2014 Indian Super League

The 2014 Hero Indian Super League was the first 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

Season	2014
Dates	12 October – 20 December
Champions	Atletico de Kolkata (1st title)
Matches played	61
Goals scored	129 (2.11 per match)
Top goalscorer	Elano (8 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Jan Šeda (143.33 mins per goal)
Biggest home win	Mumbai City 5–0 Pune City (18 October 2014)
Biggest away win	Mumbai City 0–3 Chennaiyin (23 November 2014)
Highest scoring	Chennaiyin 5–1 Mumbai City (28 October 2014)
Longest winning run	Goa (4 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Goa (10 games)
Longest winless run	Delhi Dynamos Mumbai City NorthEast United (6 games)
Longest losing run	Mumbai City (3 games)
Highest attendance	65,000 Atlético de Kolkata 3–0 Mumbai City (12 October 2014)
Lowest attendance	7,243[1] Pune City 1–1 Chennaiyin (11 November 2014)
Total attendance	1,590,292
Average attendance	24,357[2]
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The regular season started on 12 October when Atlético de Kolkata defeated Mumbai City 3–0 at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata.^[3] The season ended on 20 December when Atlético de Kolkata defeated the Kerala Blasters in the final 1–0 in front of 36,484 spectators.^[4] Mohammed Rafique was the lone goalscorer as the Kolkata club became the inaugural champions.

Teams

Atlético de Kolkata

Chennaiyin

Goa

Mumbai City

Pune City

NorthEast United

Delhi Dynamos

Kerala Blasters

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	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
Chennaiyin	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
Chennaiyin	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][non-primary source needed]}

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chennaiyin	14	6	5	3	24	20	+4	23	Advance to ISL Play-offs
2	Goa	14	6	4	4	21	12	+9	22
3	Atlético de Kolkata (C)	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
(C) Champions

Results

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	—

Source: Indian Super League Fixtures
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Main article: 2014 Indian Super League playoffs

Semi-finals

First leg

Kerala Blasters v Chennaiyin

13 December	Kerala Blasters	3–0	Chennaiyin	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

Atlético de Kolkata v Goa

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

Chennaiyin v Kerala Blasters

16 December	Chennaiyin	3–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 agg.)	Kerala Blasters	Marina Arena Chennai
Tuesday 19:00 IST	Silvestre 42' Jhingan (o.g.) Lalpekhlua 90'	Report	Pearson 117'	Attendance: 25,317 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar

Goa v Atlético de Kolkata

17 December	Goa	0–0 (a.e.t.) (0–0 agg.) (2–4 p)	Atlético de Kolkata	Fatorda Stadium, Margao, Goa
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

Kerala Blasters v Atlético de Kolkata

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	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
1	Atlético de Kolkata	3–0	Mumbai City	65,000	12 October 2014 (2014-10-12)	Salt Lake Stadium
2	Kerala Blasters	0–1	Chennaiyin	61,323	30 November 2014 (2014-11-30)	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
3	Kerala Blasters	3–0	Chennaiyin	60,900	13 December 2014 (2014-12-13)	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
4	Kerala Blasters	2–1	Atlético de Kolkata	57,296	21 November 2014 (2014-11-21)	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
5	Atlético de Kolkata	1–1	Delhi Dynamos	55,793	19 October 2014 (2014-10-19)	Salt Lake Stadium
6	Atlético de Kolkata	0–0	Goa	53,173	14 December 2014 (2014-12-14)	Salt Lake Stadium
7	Kerala Blasters	1–0	Goa	49,517	6 November 2014 (2014-11-06)	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
8	Atlético de Kolkata	0–0	Chennaiyin	46,288	14 November 2014 (2014-11-14)	Salt Lake Stadium
9	Kerala Blasters	1–0	Pune City	44,532	9 December 2014 (2014-12-09)	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
10	Kerala Blasters	0–0	NorthEast United	43,299	4 December 2014 (2014-12-04)	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Source:

Statistics

See also: List of Indian Super League records and statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Elano	Chennaiyin	8
2	Fikru Teferra	Atlético de Kolkata	5
	Gustavo Marmentini	Delhi Dynamos
	Miroslav Slepička	Goa
	Iain Hume	Kerala Blasters
6	Bruno Pelissari	Chennaiyin	4
	Jeje Lalpekhlua	Chennaiyin
	Stiven Mendoza	Chennaiyin
	André Santos	Goa
	Koke	NorthEast United
	Kostas Katsouranis	Pune City

Top Indian scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jeje Lalpekhlua	Chennaiyin	4
2	Romeo Fernandes	Goa	3
3	Baljit Sahni	Atlético de Kolkata	2
	Cavin Lobo	Atlético de Kolkata

Hat-tricks

See also: List of Indian Super League hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
André Moritz	Mumbai City	Pune City	5–0[9]	18 October 2014

Assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists	Ref
1	?	?	?

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
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

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	Match 24	Dudu Omagbemi	Pune City	Match 44	Kostas Katsouranis	Pune City
Match 5	Fikru Teferra	Atlético de Kolkata	Match 25	Elano	Chennaiyin	Match 45	Bernard Mendy	Chennaiyin
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	Chennaiyin	Match 48	Dudu Omagbemi	Pune City
Match 9	Bernard Mendy	Chennaiyin	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
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	Chennaiyin	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

• 2014 Atlético de Kolkata season
• 2014 Chennaiyin FC season
• 2014 Delhi Dynamos FC season
• 2014 FC Goa season
• 2014 Kerala Blasters FC season
• 2014 Mumbai City FC season
• 2014 NorthEast United FC season
• 2014 FC Pune City season