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I-League
Season2012–13
ChampionsChurchill Brothers
2nd I-League title
2ndIndian title
RelegatedAir India
United Sikkim
AFC Champions LeaguePune
AFC CupPune
Churchill Brothers
Matches played182
Goals scored531 (2.92 per match)
Top goalscorerRanti Martins
(26 goals)
Biggest home winPrayag United10–1United Sikkim
(10 November 2012)
Salgaocar9–0United Sikkim
(13 April 2013)
Biggest away winAir India0–6Pune
(20 April 2013)
Highest scoringChurchill Brothers8–4Sporting Goa
(16 December 2012)
Longest winning run6 games
Churchill Brothers
Longest unbeaten run10 games
Churchill Brothers
Mohun Bagan
Longest losing run6 games
Air India

The2012–13 I-Leaguewas the sixth season of theI-League,the Indian professional league forassociation footballclubs, since its establishment in 2007. The season began on 6 October 2012 and finished on 12 May 2013 with Churchill Brothers crowned champions in matchday 25.

Dempowere the defending champions, having won their third I-League title theprevious season.

On 29 December 2012, Mohun Bagan were barred from competing in the I-League for 2 years following a decision taken by the I League core committee. This was because they failed to turn up in the second half of the match againstEast Bengalbecause of crowd trouble. All their results in the I-League were declared null and void and all their remaining fixtures were cancelled.[1]
But on 15 January 2013, Mohun Bagan appealed against the decision to ban them from the league and were reinstated, but would start on 0 points.[2]

Teams

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A total of 14 teams contested the league, including 12 sides from the 2011–12 season and two promoted from the2012 I-League 2nd Division.

ONGCas champions andUnited Sikkimas runners-up secured direct promotion from the 2012 I-League 2nd Division. ONGC returned to the I-League after a one-year absence, while United Sikkim made their debut in the I-League.

Stadium Changes

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Air India and Mumbai FC

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Due to the ongoing redevelopment of theCooperage GroundinMumbaiwhich is the regular home forMumbai F.C.andAir India FCin theI-Leagueboth clubs will play at theBalewadi Sports ComplexinPune,Maharashtrauntil it is complete.[3]

ONGC

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The newly promotedONGC F.C.also usually play at theCooperage GroundinMumbaibut due to the redevelopment the team decided to play at theAmbedkar StadiuminDelhiwhich is where the main company,ONGC,are based. However it will only be for five home matches.[4]

Goan clubs

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The fourGoanclubs in theI-League,Churchill Brothers,Dempo,Salgaocar,andSporting Clube de Goa,usually play their I-League matches at theFatorda StadiuminMargao.However, due to a major revamp at the stadium in preparation for the2013 Lusophony Gameswhich will be held in Goa, the Goan home games for the I-League will be played at theDuler Stadiumand then theTilak Maidan Stadiumfrom the end of January.[5]

Stadiums and Locations

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Locations of teams in the 2012–13 I-League
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Air India Mumbai,Maharashtra Balewadi Sports Complex 22,000#
Churchill Brothers Salcette,Goa Duler Stadium 6,000#
Dempo Panjim,Goa Duler Stadium 6,000#
East Bengal Kolkata,West Bengal Salt Lake Stadium 120,000
Mohun Bagan Kolkata,West Bengal Salt Lake Stadium 120,000
Mumbai Mumbai,Maharashtra Balewadi Sports Complex 22,000#
ONGC Mumbai,Maharashtra Ambedkar Stadium 20,000#
Pailan Arrows Kolkata,West Bengal Salt Lake Stadium 120,000
Prayag United Kolkata,West Bengal Salt Lake Stadium 120,000
Pune Pune,Maharashtra Balewadi Sports Complex 22,000
Salgaocar Vasco da Gama,Goa Duler Stadium 6,000#
Shillong Lajong Shillong,Meghalaya Nehru Stadium 30,000
Sporting Goa Panjim,Goa Duler Stadium 6,000#
United Sikkim Gangtok,Sikkim Paljor Stadium 25,000

Personnel and kits

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Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined underFIFAeligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Manager Captain Shirt sponsor
Air India IndiaNaushad Moosa IndiaVijith Shetty Air India
Churchill Brothers IndiaMariano Dias BrazilBeto Churchill
Dempo IndiaArmando Colaco IndiaClifford Miranda Dempo
East Bengal EnglandTrevor Morgan IndiaSanju Pradhan Kingfisher
Mohun Bagan MoroccoKarim Bencherifa NigeriaOdafe Onyeka Okolie Fila
Mumbai IndiaKhalid Jamil AfghanistanZohib Amiri TEN HD
ONGC IndiaSantosh Kashyap IndiaJatin Singh ONGC
Pailan Arrows AustraliaArthur Papas IndiaShouvik Ghosh Poto Potato Flakes
Prayag United NetherlandsEelco Schattorie IndiaDeepak Mondal Prayag Group
Pune IndiaDerrick Pereira Ivory CoastPierre Douhou Peninsula
Salgaocar EnglandDavid Booth BrazilLuciano Sabrosa Salgaocar
Shillong Lajong IndiaThangboi Singto IndiaRenedy Singh Aircel
Sporting Goa SpainOscar Bruzon IndiaMatthew Gonsalves Models
United Sikkim AustraliaNathan Hall IndiaAnwar Ali URO

