2016–17 I-League

I-League
Season	2016–17
Champions	Aizawl
Relegated	Mumbai
2018 AFC Champions League	Aizawl
Matches played	90
Goals scored	225 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorer	Aser Pierrick Dipanda; (11 goals)
Biggest home win	Bengaluru 7–0 DSK Shivajians; (22 April 2017)
Biggest away win	Minerva Punjab 0–5 East Bengal; (29 January 2017)
Highest scoring	Churchill Brothers 4–5 Minerva Punjab; (19 February 2017)
Longest winning run	East Bengal; (6 games)
Longest unbeaten run	East Bengal; Mohun Bagan; (9 games)
Longest winless run	Mumbai; (16 games)
Longest losing run	Mumbai; (6 games)
Highest attendance	29,067; East Bengal vs Mohun Bagan; (12 February 2017)
Lowest attendance	300; Minerva Punjab vs Chennai City; (8 April 2017)
Total attendance	470,941
Average attendance	5,233
	← 2015–16 All statistics correct as of 30 April 2017.

The 2016–17 I-League is the 10th season of the I-League, the top Indian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2007. The season began on 7 January 2017.^[1]

Bengaluru FC are the defending champions. Dempo had entered the league after being promoted from the I-League 2nd Division but withdrew from the league along with Salgaocar and Sporting Goa. Aizawl were reinstated into the league after being relegated while Churchill Brothers, Chennai City, and Minerva Punjab were granted direct-entry into the I-League.

Teams

Kolkata

Kolkata teams
East Bengal
Mohun Bagan

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Locations of the 2016–17 I-League teams

Ten teams are competing in the league. The majority of the teams from the previous season as well as recently promoted Dempo were originally supposed to compete this season. Dempo were promoted to the I-League on 30 May 2016, defeating Minerva Academy 3–1.^[2] Aizawl were relegated from the I-League the previous season, despite finishing above last place DSK Shivajians who were exempt from relegation. However, on 27 September 2016, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) announced that Aizawl would be reinstated into the I-League for the 2016–17 season.^[3]

Throughout the summer of 2016, the three Goan I-League clubs – Dempo, Salgaocar, and Sporting Goa – had been indecisive over their participation in the league. On 24 June 2016 it was first announced that Salgaocar and Sporting Goa would withdraw from the I-League following their displeasure over the proposed roadmap for Indian football for the 2017–18 season, with Dempo also threatening to do so next.^[4] However, in September 2015 it was revealed that despite withdrawing Sporting Goa and Dempo still submitted their AFC Licensing documents needed for I-League play.^[5] It was then revealed on 10 November that both Sporting Goa and Dempo were given national licenses for the I-League.^[6] Despite this though, however, on 22 November 2016 it was officially announced by Sporting Goa that they would withdraw from the I-League for good.^[7]

As well as dealing with the Goan clubs potential exit from the league, the AIFF have also worked on providing direct-entry for certain clubs into the I-League for this season. On 26 October 2016 it was revealed that both Minerva Academy and FC Bardez had submitted documents for direct-entry into the I-League.^[8] However, on 23 November, it was announced that the AIFF would be issuing new tenders for a direct-entry side in the league after none of the three sides which applied fulfilled the financial criteria.^[9]

On 8 December 2016, after Dempo confirmed their exit from the league, the AIFF reinstated Churchill Brothers into the I-League.^[10] Finally, on 11 December 2016, the AIFF granted direct-entry to both Chennai City and Minerva Punjab to bring the number of teams in the league to ten.^[11]

Stadiums and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Aizawl	Aizawl, Mizoram	Rajiv Gandhi Stadium	5,000^[12]
Bengaluru FC	Bangalore, Karnataka	Sree Kanteerava Stadium	24,000^[13]
Chennai City	Chennai, Tamil Nadu	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	40,000^[14]
Churchill Brothers	Vasco da Gama, Goa	Tilak Maidan Stadium	12,000^[15]
DSK Shivajians	Pune, Maharashtra	Balewadi Stadium	12,000^[16]
East Bengal	Kolkata, West Bengal	Barasat Stadium	22,000^[17]
Minerva Punjab	Ludhiana, Punjab	Guru Nanak Stadium	15,000^[18]
Mohun Bagan	Kolkata, West Bengal	Rabindra Sarobar Stadium	22,000^[19]
Mumbai	Mumbai, Maharashtra	Cooperage Ground	5,000^[20]
Shillong Lajong	Shillong, Meghalaya	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	30,000^[21]

