2013 I-League U20 Explained

2013 I-League U20
League:	2013 I-League U20
Sport:	Association football
Pixels:	300px
Duration:	2013
No Of Teams:	15
Season:	I-League U20 season
League Champs:	Pune U20^[1]
League Champ Name:	Champions
Top Scorer:	William Lalnunfela (Pune U20) (7 goals)
Seasonslist:	List of I-League U20 seasons
Seasonslistnames:	I-League U20
Prevseason Link:	2012 I-League U20
Prevseason Year:	2012
Nextseason Link:	2014 I-League U19
Nextseason Year:	2014

The 2013 I-League U20 was the fifth season of the Indian I-League U20 competition. The season took place during the I-League break between February and March. The tournament began on 6 March in Jamshedpur at the facilities which are currently used by Tata Football Academy.^[2] The stadiums were officially announced on 29 January 2013 as the JRD Tata Sports Complex and the Gopal Maidan.^[3]

Then on 6 February 2013 it was announced by I-League club Pune F.C. that the I-League U20 would be played between 15 clubs separated into 3 groups of five each with former I-League 2nd Division clubs SESA Football Academy and Tata Football Academy joining the U20 league while Pailan Arrows would not send an under-20 side to the tournament as they are already a developmental side in the I-League.^[4]

Each team played each other once in the group stage and then after 4 games the top 2 teams qualified for the Final Round in which the top team was crowned champion.^[4] The final round began on 16 March 2013.^[4]

Teams

width=25%	Group A	width=25%	Group B	width=25%	Group C
Prayag United U20 Pune U20 Salgaocar U20 Sporting Goa U20 United Sikkim U20	Dempo U20 East Bengal U20 Mumbai U20 ONGC U20 Tata U20	Air India U20 Churchill Brothers U20 Mohun Bagan U20 SESA U20 Shillong Lajong U20

Group stage

Group A

Team									Qualification
Salgaocar U20	4	3	1	0	8	2	+6	10	Final Round
Pune U20	4	3	0	1	15	2	+13	9	Final Round
Prayag United U20	4	1	2	1	4	5	-1	5
Sporting Goa U20	4	0	2	2	2	7	-5	2
United Sikkim U20	4	0	1	3	2	15	-13	1

Group B

Team									Qualification
Tata U20	4	3	1	0	6	1	+5	10	Final Round
East Bengal U20	4	3	1	0	5	1	+4	10	Final Round
Dempo U20	4	2	0	2	5	6	-1	6
Mumbai U20	4	1	0	3	4	7	-3	3
ONGC U20	4	0	0	4	3	8	-5	0

Group C

Team									Qualification
SESA U20	4	2	2	0	7	3	+4	8	Final Round
Mohun Bagan U20	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1	7	Final Round
Shillong Lajong U20	4	1	3	0	6	4	+2	6
Churchill Brothers U20	4	0	2	2	3	6	-3	2
Air India U20	4	0	2	2	3	7	-4	2

Final round

Team									Champions
Pune U20	5	4	1	0	10	3	+7	13	Champions
Tata U20	5	3	2	0	8	4	+4	11
Sesa U20	5	2	1	2	8	6	+2	7
Salgaocar U20	5	1	2	2	6	8	-2	5
Mohun Bagan U20	5	1	1	3	6	8	-2	4
East Bengal U20	5	0	1	4	2	11	-9	1

Top scorers

Final round

Total	Player	Club	Goals per Game
	1		2	3	4	5
4			Sesa U20		1	2	1
			Tata U20	1	1	1		1
3		Albino Pereira	Salgaocar U20	1	1		1
2			Pune U20		2
			Pune U20		1	1
		Olivin Cardozo	Sesa U20			1	1
		Biswajit Sardar	Tata U20					2
		Godfrey Silva	Salgaocar U20				1	1
		Henry Monsang	Pune U20					2
1			Pune U20	1
			Pune U20	1
		George D'Souza	Sesa U20	1
		Mayon Kaping	Mohun Bagan U20	1
		Somnath	East Bengal U20	1
		Melwin Fernandes	Salgaocar U20		1
		Baidyanath Das	Tata U20		1
		Prohlad Roy	Mohun Bagan U20		1
		Dipankar Pradhan	Mohun Bagan U20		1
		Jarman Jeet Singh	Tata U20			1
		Adarsh Lama Tamang	Mohun Bagan U20				1
		Anirban Chatterjee	East Bengal U20				1
		Gorachand Marandi	Mohun Bagan U20					1
		Jaison Vaz	Sesa U20					1
			Pune U20					1

