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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 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.

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Teams

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Club Manager Location Stadia
Air India India Bimal Ghosh Mumbai Cooperage Ground
Churchill Brothers Morocco Karim Bencherifa Goa Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
Dempo India Armando Colaco Goa Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
East Bengal India Monoranjan Bhattacharya Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium
JCT India Sukhwinder Singh New Delhi Ambedkar Stadium
Mahindra United India Derrick Pereira Mumbai Cooperage Ground
Mohammedan Sporting India Shabbir Ali Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium
Mohun Bagan Brazil Carlos Roberto Pereira Da Silva Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium
Sporting Goa Nigeria Clifford Chukwuma Goa Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
Vasco India 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'





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'





Round 3

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Air-India2–0East Bengal
Surojit Roy 48' Michael Tayo 70'

Round 4

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Mumbai FC0–0Dempo SC



East Bengal2–0Vasco Sports Club
Yakubu 7' 90'


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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JCT FC1–0East Bengal
Escobar 58'

Round 10

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Mohun Bagan AC1–0Mahindra United
Bhaichung Bhutia 46'
Referee: P. Basu


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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JCT FC1–1Vasco Sports Club

Mumbai FC2–1East Bengal
A. Yadav 47'
A. Hammond 88'
Yakubu 13'


Air-India1–2Mohun Bagan AC

Round 14

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Mumbai FC0–0Mahindra United

Mohammedan Sporting Club2–0JCT FC


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


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'


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


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


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'


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'



Mumbai FC2–3Churchill Brothers SC
Anees Kutty 15'

JCT FC1–1Mohun Bagan AC

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'


Air-India1–0Vasco Sports Club
Singam Subash Singh 67'

Dempo SC3–2Mahindra United
Arata izumi 1', Sushil Kumar Singh 65'

Round 21

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Air-India1–1Churchill Brothers SC





East Bengal2–1JCT FC
Yakubu 35' 69' Edu 76'

Round 22

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Churchill Brothers6–2Mohammedan Sporting Club
Report

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

Top scorers

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