2013–14 I-League
Season | 2013–14 |
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Matches played | 91 |
Goals scored | 220 (2.42 per match) |
Top goalscorer |
Sunil Chhetri Josimar (9 goals) |
Biggest home win |
Mohun Bagan 4–0 United SC (6 December 2013) Sporting CG 5–1 Shillong Lajong (14 December 2013) |
Biggest away win |
Shillong Lajong 0–4 East Bengal (9 October 2013) |
Highest scoring |
Sporting CG 5–1 Shillong Lajong (14 December 2013) |
Longest winning run |
4 games Bengaluru FC Sporting CG[1] |
Longest unbeaten run |
5 games Bengaluru FC Pune FC Shillong Lajong Mumbai[1] |
Longest losing run |
4 games Salgaocar[1] |
← 2012–13 |
The 2013–14 I-League (known as the AirTel I-League for sponsorship reasons) is the seventh season of the I-League, the Indian professional league for football clubs, since its establishment in 2007. Churchill Brothers are the defending champions, having won their second I-League title in the previous season.[2] The season began on 21 September 2013, and is expected to end on 18 May 2014.
In January 2013, it was announced that for the 2013–14 season the All India Football Federation would drop Air India and ONGC from the I-League and directly include two clubs who guarantee investment in infrastructure and remain a separate commercial entity.[3]
The league committee also announced in May 2013 to use a Conference Model, the Eastern Conference and Western Conference. The top-four from each Conference would advance to play the final round. But this was later dropped.[4]
On 20 September 2013 it was announced that the largest cellular service provider in India AirTel will be the title sponsor of I-League for the 2013-14 season.[5]
Teams
A total of 13 teams are currently registered to start the new season. Ten clubs from the previous campaign, two promoted sides from the 2013 I-League 2nd Division and one new expansion team.
Rangdajied United as champions and Mohammedan as runners-up secured direct promotion from the 2nd Division.
United Sikkim and Air India were relegated, although Air India would not have been given a licence to compete in this edition after failing to fulfill the AIFF criteria. This same fate happened to ONGC who have also been left out of the coming season.
Mumbai Tigers was accepted into the league on 27 May 2013 but later withdrew citing unavoidable circumstances with only 20 days left into the start of the new season.[6][7]
Bengaluru was also accepted into the league and is based in Bangalore. One other consortium from Kerala, whose leading company is Eagles FC, also expressed interest in joining the league. It was also announced in late May that English club Queens Park Rangers also expressed interest but look to be prepared to enter for the 2014-15 season.[8]
On 29 August, the AIFF decided to shut down Pailan Arrows and withdraw them from the coming season.[9]
Stadia and Locations
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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Bengaluru FC | Bangalore, Karnataka | Bangalore Football Stadium | 15,000 |
Churchill Brothers | Salcette, Goa | Fatorda Stadium | 19,000 |
Dempo | Panjim, Goa | Duler Stadium | 6,000 |
East Bengal | Kolkata, West Bengal | Kalyani Stadium | 10,000 |
Mohammedan | Kolkata, West Bengal | Salt Lake Stadium | 120,000 |
Mohun Bagan | Kolkata, West Bengal | Salt Lake Stadium | 120,000 |
Mumbai | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Balewadi Sports Complex | 22,000 |
Pune | Pune, Maharashtra | Balewadi Sports Complex | 22,000 |
Rangdajied United | Shillong, Meghalaya | Nehru Stadium | 30,000 |
Salgaocar | Vasco da Gama,Goa | Tilak Maidan Stadium | 7,000 |
Shillong Lajong | Shillong, Meghalaya | Nehru Stadium | 30,000 |
Sporting CG | Panjim, Goa | Duler Stadium | 6,000 |
United SC | Kolkata, West Bengal | Kalyani Stadium | 10,000 |
Personnel and kits
Team | Manager | Captain | Shirt sponsor |
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Bengaluru FC | Ashley Westwood | Sunil Chhetri | JSW |
Churchill Brothers | Mariano Dias | Hugo Machado | Churchill1 |
Dempo | Arthur Papas | Clifford Miranda | Dempo |
East Bengal | Colaco, ArmandoArmando Colaco | Mehtab Hussain | Kingfisher |
Mohammedan | Sanjoy Sen | R Dhanarajan | EMTA Group |
Mohun Bagan | Karim Bencherifa | Odafe Okolie | McDowell's No.1 |
Mumbai | Khalid Jamil | Zohib Amiri | TEN HD |
Pune | Mike Snoei | Anas Edathodika | Peninsula |
Rangdajied United | Santosh Kashyap | Poibang Pohshna | none |
Salgaocar | Derrick Pereira | Francis Fernandes | Salgaocar |
Shillong Lajong | Thangboi Singto | Minchol Son | Aircel |
Sporting CG | Óscar Bruzón | Matthew Gonsalves | Models |
United SC | Eelco Schattorie | Deepak Mondal | none |
- 1. ^ On the back of shirt.
