# 2012 I-League 2nd Division

The 2012 I-League 2nd Division was the fifth season of the then second tier of Football in India, using promotion and relegation with the I-League.

## Stadiums

The 2012 I-League 2nd Division was played in 4 stadiums. Three of the stadiums were used for the Group Stage and one for the Final Stage.
The stadiums used in the group stage were the Barabati Stadium (Orissa), Ambedkar Stadium (New Delhi) and the Satindra Mohan Dev Stadium (Assam).

## Team overview
### Teams and locations

| Team | Location |
| Ar-Hima | Shillong, Meghalaya |
| Aizawl | Aizawl, Mizoram |
| Bhawanipore | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| Eagles | Ernakulam, Kerala |
| Golden Threads | Kochi, Kerala |
| Green Valley | Guwahati, Assam |
| Gauhati Town Club | Guwahati, Assam |
| Kalighat | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| Kenkre | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| KGF Academy | Bangalore, Karnataka |
| Langsning | Shillong, Meghalaya |
| Luangmual | Aizawl, Mizoram |
| Mohammedan | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| PIFA | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Quartz | Calicut, Kerala |
| Royal Wahingdoh | Shillong, Meghalaya |
| Salameswari | Bhubaneswar, Orissa |
| Simla Youngs | New Delhi |
| SESA | Vasco de Gama, Goa |
| Southern Samity | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| Techno Aryan | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| United Sikkim | Gangtok, Sikkim |
| Vasco | Vasco de Gama, Goa |

### Personnel and sponsoring

| Team | Manager | Team captain | Kit Sponsor | Kit Maker |
| Ar-Hima | Subrata Bhattacharyya | TBA | TBA | Adidas |
| Aizawl | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| Bhawanipore | Debjit Ghosh | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| Eagles | Jo Paul Ancheri | Saji Joy | TBA | TBA |
| Golden Threads | TBA | TBA | TBA | Adidas |
| Green Valley | Mridul Banerjee | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| Gauhati Town Club | Juliano Fontana | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| Kalighat | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| Kenkre | Floyd Pinto | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| KGF Academy | Raman Vijayan | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| Langsning | L Darlong | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| Luangmaul | TBA | TBA | TBA | Adidas |
| Mohammedan | Aloke Mukherjee | Stanley Okoroigwe | EMTA | Reebok |
| PIFA | Nirvan Shah | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| Quartz | Frank Braner | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| Royal Wahingdoh | Carlton Chapman | Seityasen Singh | Imperial Blue | Uhlsport |
| Samaleswari | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| Simla Youngs | Manoj Chaudhary | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| SESA | Clifford Chukwuma | TBA | SESA | TBA |
| Southern Samity | Shabbir Ali | Franchis Xavier | Five Star Samity | Nike |
| Techno Aryan | Raghu Nandi | TBA | Techno India Group | TBA |
| United Sikkim | Philippe De Ridder | Nim Lepcha | EMTA | Nike |
| Vasco | Robert Fernandes | TBA | TBA | TBA |

### Managerial Changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| United Sikkim | Stanley Rozario | Sacked | 3 December 2011 | Pre-season | Philippe De Ridder | 3 December 2011 |
| Quartz | New Club | New Club | New Club | Pre-Season | Frank Braner | 1 January 2012 |

## Group stage
### Group A

Group A will take place at the Barabati Stadium in Orissa.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Royal Wahingdoh | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 17 | final round |
| Kalighat | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | +14 | 16 | final round |
| SESA | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 14 |
| Techno Aryan | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 9 |
| Samaleswari | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 8 |
| Kenkre | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 16 | -14 | 7 |
| Gauhati Town Club | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 6 |
| Quartz | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 29 | -25 | 1 |

### Group B

Group B will take place at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Mohammedan | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 19 | final round |
| Vasco | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 16 | final round |
| Langsning | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 13 |
| KGF Academy | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 9 |
| Simla Youngs | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 7 |
| Golden Threads | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 18 | -6 | 7 |
| Luangmaul | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 5 |
| PIFA | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -9 | 2 |

### Group C

Group C will take place at the Satindra Mohan Dev Stadium in Assam.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| United Sikkim | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 13 | final round |
| Aizawl | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 13 | final round |
| Ar-Hima | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 11 |
| Green Valley | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 8 |
| Southern Samity | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 5 |
| Bhawanipore | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 3 |
| Eagles | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 20 | -16 | 3 |

## Final round

The final round of the 2012 I-League 2nd Division will take place between six teams from the group stage and the team relegated from I-League ONGC in a single table format in which each team plays each other once at home and once away from home.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | ONGC | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 22 | Promotion to 2012–13 I-League |
| 2 | United Sikkim | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 22 | Promotion to 2012–13 I-League |
| 3 | Mohammedan | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 21 | |
| 4 | Royal Wahingdoh | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 16 | |
| 5 | Kalighat | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 15 | +3 | 16 | |
| 6 | Vasco | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 23 | −5 | 13 | |
| 7 | Aizawl | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 31 | −18 | 5 | |

## Statistics

Updated: 20 February 2012

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Emmanuel Okoro | KGF Academy | 9 |
| 2 | Akabougu C. | Golden Threads | 5 |
| 3 | Angelo Colaco | Vasco | 4 |
| 4 | Daniel Bedemi | United Sikkim | 3 |
| 4 | Andrew Jgado | Vasco | 3 |
| 4 | Salau Nuruddin | Green Valley | 3 |
| 4 | Olatunde Komolafe | Kenkre | 3 |
| 4 | P. Biswas | Kalighat | 3 |
| 4 | Alfred Jaryan | Mohammedan | 3 |
| 9 | 12 players on 1 goal | 12 players on 1 goal | 12 players on 1 goal |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Salau Nuruddin | Green Valley | United Sikkim | 3–3 | 8 February 2012 |
| Andrew Jgado | Vasco | Golden Threads | 5–1 | 11 February 2012 |
| P. Biswas | Kalighat | Quartz | 9–0 | 17 February 2012 |
| Akabougu C. | Golden Threads | Luangmaul | 4–3 | 17 February 2012 |
| Emmanuel Okoro$^7$ | KGF Academy | Luangmaul | 7–1 | 19 February 2012 |
* $^7$ Player scored 7 goals

### Scoring

* First goal of the season: Stanley Cyprian for Mohammedan against KGF Academy (1 February 2012)
* Fastest goal of the season: 15 minutes – Isa Ali for Vasco against PIFA (1 February 2012)
* Most goals in a game: 9 goals
** United Sikkim 7–2 Eagles (5 February 2012)
** Quartz 0–9 Kalighat (17 February 2012)
* Most goals scored in a game by one team: 9 goals – Kalighat 9–0 Quartz (17 February 2012)