I-League 2008-09

Infobox sports season
title =I-League 2008-09
league =I-League
sport =Association football
logo =I-League_logo.png pixels =100px
duration =2008-2009
no_of_teams =12
attendance =
TV =Zee Sports
season =I-League season
season_champs =TBA
season_champ_name=Champions
league_champs =TBA
league_champ_name=Premiers
top_scorer =TBA
season_champ2_name=Champions
seasonslist =List of I-League seasons
seasonslistnames =I-League
prevseason_link =I-League 2007-08
prevseason_year =2007-08
nextseason_link =I-League 2009-10
nextseason_year =2009-10

The I-League 2008-2009 season will begin on September 26, 2008 and go until April 15, 2009 with a break in December for the Federation Cup and Durand Cup. Also, most games this season will be played on Saturday's and Sunday's to attract a larger crowd. After a successful first season for the I League, the second season will feature 12 teams from four different cities. The top team in the I-League will qualify for the AFC Cup club championships in 2010, while the bottom two teams will be relegated to I-League 2nd Division in the next season.

Regular Season

Home and away season

Round 1

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date = September 26, 2008
18:30 IST
team1 = East Bengal Club
score = 3 – 1
report =

team2 = Chirag United Sports Club
goals1 = I Surkumar Singh goal|10|
Yakubu Yusif goal|19
Sunil Chetri goal|28
goals2 = Shankar Oraon goal|79
stadium = Barasat Stadium
attendance =
referee = S Suresh----footballbox
bg = #eeeeee
date = September 26, 2008
16:00 IST
team1 = Vasco Sports Club
score = 0 – 1
report =
team2 = Sporting Clube de Goa
goals1 =
goals2 = Elijah Obagbemiro Jr goal|90+1|
stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
attendance =
referee = Minangshu Bhattacharya----footballbox
bg = #eeeeee
date = September 27, 2008
18:30 IST
team1 = Mohun Bagan
score = 1 – 2
report =
team2 = Mumbai FC
goals1 = Pachau Lalam Puia goal|77
goals2 = Abel Hammond goal|9
Kalia Kulothungan goal|24
stadium = Barasat Stadium
attendance =
referee = A Arjunan----footballbox
bg = #eeeeee
date = September 27, 2008
16:00 IST
team1 = Churchill Bros
score = 2 – 1
report =
team2 = Mahindra United
goals1 = Odafe Onyeka Okolie goal|61 goal|88
goals2 = Sushil Kumar Singh goal|83
stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
attendance =
referee = Pratap Singh----footballbox
bg = #eeeeee
date = September 28, 2008
16:00 IST
team1 = Dempo Sports Club
score = 1 – 2
report =
team2 = JCT FC
goals1 = Nicolau Borges goal|77
goals2 = E. da Silva Escobar goal|17
Balwant Singh goal|64
stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
attendance =
referee = Pradeep Kumar----footballbox
bg = #eeeeee
date = September 29, 2008
18:30 IST
team1 = Mohammedan Sporting Club
score = 1 – 1
report =
team2 = Air-India
goals1 = Theodore S Wrobeh goal|59
goals2 = Surojit Roy goal|23
stadium = Barasat Stadium
attendance =
referee = Francisco Fernandes

Round 2

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bg = #eeeeee
date = September 30, 2008
18:30 IST
team1 = East Bengal Club
score = 0 - 1
report =

