The new HeroISL, India's own football league is going to begin from twelve october 2014, and as the country gears up for this football competition, here is the basics you should know about it. Taking Hindustani football out of coma The Indian Super League was initiated in 2013 after noticing that many Indians are crazy about soccer, but unfortunately, have no national football league with International attention to follow. The ISL aims to turn the table. It is going to have 8 franchise teams, 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, coached 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, practiced by Harm van Veldhoven with Netherlands as the foreign draft. · FC Goa, practiced by, Zico with Brazil as the foreign draft. · Kerala Blasters FC, trained by David James with England as the foreign draft. · Mumbai City FC, assisted 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, trained by Franco Colomba with Italy as the foreign draft. While building their outfits, each club 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 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 · 14 Indian domestic players, four of which have to be local players from the city the outfit belongs to. Popular Who's who in the HeroISL The competition is owned by Reliance Industries Ltd, Star India Pvt. Ltd. and IMG Worldwide Inc. It would be aired only on STAR Sports and will have Hero MotoCorp as the league; thus the name Hero Indian Super League. From Bollywood, we have John Abraham who co-owns the club North East United FC, Ranbir Kapoor who co-owns the Mumbai City FC club, Abhishek Bachchan who co-owns Chennaiyin FC club, Salman Khan who co-owns the FC Pune City squad, and Varun Dhawan who is the brand ambassador of the FC Goa team. From the field of Indian Cricket, Sachin Tendulkar is the co-owner of the Kerala Blasters FC club and Sourav Ganguly is the co-owner of the Atletico de Kolkata outfit. Indian Super League rules: Every year, the competition would be played between October and December. Each outfit will play against all other clubs twice on a home-and-away basis. The top 4 teams will be eligible for the finals. Financing the club Club owners' investments in the Indian Super League are worth having a look. Different clubs have financed hugely 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 ISL, this is surely a competition you would not want to miss! Possibly a quality boos to bring football in Hindustan to a higher level! Would you like to find more information about Indian Super League and the clubs like FC Goa? You can find information dealing with the match report regarding FC Goa here: www.indiansuperleague-news.com! It is in all honesty very time-consuming because there are a lot places to select from. But this is by far the best place for all your FC Goa related news!
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