2008–09 I-League

The I-League 2008–2009 season began on 26 September 2008 and finished on 16 April 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 cities – again this would be expanded in the 2009–10 season to 14 teams.

I-League 2008–09
LeagueI-League
SportAssociation football
Duration2008–2009
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)Zee Sports
I-League season
ChampionsChurchill Brothers SC
Top scorerOdafe Onyeka Okolie

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.

Teams
Locations of games played in the 2008–09 I-League season
Club Manager Location Stadia
Air India Bimal Ghosh Mumbai Cooperage Ground
Churchill Brothers SC Karim Bencharifa Goa Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
Dempo SC Armando Colaco Goa Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
East Bengal Monoranjan Bhattacharya Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium
JCT FC Sukhvinder Singh New Delhi Ambedkar Stadium
Mahindra United Derrick Pereira Mumbai Cooperage Ground
Mohammedan S.C Shabbir Ali Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium
Mohun Bagan Carlos Roberto Pereira Da Silva Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium
Sporting Clube De Goa Cliffort Chukwama Goa Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
Vasco S.C. Goa Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium

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 Qualifying play-off
2 Mohun Bagan 22 13 4 5 30 20 +10 43
3 Sporting 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[lower-alpha 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 2010 I-League 2nd Division
12 Vasco SC (R) 22 2 4 16 14 49 −35 10
Updated to match(es) played on 16 April 2009. Source: IndiaFooty.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. East Bengal qualified for the 2010 AFC Cup as 2009–10 Indian Federation Cup winners.

Home and away season

Round 1
East Bengal3–1Chirag United Sports Club
I Surkumar Singh  10'
Yakubu  19'
Sunil Chetri  28'		 Shankar Oraon  79'
Referee: S Suresh
Vasco Sports Club0–1Sporting Clube de Goa
Elijah Obagbemiro Jr  90+1'
Referee: Minangshu Bhattacharya
Mohun Bagan1–2Mumbai FC
Pachau Lalam Puia  77' Abel Hammond  9'
Kalia Kulothungan  24'
Referee: A Arjunan
Churchill Brothers2–1Mahindra United
Odafe Onyeka Okolie  61'  88' Sushil Kumar Singh  83'
Referee: Pratap Singh
Dempo Sports Club1–2JCT FC
Nicolau Borges  77' Escobar  17'
Balwant Singh  64'
Referee: Pradeep Kumar
Mohammedan Sporting Club1–1Air-India
Theodore Sunday Wrobeh  59' Surojit Roy  23'
Referee: Francisco Fernandes

Round 2
East Bengal0–1Mumbai FC
Felix Aboagye  23'
Referee: A Arjunan
Vasco Sports Club0–0JCT FC
Mohun Bagan1–1Air-India
Branco Cordozo  70' Soccor Velho  43'
Sporting Clube de Goa3–0Mohammedan Sporting Club
Elijah Obagbemiro Jr  63' 77'
Micky Fernandes 76'
Referee: Dinesh Nair
Mahindra United1–3Chirag United Sports Club
Sushil Kumar Singh  12' Subair Muritala Ali  46'
Gouranga Datta  52'
Hardip Singh Saini  87'
Churchill Brothers3–3Dempo Sports Club
Felix Chimaokwu  15'  19'
Odafe Onyeka Okolie  31'		 Mboyo Iyomi  37'  47'  76'

Round 3
JCT FC2–0Mohammedan Sporting Club
Saini  46'
Escobar  68'
Guru Nanak Dev Stadium
Mahindra United0–1Mumbai FC
K.Kulothungan  23'
Sporting Clube de Goa2–0Mohun Bagan
Mohonraj "OG"  25' Nathaniel Amos  51'
Chirag United Sports Club0–0Churchill Brothers
Air-India2–0East Bengal
Surojit Roy  48' Michael Tayo  70'
Dempo Sports Club2–1Vasco Sports Club
Roberto Silva  24' Ranty Martins  30' Ravshan Teshabaev  32'

Round 4
Mumbai FC0–0Dempo SC
JCT FC0–1Mahindra United
Sukhwinder Singh  70'
Guru Nanak Dev Stadium
Air-India1–0Chirag United Sports Club
Surojit Roy  69'
East Bengal2–0Vasco Sports Club
Yakubu  7'  90'
Mohammedan Sporting Club1–1Mohun Bagan
Goutam Thakur  3' Jose Ramirez Barreto  23'
Churchill Brothers3–0Sporting Clube de Goa
Odafe Onyeka Okolie  14'  60' T.Naoba Singh  85'

