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I-League 2008–09
League I-League
Sport Association football
Duration26 September 2008– 16 April 2009
Number of teams12
TV partner(s) Zee Sports
I-League season
Champions Churchill Brothers
1st I-League title
1st Indian title
Top scorer Odafe Onyeka Okolie
I-League seasons

The 2008–09 I-League 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.

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.

Gallery

Teams

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Locations of games played in the 2008–09 I-League season
Club Manager Location Stadia
Air India India Bimal Ghosh Mumbai Cooperage Ground
Churchill Brothers Morocco Karim Bencherifa Goa Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
Dempo India Armando Colaco Goa Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
East Bengal India Monoranjan Bhattacharya Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium
JCT India Sukhwinder Singh New Delhi Ambedkar Stadium
Mahindra United India Derrick Pereira Mumbai Cooperage Ground
Mohammedan Sporting India Shabbir Ali Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium
Mohun Bagan Brazil Carlos Roberto Pereira Da Silva Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium
Sporting Goa Nigeria Clifford Chukwuma Goa Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
Vasco India Subrata Bhattacharya 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 [a]
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 Sporting 22 5 7 10 17 31 −14 22 Relegation to 2010 I-League 2nd Division
12 Vasco (R) 22 2 4 16 14 49 −35 10
Source: Soccerway
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 Bengal3–1 Chirag United Sports Club
I Surkumar Singh 10'
Yakubu 19'
Sunil Chetri 28'		 Shankar Oraon 79'
Referee: S Suresh
Vasco Sports Club0–1 Sporting Clube de Goa
Elijah Obagbemiro Jr 90+1'
Mohun Bagan1–2 Mumbai FC
Pachau Lalam Puia 77' Abel Hammond 9'
Kalia Kulothungan 24'
Referee: A Arjunan
Churchill Brothers2–1 Mahindra United
Odafe Onyeka Okolie 61' 88' Sushil Kumar Singh 83'
Referee: Pratap Singh
Dempo Sports Club1–2 JCT FC
Nicolau Borges 77' Escobar 17'
Balwant Singh 64'
Referee: Pradeep Kumar
Mohammedan Sporting Club1–1 Air-India
Theodore Sunday Wrobeh 59' Surojit Roy 23'

Round 2

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

Round 3

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

Round 4

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

Round 5

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

Round 6

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

Round 7

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

Round 8

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

Joaquim Abranches 45+1'

Roberto Mendes Silva 58'

Round 9

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

Round 10

Mohammedan Sporting Club0–1 Churchill Brothers
Okolie 70'
Mohun Bagan AC1–0 Mahindra United
Bhaichung Bhutia 46'
Referee: P. Basu
Chirag United Sports Club3–1 Vasco Sports Club
Dempo Sports Club1–0 East Bengal
[Beto] 78'
JCT FC2–3 Mumbai FC

Round 12

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

Round 13

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

Round 14

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

Round 15

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

Round 16

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

Round 17

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

Round 18

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

Round 19

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

Round 20

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

Round 21

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

Round 22

Churchill Brothers6–2 Mohammedan Sporting Club
 Report
  • Okoro 52'
  • Jothikumar 90'
Air-India1–3 Sporting Clube de Goa
JCT FC1–0 Mumbai FC
East Bengal2–2 Dempo SC
Yakubu 12'
I. Addo 60'		 C. Antao 21'
Beto 22'
Mahindra United2–1 Mohun Bagan AC
Vasco Sports Club1–4 Chirag United Sports Club

Top scorers

As of 23 March 2009
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Nigeria Odafe Onyeka Okolie Churchill Brothers 24
2 Brazil Jose Ramirez Barreto Mohun Bagan 10
Nigeria Felix Chimaokwu Churchill Brothers
4 India Sunil Chhetri East Bengal 9
Nigeria Ranty Martins Soleye Dempo
Nigeria Chidi Edeh Mahindra United
Ghana Yusif Yakubu East Bengal
8 India Singam Subash Singh Air India 7
India Sushil Kumar Singh Mahindra United
India Kalia Kulothungan Mumbai
Nigeria Junior Obagbemiro Sporting Goa
12 India Baichung Bhutia Mohun Bagan 6
Nigeria Ogba Kalu Nnanna Churchill Brothers
India Joseph Pereira Sporting Goa

External links

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