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The 2014–15 I-League (known as the Hero I-League for sponsorship reasons) is the eighth season of the I-League, the Indian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2007. The season began on 17 January 2015, after the conclusion of the 2014–15 Federation Cup and finished on 31 May 2015 with a title deciding match between defending champions Bengaluru FC and 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[1][2]
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.[3] 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.[3]
On 22 May 2014 the All India Football Federation officially announced that former I-League champions Churchill Brothers, Rangdajied United, and United S.C had been axed from the 2014–15 season for failing to pass the club licensing criteria.[4] 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.[5] The team was officially launched in November 2014 as Bharat FC.[6]
In terms of promotion and relegation, Mohammedan were relegated from the I-League the previous season, while Royal Wahingdoh were promoted after winning the 2014 I-League 2nd Division.[7][8] This would be Wahingdoh's first season in the I-League after remaining unbeaten through the entire 2nd Division campaign.[8]
Stadiums and locations
- Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.
Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Head coaching changes
| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohun Bagan | Template:Flagicon Karim Bencherifa | Sacked | 29 April 2014[10] | Pre-season | Template:Flagicon Sankarlal Chakraborty | 27 July 2014[11] |
| Pune | Template:Flagicon Mike Snoei | Sacked | 30 May 2014[12] | Template:Flagicon Karim Bencherifa | 10 June 2014[13] | |
| Royal Wahingdoh | Template:Flagicon Nandakumar Singh | Unknown | 25 October 2014[14] | Template:Flagicon Santosh Kashyap | 25 October 2014[14] | |
| Bharat FC | New team | Template:Flagicon Stuart Watkiss | 4 November 2014[15] | |||
| Sporting Goa | Template:Flagicon Óscar Bruzón | Mutual Consent | 4 December 2014[16] | Template:Flagicon Mateus Costa | Unknown[17] | |
| Mohun Bagan | Template:Flagicon Sankarlal Chakraborty | Unknown | 8 December 2014[18] | Template:Flagicon Sanjoy Sen | 8 December 2014[18] | |
| East Bengal | Template:Flagicon Armando Colaco | Sacked | 19 February 2015[19] | 4th | Template:Flagicon Eelco Schattorie | 19 February 2015[20] |
| Dempo | Template:Flagicon Arthur Papas | Mutual Consent | 2 March 2015[21] | 8th | Template:Flagicon Trevor Morgan | 3 March 2015[22] |
Foreign players
Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to four per team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries and a marquee player. A team could use four foreign players on the field during each game including at least one player from the AFC country.
League table
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Results
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Season statistics
Scoring
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Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Ranti Martins | East Bengal | 17 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Cornell Glen | Shillong Lajong | 16 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Sony Norde | Mohun Bagan | 9 |
| Template:Flagicon Dudu Omagbemi | East Bengal | ||
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Josimar | Mumbai | 8 |
| Template:Flagicon Odafe Onyeka Okolie | Sporting Goa | ||
| 7 | Template:Flagicon Darryl Duffy | Salgaocar | 7 |
| Template:Flagicon Thongkhosiem Haokip | Pune | ||
| Template:Flagicon Uilliams | Shillong Lajong | ||
| Template:Flagicon Katsumi Yusa | Mohun Bagan |
Top Indian Scorers
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Thongkhosiem Haokip | Pune | 7 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Eugeneson Lyngdoh | Bengaluru FC | 6 |
| Template:Flagicon Balwant Singh | Mohun Bagan | ||
| Template:Flagicon Robin Singh | Bengaluru FC | ||
| Template:Flagicon Satiyasen Singh | Royal Wahingdoh | ||
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Jackichand Singh | Royal Wahingdoh | 5 |
| Template:Flagicon Thoi Singh | Bengaluru FC | ||
| 8 | Template:Flagicon Bikash Jairu | Salgaocar | 4 |
Hat-tricks
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Flagicon Thongkhosiem Haokip | Pune | Shillong Lajong | 5–2 | 29 January 2015 | [24] |
| Template:Flagicon Ranti Martins 5 | East Bengal | Dempo | 5–1 | 1 March 2015 | [25] |
| Template:Flagicon Satiyasen Singh | Royal Wahingdoh | Salgaocar | 4–2 | 3 May 2015 | [26] |
| Template:Flagicon Cornell Glen | Shillong Lajong | Bharat | 3–1 | 17 May 2015 | [27] |
| Template:Flagicon Odafe Onyeka Okolie | Sporting Goa | Pune | 4–0 | 30 May 2015 | [28] |
| Template:Flagicon Cornell Glen | Shillong Lajong | East Bengal | 5–1 | 30 May 2015 | [29] |
