# 2010–11 I-League

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

| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
| Churchill Brothers | Carlos Roberto Pereira | Resigned | End of Previous Season | pre-season | Vincent Subramaniam | 2 July |
| East Bengal | Philippe De Ridder | Resigned | End of Previous Season | pre-season | Trevor Morgan | 16 July |
| Mohun Bagan | Biswajit Bhattacharjee | Resigned | End of Previous Season | pre-season | Stanley Rozario | 4 June |
| Mohun Bagan | Stanley Rozario | Resigned | 13 Dec. | 12 | Subhash Bhowmick | 14 Dec. |
| Churchill Brothers | Vincent Subramaniam | Resigned | 5 March | 3rd | Drago Mamić | 14 March |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Salgaocar (C) | 26 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 58 | 27 | +31 | 56 | 2012 AFC Cup Group stage |
| 2 | East Bengal | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 44 | 21 | +23 | 51 | 2012 AFC Cup Group stage |
| 3 | Dempo | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 63 | 33 | +30 | 50 | |
| 4 | Churchill Brothers | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 57 | 31 | +26 | 50 | |
| 5 | Pune | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 36 | |
| 6 | Mohun Bagan | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 34 | |
| 7 | Mumbai | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 28 | −4 | 34 | |
| 8 | Chirag United | 26 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 29 | |
| 9 | Indian Arrows | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 49 | −18 | 29 | |
| 10 | Viva Kerala | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 27 | |
| 12 | Air India | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 57 | −32 | 24 | |
| 12 | HAL | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 40 | −22 | 24 | |
| 13 | JCT | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 35 | −18 | 24 | Relegation to 2012 I-League 2nd Division |
| 14 | ONGC | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 40 | −15 | 24 | Relegation to 2012 I-League 2nd Division |
* ↑ Since Salgaocar SC also won the 2011 Indian Federation Cup, East Bengal qualified for the 2012 AFC Cup as 2010–11 I-League runners-up.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AI | CHI | CB | DEM | EB | HAL | IAR | JCT | MB | MUM | ONGC | PFC | SFC | VK |
| Air India | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Chirag United | 0–0 | | 3–5 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 |
| Churchill Brothers | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Dempo | 14–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–3 |
| East Bengal | 6–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| HAL | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Indian Arrows | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 5–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 |
| JCT | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Mohun Bagan | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Mumbai | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| ONGC | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Pune | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 4–4 |
| Salgaocar | 0–1 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 0–1 | | 4–0 |
| Viva Kerala | 7–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | |

## Top goalscorers

Updated on 10 April 2015.
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ranty Martins | Dempo | 28 |
| 2 | Odafa Onyeka Okolie | Churchill Brothers | 25 |
| 3 | Ryuji Sueoka | Salgaocar | 18 |
| 4 | Beto | Dempo | 17 |
| 4 | Tolgay Özbey | East Bengal | 17 |
| 6 | Yusif Yakubu | Salgaocar | 15 |
| 7 | Jeje Lalpekhlua | Indian Arrows | 13 |
| 7 | Mandjou Keita | Pune | 11 |
| 9 | Kayne Vincent | Churchill Brothers | 12 |
| 10 | Okorogor Praise | Air India | 11 |
| 10 | Badmus Babatunde | ONGC | 11 |
| 12 | Muritala Ali | Mohun Bagan | 10 |
| 12 | Anil Kumar | Chirag 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.
* 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