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The 2011–12 I-League is the fifth season of the I-League, the topmost level of the Indian football pyramid. The season began in October 2011 and ended in May 2012. Salgaocar are the defending champions, having won their maiden title in the previous season.
The current edition has a total of 14 teams contesting for the honors. These include the top twelve teams from the 2010–11 season along with the two promoted sides, Shillong Lajong and Sporting Clube de Goa, who had been the winner and the runner-up in the 2011 I-League 2nd Division respectively.
Teams
According to the AIFF's rules, the two bottom-most teams from the 2010–11 season-ending points table were supposed to be relegated to the second tier, but in actuality, only ONGC FC were relegated after their second to last place finish, while the team finishing the last, JCT FC decided to disband their senior football team at the close of the session.
Shillong Lajong FC and Sporting Clube de Goa, the Champions & Runner-up respectively, of the 2011 I-League 2nd Division, were promoted to the I-League after being relegated only the previous year.
Stadiums and locations
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air India | Mumbai | Cooperage Ground | Template:Nts |
| Chirag United Club Kerala | Kozhikode | Kaloor International Stadium | Template:Nts |
| Churchill Brothers | Salcette | Fatorda Stadium | Template:Nts |
| Dempo | Panjim | Fatorda Stadium | Template:Nts |
| East Bengal | Kolkata | Salt Lake Stadium | Template:Nts |
| HAL | Bangalore | Bangalore Football Stadium | Template:Nts |
| Mohun Bagan | Kolkata | Salt Lake Stadium | Template:Nts |
| Mumbai | Mumbai | Cooperage Ground | Template:Nts |
| Pailan Arrows | Kolkata | Salt Lake Stadium | Template:Nts |
| Prayag United | Kolkata | Salt Lake Stadium | Template:Nts |
| Pune | Pune | Balewadi Sports Complex | Template:Nts |
| Salgaocar | Vasco | Fatorda Stadium | Template:Nts |
| Shillong Lajong | Shillong | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | Template:Nts |
| Sporting Clube de Goa | Panjim | Fatorda Stadium | Template:Nts |
Managerial changes
In chronological order from the bottom
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohun Bagan | Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname | Caretaker | 1 June 2011 | Pre-season | Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname | 19 July 2011 |
| Churchill Brothers | Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname | Caretaker | 1 June 2011 | Pre-season | Template:Flagicon Manuel Gomes | 9 June 2011 |
| Pailan Arrows | Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname | Sacked | 13 August 2011 | Pre-season | Template:Flagicon Sukhwinder Singh | 13 August 2011 |
| Chirag United Club Kerala | Template:Flagicon P. K. Unnikrishnan | Sacked | 1 October 2011 | Pre-season | Template:Flagicon Pakir Ali | 2 October 2011 |
| Mohun Bagan | Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname | Resigned | 15 October 2011 | Pre-Season | Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname | 18 October 2011 |
| Pailan Arrows | Template:Flagicon Sukhwinder Singh | Resigned | 7 February 2012 | 13th | Template:Flagicon Sujit Chakravarty | 8 February 2012 |
| Churchill Brothers | Template:Flagicon Manuel Gomes | Sacked | 14 February 2012 | 5th | Template:Flagicon Carlos Roberto Pereira | 15 February 2012 |
| Chirag United Club Kerala | Template:Flagicon Pakir Ali | Sacked | 18 February 2012 | 12th | Template:Flagicon Biswajit Bhattacharya | 18 February 2012 |
Foreign players
Ownership changes
| Club | New owner | Previous owner | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pailan Arrows | Template:Flagicon Pailan Group | Template:Flagicon All India Football Federation | Template:Dts[1] |
| Prayag United | Template:Flagicon Prayag Group | Template:Flagicon RP-Chirag | Template:Dts[2] |
| Chirag United Club Kerala | Template:Flagicon Chirag Computers | Template:Flagicon Viva Kerala Group | Template:Dts[3] |
| Shillong Lajong | Template:Flagicon Anglian Holdings (20% stake)1 | Template:Dts[4] | |
- 1: Anglian Holdings only brought 20% in Shillong Lajong. The rest of the club is still owned by Shillong Lajong plc.
