2014–15 I-League

Salgaocar 5–1 Bharat

(24 May 2015)

Mohun Bagan vs East Bengal)
(28 March 2015)
Average attendance	5,909
	← 2013–14 2015–16 → All statistics correct as of 31 May 2015.

The 2014–15 I-League (known as the

Mohun Bagan. Mohun Bagan scored a late equalising goal to win the championship by two points. It was to be their first I-League title and fourth Indian championship in total^[2]^[3]

Teams

The official number of teams for the new season will be eleven. After the success of the leagues first direct-entry side, Bengaluru FC, the All India Football Federation held bidding for new teams from 15 May to 2 June 2014 with cities such as Chennai and Ahmedabad in the running.^[4] At the same time the federation would review the AFC Club Licensing Criteria and any club which failed to pass the criteria will be banned from entering the league.^[4]
On 22 May 2014 the All India Football Federation officially announced that former I-League champions
United S.C had been axed from the 2014–15 season for failing to pass the club licensing criteria.^[5] Then, in August 2014, it was announced that the AIFF had awarded a direct-entry spot to the Kalyani Group and that they would start a team based in Pune.^[6] The team was officially launched in November 2014 as Bharat FC.^[7]

In terms of promotion and relegation,
Royal Wahingdoh were promoted after winning the 2014 I-League 2nd Division.^[8]^[9] This would be Wahingdoh's first season in the I-League after remaining unbeaten through the entire 2nd Division campaign.^[9]

Stadiums and locations

Pune
Bharat

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Locations of the 2014–15 I-League teams

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Team	Stadium	Capacity
Bengaluru	Sree Kanteerava Stadium	24,000
Bharat	Balewadi Sports Complex	22,000
Dempo	Fatorda Stadium	19,800
East Bengal	Salt Lake Stadium	68,000^[10]
Mohun Bagan	Salt Lake Stadium	68,000^[10]
Mumbai	Cooperage Ground	5,000
Pune	Balewadi Sports Complex	22,000
Royal Wahingdoh	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	30,000
Salgaocar	Fatorda Stadium	19,800
Shillong Lajong	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	30,000
Sporting Goa	Fatorda Stadium	19,800

Team	Head coach	Captain	Main Sponsor
Bengaluru	Ashley Westwood	Sunil Chhetri	JSW Group
Bharat	Stuart Watkiss	Gouramangi Singh	Kalyani Group
Dempo	Trevor Morgan	Calum Angus	Dempo
East Bengal	Eelco Schattorie	Harmanjot Khabra	Kingfisher
Mohun Bagan	Sanjoy Sen	Shilton Pal	McDowell's No.1
Mumbai	Khalid Jamil	Climax Lawrence	Playwin
Pune	Karim Bencherifa	Anas Edathodika	Peninsula
Royal Wahingdoh	Santosh Kashyap	Lalchhawnkima	Imperial Blue
Salgaocar	Derrick Pereira	Karanjit Singh	Salgaocar
Shillong Lajong	Thangboi Singto	Son Min-chol	Gionee
Sporting Goa	Mateus Costa	Anthony Wolfe	Models

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment
Mohun Bagan	Karim Bencherifa	Sacked	29 April 2014^[11]	Pre-season	Sankarlal Chakraborty	27 July 2014^[12]
Pune	Mike Snoei	Sacked	30 May 2014^[13]		Karim Bencherifa	10 June 2014^[14]
Royal Wahingdoh	Nandakumar Singh	Unknown	25 October 2014^[15]		Santosh Kashyap	25 October 2014^[15]
Bharat	New team				Stuart Watkiss	4 November 2014^[16]
Sporting Goa	Óscar Bruzón	Mutual Consent	4 December 2014^[17]		Mateus Costa	Unknown^[18]
Mohun Bagan	Sankarlal Chakraborty	Unknown	8 December 2014^[19]		Sanjoy Sen	8 December 2014^[19]
East Bengal	Armando Colaco	Sacked	19 February 2015^[20]	4th	Eelco Schattorie	19 February 2015^[21]
Dempo	Arthur Papas	Mutual Consent	2 March 2015^[22]	8th	Trevor Morgan	3 March 2015^[23]

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	AFC Player
Bengaluru	John Johnson	Josh Walker	Curtis Osano	Sean Rooney
Bharat	Romuald Boco	Bobby Hassell	Kris Bright	Omar Jarun
Dempo	Zohib Islam Amiri	Carlos Hernández	Calum Angus	Tolgay Özbey
East Bengal	Leo Bertos	Ranti Martins	Dudu Omagbemi	Milan Susak
Mohun Bagan	Pierre Boya	Sony Norde	Bello Razaq	Katsumi Yusa
Mumbai	Josimar	Chika Wali		Taisuke Matsugae
Pune	Luciano Sabrosa	Darko Nikač	Edgar Marcelino	Ryuji Sueoka
Royal Wahingdoh	Bekay Bewar	Loveday Enyinnaya	Densill Theobald	Kim Seng-yong
Salgaocar	Douhou Pierre	Darryl Duffy	Francis Kasonde	Khaled Baleid
Shillong Lajong	Uilliams	Penn Orji	Cornell Glen	Son Min-chol
Sporting Goa	Odafa Okolie	Miguel Garcia	Anthony Wolfe	Mahmoud Amnah

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mohun Bagan (C)	20	11	6	3	33	16	+17	39	Qualification for AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
2	Bengaluru	20	10	7	3	35	19	+16	37	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage^[a]
3	Royal Wahingdoh	20	8	6	6	27	27	0	30
4	East Bengal	20	8	5	7	30	28	+2	29^[b]
5	Pune	20	8	5	7	24	26	−2	29^[b]
6	Mumbai	20	5	9	6	22	27	−5	24^[c]
7	Salgaocar	20	7	3	10	25	27	−2	24^[c]
8	Sporting Goa	20	5	8	7	22	27	−5	23^[d]
9	Shillong Lajong	20	6	5	9	34	29	+5	23^[d]
10	Dempo (R)	20	3	10	7	15	26	−11	19	Relegation to I-League 2nd Division
11	Bharat	20	4	6	10	13	28	−15	18	^[e]

2014–15 I-League

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

Head coaching changes

Foreign players

League table

Results

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Top Indian Scorers

Hat-tricks

Discipline

Fair play

Awards

AIFF Awards

See also

References

External links

Home \ Away	BFC	KBFC	DEM	EB	MB	MUM	PFC	RWFC	SFC	SLFC	SCG
Bengaluru		1–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–3	3–1	2–0	4–1
Bharat	0–2		0–0	0–3	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–0
Dempo	1–1	0–0		1–5	1–1	0–0	1–2	3–2	0–0	0–2	3–0
East Bengal	1–0	1–1	3–1		1–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–2
Mohun Bagan	4–1	2–0	2–0	1–0		3–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	2–0
Mumbai	1–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–1		1–1	2–1	3–0	0–6	0–0
Pune	0–2	1–1	0–0	2–3	0–2	3–2		1–0	1–0	5–2	1–1
Royal Wahingdoh	0–4	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–2	1–1	2–0		4–2	1–1	2–0
Salgaocar	0–1	5–1	2–0	3–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	0–1		2–1	0–2
Shillong Lajong	1–1	3–1	3–0	5–1	3–4	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–3		1–2
Sporting Goa	1–3	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	4–0	0–0	0–2	1–1