Round 5
Chirag United Sports Club0–0JCT FC
Mohammedan Sporting Club1–0Mahindra United
Mike Okoro  75'
Sporting Clube de Goa1–0Mumbai FC
Eliga Junior  17'
Mohun Bagan1–1East Bengal
Baichung Bhutia  2' Rahim Nabi  38'
Vasco Sports Club1–4Churchill Brothers
Agnelo Colaco  70' Odafe Onyeka Okolie  39'  44'  62' Felix Chimaokw  41'
Dempo SC3–1Air-India
Ranty Martins  38'  78' Climax Lawrence  55' Ravinder Singh  60'

Round 6
Dempo SC0–1Mohun Bagan
Jose Ramirez Barreto (P)  52'
Chirag United Sports Club0–1Sporting Clube de Goa
Joseph Pereira  73'
Air-India2–0Mumbai FC
Soccor Velho 20  20' Subhas Singh  32'
Vasco Sports Club0–2Mahindra United
Chiddi Edeh  43' Sushil Kumar Singh  61'
Mohammedan Sporting Club0–0East Bengal
Churchill Brothers1–1JCT FC
Odafe Onyeka Okolie  27' Amandeep Singh  48'

Round 7
East Bengal1–1Mahindra United
Chhetri  61' Paresh Shivalkar  59'
Mumbai FC1–1Vasco Sports Club
Kulothungan  25' Abhiskek Yadav  65'
Dempo SC0–1Sporting Clube de Goa
Elija Jr.  83'
Chirag United Sports Club1–0Mohammedan Sporting Club
Gouranga Dutta  62'
Mohun Bagan1–0Churchill Brothers
P Lalwampuia  14'
Air-India1–0JCT FC
Samson Singh  86'

Round 8
Mohammedan Sporting Club1–0Vasco Sports Club
Bimal Parier  87'
Mahindra United1–1Air-India
Sushil Kumar  55' Subhash Singh  66'
East Bengal3–1Sporting Clube de Goa
Chhetri  14' Syed Rahim Nabi  26'  31' Harmanjot Khabra  54'
Churchill Brothers2–2Mumbai FC
Odafe Onyeka Okolie  21' Reisangmi Vashum  70' Abhishek Yadav  10' Kulothungan  75'
Mohun Bagan2–0JCT FC
Ishfaq Ahmed  15' Jose Ramirez Barreto  30 pen'
Dempo SC4–0Chirag United Sports Club
Ranty Martins  4' 70'

Joaquim Abranches  45+1'

Roberto Mendes Silva  58'

Round 9
Churchill Brothers1–1Air-India
Felix Chimaokwu  38' Michael Tayo  90+3'
Mahindra United0–0Sporting Clube de Goa
Mohammedan Sporting Club0–2Dempo Sports Club
Anthony Pereira  9' Ranti Martins  41'
Vasco Sports Club1–2Mohun Bagan
Lalnun Puia  29' Rakesh Masih  31' Lalkamal Bhowmick  55'
Chirag United Sports Club1–1Mumbai FC
Shankar Orao  12' Riston Rodrigues  59'
JCT FC1–0East Bengal
Escobar  58'
Guru Nanak Dev Stadium

Round 10
Mohammedan Sporting Club0–1Churchill Brothers
[Odafa Onyeka Okolie
Mohun Bagan AC1–0Mahindra United
Bhaichung Bhutia 46'
Referee: P. Basu
Chirag United Sports Club3–1Vasco Sports Club
Dempo Sports Club1–0East Bengal
[Beto] 78'
JCT FC2–3Mumbai FC

Round 12
Mumbai FC0–3Mohun Bagan AC
Cooperage Ground, Mumbai
JCT FC2–1Dempo Sports Club
Guru Nanak Dev Stadium
Chirag United Sports Club0–0East Bengal
Saltlake Stadium, Kolkata
Mahindra United1–3Churchill Brothers SC
Cooperage Ground, Mumbai
Air-India1–1Mohammedan Sporting Club
Cooperage Ground, Mumbai
Sporting Clube de Goa0–1Vasco Sports Club
Fatorda Stadium, Margao

Round 13
Mohammedan Sporting Club0–1Sporting Clube de Goa
JCT FC1–1Vasco Sports Club
Mumbai FC2–1East Bengal
A. Yadav  47'
A. Hammond  88'		 Yakubu  13'
Chirag United Sports Club0–2Mahindra United
Air-India1–2Mohun Bagan AC
Dempo Sports Club1–1Churchill Brothers SC

