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The amazing Indian Super League, Hindustan's exclusive football league is going to start from 12-10-2014, and as the country prepare for this competition, here is the basics you should know about it. Taking Indian football out of hibernation The HeroISL was set up in 2013 after seeing that many Indians are wild about soccer, but sadly, have no national soccer league with International attention to watch. The ISL aims to turn the table. It will consist of eight franchise clubs, owned from people and companies across the country. The league will launch in October and end in December. The eight teams that will compete in this league are: · Atletico de Kolkata, trained by Antonio Lopez Habas, with Spain as the foreign draft. · Chennai Titans, assisted by Marco Materazzi with Italy as the foreign draft. · Delhi Dynamos FC, assisted by Harm van Veldhoven with Netherlands as the foreign draft. · FC Goa, coached 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, assisted by Ricki Herbert with New Zealand as the foreign draft. · FC Pune City, trained by Franco Colomba with Italy as the foreign draft. While building their teams, each squad will have to sign: · At least seven foreigners, out of which 2 will be from the squad and five will be from the foreign player draft; · One marquee 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 · fourteen Indian domestic players, four of which have to be local players from the city the squad belongs to. Celebrity Ownership 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 outfit North East United FC, Ranbir Kapoor who co-owns the Mumbai City FC club, Abhishek Bachchan who co-owns Chennaiyin FC squad, Salman Khan who co-owns the FC Pune City club, 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. ISL rules: Every year, the competition would be played between October and December. Each team will play against all other teams twice on a home-and-away basis. The top four teams will decide in the finals. Investing in the outfit Club owners' investments in the Indian Super League are worth having a look. Different outfits have spent 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 cash and international prestige towards the HeroISL, this is surely a league you would not want to miss! Possibly a jumpstart to bring football in Hindustan to a higher level! Would you like to find more information about Indian Super League and the clubs like Delhi Dynamos FC? You can grab information in relation to the rumours touching Delhi Dynamos FC here: www.indiansuperleague-news.com! It was truly not an easy job because there were a great deal of fansites to choose from. But this is by far the best website for all your Delhi Dynamos FC related news!
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