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 goalscorer Felix Chidi Odili
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

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]

Locations of the I-League 2nd Division teams
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 Chika Wali - Felix Chidi Odili
Fateh Hyderabad — — —
Gangtok Himalayan Samuel Kane Namdi Stephen Harry Leonce Dodoz
Guwahati FC 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

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
Source: Results & Fixtures: 2nd Division I-League

Fixtures and results
14 November 2015 NEROCA0–0Fateh HyderabadImphal
13:30 Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: 12458
Referee: Anemesh Beswas
14 November 2015 Mohammedan2–1GuwahatiBarasat
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 Guwahati3–0Fateh HyderabadMaligaon
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 Mohammedan0–0Gangtok HimalayanBarasat
14:00 Taurus Tecompleh Manneh  8'
Mumtaz Akhtar  49'
Bikramjeet Singh  67'		  30' Samuel Kane
 64' Karan Atwal		 Stadium: Barasat Stadium
28 November 2015 Guwahati0–2NEROCAMaligaon
14:00  30' Onwubuariri Ikechukwu Joseph
 40' (pen.) Chingkhei Yumnam		 Stadium: Northeast Frontier Railway Stadium
Referee: Pratik Mondal
28 November 2015 Fateh Hyderabad0–2Gangtok HimalayanHyderabad
15:00  18' Ong Lepcha
 22' (pen.) Badmus Babatunde		 Stadium: Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium
5 December 2015 Gangtok Himalayan0–1NEROCAGangtok
14:30  90+1' Ronald Singh Stadium: Paljor Stadium
8 December 2015 Fateh Hyderabad1–2MohammedanHyderabad
18:50 Nitin Jyal  14'  5' Deepak Kumar
 37' Ajay Singh		 Stadium: Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium
12 December 2015 NEROCA2–1MohammedanImphal
13:30 Joseph  49'
Moirangthem Ashok  90+5'		  73' Ajay Singh Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: 15510
12 December 2015 Gangtok Himalayan1–1GuwahatiGangtok
14:30 Badmus Babatunde  83'  19' Oluwaunmi Somide Stadium: Paljor Stadium
19 December 2015 NEROCA0–0GuwahatiImphal
13:30 Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: 11000
19 December 2015 Mohammedan2–1Fateh HyderabadBarasat
14:00 Tonmoy Ghosh  3'
Mumtaz Akhtar  68'		  53' Shahil Bhatt Stadium: Barasat Stadium
26 December 2015 Guwahati0–3MohammedanGuwahati
14:00 Stadium: Nehru Stadium
26 December 2015 Gangtok Himalayan3–1Fateh HyderabadGangtok
14:30 Tenzing Tshepel  16'
Badmus Babatunde  22', 79'		  53' Rohit Negi Stadium: Paljor Stadium
2 January 2016 NEROCA1–1Gangtok HimalayanImphal
13:30 Chongtham Kishan Singh  78' Babatunde  7' Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
4 January 2016 Fateh Hyderabad0–4GuwahatiHyderabad
18:50  11', 67' Durga Boro
 50', 67' Oluwaunmi Somide		 Stadium: Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium
9 January 2016 Gangtok Himalayan2–0MohammedanGangtok
14:30 Nima Tamang  45+1'
Thomas Tshering Lepcha  90+1'		 Stadium: Paljor Stadium
11 January 2016 Fateh Hyderabad2–1NEROCAHyderabad
18:50 Shahil Bhatt  22', 23'  35' Amamba Jeremiah Elekwachi Stadium: Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium
16 January 2016 Guwahati0–0Gangtok HimalayanGuwahati
14:00 Stadium: Nehru Stadium
16 January 2016 Mohammedan1–0NEROCABarasat
14:00 Basanta Singh Stadium: Barasat 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
Source: Results & Fixtures: 2nd Division I-League

Fixtures and results
15 November 2015 Dempo1–0PIFARaia
16:00 Milagres Gonsalves  12'
 43' (pen.)		  42' Karun Kumar RS Stadium: Raia Panchayat Ground
Referee: Fasi Salahudeen
16 November 2015 Kenkre0–0Lonestar KashmirMumbai
18:30 Deepak Prakash  23' Stadium: Cooperage Ground
Referee: William Koshy
19 November 2015 Kenkre0–2MinervaMumbai
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 Dempo0–3Lonestar KashmirRaia
16:00 Asheer Akhtar  37'  21' Atinder Mani
 55', 65' Farukh Choudhary		 Stadium: Raia Panchayat Ground
29 November 2015 Minerva2–1Lonestar KashmirLudhiana
14:30 Jagpreet Singh  38'
Bala Alhassan  84'		  43' Iffam Tariq Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium
29 November 2015 Kenkre1–1PIFABhiwandi
15:30 Rishad P P  12'  33' Francisco Dominic Stadium: All Saints School
6 December 2015 Minerva1–0DempoLudhiana
14:30 Manvir Singh  40' Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium
6 December 2015 Lonestar Kashmir2–2PIFASrinagar
14:00 Farukh Choudhary  55', 89'  33' Irfan Khan
 90+2' Junaid		 Stadium: Synthetic Turf Football Stadium
Attendance: 7540
11 December 2015 Minerva3–0PIFALudhiana
14:30 Sehijpal Singh  19'
Kamalpreet Singh  37'
Dilliram Sanyasi  85'		 Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium
15 December 2015 Kenkre0–1DempoMumbai
19:00  90' Peter Carvalho Stadium: Cooperage Ground
18 December 2015 Kenkre4–0PIFAMumbai
19:00 Egypsio Noronha  9'
Loukik Jadhav  17'
Yao Kouassi Bernard  45'
Prathamesh Rokade  48'		 Stadium: Cooperage Ground
20 December 2015 Lonestar Kashmir0–0MinervaSrinagar
16:00 Stadium: Synthetic Turf Football Stadium
27 December 2015 Dempo4–0KenkreVasco
16:00 Milagres Gonsalves  9', 85'
Beevan D'Mello  27', 35'		 Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
3 January 2016 PIFA0–2Lonestar KashmirBhiwandi
15:30  68', 83' Atinder Mani Stadium: All Saints School
3 January 2016 Dempo2–1MinervaVasco
16:00 Beevan D'Mello  2'
Milagres Gonsalves  61'		  88' Sehijpal Singh Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
7 January 2016 PIFA0–5MinervaBhiwandi
15:30 Aji Demengje  41'  51'
Sehijpal Singh  53'
Prabhjot Singh  64'  83'		 Stadium: All Saints School
10 January 2016 Lonestar Kashmir1–0DempoSrinagar
16:00 Gagandeep Singh  7' Stadium: Synthetic Turf Football Stadium
12 January 2016 Minerva2–0KenkreLudhiana
14:30 Manvir Singh  9', 17' Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium
17 January 2016 PIFA0–8DempoBhiwandi
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 Kashmir1–1KenkreSrinagar
16:00 Atinder Mani  85'  44' Arish Sutaria Stadium: Synthetic Turf Football Stadium

Final round
Main article: 2015–16 I-League 2nd Division 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) Champion; (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 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
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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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