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{{Short description|5th season of the I-League 2nd Division}}
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The '''2012 [[I-League 2nd Division]]''' was the fifth season of the league. The league serves as the second top tier of [[Football in India|Indian Football]], using [[promotion and relegation]] with the [[I-League]], which is top tier league of India.

==Stadiums==
The 2012 I-League 2nd Division will be played in 4 stadiums. Three of the Stadiums will be used for the Group Stage and one for the Final Stage.

The stadiums that will be used in the group stage are the [[Barabati Stadium]] (Orissa), [[Ambedkar Stadium]] (New Delhi) and the [[Satindra Mohan Dev Stadium]] (Assam).

==Team overview==
===Teams and locations===
{{location map+ |India |float=right |width=400 |caption=Location of teams in the 2012 I-League 2nd Division |places=
{{location map~ |India |lat=27.20 |long=88.37 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;">[[United Sikkim F.C.|United Sikkim]]</div>|position=right}}
{{location map~ |India |lat=9.58 |long=76.26 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;">[[Golden Threads F.C.|Golden Threads]]</div>|position=left}}
{{location map~ |India |lat=9.59 |long=76.17 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;">[[Eagles F.C.|Eagles]]</div>|position=right}}
{{location map~ |India |lat=12.01 |long=75.17 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;">[[Quartz S.C.|Quartz]]</div>|position=left}}
{{location map~ |India |lat=18.58 |long=72.70 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;">[[PIFA F.C.|PIFA]]</div>|position=left}}
{{location map~ |India |lat=15.24 |long=73.80 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;">[[Vasco S.C.|Vasco]]</div>|position=left}}
{{location map~ |India |lat=25.34 |long=91.53 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;">[[Ar-Hima F.C.|Ar-Hima]]</div>|position=right}}
{{location map~ |India |lat=23.25 |long=92.56 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;">[[Luangmual F.C.|Luangmual]]</div>|position=right}}
{{location map~ |India |lat=22.34 |long=88.22 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;">[[Techno Aryan F.C.|Techno Aryan]]</div>|position=left}}
{{location map~ |India |lat=22.34 |long=88.22 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;">[[Bhawanipore F.C.|Bhawanipore]]</div>|position=right}}
{{location map~ |India |lat=20.40 |long=84.35 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;">[[Samaleswari S.C.|Samaleswari]]</div>|position=left}}
{{location map~ |India |lat=22.34 |long=88.22 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;">[[Mohammedan Sporting Club (Kolkata)|Mahammedan]]</div>|position=top}}
{{location map~ |India |lat=26.11 |long=91.44 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;">[[Gauhati Town Club|Guwahati]]</div>|position=right}}
{{location map~ |India |lat=23.25 |long=92.56 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;">[[Aizawl F.C.|Aizawl]]</div>|position=top}}
{{location map~ |India |lat=18.58 |long=72.70 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;">[[Kenkre F.C.|Kenkre]]</div>|position=right}}
{{location map~ |India |lat=25.34 |long=91.53 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;">[[Royal Wahingdoh F.C.|Royal Wahingdoh]]</div>|position=left}}
{{location map~ |India |lat=28.36 |long=77.12 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;">[[Simla Youngs F.C.|Simla Youngs]]</div>|position=left}}
{{location map~ |India |lat=12.58 |long=77.34 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;">[[KGF Academy]]</div>|position=right}}
{{location map~ |India |lat=24.34 |long=85.22 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;">[[Kalighat F.C.|Kalighat]]</div>|position=left}}
{{location map~ |India |lat=22.34 |long=88.22 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;">[[Southern Samity]]</div>|position=bottom}}
{{location map~ |India |lat=15.24 |long=73.80 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;">[[SESA Football Academy|SESA]]</div>|position=right}}
{{location map~ |India |lat=26.11 |long=91.44 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;">[[Green Valley F.C.|Green Valley]]</div>|position=left}}
{{location map~ |India |lat=25.34 |long=91.53 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;">[[Langsning F.C.|Langsning]]</div>|position=bottom}}

