2012–13 in Indian football

Football in India
Season 2012–13
I-League Churchill Brothers
Second Division Rangdajied United
Federation Cup East Bengal
Durand Cup Air India
← 2011–12 India 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 season is the 134th season of Indian football.

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated from the I-League:

Teams promoted to the I-League:

India national football team

Men

2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Myanmar 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7
 India 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6
 Guam 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 3
 Chinese Taipei 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1

Friendlies

2012 Nehru Cup

India U16

2012 AFC U-16 Championship

Women

2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Myanmar 3 2 1 0 11 0 +11 7
 Chinese Taipei 3 2 1 0 8 1 +7 7
 India 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
 Palestine 3 0 1 2 1 16 −15 1

2012 SAFF Women's Championship

Friendlies

I-League

Main article: 2012–13 I-League
Pos
Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Churchill Brothers (C) 26 16 7 3 56 22+34 55 Qualification to 2014 AFC Cup group stage
2 Pune 26 16 4 6 53 26+27 52 Qualification to 2014 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off3
3 East Bengal 26 13 8 5 44 18+26 47
4 United SC 26 13 5 8 55 35+20 44
5 Dempo 26 11 7 8 45 33+12 40
6 Sporting Goa 26 9 8 9 36 41−5 35
7 Salgaocar 26 9 6 11 34 29+5 33
8 Mumbai 26 8 8 10 36 42−6 32
9 ONGC (R) 26 7 10 9 30 40−10 31Excluded2
10 Mohun Bagan 26 11 8 7 40 34+6 291
11 Shillong Lajong 26 6 10 10 26 40−14 28
12 Pailan Arrows 26 6 5 15 25 45−20 23
13 Air India (R) 26 4 7 15 28 63−35 19Excluded2
14 United Sikkim (R) 26 2 9 15 23 63−40 15 Relegation to 2014 I-League 2nd Division

Updated to games played on 12 May 2013.
Source: I-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
1On 29 December 2012, Mohun Bagan failed to turn up in the second half of the match against East Bengal due to crowd trouble; their record was expunged, with their remaining fixtures scratched, and they were banned from the I-League for until 2015 by the I-League core committee.[1] On 15 January 2013, Mohun Bagan appealed against the decision to ban them from the league and were reinstated, but would start on 0 points.[2]
2ONGC and Air India were expelled from I-League because they failed to meet Asian Football Confederation's licensing criteria.[3]
3Pune were chosen to represent India in the AFC Champions League as they passed the club licensing requirements.[4]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Federation Cup

30 September 2012
18:30 IST
East Bengal 3 – 2 (a.e.t.) Dempo
Mondal  60'
Singh  100'
Edeh  109' 		Report Lawrence  51'
Gawli  111'
Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri
Attendance: 35,000 (est)
Referee: Vishnu Chawhan (Gujarat)

Durand Cup

Main article: 2012 Durand Cup

1 September 2012
18:30 IST
Air India 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) Dodsal
Report
  Penalties  
Mohanraj
Shetty
Meher
Chaudhari
R. Singh 		3–2 Pradeep
Kumar
Diakhate
Ghosh
Rafi
Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi
Attendance: 10,000

Santosh Trophy

Main article: 2013 Santosh Trophy

3 March 2013
Kerala 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) Services
Report
  Penalties  
Anto
Basid
Sarath 		3 – 4 Singh
Kumar
Dileep
Varghese
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi, Kerala
Attendance: 35,000

References

  1. ↑ "Century old Mohun Bagan banned from I-League". Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "AIFF revoke two-year ban on Mohun Bagan". Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "I-League: ONGC, AI hoping against hope". 17 Jan 2013.
  4. ↑ "Pune FC to play AFC Champions League play-off". Goal.com. 26 November 2013.