2007–08 I-League

2007–08 I-League
LeagueI-League
SportAssociation football
Duration24 November 2007 – 19 May 2008
Number of teams10
I-League season
Season championsDempo
1st I-League title
3rd Indian title
Top scorerOdafe Onyeka Okolie
I-League seasons

The 2007–08 I-League kicked off on 24 November 2007 at the Fatorda Stadium, Margao, Goa. The first match of the season was played between the two Goan clubs Dempo and Salgaocar.

The top team in the I-League qualified for the qualifying phase of the 2009 AFC Champions League, while the bottom two teams were relegated to I-League 2nd Division in the next season.

Teams

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Locations of games played in the 2007-08 I-League season
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 Manoranjan Bhattacharjee Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium
JCT India Sukhwinder Singh New Delhi & Ludhiana Ambedkar Stadium & Guru Gobind Singh Stadium
Mahindra United India Derrick Pereira Mumbai Cooperage Ground
Mohun Bagan Brazil Carlos Roberto Pereira Da Silva Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium
Salgaocar India Savio Medeira Goa Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
Sporting Goa Nigeria Clifford Chukwuma Goa Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
Viva Kerala India A.M.Sreedharan Kozhikode Kozhikode EMS Corporation Stadium

Standings

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dempo (C) 18 10 6 2 35 13 +22 36 2009 AFC Champions League
2 Churchill Brothers 18 11 3 4 40 22 +18 36
3 JCT 18 9 6 3 31 14 +17 33
4 Mohun Bagan 18 8 6 4 22 17 +5 30 2009 AFC Cup group stage[a]
5 Mahindra United 18 7 7 4 24 18 +6 28
6 East Bengal 18 5 4 9 17 23 −6 19
7 Sporting Goa 18 4 7 7 14 24 −10 19
8 Air India 18 3 8 7 10 20 −10 17
9 Viva Kerala (R) 18 3 3 12 13 38 −25 12 Relegation to 2009 I-League 2nd Division
10 Salgaocar (R) 18 1 8 9 20 37 −17 11
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Mohun Bagan qualified for the 2009 AFC Cup as 2008 Indian Federation Cup winners.

Results

Home \ Away AI CB DEM EB JCT MAH MB SFC SCG VK
Air India 0–0 1–4 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1
Churchill Brothers 3–0 0–2 3–2 1–0 4–2 2–2 2–1 3–0 5–0
Dempo 0–0 4–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 4–1 4–0
East Bengal 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–3 1–0 0–2 3–2 1–1 2–0
JCT 2–0 3–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 4–0 4–2 2–0
Mahindra United 1–1 1–5 3–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 2–2 3–0 0–0
Mohun Bagan 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–3
Salgaocar 1–1 1–5 1–1 0–0 3–3 0–0 4–5 1–1 1–0
Sporting Goa 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–3 1–0 1–1 3–0
Viva Kerala 3–2 1–3 1–4 1–3 0–2 0–2 0–2 3–1 0–0
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Last updated: 23 February 2008

Ref:[1]
Rank Name Team Goals
1 Nigeria Odafe Onyeka Okolie Churchill Brothers 22
2 Brazil Eduardo da Silva Escobar JCT 14
3 Democratic Republic of the Congo Mboyo Iyomi Churchill Brothers 12
Nigeria Ranty Martins Soleye Dempo
5 India Baichung Bhutia Mohun Bagan 10
6 Brazil Edmilson Marques Pardal East Bengal 8
Nigeria Chidi Edeh Dempo
8 Nigeria Felix Chimaokwu Salgaocar 7
India Sunil Chhetri JCT
10 Nigeria Junior Obagbemiro Sporting Goa 6
Ghana Andrews Pomeyie Mensah Mahindra United
12 Ghana Wisdom Abbey Viva Kerala 5
Brazil Jose Ramirez Barreto Mohun Bagan
Ghana Yusif Yakubu Mahindra United
Brazil Roberto Mendes Silva Dempo
16 Ghana Bashiree Mohammed Abbas Air India 4

References

  1. ^ "I-League 2007–08". Indian Football. 24 November 2011. Archived from the original on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2011.

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