Round 14
Mohun Bagan AC1–0Sporting Clube de Goa
Mumbai FC0–0Mahindra United
Mohammedan Sporting Club2–0JCT FC
Churchill Brothers SC3–0Chirag United Sports Club
East Bengal3–1Air-India
Yakubu  49'
Sunil Chetri  56'
Sanju Pradhan  81'		 Subhash Singh  88'
Vasco Sports Club2–2Dempo Sports Club

Round 15
Dempo Sports Club3–0Mumbai FC
Vasco Sports Club1–4East Bengal
Sherzod Nazarov  52' Chhetri  29'  90',
Yakubu  46', 56'
Chirag United Sports Club1–0Air-India
Mahindra United0–0JCT FC
Mohun Bagan AC1–0Mohammedan Sporting Club
Sporting Clube de Goa1–0Churchill Brothers SC

Round 16
Air-India0–0Dempo Sports Club
Churchill Brothers SC9 -1Vasco Sports Club
Odafe Onyeka Okolie  42'  50' 57'  82' 89'  90'
Mahindra United0–0Mohammedan Sporting Club
JCT FC0–1Chirag United Sports Club
Ayeni Bidemi Daniel  38'
East Bengal3–0Mohun Bagan AC
Syed Rahim Nabi  22', 40'
Chhetri  47'
Attendance: 90,000
Mumbai FC1–2Sporting Clube de Goa

Round 17
JCT FC1–2Churchill Brothers SC
Sporting Clube de Goa2–2Chirag United Sports Club
Mumbai FC1–1Air-India
Kalia Kulothungan  38' Emmanuel Ovieghara
Cooperage, Mumbai
East Bengal2–2Mohammedan Sporting Club
Nirmal Chhetri  48'; Chhetri  54' Okoro  4'; Eugene Gray
Referee: Shaji Kurian
Mahindra United4–0Vasco Sports Club
Mohun Bagan AC2–1Dempo SC

Round 18
Churchill Brothers SC3–1Mohun Bagan AC
Odafe Onyeka Okolie  45', Ogba Kalu Nnanna  57',  77' Jose Ramirez Barreto  28'
Referee: Pradeep Kumar (Tamil Nadu)
Sporting Clube de Goa2–1Dempo SC
Mahindra United2–1East Bengal
C.Edeh  54'  70' Sunil Chetri  50'
Mohammedan Sporting Club2–2Chirag United Sports Club
JCT FC1–1Air-India
Vasco Sports Club1–2Mumbai FC
Kalia Kulothungan  89',Abhishek Yadav 10'

Round 19
Air-India1–3Mahindra United
Sushil Kumar Singh  56'
Vasco Sports Club0–1Mohammedan Sporting Club
Sporting Clube de Goa1–1East Bengal
J. Pereira  64' I. Addo  42'
Mumbai FC2–3Churchill Brothers SC
Anees Kutty  15'
JCT FC1–1Mohun Bagan AC
Chirag United Sports Club0–0Dempo SC

Round 20
JCT FC2–0Sporting Clube de Goa
Paul M. Nwachukwu  11', Jagpreet singh  81'
Mohammedan Sporting Club2–0Mumbai FC
Satyajit Bose  14'
Churchill Brothers SC3–1East Bengal
Odafe Onyeka Okolie  45'  75'
Kalu  53'		 Yakubu  86'
Air-India1–0Vasco Sports Club
Singam Subash Singh  67'
Dempo SC3–2Mahindra United
Arata izumi  1',Sushil Kumar Singh  65'
Chirag United Sports Club1–2Mohun Bagan AC

Round 21
Air-India1–1Churchill Brothers SC
Sporting Clube de Goa2–0Mahindra United
Mumbai FC0–0Chirag United Sports Club
Dempo SC4–1Mohammedan Sporting Club
Mohun Bagan AC3–0Vasco Sports Club
East Bengal2–1JCT FC
Yakubu  35'  69' Edu  76'

Round 22
Churchill Brothers6–2Mohammedan Sporting Club
 Report
  • Okoro  52'
  • Jothikumar  90'
Air-India1–3Sporting Clube de Goa
JCT FC1–0Mumbai FC
East Bengal2–2Dempo SC
Yakubu  12'
I. Addo  60'		 C. Antao  21'
Beto  22'
Mahindra United2–1Mohun Bagan AC
Vasco Sports Club1–4Chirag 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 Edeh Mahindra United
Yusif Yakubu East Bengal Club
8 Singam Subash Singh Air India 7
Sushil Kumar Singh Mahindra United
Kalia Kulothungan Mumbai FC
Junior Obagbemiro Sporting Clube de Goa
12 Baichung Bhutia Mohan Bagan 6
Ogba Kalu Nnanna Churchill Brothers SC
Joseph Pereira Sporting Clube de Goa
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