The amazing HeroISL, India's exclusive soccer league is going to initiate from 12-10, and as the fans hypes up for this soccer league, here is everything you should know about it. Taking Indian football out of sleep The Indian Super League was brought to life in 2013 after seeing that many Indians are passionate about football, but sadly, have no national soccer league with International attention to support. The Indian Super League aims to turn this around. It will have 8 franchise teams, owned from people and companies across the country. The league will launch in October and end in December. The eight clubs that will compete in this league are: · Atletico de Kolkata, practiced 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, 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, 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, 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 aqcuire: · At least 7 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 star player;" and · 14 Hindustani domestic players, four of which have to be local players from the city the squad belongs to. High-Profile Ownership in the Indian Super League The competition is owned by Reliance Industries Ltd, Star India Pvt. Ltd. and IMG Worldwide Inc. It would be televisedbroadcasted only 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 club North East United FC, Ranbir Kapoor who co-owns the Mumbai City FC squad, 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 club. Indian Super League setup: Every year, the competition would be played between October and December. Each team will play against all other clubs twice on a home-and-away basis. The top 4 teams will decide in the finals. Financing the team Team owners' investments in the Indian Super League are worth having a look. Different squads have spent hugely to sign 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 football league you would not want to miss! Possibly a surge to bring soccer in Hindustan to a higher level! Would you like to find more information about Indian Super League and the clubs like Mumbai City FC? You can find articles touching the latest match reports about Mumbai City FC here: www.indiansuperleague-news.com! It is in all honesty a hard job because there were a lot places to pick from. But this is certainly the best place for all your Mumbai City FC related news!
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