Group stage

Total	Player	Club	Goals per Game
	1		2	3	4	5
5		William Lalnunfela	Pune U20	1	1		X	3
4		Cletus Paul	Mumbai U20	1			X	3
3		Jiten Murmu	East Bengal U20		2	1		X
		Subasish Bose	Pune U20			1	X	2
			Pune U20	1			X	2
		Lalram Muana	Shillong Lajong U20			1	X	2
		Prohlad Roy	Mohun Bagan U20	1	X		1	1
		Godfrey Silva	Salgaocar U20	X	1	2
		Olvin Cardozo	Sesa U20	X			1	2
		Manash Sarkar	Tata U20	X	2			1
2		Biswajit Das	East Bengal U20	1		1		X
		Yungrei Khokyar	Air India U20			2		X
			Pune U20			1	X	1
		Clencio Pinto	Dempo U20	1		X	1
		Myron Fernandes	Dempo U20	1		X	1
		Robin Tamang	United Sikkim U20	1	X		1
		Rayman Fernandes	Salgaocar U20	X		1	1
		Stephen Colaco	Sesa U20	X				2
			Tata U20	X		1		1
1		Pandhari Chopdekar	Sporting Goa U20	1				X
		Pritam Ningthounjam	Sporting Goa U20		1			X
		G Karthick	Pune U20			1	X
		Thongkhosiem Haokip	Pune U20				X	1
		Lalruatfela	Shillong Lajong U20		1		X
			Shillong Lajong U20			1	X
		Zoding Liana	Shillong Lajong U20				X	1
		Rajon Barman	Prayag United U20		1	X
		Bidhan Bala	Prayag United U20			X	1
		Jagannath Oraow	Prayag United U20			X	1
		Amit Mahato	Prayag United U20			X		1
		Aniston Fernandes	Dempo U20		1	X
		Alesh Sawant	Churchill Brothers U20		1	X
		Romario Fernandes	Churchill Brothers U20			X		1
			Churchill Brothers U20			X		1
		Mayon Kaping	Mohun Bagan U20	1	X
		Kamaluddin Khan	ONGC U20		X	1
		Pawan Thakur	ONGC U20		X		1
		Prudhuvi K	ONGC U20		X			1
		Albino Pereira	Salgaocar U20	X	1
		Mario Fernandes	Salgaocar U20	X			1
		Melwin Fernandes	Salgaocar U20	X				1
		George D'Souza	Sesa U20	X	1
		Mauvin Borges	Sesa U20	X			1
		Rajak Nag	Tata U20	X		1

   

• The goalscorer during the Churchill Brothers - Air India match for Air India is not officially known yet.

See also

• I-League

Notes and References

1. Web site: U20 I-League: Champions Pune FC sign off on all-win note, down Prayag United 3–1. Mumbai. wifa.in. Western India Football Association. 25 March 2013. 28 January 2022. 3 August 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230803074552/https://wifa.in/pune-fc-make-history-retain-u-20-i-league-title/.
2. Web site: Decisions taken in AIFF Executive Committee Meeting on Jan. 15, 2013 - 15 Jan, 2013. The All India Football Federation. 18 January 2013. 20 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130120092829/http://the-aiff.com/pages/news/index.php?Me_Id=255. dead.
3. Web site: Under-20 I-League allotted to Jamshedpur. https://archive.today/20130411033939/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-29/i-league/36615709_1_jamshedpur-top-prize-jrd-tata. dead. 11 April 2013. The Times of India. 10 February 2013.
4. Web site: Under-20 I-League: Defending champs Pune FC in Group-A. Pune F.C.. 10 February 2013.