2011–12 I-League
Season | 2011–12 |
---|---|
Champions | Dempo |
Relegated |
Chirag Club Kerala HAL |
AFC Cup |
East Bengal Churchill Brothers |
Matches played | 181 |
Goals scored | 521 (2.88 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Ranti Martins (32 goals) |
Biggest home win | Dempo 5-0 Mohun Bagan[1] |
Biggest away win | HAL 1-8 East Bengal |
Highest scoring | HAL 1-8 East Bengal |
Longest winning run |
7 games Dempo |
Longest unbeaten run |
7 games Dempo |
Longest losing run |
6 games Chirag United Kerala |
Highest attendance |
90,000 Mohun Bagan 1-0 East Bengal |
← 2010–11 2012–13 → |
The 2011–12 I-League is the fifth season of the I-League, the topmost level of the Indian football pyramid. The season began in October 2011 and ended in May 2012. Salgaocar are the defending champions, having won their maiden title in the previous season.
The current edition has a total of 14 teams contesting for the honors. These include the top twelve teams from the 2010–11 season along with the two promoted sides, Shillong Lajong and Sporting Clube de Goa, who had been the winner and the runner-up in the 2011 I-League 2nd Division respectively.
Teams
According to the AIFF's rules, the two bottom-most teams from the 2010–11 season-ending points table were supposed to be relegated to the second tier, but in actuality, only ONGC FC were relegated after their second to last place finish, while the team finishing the last, JCT FC decided to disband their senior football team at the close of the session.
Shillong Lajong FC and Sporting Clube de Goa, the Champions & Runner-up respectively, of the 2011 I-League 2nd Division, were promoted to the I-League after being relegated only the previous year.
Stadiums and locations
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
Air India | Mumbai | Cooperage Ground | 12,000 |
Chirag United Club Kerala | Kannur | Kaloor International Stadium | 60,000 |
Churchill Brothers | Salcette | Fatorda Stadium | 27,300 |
Dempo | Panjim | Fatorda Stadium | 27,300 |
East Bengal | Kolkata | Salt Lake Stadium | 120,000 |
HAL | Bangalore | Bangalore Football Stadium | 15,000 |
Mohun Bagan | Kolkata | Salt Lake Stadium | 120,000 |
Mumbai | Mumbai | Cooperage Ground | 12,000 |
Pailan Arrows | Kolkata | Salt Lake Stadium | 120,000 |
Prayag United | Kolkata | Salt Lake Stadium | 120,000 |
Pune | Pune | Balewadi Sports Complex | 20,000 |
Salgaocar | Vasco | Fatorda Stadium | 27,300 |
Shillong Lajong | Shillong | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | 25,000 |
Sporting Clube de Goa | Panjim | Fatorda Stadium | 27,300 |
Managerial changes
In chronological order from the bottom
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mohun Bagan | Bhowmick, SubhashSubhash Bhowmick | Caretaker | 1 June 2011 | Pre-season | Darby, SteveSteve Darby | 19 July 2011 |
Churchill Brothers | Mamic, DragoDrago Mamic | Caretaker | 1 June 2011 | Pre-season | Manuel Gomes | 9 June 2011 |
Pailan Arrows | Bulpin, DesDes Bulpin | Sacked | 13 August 2011 | Pre-season | Sukhwinder Singh | 13 August 2011 |
Chirag United Club Kerala | P. K. Unnikrishnan | Sacked | 1 October 2011 | Pre-season | Pakir Ali | 2 October 2011 |
Mohun Bagan | Darby, SteveSteve Darby | Resigned | 15 October 2011 | Pre-Season | Banerjee, PrasantaPrasanta Banerjee | 18 October 2011 |
Pailan Arrows | Sukhwinder Singh | Resigned | 7 February 2012 | 13th | Sujit Chakravarty | 8 February 2012 |
Churchill Brothers | Manuel Gomes | Sacked | 14 February 2012 | 5th | Carlos Roberto Pereira | 15 February 2012 |
Chirag United Club Kerala | Pakir Ali | Sacked | 18 February 2012 | 12th | Biswajit Bhattacharya | 18 February 2012 |