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
ONGC IndiaCaetano Pinho Unknown 30 April 2012 Pre-Season IndiaSubrata Bhattacharya 30 April 2012[6]
Pailan Arrows IndiaSujit Chakravarty End of tenure as interim manager 7 May 2012 Pre-Season AustraliaArthur Papas 24 May 2012[7]
Mohun Bagan IndiaPrasanta Banerjee Sacked 26 May 2012 Pre-Season IndiaSantosh Kashyap 26 May 2012[8]
Air India IndiaSantosh Kashyap Signed byMohun Bagan 26 May 2012 Pre-Season IndiaGodfrey Pereira 3 July 2012[9]
Shillong Lajong ScotlandPradyum Reddy Changed to a Head of Youth 8 June 2012 Pre-Season ScotlandDesmond Bulpin 8 June 2012[10]
Churchill Brothers BrazilCarlos Roberto Pereira Did not renew contract 7 May 2012 Pre-Season IndiaMariano Dias 13 July 2012[11]
Mohun Bagan IndiaSantosh Kashyap Resigned 13 October 2012 11th (2 games In) IndiaMridul Banerjee 19 October 2012[12]
Salgaocar MoroccoKarim Bencherifa Resigned 20 October 2012 9th (2 games In) IndiaPeter Vales 20 October 2012[13]
Prayag United IndiaSanjoy Sen Resigned 8 November 2012 5th (4 games In) NetherlandsEelco Schattorie 8 November 2012[14]
Salgaocar IndiaPeter Vales Interem period ended 9 November 2012 9th (4 games In) EnglandDavid Booth 9 November 2012[15]
United Sikkim BelgiumPhilippe De Ridder Changed Post to football director 13 November 2012 11th (5 games In) IndiaBaichung Bhutia 13 November 2012[16]
Mohun Bagan IndiaMridul Banerjee Interim period ended 19 November 2012 5th (6 games in) MoroccoKarim Bencherifa 19 November 2012[17]
Sporting Goa IndiaEkendra Singh Moved to Goalkeeper Coach 3 December 2012 11th (9 games in) SpainOscar Bruzon 3 December 2012[18]
United Sikkim IndiaBaichung Bhutia Interim period ended 10 December 2012 12th (10 games in) AustraliaNathan Hall 10 December 2012[19]
ONGC IndiaSubrata Bhattacharya Sacked 18 December 2012 14th (11 games in) IndiaSantosh Kashyap 18 December 2012[20]
Air India IndiaGodfrey Pereira Resigned 27 December 2012 10th (10 games in) IndiaAnthony Fernandes 30 December 2012[21]
Shillong Lajong ScotlandDesmond Bulpin Sacked 22 January 2013 12th (16 games in) IndiaThangboi Singto 22 January 2013[22]
Air India IndiaAnthony Fernandes Interim period ended 2 March 2013 12th (17 games in) IndiaNaushad Moosa 2 March 2013[23]

Foreign players

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Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to four per team, including a slot for a player fromAFCcountries. A team could use three foreign players on the field each game including a least one player from the AFC country.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Asian Player
Air India NigeriaHenry Ezeh NigeriaJunior Obagbemiro NigeriaAmos Omeje AfghanistanMujtaba Faiz
Churchill Brothers BrazilBeto GabonHenry Antchouet SenegalLamine Tamba AfghanistanBalal Arezou
Dempo JapanRyuji Sueoka LiberiaJohnny Menyongar NigeriaKoko Sakibo None
East Bengal NigeriaChidi Edeh NigeriaUga Okpara NigeriaPenn Orji AustraliaAndrew Barisić
Mohun Bagan NamibiaQuinton Jacobs NigeriaEchezona Anyichie NigeriaOdafe Okolie AustraliaTolgay Özbey
Mumbai GhanaEvans Quao GhanaYusif Yakubu NigeriaDavid Opara AfghanistanZohib Amiri
ONGC LiberiaEric Brown NigeriaMuritala Ali NigeriaHassan Odeola JapanKatsumi Yusa
Pailan Arrows Pailan Arrows don't use foreigners as they are a Developmental Team
Prayag United Costa RicaCarlos Hernández NigeriaRanti Martins NigeriaBello Razaq JapanKayne Vincent[nb 1]
Pune Ivory CoastPierre Douhou NigeriaChika Wali South SudanJames Moga AustraliaBoima Karpeh
Salgaocar BrazilJosimar BrazilLuciano Sabrosa NigeriaO. J. Obatola SingaporeJohn Wilkinson
Shillong Lajong JapanSho Kamimura JapanTaisuke Matsugae PortugalEdinho Júnior North KoreaMinchol Son
Sporting Goa NigeriaOgba Kalu Nnanna SpainÁngel Berlanga SpainJuanfri JapanSeiya Sugishita
United Sikkim GuamJohn Landa NigeriaSalau Nuruddin SpainPablo Rodríguez AustraliaSteve Hayes

