2008–09 I-League
I-League 2008–09 | |
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League | Odafe Onyeka Okolie |
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 2nd Division
for the next season.
Gallery
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Abhishek Yadav of Mumbai FC and Samir Naik ofFatorda StadiumGoa
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Sayed Rahim Nabi ofChirag United during at 2008–09 I-League at Salt Lake Stadium
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I League Daniel ofMahindra United at Salt Lake Stadiumin Kolkata
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Wilton Gomes ofFatorda StadiumGoa
Teams
Club | Manager | Location | Stadia |
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Air India
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Bimal Ghosh | Mumbai | Cooperage Ground |
Churchill Brothers
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Karim Bencherifa | Goa | Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
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Dempo | Armando Colaco | Goa | Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
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East Bengal | Monoranjan Bhattacharya | Kolkata | Salt Lake Stadium |
JCT | Sukhwinder Singh | New Delhi | Ambedkar Stadium |
Mahindra United
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Derrick Pereira | Mumbai | Cooperage Ground |
Mohammedan Sporting
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Shabbir Ali | Kolkata | Salt Lake Stadium |
Mohun Bagan
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Carlos Roberto Pereira Da Silva
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Kolkata | Salt Lake Stadium |
Sporting Goa
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Clifford Chukwuma | Goa | Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
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Vasco | Subrata Bhattacharya | Goa | Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
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League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Churchill Brothers
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22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 53 | 23 | +30 | 46 | 2010 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off |
2 | Mohun Bagan
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22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 20 | +10 | 43 | |
3 | Sporting Goa
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22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 20 | +8 | 43 | |
4 | Dempo
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22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 26 | +9 | 31 | |
5 | Mahindra United
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22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 22 | +6 | 31 | |
6 | East Bengal
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22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 28 | 2010 AFC Cup group stage[a] |
7 | Mumbai
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22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 27 | −5 | 28 | |
8 | Chirag United
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22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 26 | −6 | 26 | |
9 | JCT | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 22 | −3 | 25 | |
10 | Air India
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22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 24 | |
11 | Mohammedan Sporting
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22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 31 | −14 | 22 | Relegation to 2010 I-League 2nd Division |
12 | Vasco (R)
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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:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ East Bengal qualified for the 2010 AFC Cup as 2009–10 Indian Federation Cup winners.
Home and away season
Round 1
Chirag United Sports Club | ||
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Sunil Chetri 28' |
Shankar Oraon 79' |
Referee: S Suresh
Sporting Clube de Goa | ||
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Elijah Obagbemiro Jr 90+1' |
Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
Referee: Minangshu Bhattacharya
Mohun Bagan | 1–2 | Mumbai FC |
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Pachau Lalam Puia 77' |
Abel Hammond 9' Kalia Kulothungan 24' |
Referee: A Arjunan
Mahindra United | ||
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Odafe Onyeka Okolie 61' 88' |
Sushil Kumar Singh 83' |
Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
Referee: Pratap Singh
Dempo Sports Club | 1–2 | JCT FC |
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Nicolau Borges 77' | 64' |
Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
Referee: Pradeep Kumar
Air-India | ||
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Theodore Sunday Wrobeh 59' | Surojit Roy 23' |
Referee: Francisco Fernandes
Round 2
East Bengal | 0–1 | Mumbai FC |
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Felix Aboagye 23' |
Referee: A Arjunan
Vasco Sports Club | 0–0 | JCT FC |
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Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
Air-India | ||
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Branco Cordozo 70' | Soccor Velho 43' |
Mohammedan Sporting Club | ||
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Elijah Obagbemiro Jr 63' 77' Micky Fernandes 76' |
Dinesh Nair
Chirag United Sports Club | ||
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Sushil Kumar Singh 12' | Subair Muritala Ali 46' Gouranga Datta 52' Hardip Singh Saini 87' |
Dempo Sports Club | ||
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Odafe Onyeka Okolie 31' |
Mboyo Iyomi 37' 47' 76' |
Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
Round 3
Mohammedan Sporting Club | ||
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Escobar 68' |
Guru Nanak Dev Stadium
