2015 Indian Super League finals

2015 Indian Super League finals
Country	India
Dates	11–20 December 2015
Teams	4
Defending champions	Atlético de Kolkata
Champions	Chennaiyin FC ( 1st title )
Runners-up	FC Goa
Matches played	5
Goals scored	15 (3 per match)
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Last updated March 04, 2019

The 2015 Indian Super League finals will be the second finals series at the end of the Indian Super League season. The finals began on 11 December and culminated on 20 December with the final.^[1]

The Indian Super League (ISL) is one of the men's top division football competition in India, the other being the I-League. For sponsorship reasons, the competition is officially known as the Hero Indian Super League. The competition is contested by 10 teams and will run from September to March during the 2018–19 season.

The 2015 Indian Super League Final was a football match between Goa and Chennaiyin who reached the final of 2015 Indian Super League played on 20 December 2015 at the Fatorda Stadium in Goa. Chennayin defeated Goa 3-2 in the match to win the season.

FC Goa is an Indian professional football club based in Goa that competes in the Indian Super League under license from All India Football Federation (AIFF). The club was launched on 26 August 2014 and founded by Dattaraj Salgaocar and Shrinivas Dempo. The team is owned by Venugopal Dhoot, Jaydev Mody and Virat Kohli. It represents Goa, the only state or union territory to declare football as its official sport. The logo represents Goa's state animal the Gaur. While the colours blue and orange symbolizes the Goan coastline and sunrise.

Chennaiyin Football Club is a professional football club based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. They compete in the Indian Super League under licence from the All India Football Federation (AIFF). The club was founded in August 2014 during the inaugural season of the Indian Super League. Chennaiyin are the reigning champions, winning the 2017-18 Indian Super League season, also having won it previously in 2015 season, making them the joint highest winners (2) of the league along with ATK.

The Fatorda, officially known as the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium situated in Margao, Goa. The venue has been used to host both international football as well as cricket matches. It is Goa's only international stadium and has a seating capacity of 19,000 people. It has hosted 9 ODIs. The venue was established in 1989 and is owned and operated by the Sports Authority of Goa. It is the currently the home stadium of FC Goa.

Qualification


Pos	Team v t e	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 games played on 6 December 2015.
Source: Indian Super League standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Bracket

Semi-Finals					Finals

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

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 11 and 12 December, and the second legs will be played on 15 and 16 December 2015. Due to massive floods in Chennai, the first leg of the semi-final between Atlético de Kolkata and Chennayin will be played at Pune instead of Chennai.^[2]

Pune, formerly spelled Poona (1857–1978), is the second largest city in the Indian state of Maharashtra, after Mumbai. It is the ninth most populous city in the country with an estimated population of 3.13 million. Along with its Industrial Estate Pimpri Chinchwad and the three cantonment towns of Pune, Khadki and Dehu Road, Pune forms the urban core of the eponymous Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR). According to the 2011 census, the urban area has a combined population of 5.05 million while the population of the metropolitan region is estimated at 7.27 million.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Goa	3–1	Delhi Dynamos	0–1	3–0
Atlético de Kolkata	2–4	Chennaiyin	0–3	2–1

Leg 1

11 December19:00 IST

Delhi Dynamos	1–0	Goa
Singh 42'	Report

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi

Attendance: 23,874

12 December19:00 IST

Chennaiyin	3–0	Atlético de Kolkata
Pelissari 38' Lalpekhlua 57' Mendoza 68'	Report

Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune

Attendance: 7,965

Leg 2

15 December19:00 IST

Goa	3–0	Delhi Dynamos
Jofre 11' Rafael Coelho 27' Dudu 84'	Report

Fatorda Stadium, Goa

Attendance: 19,796

16 December19:00 IST

Atlético de Kolkata	2–1	Chennaiyin
Lekić 22' Hume 87'	Report	Fikru 90'

Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata

Attendance: 68,340

Final

20 December19:00 IST

Goa	2–3	Chennaiyin
Haokip 58' Jofre 87'	Report	Pelissari 54' Kattimani 90' (o.g.) Mendoza 90+1'

Fatorda Stadium, Goa

Attendance: 18,477

Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

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References

↑ ISL 2015 Fixtures
↑ "ISL 2015: Chennayin FC's home semi-final against Atletico de Kolkata shifted to Pune". FirstPost. IANS. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.

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[1] ISL 2015 Fixtures

[2] "ISL 2015: Chennayin FC's home semi-final against Atletico de Kolkata shifted to Pune". FirstPost. IANS. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.