2015–16 I-League 2nd Division

(Redirected from 2016 I-League 2nd Division) 9th season of the I-League 2nd Division

Football league season

I-League 2nd Division
Season	2015–16
Champions	Dempo
Promoted	Minerva Punjab (Dempo pulled out)
Matches played	40
Goals scored	92 (2.3 per match)
Top goalscorer	Felix Chidi Odili Atinder Mani (7 Goals each)
Biggest home win	Kenkre 4–0 PIFA (18 December 2015) Dempo 4–0 Kenkre (27 December 2015)
Biggest away win	PIFA 0–8 Dempo (17 January 2016)
Highest scoring	PIFA 0–8 Dempo (17 January 2016)
← 2015 2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 17 January 2016.

The 2015–16 I-League 2nd Division was the ninth edition of the I-League 2nd division, the second-highest division in India.

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.

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.

Minerva class=notpageimage| 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	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

NEROCA v Fateh Hyderabad

14 November 2015	NEROCA	0–0	Fateh Hyderabad	Imphal
13:30				Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium Attendance: 12458 Referee: Anemesh Beswas

Mohammedan v Guwahati

14 November 2015	Mohammedan	2–1	Guwahati	Barasat
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

Guwahati v Fateh Hyderabad

21 November 2015	Guwahati	3–0	Fateh Hyderabad	Maligaon
14:00	Durga Boro 10' Somide Adelaja 31' James Singh 58' 75'		15' Rohit Negi 81' Pankaj Kshatri	Stadium: Northeast Frontier Railway Stadium

Mohammedan v Gangtok Himalayan

21 November 2015	Mohammedan	0–0	Gangtok Himalayan	Barasat
14:00	Taurus Tecompleh Manneh 8' Mumtaz Akhtar 49' Bikramjeet Singh 67'		30' Samuel Kane 64' Karan Atwal	Stadium: Barasat Stadium

Guwahati v NEROCA

28 November 2015	Guwahati	0–2	NEROCA	Maligaon
14:00			30' Onwubuariri Ikechukwu Joseph 40' (pen.) Chingkhei Yumnam	Stadium: Northeast Frontier Railway Stadium Referee: Pratik Mondal

Fateh Hyderabad v Gangtok Himalayan

28 November 2015	Fateh Hyderabad	0–2	Gangtok Himalayan	Hyderabad
15:00			18' Ong Lepcha 22' (pen.) Badmus Babatunde	Stadium: Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium

Gangtok Himalayan v NEROCA

5 December 2015	Gangtok Himalayan	0–1	NEROCA	Gangtok
14:30			90+1' Ronald Singh	Stadium: Paljor Stadium

Fateh Hyderabad v Mohammedan

8 December 2015	Fateh Hyderabad	1–2	Mohammedan	Hyderabad
18:50	Nitin Jyal 14'		5' Deepak Kumar 37' Ajay Singh	Stadium: Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium

NEROCA v Mohammedan

12 December 2015	NEROCA	2–1	Mohammedan	Imphal
13:30	Joseph 49' Moirangthem Ashok 90+5'		73' Ajay Singh	Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium Attendance: 15510

Gangtok Himalayan v Guwahati

12 December 2015	Gangtok Himalayan	1–1	Guwahati	Gangtok
14:30	Badmus Babatunde 83'		19' Oluwaunmi Somide	Stadium: Paljor Stadium

NEROCA v Guwahati

19 December 2015	NEROCA	0–0	Guwahati	Imphal
13:30				Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium Attendance: 11000

Mohammedan v Fateh Hyderabad

19 December 2015	Mohammedan	2–1	Fateh Hyderabad	Barasat
14:00	Tonmoy Ghosh 3' Mumtaz Akhtar 68'		53' Shahil Bhatt	Stadium: Barasat Stadium

Guwahati v Mohammedan

26 December 2015	Guwahati	0–3	Mohammedan	Guwahati
14:00				Stadium: Nehru Stadium

Gangtok Himalayan v Fateh Hyderabad

26 December 2015	Gangtok Himalayan	3–1	Fateh Hyderabad	Gangtok
14:30	Tenzing Tshepel 16' Badmus Babatunde 22', 79'		53' Rohit Negi	Stadium: Paljor Stadium

NEROCA v Gangtok Himalayan

2 January 2016	NEROCA	1–1	Gangtok Himalayan	Imphal
13:30	Chongtham Kishan Singh 78'		Babatunde 7'	Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium

Fateh Hyderabad v Guwahati

4 January 2016	Fateh Hyderabad	0–4	Guwahati	Hyderabad
18:50			11', 67' Durga Boro 50', 67' Oluwaunmi Somide	Stadium: Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium

Gangtok Himalayan v Mohammedan

9 January 2016	Gangtok Himalayan	2–0	Mohammedan	Gangtok
14:30	Nima Tamang 45+1' Thomas Tshering Lepcha 90+1'			Stadium: Paljor Stadium

