2015 Indian Super League

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Atletico de Kolkata
(12 December) (played in Pune)
Total attendance	1,653,808
Average attendance	27,111
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The 2015 Hero Indian Super League was the second season of the

Fatorda Stadium in Goa. Chennayin were crowned as champions defeating Goa 3–2 in the final.^[2]^[3]

Teams

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	Salt Lake Stadium	68,000
Chennaiyin	Chennai, Tamil Nadu	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	40,000
Delhi Dynamos	Delhi	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	60,000
Goa	Margao, Goa	Fatorda Stadium	19,500
Kerala Blasters	Kochi, Kerala	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	60,000
Mumbai City	Mumbai, Maharashtra	DY Patil Stadium	55,000
NorthEast United	Guwahati, Assam	Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium	35,000
Pune City	Pune, Maharashtra	Balewadi Stadium	12,000

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captains	Kit manufacture	Shirt sponsors
Atlético de Kolkata	Antonio López Habas	Borja Fernandez	Nivia	Birla Tyres
Chennaiyin	Marco Materazzi	Elano Blumer	TYKA	Ozone Group
Delhi Dynamos	Roberto Carlos	Hans Mulder	Puma	EKANA Sportz City
Goa	Zico	Lúcio	Adidas	Prime Markets
Kerala Blasters	Terry Phelan	Peter Ramage	Puma	Muthoot Group
Mumbai City	Nicolas Anelka	Frantz Bertin	Puma	ACE Group
NorthEast United	César Farías	Cédric Hengbart	Performax	HTC
Pune City	David Platt	Didier Zokora	Adidas	Fair and Handsome

Head coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment
Kerala Blasters	David James	Contract finished	20 December 2014	Pre-Season	Peter Taylor	9 May 2015^[4]
Pune City	Franco Colomba	Contract finished	20 December 2014		David Platt	27 May 2015^[5]
NorthEast United	Ricki Herbert	Contract finished	20 December 2014		César Farías	1 July 2015^[6]
Mumbai City	Peter Reid	Contract finished	20 December 2014		Nicolas Anelka	3 July 2015^[7]
Delhi Dynamos	Harm van Veldhoven	Contract finished	20 December 2014		Roberto Carlos	5 July 2015^[8]
Kerala Blasters	Peter Taylor	Mutual consent	27 October 2015	8th	Trevor Morgan	27 October 2015^[9]
Kerala Blasters	Trevor Morgan	Interim manager	1 November 2015	8th	Terry Phelan	1 November 2015^[10]

Roster changes

Marquee players

Team	Marquee
Atlético de Kolkata	Hélder Postiga^[11]
Chennaiyin	Elano^[12]
Delhi Dynamos	Roberto Carlos
Goa	Lúcio^[13]
Kerala Blasters	Carlos Marchena^[14]
Mumbai City	Nicolas Anelka^[15]
NorthEast United	Simão Sabrosa^[16]
Pune City	Adrian Mutu^[17]

Foreign players

Besides the marquee player, each Indian Super League side must sign at least eight foreign players with the maximum capped at 10.^[18]

Atlético de Kolkata (10)	Chennaiyin (10)	Delhi Dynamos (10)	Goa (9)
Valdo Jorge Alonso	Mailson Alves Manuele Blasi Alessandro Potenza Stiven Mendoza	Vinícius	Leo Moura Jonatan Lucca Dudu Omagbemi Luciano Sabrosa Rafael Coelho
Kerala Blasters (10)	Mumbai City (9)	NorthEast United (10)	Pune City (10)
Josu Marcus Williams Stephen Bywater	Aitor	Bruno Silas Diomansy Kamara Nicolás Vélez Gennaro Bracigliano Francis Dadzie André Bikey Carlos Javier López Victor Mendy	Tuncay Roger Johnson Diego Colotto Kalu Uche Wesley Verhoek

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Goa	14	7	4	3	29	20	+9	25	Advance to ISL Play-offs
2	Atlético de Kolkata	14	7	2	5	26	17	+9	23
3	Chennaiyin (C)	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

Source: Indian Super League standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Playoffs

Bracket

Semi-Finals					Final

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

Statistics

As of match played on 20 December 2015

Source: Indian Super League website

Scoring

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Stiven Mendoza	Chennaiyin	13
2	Iain Hume	Atlético de Kolkata	11
3	Reinaldo	Goa	7
3	Sunil Chhetri	Mumbai City	7
5	Antonio German	Kerala Blasters	6
	Chris Dagnall	Kerala Blasters
	Jeje Lalpekhlua	Chennaiyin
8	Nicolás Vélez	NorthEast United	5
8	Arata Izumi	Atlético de Kolkata	5

