2016 Indian Super League

Indian Super League

Season	2016
Dates	1 October – 18 December
Champions	Atletico de Kolkata (2nd title)
Matches played	61
Goals scored	145 (2.38 per match)
Top goalscorer	Marcelinho (10 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Amrinder Singh (180 mins per goal)
Biggest home win	Mumbai City 5–0 Kerala Blasters (19 November)
Biggest away win	Chennaiyin 1–3 Delhi Dynamos (6 October)
Highest scoring	Goa 5–4 Chennaiyin (1 December)
Longest winning run	Delhi Dynamos (3 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Atlético de Kolkata (6 matches)
Longest winless run	Pune City NorthEast United Chennaiyin (5 matches)
Longest losing run	NorthEast United (4 matches)
Highest attendance	82,224 Kerala Blasters 1–1 Atlètico de Kolkata (18 December)
Lowest attendance	6,147 Mumbai City 1–0 NorthEast United (7 October)
Total attendance	1,260,207
Average attendance	21,003
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The 2016 Indian Super League season was the third season of the Indian Super League, the football league, since its establishment in 2013. The season featured eight teams again, each playing 14 matches during the regular season before the finals. The regular season began on 1 October and ended on 4 December. The finals began on 10 December and concluded with the final on 18 December. ^[1] The defending champions coming into the season were Chennaiyin.

At the end of the season, Atlético de Kolkata came out as champions after defeating the Kerala Blasters in a penalty shootout, 4–3, during the final. The match had ended 1–1 after ninety minutes and extra time. ^[2]

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	Rabindra Sarobar Stadium	12,750 [3]
Chennaiyin	Chennai, Tamil Nadu	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	26,976 [4]
Delhi Dynamos	Delhi	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	34,230 [5]
Goa	Margao, Goa	Fatorda Stadium	19,088 [6]
Kerala Blasters	Kochi, Kerala	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	61,148 [7]
Mumbai City	Mumbai, Maharashtra	Mumbai Football Arena	7,690 [8]
NorthEast United	Guwahati, Assam	Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium	25,549 [9]
Pune City	Pune, Maharashtra	Balewadi Stadium	9,110 [10]

Personnel and kits

Team	Head coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Atlético de Kolkata	José Francisco Molina	Nivia	Birla Tyres
Chennaiyin	Marco Materazzi	Puma	TVS Tyres
Delhi Dynamos	Gianluca Zambrotta	Dryworld	GMS Leadership
Goa	Zico	Umbro	Deltin
Kerala Blasters	Steve Coppell	—	Muthoot
Mumbai City	Alexandre Guimarães	Puma	Ace Group
NorthEast United	Nelo Vingada	Performax	HTC
Pune City	Antonio López Habas	Adidas	DHFL

Head coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment
Mumbai City	Nicolas Anelka	Contract finished	20 December 2015	Pre-season	Alexandre Guimarães	19 April 2016 [11]
Pune City	David Platt	Contract finished	20 December 2015		Antonio López Habas	25 April 2016 [12]
Atlético de Kolkata	Antonio López Habas	Contract finished	20 December 2015		José Francisco Molina	5 May 2016 [13]
NorthEast United	César Farías	Contract finished	20 December 2015 [14]		Sérgio Farias	13 May 2016 [15]
Kerala Blasters	Terry Phelan	Contract finished	20 December 2015		Steve Coppell	21 June 2016 [16]
Delhi Dynamos	Roberto Carlos	Contract finished	20 December 2015 [17]		Gianluca Zambrotta	5 July 2016 [18]
NorthEast United	Sérgio Farias	Moved to Suphanburi	9 July 2016 [19]		Nelo Vingada	16 July 2016 [20]

Roster changes

Main article: List of 2016 Indian Super League season roster changes

Marquee players

Team	Marquee
Atlético de Kolkata	Hélder Postiga [21]
Chennaiyin	John Arne Riise [22]
Delhi Dynamos	Florent Malouda [23]
Goa	Lúcio [24]
Kerala Blasters	Aaron Hughes [25]
Mumbai City	Diego Forlán [26]
NorthEast United	Didier Zokora [27]
Pune City	Mohamed Sissoko [28]