5 Player scored 5 goals
Discipline
Most yellow cards (7)[30]
Most red cards (2)[30]
- Worst disciplinary record (2 red cards & 5 yellow cards)
Fair play
The Fair Play qualities of the participating teams and which are pertinent to the spectators will be evaluated using the FIFA Fair Play evaluation form. East Bengal led the Fair Play rankings at the end of the season.[31]
| Rank | Team | Games | Total Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Bengal | |||
| Royal Wahingdoh | |||
| Pune | |||
| Salgaocar | |||
| Bharat FC | |||
| Mumbai | |||
| Shillong Lajong | |||
| Bengaluru FC | |||
| Dempo | |||
| 10 | Mohun Bagan | ||
| Sporting Goa |
Awards
AIFF Awards
All India Football Federation awarded the following awards for the I-League season.[32]
- Best player of I-League: Jackichand Singh (Royal Wahingdoh)
- Best goalkeeper of I-League: Debjit Majumder (Mohun Bagan)
- Best defender of I-League: Bello Razaq (Mohun Bagan)
- Best midfielder of I-League: Eugeneson Lyngdoh (Bengaluru FC)
- Best forward of I-League: Ranti Martins (East Bengal)
- Best coach of I-League: Sanjoy Sen (Mohun Bagan)
See also
- 2014–15 Bengaluru FC season
- 2014–15 Bharat FC season
- 2014–15 Dempo S.C. season
- 2014–15 East Bengal F.C. season
- 2014–15 Mohun Bagan A.C. season
- 2014–15 Mumbai F.C. season
- 2014–15 Pune F.C. season
- 2014–15 Royal Wahingdoh F.C. season
- 2014–15 Salgaocar F.C. season
- 2014–15 Shillong Lajong F.C. season
- 2014–15 Sporting Clube de Goa season
References
- ↑ I-League and Fed Cup Committee Meeting held at Football House. The All India Football Federation. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ↑ AIFF Invites Bids for I-League Clubs, Prasad, Vishnu. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 I-League likely to embrace new cities, Battacharya, Nilesh. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ↑ Three football clubs barred from I-League, Mergulhao, Marcus. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ↑ Kalyani Group bags bid to launch team in I-league. The Economic Times. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ↑ Kalyani Group names I-League team as 'Bharat FC'. Zee News. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ↑ Mohammedan Sporting relegated from I-League, Bali, Rahul. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Royal Wahingdoh qualify for I-League. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Transformed and shrunk Saltlake Stadium ready for ISL(8 October 2014).
- ↑ Subhash Bhowmick appointed as Mohun Bagan Technical Director, Netto, Brandon. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ↑ 7th week review of preseason training; Sankarlal Chakraborty declared as Chief Coach. Mohun Bagan Athletic Club. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ↑ Pune FC part ways with coach Mike Snoei. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ↑ Pune FC appoint Karim Bencherifa as coach. NDTV Sport. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Wahingdoh appoints Kashyap as new coach. The Shillong Times. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ↑ I-League: Kalyani Group appoints Stuart Watkiss as head coach. IBN Live. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ↑ Sporting Clube, Oscar part ways. The Times of India. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ↑ Mateus Costa: 'Bengaluru's defense is very good'. Goal.com. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Mohun Bagan set to appoint Sanjoy Sen as head coach. The Times of India. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ↑ Armando Colaco parts ways with East Bengal in tears(19 February 2015).
- ↑ 'Taj Mahal was not built in a day' - Eelco Schattorie(19 February 2015).
- ↑ Dempo part ways with Athur Papas(2 March 2015).
- ↑ CONFIRMED: Morgan to join Dempo SC(3 March 2015).
- ↑ Players — I-League. soccerway. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
- ↑ Haokip hat-trick powers Pune to a 5-2 win over Shillong. The Times of India(29 January 2015).
- ↑ I-League: Ranti Martins blitz gives East Bengal memorable win over Dempo. Zee News(2 March 2015).
- ↑ Seityasen hat-trick sinks Salgaocar. The Navhind Times(4 May 2015).
- ↑ Shillong Lajong beat Bharat FC in I-league. The Morung Express(17 May 2015).
- ↑ I-League: Sporting Clube de Goa 4-0 Pune FC; Home side escape relegation as visitors finish 5th. Sportskeeda(30 May 2015).
- ↑ Shillong Lajong trample East Bengal 5-1 in I-League to avoid relegation. Sportskeeda(30 May 2015).
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 Players - I-League - India - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway.
- ↑ Hero I-League FairPlay Points Table.
- ↑ Jackichand Singh selected as the Best Player of I-League 2014-15.
External links
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