2015 Indian Super League Explained

Competition:	Indian Super League
Season:	2015
Winners:	Chennaiyin (1st title)
Matches:	61
Total Goals:	186
League Topscorer:	Stiven Mendoza (13 goals)
Biggest Home Win:	(17 November 2015)
Best Goalkeeper:	Apoula Edel (90 mins per goal)
Biggest Away Win:	(29 November 2015)
Highest Scoring:	(17 November 2015)
Longest Wins:	Chennaiyin (5 games)
Longest Unbeaten:	Atlético de Kolkata, Delhi Dynamos, Chennaiyin (5 games)
Longest Winless:	Pune City (8 games)
Longest Losses:	Kerala Blasters, Pune City (4 games)
Highest Attendance:	68,340 (16 December)
Lowest Attendance:	7,965 (12 December) (played in Pune)
Attendance:	1,653,808
Average Attendance:	27,111
Prevseason:	2014
Nextseason:	2016
Dates:	3 October – 20 December

The 2015 Hero Indian Super League was the second season of the Indian Super League, a professional football league played in India since 2014. The season featured 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]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Team	City/State	Stadium
Atlético de Kolkata	Kolkata, West Bengal	Salt Lake Stadium
Chennaiyin	Chennai, Tamil Nadu	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Delhi Dynamos	Delhi	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Goa	Margao, Goa	Fatorda Stadium
Kerala Blasters	Kochi, Kerala	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Mumbai City	Mumbai, Maharashtra	DY Patil Stadium
NorthEast United	Guwahati, Assam	Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Pune City	Pune, Maharashtra	Balewadi Stadium

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	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment
Kerala Blasters	Contract finished	20 December 2014	Pre-Season		9 May 2015^[4]
Pune City	Contract finished	20 December 2014		27 May 2015^[5]
NorthEast United	Contract finished	20 December 2014		1 July 2015^[6]
Mumbai City	Contract finished	20 December 2014		3 July 2015^[7]
Delhi Dynamos	Contract finished	20 December 2014		5 July 2015^[8]
Kerala Blasters	Mutual consent	27 October 2015	8th		27 October 2015^[9]
Kerala Blasters	Interim manager	1 November 2015	8th		1 November 2015^[10]

Roster changes

See main article: List of 2015 Indian Super League season roster changes.

Marquee players

Team	Marquee
	Hélder Postiga^[11]
	Elano^[12]
	Roberto Carlos
	Lúcio^[13]
	Carlos Marchena^[14]
	Nicolas Anelka^[15]
	Simão Sabrosa^[16]
	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

Regular season

Playoffs

See main article: 2015 Indian Super League playoffs.

Bracket

Statistics

Source: Indian Super League website

Scoring

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1		Chennaiyin	13
2	Iain Hume	Atlético de Kolkata	11
3		Goa	7
3	Sunil Chhetri	Mumbai City	7
5		Kerala Blasters	6
	Chris Dagnall	Kerala Blasters
		Chennaiyin
8		NorthEast United	5
8	Arata Izumi	Atlético de Kolkata	5

Top Indian scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1		Mumbai City	7
2		Chennaiyin	6
3		Atlético de Kolkata	5
4		Delhi Dynamos	4
		Goa
	Mohammed Rafi	Kerala Blasters
7		Goa	3
8		Pune City	2
8		Goa	2

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		NorthEast United	4
3	Subrata Pal	Mumbai City	3
	Toni Doblas	Delhi Dynamos
	Laxmikant Kattimani	Goa
6	Steve Simonsen	Pune City	2
6	Stephen Bywater	Kerala Blasters	2
8	Sanjiban Ghosh	Delhi Dynamos	1
	Elinton Andrade	Goa
	Debjit Majumder	Mumbai City
	Amrinder Singh	Atlético de Kolkata

Attendance

Source: Indian Super League website

Average home attendances

Note: Table lists in order of average attendance.

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

Highest attendances

Rank	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance	Date	Stadium
align=center	1	Atlético de Kolkata	align=center	2 - 1	Chennaiyin	align=center	68,340	align=center	Salt Lake Stadium
align=center	2	Kerala Blasters	align=center	0 - 1	Delhi Dynamos	align=center	62,087	align=center	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)
align=center	3	Kerala Blasters	align=center	0 - 0	Mumbai City	align=center	61,483	align=center	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)
align=center	4	Atlético de Kolkata	align=center	2 - 3	Mumbai City	align=center	61,276	align=center	Salt Lake Stadium
align=center	5	Atlético de Kolkata	align=center	2 - 1	Kerala Blasters	align=center	61,237	align=center	Salt Lake Stadium
align=center	6	Kerala Blasters	align=center	2 - 3	Atlético de Kolkata	align=center	60,251	align=center	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)
align=center	7	Kerala Blasters	align=center	3 - 1	NorthEast United	align=center	60,017	align=center	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)
align=center	8	Atlético de Kolkata	align=center	4 - 0	Goa	align=center	51,047	align=center	Salt Lake Stadium
align=center	9	Atlético de Kolkata	align=center	4 - 1	Pune City	align=center	48,721	align=center	Salt Lake Stadium
align=center	10	Kerala Blasters	align=center	1 - 1	Chennaiyin	align=center	47,852	align=center	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)

Source:Official club websites and Indian Super League.

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