2015–16 I-League 2nd Division
Season | 2015–16 |
---|---|
Champions | Dempo |
Promoted | Minerva Punjab (Dempo pulled out) |
Matches played | 40 |
Goals scored | 92 (2.3 per match) |
Top goalscorer | ![]() ![]() (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.
League structure
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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 | ![]() | ![]() | — |
Fateh Hyderabad | — | — | — |
Gangtok Himalayan | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Guwahati | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Kenkre | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Lonestar Kashmir | ![]() | — | — |
Minerva | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Mohammedan | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
NEROCA | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
PIFA | ![]() | — | — |
Group A - Eastern Conference
[edit]All times are Indian Standard Time (IST) – UTC+05:30.
Table
[edit]
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
[edit]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 ![]() Ajay Singh ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Stadium: Barasat Stadium |
21 November 2015 | Guwahati | 3–0 | Fateh Hyderabad | Maligaon |
14:00 | Durga Boro ![]() Somide Adelaja ![]() James Singh ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Stadium: Northeast Frontier Railway Stadium |
21 November 2015 | Mohammedan | 0–0 | Gangtok Himalayan | Barasat |
14:00 | Taurus Tecompleh Manneh ![]() Mumtaz Akhtar ![]() Bikramjeet Singh ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Stadium: Barasat Stadium |
28 November 2015 | Guwahati | 0–2 | NEROCA | Maligaon |
14:00 | ![]() ![]() | Stadium: Northeast Frontier Railway Stadium Referee: Pratik Mondal |
28 November 2015 | Fateh Hyderabad | 0–2 | Gangtok Himalayan | Hyderabad |
15:00 | ![]() ![]() | Stadium: Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium |
5 December 2015 | Gangtok Himalayan | 0–1 | NEROCA | Gangtok |
14:30 | ![]() | Stadium: Paljor Stadium |
8 December 2015 | Fateh Hyderabad | 1–2 | Mohammedan | Hyderabad |
18:50 | Nitin Jyal ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Stadium: Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium |
12 December 2015 | NEROCA | 2–1 | Mohammedan | Imphal |
13:30 | Joseph ![]() Moirangthem Ashok ![]() | ![]() | Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium Attendance: 15510 |
12 December 2015 | Gangtok Himalayan | 1–1 | Guwahati | Gangtok |
14:30 | Badmus Babatunde ![]() | ![]() | Stadium: Paljor Stadium |
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 ![]() Mumtaz Akhtar ![]() | ![]() | 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 ![]() Badmus Babatunde ![]() | ![]() | Stadium: Paljor Stadium |
2 January 2016 | NEROCA | 1–1 | Gangtok Himalayan | Imphal |
13:30 | Chongtham Kishan Singh ![]() | Babatunde ![]() | Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium |
4 January 2016 | Fateh Hyderabad | 0–4 | Guwahati | Hyderabad |
18:50 | ![]() ![]() | Stadium: Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium |
9 January 2016 | Gangtok Himalayan | 2–0 | Mohammedan | Gangtok |
14:30 | Nima Tamang ![]() Thomas Tshering Lepcha ![]() | Stadium: Paljor Stadium |
11 January 2016 | Fateh Hyderabad | 2–1 | NEROCA | Hyderabad |
18:50 | Shahil Bhatt ![]() | ![]() | Stadium: Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium |
16 January 2016 | Guwahati | 0–0 | Gangtok Himalayan | Guwahati |
14:00 | Stadium: Nehru Stadium |
16 January 2016 | Mohammedan | 1–0 | NEROCA | Barasat |
14:00 | Basanta Singh ![]() | Stadium: Barasat Stadium |
Group B - Western Conference
[edit]All times are Indian Standard Time (IST) – UTC+05:30.
