# 2007–08 I-League

The 2007–08 I-League kicked off on 24 November 2007 at the Fatorda Stadium, Margao, Goa. The first match of the season was played between the two Goan clubs Dempo and Salgaocar.
The top team in the I-League qualified for the qualifying phase of the 2009 AFC Champions League, while the bottom two teams were relegated to I-League 2nd Division in the next season.

## 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 | Manoranjan Bhattacharjee | Kolkata | Salt Lake Stadium |
| JCT | Sukhwinder Singh | New Delhi & Ludhiana | Ambedkar Stadium & Guru Gobind Singh Stadium |
| Mahindra United | Derrick Pereira | Mumbai | Cooperage Ground |
| Mohun Bagan | Carlos Roberto Pereira Da Silva | Kolkata | Salt Lake Stadium |
| Salgaocar | Savio Medeira | Goa | Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium |
| Sporting Goa | Clifford Chukwuma | Goa | Jawaharlal Nehru - Fatorda Stadium |
| Viva Kerala | A.M.Sreedharan | Kozhikode | Kozhikode EMS Corporation Stadium |

## Standings
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dempo (C) | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 13 | +22 | 36 | 2009 AFC Champions League |
| 2 | Churchill Brothers | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 22 | +18 | 36 | |
| 3 | JCT | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 14 | +17 | 33 | |
| 4 | Mohun Bagan | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 30 | 2009 AFC Cup group stage |
| 5 | Mahindra United | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 28 | |
| 6 | East Bengal | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 19 | |
| 7 | Sporting Goa | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 24 | −10 | 19 | |
| 8 | Air India | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 20 | −10 | 17 | |
| 9 | Viva Kerala (R) | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 38 | −25 | 12 | Relegation to 2009 I-League 2nd Division |
| 10 | Salgaocar (R) | 18 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 37 | −17 | 11 | Relegation to 2009 I-League 2nd Division |
* ↑ Mohun Bagan qualified for the 2009 AFC Cup as 2008 Indian Federation Cup winners.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AI | CB | DEM | EB | JCT | MAH | MB | SFC | SCG | VK |
| Air India | | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Churchill Brothers | 3–0 | | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 |
| Dempo | 0–0 | 4–1 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 |
| East Bengal | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| JCT | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 |
| Mahindra United | 1–1 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Mohun Bagan | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Salgaocar | 1–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 4–5 | | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Sporting Goa | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 3–0 |
| Viva Kerala | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | |

## Top goalscorers

Last updated: 23 February 2008
    Ref:
| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Odafe Onyeka Okolie | Churchill Brothers | 22 |
| 2 | Eduardo da Silva Escobar | JCT | 14 |
| 3 | Mboyo Iyomi | Churchill Brothers | 12 |
| 3 | Ranty Martins Soleye | Dempo | 12 |
| 5 | Baichung Bhutia | Mohun Bagan | 10 |
| 6 | Edmilson Marques Pardal | East Bengal | 8 |
| 6 | Chidi Edeh | Dempo | 8 |
| 8 | Felix Chimaokwu | Salgaocar | 7 |
| 8 | Sunil Chhetri | JCT | 7 |
| 10 | Junior Obagbemiro | Sporting Goa | 6 |
| 10 | Andrews Pomeyie Mensah | Mahindra United | 6 |
| 12 | Wisdom Abbey | Viva Kerala | 5 |
| 12 | Jose Ramirez Barreto | Mohun Bagan | 5 |
| 12 | Yusif Yakubu | Mahindra United | 5 |
| 12 | Roberto Mendes Silva | Dempo | 5 |
| 16 | Bashiree Mohammed Abbas | Air India | 4 |