Foreign players
Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Asian Player |
---|---|---|---|---|
Air India | Lamine Tamba | Henry Ezeh | None | Takayuki Omi |
Chirag United Kerala | Charles Dzisah | Isaac Boakye | David Sunday | None |
Churchill Brothers | Roberto Mendes Silva | Nbusiyu David Opara | Henry Antchouet | Antun Kovacic |
Dempo | Ranty Martins | Koko Sakibo | Densill Theobald | Yusuke Kato |
East Bengal | Uga Samuel Okpara | Penn Orji | Edmilson | Tolgay Özbey |
HAL | Joseph Femi Adeola | None | None | Rohit Chand |
Mohun Bagan | Jose Ramirez Barreto | Odafe Onyeka Okolie | Hudson Lima Silva | None |
Mumbai | Kingsley Chioma | Ebi Sukore | Gbeneme Friday | Zohib Islam Amiri |
Pailan Arrows | Pailan Arrows don't use foreigners as they are an Indian Developmental Side | |||
Prayag United | Josimar | Yusif Yakubu | Bello Razaq | Kayne Vincent |
Pune | Keita Mandjou | Pierre Djidjia Douhou | Chika Wali | Arata Izumi |
Salgaocar | Luciano Sabrosa | Chidi Edeh | Maxime Belouet | Ryuji Sueoka |
Shillong Lajong | James Gbilee | Christopher Chizoba | Johnny Menyongar | Matthew Mayora |
Sporting Goa | Boubacar Keita | Ogba Kalu Nnanna | James Moga | Park Jae-Hyun |
Ownership changes
Club | New owner | Previous owner | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Pailan Arrows | Pailan Group | All India Football Federation | 31 July 2011[2] |
Prayag United | Prayag Group | RP-Chirag | 3 August 2011[3] |
Chirag United Club Kerala | Chirag Computers | Viva Kerala Group | 7 August 2011[4] |
Shillong Lajong | Anglian Holdings (20% stake)1 | 29 February 2012[5] |
- 1: Anglian Holdings only brought 20% in Shillong Lajong. The rest of the club is still owned by Shillong Lajong plc.
League table
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dempo (C) | 26 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 59 | 21 | +38 | 57 | |
2 | East Bengal | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 46 | 22 | +24 | 51 | 2013 AFC Cup Group stage 1 |
3 | Churchill Brothers | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 47 | 28 | +19 | 48 | 2013 AFC Cup Group stage 2 |
4 | Mohun Bagan | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 51 | 32 | +19 | 47 | |
5 | Pune | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 46 | |
6 | Salgaocar | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 19 | +13 | 44 | |
7 | United SC | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 41 | 29 | +12 | 42 | |
8 | Sporting Goa | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 40 | |
9 | Air India | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 32 | |
10 | Shillong Lajong | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 44 | −20 | 28 | |
11 | Mumbai | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 31 | 52 | −21 | 24 | |
12 | Chirag United Kerala (R) | 26 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 28 | 50 | −22 | 20 | Relegation to 2013 I-League 2nd Division 3 |
13 | Pailan Arrows | 26 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 40 | −23 | 16 | |
14 | HAL (R) | 26 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 68 | −49 | 8 | Relegation to 2013 I-League 2nd Division |
Updated to games played on 6 May 2012.
Source: I-League
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
1East Bengal, the winner of the 2012 Indian Federation Cup, qualified for the 2013 AFC Cup.
2Dempo refused to enter the 2013 AFC Cup, so they were replaced by Churchill Brothers.[6]
3Pailan Arrows were not relegated in the season as they were a developmental team.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.
