The love and passion for football in India has long been overshadowed by Cricket. This is largely because India has struggled at the top level of football and has never gone to the World Cup. Domestic leagues have been disorganised and underfunded. However efforts have been made to popularize the sport and as a result we have the Indian Super League that could change the direction of football in India.

The Indian Super League kicks off on 12th October and a total of 110,000 crowd is expected for the first match between Atletico de Kolkata and Mumbai City. The League consists of 8 franchise teams across the country. There are plenty of super stars in each team and some of the big names being Alessandro Del Piero, Robert Pires, Peter Reid, David James, Freddie Ljungberg, Marco Materazzi etc

ROSTER SYSTEM: Each franchise is required to sign at least one Marquee player, Seven Foreign Players and 14 Indian Domestic players.

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Atletico de Kolkata

  • Goalkeepers: Apoula Edima Edel Bete, Basilio Sancho Agudo, Subhashish Roy Chowdhury.
  • Defenders: Arnab Mondal, Biswajit Saha, Denzil Franco, Jose Miguel Gonzalez Rey, Kingshuk Debnath, Nallappan Mohanraj, Sylvain Monsoreau
  • Midfielders: Luis Garcia, Borja Fernandez, Cavin Lobo, Climax Lawrence, Jakub Podany, Jofre Mateu Gonzalez, Lester Fernandez, Mohamed Mamunul Islam Mamun, Ofentse Nato, Rakesh Masih, Sanju Pradhan.
  • Forward Players: Arnal Llibert Conde Carbo, Baljit Sahni, Fikru Teferra Lemessa, Mohammed Rafi, Mohammed Rafique.
  • Support Staff: Antonio Lopes Habas (Manager) , Jose Ramirez Barreto (Asst. Coach) , Miguel Martinez (Physical Trainer)
  • Owners: Kolkata Games and Sports Pvt. Ltd.
  • Home Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, West Bengal.

Chennaiyin FC

  • Goalkeepers: Abhijit Mondal, Gennaro Bracigliano, Shilton Paul.
  • Defenders: Abhishek Das, Bernard Mendy, Dhanachandra Singh, Gouramangi Singh, Jairo Andres Suarez Carvajal, Khelemba Singh Meetei, Marco Materazzi, Mikael Silvestre.
  • Midfielders: Elano Blumer, Anthony Barbosa, Bojan Djordjic, Bruno Augusto Pellisari de Lima, Cristian Hidalgo Gonzalez, Dane Pereira, Denson Devadas, Harmanjot Khabra, Jaison Vales, NP Pradeep, Pierre Jonas Folke Tillman, Sukhwinder Singh.
  • Forward Players: Balwant Singh, Eduardo Silva Lerma, Jayesh Rane, Jeje Lalpekhlua, John Stiven Mendoza Valencia.
  • Support Staff: Marco Materazzi (Head Coach).
  • Owners: Abhishek Bachchan, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Vita Dani
  • Home Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai, Tamilnadu

Delhi Dynamos FC

  • Goalkeepers: Jagroop Singh, Kristof Van Hout, Marek Cech.
  • Defenders: Anwar Ali, Govin Singh, Munmun Timothy Lugun, Naoba Singh, Robert Lalthlamuana, Shouvik Ghosh, Stijn Houben, Wim Raymaekers.
  • Midfielders: Adil Khan, Bruno Herrero Arias, Francis Fernandes, Gustavo Marmentini dos Santos, Hans Mulder, Henrique Dinis Oliveira Dias, Manish Bhargav, Pavel Elias, Shylo Malswamtluanga, Souvik Chakraborthy, Steven Dias.
  • Forward Players: Alessandro Del Piero, Mads Junker, Manandeep Singh, Morten Skoubo
  • Support Staff: Harm Van Veldhoven (Manager) , Shakti Chauhan (Asst. Coach) .
  • Owners: DEN TV Networks.
  • Home Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi.

FC Goa

  • Goalkeepers: Jan Seda, Laxmikant Kattimani.
  • Defenders: Andre Clarindo dos Santos, Debabrata Roy, Gregory Arnolin, Narayan Das, Prabir Das, Rowilson Rodrigues, Youness Bengelloun, Zohib Islam Harron Fakhruddin Amiri.
  • Midfielders: Robert Pires, Alwyn George, Bruno Filipe Tavares Pinheiro, Clifford Miranda, Edgar Carvalho Figueira Marcelino, Mandar Rao Desai, Peter Carvalho, Pronay Halder, Romeo Fernandes, Sheikh Jewel Raja.
  • Forward Players: Gabriel Fernandes, Holicharan Narzary, Miguel Bruno Pereira Herlein, Miroslav Slepicka, Tolgay Ozbey.
  • Support Staff: Zico (Manager), Arthur Papas (Asst. Coach), Hussein Skenderovic (Conditioning Coach).
  • Owners: Venugopal Dhoot, Dattaraj Salgaocar, Shrinivas Dempo, Virat Kohli.
  • Home Stadium: Fatords Stadium, Margao, Goa.

