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I-League
Season2014–15

The 2014–15 I-League will be the eighth season of the I-League, the Indian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2007. The season will begin on January 17, 2015, after the conclusion of the Federation Cup.[1][2]

The defending champions this season will be Bengaluru FC after the club won the league the previous season, the first in the clubs history.[2]

Teams

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The official number of teams for the new season will be eleven. After the success of the leagues first direct-entry side, Bengaluru FC, the All India Football Federation held bidding for new teams from 15 May to 2 June 2014 with cities such as Chennai and Ahmedabad in the running.[3] At the same time the federation would review the AFC Club Licensing Criteria and any club which failed to pass the criteria will be banned from entering the league.[3]

On 22 May 2014 the All India Football Federation officially announced that former I-League champions Churchill Brothers, Rangdajied United, and United S.C had been axed from the 2014–15 season for failing to pass the club licensing criteria.[4] Then, in August 2014, it was announced that the AIFF had awarded a direct-entry spot to the Kalyani Group and that they would start a team based in Pune.[5] The team was officially launched in November 2014 as Bharat FC.[6]

In terms of promotion and relegation, Mohammedan were relegated from the I-League the previous season, while Royal Wahingdoh were promoted after winning the 2014 I-League 2nd Division.[7][8] This would be Wahingdoh's first season in the I-League after remaining unbeaten through the entire 2nd Division campaign.[8]

Stadiums and locations

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Locations of the 2014–15 I-League teams


Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.
Team Stadium Capacity
Bengaluru FC Sree Kanteerava Stadium 40,000
Bharat FC Balewadi Sports Complex 22,000
Dempo To be announced
East Bengal Salt Lake Stadium 120,000
Mohun Bagan Salt Lake Stadium 120,000
Mumbai To be announced
Pune Balewadi Sports Complex 22,000
Royal Wahingdoh Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium 30,000
Salgaocar To be announced
Shillong Lajong Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium 30,000
Sporting Goa To be announced

Personnel and kits

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Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Head coach Captain Shirt sponsor
Bengaluru FC England Ashley Westwood India Sunil Chhetri JSW Group
Bharat FC England Stuart Watkiss — —
Dempo Australia Arthur Papas India Clifford Miranda Dempo
East Bengal India Armando Colaco India Mehtab Hossain Kingfisher
Mohun Bagan India Sanjoy Sen India Shilton Pal McDowell's No.1
Mumbai India Khalid Jamil India Climax Lawrence TEN HD
Pune Morocco Karim Bencherifa India Anas Edathodika Peninsula
Royal Wahingdoh India Santosh Kashyap India Lalchhawnkima Imperial Blue
Salgaocar India Derrick Pereira India Karanjit Singh Salgaocar
Shillong Lajong India Thangboi Singto North Korea Son Min-chol Aircel
Sporting Goa India Mateus Costa Trinidad and Tobago Anthony Wolfe Models

Head coaching changes

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Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming head coach Date of appointment
Mohun Bagan Morocco Karim Bencherifa Sacked 29 April 2014[9] Pre-season India Sankarlal Chakraborty 27 July 2014[10]
Pune Netherlands Mike Snoei Sacked 30 May 2014[11] Morocco Karim Bencherifa 10 June 2014[12]
Royal Wahingdoh India Nandakumar Singh Unknown 25 October 2014[13] India Santosh Kashyap 25 October 2014[13]
Bharat FC New team England Stuart Watkiss 4 November 2014[14]
Sporting Goa Spain Óscar Bruzón Mutual Consent 4 December 2014[15] India Mateus Costa Unknown[16]
Mohun Bagan India Sankarlal Chakraborty Unknown 8 December 2014[17] India Sanjoy Sen 8 December 2014[17]

Foreign players

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Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to four per team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries and a marquee player. 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
Bengaluru FC England John Johnson Kenya Curtis Osano England Josh Walker Australia Sean Rooney
Bharat FC New Zealand Kris Bright England Bobby Hassell — —
Dempo Afghanistan Zohib Islam Amiri England Calum Angus Costa Rica Carlos Hernández Australia Tolgay Özbey
East Bengal Nigeria Ranti Martins New Zealand Leo Bertos Nigeria Dudu Omagbemi Australia Milan Susak
Mohun Bagan Cameroon Pierre Boya Haiti Sony Norde Nigeria Bello Razaq Japan Katsumi Yusa
Mumbai Brazil Josimar Nigeria Chika Wali — Japan Taisuke Matsugae
Pune Brazil Luciano Sabrosa Montenegro Darko Nikač — Japan Ryuji Sueoka
Royal Wahingdoh Nigeria Loveday Enyinnaya Liberia Bekay Bewar Trinidad and Tobago Densill Theobald North Korea Kim Seng-yong
Salgaocar Scotland Darryl Duffy Ivory Coast Douhou Pierre Zambia Francis Kasonde —
Shillong Lajong Trinidad and Tobago Cornell Glen Brazil Uilliams Nigeria Penn Orji North Korea Son Min-chol
Sporting Goa Trinidad and Tobago Anthony Wolfe Nigeria Ogba Kalu Nnanna Portugal Miguel Garcia Australia Boima Karpeh