Fateh Hyderabad v NEROCA

11 January 2016	Fateh Hyderabad	2–1	NEROCA	Hyderabad
18:50	Shahil Bhatt 22', 23'		35' Amamba Jeremiah Elekwachi	Stadium: Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium

Guwahati v Gangtok Himalayan

16 January 2016	Guwahati	0–0	Gangtok Himalayan	Guwahati
14:00				Stadium: Nehru Stadium

Mohammedan v NEROCA

16 January 2016	Mohammedan	1–0	NEROCA	Barasat
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

Dempo v PIFA

15 November 2015	Dempo	1–0	PIFA	Raia
16:00	Milagres Gonsalves 12' 43' (pen.)		42' Karun Kumar RS	Stadium: Raia Panchayat Ground Referee: Fasi Salahudeen

Kenkre v Lonestar Kashmir

16 November 2015	Kenkre	0–0	Lonestar Kashmir	Mumbai
18:30	Deepak Prakash 23'			Stadium: Cooperage Ground Referee: William Koshy

Kenkre v Minerva

19 November 2015	Kenkre	0–2	Minerva	Mumbai
18:30	Shivakumar M 39' Aravindraj Ranjan 59'		13' Bala Alhassan 60' (pen.) Harpreet Bedi 74' Simranjit Singh	Stadium: Cooperage Ground Referee: K Radhakrishnan

Dempo v Lonestar Kashmir

21 November 2015	Dempo	0–3	Lonestar Kashmir	Raia
16:00	Asheer Akhtar 37'		21' Atinder Mani 55', 65' Farukh Choudhary	Stadium: Raia Panchayat Ground

Minerva v Lonestar Kashmir

29 November 2015	Minerva	2–1	Lonestar Kashmir	Ludhiana
14:30	Jagpreet Singh 38' Bala Alhassan 84'		43' Iffam Tariq	Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium

Kenkre v PIFA

29 November 2015	Kenkre	1–1	PIFA	Bhiwandi
15:30	Rishad P P 12'		33' Francisco Dominic	Stadium: All Saints School

Minerva v Dempo

6 December 2015	Minerva	1–0	Dempo	Ludhiana
14:30	Manvir Singh 40'			Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium

Lonestar Kashmir v PIFA

6 December 2015	Lonestar Kashmir	2–2	PIFA	Srinagar
14:00	Farukh Choudhary 55', 89'		33' Irfan Khan 90+2' Junaid	Stadium: Synthetic Turf Football Stadium Attendance: 7540

Minerva v PIFA

11 December 2015	Minerva	3–0	PIFA	Ludhiana
14:30	Sehijpal Singh 19' Kamalpreet Singh 37' Dilliram Sanyasi 85'			Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium

Kenkre v Dempo

15 December 2015	Kenkre	0–1	Dempo	Mumbai
19:00			90' Peter Carvalho	Stadium: Cooperage Ground

Kenkre v PIFA

18 December 2015	Kenkre	4–0	PIFA	Mumbai
19:00	Egypsio Noronha 9' Loukik Jadhav 17' Yao Kouassi Bernard 45' Prathamesh Rokade 48'			Stadium: Cooperage Ground

Lonestar Kashmir v Minerva

20 December 2015	Lonestar Kashmir	0–0	Minerva	Srinagar
16:00				Stadium: Synthetic Turf Football Stadium

Dempo v Kenkre

27 December 2015	Dempo	4–0	Kenkre	Vasco
16:00	Milagres Gonsalves 9', 85' Beevan D'Mello 27', 35'			Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium

PIFA v Lonestar Kashmir

3 January 2016	PIFA	0–2	Lonestar Kashmir	Bhiwandi
15:30			68', 83' Atinder Mani	Stadium: All Saints School

Dempo v Minerva

3 January 2016	Dempo	2–1	Minerva	Vasco
16:00	Beevan D'Mello 2' Milagres Gonsalves 61'		88' Sehijpal Singh	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium

PIFA v Minerva

7 January 2016	PIFA	0–5	Minerva	Bhiwandi
15:30			Aji Demengje 41' 51' Sehijpal Singh 53' Prabhjot Singh 64' 83'	Stadium: All Saints School

Lonestar Kashmir v Dempo

10 January 2016	Lonestar Kashmir	1–0	Dempo	Srinagar
16:00	Gagandeep Singh 7'			Stadium: Synthetic Turf Football Stadium

Minerva v Kenkre

12 January 2016	Minerva	2–0	Kenkre	Ludhiana
14:30	Manvir Singh 9', 17'			Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium

PIFA v Dempo

17 January 2016	PIFA	0–8	Dempo	Bhiwandi
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

Lonestar Kashmir v Kenkre

17 January 2016	Lonestar Kashmir	1–1	Kenkre	Srinagar
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 v t e	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	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) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:

3 points are deducted from Mohammedan SC as per the decision taken by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee.

Statistics

As of 6 June 2016

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

References

Change in format for I-League 2nd division Sportskeeda.com. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015
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
"FIFA docks Mohammedan SC three points". 30 March 2016.
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