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2012–13 I-League

6th season of the I-League

Field	Value
competition	I-League
season	[2012–13](2012-13-in-indian-football)
winners	Churchill Brothers
2nd I-League title
2nd Indian title
relegated	Air India
United Sikkim
continentalcup1	[AFC Champions League](2014-afc-champions-league)
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Pune
continentalcup2	[AFC Cup](2014-afc-cup)
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Pune
Churchill Brothers
league topscorer	Ranti Martins
(26 goals)
biggest home win	Prayag United 10–1 United Sikkim
(10 November 2012)
Salgaocar 9–0 United Sikkim
(13 April 2013)
biggest away win	Air India 0–6 Pune
(20 April 2013)
highest scoring	Churchill Brothers 8–4 Sporting Goa
(16 December 2012)
matches	182
total goals	531
longest wins	6 games
Churchill Brothers
longest unbeaten	10 games
Churchill Brothers
Mohun Bagan
longest losses	6 games
Air India
prevseason	[2011–12](2011-12-i-league)
nextseason	[2013–14](2013-14-i-league)

2nd I-League title 2nd Indian title United Sikkim Churchill Brothers (26 goals) (10 November 2012) Salgaocar 9–0 United Sikkim (13 April 2013) (20 April 2013) (16 December 2012) Churchill Brothers Churchill Brothers Mohun Bagan Air India

The 2012–13 I-League was the sixth season of the I-League, the Indian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2007. The season began on 6 October 2012 and finished on 12 May 2013 with Churchill Brothers crowned champions in matchday 25.

Dempo were the defending champions, having won their third I-League title the previous season.

On 29 December 2012, Mohun Bagan were barred from competing in the I-League for 2 years following a decision taken by the I League core committee. This was because they failed to turn up in the second half of the match against East Bengal because of crowd trouble. All their results in the I-League were declared null and void and all their remaining fixtures were cancelled.

But on 15 January 2013, Mohun Bagan appealed the decision to ban them from the league and were reinstated, but would start on 0 points.

Teams

A total of 14 teams contested the league, including 12 sides from the 2011–12 season and two promoted from the 2012 I-League 2nd Division.

ONGC as champions and United Sikkim as runners-up secured direct promotion from the 2012 I-League 2nd Division. ONGC returned to the I-League after a one-year absence, while United Sikkim made their debut in the I-League.

Stadium Changes

Air India and Mumbai FC

Due to the ongoing redevelopment of the Cooperage Ground in Mumbai which is the regular home for Mumbai F.C. and Air India FC in the I-League both clubs will play at the Balewadi Sports Complex in Pune, Maharashtra until it is complete.

ONGC

The newly promoted ONGC F.C. also usually play at the Cooperage Ground in Mumbai but due to the redevelopment the team decided to play at the Ambedkar Stadium in Delhi which is where the main company, ONGC, are based. However it will only be for five home matches.

Goan clubs

The four Goan clubs in the I-League, Churchill Brothers, Dempo, Salgaocar, and Sporting Clube de Goa, usually play their I-League matches at the Fatorda Stadium in Margao. However, due to a major revamp at the stadium in preparation for the 2013 Lusophony Games which will be held in Goa, the Goan home games for the I-League will be played at the Duler Stadium and then the Tilak Maidan Stadium from the end of January.

Stadiums and Locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Air India	Mumbai, Maharashtra	Balewadi Sports Complex	#
Churchill Brothers	Salcette, Goa	Duler Stadium	#
Dempo	Panjim, Goa	Duler Stadium	#
East Bengal	Kolkata, West Bengal	Salt Lake Stadium
Mohun Bagan	Kolkata, West Bengal	Salt Lake Stadium
Mumbai	Mumbai, Maharashtra	Balewadi Sports Complex	#
ONGC	Mumbai, Maharashtra	Ambedkar Stadium	#
Pailan Arrows	Kolkata, West Bengal	Salt Lake Stadium
Prayag United	Kolkata, West Bengal	Salt Lake Stadium
Pune	Pune, Maharashtra	Balewadi Sports Complex
Salgaocar	Vasco da Gama, Goa	Duler Stadium	#
Shillong Lajong	Shillong, Meghalaya	Nehru Stadium
Sporting Goa	Panjim, Goa	Duler Stadium	#
United Sikkim	Gangtok, Sikkim	Paljor Stadium

Personnel and kits

NOTE: Only one link per kit maker and sponsor, please.