League table
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Season charity
IMG Reliance and the I-League have joined hands with the polio eradication campaign India Unite to End Polio Now. IUEPN is an initiative of Aidmatrix Foundation, supported by UNICEF, and a collaborative effort between the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), World Health Organization (WHO), National Polio Surveillance Project (NPSP), Rotary International and US Centre for Disease Control (CDC).[5]
Season statistics
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Ranti Martins | Dempo | 32 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Odafa Onyeka Okolie | Mohun Bagan | 26 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Tolgay Özbey | East Bengal | 18 |
| Template:Flagicon Henry Antchouet | Churchill Brothers | ||
| 5 | Template:Flagicon James Moga | Sporting Goa | 16 |
| Template:Flagicon Mandjou Keita | Pune | ||
| 7 | Template:Flagicon Yusif Yakubu | United SC | 12 |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon Josimar | United SC | 11 |
| Template:Flagicon Ogba Kalu | Sporting Goa | ||
| 10 | Template:Flagicon Gbeneme Friday | Mumbai | 10 |
| Template:Flagicon David Sunday | Chirag United Kerala |
Top Indian scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Chinadorai Sabeeth | Pailan Arrows | 9 |
| Template:Flagicon Manandeep Singh | Air India | ||
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Abdul Hamza | HAL | 8 |
| Template:Flagicon C.K. Vineeth | Chirag United Kerala | ||
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Sandesh Gadkari | Air India | 7 |
| Template:Flagicon Subhash Singh | Pune | ||
| 7 | Template:Flagicon Dawson Fernandes | Sporting Goa | 6 |
| Template:Flagicon Clifford Miranda | Dempo | ||
| Template:Flagicon Lalrindika Ralte | Churchill Brothers |
Hat-tricks
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Flagicon Odafa Onyeka Okolie | Mohun Bagan | Pailan Arrows | 3–1 | Template:Dts |
| Template:Flagicon James Moga | Sporting Clube de Goa | Salgaocar | 4–2 | Template:Dts |
| Template:Flagicon Josimar | United SC | Pune | 5–1 | Template:Dts |
| Template:Flagicon Tolgay Özbey | East Bengal | HAL | 8–1 | Template:Dts |
| Template:Flagicon Henry Antchouet | Churchill Brothers | Shillong Lajong | 6–0 | Template:Dts |
| Template:Flagicon David Opara | Churchill Brothers | Sporting Clube de Goa | 5–0 | Template:Dts |
| Template:Flagicon Odafa Onyeka Okolie | Mohun Bagan | Churchill Brothers | 3–2 | Template:Dts |
| Template:Flagicon David Opara | Churchill Brothers | Chirag United Kerala | 4–0 | Template:Dts |
| Template:Flagicon Rohit Chand | HAL | Pune | 4–6Template:Dead link | Template:Dts |
| Template:Flagicon Gbeneme Friday | Mumbai | HAL | 5–1Template:Dead link | Template:Dts |
| Template:Flagicon David Sunday | Chirag United Kerala | East Bengal | 3–4 | Template:Dts |
| Template:Flagicon Chinadorai Sabeeth | Pailan Arrows | Chirag United Kerala | 3–0 | Template:Dts |
Scoring
- First goal of the season: C.K. Vineeth for Chirag United Club Kerala against HAL (22 October 2011)[7]
- Fastest goal of the season: 3 minutes – Anthony Pereira for Dempo against Shillong Lajong (23 November 2011)[8]
- Widest winning margin: 7 goals
- HAL 1-8 East Bengal (23 November 2011)
- Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 10 goals
- Pune 6-4 HAL (10 April 2012)
- Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 4 goals
- Pune 6-4 HAL (10 April 2012)
- Most goals scored in a match by a single player: 4 goals
- Tolgay Özbey for East Bengal against HAL (23 November 2011)
- Gbeneme Friday for Mumbai against HAL (14 April 2012)
End-of-season awards
- Fan's Player of the Year — Template:Flagicon Francis Fernandes
- FPAI Young Player of the Year — Template:Flagicon Manandeep Singh
- FPAI Foreign Player of the Year — Template:Flagicon Ranti Martins
- FPAI Indian Player of the Year — Template:Flagicon Syed Rahim Nabi
- FPAI Coach of the Year — Template:Flagicon Trevor Morgan
FPAI Team of the Year
Formation: 4-4-2[9]
Notes
- ↑ I-League: I Will Buy Some New Players If We Can't Have Jeje And The Rest Of The Players – Pailan Group To AIFF. goal.com(31 July 2011). Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- ↑ I-League: United Sports Club To Be Rechristened As 'Prayag United'. goal.com(3 August 2011). Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- ↑ I-League: Viva Kerala Renamed As Chirag United Kerala – It's Turning Into An Absolute Joke. goal.com(7 August 2011). Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- ↑ Shillong Lajong tie up with NRI owned Danish club. Times of India(29 February 2012). Retrieved 1 March 2012.
- ↑ Polio awareness campaign at I-League(19 November 2011). Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ↑ Players – I-League – India – Results, fixtures, tables and news – Soccerway. int.soccerway.com.
- ↑ HAL Bangalore vs Chirag United Club Kerala Lineups and Statistics. goal.com(22 October 2011). Retrieved 22 October 2011.
- ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/69378/dempo-vs-shillong-lajong-fc/report
- ↑ Indian Football News Updates – Page 55. indianfootballnetwork.com.
References
Template:I-League seasons
Template:2011–12 in Indian football
Template:2011 in Asian Football (AFC)
Template:2012 in Asian Football (AFC)
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