The starstruck HeroISL, Hindustan’s very own football league is going to initiate from October 12th, and as Indian football fans get’s crazy for this soccer league, here is the basics you should know about it.
Bringing Indian football out of sleep
The ISL was set up in 2013 after seeing that a lot of Indians are keen about football, but unfortunately, have no national soccer league with International attention to watch. The Indian Super League aims to turn this around.
It will comprise eight franchise clubs, owned from people and companies across the country. The competition will commence in October and end in December.
The eight teams that will compete in this competition are:
· Atletico de Kolkata, practiced by Antonio Lopez Habas, with Spain as the foreign draft.
· Chennai Titans, assisted by Marco Materazzi with Italy as the foreign draft.
· Delhi Dynamos FC, assisted by Harm van Veldhoven with Netherlands as the foreign draft.
· FC Goa, assisted by, Zico with Brazil as the foreign draft.
· Kerala Blasters FC, coached by David James with England as the foreign draft.
· Mumbai City FC, coached by Peter Reid with England as the foreign draft.
· North East United FC, trained by Ricki Herbert with New Zealand as the foreign draft.
· FC Pune City, trained by Franco Colomba with Italy as the foreign draft.
While building their clubs, each club will have to aqcuire:
· At least seven foreigners, out of which two will be from the squad and five will be from the foreign player draft;
· One marquee player, which in the words of AIFF is “A foreign recruit who has represented his country in any of the continental championships like the European Championship, Copa America, African Nations Cup, Asian Cup, or FIFA World Cup will be called a marquee player;” and
· fourteen Hindustani homegrown players, four of which have to be local players from the city the outfit belongs to.
High-Profile Who’s who in the HeroISL
The competition is owned by Reliance Industries Ltd, Star India Pvt. Ltd. and IMG Worldwide Inc. It would be shown exclusively on STAR Sports and will have Hero MotoCorp as the cup; thus the name Hero Indian Super League. From Bollywood, we have John Abraham who co-owns the outfit North East United FC, Ranbir Kapoor who co-owns the Mumbai City FC team, Abhishek Bachchan who co-owns Chennaiyin FC outfit, Salman Khan who co-owns the FC Pune City team, and Varun Dhawan who is the brand ambassador of the FC Goa squad. From the field of Indian Cricket, Sachin Tendulkar is the co-owner of the Kerala Blasters FC outfit and Sourav Ganguly is the co-owner of the Atletico de Kolkata squad.
Indian Super League rules:
Every year, the competition would be played between October and December. Each team will play against all other clubs twice on a home-and-away basis. The top 4 teams will take part in the finals.
Investing in the team
Squad owners’ investments in the ISL are worth having a look. Different squads have invested massively to purchase foreign players:
Goa: 430.000 USD
Chennai Titans: 380.000 USD
Atletico de Kolkata: 350.000 USD
Mumbai City: 330.000 USD
Kerala Blasters: 315.000 USD
Pune City: 280.000 USD
Delhi Dynamos: 260.000 USD
North East United: 260.000 USD
With this kind of investments and international allure towards the Indian Super League, this is surely a football competition you would not want to miss! Possibly a kickstart to bring football in Hindustan to a higher level!
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