2015 Indian Super League season

The 2015 Hero Indian Super League was the 2nd season of the Indian Super League, a professional football league played in India since 2014. The season features eight teams. The regular season kicked off on 3 October and ended on 6 December, while the finals began on 11 December, which will conclude with the final match on 20 December.[1] The defending champions Atlético de Kolkata were eliminated in the semi-finals by Chennaiyin FC. The final was played between Goa and Chennaiyin on 20 December 2015 at the Fatorda Stadium in Goa. Chennayin were crowned as champions defeating Goa 3-2 in the final.[2][3]

Indian Super League
Season2015
ChampionsChennaiyin
(1st title)
Matches played61
Goals scored186 (3.05 per match)
Top goalscorerStiven Mendoza
(13 goals)
Biggest home winGoa 7–0 Mumbai City
(17 November)
Biggest away winKerala Blasters 1–5 Goa
(29 November)
Highest scoringGoa 7–0 Mumbai City
(17 November)
Longest winning runChennaiyin
(5 games)
Longest unbeaten runAtlético de Kolkata, Delhi Dynamos, Chennaiyin
(5 games)
Longest winless runPune City
(8 games)
Longest losing runKerala Blasters, Pune City
(4 games)
Highest attendance68,340
Atlético de Kolkata 2-1 Chennaiyin
(16 December)
Lowest attendance7,965
Chennaiyin 3-0 Atletico de Kolkata
(12 December) (played in Pune)
Total attendance1,653,808
Average attendance27,111
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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 Chennai, Tamil Nadu Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium 40,000
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 Captains Kit manufacture Shirt sponsors
Atlético de Kolkata Antonio López Habas Borja Fernandez Nivia Birla Tyres
Chennaiyin Marco Materazzi Elano Blumer TYKA Ozone Group
Delhi Dynamos Roberto Carlos Hans Mulder Puma EKANA Sportz City
Goa Zico Lúcio Adidas Prime Markets
Kerala Blasters Terry Phelan Peter Ramage Puma Muthoot Group
Mumbai City Nicolas Anelka Frantz Bertin Puma ACE Group
NorthEast United César Farías Cédric Hengbart Performax HTC
Pune City David Platt Didier Zokora Adidas Fair and Handsome

Head coaching changes
Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming coach Date of appointment
Kerala Blasters David James Contract finished 20 December 2014 Pre-Season Peter Taylor 9 May 2015[4]
Pune City Franco Colomba Contract finished 20 December 2014 David Platt 27 May 2015[5]
NorthEast United Ricki Herbert Contract finished 20 December 2014 César Farías 1 July 2015[6]
Mumbai City Peter Reid Contract finished 20 December 2014 Nicolas Anelka 3 July 2015[7]
Delhi Dynamos Harm van Veldhoven Contract finished 20 December 2014 Roberto Carlos 5 July 2015[8]
Kerala Blasters Peter Taylor Mutual consent 27 October 2015 8th Trevor Morgan 27 October 2015[9]
Kerala Blasters Trevor Morgan Interim manager 1 November 2015 8th Terry Phelan 1 November 2015[10]

Roster changes
Main article: List of 2015 Indian Super League season roster changes

Marquee players
Team Marquee
Atlético de Kolkata Hélder Postiga[11]
Chennaiyin Elano[12]
Delhi Dynamos Roberto Carlos
Goa Lúcio[13]
Kerala Blasters Carlos Marchena[14]
Mumbai City Nicolas Anelka[15]
NorthEast United Simão Sabrosa[16]
Pune City Adrian Mutu[17]

Foreign players

Besides the marquee player, each Indian Super League side must sign at least eight foreign players with the maximum capped at 10.[18]

