2011–12 I League

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Season 2011–12 Biggest home win Dempo 5-0 Mohun Bagan Dates 22 Oct 2011 – 6 May 2012 Location India Matches played 181		Champions Dempo Biggest away win HAL 1-8 East Bengal Champion Dempo S.C. Goals scored 521

AFC Cup East Bengal Churchill Brothers Top goalscorer Ranti Martins (32 goals) Relegated Chirag United Club Kerala, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited S.C. People also search for 2012–13 I-League, 2009–10 I-League

The 2011–12 I-League is the fifth season of the I-League, the topmost level of the Indian football pyramid. The season began in October 2011 and ended in May 2012. Salgaocar are the defending champions, having won their maiden title in the previous season.

The current edition has a total of 14 teams contesting for the honors. These include the top twelve teams from the 2010–11 season along with the two promoted sides, Shillong Lajong and Sporting Clube de Goa, who had been the winner and the runner-up in the 2011 I-League 2nd Division respectively.

Teams

According to the AIFF's rules, the two bottom-most teams from the 2010–11 season-ending points table were supposed to be relegated to the second tier, but in actuality, only ONGC FC were relegated after their second to last place finish, while the team finishing the last, JCT FC decided to disband their senior football team at the close of the session.

Shillong Lajong FC and Sporting Clube de Goa, the Champions & Runner-up respectively, of the 2011 I-League 2nd Division, were promoted to the I-League after being relegated only the previous year.

Managerial changes

In chronological order from the bottom

Ownership changes

¹: Anglian Holdings only brought 20% in Shillong Lajong. The rest of the club is still owned by Shillong Lajong plc.

League table

Updated to games played on 6 May 2012.
Source: I-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
¹East Bengal, the winner of the 2012 Indian Federation Cup, qualified for the 2013 AFC Cup.
²Dempo refused to enter the 2013 AFC Cup, so they were replaced by Churchill Brothers.
³Pailan Arrows were not relegated in the season as they were a developmental team.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Season charity

IMG Reliance and the I-League have joined hands with the polio eradication campaign India Unite to End Polio Now. IUEPN is an initiative of Aidmatrix Foundation, supported by UNICEF, and a collaborative effort between the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), World Health Organisation (WHO), National Polio Surveillance Project (NPSP), Rotary International and US Centre for Disease Control (CDC).

Scoring

First goal of the season: C.K. Vineeth for Chirag United Club Kerala against HAL (22 October 2011)

Fastest goal of the season: 3 minutes – Anthony Pereira for Dempo against Shillong Lajong (23 November 2011)

Widest winning margin: 7 goals

HAL 1-8 East Bengal (23 November 2011)

Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 10 goals

Pune 6-4 HAL (10 April 2012)

Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 4 goals

Pune 6-4 HAL (10 April 2012)

Most goals scored in a match by a single player: 4 goals

Tolgay Ozbey for East Bengal against HAL (23 November 2011)

Gbeneme Friday for Mumbai against HAL (14 April 2012)

End of season awards

Fan's Player of the Year — Francis Fernandes

FPAI Young Player of the Year — Manandeep Singh

FPAI Foreign Player of the Year — Ranti Martins

FPAI Indian Player of the Year — Syed Rahim Nabi

FPAI Coach of the Year — Trevor Morgan

FPAI Team of the Year

Formation: 4-4-2

References

2011–12 I-League Wikipedia

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