Transfers
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Bengaluru FC | Ashley Westwood | 2 July 2013[10] | ||||
Dempo | Colaco, ArmandoArmando Colaco | Mutual Agreement | 31 May 2013[11] | Papas, ArthurArthur Papas | 31 May 2013[12] | |
East Bengal | Trevor Morgan | Mutual Agreement | 12 June 2013 | Marcos Falopa | 12 June 2013[13] | |
Mohammedan | Sen, SanjoySanjoy Sen | Resigned | 10 May 2013[14] | Abdul Aziz Moshood | 10 June 2013[15] | |
Pune | Pereira, DerrickDerrick Pereira | Mutual Agreement | 12 May 2013[16] | Snoei, MikeMike Snoei | 12 May 2013[17] | |
Rangdajied United | Subimol Dhar | Mutual Agreement | Santosh Kashyap | 6 June 2013[18] | ||
Salgaocar | Booth, DaveDave Booth | Mutual Agreement | 12 May 2013[19] | Pereira, DerrickDerrick Pereira | 12 May 2013[19] | |
East Bengal | Marcos Falopa | Resigned | 14 November 2013 | |
Colaco, ArmandoArmando Colaco | 14 November 2013[20] |
Mohammedan | Abdul Moshood | Sacked | 15 December 2013 | |
Sen, SanjoySanjoy Sen | 16 December 2013[21] |
Foreign players
Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to four per team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team could use four foreign players on the field during each game including at least one player from the AFC country.
Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | AFC Player |
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Bengaluru FC | John Johnson | Curtis Osano | Johnny Menyongar | Sean Rooney |
Churchill Brothers | Abdelhamid Shabana | Cristian Lagos | Anthony Wolfe | TBA |
Dempo | Beto | Tolgay Ozbey | Zohib Islam Amiri | Simon Colosimo |
East Bengal | Chidi Edeh | Uga Okpara | James Moga | Ryuji Sueoka |
Mohammedan | Penn Orji | Josimar | Luciano Sabrosa | TBA |
Mohun Bagan | Odafe Okolie | Echezona Anyichie | Christopher Chizoba | Katsumi Yusa |
Mumbai | Yusif Yakubu | Henry Ezeh | TBA | Ahmad Hatifi |
Pune | Pierre Douhou | Riga Mustapha | Calum Angus | James Meyer |
Rangdajied United | Lamine Tamba | Edmar Figueira | Kim Seng-Yong | Yohei Iwasaki |
Salgaocar | Chika Wali | Darryl Duffy | MacPherlin Dudu Omagbemi | Matthew Foschini |
Shillong Lajong | Taisuke Matsugae | Uilliams | Cornell Glen | Minchol Son |
Sporting CG | Ogba Kalu Nnanna | Gonzalo Hinojal | Arturo Navarro | Boima Karpeh |
United SC | Bello Razaq | Ranti Martins | Eric Brown | Hasan Al Moustafa |
League table
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Bengaluru FC | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 15 | +10 | 30 | Qualification to the 2015 AFC Cup |
2 | Sporting Goa | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | +9 | 27 | |
3 | Pune | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 24 | |
4 | Shillong Lajong | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 22 | −2 | 23 | |
5 | Salgaocar | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 19 | −1 | 1812 | |
6 | Mohun Bagan | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 18 | |
7 | East Bengal | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 18 | |
8 | United | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 18 | |
9 | Mumbai | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 19 | −1 | 16 | |
10 | Dempo | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 16 | |
11 | Mohammedan | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 13 | |
12 | Rangdajied United | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 24 | −10 | 12 | Relegation to the 2015 I-League 2nd Division |
13 | Churchill Brothers | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 18 | −6 | 10 |
Updated to games played on 21 December 2013.
