The amazing HeroISL, India's very own soccer league is going to start from 12-10-2014, and while the country prepare for this football competition, here is everything you should know about it. Taking Hindustani football out of hibernation The HeroISL was initiated in 2013 after noticing that a lot of Indians are crazy about football, but sadly, have no national soccer league with International attention to watch. The ISL aims to turn this around. It will consist of 8 franchise clubs, owned from people and companies across the country. The league will begin in October and end in December. The 8 teams that will compete in this competition are: · Atletico de Kolkata, practiced 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, coached by Harm van Veldhoven with Netherlands as the foreign draft. · FC Goa, coached by, Zico with Brazil as the foreign draft. · Kerala Blasters FC, coached 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, trained by Franco Colomba with Italy as the foreign draft. While building their clubs, each outfit will have to aqcuire: · At least seven foreigners, out of which two will be from the outfit and five 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 outfit belongs to. High-Profile 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 exclusively on STAR Sports and will have Hero MotoCorp as the cup; 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 club, Salman Khan who co-owns the FC Pune City outfit, 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 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 qualify for the finals. Investing in the team Team owners' investments in the HeroISL are worth having a look. Different squads have spent massively to acquire 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 allure towards the ISL, this is surely a football league you would not want to miss! Possibly a media boost to bring soccer 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 grab data concerning the match report concerning FC Goa here: www.indiansuperleague-news.com! It was truly hard because there are astoundingly many websites to pick from. But this is for sure the best site for all your FC Goa related news!
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