2014 Indian Super League season

The 2014 Hero Indian Super League was the 1st season of the Indian Super League, the top flight football league of India. The season featured eight teams, each playing 14 matches during the regular season.

Indian Super League
Season2014
ChampionsAtletico de Kolkata
(1st title)
Matches played61
Goals scored129 (2.11 per match)
Top goalscorerElano
(8 goals)
Biggest home winMumbai City 5–0 Pune City
(18 October)
Biggest away winMumbai City 0–3 Chennaiyin
(23 November)
Highest scoringChennaiyin 5–1 Mumbai City
(28 October)
Longest winning runGoa
(4 games)
Longest unbeaten runGoa
(10 games)
Longest winless runDelhi Dynamos
Mumbai City
NorthEast United
(6 games)
Longest losing runMumbai City
(3 games)
Highest attendance65,000[1]
Atlético de Kolkata 3–0 Mumbai City
(12 October)
Lowest attendance7,243[1]
Pune City 1–1 Chennaiyin
(11 November)
Total attendance1,590,292
Average attendance24,357[2]
2015 →

The regular season started on 12 October when Atlético de Kolkata defeated Mumbai City 3–0 at the Salt Lake Stadium.[3] The season ended on 20 December when Atlético de Kolkata defeated the Kerala Blasters in the final 1–0.[4] Mohammed Rafique was the lone goalscorer as the Kolkata club became the inaugural champions.

Teams
Locations of the ISL Teams

Stadiums and locations
Team City/State Stadium Capacity
Atlético de Kolkata Kolkata, West Bengal Salt Lake Stadium 68,000
Chennaiyin FC Chennai, Tamil Nadu Marina Arena 19,484
Delhi Dynamos Delhi Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium 60,000
Goa Margao, Goa Fatorda Stadium 19,500
Kerala Blasters Kochi, Kerala Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium 60,000
Mumbai City Mumbai, Maharashtra DY Patil Stadium 55,000
NorthEast United Guwahati, Assam Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium 35,000
Pune City Pune, Maharashtra Balewadi Stadium 12,000

Personnel and sponsorship
Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacture Shirt sponsor
Atlético de Kolkata Antonio López Habas Luis García Umbro Aircel
Chennai Marco Materazzi Bojan Djordjic TYKA Ozone Group
Delhi Dynamos Harm van Veldhoven Hans Mulder Lotto FreeCharge
Goa Zico Robert Pires Adidas Videocon d2h
Kerala Blasters David James Puma Muthoot Group
Mumbai City Peter Reid Syed Rahim Nabi Puma Jabong.com
NorthEast United Ricki Herbert Miguel Garcia Adidas HTC
Pune City Franco Colomba David Trezeguet Dida Various

Marquee players
Further information: List of Indian Super League marquees
Team Marquee
Atlético de Kolkata Luis García
Chennai Elano
Delhi Dynamos Alessandro Del Piero
Goa Robert Pires
Kerala Blasters David James
Mumbai City Freddie Ljungberg
NorthEast United Joan Capdevila
Pune City David Trezeguet

Player drafts

Before the season began, the rosters were formed through two player drafts, based on the college draft system used in the United States. The first draft would be to sign the initial 14 Indian players and then the second one would be to sign seven foreign players.[5]

Domestic players draft
Further information: 2014 ISL Inaugural Domestic Draft

The domestic players draft took place within two days on 22 July and 23 July 2014 in Mumbai.[6] There were 84 players up for grabs during the draft that could be selected between six of the eight Indian Super League teams (Goa and NorthEast United selected from their respective I-League teams).[6] Close to 50% of the 84 players had played for India internationally.[6] The opening pick in the draft was Lenny Rodrigues by FC Pune City. Subrata Pal, Syed Nabi, and Gouramangi Singh were the most expensive picks during the draft.[6]

International draft
Further information: 2014 ISL Inaugural International Draft

After the completion of the domestic draft, the international draft took place on 21 August 2014, also in Mumbai.[7] There were 49 players available for selection during the draft.[7] The first pick in the draft was former Inter Milan defender, Bruno Cirillo, who was selected by FC Pune City.[8]

Results

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Chennaiyin 14 6 5 3 24 20 +4 23 2014 Indian Super League Semi-finals
2 Goa 14 6 4 4 21 12 +9 22
3 Atlético de Kolkata 14 4 7 3 16 13 +3 19
4 Kerala Blasters 14 5 4 5 9 11 −2 19
5 Delhi Dynamos 14 4 6 4 16 14 +2 18
6 Pune City 14 4 4 6 12 17 −5 16
7 Mumbai City 14 4 4 6 12 21 −9 16
8 NorthEast United 14 3 6 5 11 13 −2 15
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) play-off match

