League I-League Duration 2008-2009 Dates 26 Sep 2008 – 16 Apr 2009 Champion Churchill Brothers S.C. Number of teams 12 TV partner TEN 2 | Sport Association football Champions Churchill Brothers SC Top scorer Odafa Onyeka Okolie Location India Season champion Churchill Brothers S.C. | |
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The I-League 2008-2009 season began on 26 September 2008 and finished on 16 April 2009 with a break in December for the Federation Cup and Durand Cup. Most games this season were played on Saturday's and Sunday's to attract larger crowds. After a successful first season for the I League, the second season featured 12 teams from four different cities - again this would be expanded in the 2009-10 season to 14 teams.
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The champion in the I-League qualified for the AFC Champions League 2010 qualifying playoffs in 2010, while the bottom two teams were relegated to I-League 2nd Division for the next season.
League table
Updated to games played on 16 April 2009.
Source: http://www.indianfootball.com/specials/ileague/index.phpl
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1. East Bengal qualified for the 2010 AFC Cup as 2009–10 Indian Federation Cup winners.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.