Top Indian scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Sunil Chhetri	Mumbai City	7
2	Jeje Lalpekhlua	Chennaiyin	6
3	Arata Izumi	Atlético de Kolkata	5
4	Robin Singh	Delhi Dynamos	4
	Thongkhosiem Haokip	Goa
	Mohammed Rafi	Kerala Blasters
7	Mandar Rao Desai	Goa	3
8	Eugeneson Lyngdoh	Pune City	2
8	Romeo Fernandes	Goa	2

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Stiven Mendoza	Chennaiyin	Goa	4–0	11 October 2015
Sunil Chhetri	Mumbai City	NorthEast United	5–1	28 October 2015
Iain Hume	Atlético de Kolkata	Mumbai City	4–1	1 November 2015
Dudu Omagbemi	Goa	Mumbai City	7–0	17 November 2015
Thongkhosiem Haokip	Goa	Mumbai City	7–0	17 November 2015
Stiven Mendoza	Chennaiyin	Kerala Blasters	4–1	21 November 2015
Iain Hume	Atlético de Kolkata	Pune City	4–1	27 November 2015
Reinaldo	Goa	Kerala Blasters	5–1	29 November 2015

Assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists	Ref
1	?	?	?

Clean Sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Apoula Edel	Chennaiyin	6
2	Rehenesh TP	NorthEast United	4
3	Subrata Pal	Mumbai City	3
	Toni Doblas	Delhi Dynamos
	Laxmikant Kattimani	Goa
6	Steve Simonsen	Pune City	2
6	Stephen Bywater	Kerala Blasters	2
8	Sanjiban Ghosh	Delhi Dynamos	1
	Elinton Andrade	Goa
	Debjit Majumder	Mumbai City
	Amrinder Singh	Atlético de Kolkata

Attendance

As of matches played on 20 December 2015

Source: Indian Super League website

Average home attendances

Note: Table lists in order of average attendance.

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Kerala Blasters	364,054	62,087	32,313	52,008	+5.9%^†
2	Atlético de Kolkata	405,659	68,340	35,437	50,707	+12.3%^†
3	NorthEast United	172,115	30,319	15,123	24,588	−11.0%^†
4	Chennaiyin	159,372	29,923	12,636	22,767	+3.0%^†
5	Mumbai City	158,983	27,435	17,393	22,712	+0.5%^†
6	Delhi Dynamos	155,274	25,212	14,299	19,409	+23.5%^†
7	Goa	169,590	19,796	17,634	18,843	+4.3%^†
8	Pune City	68,761	9,057	7,965	8,595	+9.4%^†
	League total	1,653,808	68,340	7,965	27,111	+6.4%^†

Source: Official club websites and Indian Super League

"Change" refers to change in figures wrt

previous edition

of the tournament.

Highest attendances

Rank	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance	Date	Stadium
1	Atlético de Kolkata	2 – 1	Chennaiyin	68,340	16 December 2015 (2015-12-16)	Salt Lake Stadium
2	Kerala Blasters	0 – 1	Delhi Dynamos	62,087	18 October 2015 (2015-10-18)	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)
3	Kerala Blasters	0 – 0	Mumbai City	61,483	10 October 2015 (2015-10-10)	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)
4	Atlético de Kolkata	2 – 3	Mumbai City	61,276	4 December 2015 (2015-12-04)	Salt Lake Stadium
5	Atlético de Kolkata	2 – 1	Kerala Blasters	61,237	13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)	Salt Lake Stadium
6	Kerala Blasters	2 – 3	Atlético de Kolkata	60,251	10 November 2015 (2015-11-10)	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)
7	Kerala Blasters	3 – 1	NorthEast United	60,017	6 October 2015 (2015-10-06)	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)
8	Atlético de Kolkata	4 – 0	Goa	51,047	22 November 2015 (2015-11-22)	Salt Lake Stadium
9	Atlético de Kolkata	4 – 1	Pune City	48,721	27 November 2015 (2015-11-27)	Salt Lake Stadium
10	Kerala Blasters	1 – 1	Chennaiyin	47,852	31 October 2015 (2015-10-31)	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)

Source:Official club websites and Indian Super League.

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