2016 Premier Futsal season

2016 Premier Futsal

Tournament details
Host country	India
Dates	15 – 24 July 2016
Teams	6
Venue	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Mumbai 5's (1st title)
Runners-up	Kochi 5's
Third place	Goa 5's
Fourth place	Kolkata 5's
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	79 (5.27 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Angellot Caro (8 goals)
Best player	Chaguinha
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The 2016 Premier Futsal was the inaugural tournament of Premier Futsal. The season featured six teams, each playing four matches before culminating in the finals. The league started on 15 July 2016 and ended on 24 July 2016. ^[1]

Mumbai won the inaugural season by defeating Kochi 3-2 on penalties via sudden death. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Teams

Bengaluru

Mumbai

Kochi

Kolkata

Goa

Chennai

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Locations of Premier Futsal teams

Stadiums and locations

Stadium	Location
Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium	Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Peddem Sports Complex	Mapusa, Goa

Marquee players

List of marquee players: ^[5]

Teams	Marquee
Bengaluru	Paul Scholes
Chennai	Falcão
Goa	Ronaldinho (until 18 July 2016) Cafu (since 18 July 2016)
Kochi	Míchel Salgado
Kolkata	Hernán Crespo
Mumbai	Ryan Giggs

• Ronaldinho was replaced by Cafu as the marquee player for Goa. ^{[6] [7]}

Squads

Main article: 2016 Premier Futsal season squads

Rules

Note: The Premier Futsal tournament does not follow all of the rules of international Futsal. ^{[8] [9]}

Rules of 2016 Premier Futsal

• 4 quarters, 10 minutes each.
• No offsides.
• Throw-in instead of kick-in when ball goes out of play.
• Throw-in, penalty, keeper's release will have to be completed within 5 seconds.
• 5 players per team, unlimited rolling substitutes.
• Specially designed ball – Size 4.
• After 5, each foul lead to a penalty.

Penalty Shootout

• 5 penalties each.
• Penalty taker has 5 seconds to score.
• Unlimited touches of the ball.
• Deliberate foul by Goalkeeper or preventing a goalscoring chance is a goal.
• Foul by attacker is a miss.

Group stage

Tiebreaking criteria for group stage

The teams will be ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Goal difference in all matches Goal scored in all matches Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned Drawing of lots

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mumbai (Q)	4	3	0	1	15	13	+2	9	Knockout stage
2	Kerala (Q)	4	1	2	1	15	14	+1	5
3	Chennai	4	0	2	2	12	15	−3	2

Source: Premier Futsal
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

15 July 2016 (2016-07-15)

19:00

Chennai	2–4	Mumbai
Falcão 35', 36'	Report	Foglia 10' (pen.) Angellot 12' Kevin Ramiez 34'

Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor, Chennai

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16)

19:00

Mumbai	1–4	Kerala
Angellot 29'	Report	Deives Moraes 25' (pen.) Gekabert 32' Salgado 38'

Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor, Chennai

17 July 2016 (2016-07-17)

19:00

Kerala	4–4	Chennai
Deives Moraes 7', 33' (pen.) Chaguinha 17', 35'	Report	Falcão 10', 12' Cirilo 18' Camilo 27'

Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor, Chennai

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)

20:00

Mumbai	4–3	Chennai
Foglia 7', 34' Angellot 17' Ryan Giggs 26'	Report	Sean Garnier 9' Romulo 15' Camilo 23'

Peddem Sports Complex, Goa

20 July 2016 (2016-07-20)

20:00

Kerala	4–6	Mumbai
Deives Moraes 3', 18' Chaguinha 10', 36'	Report	Foglia 4', 20' Kevin Ramirez 14' Chanpreet 30' Angellot 30' Shimyu Manikkoth 40'

Peddem Sports Complex, Goa

21 July 2016 (2016-07-21)

20:00

Chennai	3–3	Kerala
Camilo 12' Nandha 18' Falcão 39'	Report	Deives Moraes 37' Chaguinha 38', 40'

Peddem Sports Complex, Goa

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Goa (Q)	4	2	1	1	14	8	+6	7	Knockout stage
2	Kolkata (Q)	4	1	3	0	8	6	+2	6
3	Bengaluru	4	0	2	2	4	12	−8	2

Source: Premier Futsal
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

15 July 2016 (2016-07-15)

20:00

Goa	2–4	Kolkata
Raphael 21' Vampeta 29'	Report	Pula 5' Mohammed Islam 6' Crespo 24' Mohammed Ahtesham Ali 34' (o.g.)

Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor, Chennai

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16)

20:00

Kolkata	1–1	Bengaluru
Pula 17'	Report	Jonathan Piers 7'

Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor, Chennai

17 July 2016 (2016-07-17)

20:00

Bengaluru	2–7	Goa
Maximiliano 10' Jonathan Piers 15'	Report	Ronaldinho 6', 18', 19', 32', 40' Fredsan Marshall 33' Vampeta 39'

Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor, Chennai

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)

19:00

Kolkata	2–2	Goa
Pula 3' Vander 9'	Report	Vampeta24', 27'

Peddem Sports Complex, Goa

20 July 2016 (2016-07-20)

19:00

Bengaluru	1–1	Kolkata
Jonathan Piers 6'	Report	Pula 17'

Peddem Sports Complex, Goa

21 July 2016 (2016-07-21)

19:00

Goa	3–0	Bengaluru
Michael Silva 10' Raphael 21' Vampeta40'	Report

Peddem Sports Complex, Goa

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	23 July — Goa
	Mumbai 5's	4
					24 July — Goa
	Kolkata 5's	2
					Mumbai 5's	1 (3)
	23 July — Goa
					Kochi 5's	1 (2)
	Goa 5's	1
	Kochi 5's	2

Semi-finals

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)

19:00

Mumbai 5's	4–2	Kolkata 5's
Angelott 9', 12', 32' Kevin Ramirez 20'	Report	Carioca 22' Gabriel 24'

Peddem Sports Complex, Goa

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23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)

20:00

Goa 5's	1–2	Kochi 5's
Vampeta 22'	Report	Chaguinha 13', 29'

Peddem Sports Complex, Goa

Final

24 July 2016 (2016-07-24)

20:00

Mumbai 5's	1–1	Kochi 5's
Angellot 38'	Report	Deives Moraes 8'
Penalties
Foglia Angellot Kevin Ramirez Perez Giggs Luis Amado	3–2	Chaguinha Paulinho Deives Moraes Gekabert Salgado Casalone

Peddem Sports Complex, Goa

Tournament team rankings

Premier League Futsal

Champion   Runner-up   Semi-finals   Group stage

Pos.	Team	G	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA	GD
1	Mumbai 5s(C)	A	6	5	0	1	15	20	16	+4
2	Kochi 5s (RU)	A	6	2	2	2	8	18	16	+2
3	Goa 5s (SF)	B	5	2	1	2	7	15	10	+5
4	Kolkata 5s (SF)	B	5	1	3	1	6	10	10	0
5	Chennai 5s (GS)	A	4	0	2	2	2	12	15	−3
6	Bengaluru 5s (GS)	B	4	0	2	2	2	2	10	−8

Season statistics

Most Goals

Player	Team	Goals
Angelott Caro	Mumbai	8
Chaguinha	Kochi	8
Deives Moraes	Kochi	8
Adriano Foglia	Mumbai	6
Vampeta	Goa	6
Ronaldinho	Goa	5
Falcão	Chennai	5

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Ronaldinho	Goa	Bengaluru	7–2	17 July 2016	[10]
Adriano Foglia	Mumbai	Kochi	6–4	20 July 2016	[11]
Angelott Caro	Mumbai	Kolkata	4–2	23 July 2016	[12] [13]

Awards

Player of the Match

Match	Player	Team	Ref.
Match 1	Foglia	Mumbai
Match 2
Match 3	Deives Moraes	Kochi
Match 4
Match 5	Deives Moraes	Kochi
Match 6	Ronaldinho	Goa
Match 7	Vampeta	Goa	[14] [15]
Match 8	Foglia	Mumbai	[16] [17]
Match 9	Pula	Kolkata	[18] [19]
Match 10	Foglia	Mumbai	[20]
Match 11	Rafael	Goa	[21] [22]
Match 12	Romulo	Chennai	[23] [24]
Semi-final 1	Angelott Caro	Mumbai	[13] [25]
Semi-final 2	Chaguinha	Kochi	[26] [27]
Final	Angelott Caro	Mumbai	[28]

End-of-season awards

Award	Player	Ref.
Player of the Tournament	Chaguinha	[29] [30]
Golden Arm Band	Angelott Caro	[29] [31]
Indian Player of the Tournament	Jonathan Piers	[29] [32]

Telecast

Sony Pictures Networks India Pvt. Ltd. acquired exclusive rights to broadcast Premier Futsal. As part of the agreement, all Premier Futsal matches will be televised live on Sony SIX, Sony ESPN and Sony Aath. Matches will also be available to live stream on Sony LIV. ^[33]

See also

• 2016 Premier Futsal season squads
• Premier Futsal

References

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