2017–18 Indian Super League season

Indian Super League
Season 2017–18
← 2016

The 2017–18 Indian Super League season will be the fourth season of the Indian Super League, the football league, since its establishment in 2013.

Two new sides will join the league as expansion franchises: Bengaluru FC and Jamshedpur FC. The two new clubs will be the ninth and tenth teams in the league. This makes this the first edition of the ISL in which their will be more than eight teams participating.[1] As well as expanding two teams, the league will also expand two more months, being played in five months instead of three.[1]

Atlético de Kolkata are the defending champions from the 2016 season. They defeated the Kerala Blasters in the final on penalties to win the championship.[2]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Team City/State Stadium Capacity
Atlético de Kolkata Kolkata, West Bengal Rabindra Sarobar Stadium 12,750[3]
Bengaluru FC Bangalore, Karnataka Sree Kanteerava Stadium TBA
Chennaiyin Chennai, Tamil Nadu Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium 26,976[4]
Delhi Dynamos Delhi Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium 34,230[5]
Goa Margao, Goa Fatorda Stadium 19,088[6]
Jamshedpur FC Jamshedpur, Jharkhand TBA
Kerala Blasters Kochi, Kerala Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium 61,148[7]
Mumbai City Mumbai, Maharashtra Mumbai Football Arena 7,690[8]
NorthEast United Guwahati, Assam Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium 25,549[9]
Pune City Pune, Maharashtra Balewadi Stadium 9,110[10]

Expansion

On 11 May 2017, it was announced by the Indian Super League organizers, Football Sports Development, that they would be inviting bids for new teams to join the league for the upcoming season.[11] The bids would be for ten cities, namely Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Cuttack, Durgapur, Hyderabad, Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Ranchi, Siliguri and Thiruvanathapuram.[11] It was also clarified that if Kolkata were to win at least one bid that the new "Kolkata" side would have to play away from the city for only two seasons.[11]

On 25 May 2017, it was announced that bidding for new teams had ended and that the league's appointed external validator would look over the bids.[12] It was also announced that Bengaluru FC, the two time champion of the I-League, India's top-tier professional football league, had submitted a bid.[12] Two weeks later, on 12 June, it was officially announced that Bengaluru FC (for Bengaluru) and Tata Group (for Jamshedpur) had won the bids for the new teams.[13]

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Head coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Atlético de Kolkata England Teddy Sheringham TBA TBA
Bengaluru FC Spain Albert Roca Puma[14] JSW[14]
Chennaiyin England John Gregory TBA TBA
Delhi Dynamos Spain Miguel Ángel Portugal TBA TBA
Goa Spain Sergio Lobera TBA TBA
Jamshedpur FC England Steve Coppell TBA TBA
Kerala Blasters Netherlands René Meulensteen TBA TBA
Mumbai City Costa Rica Alexandre Guimarães TBA TBA
NorthEast United Portugal João Carlos Pires de Deus TBA TBA
Pune City Spain Antonio López Habas TBA TBA

Head coaching changes

Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming coach Date of appointment
Goa Brazil Zico Contract finished 18 December 2016 Pre-season Spain Sergio Lobera 6 June 2017[15]
Delhi Dynamos Italy Gianluca Zambrotta Mutual consent 14 June 2017[16] Spain Miguel Ángel Portugal 29 June 2017[17]
Chennaiyin Italy Marco Materazzi Mutual consent 6 March 2017[18] England John Gregory 3 July 2017[19]
Jamshedpur FC Expansion club England Steve Coppell 14 July 2017[20]
Kerala Blasters England Steve Coppell Mutual consent 12 July 2017[21] Netherlands René Meulensteen 14 July 2017[22]
Atlético de Kolkata Spain José Francisco Molina Mutual consent 18 December 2016 England Teddy Sheringham 14 July 2017[23]
NorthEast United Portugal Nelo Vingada Mutual consent 15 May 2017[24] Portugal João Carlos Pires de Deus 17 July 2017[25]

Roster changes

Foreign players

Atlético de Kolkata (2) Bengaluru FC (6) Chennaiyin (3) Delhi Dynamos (4) Goa (4)
Republic of Ireland Robbie Keane
Portugal Zequinha		 England John Johnson
Spain Juanan
Australia Erik Paartalu
Spain Dimas Delgado
Spain Toni
Spain Braulio Nóbrega		 Spain Iñigo Calderón
Brazil Raphael Augusto
Slovenia Rene Mihelič		 Brazil Paulinho Dias
Uruguay Matías Mirabaje
Argentina Juan Vogliotti
Venezuela Gabriel Cichero		 Portugal Bruno Pinheiro
Spain Arana
Spain Coro
Morocco Ahmed Jahouh
Jamshedpur FC (3) Kerala Blasters (3) Mumbai City (6) NorthEast United (0) Pune City (2)
Spain Tiri
South Africa Sameehg Doutie
Brazil Memo		 Canada Iain Hume
Ghana Courage Pekuson
Serbia Nemanja Lakić-Pešić		 Romania Lucian Goian
Brazil Gerson Vieira
Brazil Éverton Santos
Spain Rafa Jordà
Brazil Léo Costa
Brazil Márcio Rosário		 Uruguay Emiliano Alfaro
Spain Marcos Tébar

References

  1. 1 2 "Indian Football Set For Exponential Growth; Indian Super League expands to 10 cities with inclusion of Bengaluru & Jamshedpur". Indian Super League. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  2. ↑ Sarkar, Dhiman (19 December 2016). "Atletico de Kolkata crowned ISL 2016 champions after beating Kerala Blasters FC". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Rabindra Sarobar Stadium". ISL. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai". ISL. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi". ISL. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "Fatorda Stadium". ISL. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi". ISL. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  8. ↑ "Mumbai Football Arena". Indian Super League. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  9. ↑ "Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium". ISL. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex". ISL. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  11. 1 2 3 "Indian Super League to invite bids for new teams". Times of India. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  12. 1 2 "Bengaluru FC submit bid as ITB submission deadline ends". Times of India. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  13. ↑ "ISL expanded to 10 teams, Bengaluru FC one of them". Times of India. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  14. 1 2 "New Bengaluru FC Home Kit". Bengaluru FC (Twitter).
  15. ↑ "Sergio Lobera Rodriguez replaces Zico as FC Goa’s new head coach". Indian Super League. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  16. ↑ "Zambrotta leaves Delhi Dynamos". Delhi Dynamos (Twitter).
  17. ↑ "Angel Portugal new coach for Delhi Dynamos". Delhi Dynamos FC (Twitter).
  18. ↑ "Chennaiyin FC part ways with Materazzi by mutual consent". Times of India. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  19. ↑ "John Gregory joins Chennaiyin". Chennaiyin FC (Twitter).
  20. ↑ "Steve Coppell joins Jamshedpur ISL team". Tata Steel (Twitter).
  21. ↑ "Steve Coppell leaves Kerala Blasters". Kerala Blasters FC (Twitter).
  22. ↑ "Rene Meulensteen signs with Kerala Blasters". Kerala Blasters FC (Twitter).
  23. ↑ "Teddy Sheringham signs for ATK". Atletico de Kolkata (Twitter).
  24. ↑ "Vingada leaves NorthEast United FC". NorthEast United FC (Twitter).
  25. ↑ "Joao Carlos Pires signs with NorthEast United". NorthEast United FC (Twitter).
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