Result table
Home \ Away ATK CFC DD FCG KB MUM NEU FCPC
Atlético de Kolkata — 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–3
Chennaiyin 1–1 — 2–2 1–3 2–1 5–1 2–2 3–1
Delhi Dynamos 0–0 4–1 — 1–4 0–1 4–1 0–0 0–0
Goa 1–2 1–2 2–1 — 3–0 0–0 3–0 2–0
Kerala Blasters 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 — 0–0 0–0 1–0
Mumbai City 2–1 0–3 1–0 0–0 1–0 — 0–2 5–0
NorthEast United 0–2 3–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 — 0–0
Pune City 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 10 December 2014. Source: Indian Super League Fixtures
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs
Main article: 2014 Indian Super League playoffs

Bracket
  Semi–finals Final
                         
4 Kerala Blasters 3 1 4  
1 Chennaiyin 0 3 3  
    4 Kerala Blasters 0
  3 Atlético de Kolkata 1
3 Atlético de Kolkata (pen.) 0 0 0 (4)
2 Goa 0 0 0 (2)  

First leg
13 December Kerala Blasters 3–0 Chennaiyin FC Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi
Saturday 19:00 IST Ahmed  27'
Hume  29'
Methew  90+4'		 titans-fc-to-boost-final-hopes Report Attendance: 60,900
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee
14 December Atlético de Kolkata 0–0 Goa Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
Sunday 19:00 IST Report Attendance: 53,173
Referee: Santosh Kumar

Second leg
16 December Chennaiyin 3–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 agg.)		 Kerala Blasters Stadium, sree kanteerva stadium
Tuesday 19:00 IST Silvestre  42'
Jhingan (o.g.)
Lalpekhlua  90'		 Report Pearson  117' Attendance: 25,317
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar
17 December Goa 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(0–0 agg.)
(2–4 p)		 Atlético de Kolkata Fatorda Stadium, Margao
Wednesday 19:00 IST Report Attendance: 19,012
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov
Penalties
Santos
Ozbey
Amiri
Miranda 		Josemi
Rafi
Jofre
Borja

Final
Main article: 2014 Indian Super League Final
20 December Kerala Blasters 0–1 Atlético de Kolkata DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai
Saturday 18:00 IST Report Rafique  90+5' Attendance: 36,484
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov

Attendance

Average home attendances
Note: Table lists in order of average attendance.
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Kerala Blasters 392,886 61,323 34,657 49,111 n/a†
2 Atlético de Kolkata 316,195 65,000 21,550 45,171 n/a†
3 NorthEast United 200,296 31,770 25,530 28,614 n/a†
4 Mumbai City 158,142 28,000 18,197 22,592 n/a†
5 Chennaiyin FC 176,757 25,317 16,567 22,095 n/a†
6 Goa 144,524 19,752 16,652 18,066 n/a†
7 Delhi Dynamos 109,993 18,268 13,000 15,713 n/a†
8 Pune City 55,015 8,427 7,243 7,859 n/a†
League total 1,590,292 65,000 7,243 26,505 n/a†

Updated to games played on 20 December 2014
Source: Official club websites and Indian Super League

Highest attendances
Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Stadium
1Atlético de Kolkata3–0Mumbai City65,00012 October 2014 (2014-10-12)Salt Lake Stadium
2Kerala Blasters0–1Chennaiyin FC61,32330 November 2014 (2014-11-30)Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
3Kerala Blasters3–0Chennaiyin FC60,90013 December 2014 (2014-12-13)Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
4Kerala Blasters2–1Atlético de Kolkata57,29621 November 2014 (2014-11-21)Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
5Atlético de Kolkata1–1Delhi Dynamos55,79319 October 2014 (2014-10-19)Salt Lake Stadium
6Atlético de Kolkata0–0Goa53,17314 December 2014 (2014-12-14)Salt Lake Stadium
7Kerala Blasters1–0Goa49,5176 November 2014 (2014-11-06)Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
8Atlético de Kolkata0–0Chennaiyin FC46,28814 November 2014 (2014-11-14)Salt Lake Stadium
9Kerala Blasters1–0Pune City44,5329 December 2014 (2014-12-09)Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
10Kerala Blasters0–0NorthEast United43,2994 December 2014 (2014-12-04)Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Source:

