2007–08 I-League

The I-League 2007–08 kicked off on 24 November 2007 at the Fatorda Stadium, Margao, Goa. The first match of the season was played between the two Goan clubs Dempo and Salgaocar.

2007–08 I-League
LeagueI-League
SportAssociation football
Duration24 November 2007 - 19 May 2008
Number of teams10
I-League season
Season championsDempo SC
1st I-League title
3rd Indian title
Top scorerOdafe Onyeka Okolie

The top team in the I-League qualified for the qualifying phase of the 2009 AFC Champions League, while the bottom two teams were relegated to I-League 2nd Division in the next season.

Teams
Locations of games played in the 2007-08 I-League season
Club Manager Location Stadia
Air India Bimal Ghosh Mumbai Cooperage Ground
Churchill Brothers SC Karim Bencherifa Goa Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
Dempo SC Armando Colaco Goa Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
East Bengal Manoranjan Bhattacharjee Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium
JCT FC Sukhvinder Singh New Delhi & Ludhiana Ambedkar Stadium & Guru Gobind Singh Stadium
Mahindra United Derrick Pereira Mumbai Cooperage Ground
Mohun Bagan Carlos Roberto Pereira Da Silva Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium
Salgaocar SC Goa Savio Medeira Goa Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
Sporting Clube De Goa Clifford Chukwuma Goa Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium
Viva Kerala A.M.Sreedharan Kozhikode Kozhikode EMS Corporation Stadium

Standings

I-League Division 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dempo (C) 18 10 6 2 35 13 +22 36 2009 AFC Champions League
2 Churchill Brothers 18 11 3 4 40 22 +18 36
3 JCT 18 9 6 3 31 14 +17 33
4 Mohun Bagan 18 8 6 4 22 17 +5 30 2009 AFC Cup group stage[lower-alpha 1]
5 Mahindra United 18 7 7 4 24 18 +6 28
6 East Bengal 18 5 4 9 17 23 −6 19
7 Sporting Goa 18 4 7 7 14 24 −10 19
8 Air India 18 3 8 7 10 20 −10 17
9 Viva Kerala(R) 18 3 3 12 13 38 −25 12 Relegation to 2009 I-League 2nd Division
10 Salgaocar(R) 18 1 8 9 20 37 −17 11
Updated to match(es) played on 23 February 2008. Source: IndiaFooty.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. Mohun Bagan qualified for the 2009 AFC Cup as 2008 Indian Federation Cup winners.

Results
Home \ Away AI CB DEM EB JCT MAH MB SFC SCG VK
Air India 0–0 1–4 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1
Churchill Brothers 3–0 0–2 3–2 1–0 4–2 2–2 2–1 3–0 5–0
Dempo 0–0 4–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 4–1 4–0
East Bengal 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–3 1–0 0–2 3–2 1–1 2–0
JCT FC 2–0 3–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 4–0 4–2 2–0
Mahindra United 1–1 1–5 3–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 2–2 3–0 0–0
Mohun Bagan 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–3
Salgaocar 1–1 1–5 1–1 0–0 3–3 0–0 4–5 1–1 1–0
Sporting Goa 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–3 1–0 1–1 3–0
Viva Kerala 3–2 1–3 1–4 1–3 0–2 0–2 0–2 3–1 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on 30 January 2011. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

I-League Division 1

Last updated: 23 February 2008

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Odafe Onyeka Okolie Churchill Brothers 22
2 Eduardo da Silva Escobar JCT 14
3 Mboyo Iyomi Churchill Brothers 12
Ranty Martins Soleye Dempo SC
5 Baichung Bhutia Mohun Bagan 10
6 Edmilson Marques Pardal East Bengal 8
Chidi Edeh Dempo SC
8 Felix Chimaokwu Salgaocar SC 7
Sunil Chhetri JCT
10 Junior Obagbemiro Sporting Clube de Goa 6
Andrews Pomeyie Mensah Mahindra United
12 Wisdom Abbey Viva Kerala 5
Jose Ramirez Barreto Mohun Bagan
Yusif Yakubu Mahindra United
Roberto Mendes Silva Dempo SC
16 Bashiree Mohammed Abbas Air India 4

Managers
Club Manager
Dempo SC Armando Colaco
JCT FC Sukhvinder Singh
Churchill Brothers SC Karim Bencharifa
Viva Kerala A.M.Sreedharam
Kingfisher East Bengal FC Manoranjan Bhattacharjee
Air India (football club) Bimal Ghosh
Mahindra United Derrick Pereira
Mohun Bagan Carlos Roberto Pereira Da Silva
Salgaocar SC Goa Savio Medeira
Sporting Clube De Goa Cliffort Chukwama
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