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{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Team
! Location
|-
|[[Ar-Hima F.C.|Ar-Hima]] || [[Shillong]], [[Meghalaya]]
|-
|[[Aizawl F.C.|Aizawl]] || [[Aizawl]], [[Mizoram]]
|-
|[[Bhawanipore F.C.|Bhawanipore]] || [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]]
|-
|[[Eagles F.C.|Eagles]] || [[Ernakulam]], [[Kerala]]
|-
|[[Golden Threads F.C.|Golden Threads]] || [[Kochi]], [[Kerala]]
|-
|[[Green Valley F.C.|Green Valley]] || [[Guwahati]], [[Assam]]
|-
|[[Gauhati Town Club]] || [[Guwahati]], [[Assam]]
|-
|[[Kalighat Milan Sangha F.C.|Kalighat]] || [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]]
|-
|[[Kenkre F.C.|Kenkre]] || [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]]
|-
|[[KGF Academy]] || [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]]
|-
|[[Langsning F.C.|Langsning]] || [[Shillong]], [[Meghalaya]]
|-
|[[Luangmual F.C.|Luangmual]] || [[Aizawl]], [[Mizoram]]
|-
|[[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]] || [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]]
|-
|[[PIFA F.C.|PIFA]] || [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]]
|-
|[[Quartz S.C.|Quartz]] || [[Calicut]], [[Kerala]]
|-
|[[Royal Wahingdoh F.C.|Royal Wahingdoh]] || [[Shillong]], [[Meghalaya]]
|-
|[[Samaleswari S.C.|Salameswari]] || [[Bhubaneswar]], [[Orissa, India|Orissa]]
|-
|[[Simla Youngs F.C.|Simla Youngs]] || [[New Delhi]]
|-
|[[SESA Football Academy|SESA]] || [[Vasco de Gama]], [[Goa]]
|-
|[[Southern Samity]] || [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]]
|-
|[[Techno Aryan F.C.|Techno Aryan]] || [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]]
|-
|[[United Sikkim F.C.|United Sikkim]] || [[Gangtok]], [[Sikkim]]
|-
|[[Vasco S.C.|Vasco]] || [[Vasco de Gama]], [[Goa]]
|}

===Personnel and sponsoring===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
! Team
! Manager
! Team captain
! Kit Sponsor
! Kit Maker
|-
|Ar-Hima
|{{flagicon|IND}} Subrata Bhattacharyya
|TBA
|TBA
|[[Adidas]]
|-
|Aizawl
|TBA
|TBA
|TBA
|TBA
|-
|Bhawanipore
|{{flagicon|IND}} Debjit Ghosh
|TBA
|TBA
|TBA
|-
|Eagles
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Jo Paul Ancheri]]
|{{flagicon|IND}} Saji Joy
|TBA
|TBA
|-
|Golden Threads
|TBA
|TBA
|TBA
|[[Adidas]]
|-
|Green Valley
|{{flagicon|IND}} Mridul Banerjee
|TBA
|TBA
|TBA
|-
|Gauhati Town Club
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Juliano Fontana]]
|TBA
|TBA
|TBA
|-
|Kalighat
|TBA
|TBA
|TBA
|TBA
|-
|Kenkre
|{{flagicon|IND}} Floyd Pinto
|TBA
|TBA
|TBA
|-
|KGF Academy
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Raman Vijayan]]
|TBA
|TBA
|TBA
|-
|Langsning
|{{flagicon|IND}} L Darlong
|TBA
|TBA
|TBA
|-
|Luangmaul
|TBA
|TBA
|TBA
|[[Adidas]]
|-
|Mohammedan
|{{flagicon|IND}} Aloke Mukherjee
|{{flagicon|NGA}} Stanley Okoroigwe
|EMTA
|[[Reebok]]
|-
|PIFA
|{{flagicon|IND}} Nirvan Shah
|TBA
|TBA
|TBA
|-
|Quartz
|{{flagicon|Germany}}Frank Braner
|TBA
|TBA
|TBA
|-
|Royal Wahingdoh
|{{flagicon|IND}} Carlton Chapman
|{{flagicon|IND}} Seityasen Singh
|Imperial Blue
|[[Uhlsport]]
|-
|Samaleswari
|TBA
|TBA
|TBA
|TBA
|-
|Simla Youngs
|{{flagicon|IND}} Manoj Chaudhary
|TBA
|TBA
|TBA
|-
|SESA
|{{flagicon|NGA}} Clifford Chukwuma 
|TBA
|[[Sesa Goa|SESA]]
|TBA
|-
|Southern Samity
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Shabbir Ali]]
|{{flagicon|IND}} Franchis Xavier
|Five Star Samity
|[[Nike Inc.|Nike]]
|-
|Techno Aryan
|{{flagicon|IND}} Raghu Nandi
|TBA
|Techno India Group
|TBA
|-
|United Sikkim
|{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Philippe De Ridder]]
|{{flagicon|IND}} Nim Lepcha
|EMTA
|[[Nike Inc.|Nike]]
|-
|Vasco
|{{flagicon|IND}} Robert Fernandes
|TBA
|TBA
|TBA
|}

