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The 2009–10 I-League season began on 1 October 2009 with Mahindra United hosting defending champions Churchill Brothers in Mumbai. The season marked the addition of four new teams, with Lajong, Pune, Salgaocar and Viva Kerala were confirmed to participate in the I-League. With the inception of these four clubs, many club transfers have been undergone within India, and around the world. The length of the regular season will be longer than in previous years, with 26 rounds rather than 22.

Rule changes

India became the latest member association to adopt AFC's 3+1 rule which will allow clubs to recruit one player of Asian origin in addition to their regular quota of three foreigners.

The All India Football Federation (AIFF) executive committee decided to embrace the new AFC rule which encourages the mobility of talented Asian players and provides a fillip to the regional game.

AFC Campaign

Two of the I-League teams were playing in the 2010 AFC Cup. This had caused some delays in scheduling. East Bengal lost all its round robin matches and was out of the tournament, but Churchill Brothers were at Knockout stage.

Stadia and locations

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Mahindra United	Derrick Pereira	Resigned	David Booth		Pre season
Mumbai	David Booth	Resigned	Khalid Jamil	20 June 2009	Pre season
Shillong Lajong	Herring Shangpliang	Sacked	Stanley Rozario	1 June 2009	Pre season
Salgaocar	Peter Vales	Promoted to technical director	Tim Hankinson	12 July 2009	Pre season
Sporting Goa	Clifford Chukwuma	Lacked qualifications	Roy Barreto		Pre season
Churchill Brothers	Zoran Đorđević	Contract Expired	Carlos Roberto Pereira da Silva	3 July 2009	Pre season
Pune	Stewart Hall	Contract Expired
East Bengal	Subhash Bhowmick	Resigned	Philippe De Ridder		12
Sporting Goa	Roy Barreto	Resigned	Vishwas Goankar	14 December 2009.	14
Air India	Bimal Ghosh	Resigned	Yusuf Ansari	8 January 2010.	12
Mohun Bagan	Karim Bencherifa	Sacked	Satyajit Chatterjee		7
Salgaocar	Tim Hankinson	Sacked	Karim Bencherifa
Mohun Bagan	Satyajit Chatterjee	Resignation	Biswajit Bhattacharjee	1 April 2010	5

League table

1. East Bengal qualified for the 2011 AFC Cup as 2010 Indian Federation Cup winners.

Fixtures and results

Top goalscorers

As of 18 May 2010 (season end)

21 goals

• Odafa Onyeka Okolie (Churchill Brothers)

16 goals

• Muritala Ali (Mahindra United)
• Josimar (Chirag United Kerala)
• Ekene Ikenwa (Salgaocar)

15 goals

• Ranty Martins (Dempo)

14 goals

• Edmar Figueira (Pune)
• N.D.Opara (Air India)
• Mohammed Rafi (Mahindra United)
• Jose Ramirez Barreto (Mohun Bagan)

12 goals

• Chidi Edeh (Mohun Bagan)
• Edmilson (Chirag United Kerala)

11 goals

• Felix Chimaokwu (Churchill Brothers)

10 goals

• Arata Izumi (Pune)
• Junior Obagbemiro (Sporting Goa)

Hat tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Odafa Onyeka Okolie	Churchill Brothers	Chirag United Kerala	4–2	2010-3-07
Muritala Ali	Mahindra United	Air India	4–0	2009-11-12
Muritala Ali	Mahindra United	Salgaocar	4–1	2009-10-18
Baljit Singh Sahni	JCT	Shillong Lajong	5–1	2009-10-4

See also

• 2009 IFA Shield
• 2009 Durand Cup
• I-League 2nd Division 2010

References

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• 2009–10 I-League
• I-League seasons
• 2009–10 in Indian football leagues
• 2009–10 in Asian association football leagues