2013–14 I-League

The 2013–14 I-League (known as the Airtel I-League for sponsorship reasons) was the seventh season of the I-League, the top-tier Indian professional league for football clubs, since its establishment in 2007. The season began on 21 September 2013, and ended on 28 April 2014.

I-League
Season2013–14
ChampionsBengaluru FC
1st I-League title
1st Indian title
RelegatedMohammedan
AFC Champions LeagueBengaluru FC
AFC CupBengaluru FC
East Bengal
Matches played156
Goals scored402 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorerCornell Glen
Sunil Chhetri
Darryl Duffy
(14 goals each)
Biggest home winMohun Bagan 4–0 United SC
(6 December 2013)
Sporting Goa 5–1 Shillong Lajong
(14 December 2013)
Dempo 4–0 Sporting Goa
(8 March 2014)
Rangdajied United 4–0 United SC
(9 March 2014)
Biggest away winShillong Lajong 0–4 East Bengal
(9 October 2013)
Highest scoringMohammedan 4–5 Shillong Lajong
(16 April 2014)
Longest winning run5 games
Salgaocar[1]
Longest unbeaten run8 games
East Bengal[1]
Longest losing run4 games
Salgaocar[1]
Highest attendance80,000[2]
Mohun Bagan 0–1 East Bengal
(24 November 2013)
Average attendance5,618[3]

Churchill Brothers were the defending champions, having won their second I-League title in the previous season.[4]

On 21 April 2014, Bengaluru FC were crowned champions with one game remaining, winning their first ever I-League title by defeating Dempo 2–4 at Fatorda Stadium. Bengaluru FC also created history by becoming the first team ever to win the I-League title in its debut season.[5] On 28 April 2014, Mohammedan were relegated from the I-League when Churchill Brothers defeated Salgaocar 2–1, and hence survived relegation. Churchill Brothers also avoided being the first defending champions to be relegated.[6]

During the season, Maria Rebello became the first woman referee internationally to officiate in a country's premier league match when she officiated in Pune vs Shillong Lajong on 8 March 2014.[7]

Teams

A total of 13 teams are currently registered to start the new season. Ten clubs from the previous campaign, two promoted sides from the 2013 I-League 2nd Division and one new expansion team.

Rangdajied United as champions and Mohammedan as runners-up secured direct promotion from the 2nd Division.

United Sikkim and Air India were relegated, although Air India would not have been given a licence to compete in this edition after failing to fulfill the AIFF criteria. This same fate happened to ONGC who have also been left out of the coming season.

Mumbai Tigers was accepted into the league on 27 May 2013 but later withdrew citing unavoidable circumstances with only 20 days left into the start of the new season.[8][9]

Bengaluru was also accepted into the league and is based in Bangalore. One other consortium from Kerala, whose leading company is Eagles FC, also expressed interest in joining the league. It was also announced in late May that English club Queens Park Rangers also expressed interest but look to be prepared to enter for the 2014–15 season.[10]

On 29 August 2013, the AIFF decided to shut down Pailan Arrows and withdraw them from the coming season.[11] The league committee also announced in May 2013 to use a Conference Model, the Eastern Conference and Western Conference. The top-four from each Conference would advance to play the final round. But this was later dropped.[12]

On 20 September 2013, it was announced that the largest cellular service provider in India, Airtel, will be the title sponsor of I-League for the 2013–14 season.[13]

Venues and locations
Locations of teams in the 2013–14 I-League
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Bengaluru FC Bangalore, Karnataka Bangalore Football Stadium 8,400[14]
Churchill Brothers Salcette, Goa Fatorda Stadium 24,000
Dempo Panjim, Goa Fatorda Stadium 24,000
East Bengal Kolkata, West Bengal Kalyani Stadium 10,000
Mohammedan 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
Pune Pune, Maharashtra Balewadi Sports Complex 22,000
Rangdajied United Shillong, Meghalaya Nehru Stadium 30,000
Salgaocar Vasco da Gama, Goa Tilak Maidan Stadium 16,000
Shillong Lajong Shillong, Meghalaya Nehru Stadium 30,000
Sporting Goa Panjim, Goa Duler Stadium 6,000
United SC Kolkata, West Bengal Kalyani Stadium 10,000

Personnel and kits
Team Manager Captain Shirt sponsor Kit sponsor
Bengaluru FC England Ashley Westwood India Sunil Chhetri JSW none
Churchill Brothers India Mariano Dias India Lenny Rodrigues Churchill none
Dempo Australia Arthur Papas India Clifford Miranda Dempo Nike
East Bengal India Armando Colaco India Mehtab Hussain Kingfisher and SRMB TMT1 Shiv-Naresh
Mohammedan India Sanjoy Sen India R Dhanarajan EMTA Group2 none
Mohun Bagan Morocco Karim Bencherifa Nigeria Odafe Okolie McDowell's No.1 Fila
Mumbai India Khalid Jamil Afghanistan Zohib Amiri TEN HD Seven
Pune Netherlands Mike Snoei India Anas Edathodika Peninsula Adidas
Rangdajied United India Herring Shangpliang India Poibang Pohshna none Diadora
Salgaocar India Derrick Pereira India Francis Fernandes Salgaocar none
Shillong Lajong India Thangboi Singto North Korea Minchol Son Aircel Adidas
Sporting Goa Spain Óscar Bruzón India Matthew Gonsalves Models none
United SC India Ananta Kumar Ghosh India Deepak Mondal T.H.P.L. none
1. ^ On the back of shirt.
2. ^ On the sleeves.