FC Pune City

  • Goalkeepers: Arindam Bhattacharya , Emanuele Belardi, Lalit Thapa.
  • Defenders: Andres Felipe Gonzalez Ramirez, Anupam Sarkar , Bruno Cirillo, Daniele Magliocchetti, Deepak Devrani, Dharmaraj Ravanan, Park Kwang-II, Pritam Kotal, Saidou Mady Panandetiguiri.
  • Midfielders: Ashutosh Mehta, Davide Colomba, Israil Gurung, Lenny Rodrigues, Manish Maithani, Mehrajuddin Wadoo, Omar Andres Rodriguez Martinez, Pratik Shinde, Saidou Mady Panandetiguiri, Tapan Maity.
  • Forward Players: David Trezeguet, Ivan Bolado Palacios, Joaquim Abranches, MacPherlin Dudu Omagbemi.
  • Support Staff: Franco Colomba (Manager), Giovanni Mei (Asst. Coach), Pietro Spinosa (Goalkeeping coach), Lena Fallqvist (Head Therapist), Juri Bartoli (Athletic Coach).
  • Owners: Salman Khan, Wadhawan Group, ACF Fiorentina
  • Home Stadium: Balewadi Stadium, Pune, Maharashtra.

Kerala Blasters FC

  • Goalkeepers: David Benjamin James, Luis Barreto, Sandip Nandy.
  • Defenders: Avinabo Bag, Cedric Hengbart, Colin Falvey, Erwin Spitzner, Gurwinder Singh, James Reynolds McAllister, Nirmal Chettri, Ramandeep Singh, Raphael Romey, Sandesh Jhingan, Saumik Dey.
  • Midfielders: Duleep Menon, Godwin Franco, Ishfaq Ahmed, Mehtab Hossain, Penn Orji, Renedy Singh, Sushanth Mathew, Victor Herrero Forcada.
  • Forward Players: Andrew Barisic, C S Sabeeth, Iain Hume, Michael Chopra, Milagres Gonsalves, Pedro Adriano Veloso Gusmao.
  • Support Staff: David James(Manager), Trevor Morgan (Asst. Coach).
  • Owners: Sachin Tendulkar, Prasad V Potluri.
  • Home Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi, Kerala.

Mumbai City FC

  • Goalkeepers: André Matos Dias Pereira, Ishan Debnath, Subrata Paul.
  • Defenders: Deepak Mandal, Ilias Pollalis, Johan Letzelter, Manuel Friedrich, Pavel Cmovs, Peter Costa, Raju Gaikwad, Syed Rahim Nabi.
  • Midfielders: Fredrik Ljungberg, Asif Kottayil, Francisco Javier Fernández Luque, Jan Stohanzl, Lalrin Fela, Lalrindika Ralte, Ram Malik, Tiago Manuel Fernandes Ribeiro.
  • Forward Players: Abhishek Yadav, Diego Fernando Nadaya, Nadong Bhutia, Nicolas Anelka, Rohit Mirza, Singam Subhash Singh, Sushil Kumar Singh.
  • Support Staff: Peter Reid (Manager), Steve Darby (Asst. Coach).
  • Owners: Ranbir Kapoor, Bimal Parekh.
  • Home Stadium: DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai, Maharashtra.

North East United FC

  • Goalkeepers: Alexandros Tzorvas, Kunzang Bhutia, Rehenesh TP.
  • Defenders: Joan Capdevilla, Aiborlang Khongjee, Jibon Singh, Massamba Lô Sambou, Miguel Angelo Moita Garcia, Pritam Kumar Singh, Robin Gurung, Tomas Josl.
  • Midfielders: Alen Deory, Boithang Haokip, David Ngaihte, Do Dong-Hyun, Guilherme Felipe de Castro,Isaac Chansa, Kondwani Mtonga, Milan Singh, Zodingliana.
  • Forward Players: Cornell Glen, Durga Boro, James Keene, Luis Alfredo Yanes Padilla, Redeem Tlang, Seiminlen Doungel, Sergio Contreras Pardo.
  • Support Staff: Ricki Herbert (Manager), Thanboi Singto (Asst. Coach).
  • Owners: John Abraham, Shillong Lajong.
  • Home Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati, Assam.

The Indian Super League will do a lot good to the Indian Football as the domestic players will get an experience playing with the professional clubs and get a chance to play with some International stars as well.

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