2009–10 I-League

This season marks the addition of four new teams, with Lajong SSC, Pune FC, Salgaocar Sports Club and Viva Kerala are confirmed to participate in the I-League. With the inception of these four clubs, many club transfers have been undergone within India, and around the world. The length of the regular season will be longer than in previous years, with 26 rounds rather than 22.

2009–10 I-League
LeagueI-League
SportAssociation football
Duration2009–10
Number of teams14
I-League season
Season championsDempo SC
Top scorerOdafa Onyeka Okolie

The season kicked off on October 1, 2009 with Mahindra United hosting defending champions Churchill Brothers in Mumbai.[1]

Rule changes

India became the latest member association to adopt AFC's 3+1 rule which will allow clubs to recruit one player of Asian origin in addition to their regular quota of three foreigners.

The All India Football Federation (AIFF) executive committee decided to embrace the new AFC rule which encourages the mobility of talented Asian players and provides a fillip to the regional game.[2]

AFC Campaign

Two of the I-League teams are playing in 2010 AFC Cup. This has caused some delays in scheduling. East Bengal lost all its round robin matches and is out of the tourney, but Churchill Brothers are at Knockout stage.

Stadia and locations
Goa
Kolkata
Mumbai
Pune
Phagwara
Shillong
Kozhikode
Locations of teams in the 2009–10 I-League
Club Location Stadium
Churchill Brothers Sports Club Goa Fatorda Stadium
Dempo Sports Club Goa Fatorda Stadium
Sporting Clube de Goa Goa Fatorda Stadium
Salgaocar Sports Club Goa Fatorda Stadium
Mohun Bagan Kolkata Yuva Bharati Krirangan
East Bengal Club Kolkata Yuva Bharati Krirangan
Prayag United Kolkata Yuva Bharati Krirangan
Mahindra United Mumbai Cooperage Ground
Mumbai FC Mumbai Cooperage Ground
Air-India Mumbai Cooperage Ground
Pune FC Pune Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
JCT FC Phagwara Guru Gobind Singh Stadium
Shillong Lajong FC Shillong Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Viva Kerala Kozhikode Municipal Corporation Stadium, Kozhikode

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Mahindra United Derrick Pereira Resigned.[3] David Booth[4] Pre season
Mumbai FC David Booth Resigned.[5] Khalid Jamil[6] 20 June 2009 Pre season
Shillong Lajong Herring Shangpliang sacked[7] Stanley Rozario 1 June 2009 Pre season
Salgaocar SC Goa Peter Vales Promoted to technical director.[8] Tim Hankinson 12 July 2009 Pre season
Sporting Clube de Goa Clifford Chukwuma Lacked qualifications.[9][10] Roy Barreto Pre season
Churchill Brothers SC Zoran Đorđević Contract Expired.[11] Carlos Roberto Pereira da Silva 3 July 2009 Pre season
Pune FC Stewart Hall Contract Expired
East Bengal Club Subhash Bhowmick Resigned.[12] Phillipe de Ridder 12
Sporting Clube de Goa Roy Barreto Resigned [13] Vishwas Goankar 14 December 2009.[13] 14
Air India FC Bimal Ghosh Resigned [14] Yusuf Ansari 8 January 2010.[14] 12
Mohun Bagan Karim Bencherifa Sacked [15] Satyajit Chatterjee 7
Salgaocar Sports Club Tim Hankinson Sacked [15] Karim Bencherifa
Mohun Bagan Satyajit Chatterjee Resignation [16] Biswajit Bhattacharjee 1 April 2010 5

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dempo (C) 26 16 6 4 54 31 +23 54 2011 AFC Champions League playoff
2 Churchill Brothers 26 11 10 5 50 35 +15 43
3 Pune 26 10 12 4 38 23 +15 42
4 Mahindra United 26 10 11 5 45 29 +16 41 Disbanded
5 Mohun Bagan 26 10 6 10 48 43 +5 36
6 Salgaocar 26 8 9 9 34 38 −4 33
7 JCT 26 8 8 10 26 29 −3 32
8 Prayag United 26 8 8 10 33 39 −6 32
9 East Bengal 26 7 10 9 27 31 −4 31 2011 AFC Cup group stage[lower-alpha 1]
10 Viva Kerala 26 7 9 10 25 36 −11 30
11 Mumbai 26 6 11 9 24 26 −2 29
12 Air India 26 7 7 12 28 46 −18 28
13 Sporting Goa 26 6 9 11 30 40 −10 27 Relegation to 2011 I-League 2nd Division
14 Shillong Lajong 26 6 8 12 23 39 −16 26
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. East Bengal qualified for the 2011 AFC Cup as 2010 Indian Federation Cup winners.

Fixtures and results
Home \ Away CB DEM MAH SCG MB EB MUM PRY JCT AI SLFC PFC VK SFC
Churchill Brothers 3–2 1–4 0–0 4–0 2–2 1–1 2–0 6–0 5–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–1
Dempo 4–2 2–2 3–1 3–1 0–0 3–2 3–1 2–1 2–0 4–1 1–1 3–1 1–1
Mahindra United 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–2 3–2 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 5–0 1–1 1–1 1–2
Sporting Goa 2–1 1–2 3–2 2–2 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–2 2–3
Mohun Bagan 2–2 1–4 3–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–3 1–2 4–0 1–4 0–0 2–0 1–1
East Bengal 3–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–5 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–2 3–0 1–2 1–1 1–1
Mumbai 0–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 0–0 3–1 1–2 0–1 2–1
Prayag United 2–4 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–5 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–3 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0
JCT 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 5–1 1–2 5–1 1–1
Air India 2–3 1–3 0–4 1–1 0–5 0–1 2–2 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1
Shillong Lajong 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 0–0
Pune 4–1 1–1 0–0 4–0 1–3 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 1–1
Viva Kerala 1–1 1–0 1–1 4–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–3 1–1
Salgaocar 1–2 3–2 1–4 1–3 2–1 4–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–3 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 28 May 2010. Source: indianfootball.com
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 18 May 2010 (season end)

21 goals
16 goals
15 goals
14 goals
12 goals
11 goals
10 goals

Hat tricks
Player For Against Result Date
Odafa Onyeka Okolie Churchill Brothers Chirag United Kerala 4–2 2010-3-07
Muritala Ali Mahindra United Air India 4–0 2009-11-12
Muritala Ali Mahindra United Salgaocar 4–1 2009-10-18
Baljit Singh Sahni JCT Shillong Lajong 5–1 2009-10-4

See also

References
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  3. "Derrick Pereira resigns". The AFC. 2009-04-24. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
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  12. "Subhash Bhowmick resigns, de Ridder to be new coach". eastbengalfootballclub.com. 2009-10-27. Archived from the original on 2009-08-30. Retrieved 2009-11-02.
  13. http://goal.com/en-india/news/1064/i-league/2009/12/14/1686064/i-league-vishwas-gaonkar-replaces-roy-barreto-as-the-head
  14. http://goal.com/en-india/news/1064/i-league/2010/01/09/1734359/official-bimal-ghosh-out-yusuf-ansari-in-at-air-india
  15. Mohun Bagan, Salgaocar wield the axe
  16. http://goal.com/en-india/news/1064/i-league/2010/04/01/1857503/mohun-bagan-express-confidence-in-new-coach-biswajit
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