Transfers
Further information: I-League transfers for the 2013–14 season

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming head coach Date of appointment
Bengaluru FC Expansion team Pre-season England Ashley Westwood 2 July 2013[15]
Dempo India Armando Colaco End of Contract 31 May 2013[16] Australia Arthur Papas 1 June 2013[17]
East Bengal England Trevor Morgan Mutual Agreement 12 May 2013[18] Brazil Marcos Falopa 12 June 2013[19]
Mohammedan India Sanjoy Sen Resigned 10 May 2013[20] Nigeria Abdul Aziz Moshood 10 June 2013[21]
Pune India Derrick Pereira End of Contract 12 May 2013[22] Netherlands Mike Snoei 12 May 2013[23]
Rangdajied United None1 India Santosh Kashyap 6 June 2013[24]
Salgaocar England Dave Booth End of Contract 12 May 2013[25] India Derrick Pereira 12 May 2013[25]
East Bengal Brazil Marcos Falopa Resigned 13 November 2013[26] 10th (5 games in) India Armando Colaco 20 November 2013[26]
Mohammedan Nigeria Abdul Aziz Moshood Sacked 17 December 2013[27] 11th (13 games in) India Sanjoy Sen 17 December 2013[27]
United SC Netherlands Eelco Schattorie Resigned 27 January 2014[28] 9th (15 games in) India Ananta Kumar Ghosh 15 February 2014[29]
Rangdajied United India Santosh Kashyap Sacked 21 February 2014[30] 13th India Herring Shangpliang 1 March 2014[31]
1. ^ Rangdajied United, during the 2013 I-League 2nd Division, were under the control of their General Secretary, Karsing Kurbah.[32]

Foreign players

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

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 AFC Player Former Players1
Bengaluru FC England John Johnson Kenya Curtis Osano Liberia Johnny Menyongar Australia Sean Rooney
Churchill Brothers Costa Rica Cristian Lagos Egypt Abdelhamid Shabana Trinidad and Tobago Anthony Wolfe Australia Daniell Zeleny Gabon Henri Antchouet
Portugal Amoreirinha

Portugal Hugo Machado
Syria Ahmad Al Kaddour
Syria Naser Al Sebai
Syria Yasser Shahen

Dempo Australia Simon Colosimo Australia Tolgay Ozbey Brazil Beto Afghanistan Zohib Islam Amiri Republic of Ireland Billy Mehmet
Japan Shinnosuke Honda
East Bengal Nigeria Chidi Edeh Nigeria Uga Okpara South Sudan James Moga Japan Ryuji Sueoka
Mohammedan Brazil Josimar Brazil Luciano Sabrosa Nigeria Penn Orji Japan Taro Hasegawa[33] Australia Tolgay Ozbey
Mohun Bagan Nigeria Echezona Anyichie Nigeria Christopher Chizoba Nigeria Odafe Okolie Japan Katsumi Yusa Kenya Harrison Muranda
Mumbai Ghana Yusif Yakubu Nigeria Henry Ezeh Nigeria Ebi Sukore Afghanistan Ahmad Hatifi Afghanistan Sandjar Ahmadi
Afghanistan Zohib Islam Amiri
Pune England Calum Angus Ivory Coast Pierre Douhou Netherlands Riga Mustapha Australia Mirjan Pavlović Australia James Meyer
Spain Raul Fabiani
Rangdajied United Nigeria Ranti Martins[34] North Korea Kim Song-Yong Senegal Lamine Tamba Japan Yohei Iwasaki Brazil Edmar Figueira
Salgaocar Nigeria Dudu Omagbemi Nigeria Chika Wali Scotland Darryl Duffy Australia Matthew Foschini France Claude Gnakpa
Shillong Lajong Brazil Uilliams Japan Taisuke Matsugae Trinidad and Tobago Cornell Glen North Korea Minchol Son
Sporting Goa Nigeria Martins Ekwueme Nigeria Ogba Kalu Nnanna Spain Gonzalo Hinojal Australia Boima Karpeh Spain Arturo Navarro
United SC Liberia Eric Brown Nigeria Waheed Adekunle[34] Nigeria Bello Razaq Syria Hasan Al Moustafa Nigeria Ranti Martins
  • ^1 Foreign players who left their clubs midway or after first half of the season.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bengaluru FC (C) 24 14 5 5 42 28 +14 47 Qualification for 2015 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
2 East Bengal 24 12 7 5 39 23 +16 43 Qualification for 2015 AFC Cup group stage
3 Salgaocar 24 11 6 7 36 25 +11 39
4 Dempo 24 9 8 7 31 25 +6 35
5 Sporting Goa 24 9 7 8 34 34 0 34
6 Shillong Lajong 24 8 9 7 35 37 −2 33
7 Pune 24 7 8 9 28 32 −4 29
8 Mohun Bagan 24 6 10 8 23 24 −1 28
9 Mumbai 24 5 13 6 31 32 −1 28
10 United (R) 24 5 11 8 22 32 −10 26 Excluded[lower-alpha 1]
11 Rangdajied United (R) 24 6 7 11 29 38 −9 25
12 Churchill Brothers (R) 24 6 7 11 25 37 −12 25
13 Mohammedan (R) 24 6 6 12 27 35 −8 24 Relegation to 2015 I-League 2nd Division
Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2014. Source: IndiaFooty.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored; 5) taking lots[36]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. United, Rangdajied United and Churchill Brothers were barred from I-League they failed to meet Asian Football Confederation's licensing criteria.[35]

