The Indian Super League is a professional football league in India. The league was officially launched on 21 October 2013 by IMG–Reliance, Star Sports, and the All India Football Federation. During its first three seasons, the competition operated without official recognition from the Asian Football Confederation. The competition does not use promotion and relegation, choosing to grow through expansion, similar to Major League Soccer.
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The Indian Super League is a professional football league in India. The league was officially launched on 21 October 2013 by IMG–Reliance, Star Sports, and the All India Football Federation. During its first three seasons, the competition operated without official recognition from the Asian Football Confederation. Prior to the 2017–18 season, the league expanded to ten teams and expanded its schedule to six months. The current champion is ATK, they have won the trophy 3 times now and the current League Winners Shield trophy holder is FC Goa, who have won it once since the trophy was unveiled during the 2019–20 season. The competition does not use promotion and relegation, choosing to grow through expansion, similar to Major League Soccer in the U.S. Unlike other football leagues around the world, the Indian Super league doesn’t use promotion or relegation, instead opting for a round-robin system. The first nationwide club competition, the Durand Cup, began in 1888. The semi-professional National Football League commenced in 1996. In 2006, the governing body for the sport in India, reformatted the league as the I-League in an effort to professionalise the game. In 2010, the AIFF signed a new 15-year, 700–crore deal with Reliance Industries and the International Management Group. The deal would see Zee broadcast the National football League, the I -League, and other tournaments organized by the A-League and select India international matches. The AIFF and Zee Sports terminated early after differences between both parties related to payment and how to grow the game in India in 2010.
Bollywood stars John Abraham, Ranbir Kapoor, and Salman Khan won the bid for the Kolkata franchises. La Liga side Atlético Madrid, along with a group of Indian businessmen and former Indian player Sourav Ganguly, won the bidding for the Kochi franchise. Former Indian cricket player Sachin Tendulkar won the bids for the Guwahati, Mumbai, and Pune franchises. The winning bidders would also need to promote ‘grassroots’ development plans for football within their area. In April 2014, the selected cities were Bangalore, Delhi, Kolki, Goi, Guwaha, Kochi, and Guwata. The bidding was moved to 3 March 2014, but due to the rescheduling of the league, the bidding was postponed shortly thereafter to September 2014. Since the league’s inaugural season, a total of three clubs have winning the ISL Final and one club has won the ISl League Winners shield, the trophy awarded to the top team at the end of theleague stage. The competition was also structured along the same lines as the Indian Premier League,. the country’s premier Twenty20 cricket competition. Each season generally running from November to March, and matches were held daily, from October to December, and games were played in Bangalore, Goa and Kochi. During the league stage of the competition, each club will play 20 games against the others. The season will then culminate with theISL Final to determine the champion.
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