team2 = Mumbai FC
goals1 =
goals2 = FELIX goal|23
stadium = Salt Lake Stadium
attendance =
referee = A Arjunan----footballbox
bg = #eeeeee
date = October 2, 2008
16:00 IST
team1 = Vasco Sports Club
score = 0 - 0
report =
team2 = JCT FC
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
attendance =
referee = ----footballbox
bg = #eeeeee
date = October 3, 2008
18:30 IST
team1 = Mohun Bagan
score = 1 - 1
report =
team2 = Air-India
goals1 = Branco Cordozo goal|70
goals2 = Soccor Velho goal|43
stadium = Salt Lake Stadium
attendance =
referee =----footballbox
bg = #eeeeee
date = October 4, 2008
16:00 IST
team1 = Sporting Clube de Goa
score = 3 – 0
report =
team2 = Mohammedan Sporting Club
goals1 = Elijah Obagbemiro Jr goal|63goal|77
Micky Fernandesgoal|76
goals2 =
stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
attendance =
referee = Dinesh Nair----footballbox
bg = #eeeeee
date = October 4, 2008
16:00 IST
team1 = Mahindra United
score = 1 – 3
report =
team2 = Chirag United Sports Club
goals1 = Sushil Kumar Singh goal|12|
goals2 = Subair Muritala Ali goal|46|
Gouranga Datta goal|52
Hardip Singh Saini goal|87
stadium = Cooperage Ground
attendance =
referee = ----footballbox
bg = #eeeeee
date = Match Postponed
team1 = Churchill Bros
score = –
report =
team2 = Dempo Sports Club
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
attendance =
referee =

Round 3

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bg = #eeeeee
date = October 11, 2008
16:00 IST
team1 = JCT FC
score = 2 – 0
report =
team2 = Mohammedan Sporting Club
goals1 = Baljeet Singh Saini goal|46
Eduardo Escober goal|68
goals2 =
stadium = Guru Nanak Dev Stadium
attendance =
referee = ----footballbox
bg = #eeeeee
date = October 11, 2008

team1 = Mahindra United
score = 0 – 1
report =
team2 = Mumbai FC
goals1 =
goals2 = K.Kulothungan goal|23
stadium = Cooperage Ground
attendance =
referee = ----footballbox
bg = #eeeeee
date = October 11, 2008
16:00 IST
team1 = Sporting Clube de Goa
score = 2 – 0
report =
team2 = Mohun Bagan
goals1 = Mohonraj "OG" goal|25
Nathaniel Amos goal|51

goals2 =
stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
attendance =
referee = ----footballbox
bg = #eeeeee
date = October 12, 2008
18:30 IST
team1 = Chirag United Sports Club
score = -
report =
team2 = Churchill Bros
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Salt Lake Stadium
attendance =
referee =----footballbox
bg = #eeeeee
date = October 12, 2008
18:30 IST
team1 = Air-India
score = –
report =
team2 = East Bengal Club
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Cooperage Ground
attendance =
referee = ----footballbox
bg = #eeeeee
date = October 12, 2008
16:00 IST
team1 = Dempo Sports Club
score = –
report =
team2 = Vasco Sports Club
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
attendance =
referee =

Round 4

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date = October 17, 2008

team1 = Mumbai FC
score = –
report =
team2 = Dempo SC
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Cooperage Ground
attendance =
referee = ----footballbox
bg = #eeeeee
date = October 18, 2008
16:00 IST
team1 = JCT FC
score = –
report =
team2 = Mahindra United
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Guru Nanak Dev Stadium
attendance =
referee = ----footballbox
bg = #eeeeee
date = October 18, 2008
18:30 IST
team1 = Air-India
score = –
report =
team2 = Chirag United Sports Club
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Cooperage Ground
attendance =
referee = ----footballbox
bg = #eeeeee
date = October 18, 2008
18:30 IST
team1 = East Bengal Club
score = –
report =

team2 = Vasco Sports Club
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Salt Lake Stadium
attendance =
referee = ----footballbox
bg = #eeeeee
date = October 19, 2008
18:30 IST
team1 = Mohammedan Sporting Club
score = -
report =
team2 = Mohun Bagan
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Salt Lake Stadium
attendance =
referee =----footballbox
bg = #eeeeee
date = October 19, 2008
16:00 IST
team1 = Churchill Bros
score = –
report =
team2 = Sporting Clube de Goa
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
attendance =
referee =

tanding

Leading scorers

External links

* [http://www.indianfootball.com/specials/ileague/index.php I League]