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2008–09 I-League

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.

I-League 2008–09
LeagueI-League
SportAssociation football
Duration26 September 2008– 16 April 2009
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)Zee Sports
I-League season
ChampionsChurchill Brothers
1st I-League title
1st Indian title
Top scorerOdafe Onyeka Okolie
I-League seasons

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.

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Teams

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Locations of games played in the 2008–09 I-League
Club Manager Location Stadia
Air India   Bimal Ghosh Mumbai Cooperage Ground
Churchill Brothers   Karim Bencherifa Goa Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
Dempo   Armando Colaco Goa Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
East Bengal   Monoranjan Bhattacharya Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium
JCT   Sukhwinder Singh New Delhi Ambedkar Stadium
Mahindra United   Derrick Pereira Mumbai Cooperage Ground
Mohammedan Sporting   Shabbir Ali Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium
Mohun Bagan   Carlos Roberto Pereira Da Silva Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium
Sporting Goa   Clifford Chukwuma Goa Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
Vasco   Subrata Bhattacharya Goa Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium

League table

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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

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Round 1

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East Bengal3–1Chirag United Sports Club
I Surkumar Singh   10'
Yakubu   19'
Sunil Chetri   28'		 Shankar Oraon   79'
Referee: S Suresh
Vasco Sports Club0–1Sporting Clube de Goa
Elijah Obagbemiro Jr   90 1'
Mohun Bagan1–2Mumbai FC
Pachau Lalam Puia   77' Abel Hammond   9'
Kalia Kulothungan   24'
Referee: A Arjunan
Churchill Brothers2–1Mahindra United
Odafe Onyeka Okolie   61'   88' Sushil Kumar Singh   83'
Referee: Pratap Singh
Dempo Sports Club1–2JCT FC
Nicolau Borges   77' Escobar   17'
Balwant Singh   64'
Referee: Pradeep Kumar
Mohammedan Sporting Club1–1Air-India
Theodore Sunday Wrobeh   59' Surojit Roy   23'

Round 2

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

Round 3

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

Round 4

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

Round 5

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

Round 6

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

Round 7

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

Round 8

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

Joaquim Abranches   45 1'

Roberto Mendes Silva   58'

Round 9

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

Round 10

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

Round 12

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

Round 13

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

Round 14

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

Round 15

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

Round 16

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

Round 17

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

Round 18

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

Round 19

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

Round 20

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

Round 21

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

Round 22

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

Top scorers

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