Foreign players

Besides the marquee player, each Indian Super League side must sign at least eight foreign players with the maximum capped at 10. ^[29]

Atlético de Kolkata (10)	Chennaiyin (10)	Delhi Dynamos (10)	Goa (9)
Iain Hume Ofentse Nato Sameehg Doutie Tiri Stephen Pearson Dani Mallo Javi Lara Borja Fernández Juan Belencoso Henrique Sereno	Bernard Mendy Raphael Augusto Éder Manuele Blasi Hans Mulder Davide Succi Maurizio Peluso Eli Sabiá Duwayne Kerr Dudu Omagbemi	Toni Doblas Bruno Pelissari Marcelinho Marcos Tébar David Addy Rubén Memo Richard Gadze Ibrahima Niasse Badara Badji	Jofre Mateu Reinaldo Grégory Arnolin Luciano Sabrosa Rafael Coelho Rafael Dumas Matheus Goncalves Richarlyson Júlio César
Kerala Blasters (10)	Mumbai City (10)	NorthEast United (10)	Pune City (10)
Antonio German Josu Graham Stack Michael Chopra Elhadji Ndoye Kervens Belfort Cédric Hengbart Azrack Mahamat Didier Kadio Duckens Nazon	Sony Norde Matías Defederico Krisztián Vadócz Gerson Vieira Léo Costa Lucian Goian Roberto Volpato Cafu Facundo Cardozo Thiago Cunha	Katsumi Yusa Maílson Alves Sasha Aneff Nicolás Vélez Gustavo Lazzaretti Wellington Priori Romaric Wellington de Lima Gomes Emiliano Alfaro Robert Cullen	Pitu Jonatan Lucca Eduardo Ferreira Momar Ndoye Bruno Apoula Edel Aníbal Zurdo Gustavo Oberman Jesús Tato Dramane Traoré

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mumbai City	14	6	5	3	16	8	+8	23	Advance to ISL Play-offs
2	Kerala Blasters	14	6	4	4	12	14	−2	22
3	Delhi Dynamos	14	5	6	3	27	17	+10	21
4	Atlético de Kolkata (C)	14	4	8	2	16	14	+2	20
5	NorthEast United	14	5	3	6	14	14	0	18
6	Pune City	14	4	4	6	13	16	−3	16
7	Chennaiyin	14	3	6	5	20	25	−5	15
8	Goa	14	4	2	8	15	25	−10	14

Source: Indian Super League
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 table

Home \ Away	ATK	CHE	DEL	GOA	KER	MUM	NEU	PUN
Atlético de Kolkata		2–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–0
Chennaiyin	1–1		1–3	2–0	0–0	1–1	3–3	2–0
Delhi Dynamos	2–2	4–1		5–1	2–0	3–3	1–1	1–1
Goa	1–2	5–4	0–2		1–2	0–0	2–1	1–2
Kerala Blasters	0–1	3–1	0–0	2–1		1–0	1–0	2–1
Mumbai City	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	5–0		1–0	0–1
NorthEast United	1–2	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–1		1–0
Pune City	2–1	1–1	4–3	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1

Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2016. Source: Indian Super League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Main article: 2016 Indian Super League playoffs

	Semi-Finals							Final
	1	Mumbai City	2	0	2
	4	Atlético de Kolkata	3	0	3
								4	Atlético de Kolkata	1 (4)
								2	Kerala Blasters	1 (3)
	2	Kerala Blasters	1	1	2 (3)
	3	Delhi Dynamos	0	2	2 (0)

Season statistics

See also: List of Indian Super League records and statistics

Scoring

Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Marcelinho Delhi Dynamos 10 2 Iain Hume Atlético de Kolkata 7 3 Emiliano Alfaro NorthEast United 5 C.K. Vineeth Kerala Blasters Diego Forlán Mumbai City Aníbal Zurdo Pune City Richard Gadze Delhi Dynamos Rafael Coelho Goa Dudu Omagbemi Chennaiyin 10 Kean Lewis Delhi Dynamos 4

