2008–09 I-League

I-League 2008-09
League I-League
Sport Association football
Duration 2008-2009
Number of teams 12
TV partner/s Zee Sports
I-League season
Champions Churchill Brothers SC
Top scorer Odafe Onyeka Okolie
I-League seasons
← 2007-08

2009-10 →

The I-League 2008-2009 season began on September 26, 2008 and finished on April 16, 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 different cities - again this would be expanded in the 2009-10 seson 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.

Contents

Gallery

Regular season

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 Group stage
2 Mohun Bagan 22 13 4 5 30 20 +10 43
3 Sporting Clube de 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 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 22 5 7 10 17 31 −14 22 Relegation to the I League Division 2
12 Vasco Sports Club (R) 22 2 4 16 14 49 −35 10

Updated to games played on 16th April 2009
Source: http://www.indianfootball.com/specials/ileague/index.phpl
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
1. East Bengal qualified for the 2010 AFC Cup as 2009–10 Indian Federation Cup winners.
(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.

Home and away season

Round 1

September 26, 2008
18:30 IST
 East Bengal Club 3 – 1 Chirag United Sports Club Barasat Stadium
Referee: S Suresh
I Surkumar Singh  10'
Yakubu Yusif  19'
Sunil Chetri  28'		 Shankar Oraon  79'
September 26, 2008
16:00 IST
 Vasco Sports Club 0 – 1 Sporting Clube de Goa Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
Referee: Minangshu Bhattacharya
Elijah Obagbemiro Jr  90+1'
September 27, 2008
18:30 IST
 Mohun Bagan 1 – 2 Mumbai FC Barasat Stadium
Referee: A Arjunan
Pachau Lalam Puia  77' Abel Hammond  9'
Kalia Kulothungan  24'
September 27, 2008
16:00 IST
 Churchill Bros 2 – 1 Mahindra United Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
Referee: Pratap Singh
Odafe Onyeka Okolie  61'  88' Sushil Kumar Singh  83'
September 28, 2008
16:00 IST
 Dempo Sports Club 1 – 2 JCT FC Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
Referee: Pradeep Kumar
Nicolau Borges  77' E. da Silva Escobar  17'
Balwant Singh  64'
September 29, 2008
18:30 IST
 Mohammedan Sporting Club 1 – 1 Air-India Barasat Stadium
Referee: Francisco Fernandes
Theodore S Wrobeh  59' Surojit Roy  23'

Round 2

September 30, 2008
18:30 IST
 East Bengal Club 0 - 1 Mumbai FC Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: A Arjunan
Felix Aboagye  23'
October 2, 2008
16:00 IST
 Vasco Sports Club 0 - 0 JCT FC Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
October 3, 2008
18:30 IST
 Mohun Bagan 1 - 1 Air-India Salt Lake Stadium
Branco Cordozo  70' Soccor Velho  43'
October 4, 2008
16:00 IST
 Sporting Clube de Goa 3 – 0 Mohammedan Sporting Club Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
Referee: Dinesh Nair
Elijah Obagbemiro Jr  63' 77'
Micky Fernandes 76'
October 4, 2008
16:00 IST
 Mahindra United 1 – 3 Chirag United Sports Club Cooperage Ground
Sushil Kumar Singh  12' Subair Muritala Ali  46'
Gouranga Datta  52'
Hardip Singh Saini  87'
November 5, 2008
 Churchill Bros 3 – 3 Dempo Sports Club Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
Felix Chimaokwu  15'  19'
Odafe Onyeka Okolie  31'		 Mboyo Iyomi  37'  47'  76'

Round 3

October 11, 2008
16:00 IST
 JCT FC 2 – 0 Mohammedan Sporting Club Guru Nanak Dev Stadium
Baljeet Singh Saini  46'

Eduardo Escober  68'
October 11, 2008
 Mahindra United 0 – 1 Mumbai FC Cooperage Ground
K.Kulothungan  23'
October 11, 2008
16:00 IST
 Sporting Clube de Goa 2 – 0 Mohun Bagan Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
Mohonraj "OG"  25'

Nathaniel Amos  51'
October 12, 2008
18:30 IST
 Chirag United Sports Club 0 - 0 Churchill Bros Salt Lake Stadium
October 12, 2008
18:30 IST
 Air-India 2 – 0 East Bengal Club Cooperage Ground
Surojit Roy  48'

Michael Tayo  70'
October 12, 2008
16:00 IST
 Dempo Sports Club 2 – 1 Vasco Sports Club Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
Roberto Silva  24'

Ranty Martins  30'

 Ravshan Teshabaev  32'

