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.

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

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.

Team overview

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

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 Nigeria Chika Wali Nigeria Felix Chidi Odili —
Fateh Hyderabad — — —
Gangtok Himalayan Nigeria Samuel Kane Nigeria Namdi Stephen Harry Ivory Coast Leonce Dodoz
Guwahati FC Nigeria Ugochukwu Godswill Nigeria Oluwaunmi Somide Nigeria Emmanuel Ini Oyoh
Kenkre Ivory Coast Yao Kouassi Bernard Ivory Coast Lassine Karamoko United States Samuel Bradley
Lonestar Kashmir Nigeria James Effiong — —
Minerva Nigeria Alhassan Dahir Bala Nigeria Kareem Omolaja Japan Atsushi Yonezawa
Mohammedan Ivory Coast Lancine Toure Zimbabwe Simbarashe Gate South Sudan James Moga
NEROCA Nigeria Amamba Jerry Elekwachi Nigeria Onwubuariri Ikechukwu Joseph Nigeria Offor Emeka Christian
PIFA Guinea Solileymane Sylla — —

Group A - Eastern Conference

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

Table

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

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 Yellow card 30' 44' Red card 90+2'		 Yellow card 39' Kallol Pal
87' (pen.) Oluwaunmi Somide
Yellow card 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' Yellow card 75'		 Yellow card 15' Rohit Negi
Yellow card 81' Pankaj Kshatri		 Stadium: Northeast Frontier Railway Stadium
21 November 2015 Mohammedan 0–0 Gangtok Himalayan Barasat
14:00 Taurus Tecompleh Manneh Yellow card 8'
Mumtaz Akhtar Yellow card 49'
Bikramjeet Singh Yellow card 67'		 Yellow card 30' Samuel Kane
Yellow card 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

Group B - Western Conference

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

Table

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

15 November 2015 Dempo 1–0 PIFA Raia
16:00 Milagres Gonsalves Yellow card 12'
43' (pen.)		 Yellow card 42' Karun Kumar RS Stadium: Raia Panchayat Ground
Referee: Fasi Salahudeen
16 November 2015 Kenkre 0–0 Lonestar Kashmir Mumbai
18:30 Deepak Prakash Yellow card 23' Stadium: Cooperage Ground
Referee: William Koshy
19 November 2015 Kenkre 0–2 Minerva Mumbai
18:30 Shivakumar M Yellow card 39'
Aravindraj Ranjan Yellow card 59'		 Yellow card 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 Yellow card 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

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[lower-alpha 1] 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

As of 6 June 2016[4]

Top scorers

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

See also

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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