Personnel and kits

Team	Head coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Aizawl	Khalid Jamil	Vamos	NE Consultancy Services
Bengaluru FC	Albert Roca	Puma	JSW Group
Chennai City	V Soundararajan	Classic Polo	Baako
Churchill Brothers	Derrick Pereira	Strikke Sports	Churchill Group
DSK Shivajians	Dave Rogers	Nivia	DSK Group
East Bengal	Mridul Banerjee	Shiv Naresh	Kingfisher
Minerva Punjab	Surinder Singh	T10 Sports	Indian Armed Forces
Mohun Bagan	Sanjoy Sen	Shiv Naresh	None
Mumbai	Oscar Bruzon	Nivia	Playwin
Shillong Lajong	Thangboi Singto	Adidas	Gionee

Head coaching changes

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment
Bengaluru FC	Ashley Westwood	End of Contract	1 June 2016^[22]	Pre-season	Albert Roca	6 July 2016^[23]
DSK Shivajians	Derrick Pereira	Resigned	8 June 2016^[24]	Dave Rogers	14 June 2016^[25]
Mumbai	Khalid Jamil	Resigned	15 June 2016^[26]	Santosh Kashyap	22 June 2016^[27]
Aizawl	K. Malsawmkima	Assistant coach	20 December 2016^[28]	Khalid Jamil	20 December 2016^[28]
Chennai City	Robin Charles Raja	Sacked	7 February 2017^[29]	10th	V Soundararajan	9 February 2017^[30]
Churchill Brothers	Alfred Fernandes	Assistant Coach	17 February 2017^[31]		Derrick Pereira	17 February 2017^[31]
Mumbai	Santosh Kashyap	Sacked	18 March 2017^[32]		Óscar Bruzón	19 March 2017^[33]
East Bengal	Trevor Morgan	Resigned	17 April 2017^[34]	3rd	Mridul Banerjee	18 April 2017^[35]

Foreign players

A team can register up to four foreign players, of which one should compulsorily be a national of an Asian Country.^[36]

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Asian Player	Former players
Aizawl	Alfred Jaryan	Kingsley Obumneme	Kamo Stephane Bayi	Mahmoud Amnah
Bengaluru FC	John Johnson	Juanan	Marjan Jugović	Cameron Watson	Roby Norales^[A]
Chennai City	Marcos Thank	Charles	Echezona Anyichie		Zohib Islam Amiri
Churchill Brothers	Anthony Wolfe	Ansumana Kromah		Bektur Talgat Uulu
DSK Shivajians	Juan Quero	Shane McFaul	Saša Kolunija	Kim Song-yong
East Bengal	Wedson Anselme	Ivan Bukenya	Willis Plaza	Chris Payne	Ildar Amirov
Minerva Punjab	Loveday Enyinnaya	Victor Amobi	Kareem Omolaja	Sang-Min Kim	Ivan Filatov Palsang Lama Joel Sunday
Mohun Bagan	Sony Norde	Darryl Duffy	Eduardo Ferreira	Katsumi Yusa
Mumbai	Densill Theobald			Djelaludin Sharityar	Robson Santana Alex Willian Anderson Da Silva
Shillong Lajong	Fábio Pena	Dan Ignat	Aser Pierrick Dipanda	Yuta Kinowaki

^ Roby Norales was loaned out to Ozone FC and replaced by Marjan Jugović

Results

League table

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Season statistics

As of 30 April 2017^[37]

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Aser Pierrick Dipanda	Shillong Lajong	11
2	Willis Plaza	East Bengal	9
3	Wedson Anselme	East Bengal	8
3	Darryl Duffy	Mohun Bagan	8
5	Sunil Chhetri	Bengaluru FC	7
5	C.K. Vineeth	Bengaluru FC	7
7	Kamo Stephane Bayi	Aizawl FC	6
7	Ansumana Kromah	Churchill Brothers	6
9	Bektur Talgat Uulu	Churchill Brothers	5
	Jeje Lalpekhlua	Mohun Bagan
	Robin Singh	East Bengal