Round 4

November 11, 2008
 Mumbai FC 0 – 0 Dempo SC Cooperage Ground
October 18, 2008
16:00 IST
 JCT FC 0 – 1 Mahindra United Guru Nanak Dev Stadium
Sukhwinder Singh  70'
October 18, 2008
18:30 IST
 Air-India 1 – 0 Chirag United Sports Club Cooperage Ground
Surojit Roy  69'
October 18, 2008
18:30 IST
 East Bengal Club 2 – 0 Vasco Sports Club Salt Lake Stadium
Yusif Yakubu  7'  90'
October 19, 2008
18:30 IST
 Mohammedan Sporting Club 1 – 1 Mohun Bagan Salt Lake Stadium
Goutam Thakur  3' Jose Ramirez Barreto  23'
October 19, 2008
16:00 IST
 Churchill Bros 3 – 0 Sporting Clube de Goa Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
Odafe Onyeka Okolie  14'  60'

T.Naoba Singh  85'

Round 5

October 23, 2008
 Chirag United Sports Club 0 – 0 JCT FC Salt Lake Stadium
October 24, 2008
 Mohammedan Sporting Club 1 – 0 Mahindra United Salt Lake Stadium
Mike Okoro  75'
October 24, 2008
 Sporting Clube de Goa 1 – 0 Mumbai FC Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
Eliga Junior  17'
October 25, 2008
 Mohun Bagan 1 – 1 East Bengal Club Salt Lake Stadium
Baichung Bhutia  2' Rahim Nabi  38'
October 25, 2008
 Vasco Sports Club 1 – 4 Churchill Bros Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
Agnelo Colaco  70' Odafe Onyeka Okolie  39'  44'  62'

Felix Chimaokw  41'
October 26, 2008
 Dempo SC 3 – 1 Air-India Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
Ranty Martins  38'  78'

Climax Lawrence  55'

 Ravinder Singh  60'

Round 6

October 31, 2008
 Dempo SC 0 – 1 Mohun Bagan Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
Jose Ramirez Barreto (P)  52'
November 1, 2008
 Chirag United Sports Club 0 – 1 Sporting Clube de Goa Salt Lake Stadium
Joseph Pereira  73'
November 1, 2008
 Air-India 2 – 0 Mumbai FC Cooperage Ground
Soccor Velho 20  20'

Subhas Singh  32'
November 1, 2008
 Vasco Sports Club 0 – 2 Mahindra United Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
Chiddi Edeh  43'

Sushil Kumar Singh  61'
November 2, 2008
 Mohammedan Sporting Club 0 – 0 East Bengal Club Salt Lake Stadium
November 2, 2008
 Churchill Bros 1 – 1 JCT FC Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
Odafe Onyeka Okolie  27' Amandeep Singh  48'

Round 7

November 7, 2008
 East Bengal Club 1 – 1 Mahindra United Salt Lake Stadium
Sunil Chhetri  61' Paresh Shivalkar  59'
November 8, 2008
 Mumbai FC 1 – 1 Vasco Sports Club Cooperage Ground
Kulothungan  25' Abhiskek Yadav  65'
November 8, 2008
 Dempo SC 0 – 1 Sporting Clube de Goa Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
Elija Jr.  83'
November 8, 2008
 Chirag United Sports Club 1 – 0 Mohammedan Sporting Club Salt Lake Stadium
Gouranga Dutta  62'
November 9, 2008
 Mohun Bagan 1 - 0 Churchill Bros Salt Lake Stadium
P Lalwampuia  14'
November 9, 2008
 Air-India 1 – 0 JCT FC Cooperage Ground
Samson Singh  86'

Round 8

November 14, 2008
 Mohammedan Sporting Club 1 – 0 Vasco Sports Club Salt Lake Stadium
Bimal Parier  87'
November 14, 2008
 Mahindra United 1 – 1 Air-India Cooperage Ground
Sushil Kumar  55' Subhash Singh  66'
November 15, 2008
 East Bengal Club 3 – 1 Sporting Clube de Goa Salt Lake Stadium
Sunil Chhetri  14'

Syed Rahim Nabi  26'  31'

 Harmanjot Khabra  54'
November 15, 2008
 Churchill Bros 2 – 2 Mumbai FC Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
Odafe Onyeka Okolie  21'

Reisangmi Vashum  70'

 Abhishek Yadav  10'

Kulothungan  75'
November 16, 2008
 Mohun Bagan 2 - 0 JCT FC Salt Lake Stadium
Ishfaq Ahmed  15'

Jose Ramirez Barreto  30 pen'
November 16, 2008
 Dempo SC 4 - 0 Chirag United Sports Club Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
Ranty Martins  4' 70'

Joaquim Abranches  45+1' Roberto Mendes Silva  58'