===Managerial Changes===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Team
!Outgoing manager
!Manner of departure
!Date of vacancy
!Position in table
!Incoming manager
!Date of appointment
|-
| United Sikkim
| {{flagicon|IND}} {{sortname|Stanley|Rozario}}
| Sacked
| 3 December 2011<ref>{{cite news
 |title=Belgium’s Rider joins United Sikkim Football Club as a coach 
 |url=http://isikkim.com/2011-12-belgium%E2%80%99s-rider-joins-united-sikkim-football-club-as-a-coach-03-2/ 
 |work=I Sikkim 
 |publisher=I Sikkim 
 |date=3 December 2011 
 |access-date=24 December 2011 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127090601/http://isikkim.com/2011-12-belgium%E2%80%99s-rider-joins-united-sikkim-football-club-as-a-coach-03-2/
 |archive-date=27 January 2013
}}</ref>
| Pre-season
| {{flagicon|Belgium}} {{sortname|Philippe|De Ridder|Philippe De Ridder}}
| 3 December 2011
|-
| Quartz
|colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |''New Club''
| Pre-Season
| {{flagicon|Germany}} Frank Braner
| 1 January 2012
|}

==Group stage==
===Group A===
Group A will take place at the [[Barabati Stadium]] in [[Orissa, India|Orissa]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width="175"|Team
!width="20"|{{Tooltip| Pld | Played}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip| W | Won}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip| D | Drawn}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip| L | Lost}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip| GF | Goals for}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip| GA | Goals against}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip| GD | Goal difference}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip| Pts | Points}}
!width="20"| Qualification
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left| [[Royal Wahingdoh F.C.|Royal Wahingdoh]]
|7||5||2||0||18||7||+11||'''17''' || Final Round
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left| [[Kalighat F.C.|Kalighat]]
|7||5||1||1||20||6||+14||'''16''' || Final Round
|-
|align=left| [[SESA Football Academy|SESA]]
|7||4||2||1||15||9||+6||'''14'''
|- 
|align=left| [[Techno Aryan F.C.|Techno Aryan]]
|7||2||3||2||13||8||+5||'''9''' 
|-
|align=left| [[Samaleswari S.C.|Samaleswari]]
|7||2||2||3||13||14||-1||'''8''' 
|- 
|align=left| [[Kenkre F.C.|Kenkre]]
|7||2||1||4||2||16||-14||'''7'''
|-
|align=left| [[Gauhati Town Club]]
|7||2||0||5||11||14||-3||'''6''' 
|-
|align=left| [[Quartz S.C.|Quartz]]
|7||0||1||6||4||29||-25||'''1''' 
|}

===Group B===
Group B will take place at the [[Ambedkar Stadium]] in [[New Delhi]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width="175"|Team
!width="20"|{{Tooltip| Pld | Played}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip| W | Won}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip| D | Drawn}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip| L | Lost}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip| GF | Goals for}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip| GA | Goals against}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip| GD | Goal difference}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip| Pts | Points}}
!width="20"| Qualification
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left| [[Mohammedan Sporting Club (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]]
|7||6||1||0||15||4||+11||'''19''' || Final Round
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left| [[Vasco S.C.|Vasco]]
|7||5||1||1||16||6||+10||'''16''' || Final Round
|-
|align=left| [[Langsning F.C.|Langsning]]
|7||4||1||2||10||8||+2||'''13''' 
|-
|align=left| [[KGF Academy]]
|7||3||0||4||15||13||+2||'''9''' 
|-
|align=left| [[Simla Youngs F.C.|Simla Youngs]]
|7||1||4||2||8||9||-1||'''7'''
|-
|align=left| [[Golden Threads F.C.|Golden Threads]]
|7||2||1||4||12||18||-6||'''7''' 
|-
|align=left| [[Luangmual F.C.|Luangmaul]]
|7||1||2||4||8||17||-9||'''5''' 
|-
|align=left| [[PIFA F.C.|PIFA]]
|7||0||2||5||5||14||-9||'''2''' 
|- 
|}

