2015–16 I-League 2nd Division

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

I-League 2nd Division
Season2015–16
ChampionsDempo
PromotedMinerva Punjab (Dempo pulled out)
Matches played40
Goals scored92 (2.3 per match)
Top goalscorerNigeria Felix Chidi Odili
India Atinder Mani
(7 Goals each)
Biggest home winKenkre 4–0 PIFA
(18 December 2015) Dempo 4–0 Kenkre
(27 December 2015)
Biggest away winPIFA 0–8 Dempo
(17 January 2016)
Highest scoringPIFA 0–8 Dempo
(17 January 2016)
2015
All statistics correct as of 17 January 2016.

League structure

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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

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

Team State Home Ground Capacity
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 Ground 6,000
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

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

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3
Dempo   Chika Wali   Felix Chidi Odili
Fateh Hyderabad
Gangtok Himalayan   Samuel Kane   Namdi Stephen Harry   Leonce Dodoz
Guwahati   Ugochukwu Godswill   Oluwaunmi Somide   Emmanuel Ini Oyoh
Kenkre   Yao Kouassi Bernard   Lassine Karamoko   Samuel Bradley
Lonestar Kashmir   James Effiong
Minerva   Alhassan Dahir Bala   Kareem Omolaja   Atsushi Yonezawa
Mohammedan   Lancine Toure   Simbarashe Gate   James Moga
NEROCA   Amamba Jerry Elekwachi   Onwubuariri Ikechukwu Joseph   Offor Emeka Christian
PIFA   Solileymane Sylla

Group A - Eastern Conference

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

Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Mohammedan 8 5 1 2 10 7 +3 16 Advance to Final Round
2 Gangtok Himalayan 8 3 4 1 9 4 +5 13
3 NEROCA 8 3 3 2 7 5 +2 12
4 Guwahati 8 2 3 3 9 8 +1 9
5 Fateh Hyderabad 8 1 1 6 5 17 −12 4

Fixtures and results

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14 November 2015 NEROCA 0–0 Fateh Hyderabad Imphal
13:30 Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: 12458
Referee: Anemesh Beswas
14 November 2015 Mohammedan 2–1 Guwahati Barasat
14:00 Taurus Tecompleh Nanneh   42'
Ajay Singh   30'   44'   90+2'
  39' Kallol Pal
  87' (pen.) Oluwaunmi Somide
  90+2' Ugochukwu Godswill
Stadium: Barasat Stadium
21 November 2015 Guwahati 3–0 Fateh Hyderabad Maligaon
14:00 Durga Boro   10'
Somide Adelaja   31'
James Singh   58'   75'
  15' Rohit Negi
  81' Pankaj Kshatri
Stadium: Northeast Frontier Railway Stadium
21 November 2015 Mohammedan 0–0 Gangtok Himalayan Barasat
14:00 Taurus Tecompleh Manneh   8'
Mumtaz Akhtar   49'
Bikramjeet Singh   67'
  30' Samuel Kane
  64' Karan Atwal
Stadium: Barasat Stadium
28 November 2015 Guwahati 0–2 NEROCA Maligaon
14:00   30' Onwubuariri Ikechukwu Joseph
  40' (pen.) Chingkhei Yumnam
Stadium: Northeast Frontier Railway Stadium
Referee: Pratik Mondal
5 December 2015 Gangtok Himalayan 0–1 NEROCA Gangtok
14:30   90+1' Ronald Singh Stadium: Paljor Stadium
8 December 2015 Fateh Hyderabad 1–2 Mohammedan Hyderabad
18:50 Nitin Jyal   14'   5' Deepak Kumar
  37' Ajay Singh
Stadium: Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium
12 December 2015 NEROCA 2–1 Mohammedan Imphal
13:30 Joseph   49'
Moirangthem Ashok   90+5'
  73' Ajay Singh Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: 15510
19 December 2015 NEROCA 0–0 Guwahati Imphal
13:30 Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: 11000
19 December 2015 Mohammedan 2–1 Fateh Hyderabad Barasat
14:00 Tonmoy Ghosh   3'
Mumtaz Akhtar   68'
  53' Shahil Bhatt Stadium: Barasat Stadium
26 December 2015 Guwahati 0–3 Mohammedan Guwahati
14:00 Stadium: Nehru Stadium
26 December 2015 Gangtok Himalayan 3–1 Fateh Hyderabad Gangtok
14:30 Tenzing Tshepel   16'
Badmus Babatunde   22', 79'
  53' Rohit Negi Stadium: Paljor Stadium
2 January 2016 NEROCA 1–1 Gangtok Himalayan Imphal
13:30 Chongtham Kishan Singh   78' Babatunde   7' Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
9 January 2016 Gangtok Himalayan 2–0 Mohammedan Gangtok
14:30 Nima Tamang   45+1'
Thomas Tshering Lepcha   90+1'
Stadium: Paljor Stadium
11 January 2016 Fateh Hyderabad 2–1 NEROCA Hyderabad
18:50 Shahil Bhatt   22', 23'   35' Amamba Jeremiah Elekwachi Stadium: Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium
16 January 2016 Mohammedan 1–0 NEROCA Barasat
14:00 Basanta Singh   Stadium: Barasat Stadium