Round 9

November 18, 2008
16:00 IST
 Churchill Bros 1 – 1 Air-India Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
Felix Chimaokwu  38' Michael Tayo  90+3'
October 19, 2008
18:30 IST
 Mahindra United 0 – 0 Sporting Clube de Goa Cooperage Ground
November 20, 2008
 Mohammedan Sporting Club 0 – 2 Dempo Sports Club Salt Lake Stadium
Anthony Pereira  9'

Ranti Martins  41'
November 20, 2008
 Vasco Sports Club 1 – 2 Mohun Bagan Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
Lalnun Puia  29' Rakesh Masih  31'

Lalkamal Bhowmick  55'
November 21, 2008
 Chirag United Sports Club 1 – 1 Mumbai FC Salt Lake Stadium
Shankar Orao  12' Riston Rodrigues  59'
November 22, 2008
16:00 IST
 JCT FC 1 – 0 East Bengal Club Guru Nanak Dev Stadium
E. Escober  58'

Round 10

November 23, 2008
 Mohammedan Sporting Club 0 - 1; Churchill Bros Salt Lake Stadium
Odafe 70'
November 24, 2008
 Mohun Bagan AC 1 - 0 Mahindra United Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: P. Basu
Bhaichung Bhutia 46'
November 25, 2008
 Chirag United Sports Club 3 - 1 Vasco Sports Club Salt Lake Stadium
November 26, 2008
 Dempo Sports Club 1 - 0 East Bengal Club Goa
[Beto] 78'
November 26, 2008
 JCT FC 2 - 3 Mumbai FC Cooperage Ground

Round 12

January 23, 2009
 Mumbai FC 0 - 3 Mohun Bagan AC Cooperage Ground, Mumbai
January 23, 2009
 JCT FC 2 - 1 Dempo Sports Club Guru Nanak Dev Stadium
January 24, 2009
 Chirag United Sports Club 0 - 0 East Bengal Club Saltlake Stadium, Kolkata
January 24, 2009
 Mahindra United 1 - 3 Churchill Brothers SC Cooperage Ground, Mumbai
January 25, 2009
 Air-India 1 - 1 Mohammedan Sporting Club Cooperage Ground, Mumbai
January 25, 2009
 Sporting Clube de Goa 0 - 1 Vasco Sports Club Fatorda Stadium, Margao

Round 13

January 31, 2009
 Mohammedan Sporting Club 0 - 1 Sporting Clube de Goa
January 31, 2009
 JCT FC 1 - 1 Vasco Sports Club
January 31, 2009
 Mumbai FC 2 - 1 East Bengal Club
February 1, 2009
 Chirag United Sports Club 0 - 2 Mahindra United
February 1, 2009
 Air-India 1 - 2 Mohun Bagan AC
February 1, 2009
 Dempo Sports Club 1 - 1 Churchill Brothers SC

Round 14

February 6, 2009
 Mohun Bagan AC 1 - 0 Sporting Clube de Goa
February 6, 2009
 Mumbai FC 0 - 0 Mahindra United
February 7, 2009
 Mohammedan Sporting Club 2 - 0 JCT FC
February 7, 2009
 Churchill Brothers SC 3 - 0 Chirag United Sports Club
February 7, 2009
 East Bengal Club 3 - 1 Air-India
Yakubu
Sunil Chetri
Sanju Pradhan
February 8, 2009
 Vasco Sports Club 2 - 2 Dempo Sports Club

Round 15

February 13, 2009
 Dempo Sports Club 3 - 0 Mumbai FC
February 14, 2009
 Vasco Sports Club 1 - 4 East Bengal Club
Sherzod Nazarov  52' Sunil Chhetri  29'  90',
Yakubu  46'  56'
February 14, 2009
 Chirag United Sports Club 1 - 0 Air-India
February 14, 2009
 Mahindra United 0 - 0 JCT FC
February 15, 2009
 Mohun Bagan AC 1 - 0 Mohammedan Sporting Club
February 15, 2009
 Sporting Clube de Goa 1 - 0 Churchill Brothers SC

Round 16

February 20, 2009
 Air-India 0 - 0 Dempo Sports Club
February 20, 2009
 Churchill Brothers SC 9 -1 Vasco Sports Club
Odafe Onyeka Okolie  42'  50' 57'  82' 89'  90'
February 21, 2009
 Mahindra United 0 - 0 Mohammedan Sporting Club
February 21, 2009
 JCT FC 0 - 1 Chirag United Sports Club
Ayeni Bidemi Daniel  38'
February 22, 2009
 East Bengal Club 3 - 0 Mohun Bagan AC Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 90,000
Syed Rahim Nabi  22'  40' ,
Sunil Chhetri  47'
February 22, 2009
 Mumbai FC 1 - 2 Sporting Clube de Goa

