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The starstruck ISL, India's own soccer league is going to commence from 12-10, and as the football fans gear up for this football league, here is the basics you should know about it. Bringing Hindustani football out of coma The ISL was set up in 2013 after seeing that many Indians are crazy about football, but regrettably, have no national football competition with International allure to follow. The ISL aims to turn this around. It is going to have 8 franchise teams, owned from people and companies across the country. The league will begin in October and end in December. The 8 clubs that will compete in this league are: · Atletico de Kolkata, trained by Antonio Lopez Habas, with Spain as the foreign draft. · Chennai Titans, trained 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, assisted 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, practiced by Franco Colomba with Italy as the foreign draft. While building their teams, each outfit will have to sign: · At least 7 foreigners, out of which 2 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 marquee player;" and · 14 Hindustani domestic 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 league is owned by Reliance Industries Ltd, Star India Pvt. Ltd. and IMG Worldwide Inc. It would be shown 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 squad North East United FC, Ranbir Kapoor who co-owns the Mumbai City FC team, 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 squad. From the field of Indian Cricket, Sachin Tendulkar is the co-owner of the Kerala Blasters FC squad and Sourav Ganguly is the co-owner of the Atletico de Kolkata outfit. ISL setup: Every year, the league would be played between October and December. Each team will play against all other teams twice on a home-and-away basis. The top 4 teams will take part in the finals. Investing in the team Squad owners' investments in the ISL are worth having a look. Different clubs have invested a great amount to buy 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 prestige towards the Indian Super League, this is surely a football competition you would not want to miss! Possibly a quality boos to bring football in India to a higher level! Would you like to find more information about The Indian Super League? You can find articles in relation to the latest highlights related to The Indian Super League here: www.indiansuperleague-news.com! It was honestly a hard job because there were a great deal of fansites to pick from. But this is by far the best resource for all your The Indian Super League related news!
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