2015–16 I-League 2nd Division

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I-League 2nd Division
Season2015–16
Champions Dempo
Promoted Minerva Punjab (Dempo pulled out)
Matches played40
Goals scored92 (2.3 per match)
Top goalscorer Flag of Nigeria.svg Felix Chidi Odili
Flag of India.svg Atinder Mani
(7 Goals each)
Biggest home win Kenkre 4–0 PIFA
(18 December 2015) Dempo 4–0 Kenkre
(27 December 2015)
Biggest away win PIFA 0–8 Dempo
(17 January 2016)
Highest scoring PIFA 0–8 Dempo
(17 January 2016)
← 2015
2016–17 →
All statistics correct as of 17 January 2016.

The 2015–16 I-League 2nd Division was the ninth edition of the I-League 2nd division, the second-highest division in India.

Contents

League structure

The 2015–16 I-League 2nd division matches to be played on a home and away basis. The preliminary rounds will be played in the ‘conference’ system with the teams being divided into Eastern and Western conferences. Top 3 teams from each conference will qualify for the final round of the 2015–2016 season of 2nd division I-League. [1]

The 10-team I-League second division commenced on 14 November.[ citation needed ]

Team overview

The following clubs participated in the 2nd Division League 2015–16, subject to fulfillment of the Club Licensing criteria. [2]

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Locations of the I-League 2nd Division teams
TeamStateHome GroundCapacity
Kenkre Maharashtra Cooperage Ground 5,000
Lonestar Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir Bakhshi Stadium 30,000
Mohammedan West Bengal Barasat Stadium 22,000
Dempo Goa Raia Panchayat Ground6,000
PIFA Maharashtra Cooperage Ground 5,000
Guwahati Assam Nehru Stadium, Guwahati 15,000
NEROCA Manipur Khuman Lampak Main Stadium 26,000
Fateh Hyderabad Telangana Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium 25,000
Gangtok Himalayan Sikkim Paljor Stadium 30,000
Minerva Punjab Guru Nanak Stadium 15,000

Foreign players

Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to three per team. A team could use two foreign players on the field each game.

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3
Dempo Flag of Nigeria.svg Chika Wali Flag of Nigeria.svg Felix Chidi Odili —
Fateh Hyderabad———
Gangtok Himalayan Flag of Nigeria.svg Samuel Kane Flag of Nigeria.svg Namdi Stephen Harry Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Leonce Dodoz
Guwahati Flag of Nigeria.svg Ugochukwu Godswill Flag of Nigeria.svg Oluwaunmi Somide Flag of Nigeria.svg Emmanuel Ini Oyoh
Kenkre Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Yao Kouassi Bernard Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Lassine Karamoko Flag of the United States.svg Samuel Bradley
Lonestar Kashmir Flag of Nigeria.svg James Effiong——
Minerva Flag of Nigeria.svg Alhassan Dahir Bala Flag of Nigeria.svg Kareem Omolaja Flag of Japan.svg Atsushi Yonezawa
Mohammedan Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Lancine Toure Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Simbarashe Gate Flag of South Sudan.svg James Moga
NEROCA Flag of Nigeria.svg Amamba Jerry Elekwachi Flag of Nigeria.svg Onwubuariri Ikechukwu Joseph Flag of Nigeria.svg Offor Emeka Christian
PIFA Flag of Guinea.svg Solileymane Sylla——

Group A - Eastern Conference

All times are Indian Standard Time (IST) – UTC+05:30.

Table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Mohammedan 8512107+316Advance to Final Round
2 Gangtok Himalayan 834194+513
3 NEROCA 833275+212
4 Guwahati 823398+19
5 Fateh Hyderabad 8116517−124