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

Team	Manager	Captain	Shirt sponsor
Air India	India Naushad Moosa	India Vijith Shetty	Air India
Churchill Brothers	India Mariano Dias	Brazil Beto	Churchill
Dempo	India Armando Colaco	India Clifford Miranda	Dempo
East Bengal	England Trevor Morgan	India Sanju Pradhan	Kingfisher
Mohun Bagan	Morocco Karim Bencherifa	Nigeria Odafe Onyeka Okolie	Fila
Mumbai	India Khalid Jamil	Afghanistan Zohib Amiri	TEN HD
ONGC	India Santosh Kashyap	India Jatin Singh	ONGC
Pailan Arrows	Australia Arthur Papas	India Shouvik Ghosh	Poto Potato Flakes
Prayag United	Netherlands Eelco Schattorie	India Deepak Mondal	Prayag Group
Pune	India Derrick Pereira	Ivory Coast Pierre Douhou	Peninsula
Salgaocar	England David Booth	Brazil Luciano Sabrosa	Salgaocar
Shillong Lajong	India Thangboi Singto	India Renedy Singh	Aircel
Sporting Goa	Spain Oscar Bruzon	India Matthew Gonsalves	Models
United Sikkim	Australia Nathan Hall	India Anwar Ali	URO

Transfers

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
ONGC	IND Caetano Pinho	Unknown	30 April 2012	Pre-Season	IND Subrata Bhattacharya	30 April 2012
Pailan Arrows	IND	End of tenure as interim manager	7 May 2012	Pre-Season	AUS Arthur Papas	24 May 2012
Mohun Bagan	IND	Sacked	26 May 2012	Pre-Season	IND Santosh Kashyap	26 May 2012
Air India	IND Santosh Kashyap	Signed by Mohun Bagan	26 May 2012	Pre-Season	IND Godfrey Pereira	3 July 2012
Shillong Lajong	Scotland Pradhyum Reddy	Changed to a Head of Youth	8 June 2012	Pre-Season	Scotland Desmond Bulpin	8 June 2012
Churchill Brothers	Brazil Carlos Roberto Pereira	Did not renew contract	7 May 2012	Pre-Season	India Mariano Dias	13 July 2012
Mohun Bagan	India Santosh Kashyap	Resigned	13 October 2012	11th (2 games In)	India Mridul Banerjee	title=Karim Bencharifa likely to step into Kashyap's shoes	url=http://www.mohunbaganac.com/news-detail/karim-bencharifa-likely-to-step-into-kashyaps-shoes	work=Mohun Bagan Athletic Club	access-date=19 October 2012	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103022031/http://www.mohunbaganac.com/news-detail/karim-bencharifa-likely-to-step-into-kashyaps-shoes	archive-date=3 November 2012	url-status=dead}}
Salgaocar	Morocco Karim Bencherifa	Resigned	20 October 2012	9th (2 games In)	India Peter Vales	title=SALGAOCAR FC ANNOUNCES KARIM BENCHERIFA'S RESIGNATION AS HEAD COACH	url=http://salgaocarfc.in/NewsDetail.aspx?nmid=uyv	archive-url=https://archive.today/20130108093347/http://salgaocarfc.in/NewsDetail.aspx?nmid=uyv	url-status=dead	archive-date=8 January 2013	work=Salgaocar Football Club	access-date=4 November 2012 }}
Prayag United	India Sanjoy Sen	Resigned	8 November 2012	5th (4 games In)	Netherlands Eelco Schattorie	8 November 2012
Salgaocar	India Peter Vales	Interem period ended	9 November 2012	9th (4 games In)	ENG David Booth	9 November 2012
United Sikkim	Belgium Philippe De Ridder	Changed Post to football director	13 November 2012	11th (5 games In)	IND Baichung Bhutia	13 November 2012
Mohun Bagan	India Mridul Banerjee	Interim period ended	19 November 2012	5th (6 games in)	Morocco Karim Bencherifa	19 November 2012
Sporting Goa	India Ekendra Singh	Moved to Goalkeeper Coach	3 December 2012	11th (9 games in)	Spain Oscar Bruzon	3 December 2012
United Sikkim	India Baichung Bhutia	Interim period ended	10 December 2012	12th (10 games in)	AUS Nathan Hall	10 December 2012
ONGC	India Subrata Bhattacharya	Sacked	18 December 2012	14th (11 games in)	India Santosh Kashyap	18 December 2012
Air India	IND Godfrey Pereira	Resigned	27 December 2012	10th (10 games in)	India Anthony Fernandes	30 December 2012
Shillong Lajong	SCO Desmond Bulpin	Sacked	22 January 2013	12th (16 games in)	India Thangboi Singto	22 January 2013
Air India	IND Anthony Fernandes	Interim period ended	2 March 2013	12th (17 games in)	IND Naushad Moosa	2 March 2013

