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{{Infobox football league season
| winners = [[Tata Football Academy]]
| biggest home win=
| biggest away win=
| highest scoring = [[Salgaocar FC]] 1-5 [[Mohun Bagan Super Giant Reserves and Academy|Mohun Bagan SAIL]] (''Group Stage'')
| total goals =
| average goals =
| longest wins =
| longest unbeaten=
| prevseason =
| nextseason = [[2010 I-League U19|2010]]
}}

The '''2008 I-League U19''' was the first edition of the [[I-League U19]] as replacement for the [[National Football League (Under-19)]] which was folded before.

The tournament was held in September 2008 in [[Jamshedpur]], [[Jharkhand]] with the [[I-League]] and [[I-League 2|I-League 2nd Division]] youth teams and academies.

All teams played the other teams in their group once and the group winners (4 group winners) and second placed (4 second placed) play in the quarterfinals. The winner qualifies for the semifinals and its winners play in the final. The [[Tata Football Academy]] won the first edition of the youth league.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tatafootballacademy.com/accolades.asp |title=Tata FA achievements}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/seasons/2008-09ilj.html |title=I-League U19 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kolkatafootball.com/i-league_u19_2008.htm |title=I-League U19 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/news/m200809.html |title=I-League U19 2008}}</ref>

==Group stage==
The 16 participating teams were divided into four groups and played against each other. The group winner and the second placed made it to the next round.

=== Group A ===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GD
!width=20|Pts
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|'''[[Mahindra United F.C.|Mahindra United]]'''
|3||2||0||1||10||4||+6||'''6'''
|-
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|[[Sesa Football Academy|SESA]]
|3||2||0||1||6||6||0||'''6'''
|-
|align=left|[[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]]
|3||1||1||1||4||4||0||'''4'''
|-
|align=left|[[Vasco S.C.|Vasco]]
|3||0||1||2||2||8||−6||'''1'''
|}

=== Group B ===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GD
!width=20|Pts
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|'''[[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]]'''
|3||2||1||0||6||2||+4||'''7'''
|-
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|[[Sporting Clube de Goa]]
|3||1||1||1||4||3||+1||'''4'''
|-
|align=left|[[United SC|Chirag United]]
|3||1||0||2||3||6||-3||'''3'''
|-
|align=left|[[Pune FC Academy|Pune]]
|3||0||2||1||2||4||−2||'''2'''
|}

=== Group C ===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GD
!width=20|Pts
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|'''[[Tata Football Academy|Tata]]'''
|3||3||0||0||10||0||+10||'''9'''
|-
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|[[East Bengal FC Reserves and Academy|East Bengal]]
|3||2||0||1||5||6||-6||'''6'''
|-
|align=left|[[Mumbai F.C.|Mumbai]]
|3||1||0||2||3||6||-3||'''3'''
|-
|align=left|[[Churchill Brothers FC Goa|Churchill Brothers]]
|3||0||0||3||1||7||−6||'''0'''
|}

=== Group D ===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GD
!width=20|Pts
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|'''[[Mohun Bagan Super Giant Reserves and Academy|Mohun Bagan SAIL]]'''
|3||3||0||0||8||2||+6||'''9'''
|-
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|[[JCT Football Academy|JCT]]
|3||1||1||1||3||3||0||'''4'''
|-
|align=left|[[Salgaocar FC]]
|3||1||0||2||4||8||-4||'''3'''
|-
|align=left|[[Air India F.C.|Air India]]
|3||0||1||2||1||3||−2||'''1'''
|}

==Final round==

===Quarterfinals===
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|team2 = [[Sporting Clube de Goa]]
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|date = {{Start date|2008|09|14|df=y}}
|team1 = [[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]]
|score = 2-1
|team2 = [[Sesa Football Academy|SESA]]
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{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|2008|09|15|df=y}}
|team1 = [[Tata Football Academy|Tata]]
|score = 4-1
|team2 = [[JCT Football Academy|JCT]]
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{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|2008|09|15|df=y}}
|team1 = [[Mohun Bagan Super Giant Reserves and Academy|Mohun Bagan SAIL]]
|score = 2-1
|team2 = [[East Bengal FC Reserves and Academy|East Bengal]]
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===Semifinals===
{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|2008|09|17|df=y}}
|team1 = [[Sporting Clube de Goa]]
|score = 3-2
|team2 = [[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]]
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{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|2008|09|18|df=y}}
|team1 = [[Tata Football Academy|Tata]]
|score = 1-1
|team2 = [[Mohun Bagan Super Giant Reserves and Academy|Mohun Bagan SAIL]]
|score2 =
|aet = 2-2
|penaltyscore = 7-6
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}}

===Finals===
{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|2008|09|19|df=y}}
|team1 = [[Sporting Clube de Goa]]
|score = 1-3
|team2 = [[Tata Football Academy|Tata]]
|score2 =
|aet =
|report =
|goals1 =
* Roy Colaco {{goal|68}}
|goals2 =
* Jagdeep Singh {{goal|8}}
* Niroshan Mani {{goal|53}}
* Jagtar Singh {{goal|77}}
|stadium =
|location =
|attendance =
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Youth League U18}}
{{Indian football league seasons}}
{{2008–09 in Indian football}}

[[Category:2008–09 in Indian football]]
[[Category:I-League U19 seasons]]

2008 I-League U19 - Revision history

TomOcampo9313 at 09:34, 24 August 2025