2015 Indian Super League

Indian Super League

Season	2015
Dates	3 October – 20 December
Champions	Chennaiyin (1st title)
Matches played	61
Goals scored	186 (3.05 per match)
Top goalscorer	Stiven Mendoza (13 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Apoula Edel (90 mins per goal)
Biggest home win	Goa 7–0 Mumbai City (17 November 2015)
Biggest away win	Kerala Blasters 1–5 Goa (29 November 2015)
Highest scoring	Goa 7–0 Mumbai City (17 November 2015)
Longest winning run	Chennaiyin (5 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Atlético de Kolkata, Delhi Dynamos, Chennaiyin (5 games)
Longest winless run	Pune City (8 games)
Longest losing run	Kerala Blasters, Pune City (4 games)
Highest attendance	68,340 Atlético de Kolkata 2–1 Chennaiyin (16 December)
Lowest attendance	7,965 Chennaiyin 3–0 Atletico de Kolkata (12 December) (played in Pune)
Total attendance	1,653,808
Average attendance	27,111
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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

Atlético de Kolkata

Chennaiyin

Goa

Mumbai City

Pune City

NorthEast United

Delhi Dynamos

Kerala Blasters

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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

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Goa	14	7	4	3	29	20	+9	25	Advance to ISL Play-offs
2	Atlético de Kolkata	14	7	2	5	26	17	+9	23
3	Chennaiyin (C)	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

Source: Indian Super League standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

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

Scoring Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Stiven Mendoza Chennaiyin 13 2 Iain Hume Atlético de Kolkata 11 3 Reinaldo Goa 7 Sunil Chhetri Mumbai City 5 Antonio German Kerala Blasters 6 Chris Dagnall Kerala Blasters Jeje Lalpekhlua Chennaiyin 8 Nicolás Vélez NorthEast United 5 Arata Izumi Atlético de Kolkata

Top Indian scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Sunil Chhetri Mumbai City 7 2 Jeje Lalpekhlua Chennaiyin 6 3 Arata Izumi Atlético de Kolkata 5 4 Robin Singh Delhi Dynamos 4 Thongkhosiem Haokip Goa Mohammed Rafi Kerala Blasters 7 Mandar Rao Desai Goa 3 8 Eugeneson Lyngdoh Pune City 2 Romeo Fernandes Goa

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

Assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists	Ref
1	?	?	?

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
1	Atlético de Kolkata	2 – 1	Chennaiyin	68,340	16 December 2015 (2015-12-16)	Salt Lake Stadium
2	Kerala Blasters	0 – 1	Delhi Dynamos	62,087	18 October 2015 (2015-10-18)	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)
3	Kerala Blasters	0 – 0	Mumbai City	61,483	10 October 2015 (2015-10-10)	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)
4	Atlético de Kolkata	2 – 3	Mumbai City	61,276	4 December 2015 (2015-12-04)	Salt Lake Stadium
5	Atlético de Kolkata	2 – 1	Kerala Blasters	61,237	13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)	Salt Lake Stadium
6	Kerala Blasters	2 – 3	Atlético de Kolkata	60,251	10 November 2015 (2015-11-10)	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)
7	Kerala Blasters	3 – 1	NorthEast United	60,017	6 October 2015 (2015-10-06)	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)
8	Atlético de Kolkata	4 – 0	Goa	51,047	22 November 2015 (2015-11-22)	Salt Lake Stadium
9	Atlético de Kolkata	4 – 1	Pune City	48,721	27 November 2015 (2015-11-27)	Salt Lake Stadium
10	Kerala Blasters	1 – 1	Chennaiyin	47,852	31 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
Fittest player of the League	Iain Hume	Atletico de Kolkata
Golden Boot	Stiven Mendoza	Chennaiyin
Golden Glove	Apoula Edel	Chennaiyin
Emerging Player of the League	Jeje Lalpekhlua	Chennaiyin
Fair Play Award	Mumbai City

See also

• 2015 Atlético de Kolkata season
• 2015 Chennaiyin FC season
• 2015 Delhi Dynamos FC season
• 2015 FC Goa season
• 2015 Kerala Blasters FC season
• 2015 Mumbai City FC season
• 2015 NorthEast United FC season
• 2015 FC Pune City season

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External links

• Official website