The new HeroISL, Hindustan’s very own soccer league is going to initiate from 12 October, and while Indian football fans hypes up for this soccer competition, here is everything you should know about it.
Awaking Indian soccer out of hibernation
The HeroISL was founded in 2013 after noticing that many Indians are wild about football, but regrettably, have no national soccer league with International prestige to watch. The HeroISL aims to turn the table.
It will comprise 8 franchise teams, owned from people and companies across the country. The competition will take off 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, coached by Marco Materazzi with Italy as the foreign draft.
· Delhi Dynamos FC, practiced by Harm van Veldhoven with Netherlands as the foreign draft.
· FC Goa, assisted by, Zico with Brazil as the foreign draft.
· Kerala Blasters FC, practiced 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, practiced 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 squads, each team will have to aqcuire:
· At least 7 foreigners, out of which 2 will be from the outfit 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 star player;” and
· 14 Indian domestic players, four of which have to be local players from the city the team belongs to.
High-Profile Ownership in the Indian Super League
The competition is owned by Reliance Industries Ltd, Star India Pvt. Ltd. and IMG Worldwide Inc. It would be shown only 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 squad, Abhishek Bachchan who co-owns Chennaiyin FC team, Salman Khan who co-owns the FC Pune City club, 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 club and Sourav Ganguly is the co-owner of the Atletico de Kolkata outfit.
HeroISL setup:
Every year, the competition would be played between October and December. Each outfit will play against all other teams twice on a home-and-away basis. The top four teams will decide in the finals.
Financing the team
Team owners’ investments in the Indian Super League are worth having a look. Different teams have spent massively to sign 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 attention towards the ISL, this is surely a soccer league you would not want to miss! Possibly a kickstart to bring soccer in Hindustan to a higher level!
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