Top Indian scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 C.K. Vineeth Kerala Blasters 5 2 Kean Lewis Delhi Dynamos 4 3 Jeje Lalpekhlua Chennaiyin 3 4 Milan Singh Delhi Dynamos 2 Mohammed Rafi Kerala Blasters Seityasen Singh NorthEast United Sahil Tavora Goa 8 Jayesh Rane Chennaiyin 1 Arata Izumi Pune City Mehrajuddin Wadoo Chennaiyin Jackichand Singh Mumbai City Eugeneson Lyngdoh Pune City Robin Singh Goa Romeo Fernandes Goa Malsawmzuala Delhi Dynamos Mandar Rao Desai Goa Shouvik Ghosh NorthEast United Fulganco Cardozo Goa Jerry Lalrinzuala Chennaiyin Lalrindika Ralte Atlético de Kolkata

Hat-tricks

See also: List of Indian Super League hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Diego Forlán	Mumbai City	Kerala Blasters	5–0	19 November 2016	[30]
Dudu Omagbemi	Chennaiyin	NorthEast United	3–3	26 November 2016	[31]
Marcelinho	Delhi Dynamos	Goa	5–1	27 November 2016	[32]

Assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists	Ref
1	Sameehg Doutie	Atlético de Kolkata	?	[33]

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Amrinder Singh	Mumbai City	5
2	Karanjit Singh	Chennaiyin	4
	Subrata Pal	NorthEast United
	Sandip Nandy	Kerala Blasters
5	Toni Doblas	Delhi Dynamos	3
	Debjit Majumder	Atlético de Kolkata
7	Roberto Volpato	Mumbai City	2
	Albino Gomes	Mumbai City
	Laxmikant Kattimani	Goa
10	Subhasish Roy Chowdhury	Goa	1
	Apoula Edel	Pune City
	Dani Mallo	Atlético de Kolkata
	Arindam Bhattacharya	Pune City
	Graham Stack	Kerala Blasters

Attendance

See also: Indian Super League attendance

Average home attendances

Team	GP	Cumulative	High	Low	Mean
Kerala Blasters	9	444,087	82,224	54,574	60,256
NorthEast United	7	187,104	32,844	18,673	26,729
Chennaiyin	7	154,976	25,163	18,213	22,139
Delhi Dynamos	7	135,499	27,463	15,111	19,357
Goa	7	123,627	19,003	14,717	17,661
Atlético de Kolkata	8	93,627	12,575	10,589	11,703
Pune City	7	60,117	9,035	7,911	8,588
Mumbai City	8	59,171	7,690	6,147	7,396
Total	60	1,260,207	54,913	6,147	21,003

Highest attendances

Regular season

Rank	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance	Date	Stadium
1	Kerala Blasters	1-1	Atlético de Kolkata	82,224	18 December 2016 (2016-12-18)	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
2	Kerala Blasters	0–1	Atlético de Kolkata	54,900	5 October 2016 (2016-10-05)	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
3	Kerala Blasters	1–0	NorthEast United	53,767	4 December 2016 (2016-12-04)	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
4	Kerala Blasters	3–1	Chennaiyin	53,152	12 November 2016 (2016-11-12)	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
5	Kerala Blasters	2–1	Pune City	51,341	25 November 2016 (2016-11-25)	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
6	Kerala Blasters	1–0	Mumbai City	40,013	14 October 2016 (2016-10-14)	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
7	Kerala Blasters	2–1	Goa	34,196	8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
8	NorthEast United	0–1	Chennaiyin	32,844	20 October 2016 (2016-10-20)	Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
9	NorthEast United	1–2	Atlético de Kolkata	30,033	28 October 2016 (2016-10-28)	Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
10	NorthEast United	0–1	Mumbai City	29,989	5 November 2016 (2016-11-05)	Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium

