| Country | India |
|---|---|
| Teams | 4 |
| Defending champions | Chennaiyin (did not qualify) |
| Champions | Atlético de Kolkata (2nd title) |
| Runners-up | Kerala Blasters |
| Matches played | 5 |
| Goals scored | 11 (2.2 per match) |
| Top goal scorer(s) | Iain Hume (2 goals) |
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The 2016 Indian Super League finals was the third finals series in the 2016 ISL season, the 2016 edition of the men's professional football league in India. The finals began on 10 December and concluded with the final on 18 December. The top four teams from the 2016 ISL regular season qualified for the finals with the semi-finals taking place over two-legs before the final in Kochi. [1]
The 2016 Indian Super League season is 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. The defending champions coming into the season were Chennaiyin.
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played with a spherical ball between two teams of eleven players. It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries and dependencies, making it the world's most popular sport. The game is played on a rectangular field called a pitch with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to score by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing goal.
Kochi, also known as Cochin, is a major port city on the south-west coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of Kerala and is often referred to as Ernakulam. Kochi is the most densely populated city in Kerala. As of 2011, it has a corporation limit population of 677,381 within an area of 94.88 km² and a total urban population of more than of 2.1 million within an area of 440 km², making it the largest and the most populous metropolitan area in Kerala. Kochi city is also part of the Greater Cochin region and is classified as a Tier-II city by the Government of India. The civic body that governs the city is the Kochi Municipal Corporation, which was constituted in the year 1967, and the statutory bodies that oversee its development are the Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) and the Goshree Islands Development Authority (GIDA).
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The finals ended with Atlético de Kolkata defeating the Kerala Blasters in a penalty shootout, 4–3, in the final. [2] The match was a rematch of the 2014 ISL final which Atlético de Kolkata won as well 1–0. [2]
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The 2016 Indian Super League Final was a football match between ATK and Kerala Blasters on 18 December 2016 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi, Kerala. It was the final match of the 2016 Indian Super League season, the third season of the Indian Super League. The match was the second time these two teams played against each other in the Indian Super League final, the previous one was when both sides met in the inaugural 2014 final. ATK won that final 1–0.
The 2014Indian Super League Final was an association football match between the Kerala Blasters and ATK played on 20 December 2014, at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. The match was the final match to determine the inaugural champion of the Indian Super League for the 2014 season.