Atlético de Kolkata (10) Chennaiyin (10) Delhi Dynamos (10) Goa (9)
Dejan Lekić
Ofentse Nato
Borja Fernández
Iain Hume
Jaime Gavilán
Tiri
Sameehg Doutie
Juan Calatayud
Valdo
Jorge Alonso		 Bernard Mendy
Bruno Pelissari
Fikru Teferra
Apoula Edel
Éder
Raphael Augusto
Mailson Alves
Manuele Blasi
Alessandro Potenza
Stiven Mendoza		 Hans Mulder
Gustavo Marmentini
Chicão
Florent Malouda
John Arne Riise
Adil Nabi
Toni Doblas
Richard Gadze
Serginho Greene
Vinícius		 Grégory Arnolin
Elinton Andrade
Reinaldo
Jofre
Leo Moura
Jonatan Lucca
Dudu Omagbemi
Luciano Sabrosa
Rafael Coelho
Kerala Blasters (10) Mumbai City (9) NorthEast United (10) Pune City (10)
Pulga
Chris Dagnall
João Coimbra
Bruno Perone
Rodrigo Arroz
Peter Ramage
Antonio German
Josu
Marcus Williams
Stephen Bywater		 Darren O'Dea
Juan Aguilera
Sony Norde
Pavel Čmovš
Selim Benachour
Frantz Bertin
Cristian Bustos
Frédéric Piquionne
Aitor		 Cédric Hengbart
Bruno
Silas
Diomansy Kamara
Nicolás Vélez
Gennaro Bracigliano
Francis Dadzie
André Bikey
Carlos Javier López
Victor Mendy		 Yendrick Ruiz
Steve Simonsen
Nicky Shorey
Didier Zokora
James Bailey
Tuncay
Roger Johnson
Diego Colotto
Kalu Uche
Wesley Verhoek

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Goa 14 7 4 3 29 20 +9 25 2015 Indian Super League Semi-final
2 Atlético de Kolkata 14 7 2 5 26 17 +9 23
3 Chennaiyin 14 7 1 6 25 15 +10 22
4 Delhi Dynamos 14 6 4 4 18 20 −2 22
5 NorthEast United 14 6 2 6 18 23 −5 20
6 Mumbai City 14 4 4 6 16 26 −10 16
7 Pune City 14 4 3 7 17 23 −6 15
8 Kerala Blasters 14 3 4 7 22 27 −5 13
Updated to match(es) played on 6 December 2015. Source: Indian Super League standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Playoffs
Main article: 2015 Indian Super League playoffs

Bracket
  Semi-Finals Final
                         
1 Goa 0 3 3  
4 Delhi Dynamos 1 0 1  
    1 Goa 2
  3 Chennaiyin 3
2 Atlético de Kolkata 0 2 2
3 Chennaiyin 3 1 4  

Statistics
See also: List of Indian Super League records and statistics
As of match played on 20 December 2015
Source: Indian Super League website

Hat-tricks
See also: List of Indian Super League hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date
Stiven Mendoza Chennaiyin Goa 4–0 11 October 2015
Sunil Chhetri Mumbai City NorthEast United 5–1 28 October 2015
Iain Hume Atlético de Kolkata Mumbai City 4–1 1 November 2015
Dudu Omagbemi Goa Mumbai City 7–0 17 November 2015
Thongkhosiem Haokip Goa Mumbai City 7–0 17 November 2015
Stiven Mendoza Chennaiyin Kerala Blasters 4–1 21 November 2015
Iain Hume Atlético de Kolkata Pune City 4–1 27 November 2015
Reinaldo Goa Kerala Blasters 5–1 29 November 2015

Clean Sheets
Rank Player Club Clean Sheets
1 Apoula Edel Chennaiyin 6
2 Rehenesh TP NorthEast United 4
3 Subrata Pal Mumbai City 3
Toni Doblas Delhi Dynamos
Laxmikant Kattimani Goa
6 Steve Simonsen Pune City 2
Stephen Bywater Kerala Blasters
8 Sanjiban Ghosh Delhi Dynamos 1
Elinton Andrade Goa
Debjit Majumder Mumbai City
Amrinder Singh Atlético de Kolkata

Attendance
As of matches played on 20 December 2015
Source: Indian Super League website

Average home attendances
Note: Table lists in order of average attendance.
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Kerala Blasters 364,054 62,087 32,313 52,008 +5.9%†
2 Atlético de Kolkata 405,659 68,340 35,437 50,707 +12.3%†
3 NorthEast United 172,115 30,319 15,123 24,588 −11.0%†
4 Chennaiyin 159,372 29,923 12,636 22,767 +3.0%†
5 Mumbai City 158,983 27,435 17,393 22,712 +0.5%†
6 Delhi Dynamos 155,274 25,212 14,299 19,409 +23.5%†
7 Goa 169,590 19,796 17,634 18,843 +4.3%†
8 Pune City 68,761 9,057 7,965 8,595 +9.4%†
League total 1,653,808 68,340 7,965 27,111 +6.4%†

Source: Official club websites and Indian Super League

"Change" refers to change in figures wrt previous edition of the tournament.