Awards

• 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	Katsumi Yusa	NorthEast United	Match 31	Lucian Goian	Mumbai City
Match 2	Mehrajuddin Wadoo	Chennaiyin	Match 32	Aníbal Zurdo	Pune City
Match 3	Matías Defederico	Mumbai City	Match 33	Mehtab Hossain	Kerala Blasters
Match 4	Emiliano Alfaro	NorthEast United	Match 34	Florent Malouda	Delhi Dynamos
Match 5	Javi Lara	Atlético de Kolkata	Match 35	Eugeneson Lyngdoh	Pune City
Match 6	Marcelinho	Delhi Dynamos	Match 36	Laxmikant Kattimani	Goa
Match 7	Krisztián Vadócz	Mumbai City	Match 37	C.K. Vineeth	Kerala Blasters
Match 8	Jonatan Lucca	Pune City	Match 38	Milan Singh	Delhi Dynamos
Match 9	Sandesh Jhingan	Kerala Blasters	Match 39	Raphael Augusto	Chennaiyin
Match 10	Javi Lara	Atlético de Kolkata	Match 40	Rafael Coelho	Goa
Match 11	Emiliano Alfaro	NorthEast United	Match 41	Nicolás Vélez	NorthEast United
Match 12	Hans Mulder	Chennaiyin	Match 42	Aníbal Zurdo	Pune City
Match 13	Michael Chopra	Kerala Blasters	Match 43	Diego Forlán	Mumbai City
Match 14	Emiliano Alfaro	NorthEast United	Match 44	Davide Succi	Chennaiyin
Match 15	Sameehg Doutie	Atlético de Kolkata	Match 45	Romaric	NorthEast United
Match 16	Cédric Hengbart	Kerala Blasters	Match 46	Krisztián Vadócz	Mumbai City
Match 17	Richard Gadze	Delhi Dynamos	Match 47	Mandar Rao Desai	Goa
Match 18	Bernard Mendy	Chennaiyin	Match 48	Aaron Hughes	Kerala Blasters
Match 19	Richarlyson	Goa	Match 49	Dudu Omagbemi	Chennaiyin
Match 20	Iain Hume	Atlético de Kolkata	Match 50	Marcelinho	Delhi Dynamos
Match 21	Jeje Lalpekhlua	Chennaiyin	Match 51	Stephen Pearson	Atlético de Kolkata
Match 22	Kervens Belfort	Kerala Blasters	Match 52	Seityasen Singh	NorthEast United
Match 23	Lucian Goian	Mumbai City	Match 53	Rafael Coelho	Goa
Match 24	Apoula Edel	Pune City	Match 54	Prabir Das	Atlético de Kolkata
Match 25	Hélder Postiga	Atlético de Kolkata	Match 55	Gerson Vieira	Mumbai City
Match 26	Cédric Hengbart	Kerala Blasters	Match 56	C.K. Vineeth	Kerala Blasters
Match 27	Anas Edathodika	Delhi Dynamos	Match 57	Iain Hume	Atlético de Kolkata
Match 28	Jeje Lalpekhlua	Chennaiyin	Match 58	Cédric Hengbart	Kerala Blasters
Match 29	Richarlyson	Goa	Match 59	Javi Lara	Atlético de Kolkata
Match 30	Anas Edathodika	Delhi Dynamos	Match 60	Rubén Rocha	Delhi Dynamos
			Match 61	Henrique Sereno	Atlético de Kolkata