Top Indian scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	C.K. Vineeth	Bengaluru FC	7
1	Sunil Chettri	Bengaluru FC	7
3	Jeje Lalpekhlua	Mohun Bagan	5
3	Robin Singh	East Bengal	5
5	Holicharan Narzary	DSK Shivajians	4
5	Balwant Singh	Mohun Bagan	4
7	Karan Sawhney	Mumbai	3
	Udanta Singh	Bengaluru FC
	Chesterpoul Lyngdoh	Churchill Brothers
	Brandon Vanlalremdika	Aizawl
	Laldanmawia Ralte	Aizawl
	Samuel Lalmuanpuia	Shillong Lajong
	Brandon Fernandes	Churchill Brothers

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
C.K. Vineeth	Bengaluru FC	Mumbai	3–0	18 January 2017	^[38]
Wedson Anselme	East Bengal	Minerva Punjab	5–0	29 January 2017	^[39]
Bektur Talgat Uulu ⁴	Churchill Brothers	Chennai City	6–1	22 April 2017	^[40]

⁴ Player scored 4 goals.

Fair play

Churchill Brothers led the fair play table at the end of the season.^[41]

Rank	Team	Total Points
1	Churchill Brothers	8.07
2	Chennai City	7.91
3	Shillong Lajong	7.79
4	Bengaluru FC	7.76
4	DSK Shivajians	7.76
6	Aizawl	7.74
7	East Bengal	7.73
8	Minerva Punjab	7.69
9	Mumbai	7.63
10	Mohun Bagan	7.49

Attendance

As of 30 April 2017

Average home attendances

Team	GP	Cumulative	High	Low	Mean
East Bengal	9	88,537	29,067	2,351	9,726
Bengaluru FC	9	78,771	12,642	5,311	8,752
Mohun Bagan	9	71,199	23,859	3,256	7,911
Aizawl	9	62,488	11,000	4,725	6,943
Shillong Lajong	9	56,200	23,700	3,200	6,244
Chennai City	9	26,538	5,434	1,123	2,949
Minerva Punjab	9	24,814	5,169	300	2,757
Churchill Brothers	9	23,044	3,927	1,736	2,560
Mumbai	9	19,319	3,624	838	2,145
DSK Shivajians	9	10,051	1,547	648	1,118
Total	90	470,941	29,067	300	5,233

Highest attendances

Rank	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance	Date	Stadium
1	East Bengal	0–0	Mohun Bagan	29,067	12 February 2017 (2017-02-12)	Kanchenjunga Stadium
2	Mohun Bagan	2–1	East Bengal	23,859	9 April 2017 (2017-04-09)	Kanchenjunga Stadium
3	Shillong Lajong	1–1	Aizawl	23,700	30 April 2017 (2017-04-30)	JLN Stadium
4	East Bengal	1–1	Aizawl	12,700	7 January 2017 (2017-01-07)	Barasat Stadium
5	Bengaluru FC	1–3	East Bengal	12,642	25 February 2017 (2017-02-25)	Sree Kanteerava Stadium
6	Bengaluru FC	2–0	Chennai City	12,397	14 January 2017 (2017-01-14)	Sree Kanteerava Stadium

Awards

Hero of the Match

Round	Hero of the Matches
1	Kingsley Obumneme	Udanta Singh	Thoi Singh	Kingsley Fernandes	Karanjit Singh
2	Mahmoud Amnah	Darryl Duffy	Willis Plaza	Karanjit Singh	Adil Khan
3	Mahmoud Amnah	Jeje Lalpekhlua	Milan Singh	Lalrindika Ralte	C.K. Vineeth
4	Rupert Nongrum	Jerry Mawihmingthanga	Marcos Thank	Ivan Bukenya	Jayesh Rane
5	Saša Kolunija	Chesterpoul Lyngdoh	Aser Pierrick Dipanda	Marcos Thank	Wedson Anselme
6	Aser Pierrick Dipanda	Alfred Jaryan	Rowilson Rodrigues	Willis Plaza	Katsumi Yusa
7	Anirudh Thapa	Prabir Das	Vishal Kaith	Wedson Anselme	Holicharan Narzary
8	Kingsley Obumneme	Charles	Shane McFaul	Sunil Chhetri	Rehenesh TP
9	Brandon Fernandes	Albino Gomes	Laxmikant Kattimani	Vishal Kaith	Vinit Rai
10	Anthony Wolfe	Aser Pierrick Dipanda	Densil Theobald	Balwant Singh	Laldanmawia Ralte
11	Brandon Vanlalremdika	Robin Singh	Anthony Wolfe	Arnab Das Sharma	Vishal Kaith
12	Aser Pierrick Dipanda	Chesterpoul Lyngdoh	Kamo Stephane Bayi	Lenny Rodrigues	Nanda Kumar
13	Nim Dorjee Tamang	Laldanmawia Ralte	Naveen Kumar	Daniel Lalhlimpuia	Sony Norde
14	Kareem Omolaja	Holicharan Narzary	Arindam Bhattacharya	Vishal Kaith	Karanjit Singh
15	Michael Soosairaj	Milan Singh	Laxmikant Kattimani	Jayesh Rane	Sony Norde
16	Cameron Watson	Kamo Stephane Bayi	Krishna Pandit	Jerry Mawihmingthanga	Karanjit Singh
17	Zohmingliana Ralte	Bektur Talgat Uulu	Sunil Chhetri	Rowllin Borges	Isaac Vanlalsawma
18	Mandar Rao Desai	Bikash Jairu	Kim Song-yong	Kamo Stephane Bayi	Sony Norde