Highest attendances
Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Stadium
1Atlético de Kolkata2 – 1Chennaiyin68,34016 December 2015 (2015-12-16)Salt Lake Stadium
2Kerala Blasters0 – 1Delhi Dynamos62,08718 October 2015 (2015-10-18)Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)
3Kerala Blasters0 – 0Mumbai City61,48310 October 2015 (2015-10-10)Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)
4Atlético de Kolkata2 – 3Mumbai City FC61,2764 December 2015 (2015-12-04)Salt Lake Stadium
5Atlético de Kolkata2 – 1Kerala Blasters61,23713 October 2015 (2015-10-13)Salt Lake Stadium
6Kerala Blasters2 – 3Atlético de Kolkata60,25110 November 2015 (2015-11-10)Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)
7Kerala Blasters3 – 1NorthEast United60,0176 October 2015 (2015-10-06)Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)
8Atlético de Kolkata4 – 0Goa51,04722 November 2015 (2015-11-22)Salt Lake Stadium
9Atlético de Kolkata4 – 1Pune City48,72127 November 2015 (2015-11-27)Salt Lake Stadium
10Kerala Blasters1 – 1Chennaiyin47,85231 October 2015 (2015-10-31)Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)

Source:Official club websites and Indian Super League.

Awards
As of matches played on 20 December 2015
Source: Indian Super League website

Hero of the Match
Match Hero of the Match Match Hero of the Match
Player Club Player Club
Match 1 Hélder Postiga Atlético de Kolkata Match 31 Frédéric Piquionne Mumbai City
Match 2 Mandar Rao Desai Goa Match 32 André Bikey NorthEast United
Match 3 Tuncay Pune City Match 33 Lúcio Goa
Match 4 Josu Kerala Blasters Match 34 Antonio German Kerala Blasters
Match 5 Arata Izumi Atlético de Kolkata Match 35 Rehenesh TP NorthEast United
Match 6 John Arne Riise Delhi Dynamos Match 36 Didier Zokora Pune City
Match 7 Roger Johnson Pune City Match 37 Robin Singh Delhi Dynamos
Match 8 Subhash Singh Mumbai City Match 38 Cavin Lobo Kerala Blasters
Match 9 Stiven Mendoza Chennaiyin Match 39 Dudu Omagbemi Goa
Match 10 Javi Lara Atlético de Kolkata Match 40 Sameehg Doutie Atlético de Kolkata
Match 11 Florent Malouda Delhi Dynamos Match 41 Chicão Delhi Dynamos
Match 12 Jofre Goa Match 42 Diomansy Kamara NorthEast United
Match 13 Stiven Mendoza Chennaiyin Match 43 Stiven Mendoza Chennaiyin
Match 14 Tuncay Pune City Match 44 Sameehg Doutie Atlético de Kolkata
Match 15 Sandesh Jhingan Kerala Blasters Match 45 Bernard Mendy Chennaiyin
Match 16 Apoula Edel Chennaiyin Match 46 Leo Moura Goa
Match 17 Sunil Chhetri Mumbai City Match 47 Juan Aguilera Mumbai City
Match 18 Leo Moura Goa Match 48 Iain Hume Atlético de Kolkata
Match 19 Nicolás Vélez NorthEast United Match 49 Gustavo Marmentini Delhi Dynamos
Match 20 Bernard Mendy Chennaiyin Match 50 Reinaldo Goa
Match 21 Sunil Chhetri Mumbai City Match 51 Bernard Mendy Chennaiyin
Match 22 Nicky Shorey Pune City Match 52 Nicolás Vélez NorthEast United
Match 23 Sunil Chhetri Mumbai City Match 53 Chris Dagnall Kerala Blasters
Match 24 Anas Edathodika Delhi Dynamos Match 54 Selim Benachour Mumbai City
Match 25 Mandar Rao Desai Goa Match 55 Apoula Edel Chennaiyin
Match 26 Chris Dagnall Kerala Blasters Match 56 Romeo Fernandes Goa
Match 27 Iain Hume Atlético de Kolkata Match 57 Gustavo Marmentini Delhi Dynamos
Match 28 John Arne Riise Delhi Dynamos Match 58 Stiven Mendoza Chennaiyin
Match 29 Sanchez Watt Kerala Blasters Match 59 Dudu Omagbemi Goa
Match 30 Leo Moura Goa Match 60 Apoula Edel Chennaiyin
Match 61 Jofre Goa