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Churchill Brothers(C) 26 16 7 3 56 22 +34 55 Qualification for2014 AFC Cup group stage
2 Pune 26 16 4 6 53 26 +27 52 Qualification for2014 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off[a]
3 East Bengal 26 13 8 5 44 18 +26 47
4 Prayag United 26 13 5 8 55 35 +20 44
5 Dempo 26 11 7 8 45 33 +12 40
6 Sporting Goa 26 9 8 9 36 41 −5 35
7 Salgaocar 26 9 6 11 34 29 +5 33
8 Mumbai 26 8 8 10 36 42 −6 32
9 ONGC(R) 26 7 10 9 30 40 −10 31 Excluded[b]
10 Mohun Bagan 26 11 8 7 40 34 +6 29[c]
11 Shillong Lajong 26 6 10 10 26 40 −14 28
12 Pailan Arrows 26 6 5 15 25 45 −20 23
13 Air India(R) 26 4 7 15 28 63 −35 19 Excluded[b]
14 United Sikkim(R) 26 2 9 15 23 63 −40 15 Relegation to2014 I-League 2nd Division
Source:IndiaFooty.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C)Champions;(R)Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^Punewere chosen to represent India in the AFC Champions League as they passed the club licensing requirements.[24]
  2. ^abONGCandAir Indiawere expelled from I-League because they failed to meetAsian Football Confederation's licensing criteria.[25]
  3. ^On 29 December 2012,Mohun Baganfailed to turn up in the second half of the match againstEast Bengaldue to crowd trouble; their record was expunged, with their remaining fixtures scratched, and they were banned from the I-League for until 2015 by the I-League core committee.[26]On 15 January 2013, Mohun Bagan appealed against the decision to ban them from the league and were reinstated, but would start on 0 points.[27]

Results

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Home \ Away AI CB DEM EB MB MUM ONGC PA USC PFC SFC SLFC SCG USFC
Air India 0–3 2–1 0–3 0–1 4–1 1–2 1–1 1–4 0–6 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–3
Churchill Brothers 3–0 2–2 0–3 1–1 3–1 5–0 3–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 6–0 8–4 2–1
Dempo 1–0 2–1 2–2 3–0 2–2 1–1 0–2 3–1 1–5 2–1 4–1 0–1 7–0
East Bengal 1–1 0–3 1–1 3–0 2–0 5–0 3–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 6–0
Mohun Bagan 3–2 0–2 2–1 0–0 3–2 3–1 2–0 1–2 1–3 3–0 2–2 3–1 0–0
Mumbai 3–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–3 0–1 4–1 3–2 1–0
ONGC 2–4 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 2–2 1–1
Pailan Arrows 2–1 0–3 1–2 1–2 2–3 3–2 4–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 1–0 0–2 1–1
Prayag United 5–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–3 3–1 4–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–3 10–1
Pune 4–0 0–1 2–0 1–2 2–2 3–2 3–2 2–0 3–1 0–2 2–2 0–0 2–2
Salgaocar 4–0 0–0 1–2 1–4 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–3 9–0
Shillong Lajong 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 3–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–1
Sporting Goa 0–1 1–0 0–5 0–0 1–5 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 0–0 2–1
United Sikkim 5–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–3 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 3–2 0–0 0–3
Source:I-League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistical leaders

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Hattricks

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Player For Against Result Round Date
NigeriaRanti Martins Prayag United Air India 5–1 1 7 October 2012
LebanonAkram Moghrabi Churchill Brothers ONGC 5–0 2 11 October 2012
NigeriaOdafe Onyeka Okolie Mohun Bagan Sporting Goa 3–1 4 4 November 2012
NigeriaRanti Martins[nb 2] Prayag United United Sikkim 10–1 5 10 November 2012
IndiaBineesh Balan Churchill Brothers Sporting Goa 8–4 11 16 December 2012
NigeriaChidi Edeh East Bengal Salgaocar 4–1 14 5 January 2013
NigeriaKoko Sakibo Dempo United Sikkim 7–0 17 19 January 2013
IndiaC.K. Vineeth Prayag United Air India 4–1 19 2 February 2013
NigeriaOdafe Onyeka Okolie Mohun Bagan Sporting Goa 5–1 23 7 April 2013
BrazilJosimar Salgaocar United Sikkim 9–0 24 13 April 2013

Notes

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  1. ^Prayag United are allowed up to four foreign players (perI-Leaguerules), one of which must be from Asia. Despite being a New Zealander and having represented them at youth international level Kayne Vincent is considered Japanese due to his Japanese mother.
  2. ^Martins scored 5 goals in this match.

References

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