2010–11 I-League

I-League

Season	2010–11
Dates	3 December 2010 – 30 May 2011
Champions	Salgaocar 1st I-League title 2nd Indian title
Relegated	JCT ONGC
AFC Cup	Salgaocar East Bengal
Matches played	182
Goals scored	489 (2.69 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ranty Martins
Biggest home win	Dempo 14–0 Air India
Biggest away win	Mumbai 1–5 Churchill Brothers
Highest scoring	Dempo 14–0 Air India
Average attendance	3913
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The 2010–11 I-League was the fourth season of the I-League, which was the highest football league competition in India during the time. It ran from 3 December 2010 to May 2011.^[1] Dempo are the defending champions. On 30 May 2011 Salgaocar won the title by beating JCT 2–0 in the final match of the season.

Teams

Sporting Clube de Goa and Shillong Lajong FC were relegated at the end of the 2009–10 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were replaced by 2010 Second Division champions ONGC FC and runners-up HAL SC.^{[citation needed]}

In other team changes, Mahindra United were disbanded at the end of the 2009–10 season to concentrate on youth football.^[2] They were replaced by Indian Arrows, a newly founded team under the auspices of the AIFF.^{[citation needed]}

JCT

HAL

Indian Arrows

Viva Kerala

Pune

Kolkata

Kolkata clubs:
East Bengal
Mohun Bagan
Prayag United

Goa

Goa clubs:
Churchill Brothers
Dempo
Salgaocar

Mumbai

Mumbai clubs:
Air India
Mumbai
ONGC

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Locations of teams in the 2010–11 I-League

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Air-India	Mumbai	Cooperage Ground, Mumbai	12,000
Chirag United	Kolkata	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata	120,000
Churchill Brothers	Margao, Goa	Fatorda Stadium, Margao	35,000
Dempo	Panjim	Fatorda Stadium, Margao	35,000
East Bengal	Kolkata	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata	120,000
HAL	Bangalore	Bangalore Stadium, Bangalore	15,000
Indian Arrows	New Delhi	Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi	15,000
JCT	Phagwara	Guru Nanak Dev Stadium, Ludhiana	12,000
Mohun Bagan	Kolkata	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata	120,000
Mumbai	Mumbai	Cooperage Ground, Mumbai	12,000
ONGC	Mumbai	Rajarshi Shahu Stadium, Kolhapur	12,000
Pune	Pune	Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune	20,000
Salgaocar	Vasco	Fatorda Stadium, Margao	35,000
Viva Kerala	Kozhikode	EMS Stadium	60,000

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Churchill Brothers	Carlos Roberto Pereira	Resigned	End of Previous Season	pre-season	Vincent Subramaniam[3]	2 July
East Bengal	Philippe De Ridder	Resigned	End of Previous Season	pre-season	Trevor Morgan[4]	16 July
Mohun Bagan	Biswajit Bhattacharjee	Resigned	End of Previous Season	pre-season	Stanley Rozario[5]	4 June
Mohun Bagan	Stanley Rozario	Resigned	13 Dec.[6]	12	Subhash Bhowmick	14 Dec.
Churchill Brothers	Vincent Subramaniam	Resigned	5 March[7]	3rd	Drago Mamić[8]	14 March

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Salgaocar (C)	26	18	2	6	58	27	+31	56	2012 AFC Cup Group stage
2	East Bengal	26	15	6	5	44	21	+23	51	2012 AFC Cup Group stage[a]
3	Dempo	26	15	5	6	63	33	+30	50
4	Churchill Brothers	26	14	8	4	57	31	+26	50
5	Pune	26	9	9	8	32	27	+5	36
6	Mohun Bagan	26	8	10	8	34	32	+2	34
7	Mumbai	26	9	7	10	24	28	−4	34
8	Chirag United	26	5	14	7	31	36	−5	29
9	Indian Arrows	26	7	8	11	31	49	−18	29
10	Viva Kerala	26	6	9	11	30	36	−6	27
12	Air India	26	5	9	12	25	57	−32	24
12	HAL	26	6	6	14	18	40	−22	24
13	JCT	26	6	6	14	17	35	−18	24	Relegation to 2012 I-League 2nd Division
14	ONGC	26	5	9	12	25	40	−15	24

Source: IndiaFooty.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Since Salgaocar SC also won the 2011 Indian Federation Cup, East Bengal qualified for the 2012 AFC Cup as 2010–11 I-League runners-up.

