The 2010–11 I-League was the fourth season of the I-League, which was the highest football league competition in India during the time. It ran from 3 December 2010 to May 2011. Dempo are the defending champions. On 30 May 2011 Salgaocar won the title by beating JCT 2–0 in the final match of the season.
Teams Sporting Clube de Goa and Shillong Lajong FC 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 ONGC FC and runners-up HAL SC.
In other team changes, Mahindra United were disbanded at the end of the 2009–10 season to concentrate on youth football. They were replaced by Indian Arrows, a newly founded team under the auspices of the AIFF.
Club City Stadium Capacity Air-India Mumbai Cooperage Ground, Mumbai 12,000 Chirag United Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata 120,000 Churchill Brothers Margao, Goa Fatorda Stadium, Margao 35,000 Dempo Panjim Fatorda Stadium, Margao 35,000 East Bengal Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata 120,000 HAL Bangalore Bangalore Stadium, Bangalore 15,000 Indian Arrows New Delhi Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi 15,000 JCT Phagwara Guru Nanak Dev Stadium, Ludhiana 12,000 Mohun Bagan Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata 120,000 Mumbai Mumbai Cooperage Ground, Mumbai 12,000 ONGC Mumbai Rajarshi Shahu Stadium, Kolhapur 12,000 Pune Pune Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune 20,000 Salgaocar Vasco Fatorda Stadium, Margao 35,000 Viva Kerala Kozhikode EMS Stadium 60,000
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming managerDate of appointmentChurchill Brothers Carlos Roberto PereiraResignedEnd of Previous Seasonpre-season Vincent Subramaniam2 JulyEast Bengal Philippe De RidderResignedEnd of Previous Seasonpre-seasonTrevor Morgan16 JulyMohun Bagan Biswajit BhattacharjeeResignedEnd of Previous Seasonpre-seasonStanley Rozario4 JuneMohun Bagan Stanley RozarioResigned13 Dec. 12Subhash Bhowmick14 Dec.Churchill Brothers Vincent Subramaniam Resigned5 March3rdDrago Mamić 14 March
League table
Results
Top goalscorers Updated on 10 April 2015.
RankScorerClubGoals 1 Ranty MartinsDempo 28 2 Odafa Onyeka OkolieChurchill Brothers 25 3 Ryuji SueokaSalgaocar 18 4 BetoDempo 17 Tolgay ÖzbeyEast Bengal 17 6 Yusif YakubuSalgaocar 15 7 Jeje LalpekhluaIndian Arrows 13 Mandjou KeitaPune 11 9 Kayne VincentChurchill Brothers 12 10 Okorogor PraiseAir India 11 Badmus BabatundeONGC 11 12 Muritala AliMohun Bagan 10 Anil KumarChirag United Kerala 10
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Odafa Onyeka Okolie Churchill Brothers Mumbai 5–1 2010-12-18 Odafa Onyeka Okolie Churchill Brothers Pailan Arrows 6–0 2011-1-3 Mandjou Keita Pune JCT 4–0 2011-1-30 Anil Kumar Chirag United Kerala Air India 7–1 2011-2-20 Jeje Lalpekhlua Pailan Arrows Air India 2–5 2011-3-13 Tolgay Özbey East Bengal Air India 3–0 2011-4-4 Jeje Lalpekhlua Pailan Arrows Mohun Bagan 5–4 2011-5-29 Muritala Ali Mohun Bagan Pailan Arrows 4–5 2011-5-29 Ranty Martins Dempo Air India 14-0 2011-5-30 Beto Dempo Air India 14-0 2011-5-30 Mandjou Keita was the first Hat-trick scored by a Pune player in I-League for their franchise."Keita revives Pune FC campaign as host beat JCT 4–0" . The-AIFF.com. 30 January 2011. Jeje Lalpekhlua was the first Hat-trick for Pailan Arrows team in I-League. Tolgay Özbey was the first Australian to score a Hat-trick in I-League.
Scoring Most games failed to score in: Most goals scored in a match by a single team:Dempo 14–0 Highest scoring game:Dempo 14–0 Air India Widest winning margin:Dempo 14–0 Air India
Clean sheets Most clean sheets: 11 – East Bengal
See also 2010 Indian Federation Cup List of Indian football transfers 2010-2011
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