Mahindra United | 0–1 | Mumbai FC |
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K.Kulothungan 23' |
Mohun Bagan | ||
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Mohonraj "OG" 25' Nathaniel Amos 51' |
Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
Churchill Brothers | ||
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East Bengal | ||
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Surojit Roy 48' Michael Tayo 70' |
Vasco Sports Club | ||
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Roberto Silva 24'
Ranty Martins 30' |
Ravshan Teshabaev 32' |
Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
Round 4
Mahindra United | ||
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Sukhwinder Singh 70' |
Guru Nanak Dev Stadium
Chirag United Sports Club | ||
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Surojit Roy 69' |
Vasco Sports Club | ||
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Yakubu 7' 90' |
Mohun Bagan | ||
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Goutam Thakur 3' | Jose Ramirez Barreto 23' |
Sporting Clube de Goa | ||
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Odafe Onyeka Okolie 14' 60'
T.Naoba Singh 85' |
Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
Round 5
Chirag United Sports Club | 0–0 | JCT FC |
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Mahindra United | ||
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Mike Okoro 75' |
Sporting Clube de Goa | 1–0 | Mumbai FC |
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Eliga Junior 17' |
Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
East Bengal | ||
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Baichung Bhutia 2' |
Rahim Nabi 38' |
Churchill Brothers | ||
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Agnelo Colaco 70' | Odafe Onyeka Okolie 39' 44' 62'
Felix Chimaokw 41' |
Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
Air-India | ||
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Ranty Martins 38' 78' Climax Lawrence 55' | Ravinder Singh 60' |
Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
Round 6
Mohun Bagan | ||
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Jose Ramirez Barreto (P) 52' |
Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
Sporting Clube de Goa | ||
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Joseph Pereira 73' |
Air-India | 2–0 | Mumbai FC |
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Soccor Velho 20 20' Subhas Singh 32' |
Mahindra United | ||
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Chiddi Edeh 43' Sushil Kumar Singh 61' |
Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
East Bengal | ||
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Churchill Brothers | 1–1 | JCT FC |
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Odafe Onyeka Okolie 27' |
Amandeep Singh 48' |
Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
Round 7
Mahindra United | ||
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Chhetri 61' | Paresh Shivalkar 59' |
Vasco Sports Club | ||
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Kulothungan 25' |
Abhiskek Yadav 65' |
Sporting Clube de Goa | ||
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Elija Jr. 83' |
Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
Mohammedan Sporting Club | ||
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Gouranga Dutta 62' |
Churchill Brothers | ||
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P Lalwampuia 14' |
Air-India | 1–0 | JCT FC |
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Samson Singh 86' |
Round 8
Vasco Sports Club | ||
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Bimal Parier 87' |
Air-India | ||
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Sushil Kumar 55' | Subhash Singh 66' |
Sporting Clube de Goa | ||
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Chhetri 14' Syed Rahim Nabi 26' 31' | Harmanjot Khabra 54' |
Churchill Brothers | 2–2 | Mumbai FC |
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Odafe Onyeka Okolie 21'
Reisangmi Vashum 70' |
Abhishek Yadav 10'
Kulothungan 75' |
Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
Mohun Bagan | 2–0 | JCT FC |
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Ishfaq Ahmed 15'
Jose Ramirez Barreto 30 pen' |
Chirag United Sports Club | ||
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Ranty Martins 4' 70'
Joaquim Abranches 45+1' Roberto Mendes Silva 58' |
Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
Round 9
Air-India | ||
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Felix Chimaokwu 38' | Michael Tayo 90+3' |
Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
Sporting Clube de Goa | ||
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Dempo Sports Club | ||
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Anthony Pereira 9' Ranti Martins 41' |
Mohun Bagan | ||
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Lalnun Puia 29' | Rakesh Masih 31' Lalkamal Bhowmick 55' |
Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
Chirag United Sports Club | 1–1 | Mumbai FC |
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Shankar Orao 12' | Riston Rodrigues 59' |
East Bengal | ||
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Escobar 58' |
Guru Nanak Dev Stadium
Round 10
Churchill Brothers | ||
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Okolie 70' |
Mahindra United | ||
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Bhaichung Bhutia 46' |
Referee: P. Basu
Vasco Sports Club | ||
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East Bengal | ||
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[Beto] 78' |
Round 12
Mumbai FC | 0–3 | Mohun Bagan AC |
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Cooperage Ground, Mumbai
Dempo Sports Club | ||
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Guru Nanak Dev Stadium
East Bengal | ||
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Saltlake Stadium, Kolkata
Churchill Brothers SC | ||
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Cooperage Ground, Mumbai