Statistics
See also: List of Indian Super League records and statistics

Goalkeeping

Rank Player Club Cleansheets
1 Jan Šeda Goa 7
2 Subrata Pal Mumbai City 6
3 Kristof Van Hout Delhi Dynamos 5
David James Kerala Blasters
Rehenesh TP NorthEast United

Hat-tricks

See also: List of Indian Super League hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
André MoritzMumbai CityPune City5–0[9]18 October 2014

Awards

Hero of the Match

Match Hero of the Match Match Hero of the Match Match Hero of the Match
Player Club Player Club Player Club
Match 1 Borja Fernández Atlético de Kolkata Match 21 Luis García Atlético de Kolkata Match 41 André Santos Goa
Match 2 Alexandros Tzorvas NorthEast United Match 22 Nicolas Anelka Mumbai City Match 42 Massamba Sambou NorthEast United
Match 3 Alessandro Del Piero Delhi Dynamos Match 23 Milagres Gonsalves Kerala Blasters Match 43 Gustavo Marmentini Delhi Dynamos
Match 4 Balwant Singh Chennaiyin FC Match 24 Dudu Omagbemi Pune City Match 44 Kostas Katsouranis Pune City
Match 5 Fikru Teferra Atlético de Kolkata Match 25 Elano Banglore titans Match 45 Bernard Mendy Chennaiyin FC
Match 6 André Moritz Mumbai City Match 26 Jan Štohanzl Mumbai City Match 46 Romeo Fernandes Goa
Match 7 Pavel Eliáš Delhi Dynamos Match 27 Stephen Pearson Kerala Blasters Match 47 Gustavo Marmentini Delhi Dynamos
Match 8 Grégory Arnolin Goa Match 28 Stiven Mendoza Banglore titans Match 48 Dudu Omagbemi Pune City
Match 9 Bernard Mendy Chennaiyin FC Match 29 Chinadorai Sabeeth Kerala Blasters Match 49 Sandip Nandy Kerala Blasters
Match 10 Cavin Lobo Atlético de Kolkata Match 30 Youness Bengelloun Goa Match 50 Romeo Fernandes Goa
Match 11 Kondwani Mtonga NorthEast United Match 31 Jofre Atlético de Kolkata Match 51 Gustavo Marmentini Delhi Dynamos
Match 12 Wim Raymaekers Delhi Dynamos Match 32 Kostas Katsouranis Pune City Match 52 Lalrindika Ralte Mumbai City
Match 13 Iain Hume Kerala Blasters Match 33 Iain Hume Kerala Blasters Match 53 Jeje Lalpekhlua Chennaiyin FC
Match 14 Kostas Katsouranis Pune City Match 34 André Moritz Mumbai City Match 54 Iain Hume Kerala Blasters
Match 15 Elano Chennaiyin Match 35 Luis García Atlético de Kolkata Match 55 Fikru Teferra Atlético de Kolkata
Match 16 Hans Mulder Delhi Dynamos Match 36 Stiven Mendoza Banglore titans Match 56 Koke NorthEast United
Match 17 Iain Hume Kerala Blasters Match 37 Pedro Gusmão Kerala Blasters Match 57 Ishfaq Ahmed Kerala Blasters
Match 18 Jewel Raja Goa Match 38 Romeo Fernandes Goa Match 58 Grégory Arnolin Goa
Match 19 Nicolas Anelka Mumbai City Match 39 Bruno Pelissari Banglore titans Match 59 Colin Falvey Kerala Blasters
Match 20 Rehenesh TP NorthEast United Match 40 Gustavo Marmentini Delhi Dynamos Match 60 André Santos Goa
Match 61 Mohammed Rafique Atlético de Kolkata

End-of-season awards

Award Player/Club
Golden Ball for Hero of the League Iain Hume (Kerala Blasters)[10]
Golden Boot Elano (Chennaiyin)[10]
Most Exciting Player Luis García (Athlético de Kolkata)[10]
Fittest player Jan Štohanzl (Mumbai City) [10]
Indian Super League Golden Glove Jan Šeda (Goa) [10]
Emerging Player of the Season Sandesh Jhingan (Kerala Blasters)[10]
Goal of the Season Kostas Katsouranis (Pune City) [10]
Happy Fans Award for Best Club at Home Kerala Blasters[10]
Happy Fans Runners Award for Second Best Club at Home Northeast United[10]
Fair Play Award Delhi Dynamos[10]

See also

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