Results

Home \ Away	AI	CHI	CB	DEM	EB	HAL	IAR	JCT	MB	MUM	ONGC	PFC	SFC	VK
Air India		1–1	2–2	4–0	0–3	1–1	2–5	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1
Chirag United	0–0		3–5	2–4	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	4–2	1–0	1–4	1–1
Churchill Brothers	2–0	2–1		1–1	2–1	3–0	6–0	3–1	2–0	3–1	3–3	2–3	1–2	1–1
Dempo	14–0	1–1	2–0		0–1	2–4	5–2	2–0	4–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–3	3–3
East Bengal	6–1	2–1	2–2	3–2		1–0	4–0	3–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–0
HAL	1–3	1–1	0–3	0–3	1–1		0–4	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	0–1
Indian Arrows	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1		0–0	5–4	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–3	0–1
JCT	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–1	2–0		0–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–0
Mohun Bagan	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–0		2–0	1–2	0–0	2–2	2–1
Mumbai	2–1	0–0	1–5	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–0		1–0	2–0	0–1	2–0
ONGC	1–2	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	4–0	1–1	2–1	1–3	2–2		1–1	0–1	1–0
Pune	2–1	1–1	0–1	3–2	2–1	0–1	3–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–0		0–1	4–4
Salgaocar	0–1	4–3	4–3	1–3	3–2	3–0	5–0	2–0	1–3	2–3	5–0	0–1		4–0
Viva Kerala	7–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	4–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–3

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Updated on 10 April 2015.^[9]

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Ranty Martins	Dempo	28
2	Odafa Onyeka Okolie	Churchill Brothers	25
3	Ryuji Sueoka	Salgaocar	18
4	Beto	Dempo	17
	Tolgay Özbey	East Bengal	17
6	Yusif Yakubu	Salgaocar	15
7	Jeje Lalpekhlua	Indian Arrows	13
	Mandjou Keita	Pune	11
9	Kayne Vincent	Churchill Brothers	12
10	Okorogor Praise	Air India	11
	Badmus Babatunde	ONGC	11
12	Muritala Ali	Mohun Bagan	10
	Anil Kumar	Chirag United Kerala	10

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Odafa Onyeka Okolie	Churchill Brothers	Mumbai	5–1	2010-12-18
Odafa Onyeka Okolie	Churchill Brothers	Pailan Arrows	6–0	2011-1-3
Mandjou Keita	Pune	JCT	4–0	2011-1-30
Anil Kumar	Chirag United Kerala	Air India	7–1	2011-2-20
Jeje Lalpekhlua	Pailan Arrows	Air India	2–5	2011-3-13
Tolgay Özbey	East Bengal	Air India	3–0	2011-4-4
Jeje Lalpekhlua	Pailan Arrows	Mohun Bagan	5–4	2011-5-29
Muritala Ali	Mohun Bagan	Pailan Arrows	4–5	2011-5-29
Ranty Martins	Dempo	Air India	14-0	2011-5-30
Beto	Dempo	Air India	14-0	2011-5-30

• Mandjou Keita was the first Hat-trick scored by a Pune player in I-League for their franchise.^[10]
• Jeje Lalpekhlua was the first Hat-trick for Pailan Arrows team in I-League.
• Tolgay Özbey was the first Australian to score a Hat-trick in I-League.

Scoring

• Most games failed to score in:
• Most goals scored in a match by a single team:Dempo 14–0
• Highest scoring game:Dempo 14–0 Air India
• Widest winning margin:Dempo 14–0 Air India

Clean sheets

• Most clean sheets: 11 – East Bengal^[1]

See also

• 2010 Indian Federation Cup
• List of Indian football transfers 2010-2011

References

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2. D'Costa, Gordon (30 April 2010). "Mahindra United to disband team". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 4 May 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
3. "I-League: Former Singapore Boss Vincent Subramaniam Appointed New Churchill Brothers Head Coach". Goal.com. 2 July 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
4. "Breaking News: East Bengal Appoint Former Bolton Player Trevor Morgan As Coach For 2010–11 Season". Goal.com. 16 July 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
5. "Stanley Rozario Mohun Bagan's new coach". Zeenews.com. 4 June 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
6. "MohunBaganClub.Com". MohunBaganClub.Com. 13 December 2010. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
7. "Churchill coach Vincent resigns". The Times of India. 5 March 2011. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012.
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9. "Summary - I-League - India - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway".
10. "Keita revives Pune FC campaign as host beat JCT 4–0" Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. The-AIFF.com. 30 January 2011.