Season charity
IMG Reliance and the I-League have joined hands with the polio eradication campaign India Unite to End Polio Now. IUEPN is an initiative of Aidmatrix Foundation, supported by UNICEF, and a collaborative effort between the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), World Health Organisation (WHO), National Polio Surveillance Project (NPSP), Rotary International and US Centre for Disease Control (CDC).[7]
Season statistics
Top scorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ranti Martins | Dempo | 32 |
2 | Odafe Onyeka Okolie | Mohun Bagan | 26 |
3 | Tolgay Özbey | East Bengal | 18 |
Henry Antchouet | Churchill Brothers | ||
5 | James Moga | Sporting Goa | 16 |
Mandjou Keita | Pune | ||
7 | Yusif Yakubu | United SC | 12 |
8 | Josimar | United SC | 11 |
Ogba Kalu | Sporting Goa | ||
10 | Gbeneme Friday | Mumbai | 10 |
David Sunday | Chirag United Kerala |
Top Indian scorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Chinadorai Sabeeth | Pailan Arrows | 9 |
Manandeep Singh | Air India | ||
3 | Abdul Hamza | HAL | 8 |
C.K. Vineeth | Chirag United Kerala | ||
5 | Sandesh Gadkari | Air India | 7 |
Subhash Singh | Pune | ||
7 | Dawson Fernandes | Sporting Goa | 6 |
Clifford Miranda | Dempo | ||
Lalrindika Ralte | Churchill Brothers |
Hat-tricks
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Odafe Onyeka Okolie | Mohun Bagan | Pailan Arrows | 3–1 | 23 October 2011 |
James Moga | Sporting Clube de Goa | Salgaocar | 4–2 | 5 November 2011 |
Josimar | United SC | Pune | 5–1 | 5 November 2011 |
Tolgay Ozbey | East Bengal | HAL | 8–1 | 23 November 2011 |
Henry Antchouet | Churchill Brothers | Shillong Lajong | 6–0 | 17 December 2011 |
N. D. Opara | Churchill Brothers | Sporting Clube de Goa | 5–0 | 28 December 2011 |
Odafe Onyeka Okolie | Mohun Bagan | Churchill Brothers | 3–2 | 15 January 2012 |
N. D. Opara | Churchill Brothers | Chirag United Kerala | 4–0 | 4 April 2012 |
Rohit Chand | HAL | Pune | 4–6 | 10 April 2012 |
Gbeneme Friday | Mumbai | HAL | 5–1 | 14 April 2012 |
David Sunday | Chirag United Kerala | East Bengal | 3–4 | 16 April 2012 |
Chinadorai Sabeeth | Pailan Arrows | Chirag United Kerala | 3–0 | 25 April 2012 |
Scoring
- First goal of the season: C.K. Vineeth for Chirag United Club Kerala against HAL (22 October 2011)[9]
- Fastest goal of the season: 3 minutes – Anthony Pereira for Dempo against Shillong Lajong (23 November 2011)[10]
- Widest winning margin: 7 goals
- HAL 1-8 East Bengal (23 November 2011)
- Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 10 goals
- Pune 6-4 HAL (10 April 2012)
- Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 4 goals
- Pune 6-4 HAL (10 April 2012)
- Most goals scored in a match by a single player: 4 goals
- Tolgay Ozbey for East Bengal against HAL (23 November 2011)
- Gbeneme Friday for Mumbai against HAL (14 April 2012)
End of season awards
- Fan's Player of the Year — Francis Fernandes
- FPAI Young Player of the Year — Manandeep Singh
- FPAI Foreign Player of the Year — Ranti Martins
- FPAI Indian Player of the Year — Syed Rahim Nabi
- FPAI Coach of the Year — Trevor Morgan
FPAI Team of the Year
Formation: 4-4-2[11]
Nat. | Position | Name | Club |
---|---|---|---|
GK | Karanjit Singh | Salgaocar | |
RB | Deepak Mondal | United SC | |
CB | Mahesh Gawli | Dempo | |
CB | Uga Okpara | East Bengal | |
LB | Syed Rahim Nabi | Mohun Bagan | |
RM | Rocus Lamare | Salgaocar | |
CM | Pierre Djidjia Douhou | Pune | |
CM | Beto | Churchill Brothers | |
LM | Penn Orji | East Bengal | |
ST | Odafe Onyeka Okolie | Mohun Bagan | |
ST | Ranti Martins | Dempo | |
Coach | Trevor Morgan | East Bengal |
References
- ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/69217/dempo-vs-mohun-bagan/report
- ↑ "I-League: I Will Buy Some New Players If We Can't Have Jeje And The Rest Of The Players – Pailan Group To AIFF". goal.com. goal.com. 31 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- ↑ "I-League: United Sports Club To Be Rechristened As 'Prayag United'". goal.com. goal.com. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- ↑ "I-League: Viva Kerala Renamed As Chirag United Kerala - It's Turning Into An Absolute Joke". goal.com. goal.com. 7 August 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- ↑ "Shillong Lajong tie up with NRI owned Danish club". Times of India. Times of India. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
- ↑ "AIFF to approach Churchill Brothers to participate in the AFC Cup". goal.com. 30 November 2012.
- ↑ "Polio awareness campaign at I-League". Times of India. 19 November 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ↑ http://int.soccerway.com/national/india/i-league/2011-2012/regular-season/r16043/players/?ICID=PL_3N_04
- ↑ "HAL Bangalore vs Chirag United Club Kerala Lineups and Statistics". goal.com. goal.com. 22 October 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
- ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/69378/dempo-vs-shillong-lajong-fc/report
- ↑ http://indianfootballnetwork.com/forum/discussion/108/indian-football-news-updates/p55