Group B - Western Conference

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

Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Minerva 8 6 1 1 16 3 +13 19 Advance to Final Round
2 Dempo 8 5 0 3 16 6 +10 15
3 Lonestar Kashmir 8 3 4 1 10 5 +5 13
4 Kenkre 8 1 3 4 6 11 −5 6
5 PIFA 8 0 2 6 3 26 −23 2

Fixtures and results

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15 November 2015 Dempo 1–0 PIFA Raia
16:00 Milagres Gonsalves   12'
  43' (pen.)
  42' Karun Kumar RS Stadium: Raia Panchayat Ground
Referee: Fasi Salahudeen
16 November 2015 Kenkre 0–0 Lonestar Kashmir Mumbai
18:30 Deepak Prakash   23' Stadium: Cooperage Ground
Referee: William Koshy
19 November 2015 Kenkre 0–2 Minerva Mumbai
18:30 Shivakumar M   39'
Aravindraj Ranjan   59'
  13' Bala Alhassan
  60' (pen.) Harpreet Bedi
  74' Simranjit Singh
Stadium: Cooperage Ground
Referee: K Radhakrishnan
21 November 2015 Dempo 0–3 Lonestar Kashmir Raia
16:00 Asheer Akhtar   37'   21' Atinder Mani
  55', 65' Farukh Choudhary
Stadium: Raia Panchayat Ground
29 November 2015 Minerva 2–1 Lonestar Kashmir Ludhiana
14:30 Jagpreet Singh   38'
Bala Alhassan   84'
  43' Iffam Tariq Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium
29 November 2015 Kenkre 1–1 PIFA Bhiwandi
15:30 Rishad P P   12'   33' Francisco Dominic Stadium: All Saints School
6 December 2015 Minerva 1–0 Dempo Ludhiana
14:30 Manvir Singh   40' Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium
6 December 2015 Lonestar Kashmir 2–2 PIFA Srinagar
14:00 Farukh Choudhary   55', 89'   33' Irfan Khan
  90+2' Junaid
Stadium: Synthetic Turf Football Stadium
Attendance: 7540
11 December 2015 Minerva 3–0 PIFA Ludhiana
14:30 Sehijpal Singh   19'
Kamalpreet Singh   37'
Dilliram Sanyasi   85'
Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium
15 December 2015 Kenkre 0–1 Dempo Mumbai
19:00   90' Peter Carvalho Stadium: Cooperage Ground
18 December 2015 Kenkre 4–0 PIFA Mumbai
19:00 Egypsio Noronha   9'
Loukik Jadhav   17'
Yao Kouassi Bernard   45'
Prathamesh Rokade   48'
Stadium: Cooperage Ground
20 December 2015 Lonestar Kashmir 0–0 Minerva Srinagar
16:00 Stadium: Synthetic Turf Football Stadium
27 December 2015 Dempo 4–0 Kenkre Vasco
16:00 Milagres Gonsalves   9', 85'
Beevan D'Mello   27', 35'
Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
3 January 2016 PIFA 0–2 Lonestar Kashmir Bhiwandi
15:30   68', 83' Atinder Mani Stadium: All Saints School
3 January 2016 Dempo 2–1 Minerva Vasco
16:00 Beevan D'Mello   2'
Milagres Gonsalves   61'
  88' Sehijpal Singh Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
7 January 2016 PIFA 0–5 Minerva Bhiwandi
15:30 Aji Demengje   41'   51'
Sehijpal Singh   53'
Prabhjot Singh   64'   83'
Stadium: All Saints School
10 January 2016 Lonestar Kashmir 1–0 Dempo Srinagar
16:00 Gagandeep Singh   7' Stadium: Synthetic Turf Football Stadium
12 January 2016 Minerva 2–0 Kenkre Ludhiana
14:30 Manvir Singh   9', 17' Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium
17 January 2016 PIFA 0–8 Dempo Bhiwandi
15:30   19' Beevan D'Mello
  32' Shallum Pires
  39' Chika Wali
  43', 84' Kapil Hoble
  45+1', 64' Felix
  90+2' Nickson Castanha
Stadium: All Saints School
17 January 2016 Lonestar Kashmir 1–1 Kenkre Srinagar
16:00 Atinder Mani   85'   44' Arish Sutaria Stadium: Synthetic Turf Football Stadium

Final round

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Dempo (C, P) 10 7 2 1 16 4 +12 23 Promotion to I-League
2 Minerva 10 5 3 2 14 11 +3 18
3 NEROCA 10 5 2 3 13 11 +2 17
4 Mohammedan[a] 10 4 3 3 10 8 +2 12
5 Gangtok Himalayan 10 1 3 6 7 16 −9 6
6 Lonestar Kashmir 10 1 1 8 10 20 −10 4
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

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As of 6 June 2016[4]

Top scorers

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Rank Player Team Goals Apps.
1   Felix Chidi Odili Dempo 7 11
2   Atinder Mani Lonestar Kashmir 7 17
3   James Moga Mohammedan 6 4
4   Milagres Gonsalves Dempo 6 7
5   Ajay Singh Mohammedan 6 15
6   Farukh Choudhary Lonestar Kashmir 6 18
7   Oluwaunmi Somide Guwahati 5 7
8   Badmus Babatunde Gangtok Himalayan 5 7
9   Kareem Omolaja Minerva 4 9
10   Leonce Dodoz Zikahi Gangtok Himalayan 4 9

See also

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References

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  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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