The 2008–09 I-League season began on 26 September 2008 and finished on 16 April 2009 with a break in December for the Federation Cup and Durand Cup. Most games this season were played on Saturday's and Sunday's to attract larger crowds. After a successful first season for the I League, the second season featured 12 teams from four cities – again this would be expanded in the 2009–10 season to 14 teams.
The champion in the I-League qualified for the AFC Champions League 2010 qualifying playoffs in 2010, while the bottom two teams were relegated to I-League 2nd Division for the next season.
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Teams
Club Manager Location Stadia Air India Bimal Ghosh Mumbai Cooperage Ground Churchill Brothers Karim Bencherifa Goa Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium Dempo Armando Colaco Goa Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium East Bengal Monoranjan Bhattacharya Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium JCT Sukhwinder Singh New Delhi Ambedkar Stadium Mahindra United Derrick Pereira Mumbai Cooperage Ground Mohammedan Sporting Shabbir Ali Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium Mohun Bagan Carlos Roberto Pereira Da Silva Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium Sporting Goa Clifford Chukwuma Goa Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium Vasco Subrata Bhattacharya Goa Jawaharlal Nehru – Fatorda Stadium
League table
Home and away season
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Round 19
Round 20
Round 21
Round 22
Top scorers
RankScorerClubGoals1 Odafe Onyeka OkolieChurchill Brothers242 Jose Ramirez BarretoMohun Bagan10 Felix ChimaokwuChurchill Brothers4 Sunil ChhetriEast Bengal9 Ranty Martins SoleyeDempo Chidi EdehMahindra United Yusif YakubuEast Bengal8 Singam Subash SinghAir India7 Sushil Kumar SinghMahindra United Kalia KulothunganMumbai Junior ObagbemiroSporting Goa12 Baichung BhutiaMohun Bagan6 Ogba Kalu NnannaChurchill Brothers Joseph PereiraSporting Goa
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