
Dempo | 7 | 11 |
| 2 | Atinder Mani |
Lonestar Kashmir | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | James Moga |
Mohammedan | 6 | 4 |
| 4 | Milagres Gonsalves |
Dempo | 6 | 7 |
| 5 | Ajay Singh |
Mohammedan | 6 | 15 |
| 6 | Farukh Choudhary |
Lonestar Kashmir | 6 | 18 |
| 7 | Oluwaunmi Somide |
Guwahati | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | Badmus Babatunde |
Gangtok Himalayan | 5 | 7 |
| 9 | Kareem Omolaja |
Minerva | 4 | 9 |
| 10 | Leonce Dodoz Zikahi |
Gangtok Himalayan | 4 | 9 |
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- Change in format for I-League 2nd division Sportskeeda.com. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015
- I-League Core Committee Meets At AIFF Headquarters Archived 21 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine I-League.org. 24 Aug 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015
- "FIFA docks Mohammedan SC three points". 30 March 2016.