Source: I-League
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
1East Bengal, Mohun Bagan, Salgaocar, and United are all tied up on points, however, Salgaocar leads them all on head-to-head.
2Salgaocar were dealt two defeats against Bengaluru FC and Pune due to the fact they fielded two unregistered players.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round.
Team \ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
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Bengaluru FC | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Sporting Goa | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
Pune | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
Shillong Lajong | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
Salgaocar | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||
Mohun Bagan | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 6 | ||||||||||
East Bengal | 9 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||||
United SC | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||||
Mumbai | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||||
Dempo | 13 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | ||||||||||
Mohammedan | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||
Rangdajied United | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | ||||||||||
Churchill Brothers | 10 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Last updated: 24 December 2013
Source: I-League
2015 AFC Cup Group stage | |
Relegation to 2015 I-League 2nd Division |
Results
Home \ Away[1] | BFC | CB | DEM | EB | MSC | MB | MFC | PFC | RUFC | SAL | SLFC | SCG | USC |
Bengaluru FC | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | ||||
Churchill Brothers | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | ||||||
Dempo | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | ||||||||
East Bengal | 2–0 | 1–3 | a | 2–3 | 1–1 | ||||||||
Mohammedan | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | |||||||
Mohun Bagan | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | ||||
Mumbai | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | a | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |||
Pune | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |||||||
Rangdajied United | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | a | |||||
Salgaocar | 0–31 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–32 | 0–1 | |||||||
Shillong Lajong | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |||
Sporting Goa | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | ||||||
United SC | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 |
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
- 1. ^ Original score: 1-2
- 2. ^ Original score: 1-1
Season statistics
Top scorers
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Top Indian Scorers
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Hat-tricks
- As of 24 December 2013
Player | Club | Against | Result | Date |
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Kalu Ogba | |
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5—1 | 14 December 2013 |
Disciplinary
- As of 24 December 2013[22]
- Most red cards (2)
- Most yellow cards (5)
- Worst discipinary record (2 red cards & 4 yellow cards)
Number of teams by state
State | No. of teams | Teams | City |
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East Bengal | |||
Mohammedan | |||
Mohun Bagan | |||
United SC | |||
Dempo | |||
Sporting CG | |||
Churchill Brothers | | ||
Salgaocar | |||
Rangdajied United | |||
Shillong Lajong | |||
Mumbai F.C. | |||
Pune F.C. | |||
Bengaluru FC |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Summary — I-League 2013/2014". Soccer 24. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ↑ "Churchill Brothers are I-League champions 2012/13". All India Football Federation. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
- ↑ "Sports Code should be approved by Parliament, says Praful Patel". NDTV Sports. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
- ↑ "AIFF's Emergency Committee meets in New Delhi". The AIFF'.
- ↑ "Airtel roped in as I-League's title sponsor". The Times of India.
- ↑ "AIFF gives green signal to JSW and Mumbai Tigers, revamps I-League to Conference Model". Kick Off India. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
- ↑ "Mumbai Tigers pull out of I-League". Zee News. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
- ↑ "QPR keen to participate in the I-League from the 2014-15 season". Goal India. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- ↑ "AIFF decide to shut down Pailan Arrows". Goal India. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
- ↑ "JSW appoint Ashley Westwood as their coach". Goal India. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ↑ "Dempo SC bids farewell to Armando Colaco". Goal India. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
- ↑ "ARTHUR PAPAS SIGNS THREE YEAR DEAL AS DEMPO SC COACH". Dempo Sports Club. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
- ↑ "Marcos Falopa joins East Bengal as head coach". Goal India. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
- ↑ "Sanjoy Sen resigns as Mohammedan coach". Goal India. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ↑ "Mohammedan appoint Moshood as new head coach". Goal India. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
- ↑ "Pune FC to part ways with Coach Derrick after four successful years". Pune Football Club. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ↑ "Pune FC seal Dutch coach Mike Snoei". Pune Football Club. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ↑ "Delhi's Kashyap to coach Rangdajied". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 "Derrick Pereira confirms decision to join Salgaocar for next season". Goal India. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
- ↑ "East Bengal appoint Armando Colaco as their new coach". Goal India. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- ↑ "Mohammedan sack Bola Moshood, Sanjoy Sen handed over the reins". Goal India. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
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