Fixtures and results

14 November 2015 NEROCA 0–0 Fateh Hyderabad Imphal
13:30Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: 12458
Referee: Anemesh Beswas
14 November 2015 Mohammedan 2–1 Guwahati Barasat
14:00Taurus Tecompleh Nanneh Soccerball shade.svg42'
Ajay Singh Yellow card.svg 30'Soccerball shade.svg44'Red card.svg 90+2'		Yellow card.svg 39' Kallol Pal
Soccerball shade.svg87' (pen.) Oluwaunmi Somide
Yellow card.svg 90+2' Ugochukwu Godswill		Stadium: Barasat Stadium
21 November 2015 Guwahati 3–0 Fateh Hyderabad Maligaon
14:00 Durga Boro Soccerball shade.svg10'
Somide Adelaja Soccerball shade.svg31'
James Singh Soccerball shade.svg58'Yellow card.svg 75'		Yellow card.svg 15' Rohit Negi
Yellow card.svg 81' Pankaj Kshatri		Stadium: Northeast Frontier Railway Stadium
21 November 2015 Mohammedan 0–0 Gangtok Himalayan Barasat
14:00Taurus Tecompleh Manneh Yellow card.svg 8'
Mumtaz Akhtar Yellow card.svg 49'
Bikramjeet Singh Yellow card.svg 67'		Yellow card.svg 30' Samuel Kane
Yellow card.svg 64' Karan Atwal		Stadium: Barasat Stadium
28 November 2015 Guwahati 0–2 NEROCA Maligaon
14:00Soccerball shade.svg30' Onwubuariri Ikechukwu Joseph
Soccerball shade.svg40' (pen.) Chingkhei Yumnam 		Stadium: Northeast Frontier Railway Stadium
Referee: Pratik Mondal
5 December 2015 Gangtok Himalayan 0–1 NEROCA Gangtok
14:30Soccerball shade.svg90+1' Ronald SinghStadium: Paljor Stadium
8 December 2015 Fateh Hyderabad 1–2 Mohammedan Hyderabad
18:50Nitin Jyal Soccerball shade.svg14'Soccerball shade.svg5' Deepak Kumar
Soccerball shade.svg37' Ajay Singh 		Stadium: Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium
12 December 2015 NEROCA 2–1 Mohammedan Imphal
13:30Joseph Soccerball shade.svg49'
Moirangthem Ashok Soccerball shade.svg90+5'		Soccerball shade.svg73' Ajay Singh Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: 15510
19 December 2015 NEROCA 0–0 Guwahati Imphal
13:30Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: 11000
19 December 2015 Mohammedan 2–1 Fateh Hyderabad Barasat
14:00Tonmoy Ghosh Soccerball shade.svg3'
Mumtaz Akhtar Soccerball shade.svg68'		Soccerball shade.svg53' Shahil BhattStadium: Barasat Stadium
26 December 2015 Guwahati 0–3 Mohammedan Guwahati
14:00Stadium: Nehru Stadium
26 December 2015 Gangtok Himalayan 3–1 Fateh Hyderabad Gangtok
14:30Tenzing Tshepel Soccerball shade.svg16'
Badmus Babatunde Soccerball shade.svg22', 79'		Soccerball shade.svg53' Rohit NegiStadium: Paljor Stadium
2 January 2016 NEROCA 1–1 Gangtok Himalayan Imphal
13:30Chongtham Kishan Singh Soccerball shade.svg78' Babatunde Soccerball shade.svg7'Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
9 January 2016 Gangtok Himalayan 2–0 Mohammedan Gangtok
14:30Nima Tamang Soccerball shade.svg45+1'
Thomas Tshering Lepcha Soccerball shade.svg90+1'		Stadium: Paljor Stadium
11 January 2016 Fateh Hyderabad 2–1 NEROCA Hyderabad
18:50Shahil Bhatt Soccerball shade.svg22', 23'Soccerball shade.svg35' Amamba Jeremiah ElekwachiStadium: Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium
16 January 2016 Mohammedan 1–0 NEROCA Barasat
14:00 Basanta Singh Soccerball shade.svgStadium: Barasat Stadium

Group B - Western Conference

All times are Indian Standard Time (IST) – UTC+05:30.

Table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Minerva 8611163+1319Advance to Final Round
2 Dempo 8503166+1015
3 Lonestar Kashmir 8341105+513
4 Kenkre 8134611−56
5 PIFA 8026326−232

