The Indian Super League will start this years, with new clubs, a lot of money and world famous players: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Super_League Will it be a success? Atlético de Kolkata will probably be the biggest club, with the help of Atlético de Madrid.
What happened to East Bengal FC,Mahindra United and Mohun Bagan? So have they kinda face lifted the league or something?
Those clubs play in the I.League which has qualification to AFC Club competitions. Super League doesn't and is more a franchise system. Mahindra United infact stopped playing professionally at the end of the 2009-10 season to concentrate on youth football
This is good for development of football in India. but seriously this will take a very long time to success in term of loyal fan and marketing. To develop new fan base is the problem here. Football without fans will become useless.
Holding Out for a Hero: Can Thailand Learn from The Indian Super League? by Matt Riley The Hero Indian Super League is scheduled to kick off on October 12th but, for Indian football, "scheduled" has an ominous ring to it. For all its FAT faults, Thai football has had only one crisis point. When the AFC, as part of its enlightened 2009 "Vision Asia" initiative prevented Thai clubs being extensions of banks and government departments, the game was rebranded and became far more attractive to sponsors and fans... article continues http://www.clubwebsite.co.uk/chonburifc/113109/CustomPages/view/18138
http://www.espnfc.us/blog/espn-fc-united-blog/68/post/1968445/india-super-league A new Indonesia situation ?
As Simple as That: How ISL Media Put Thai Football to Shame by Matt Riley Granted, the Indian Super League is a lot of sound and fury but, if history repeats itself, it may not signify much. But the way they promote the latest attempt to jump start football to their vast population is a lesson to Thailand. It is lazy to dismiss their chirpy, all access online content as due to English being the common language of their continent. At twice the population of the UK, the number of Indian English speakers sounds stunning. One hundred and twenty five million Indians who consider English as their first language is also clearly a huge figure, but in a population of 1.2 billion it is not dominant... article continues http://www.clubwebsite.co.uk/chonburifc/113109/CustomPages/view/18138
yes it will help india to develop more passion just like india is crazy for cricket.. though already many ppl have started to like football now.. hope now india too will qualify and win big championships and move in better ranking in fifa in coming years.
As a football lover from India we are looking forward to ISL.We expect Isl may bring a exposure to Indian football and international competency.We hope Indian super league will be such a wonder for others who think India a cricket crazy country.I t wil unite football fans in india,already social media and internet forums are busy with football talks.many websites like www.indiansuperleaguefootball.com,www.indiasuperleague.com are ready with online pulse making.behind this football league have support of corporate giant Reliance Group and main sponsors are HERO motors.They know the flavour and trend of indian people so its sure mix of colour and taste should be acceptable for Indian villages and metros
The much awaited wait for the Indian Super League finally comes to end, as it is expected to be launched today evening. All the owners of eight teams are expected to be present tonight including the mysterious Chennai team owners who are said to be Bollywood star Abhishek Bachan and Bengaluru based firm Playon Skills. http://indianfootballplanet.blogspot.in/2014/08/indian-super-league-to-be-launched.html
Tendulkar, Ranbir & Co launch Indian Super League http://indianfootballplanet.blogspot.in/2014/08/star-studded-indian-super-league.html
Alessandro Del Piero one my favorite players has finally joined ISL. He will be playing for Delhi Dynamos. http://indianfootballplanet.blogspot.in/2014/08/del-piero-joins-indian-super-league.html
Well the FMF basically runs Liga MX (or liga MX owners basically run FMF, and that league is pretty decent.
It would appear that, currently based on words alone, John Abraham is the kind of owner most teams would dream of having. Seems to be buying more into the overall vision of developing Indian football then any one else
Do not blindly trust these Bollywood actors. Go through this article to know how good actor John is in real life - http://www.feverpitch.in/featured.p...-NorthEast-United-Fast-Losing-Its-Credibility
Do not blindly trust Business Tycoons, cricketers and Bollywood actors in India these people only are there to earn money and attention not to develop the game. Nice and clean write up of ISL and its impact on Indian football. Must read for everyone who thinks this league will put Indian football on world map. Part 1 - http://www.feverpitch.in/featured.p...ian-Football-was-Divided-&-Conquered-(Part-1) Part 2 - http://www.feverpitch.in/featured.p...-Football-was-Divided-and-Conquered--(Part-2) Part 3 - http://www.feverpitch.in/featured.p...an-Football-was-Divided-&-Conquered-(Part-3)-
Atletico Kolkata (hosts) beat Mumbai City, 3-0, in the inaugural match yesterday. Mumbai dominated TOP (57-43), out-shot Kolkata 7-6 (the stats page says SOG, but I think it's just regular shots as the commentary only describes one save each way), and got three corner kicks (Kolkata had none). And were able to do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING with it. The goals were by Fikru Teferra Lemessa (27'), Borja (69') and Arnal (90+2). Northeast United v. Kerala Blasters is playing right now. (Scottish-Canadian forward Iain Hume just called offside for Kerala, 16') One thing I noticed following the online match centre at Star Sports for yesterday is that the commentator is by no means afraid of calling out the referees if they think they screwed up.
As of now response has been huge from the fans. Average attendance of 2 matches is around 50,000 and today's match between Delhi Dynamos vs FC Pune is going to be another sell out with 60,000 fans in Nehru Stadium, Delhi. Everything in terms of marketing has been great, now it has to be seen how they invest in grass-roots. Also the most important thing would be the format next season, cause this 2 month league is not going to do much to improve the game. Fingers crossed for now.