ISL Emerging Player of the Match
Match ISL Emerging Player of the Match Match ISL Emerging Player of the Match
Player Club Player Club
Match 1 Jeje Lalpekhlua Chennaiyin Match 31 Zodingliana Ralte Delhi Dynamos
Match 2 Sanjiban Ghosh Delhi Dynamos Match 32 Mohammed Rafique Atlético de Kolkata
Match 3 Israil Gurung Pune City Match 33 Eugeneson Lyngdoh Pune City
Match 4 Mohammed Rafi Kerala Blasters Match 34 Rino Anto Atlético de Kolkata
Match 5 Keenan Almeida Goa Match 35 Satiyasen Singh NorthEast United
Match 6 Abhishek Das Chennaiyin Match 36 Keegan Pereira Mumbai City
Match 7 Fanai Lalrempuia Pune City Match 37 Jewel Raja Atlético de Kolkata
Match 8 Gabriel Fernandes Mumbai City Match 38 Sandesh Jhingan Kerala Blasters
Match 9 Jayesh Rane Chennaiyin Match 39 Thongkhosiem Haokip Goa
Match 10 Arata Izumi Atlético de Kolkata Match 40 Thoi Singh Chennaiyin
Match 11 Jackichand Singh Pune City Match 41 Seminlen Doungel Delhi Dynamos
Match 12 Sanju Pradhan NorthEast United Match 42 Satiyasen Singh NorthEast United
Match 13 Lalchhuan Mawia Mumbai City Match 43 Thoi Singh Chennaiyin
Match 14 Dharmaraj Ravanan Pune City Match 44 Mohammed Rafique Atlético de Kolkata
Match 15 C.K. Vineeth Kerala Blasters Match 45 Jeje Lalpekhlua Chennaiyin
Match 16 Boithang Haokip NorthEast United Match 46 Sanju Pradhan NorthEast United
Match 17 Anas Edathodika Delhi Dynamos Match 47 Thangjam Singh Mumbai City
Match 18 Rahul Bheke Kerala Blasters Match 48 Arnab Mondal Atlético de Kolkata
Match 19 Amrinder Singh Atlético de Kolkata Match 49 Satiyasen Singh NorthEast United
Match 20 Karanjit Singh Chennaiyin Match 50 Mandar Rao Desai Goa
Match 21 Gabriel Fernandes Mumbai City Match 51 Thoi Singh Chennaiyin
Match 22 Rahul Bheke Kerala Blasters Match 52 Siam Hanghal NorthEast United
Match 23 Lalchhuan Mawia Mumbai City Match 53 Cavin Lobo Kerala Blasters
Match 24 Rino Anto Atlético de Kolkata Match 54 Rino Anto Atlético de Kolkata
Match 25 Thongkhosiem Haokip Goa Match 55 Jeje Lalpekhlua Chennaiyin
Match 26 Karanjit Singh Chennaiyin Match 56 Pronay Halder Goa
Match 27 Amrinder Singh Atlético de Kolkata Match 57 Sehnaj Singh Delhi Dynamos
Match 28 Satiyasen Singh NorthEast United Match 58 Jeje Lalpekhlua Chennaiyin
Match 29 Rahul Bheke Kerala Blasters Match 59 Mandar Rao Desai Goa
Match 30 Thoi Singh Chennaiyin Match 60 Nallappan Mohanraj Atlético de Kolkata
Match 61 Thongkhosiem Haokip Goa

End-of-season awards
Award Player Club
Hero of the League Stiven Mendoza Chennaiyin FC
Fittest player of the League Iain Hume Atletico de Kolkata
Golden Boot Stiven Mendoza Chennaiyin FC
Golden Glove Apoula Edel Chennaiyin FC
Emerging Player of the League Jeje Lalpekhlua Chennaiyin FC
Fair Play Award
Mumbai City FC

See also

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