The 2010–11 I-League was the fourth season of the

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, which waa the highest

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league competition in

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during the time. It ran from 3 December 2010 to May 2011.

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are the defending champions. On 30 May 2011 Salgaocar SC won the title by beating

JCT FC Jagatjit Cotton & Textile Football Club (formerly known as JCT Mills FC; abbreviated as both JCT FC, or simply JCT) was an Indian professional football club based in Phagwara, Punjab. Founded in 1971, the club was sponsored by Jagatjit Cotton ...

2–0 in the final match of the season.

Teams

Sporting Clube de Goa Sporting Clube de Goa, simply known as Sporting Goa (also known by its abbreviation SCG), is an Indian professional football club based in Panaji, in the Indian state of Goa, that competes in Goa Professional League. The club has also competed ...

and

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were relegated at the end of the 2009–10 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were replaced by 2010 Second Division champions

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and runners-up HAL SC. In other team changes,

Mahindra United Mahindra United Football Club (formerly known as Mahindra & Mahindra) was an Indian professional football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Founded in 1962, the club competed in the I-League, then top tier of Indian football league system, befo ...

were disbanded at the end of the 2009–10 season to concentrate on youth football. They were replaced by

Indian Arrows Indian Arrows (formerly known as Pailan Arrows) was an Indian developmental football club that competed in the I-League. The club was formed by the All India Football Federation in 2010, with a main goal of nurturing young Indian football tal ...

, a newly founded team under the auspices of the

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Managerial changes

League table

Results

Top goalscorers

Updated on 10 April 2015.

Hat-tricks

* Mandjou Keita was the first Hat-trick scored by a

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player in I-League for their franchise."Keita revives Pune FC campaign as host beat JCT 4–0"
The-AIFF.com. 30 January 2011. *

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was the first Hat-trick for

Pailan Arrows Indian Arrows (formerly known as Pailan Arrows) was an Indian developmental football club that competed in the I-League. The club was formed by the All India Football Federation in 2010, with a main goal of nurturing young Indian football tal ...

team in I-League. *

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was the first

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to score a Hat-trick in

Scoring

*Most games failed to score in: *Most goals scored in a match by a single team:

14–0 *Highest scoring game:

14–0

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*Widest winning margin:

14–0

Clean sheets

*Most

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s: 11 –

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References

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