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The 2015–16 I-League was the ninth season of the I-League, the Indian professional football league, since its establishment in 2007. The season commenced on 9 January 2016, after the Indian Super League finished, and concluded on 24 April 2016.[1]

Bengaluru FC won their second I-League title after winning their first title in 2013–14. The defending champions Mohun Bagan finished second. Aizawl and DSK Shivajians entered the league for the first time in their history, Aizawl through promotion from the I-League 2nd Division and DSK Shivajians through a direct-entry spot.

Teams & Season Details

After the 2014–15 I-League season, three-time I-League champions, Dempo, were relegated to the I-League 2nd Division.[2] Mizo club, Aizawl, were promoted from the 2nd Division earlier in May following a 4–2 victory over Chanmari.[3] DSK Shivajians were announced as the direct-entry club for this season on 12 November 2015.[4]

In August 2015, it was first reported that Pune clubs, Pune, and Bharat F.C., the direct-entry side from the previous season, would be withdrawing from the I-League due to the lack of a "long-term vision" for the league.[5] Then, towards the end of October, it was announced that both Pune and Bharat FC had failed to compile to the AFC-licensing criteria needed to participate in the I-League.[6] On 21 November 2015, it was confirmed that Royal Wahingdoh, another debutant club from the previous season, were withdrawing from the league.[7]

Stadiums and locations

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Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Stadium Capacity
Aizawl Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Template:Nts
Bengaluru FC Sree Kanteerava Stadium Template:Nts
DSK Shivajians Balewadi Sports Complex Template:Nts
East Bengal Salt Lake Stadium Template:Nts
Kanchenjunga Stadium Template:Nts
Mohun Bagan Salt Lake Stadium Template:Nts
Barasat Stadium Template:Nts
Mumbai Cooperage Ground Template:Nts
Salgaocar Tilak Maidan Stadium Template:Nts
Shillong Lajong Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Template:Nts
Sporting Goa Fatorda Stadium Template:Nts

Personnel and kits

Team Head coach Captain Kit Sponsor Shirt sponsor
Template:Nobreak Template:Flagicon Jahar Das Template:Flagicon David Lalrinmuana Vamos North East Consultancy Services
Template:Nobreak Template:Flagicon Ashley Westwood Template:Flagicon Sunil Chhetri Puma JSW
Template:Nobreak Template:Flagicon Derrick Pereira Template:Flagicon Aser Pierrick Dipanda Nivia DSK Group
Template:Nobreak Template:Flagicon Trevor Morgan Template:Flagicon Gurwinder Singh Shiv Naresh Kingfisher
Template:Nobreak Template:Flagicon Sanjoy Sen Template:Flagicon Shilton Paul Shiv Naresh None
Template:Nobreak Template:Flagicon Khalid Jamil Template:Flagicon Taisuke Matsugae Nivia Playwin
Template:Nobreak Template:Flagicon Santosh Kashyap Template:Flagicon Karanjit Singh Shiv Naresh Salgaocar
Template:Nobreak Template:Flagicon Thangboi Singto Template:Flagicon Aibor Khongjee Adidas Gionee
Template:Nobreak Template:Flagicon Mateus Costa Template:Flagicon Odafa Onyeka Okolie None Models

Head coaching changes

Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming head coach Date of appointment
East Bengal Template:Flagicon Template:Sort Mutual consent 19 June 2015 Pre-season Template:Flagicon Biswajit Bhattacharya 19 June 2015[8]
Salgaocar Template:Flagicon Derrick Pereira 26 June 2015 Template:Flagicon Malky Thomson 26 June 2015[9]
Aizawl Template:Flagicon Hmingthana Zadeng 20 August 2015 Template:Flagicon Manuel Retamero Fraile 20 August 2015
DSK Shivajians New club Template:Flagicon Derrick Pereira 20 August 2015
Salgaocar Template:Flagicon Malky Thomson Mutual consent 29 January 2016[10] 9th Template:Flagicon Santosh Kashyap 29 January 2016[11]
Aizawl Template:Flagicon Manuel Retamero Fraile Sacked 7 February 2016[12] 7th Template:Flagicon Jahar Das 7 February 2016[12]
East Bengal Template:Flagicon Biswajit Bhattacharya Resigned 11 April 2016[13] 3rd Template:Flagicon Trevor Morgan 13 April 2016[14]

Transfers

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Foreign players

Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to Five per team. A team could use Four foreign players on the field each game.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Asian Player
Aizawl Template:Flagicon Alfred Jaryan Template:Flagicon Emmanuel Chigozie Template:Flagicon Joel Sunday Template:Flagicon Yuta Kinowaki
Bengaluru FC Template:Flagicon John Johnson Template:Flagicon Michael Collins Template:Flagicon Curtis Osano Template:Flagicon Kim Song-Yong
DSK Shivajians Template:Flagicon Aser Pierrick Dipanda Template:Flagicon Douhou Pierre Template:Flagicon Juan Quero Template:Flagicon Zohib Islam Amiri
East Bengal Template:Flagicon Bernard Mendy Template:Flagicon Ranti Martins Template:Flagicon Bello Razaq Template:Flagicon Do Dong-hyun
Mohun Bagan Template:Flagicon Luciano Sabrosa Template:Flagicon Sony Norde Template:Flagicon Cornell Glenn Template:Flagicon Katsumi Yusa
Mumbai Template:Flagicon Ryuki Kozawa Template:Flagicon Eric Brown Template:Flagicon Son Min-chol Template:Flagicon Taisuke Matsugae
Salgaocar Template:Flagicon Éder Monteiro Fernandes Template:Flagicon Darryl Duffy Template:Flagicon Martin Scott Template:Flagicon Calvin Mbarga
Shillong Lajong Template:Flagicon Fábio Pena Template:Flagicon Uilliams Template:Flagicon Penn Orji Template:Flagicon Yusuke Yamagata
Sporting Goa Template:Flagicon Loveday Enyinnaya Template:Flagicon Odafa Onyeka Okolie Template:Flagicon Densil Theobald Template:Flagicon Mahmoud Amnah