===Group C===
Group C will take place at the [[Satindra Mohan Dev Stadium]] in [[Assam]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width="175"|Team
!width="20"|{{Tooltip| Pld | Played}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip| W | Won}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip| D | Drawn}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip| L | Lost}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip| GF | Goals for}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip| GA | Goals against}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip| GD | Goal difference}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip| Pts | Points}}
!width="30"| Qualification
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left| [[United Sikkim F.C.|United Sikkim]]
|6||4||1||1||18||11|||+7||'''13''' || Final Round
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left| [[Aizawl F.C.|Aizawl]]
|6||4||1||1||11||4||+7||'''13''' || Final Round
|-
|align=left| [[Ar-Hima F.C.|Ar-Hima]]
|6||3||2||1||18||12||+6||'''11'''
|-
|align=left| [[Green Valley F.C.|Green Valley]]
|6||1||5||0||11||10||1||'''8''' 
|-
|align=left| [[Southern Samity]]
|6||1||2||3||8||10||-2||'''5''' 
|-
|align=left| [[Bhawanipore F.C.|Bhawanipore]]
|6||0||3||3||8||11||-3||'''3''' 
|-
|align=left| [[Eagles F.C.|Eagles]]
|6||1||0||5||4||20||-16||'''3''' 
|-
|}

==Final round==
{{main|2012 I-League 2nd Division Final Round}}
The Final Round of the 2012 I-League 2nd Division will take place between six teams from the group stage in a single table format in which each team plays each other once at home and once away from home.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://the-aiff.com/pages/news/index.php?Me_Id%3D193 |title = :::: THE AIFF ::::  |access-date=2012-02-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203113613/http://www.the-aiff.com/pages/news/index.php?Me_Id=193 |archive-date=2012-02-03 }}</ref>
{{:2012 I-League 2nd Division Final Round}}

==Statistics==
''Updated: 20 February 2012''

=== Top goalscorers ===
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Rank
!Player
!Club
!Goals
|-
|1
|align="left"|{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Emmanuel Okoro]]
|align="left"|KGF Academy
|style="text-align:center;"|9 
|-
|2
|align="left"|{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Akabougu C.]]
|align="left"|Golden Threads
|style="text-align:center;"|5 
|-
|3
|align="left"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Angelo Colaco]]
|align="left"|Vasco
|style="text-align:center;"|4
|-
|rowspan="6"|4
|align="left"|{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Daniel Bedemi]]
|align="left"|United Sikkim
|rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|3
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Andrew Jgado]]
|align="left"|Vasco
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Salau Nuruddin]]
|align="left"|Green Valley
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Olatunde Komolafe]]
|align="left"|Kenkre
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[P. Biswas]]
|align="left"|Kalighat
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Liberia}} [[Alfred Jaryan]]
|align="left"|Mohammedan
|-
|9
|colspan="3"|''12 players on 1 goal''
|-
|}

===Hat-tricks===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Player|| For !! Against !! align=center| Result !! Date
|-
| {{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Salau Nuruddin]] || Green Valley || United Sikkim  || [http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=feb0912/sports06 3–3] || 8 February 2012
|-
| {{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Andrew Jgado]] || Vasco || Golden Threads || [https://web.archive.org/web/20120213003610/http://www.the-aiff.com/pages/news/index.php?N_Id=3015 5–1] || 11 February 2012
|-
| {{flagicon|India}} [[P. Biswas]] || Kalighat || Quartz || 9–0 || 17 February 2012
|-
| {{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Akabougu C.]] || Golden Threads || Luangmaul || 4–3 || 17 February 2012
|-
| {{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Emmanuel Okoro]]<sup>7</sup> || KGF Academy || Luangmaul || [https://archive.today/20130203152307/http://the-aiff.com/pages/news/index.php?N_Id=3027 7–1] || 19 February 2012 
|}

* <sup>7</sup> <small> Player scored 7 goals</small>

===Scoring===
* First goal of the season: '''[[Stanley Cyprian]]''' for Mohammedan against KGF Academy (1 February 2012)<ref>{{cite news |title=Mohammedan reign supreme; PIFA drew with Vasco |url=http://the-aiff.com/pages/news/index.php?N_Id=2990 |work=the-aiff.com |publisher=All India Football Federation |date=1 February 2012 |access-date=1 February 2012}}</ref>
* Fastest goal of the season: '''15 minutes''' – [[Isa Ali]] for Vasco against PIFA (1 February 2012)<ref>{{cite news |title=Mohammedan reign supreme; PIFA drew with Vasco |url=http://the-aiff.com/pages/news/index.php?N_Id=2990 |work=the-aiff.com |publisher=All India Football Federation |date=1 February 2012 |access-date=1 February 2012}}</ref>
* Most goals in a game: '''9 goals'''
** [[United Sikkim F.C.|United Sikkim]] 7–2 [[Eagles F.C.|Eagles]] (5 February 2012)
** [[Quartz S.C.|Quartz]] 0–9 [[Kalighat F.C.|Kalighat]] (17 February 2012)
* Most goals scored in a game by one team: '''9 goals''' – [[Kalighat F.C.|Kalighat]] 9–0 [[Quartz S.C.|Quartz]] (17 February 2012)

==References==
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