The fresh Indian Super League, India's exclusive soccer league is going to start from twelve october 2014, and while the country prepare for this football league, here is the basics you should know about it. Awaking Hindustani soccer out of coma The Indian Super League was organized in 2013 after noticing that a lot of Indians are passionate about soccer, but regrettably, have no national football league with International prestige to watch. The ISL 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 eight teams that will compete in this competition are: · Atletico de Kolkata, trained 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, trained by Harm van Veldhoven with Netherlands as the foreign draft. · FC Goa, assisted by, Zico with Brazil as the foreign draft. · Kerala Blasters FC, trained by David James with England as the foreign draft. · Mumbai City FC, practiced by Peter Reid with England as the foreign draft. · North East United FC, trained by Ricki Herbert with New Zealand as the foreign draft. · FC Pune City, assisted by Franco Colomba with Italy as the foreign draft. While building their outfits, each team will have to sign: · At least 7 foreigners, out of which two will be from the squad and 5 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 Hindustani homegrown players, four of which have to be local players from the city the team belongs to. High-Profile Who's who in the ISL The competition 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 competition; 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 club, Abhishek Bachchan who co-owns Chennaiyin FC outfit, Salman Khan who co-owns the FC Pune City squad, 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 outfit and Sourav Ganguly is the co-owner of the Atletico de Kolkata outfit. Indian Super League setup: Every year, the competition would be played between October and December. Each team will play against all other squads twice on a home-and-away basis. The top 4 teams will take part in the finals. Financing the team Squad owners' investments in the HeroISL are worth having a look. Different teams have spent massively to purchase 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 football league you would not want to miss! Possibly a media boost to bring soccer in India to a higher level! Are you looking for more information about Indian Super League and the clubs likeKerala Blasters FC? You can find knowledge dealing with the latest highlights about Kerala Blasters FC here: www.indiansuperleague-news.com! It is truly time-consuming because there were astoundingly many places to pick from. But this is certainly the best resource for all your Kerala Blasters FC related news!
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