Transfers

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Further information: I-League transfers for the 2014–15 season

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Mohun Bagan (C) 20 11 6 3 33 16 +17 39 Qualification for AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
2 Bengaluru 20 10 7 3 35 19 +16 37 Qualification for AFC Cup group stage[a]
3 Royal Wahingdoh 20 8 6 6 27 27 0 30
4 East Bengal 20 8 5 7 30 28 +2 29[b]
5 Pune 20 8 5 7 24 26 −2 29[b]
6 Mumbai 20 5 9 6 22 27 −5 24[c]
7 Salgaocar 20 7 3 10 25 27 −2 24[c]
8 Sporting Goa 20 5 8 7 22 27 −5 23[d]
9 Shillong Lajong 20 6 5 9 34 29 +5 23[d]
10 Dempo (R) 20 3 10 7 15 26 −11 19 Relegation to I-League 2nd Division
11 Bharat 20 4 6 10 13 28 −15 18 [e]
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: IndiaFooty.com
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; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Bengaluru FC, as the winner of 2014–15 Federation Cup, qualified for the 2016 AFC Cup
  2. ^ a b East Bengal ahead on goal difference, head-to-head record being the same; Pune 2–3 East Bengal
    East Bengal 1–2 Pune
  3. ^ a b Mumbal ahead on head-to-head goal difference; Mumbai–Salgaocar 3–0, Salgaocar–Mumbai 3–1
  4. ^ a b Sporting Goa ahead on head-to-head record; Sporting Goa–Shillong Lajong 1–1, Shillong Lajong–Sporting Goa 1–2
  5. ^ Bharat FC were not relegated as they had relegation immunity for two years.[18]

Results

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Home \ Away BFC KBFC DEM EB MB MUM PFC RWFC SFC SLFC SCG
Bengaluru FC
Bharat FC
Dempo
East Bengal
Mohun Bagan
Mumbai
Pune
Royal Wahingdoh
Salgaocar
Shillong Lajong
Sporting Goa
Source: []
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

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Hat-tricks

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Main article: List of I-League hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date
India Sunil Chhetri Bengaluru FC Pune 3–3 1 October 2014

Goalkeeper stats

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(Minimum n/a minutes played)

Rank Goalkeeper Nation Club
 GAA SV GA Mins GP CS
1 Pawan Kumar  IND Bengaluru FC 0.00 0 0 0 0 0

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "I-League and Fed Cup Committee Meeting held at Football House". The All India Football Federation. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b Prasad, Vishnu. "AIFF Invites Bids for I-League Clubs". New Indian Express. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  3. ^ a b Battacharya, Nilesh. "I-League likely to embrace new cities". Times of India. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  4. ^ Mergulhao, Marcus. "Three football clubs barred from I-League". Times of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  5. ^ Mazumdar, Rakhi. "Kalyani Group bags bid to launch team in I-league". Economic Times. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Kalyani Group names I-League team as 'Bharat FC'". Zee News. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  7. ^ Bali, Rahul. "Mohammedan Sporting relegated from I-League". Goal.com. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  8. ^ a b "Royal Wahingdoh qualify for I-League". Times of India. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  9. ^ Netto, Brandon. "Subhash Bhowmick appointed as Mohun Bagan Technical Director". Goal.com. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  10. ^ "7th week review of preseason training; Sankarlal Chakraborty declared as Chief Coach". Mohun Bagan Athletic Club. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  11. ^ "Pune FC part ways with coach Mike Snoei". Times of India. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  12. ^ "Pune FC appoint Karim Bencherifa as coach". NDTV Sport. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  13. ^ a b "Wahingdoh appoints Kashyap as new coach". The Shillong Times. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  14. ^ "I-League: Kalyani Group appoints Stuart Watkiss as head coach". IBN Live. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  15. ^ "Sporting Clube, Oscar part ways". Times of India. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  16. ^ Noronha, Anselm. "Mateus Costa: 'Bengaluru's defense is very good'". Goal.com. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  17. ^ a b "Mohun Bagan set to appoint Sanjoy Sen as head coach". Times of India. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  18. ^ "East Bengal - Bharat FC Preview: Lions' pride travel in search of first win of the season". 15 February 2015. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
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