The fresh Indian Super League, Hindustan’s exclusive soccer league is going to start from 12 October 2014, and while Indian football fans get’s crazy for this soccer league, here is what you should know about it.
Bringing Indian football out of hibernation
The Indian Super League was set up in 2013 after seeing that many Indians are crazy about soccer, but unfortunately, have no national soccer league with International allure to watch. The Indian Super League aims to turn the table.
It is going to comprise 8 franchise teams, owned from people and companies across the country. The competition will begin in October and end in December.
The 8 teams that will compete in this competition are:
· Atletico de Kolkata, practiced by Antonio Lopez Habas, with Spain as the foreign draft.
· Chennai Titans, trained 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, coached by, Zico with Brazil as the foreign draft.
· Kerala Blasters FC, trained by David James with England as the foreign draft.
· Mumbai City FC, trained by Peter Reid with England as the foreign draft.
· North East United FC, coached 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 squad will have to attract:
· At least 7 foreigners, out of which two will be from the outfit and five will be from the foreign player draft;
· One star 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 star player;” and
· 14 Indian homegrown players, four of which have to be local players from the city the club belongs to.
High-Profile Who’s who in the Indian Super League
The league is owned by Reliance Industries Ltd, Star India Pvt. Ltd. and IMG Worldwide Inc. It would be televisedbroadcasted 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 team North East United FC, Ranbir Kapoor who co-owns the Mumbai City FC team, Abhishek Bachchan who co-owns Chennaiyin FC club, Salman Khan who co-owns the FC Pune City team, and Varun Dhawan who is the brand ambassador of the FC Goa outfit. From the field of Indian Cricket, Sachin Tendulkar is the co-owner of the Kerala Blasters FC squad and Sourav Ganguly is the co-owner of the Atletico de Kolkata outfit.
HeroISL setup:
Every year, the league would be played between October and December. Each club will play against all other squads twice on a home-and-away basis. The top four teams will qualify for the finals.
Investing in the club
Club owners’ investments in the Indian Super League are worth having a look. Different outfits have financed hugely to attract 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 cash and international attention towards the ISL, this is surely a soccer league you would not want to miss! Possibly a boost to bring football in India to a higher level!
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