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 LocationAr-Hima Shillong, MeghalayaAizawl Aizawl, MizoramBhawanipore Kolkata, West BengalEagles Ernakulam, KeralaGolden Threads Kochi, KeralaGreen Valley Guwahati, AssamGauhati Town Club Guwahati, AssamKalighat Kolkata, West BengalKenkre Mumbai, MaharashtraKGF Academy Bangalore, KarnatakaLangsning Shillong, MeghalayaLuangmual Aizawl, MizoramMohammedan Kolkata, West BengalPIFA Mumbai, MaharashtraQuartz Calicut, KeralaRoyal Wahingdoh Shillong, MeghalayaSalameswari Bhubaneswar, OrissaSimla Youngs New DelhiSESA Vasco de Gama, GoaSouthern Samity Kolkata, West BengalTechno Aryan Kolkata, West BengalUnited Sikkim Gangtok, SikkimVasco Vasco de Gama, Goa
Personnel and sponsoring Team Manager Team captain Kit Sponsor Kit MakerAr-Hima Subrata BhattacharyyaTBATBAAdidasAizawlTBATBATBATBABhawanipore Debjit GhoshTBATBATBAEagles Jo Paul Ancheri Saji JoyTBATBAGolden ThreadsTBATBATBAAdidasGreen Valley Mridul BanerjeeTBATBATBAGauhati Town Club Juliano FontanaTBATBATBAKalighatTBATBATBATBAKenkre Floyd PintoTBATBATBAKGF Academy Raman VijayanTBATBATBALangsning L DarlongTBATBATBALuangmaulTBATBATBAAdidasMohammedan Aloke Mukherjee Stanley OkoroigweEMTAReebokPIFA Nirvan ShahTBATBATBAQuartzFrank BranerTBATBATBARoyal Wahingdoh Carlton Chapman Seityasen SinghImperial BlueUhlsportSamaleswariTBATBATBATBASimla Youngs Manoj ChaudharyTBATBATBASESA Clifford Chukwuma TBASESATBASouthern Samity Shabbir Ali Franchis XavierFive Star SamityNikeTechno Aryan Raghu NandiTBATechno India GroupTBAUnited Sikkim Philippe De Ridder Nim LepchaEMTANikeVasco Robert FernandesTBATBATBA
Managerial Changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment United Sikkim Sacked 3 December 2011 Pre-season 3 December 2011 QuartzNew Club Pre-Season Frank Braner 1 January 2012
Group stage Group A Group A will take place at the Barabati Stadium in Orissa.
Team Qualification Royal Wahingdoh7520187+1117 final round Kalighat7511206+1416 final round SESA7421159+614 Techno Aryan7232138+59 Samaleswari72231314-18 Kenkre7214216-147 Gauhati Town Club72051114-36 Quartz7016429-251
Group B Group B will take place at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi.
Team Qualification Mohammedan7610154+1119 final round Vasco7511166+1016 final round Langsning7412108+213 KGF Academy73041513+29 Simla Youngs714289-17 Golden Threads72141218-67 Luangmaul7124817-95 PIFA7025514-92
Group C Group C will take place at the Satindra Mohan Dev Stadium in Assam.
Team Qualification United Sikkim64111811+713 final round Aizawl6411114+713 final round Ar-Hima63211812+611 Green Valley6150111018 Southern Samity6123810-25 Bhawanipore6033811-33 Eagles6105420-163
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.
Statistics Updated: 20 February 2012
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Emmanuel OkoroKGF Academy9 2 Akabougu C.Golden Threads5 3 Angelo ColacoVasco44 Daniel BedemiUnited Sikkim3 Andrew JgadoVasco Salau NuruddinGreen Valley Olatunde KomolafeKenkre P. BiswasKalighat Alfred JaryanMohammedan912 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 Okoro7 KGF Academy Luangmaul 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)
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