Round 17

February 26, 2009
 JCT FC 1 - 2 Churchill Brothers SC
February 27, 2009
 Sporting Clube de Goa 2 - 2 Chirag United Sports Club
February 28, 2009
 Mumbai FC 1 - 1 Air-India Cooperage, Mumbai
Kalia Kulothungan  38' Emmanuel Ovieghara
February 28, 2009
 East Bengal Club 2 - 2 Mohammedan Sporting Club Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
Referee: Shaji Kurian
Nirmal Chhetri  48'; Sunil Chhetri  54' Okoro  4'; Eugene Gray
March 1, 2009
 Mahindra United 4 - 0 Vasco Sports Club
April 12, 2009
 Mohun Bagan AC 2 - 1 Dempo SC

Round 18

March 4, 2009
 Churchill Brothers SC 3 - 1 Mohun Bagan AC
Referee: Pradeep Kumar (Tamil Nadu)
Odafe Onyeka Okolie  45', Ogba Kalu Nnanna  57',  77' Jose Ramirez Barreto  28'
March 5, 2009
 Sporting Clube de Goa 2 - 1 Dempo SC
March 6, 2009
 Mahindra United 2 - 1 East Bengal Club
March 7, 2009
 Mohammedan Sporting Club 2 - 2 Chirag United Sports Club
March 7, 2009
 JCT FC 1 - 1 Air-India
March 8, 2009
 Vasco Sports Club 1 - 2 Mumbai FC
Kalia Kulothungan  89',Abhishek Yadav 10'

Round 19

March 14, 2009
 Air-India 1 - 3 Mahindra United
Sushil Kumar Singh  56'
March 14, 2009
 Vasco Sports Club 0 - 1 Mohammedan Sporting Club
March 15, 2009
 Sporting Clube de Goa 1 - 1 East Bengal Club
March 15, 2009
 Mumbai FC 2 - 3 Churchill Brothers SC
Anees Kutty  15'
March 28, 2009
 JCT FC 1 - 1 Mohun Bagan AC
March 28, 2009
 Chirag United Sports Club 0 - 0 Dempo SC

Round 20

March 21, 2009
 JCT FC 2 - 0 Sporting Clube de Goa
PaulM.Nwachukwu  11' ,Jagpreet singh  81'
March 22, 2009
 Mohammedan Sporting Club 2 - 0 Mumbai FC
Satyajit Bose  14'
March 22, 2009
 Churchill Brothers SC 3 - 1 East Bengal Club
March 22, 2009
 Air-India 1 - 0 Vasco Sports Club
Singam Subash Singh  67'
March 23, 2009
 Dempo SC 3 - 2 Mahindra United
Arata izumi  1',Sushil Kumar Singh  65'
March 23, 2009
 Chirag United Sports Club 1 - 2 Mohun Bagan AC

Round 21

March 28, 2009
 Air-India 1 - 1 Churchill Brothers SC
March 28, 2009
 Sporting Clube de Goa 2 - 0 Mahindra United
April 1, 2009
 Mumbai FC 0 - 0 Chirag United Sports Club
April 2, 2009
 Dempo SC 4 - 1 Mohammedan Sporting Club
April 2, 2009
 Mohun Bagan AC 3 - 0 Vasco Sports Club
April 3, 2009
 East Bengal Club 2 - 1 JCT FC

Round 22

April 16, 2009
 Churchill Brothers SC 6 - 2 Mohammedan Sporting Club
April 16, 2009
 Air-India 1 - 3 Sporting Clube de Goa
April 16, 2009
 JCT FC 1 - 0 Mumbai FC
April 16, 2009
 East Bengal Club 2 - 2 Dempo SC
April 16, 2009
 Mahindra United 2 - 1 Mohun Bagan AC
April 16, 2009
 Vasco Sports Club 1 - 4 Chirag United Sports Club

Top scorers

As of 23 March 2009
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Odafe Onyeka Okolie Churchill Brothers SC 24
2 Jose Ramirez Barreto Mohun Bagan 10
Felix Chimaokwu Churchill Brothers SC
4 Sunil Chhetri East Bengal Club 9
Ranty Martins Soleye Dempo SC
Chidi Edih Mahindra United
Yakubu Yusif East Bengal Club
8 Singam Subash Singh Air India 7
Sushil Kumar Singh Mahindra United
Kaila Kulothungan Mumbai FC
Elijah obagbemiro junior Sporting Clube de Goa
12 Baichung Bhutia Mohan Bagan 6
Nnanna Churchill Brothers SC
Joseph Pereira Sporting Clube de Goa

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