2010–11 I-League Explained

Competition:I-League
Season:2010–11
Dates:3 December 2010 – 30 May 2011
Winners:Salgaocar
1st I-League title
2nd Indian title
Relegated:JCT
ONGC
Continentalcup1:AFC Champions League
Continentalcup2:AFC Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Salgaocar
East Bengal
Matches:182
Total Goals:489
League Topscorer:Ranty Martins
Biggest Home Win:Dempo 14–0 Air India
Biggest Away Win:Mumbai 1–5 Churchill Brothers
Highest Scoring:Dempo 14–0 Air India
Average Attendance:3913
Prevseason:2009–10
Nextseason:2011–12

The 2010–11 I-League was the fourth season of the I-League, which was the highest football league competition in India during the time. It ran from 3 December 2010 to May 2011.[1] Dempo are the defending champions. On 30 May 2011 Salgaocar won the title by beating JCT 2–0 in the final match of the season.

Teams

Sporting Clube de Goa and Shillong Lajong FC were relegated at the end of the 2009–10 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were replaced by 2010 Second Division champions ONGC FC and runners-up HAL SC.

In other team changes, Mahindra United were disbanded at the end of the 2009–10 season to concentrate on youth football.[2] They were replaced by Indian Arrows, a newly founded team under the auspices of the AIFF.

ClubCityStadiumCapacity
Air-IndiaMumbaiCooperage Ground, Mumbai12,000
Chirag UnitedKolkataSalt Lake Stadium, Kolkata120,000
Churchill BrothersMargao, GoaFatorda Stadium, Margao35,000
DempoPanjimFatorda Stadium, Margao35,000
East BengalKolkataSalt Lake Stadium, Kolkata120,000
HALBangaloreBangalore Stadium, Bangalore15,000
Indian ArrowsNew DelhiAmbedkar Stadium, New Delhi15,000
JCTPhagwaraGuru Nanak Dev Stadium, Ludhiana12,000
Mohun BaganKolkataSalt Lake Stadium, Kolkata120,000
MumbaiMumbaiCooperage Ground, Mumbai12,000
ONGCMumbaiRajarshi Shahu Stadium, Kolhapur12,000
PunePuneShree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune20,000
SalgaocarVascoFatorda Stadium, Margao35,000
Viva KeralaKozhikodeEMS Stadium60,000

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing head coachManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming head coachDate of appointment
Churchill Brothers Carlos Roberto PereiraResignedEnd of Previous Seasonpre-season Vincent Subramaniam[3] 2 July
East Bengal Philippe De RidderResignedEnd of Previous Seasonpre-seasonTrevor Morgan[4] 16 July
Mohun Bagan Biswajit BhattacharjeeResignedEnd of Previous Seasonpre-seasonStanley Rozario[5] 4 June
Mohun Bagan Stanley RozarioResigned13 Dec.[6] 12Subhash Bhowmick14 Dec.
Churchill BrothersResigned5 March[7] 3rdDrago Mamić[8] 14 March

League table

Top goalscorers

Updated on 10 April 2015.[9]

RankScorerClubGoals
1 Ranty MartinsDempo28
2 Odafa Onyeka OkolieChurchill Brothers25
3 Ryuji SueokaSalgaocar18
4 BetoDempo17
Tolgay ÖzbeyEast Bengal17
6 Yusif YakubuSalgaocar15
7 Jeje LalpekhluaIndian Arrows13
Mandjou KeitaPune11
9 Kayne VincentChurchill Brothers12
10 Okorogor PraiseAir India11
Badmus BabatundeONGC11
12 Muritala AliMohun Bagan10
Anil KumarChirag United Kerala10

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Odafa Onyeka OkolieChurchill BrothersMumbai5–12010-12-18
Odafa Onyeka OkolieChurchill BrothersPailan Arrows6–02011-1-3
Mandjou KeitaPuneJCT4–02011-1-30
Anil KumarChirag United KeralaAir India7–12011-2-20
Jeje LalpekhluaPailan ArrowsAir India2–52011-3-13
Tolgay ÖzbeyEast BengalAir India3–02011-4-4
Jeje LalpekhluaPailan ArrowsMohun Bagan5–42011-5-29
Muritala AliMohun BaganPailan Arrows4–52011-5-29
Ranty MartinsDempoAir India14-02011-5-30
BetoDempoAir India14-02011-5-30

Scoring

Clean sheets

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fixtures & Results Rounds 1 – 16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100610201842/http://www.the-aiff.com/pages/tournament/tournament-fixtures.php?tournamentdetail=15. 2010-06-10 . The-AIFF.com. All India Football Association.
  2. Web site: D'Costa . Gordon . Mahindra United to disband team . . 30 April 2010 . 15 January 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100504014823/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Mahindra-United-to-disband-team/H1-Article1-537699.aspx . 4 May 2010 .
  3. Web site: I-League: Former Singapore Boss Vincent Subramaniam Appointed New Churchill Brothers Head Coach . Goal.com . 2010-07-02 . 2012-05-31.
  4. Web site: Breaking News: East Bengal Appoint Former Bolton Player Trevor Morgan As Coach For 2010–11 Season . Goal.com . 2010-07-16 . 2012-05-31.
  5. Web site: Stanley Rozario Mohun Bagan's new coach . Zeenews.com . 2010-06-04 . 2012-05-31.
  6. Web site: MohunBaganClub.Com . MohunBaganClub.Com . 2010-12-13 . 2012-05-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120319150017/http://www.mohunbaganclub.com/news_view.php?id=NDA5%2F . 2012-03-19 . dead .
  7. News: Churchill coach Vincent resigns . https://web.archive.org/web/20120323185326/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-05/top-stories/28659194_1_churchill-alemao-churchill-brothers-vincent-subramaniam . dead . 23 March 2012 . . 5 March 2011.
  8. Web site: East Bengal beat Mohun Bagan 2-1 | News | NDTVSports.com . Sports.ndtv.com . 2011-04-09 . 2012-05-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120309070933/http://sports.ndtv.com/football/news/item/171934-east-bengal-beat-mohun-bagan-2-1 . 2012-03-09 . dead .
  9. Web site: Summary - I-League - India - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway.
  10. http://the-aiff.com/pages/news/index.php?N_Id=2198 "Keita revives Pune FC campaign as host beat JCT 4–0"