Fixtures and results

15 November 2015 Dempo 1–0 PIFA Raia
16:00 Milagres Gonsalves Yellow card.svg 12'
Soccerball shade.svg43' (pen.)		Yellow card.svg 42' Karun Kumar RSStadium: Raia Panchayat Ground
Referee: Fasi Salahudeen
16 November 2015 Kenkre 0–0 Lonestar Kashmir Mumbai
18:30 Deepak Prakash Yellow card.svg 23'Stadium: Cooperage Ground
Referee: William Koshy
19 November 2015 Kenkre 0–2 Minerva Mumbai
18:30Shivakumar M Yellow card.svg 39'
Aravindraj Ranjan Yellow card.svg 59'		Yellow card.svg 13' Bala Alhassan
Soccerball shade.svg60' (pen.) Harpreet Bedi
Soccerball shade.svg74' Simranjit Singh 		Stadium: Cooperage Ground
Referee: K Radhakrishnan
21 November 2015 Dempo 0–3 Lonestar Kashmir Raia
16:00Asheer Akhtar Yellow card.svg 37'Soccerball shade.svg21' Atinder Mani
Soccerball shade.svg55', 65' Farukh Choudhary		Stadium: Raia Panchayat Ground
29 November 2015 Minerva 2–1 Lonestar Kashmir Ludhiana
14:30Jagpreet Singh Soccerball shade.svg38'
Bala Alhassan Soccerball shade.svg84'		Soccerball shade.svg43' Iffam TariqStadium: Guru Nanak Stadium
29 November 2015 Kenkre 1–1 PIFA Bhiwandi
15:30Rishad P P Soccerball shade.svg12'Soccerball shade.svg33' Francisco DominicStadium: All Saints School
6 December 2015 Minerva 1–0 Dempo Ludhiana
14:30Manvir Singh Soccerball shade.svg40'Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium
6 December 2015 Lonestar Kashmir 2–2 PIFA Srinagar
14:00Farukh Choudhary Soccerball shade.svg55', 89'Soccerball shade.svg33' Irfan Khan
Soccerball shade.svg90+2' Junaid		Stadium: Synthetic Turf Football Stadium
Attendance: 7540
11 December 2015 Minerva 3–0 PIFA Ludhiana
14:30Sehijpal Singh Soccerball shade.svg19'
Kamalpreet Singh Soccerball shade.svg37'
Dilliram Sanyasi Soccerball shade.svg85'		Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium
15 December 2015 Kenkre 0–1 Dempo Mumbai
19:00Soccerball shade.svg90' Peter Carvalho Stadium: Cooperage Ground
18 December 2015 Kenkre 4–0 PIFA Mumbai
19:00Egypsio Noronha Soccerball shade.svg9'
Loukik Jadhav Soccerball shade.svg17'
Yao Kouassi Bernard Soccerball shade.svg45'
Prathamesh Rokade Soccerball shade.svg48'		Stadium: Cooperage Ground
20 December 2015 Lonestar Kashmir 0–0 Minerva Srinagar
16:00Stadium: Synthetic Turf Football Stadium
27 December 2015 Dempo 4–0 Kenkre Vasco
16:00 Milagres Gonsalves Soccerball shade.svg9', 85'
Beevan D'Mello Soccerball shade.svg27', 35'		Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
3 January 2016 PIFA 0–2 Lonestar Kashmir Bhiwandi
15:30Soccerball shade.svg68', 83' Atinder ManiStadium: All Saints School
3 January 2016 Dempo 2–1 Minerva Vasco
16:00 Beevan D'Mello Soccerball shade.svg2'
Milagres Gonsalves Soccerball shade.svg61'		Soccerball shade.svg88' Sehijpal SinghStadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
7 January 2016 PIFA 0–5 Minerva Bhiwandi
15:30Aji Demengje Soccerball shade.svg41'Soccerball shade.svg51'
Sehijpal Singh Soccerball shade.svg53'
Prabhjot Singh Soccerball shade.svg64'Soccerball shade.svg83'		Stadium: All Saints School
10 January 2016 Lonestar Kashmir 1–0 Dempo Srinagar
16:00 Gagandeep Singh Soccerball shade.svg7'Stadium: Synthetic Turf Football Stadium
12 January 2016 Minerva 2–0 Kenkre Ludhiana
14:30Manvir Singh Soccerball shade.svg9', 17'Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium
17 January 2016 PIFA 0–8 Dempo Bhiwandi
15:30Soccerball shade.svg19' Beevan D'Mello
Soccerball shade.svg32' Shallum Pires
Soccerball shade.svg39' Chika Wali
Soccerball shade.svg43', 84' Kapil Hoble
Soccerball shade.svg45+1', 64' Felix
Soccerball shade.svg90+2' Nickson Castanha 		Stadium: All Saints School
17 January 2016 Lonestar Kashmir 1–1 Kenkre Srinagar
16:00Atinder Mani Soccerball shade.svg85'Soccerball shade.svg44' Arish SutariaStadium: Synthetic Turf Football Stadium

Final round

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Dempo (C, P)10721164+1223Promotion to I-League
2 Minerva 105321411+318
3 NEROCA 105231311+217
4 Mohammedan [lower-alpha 1] 10433108+212
5 Gangtok Himalayan 10136716−96
6 Lonestar Kashmir 101181020−104
Source: Results & Fixtures: 2nd Division I-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) play-off match
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ↑ 3 points are deducted from Mohammedan SC as per the decision taken by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee. [3]

Statistics

As of 6 June 2016 [4]

Top scorers

RankPlayerTeamGoalsApps.
1 Flag of Nigeria.svg Felix Chidi Odili Dempo 711
2 Flag of India.svg Atinder Mani Lonestar Kashmir 717
3 Flag of South Sudan.svg James Moga Mohammedan 64
4 Flag of India.svg Milagres Gonsalves Dempo 67
5 Flag of India.svg Ajay Singh Mohammedan 615
6 Flag of India.svg Farukh Choudhary Lonestar Kashmir 618
7 Flag of Nigeria.svg Oluwaunmi Somide Guwahati 57
8 Flag of Nigeria.svg Badmus Babatunde Gangtok Himalayan 57
9 Flag of Nigeria.svg Kareem Omolaja Minerva 49
10 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Leonce Dodoz Zikahi Gangtok Himalayan 49

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References

  1. ↑ Change in format for I-League 2nd division Sportskeeda.com. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015
  2. ↑ I-League Core Committee Meets At AIFF Headquarters Archived 21 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine I-League.org. 24 Aug 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015
  3. ↑ "FIFA docks Mohammedan SC three points". 30 March 2016.
  4. ↑ Statistics: 2nd Division I-League
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