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Revision as of 20:10, 31 May 2014

Indian Super League
Founded2013
Country India
ConfederationAFC
Number of teams8
TV partnersSTAR Sports
Websiteindiansuperleague.com

The Indian Super League is the name of a new, proposed football league in India by IMG-Reliance (a joint venture of IMG and Reliance Industries) and the All India Football Federation. It is set to kick-off in September 2014 and finish its first season in November of that year.[1] The league is expected to run along the lines of the Indian Premier League[2] and football league of the United States[3]

The league is expected to be competed by eight franchises with each team featuring one major marquee player.[1] So far the names already confirmed to be auctioned in November are Dwight Yorke, Fredrik Ljungberg, Robert Pirès, Louis Saha, and Hernán Crespo.[1] Managers confirmed so far include Peter Schmeichel, Marcel Desailly and Kenny Dalglish.[citation needed] It has also already been confirmed that 59 Indian players had already been signed up for the league as well.[2] The tournament has been criticized by many observers for the threat it poses to India's premier football division, the I-League.[4][5][6]

Franchise auctions

The eight cities which were selected to host teams are Bangalore, Delhi, Goa, Guwahati, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune.[2] The bids were to end on 25 March 2014.[7][8] But will now end at 5pm IST on 27 March 2014.[8] IMG have said that merely spending huge sum of money in bidding is not going to win a club for the bidder, rather the bidding party should have plans to operate international standard grassroots football program in their club based region.[9] IMG have laid out strict guidelines for the bidding parties to follow in order to win a bid for a franchise team.

The reserve price for each city except Kolkata team is Rs 12 crore per year for 10 years.For team Kolkata it is 18 crores[8]

Rs 2 crore must be spent in the first year on developing football at the grassroots level.[10]

On 13 April 2014, winners of bidding process were announced. Eight of the nine cities and their franchise owners were declared in the announcement. Chennai is the city which has been kept away from being included as a franchise in the Indian Super League. The winners and their franchise teams are mentioned below:[11]

Indian Super League is located in India
Bangalore
Bangalore
Goa
Goa
Guwahati
Guwahati
Kerala Blasters FC
Atlético de Kolkata
Mumbai
Mumbai
Delhi
Delhi
Pune
Pune
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Locations of ISL teams
Team name City Owner(s) Captain Head coach Home ground (Expected) ref
Proposed Teams
Bangalore ISL team Bangalore Sun Group Sree Kanteerava Stadium
Delhi ISL team Delhi DEN Networks Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Goa ISL team Goa Dattaraj Salgaocar, Shrinivas V. Dempo and Videocon Group Fatorda Stadium, Madgaon
Guwahati ISL team Guwahati John Abraham & Shillong Lajong F.C. Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Kerala Blasters FC Kochi Sachin Tendulkar & PVP Ventures Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Atlético de Kolkata Kolkata Sourav Ganguly, Harshavardhan Neotia, Atletico Madrid, Sanjeev Goenka, Santos Shaw,Utsav Parekh Salt Lake Stadium
Mumbai ISL team Mumbai Ranbir Kapoor and Bimal Parekh Cooperage Ground
Pune ISL team Pune Salman Khan and Wadhawan Group Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Main Stadium

Format

The 2014 season will be competed among eight franchises.[2] Each team would have a squad of 22 players each which would contain 10 foreign players, 8 domestic Indian players, and 4 local Indian players.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Rao, Shriniwas. "Henry, Owen may play in IPL-style Indian football league next year". Times of India. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Former Manchester United striker Louis Saha roped in for IPL-style football league". NDTV Sports. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  3. ^ Bali, Rahul. "IMG-Reliance keen to start an eight team franchisee competition, I-League likely to follow the MLS". Goal.com. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  4. ^ Bhargab Sarmah (19 August 2013). "IPL-style Football League in India - A Grave Mistake!". Huffington Post. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  5. ^ "Indian Super League will spell doom for Indian football: Valanka". Times of India. 13 April 2014.
  6. ^ Sarmah, Bhargab. "Indian Super League - IMG-Reliance's Short-Sighted Endeavor Will Hamper I-League". Huffington Post. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  7. ^ "IPL-style football league invites bids for teams". Livemint. 3 March 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  8. ^ a b c "Indian Super League sees interest from 30 franchise bidders". Business Standard. 24 March 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  9. ^ "Indian Super League: Big money is not gonna buy an Indian Super League club". Indiansuperleagues.com. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  10. ^ "Football's heady mix: Indian Super League ready to kick off". Hindustan Times. 15 March 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  11. ^ "Winners of Indian Super League franchise announced". 13 April 2014.
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