ISL Emerging Player of the Match

Match	Emerging Player of the Match		Match	Emerging Player of the Match
	Player	Club		Player	Club
Match 1	Holicharan Narzary	NorthEast United	Match 31	Jackichand Singh	Mumbai City
Match 2	Jayesh Rane	Chennaiyin	Match 32	Narayan Das	Pune City
Match 3	Lalhmangaihsanga	Mumbai City	Match 33	Pratik Chowdhary	Kerala Blasters
Match 4	Robin Gurung	NorthEast United	Match 34	Kean Lewis	Delhi Dynamos
Match 5	Pratik Chowdhary	Kerala Blasters	Match 35	Rahul Bheke	Pune City
Match 6	Kean Lewis	Delhi Dynamos	Match 36	Seityasen Singh	NorthEast United
Match 7	Sehnaj Singh	Mumbai City	Match 37	Jayesh Rane	Chennaiyin
Match 8	Arata Izumi	Pune City	Match 38	Lalchhawnkima	Delhi Dynamos
Match 9	Mohammed Rafique	Kerala Blasters	Match 39	Jerry Lalrinzuala	Chennaiyin
Match 10	Boithang Haokip	Mumbai City	Match 40	Romeo Fernandes	Goa
Match 11	Francis Fernandes	Pune City	Match 41	Seityasen Singh	NorthEast United
Match 12	Jerry Lalrinzuala	Chennaiyin	Match 42	Kean Lewis	Delhi Dynamos
Match 13	Aiborlang Khongjee	Mumbai City	Match 43	Sehnaj Singh	Mumbai City
Match 14	Kean Lewis	Delhi Dynamos	Match 44	Zakeer Mundampara	Chennaiyin
Match 15	Abhinas Ruidas	Atlético de Kolkata	Match 45	Lenny Rodrigues	Pune City
Match 16	Dharmaraj Ravanan	Pune City	Match 46	Sena Ralte	Mumbai City
Match 17	Chinglensana Singh	Delhi Dynamos	Match 47	Abhinas Ruidas	Atlético de Kolkata
Match 18	Siam Hanghal	Chennaiyin	Match 48	Sandesh Jhingan	Kerala Blasters
Match 19	Raju Gaikwad	Goa	Match 49	Siam Hanghal	Chennaiyin
Match 20	Prabir Das	Atlético de Kolkata	Match 50	Sahil Tavora	Goa
Match 21	Narayan Das	Pune City	Match 51	Abhinas Ruidas	Atlético de Kolkata
Match 22	Keenan Almeida	Goa	Match 52	Robin Gurung	NorthEast United
Match 23	Sena Ralte	Mumbai City	Match 53	Jerry Lalrinzuala	Chennaiyin
Match 24	Milan Singh	Delhi Dynamos	Match 54	Bidyananda Singh	Atlético de Kolkata
Match 25	Lalrindika Ralte	Atlético de Kolkata	Match 55	Udanta Singh	Mumbai City
Match 26	Jerry Lalrinzuala	Chennaiyin	Match 56	Seityasen Singh	NorthEast United
Match 27	Chinglensana Singh	Delhi Dynamos	Match 57	Lalrindika Ralte	Atlético de Kolkata
Match 28	Lalhmangaihsanga	Mumbai City	Match 58	Souvik Chakraborty	Delhi Dynamos
Match 29	Rahul Bheke	Pune City	Match 59	Pritam Kotal	Atlético de Kolkata
Match 30	Souvik Chakraborty	Delhi Dynamos	Match 60	Lalchhawnkima	Delhi Dynamos
			Match 61	Lalrindika Ralte	Atlético de Kolkata

ISL Player of the Week award

Awarded weekly to the player that was chosen by fan voting on google.co.in

Week	Player	Club	Votes
1	Subrata Pal	NorthEast United	28.16% [34]
2	Michael Chopra	Kerala Blasters	45.09% [35]
3	Cédric Hengbart	Kerala Blasters	82.04% [36]
4	Kervens Belfort	Kerala Blasters	86.95% [37]
5	Anas Edathodika	Delhi Dynamos	59.63% [38]
6	Mehtab Hossain	Kerala Blasters	82.87% [39]
7	C.K. Vineeth	Kerala Blasters	81.40% [40]
8	Aaron Hughes	Kerala Blasters	89.20% [41]
9	Marcelinho	Delhi Dynamos	40.86% [42]

ISL Team of the Season

Position	Player	Club [43]
GK	Subrata Pal	NorthEast United
RB	Souvik Chakraborty	Delhi Dynamos
CB	Lucian Goian	Mumbai City
CB	Cédric Hengbart	Kerala Blasters
LB	Sena Ralte	Mumbai City
LM	Florent Malouda	Delhi Dynamos
CM	Javi Lara	Atlético de Kolkata
RM	C.K. Vineeth	Kerala Blasters
LW	Marcelinho	Delhi Dynamos
RW	Kean Lewis	Delhi Dynamos
ST	Iain Hume	Atlético de Kolkata

End-of-season awards

Award	Player	Club
Hero of the League	Florent Malouda	Delhi Dynamos
Emerging Player of the League	Jerry Lalrinzuala	Chennaiyin
Golden Glove	Amrinder Singh	Mumbai City
Winning Pass Award	Sameehg Doutie	Atletico de Kolkata
Swift Golden Boot	Marcelinho	Delhi Dynamos
Fittest Player of the League	Borja Fernández	Atletico de Kolkata
Fair Play Award	Chennaiyin
Best Pitch of the Season	NorthEast United

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External links

• Official website