2008–09 I-League Explained

I-League 2008–09
League:I-League
Sport:Association football
Pixels:200px
Duration:26 September 2008– 16 April 2009
No Of Teams:12
Tv:Zee Sports
Season:I-League season
Season Champs:Churchill Brothers
1st I-League title
1st Indian title
Season Champ Name:Champions
Top Scorer:Odafe Onyeka Okolie
Matches:132
Total Goals:318
Season Champ2 Name:Champions
Seasonslist:List of I-League seasons
Seasonslistnames:I-League
Prevseason Link:2007–08 I-League
Prevseason Year:2007–08
Nextseason Link:2009–10 I-League
Nextseason Year:2009–10

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.

Teams

ClubManagerLocationStadia
Air India Bimal GhoshMumbaiCooperage Ground
Churchill Brothers Karim BencherifaGoaJawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
Dempo Armando ColacoGoaJawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
East Bengal Monoranjan BhattacharyaKolkataSalt Lake Stadium
JCT Sukhwinder SinghNew DelhiAmbedkar Stadium
Mahindra United Derrick PereiraMumbaiCooperage Ground
Mohammedan Sporting Shabbir AliKolkataSalt Lake Stadium
Mohun Bagan Carlos Roberto Pereira Da SilvaKolkataSalt Lake Stadium
Sporting Goa Clifford ChukwumaGoaJawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
Vasco Subrata BhattacharyaGoaJawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium

League table

Home and away season

Round 1

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Round 2

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Round 3

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Round 4

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Round 5

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Round 6

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Round 7

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Round 8

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Round 9

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Round 10

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Round 12

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Round 13

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Round 14

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Round 15

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Round 16

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Round 17

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Round 18

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Round 19

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Round 20

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Round 21

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Round 22

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Top scorers

RankScorerClubGoals
1 Odafe Onyeka OkolieChurchill Brothers24
2 Jose Ramirez BarretoMohun Bagan10
Felix ChimaokwuChurchill Brothers
4 Sunil ChhetriEast Bengal9
Ranty Martins SoleyeDempo
Chidi EdehMahindra United
Yusif YakubuEast Bengal
8 Singam Subash SinghAir India7
Sushil Kumar SinghMahindra United
Kalia KulothunganMumbai
Junior ObagbemiroSporting Goa
12 Baichung BhutiaMohun Bagan6
Ogba Kalu NnannaChurchill Brothers
Joseph PereiraSporting Goa

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