Season awards

Hero I-League 2016–17 awards were voted by coaches and captains of the participating teams.^[42]

Award	Recipient
Hero of the League	Sunil Chhetri (Bengaluru FC)
Best Goalkeeper	Debjit Majumder (Mohun Bagan)
Jarnail Singh Best Defender	Anas Edathodika (Mohun Bagan)
Best Midfielder	Alfred Jaryan (Aizawl)
Best Striker	Aser Pierrick Dipanda (Shillong Lajong)
Emerging Player	Jerry Lalrinzuala (DSK Shivajians)
Syed Abdul Rahim Best Coach	Khalid Jamil (Aizawl)
Best Organizers	DSK Shivajians Bengaluru FC
Fairplay award	Churchill Brothers

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^ "Here is the standing for the Fair Play award in this season of the #HeroILeague".
^ "Sunil Chhetri wins the 'Hero of the League' award". 2 May 2017.

External links

Official website

[37] Roby Norales was loaned out to Ozone FC and replaced by Marjan Jugović

[1] "I-League Matches". Soccerway.

[Dempo_Promoted-2] Jitendran, Nikhil (30 May 2016). "Shrinivas Dempo: 'Dempo SC will reach greater heights'". Goal.com. Retrieved 22 November 2016.

[Aizawl_Reinstated-3] "AIFF reinstates relegated Aizawl FC in I-League after club's impressive run". FirstPost. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.

[4] "Salgaocar FC, Sporting Clube de Goa withdraw from I-League". Indian Express. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.

[5] Paransar, Swapnaneel (15 September 2016). "Sporting Clube de Goa submit all licensing documents as Salgaocar stand firm on boycott". Goal.com. Retrieved 22 November 2016.

[6] "Bengaluru FC granted AFC license for 2016–17 season". Goal.com. 10 November 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.

[7] "Sporting Clube de Goa confirm their withdrawal from I-League, Dempo SC to follow suit". FirstPost. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.

[8] "Minerva FC, FC Bardez Goa submit bids for direct entry into I-League". One India. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.

[9] "AIFF issues fresh tender as interested I-League clubs' bids fall short". Times of India. 23 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.

[10] "AIFF EMERGENCY COMMITTEE REINSTATES CHURCHILL BROTHERS IN I-LEAGUE". The All India Football Federation. 8 December 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.

[11] "AIFF Welcomes Chennai City and Minerva Punjab to the I-League". The All India Football Federation. 11 December 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.

[12] "Aizawl F.C. Stadium". I-League.

[13] "Bengaluru FC Stadium". I-League.

[14] "Chennai City Stadium". I-League.

[15] "Churchill Brothers Stadium". I-League.

[16] "DSK Shivajians Stadium". I-League.

[17] "East Bengal Stadium". I-League.

[18] "Minerva Punjab Stadium". I-League.

[19] "Mohun Bagan Stadium". I-League.

[20] "Mumbai Stadium". I-League.

[21] "Shillong Lajong Stadium". I-League.

[22] "Ashley Westwood leaves Bengaluru FC after contract ends". ESPNFC. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.

[23] "I-League: Bengaluru FC appoint Spaniard Albert Roca as new head coach". Goal.com. 6 July 2016.

[24] "I-League: DSK Shivajians opt to not renew Derrick Pereira's contract". Goal.com. 2 June 2016.

[25] "DSK Shivajians rope in Englishman Rogers as head coach". 14 June 2016.