Table
[edit]
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
[edit]15 November 2015 | Dempo | 1–0 | PIFA | Raia |
16:00 | Milagres Gonsalves ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Stadium: Raia Panchayat Ground Referee: Fasi Salahudeen |
16 November 2015 | Kenkre | 0–0 | Lonestar Kashmir | Mumbai |
18:30 | Deepak Prakash ![]() | Stadium: Cooperage Ground Referee: William Koshy |
19 November 2015 | Kenkre | 0–2 | Minerva | Mumbai |
18:30 | Shivakumar M ![]() Aravindraj Ranjan ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Stadium: Cooperage Ground Referee: K Radhakrishnan |
21 November 2015 | Dempo | 0–3 | Lonestar Kashmir | Raia |
16:00 | Asheer Akhtar ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Stadium: Raia Panchayat Ground |
29 November 2015 | Minerva | 2–1 | Lonestar Kashmir | Ludhiana |
14:30 | Jagpreet Singh ![]() Bala Alhassan ![]() | ![]() | Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium |
29 November 2015 | Kenkre | 1–1 | PIFA | Bhiwandi |
15:30 | Rishad P P ![]() | ![]() | Stadium: All Saints School |
6 December 2015 | Minerva | 1–0 | Dempo | Ludhiana |
14:30 | Manvir Singh ![]() | Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium |
6 December 2015 | Lonestar Kashmir | 2–2 | PIFA | Srinagar |
14:00 | Farukh Choudhary ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Stadium: Synthetic Turf Football Stadium Attendance: 7540 |
11 December 2015 | Minerva | 3–0 | PIFA | Ludhiana |
14:30 | Sehijpal Singh ![]() Kamalpreet Singh ![]() Dilliram Sanyasi ![]() | Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium |
15 December 2015 | Kenkre | 0–1 | Dempo | Mumbai |
19:00 | ![]() | Stadium: Cooperage Ground |
18 December 2015 | Kenkre | 4–0 | PIFA | Mumbai |
19:00 | Egypsio Noronha ![]() Loukik Jadhav ![]() Yao Kouassi Bernard ![]() Prathamesh Rokade ![]() | 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 ![]() Beevan D'Mello ![]() | Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium |
3 January 2016 | PIFA | 0–2 | Lonestar Kashmir | Bhiwandi |
15:30 | ![]() | Stadium: All Saints School |
3 January 2016 | Dempo | 2–1 | Minerva | Vasco |
16:00 | Beevan D'Mello ![]() Milagres Gonsalves ![]() | ![]() | Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium |
7 January 2016 | PIFA | 0–5 | Minerva | Bhiwandi |
15:30 | Aji Demengje ![]() ![]() Sehijpal Singh ![]() Prabhjot Singh ![]() ![]() | Stadium: All Saints School |
10 January 2016 | Lonestar Kashmir | 1–0 | Dempo | Srinagar |
16:00 | Gagandeep Singh ![]() | Stadium: Synthetic Turf Football Stadium |
12 January 2016 | Minerva | 2–0 | Kenkre | Ludhiana |
14:30 | Manvir Singh ![]() | Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium |
17 January 2016 | PIFA | 0–8 | Dempo | Bhiwandi |
15:30 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Stadium: All Saints School |
17 January 2016 | Lonestar Kashmir | 1–1 | Kenkre | Srinagar |
16:00 | Atinder Mani ![]() | ![]() | Stadium: Synthetic Turf Football Stadium |
Final round
[edit]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 |
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:
Statistics
[edit]- As of 6 June 2016[4]
Top scorers
[edit]Rank | Player | Team | Goals | Apps. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Dempo | 7 | 11 |
2 | ![]() | Lonestar Kashmir | 7 | 17 |
3 | ![]() | Mohammedan | 6 | 4 |
4 | ![]() | Dempo | 6 | 7 |
5 | ![]() | Mohammedan | 6 | 15 |
6 | ![]() | Lonestar Kashmir | 6 | 18 |
7 | ![]() | Guwahati | 5 | 7 |
8 | ![]() | Gangtok Himalayan | 5 | 7 |
9 | ![]() | Minerva | 4 | 9 |
10 | ![]() | Gangtok Himalayan | 4 | 9 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Change in format for I-League 2nd division Sportskeeda.com. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015
- ^ 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
- ^ "FIFA docks Mohammedan SC three points". 30 March 2016.
- ^ Statistics: 2nd Division I-League