Results
Home \ Away BFC CB DEM EB MSC MB MUM PFC RUFC SFC SLFC SCG USC
Bengaluru FC 3–0 3–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–0
Churchill Brothers 1–3 1–4 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–2 3–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 3–2 0–2
Dempo 2–4 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–3 4–0 1–2
East Bengal 2–0 0–0 1–3 2–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 3–1 2–3 0–0 2–1 1–1
Mohammedan 2–3 0–0 0–0 1–3 0–0 1–0 1–3 2–1 0–1 4–5 3–1 0–0
Mohun Bagan 0–2 2–2 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 4–0
Mumbai 2–2 4–2 1–1 3–2 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–3 2–3 1–1 1–1
Pune 1–0 1–0 0–3 1–2 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–1
Rangdajied United 3–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–3 3–1 1–1 3–2 2–2 0–0 1–2 4–0
Salgaocar 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 0–1 0–0
Shillong Lajong 3–0 2–2 2–1 0–4 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–1
Sporting Goa 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 1–3 1–1 2–0 3–0 3–3 5–1 1–0
United SC 1–3 3–2 0–0 0–3 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–2 2–2 3–1
Source: Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics
As of 28 April 2014[37]

Hat-tricks
Player Club Against Result Date
Nigeria Kalu Ogba Sporting Goa Shillong Lajong 5—1 14 December 2013
Australia Tolgay Özbey 4 Dempo Churchill Brothers 4—1 28 March 2014
Ghana Yusif Yakubu Mumbai Churchill Brothers 4—2 13 April 2014
Trinidad and Tobago Cornell Glen Shillong Lajong Mohammedan 5—4 16 April 2014

4 Player scored 4 goals

Disciplinary

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.[38] Salgaocar led the Fair Play rankings at the end of the season.[39]

Rank Team Games Total Points
1 Salgaocar 24 1904.643
2 United SC 24 1850.357
3 Rangdajied United 24 1841.429
4 Mumbai 24 1839.286
5 Dempo 24 1824.286
6 Bengaluru FC 24 1816.571
7 East Bengal 24 1813.514
8 Shillong Lajong 24 1797.143
9 Mohun Bagan 24 1788.214
10 Pune 24 1760.357
11 Mohammedan 24 1744.286
12 Sporting Goa 24 1719.286
13 Churchill Brothers 24 1672.071

Average attendance

Average attendance at the various clubs were as follows:[2][3]

Rank Team Average attendance
1 Mohun Bagan17,068
2 Shillong Lajong11,308
3 East Bengal8,667
4 Rangdajied United7,687
5 Mohammedan7,083
6 Bengaluru FC7,038
7 Pune2,586
8 Dempo2,542
9 Churchill Brothers2,450
10 Salgaocar2,421
11 United SC2,250
12 Sporting Goa1,608
13 Mumbai321
League Average5618

Awards

AIFF Awards

All India Football Federation awarded the following awards for the I-League season, voted by all the captains and the coaches of all the participating clubs.[40]

FPAI Awards

Football Player's Association of India awarded the following award for the season[41]

Number of teams by state
State No. of teams Teams City
West Bengal 4 East Bengal Kolkata
Mohammedan
Mohun Bagan
United SC
Goa 4 Dempo Panaji
Sporting Goa
Churchill Brothers Salcette
Salgaocar Vasco da Gama
Meghalaya 2 Rangdajied United Shillong
Shillong Lajong
Maharashtra 2 Mumbai Mumbai
Pune Pune
Karnataka 1 Bengaluru FC Bangalore

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