Mohammedan Sporting Club | ||
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Cooperage Ground, Mumbai
Vasco Sports Club | ||
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Fatorda Stadium, Margao
Round 13
Sporting Clube de Goa | ||
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Vasco Sports Club | ||
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East Bengal | ||
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A. Yadav 47' A. Hammond 88' |
Yakubu 13' |
Mahindra United | ||
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Air-India | 1–2 | Mohun Bagan AC |
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Churchill Brothers SC | ||
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Round 14
Sporting Clube de Goa | ||
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Mahindra United | ||
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Mohammedan Sporting Club | 2–0 | JCT FC |
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Chirag United Sports Club | ||
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Air-India | ||
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Sunil Chetri 56' Sanju Pradhan 81' |
Subhash Singh 88' |
Dempo Sports Club | ||
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Round 15
Dempo Sports Club | 3–0 | Mumbai FC |
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Air-India | ||
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Mahindra United | 0–0 | JCT FC |
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Mohammedan Sporting Club | ||
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Churchill Brothers SC | ||
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Round 16
Dempo Sports Club | ||
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Vasco Sports Club | ||
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Odafe Onyeka Okolie 42' 50' 57' 82' 89' 90' |
Mohammedan Sporting Club | ||
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Chirag United Sports Club | ||
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Ayeni Bidemi Daniel 38' |
East Bengal | 3–0 | Mohun Bagan AC |
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Syed Rahim Nabi 22', 40' Chhetri 47' |
Attendance: 90,000
Sporting Clube de Goa | ||
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Round 17
Churchill Brothers SC | ||
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Chirag United Sports Club | ||
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Air-India | ||
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Kalia Kulothungan 38' | Emmanuel Ovieghara |
Cooperage, Mumbai
Mohammedan Sporting Club | ||
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Nirmal Chhetri 48'; Chhetri 54' | Okoro 4'; Eugene Gray |
Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
Referee: Shaji Kurian
Vasco Sports Club | ||
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Round 18
Churchill Brothers SC | 3–1 | Mohun Bagan AC |
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Odafe Onyeka Okolie 45', Ogba Kalu Nnanna 57', 77' |
Jose Ramirez Barreto 28' |
Referee: Pradeep Kumar (Tamil Nadu)
Sporting Clube de Goa | 2–1 | Dempo SC |
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East Bengal | ||
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C.Edeh 54' 70' | Sunil Chetri 50' |
Chirag United Sports Club | ||
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Air-India | ||
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Vasco Sports Club | 1–2 | Mumbai FC |
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Kalia Kulothungan 89',Abhishek Yadav 10' |
Round 19
Mahindra United | ||
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Sushil Kumar Singh 56' |
Mohammedan Sporting Club | ||
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East Bengal | ||
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J. Pereira 64' | I. Addo 42' |
Churchill Brothers SC | ||
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Anees Kutty 15' |
Chirag United Sports Club | 0–0 | Dempo SC |
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Round 20
Sporting Clube de Goa | ||
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Paul M. Nwachukwu 11', Jagpreet singh 81' |
Mohammedan Sporting Club | 2–0 | Mumbai FC |
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Satyajit Bose 14' |
Vasco Sports Club | ||
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Singam Subash Singh 67' |
Mahindra United | ||
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Arata izumi 1',Sushil Kumar Singh 65' |
Chirag United Sports Club | 1–2 | Mohun Bagan AC |
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Round 21
Churchill Brothers SC | ||
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Mahindra United | ||
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Chirag United Sports Club | ||
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Mohammedan Sporting Club | ||
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Vasco Sports Club | ||
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Round 22
Sporting Clube de Goa | ||
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Mahindra United | 2–1 | Mohun Bagan AC |
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Chirag United Sports Club | ||
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Top scorers
- As of 23 March 2009
Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
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1 | Odafe Onyeka Okolie
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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
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Air India | 7 |
Sushil Kumar Singh | Mahindra United
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Kalia Kulothungan | Mumbai | ||
Junior Obagbemiro | Sporting Goa
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12 | Baichung Bhutia
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Mohun Bagan
|
6 |
Ogba Kalu Nnanna | Churchill Brothers
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Joseph Pereira | Sporting Goa
|