The 2011–12 I-League was the fifth season of the
I-League
The I-League is the men's second professional football division of the Indian football league system behind the Indian Super League. Administered by the All India Football Federation, it is currently contested by 13 clubs. It operates as a s ...
. The season began in October 2011 and ended in May 2012.
Salgaocar are the defending champions, having won their
maiden title in the
previous season.
The current edition has a total of 14 teams contesting for the honors. These include the top twelve teams from the 2010–11 season along with the two promoted sides,
Shillong Lajong and
Sporting Clube de Goa
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, who had been the winner and the runner-up in the
2011 I-League 2nd Division respectively.
Teams
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's rules, the two bottom-most teams from the
2010–11 season-ending points table were supposed to be relegated to the
second tier, but in actuality, only
ONGC FC were relegated after their second to last place finish, while the team finishing the last,
JCT FC
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decided to disband their senior football team at the close of the session.
Shillong Lajong FC and Sporting Clube de Goa, the Champions & Runner-up respectively, of the
2011 I-League 2nd Division, were promoted to the
I-League
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after being relegated only the
previous year.
Stadiums and locations
Managerial changes
''In chronological order from the bottom''
Foreign players
Ownership changes
*
1: Anglian Holdings only brought 20% in Shillong Lajong. The rest of the club is still owned by Shillong Lajong plc.
League table
Season charity
IMG Reliance and the
I-League
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have joined hands with the polio eradication campaign India Unite to End Polio Now. IUEPN is an initiative of Aidmatrix Foundation, supported by UNICEF, and a collaborative effort between the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), World Health Organization (WHO), National Polio Surveillance Project (NPSP), Rotary International and US Centre for Disease Control (CDC).
Season statistics
Top scorers
Top Indian scorers
Hat-tricks
Scoring
*First goal of the season:
C.K. Vineeth for Chirag United Club Kerala against HAL (
''22 October 2011'')
*Fastest goal of the season: 3 minutes –
Anthony Pereira for Dempo against Shillong Lajong (
''23 November 2011'')
*Widest winning margin: 7 goals
**HAL 1-8 East Bengal (
''23 November 2011'')
*Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 10 goals
** Pune 6-4 HAL (
''10 April 2012'')
*Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 4 goals
**Pune 6-4 HAL (
''10 April 2012'')
*Most goals scored in a match by a single player: 4 goals
**
Tolgay Özbey for East Bengal against HAL (
''23 November 2011'')
**
Gbeneme Friday for Mumbai against HAL (
''14 April 2012'')
End-of-season awards
* Fan's Player of the Year —
Francis Fernandes
* FPAI Young Player of the Year —
Manandeep Singh
* FPAI Foreign Player of the Year —
Ranti Martins
* FPAI Indian Player of the Year —
Syed Rahim Nabi
* FPAI Coach of the Year —
Trevor Morgan
FPAI Team of the Year
Formation: 4-4-2
Notes
References
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