Foreign players

Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to four per team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team could use three foreign players on the field each game including a least one player from the AFC country.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Asian Player
Air India	Nigeria Henry Ezeh	Nigeria Junior Obagbemiro	Nigeria Amos Omeje	Afghanistan Mujtaba Faiz
Churchill Brothers	Brazil Beto	Gabon Henry Antchouet	Senegal Lamine Tamba	Afghanistan Balal Arezou
Dempo	Liberia Johnny Menyongar	Nigeria Koko Sakibo	None	Japan Ryuji Sueoka
East Bengal	Nigeria Chidi Edeh	Nigeria Uga Okpara	Nigeria Penn Orji	Australia Andrew Barisić
Mohun Bagan	Namibia Quinton Jacobs	Nigeria Echezona Anyichie	Nigeria Odafe Okolie	Australia Tolgay Özbey
Mumbai	Ghana Evans Quao	Ghana Yusif Yakubu	Nigeria David Opara	Afghanistan Zohib Amiri
ONGC	Liberia Eric Brown	Nigeria Muritala Ali	Nigeria Hassan Odeola	Japan Katsumi Yusa
Pailan Arrows	Pailan Arrows don't use foreigners as they are a Developmental Team
Prayag United	Costa Rica Carlos Hernández	Nigeria Ranti Martins	Nigeria Bello Razaq	Japan New Zealand Kayne VincentPrayag United are allowed up to four foreign players (per I-League rules), one of which must be from Asia. Despite being a New Zealander and having represented them at youth international level Kayne Vincent is considered Japanese due to his Japanese mother.
Pune	Ivory Coast Pierre Douhou	Nigeria Chika Wali	South Sudan James Moga	Australia Boima Karpeh
Salgaocar	Brazil Josimar	Brazil Luciano Sabrosa	Nigeria O. J. Obatola	SIN John Wilkinson
Shillong Lajong	Japan Sho Kamimura	Japan Taisuke Matsugae	Portugal Edinho Júnior	North Korea Minchol Son
Sporting Goa	Nigeria Ogba Kalu Nnanna	ESP Ángel Berlanga	ESP Juanfri	Japan Seiya Sugishita
United Sikkim	Guam John Landa	Nigeria Salau Nuruddin	Spain Pablo Rodríguez	Australia Steve Hayes

League table

Results

Statistical leaders

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nigeria Ranti Martins	Prayag United	26
2	Nigeria Odafe Onyeka Okolie	Mohun Bagan	19
3	Nigeria Chidi Edeh	East Bengal	18
4	South Sudan James Moga	Pune	16
5	Gabon Henry Antchouet	Churchill Brothers	14
6	Brazil Beto	Churchill Brothers	13
7	Nigeria Ogba Kalu Nnanna	Sporting Goa	11
Japan Ryuji Sueoka	Dempo
9	Lebanon Akram Moghrabi	Churchill Brothers	10
Ghana Yusif Yakubu	Mumbai
Australia Tolgay Özbey	Mohun Bagan

Top Indian Scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	India C.K. Vineeth	Prayag United	7
2	India Joaquim Abranches	Dempo	6
India Bineesh Balan	Churchill Brothers
India Francis Fernandes	Salgaocar
5	India Peter Carvalho	Dempo	5
India Dawson Fernandes	Sporting Goa
India Arata Izumi	Pune
India Jeje Lalpekhlua	Pune
India Holicharan Narzary	Pailan Arrows
India Clifford Miranda	Dempo
India Sushil Kumar Singh	Shillong Lajong
India Milan Singh	Pailan Arrows
India Lalrindika Ralte	East Bengal

Hattricks

Player		For	Against	Result
NGA Ranti Martins	Prayag United	Air India	[5–1](http://i-league.org/?p=1213)	1
Lebanon Akram Moghrabi	Churchill Brothers	ONGC	[5–0](https://web.archive.org/web/20130507094850/http://i-league.org/?p=1565)	2
Nigeria Odafe Onyeka Okolie	Mohun Bagan	Sporting Goa	[3–1](https://web.archive.org/web/20130507114502/http://i-league.org/?p=2543)	4
Nigeria Ranti MartinsMartins scored 5 goals in this match.	Prayag United	United Sikkim	[10–1](https://web.archive.org/web/20130507082904/http://i-league.org/?p=2722)	5
India Bineesh Balan	Churchill Brothers	Sporting Goa	[8–4](http://i-league.org/?p=3660)	11
Nigeria Chidi Edeh	East Bengal	Salgaocar	[4–1](http://i-league.org/?tb_match=695)	14
Nigeria Koko Sakibo	Dempo	United Sikkim	[7–0](http://i-league.org/?p=4497)	17
India C.K. Vineeth	Prayag United	Air India	[4–1](https://web.archive.org/web/20130507193848/http://i-league.org/?p=4945)	19
Nigeria Odafe Onyeka Okolie	Mohun Bagan	Sporting Goa	[5–1](https://web.archive.org/web/20130507131930/http://i-league.org/?p=6212)	23
Brazil Josimar	Salgaocar	United Sikkim	[9–0](https://web.archive.org/web/20130507183604/http://i-league.org/?p=6368)	24

Notes

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