2007–08 I-League

2007–08 I-League
League I-League
Sport Association football
Duration 2007–08
Number of teams 10
I-League season
Season champions Dempo SC
I-League seasons

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The I-League season 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.

Contents

Standings

I-League Division 1

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Dempo 18 10 6 2 35 13 +22 36
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
5 Mahindra United 18 7 7 4 24 18 +6 28
6 East Bengal 18 5 4 9 17 23 −6 19
7 Sporting Clube de Goa 18 4 7 7 14 24 −10 19
8 Air India 18 3 8 7 10 20 −10 17
9 Viva Kerala 18 3 3 12 13 38 −25 12 Relegation to the I League Division 2
10 Salgaocar 18 1 8 9 20 37 −17 11

Updated to games played on 23 February 2008
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away1 AIR CHB DEM EB JCT MAH MB SCG SAL 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 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 Clube de 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 games played on 30 January 2011
Source: [1]
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: 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 17
Ranty Martins Soleye Dempo SC
5 Baichung Bhutia Mohun Bagan 10
6 Edmilson Marques Pardal East Bengal 8
Chidi Edeh Dempo SC
8 Felix Chimaokwu Salgaocar SC 7
Sunil Chhetri JCT
9 Elijah Obagbemiro Junior Sporting Clube de Goa 6
Andrews Pomeyie Mensah Mahindra United
13 Wisdom Abbey Viva Kerala 5
Jose Ramirez Barreto Mohun Bagan
Yakubu Yusif Mahindra United
Roberto Mendes Silva Dempo SC
16 Bashiree Mohammed Abbas 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

Stadiums

Stadium Teams Capacity
Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata Mohun Bagan, East Bengal 120,000
Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium, Goa Salgaocar, Dempo, Churchill Brothers, Sporting Clube de Goa 35,000
Municipal Corporation Stadium, Kozhikode Viva Kerala 53,000
Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi JCT 15,000
Cooperage Ground, Mumbai Air India, Mahindra United 12,000
Guru Gobind Singh Stadium, Ludhiana JCT 12,000

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