Football Sports Development Limited
Parent Reliance Industries (65%) | Star Sports (35%) | |
Football Sports Development Limited is an Indian company established to operate the Indian Super League, the top tier football league in India. The company is run as a subsidiary of Reliance.[1] FSDL serves as the commercial partners of All India Football Federation.[2]
Indian Super League
On 9 December 2010, it was announced that the All India Football Federation had signed a 15-year, 700-crore deal with Reliance Industries and the International Management Group.[2] in that deal they agreed to form a new professional league for the development of Indian football
The
The league saw stars such as Roberto Carlos, Alessandro Nesta, Tim Cahill, Asamoah Gyan, Robert Pires, Dimitar Berbatov, Nicolas Anelka, Wes Brown, Carlos Marchena, David Trezeguet, Alessandro Del Piero, David James, Elano, Robbie Keane, Diego Forlán, Marco Materazzi, Freddie Ljungberg, Joan Capdevila, Aaron Hughes, Florent Malouda, Kostas Katsouranis, Luis García and Hélder Postiga come to India.[5][6]
Development League & Next Gen Cup
In June 2021 it was proposed by the organisers of ISL after a meeting with the CEOs of all the ISL clubs, that a new developmental league, called
See also
References
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- ^ a b "AIFF signs 700-crore deal with IMG-RIL". Times of India. Archived from the original on 30 May 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- ^ a b "Reliance, IMG Worldwide, and STAR India Launch Indian Super League for Football". IMG. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ "ISL: Atletico de Kolkata beat Kerala Blasters 1-0 to win title". Times of India. 20 December 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ Crocker, Sam (7 October 2014). "Indian Super League: club-by-club guide to the inaugural season". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ "Wanted to continue with Mumbai City FC: Diego Forlan".
- ^ Bangde, Arjun (30 June 2021). "ISL to propose a new league for reserve and U-21 players". Football Counter. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
- ^ Marcus Mergulhao (30 June 2021). "ISL proposes new league for reserve, U-21 players | Goa News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
- ^ "Hygiene officers and four sets of training protocols - What could be the 'new normal' during ISL 2020-21? | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 6 December 2021.