[26] "I-League: Khalid Jamil steps down as Mumbai FC coach". goal.com. 15 June 2016.

[27] "I-League – Santosh Kashyap announced as new Mumbai FC Head Coach". goal.com. 22 June 2016.

[Khalid-28] "Aizawl FC appoint former Mumbai FC coach Khalid Jamil as their head coach ahead of I-League". 20 December 2016.

[29] "Chennai City sack head coach Robin Charles Raja". ESPNFC. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.

[30] "I-League 2017: Chennai City appoint V Soundararajan as head coach". Goal.com. 9 February 2016.

[derrick-31] "Churchill Brothers appoint Derrick Pereira as new head coach". 17 February 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.

[kashyap-32] "I-League 2017 - Official: Mumbai FC SACK Santosh Kashyap". 18 March 2017.

[33] "I-League 2017: Mumbai FC appoint Oscar Bruzon as new head coach to replace the sacked Santosh Kashyap". 19 March 2017.

[34] "Trevor Morgan resigns as East Bengal coach". 17 April 2017.

[35] "Mridul Banerjee replaces Trevor Morgan as East Bengal football coach". 18 April 2017.

[36] "Hero I-League regulations 2014–15" (PDF). Retrieved 7 July 2016.

[38] "I-League – Top scrores". Retrieved 1 February 2017.

[39] "Bengaluru FC 3-0 Mumbai". Soccerway. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.

[40] "Minerva Punjab 0-5 East Bengal". Soccerway. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.

[41] "BROTHERS 6-1 CHENNAI CITY - BEKTUR TALGAT NETS FOUR GOALS AS CHURCHILL ROMPS PAST CHENNAI CITY". Goal.com. 22 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.

[42] "Here is the standing for the Fair Play award in this season of the #HeroILeague".

[43] "Sunil Chhetri wins the 'Hero of the League' award". 2 May 2017.

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Domestic leagues	Afghanistan Australia '16–'17 '17–'18 Bahrain '16–'17 '17–'18 Bangladesh '17–'18 Bhutan Brunei '17–'18 Cambodia China Chinese Taipei East Timor Guam '16–'17 '17–'18 Hong Kong '16–'17 '17–'18 India I-League '16–'17 '17–'18 ISL '17–'18 Indonesia Iran '16–'17 '17–'18 Iraq '16–'17 '17–'18 Japan Jordan '16–'17 '17–'18 Korea DPR '17 '17–'18 Korea Republic Kuwait '16–'17 '17–'18 Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon '16–'17 '17–'18 Macau Malaysia Maldives Malé League Minivan Championship Premier League Mongolia Myanmar Oman '16–'17 '17–'18 Palestine West Bank '16–'17 '17–'18 Gaza Strip '16–'17 '17–'18 Philippines Qatar '16–'17 '17–'18 Saudi Arabia '16–'17 '17–'18 Singapore Sri Lanka '16–'17 '17–'18 Syria '16–'17 '17–'18 Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan UAE '16–'17 '17–'18 Uzbekistan Vietnam
Domestic cups	Australia Bahrain '16–'17 '17–'18 Bangladesh Brunei '17–'18 Cambodia China East Timor Guam Hong Kong '16–'17 '17–'18 India Iran '16–'17 '17–'18 Iraq '16–'17 Japan '16 (final) '17 Jordan '16–'17 '17–'18 Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait '16–'17 '17–'18 Kyrgyzstan Lebanon '16–'17 '17–'18 Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Oman '16–'17 '17–'18 Pakistan Palestine '16–'17 '17–'18 Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka '16–'17 Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan UAE '16–'17 '17–'18 Uzbekistan Vietnam
League cups	Hong Kong Shield '16–'17 '17–'18 India Shield Indonesia Japan Kuwait Crown Prince Cup '16–'17 '17–'18 Fed Cup '17–'18 Malaysia Maldives Qatar '17–'18 Saudi Arabia '16–'17 '17–'18 Singapore Thailand UAE '17–'18
Super Cups	China Iran Iraq Japan Kuwait Malaysia Maldives Qatar Tajikistan Thailand UAE
Regional club competitions	2017 Mekong Club Championship 2017 Arab Club Championship
AFC club competitions	AFC Champions League Qualifying play-offs Group stage Knockout stage Final AFC Cup Qualifying play-offs Group stage Knockout stage Final
National team competitions	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification 2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2017 SAFF Championship 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup

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