League table

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Result table

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Season statistics

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Top scorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Template:Flagicon Ranti Martins East Bengal 12
2 Template:Flagicon Darryl Duffy Salgaocar 11
Template:Flagicon Cornell Glen Mohun Bagan
4 Template:Flagicon Aser Pierrick Dipanda DSK Shivajians 7
5 Template:Flagicon Odafa Onyeka Okolie Sporting Goa 6
6 Template:Flagicon Katsumi Yusa Mohun Bagan 5
Template:Flagicon Kim Song-Yong Bengaluru FC
Template:Flagicon Sony Norde Mohun Bagan
Template:Flagicon Sunil Chhetri Bengaluru FC
Template:Flagicon Sushil Kumar Singh Mumbai

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Top Indian scorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Template:Flagicon Sunil Chhetri Bengaluru FC 5
Template:Flagicon Sushil Kumar Singh Mumbai
3 Template:Flagicon C.K. Vineeth Bengaluru FC 4
Template:Flagicon Jeje Lalpekhlua Mohun Bagan
5 Template:Flagicon Bikash Jairu East Bengal 3
Template:Flagicon Sumit Passi Sporting Goa
7 Template:Flagicon Balwant Singh Mohun Bagan 2
Template:Flagicon Eugeneson Lyngdoh Bengaluru FC
Template:Flagicon Jackichand Singh Salgaocar
Template:Flagicon Marcus Masceranhas Sporting Goa
Template:Flagicon Nicholas Fernandes Sporting Goa
Template:Flagicon Subhasish Bose Sporting Goa
Template:Flagicon Thongkhosiem Haokip Salgaocar
Template:Flagicon Jayesh Rane Mumbai

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Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Ref
Template:Flagicon Ranti Martins East Bengal Shillong Lajong 4–0 9 February 2016 [16]
Template:Flagicon Darryl Duffy Salgaocar DSK Shivajians 3–2 14 February 2016 [17]
Template:Flagicon Ranti Martins East Bengal Aizawl 3–2 12 March 2016 [18]

Awards

AIFF Awards

All India Football Federation awarded the following awards for the I-League season.[19]

References

  1. ↑ I-League to start on January 9, Goan teams yet to ascertain home grounds. Navhind Times(21 November 2015). Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  2. ↑ Dempo SC relegated after losing to Salgaocar. The Times of India(30 May 2015). Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  3. ↑ Aizawl FC become Mizoram's inaugural representatives in the I-League. Goal.com(7 May 2015). Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  4. ↑ DSK Shivajians will fly the flag for Pune this season. Goal.com(13 November 2015). Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  5. ↑ I-League clubs Pune, Bharat FC planning to disband first team. The Indian Express(19 August 2015). Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  6. ↑ Pune FC, Bharat FC fail licensing criteria. The Times of India(28 October 2015). Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  7. ↑ Royal Wahingdoh FC pull out of I-League, 3rd club to do so this year. IBN Live(21 November 2015). Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  8. ↑ East Bengal announce Biswajit Bhattacharya as Head Coach for the 2015–16 season. Goal.com(19 June 2015). Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  9. ↑ Malky Thomson takes over as Salgaocar FC head coach. Goal.com(26 June 2015). Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  10. ↑ Salgaocar part ways with Malky Thomson. Goal.com(29 January 2016). Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  11. ↑ Kashyap takes charge of Salgaocar. The Times of India(30 January 2016). Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Aizawl FC part ways with Manuel Retamero, Jahar Das appointed as new head coach. Goal.com(7 February 2016). Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  13. ↑ I-League: East Bengal coach Biswajit Bhattacharya resigns, search for new coach begins. Goal.com(11 April 2016). Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  14. ↑ East Bengal appoint Trevor Morgan as head coach, gaffer to arrive in Kolkata by weekend. Goal.com(13 April 2016). Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  15. ↑ Players – I-League. soccerway. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  16. ↑ I-League: East Bengal 4–0 Shillong Lajong: Ranti Martins hat-trick sends Red and Golds top of the table(9 February 2016).
  17. ↑ Top and Flop: Sporting Clube de Goa 3–2 Mumbai FC(15 February 2016).
  18. ↑ I-League: Aizawl FC 2–3 East Bengal: Ranti Martins' hat-trick secures victory for stuttering Kolkatans(12 March 2016).
  19. ↑ Individual awards of Hero I-League 2015–16. AIFF.

See also

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