On 26 September 2015, (L-R) Brazilian footballer and Chennaiyin FC player Elano Blumer, Portuguese footballer and Atletico de Kolkata striker Helder Postiga, Brazilian footballer and FC Goa player Lucio, Norwegian footballer and Delhi Dynamos FC player John Riise, French footballer and Delhi Dynamos FC player Florent Malouda, English footballer and Kerala Blasters FC player Sanchez Watt, Romanian footballer and FC Pune City player Adrian Mutu, Portuguese footballer and North East United FC player Simao Sabrosa and French footballer and Mumbai City FC coach Nicolas Anelka pose with the Indian Super League (ISL) football tournament trophy for the 2015 season during the media interaction session.
Introduction
The Indian Super League (ISL), which had its inaugural season in 2014, has undoubtedly increased the popularity of football in India, a country where the sporting landscape has been largely dominated by the game of cricket. In 2015, ISL became the fourth biggest league in the world in terms of average attendance, partly owing to the introduction of foreign marquee players like Helder Postiga, Elano Blumer and Roberto Carlos.[1] ISL franchisees have signed foreign players hailing from popular footballing countries such as Brazil, Argentina, Columbia, Portugal, Spain and France. This has significantly raised viewership of the sport and attracted commercial interests in league football in India.
However, the creation of an arm of Indian football that is run as a purely commercial...
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