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The 2016 Indian Super League season was the third season of the Indian Super League, the football league, since its establishment in 2013. The season featured eight teams again, each playing 14 matches during the regular season before the finals. The regular season began on 1 October and ended on 4 December. The finals began on 10 December and concluded with the final on 18 December.[1] The defending champions coming into the season were Chennaiyin.

Quick Facts Season, Dates ...
Indian Super League
Season2016
Dates1 October – 18 December
ChampionsAtletico de Kolkata
(2nd title)
Matches played61
Goals scored145 (2.38 per match)
Top goalscorerMarcelinho
(10 goals)
Best goalkeeperAmrinder Singh
(180 mins per goal)
Biggest home winMumbai City 5–0 Kerala Blasters
(19 November)
Biggest away winChennaiyin 1–3 Delhi Dynamos
(6 October)
Highest scoringGoa 5–4 Chennaiyin
(1 December)
Longest winning runDelhi Dynamos
(3 matches)
Longest unbeaten runAtlético de Kolkata
(6 matches)
Longest winless runPune City
NorthEast United
Chennaiyin
(5 matches)
Longest losing runNorthEast United
(4 matches)
Highest attendance82,224
Kerala Blasters 1–1 Atlètico de Kolkata
(18 December)
Lowest attendance6,147
Mumbai City 1–0 NorthEast United
(7 October)
Total attendance1,260,207
Average attendance21,003
← 2015
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At the end of the season, Atlético de Kolkata were crowned champions after defeating the Kerala Blasters in a penalty shootout, 4–3, during the final. The match had ended 1–1 after ninety minutes and extra time.[2]

Teams

Locations of the ISL Teams

Stadiums and locations

More information Team, City/State ...
Team City/State Stadium Capacity
Atlético de Kolkata Kolkata, West Bengal Rabindra Sarobar Stadium 12,750[3]
Chennaiyin Chennai, Tamil Nadu Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium 26,976[4]
Delhi Dynamos Delhi Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium 34,230[5]
Goa Margao, Goa Fatorda Stadium 19,088[6]
Kerala Blasters Kochi, Kerala Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium 61,148[7]
Mumbai City Mumbai, Maharashtra Mumbai Football Arena 7,690[8]
NorthEast United Guwahati, Assam Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium 25,549[9]
Pune City Pune, Maharashtra Balewadi Stadium 9,110[10]
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Personnel and kits

More information Team, Head coach ...
Team Head coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Atlético de Kolkata Spain José Francisco Molina Nivia Birla Tyres
Chennaiyin Italy Marco Materazzi Puma TVS Tyres
Delhi Dynamos Italy Gianluca Zambrotta Dryworld GMS Leadership
Goa Brazil Zico Umbro Deltin
Kerala Blasters England Steve Coppell — Muthoot
Mumbai City Costa Rica Alexandre Guimarães Puma Ace Group
NorthEast United Portugal Nelo Vingada Performax HTC
Pune City Spain Antonio López Habas Adidas DHFL
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Head coaching changes

More information Team, Outgoing coach ...
Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming coach Date of appointment
Mumbai City France Nicolas Anelka Contract finished 20 December 2015 Pre-season Costa Rica Alexandre Guimarães 19 April 2016[11]
Pune City England David Platt Contract finished 20 December 2015 Spain Antonio López Habas 25 April 2016[12]
Atlético de Kolkata Spain Antonio López Habas Contract finished 20 December 2015 Spain José Francisco Molina 5 May 2016[13]
NorthEast United Venezuela César Farías Contract finished 20 December 2015[14] Brazil Sérgio Farias 13 May 2016[15]
Kerala Blasters Republic of Ireland Terry Phelan Contract finished 20 December 2015 England Steve Coppell 21 June 2016[16]
Delhi Dynamos Brazil Roberto Carlos Contract finished 20 December 2015[17] Italy Gianluca Zambrotta 5 July 2016[18]
NorthEast United Brazil Sérgio Farias Moved to Suphanburi 9 July 2016[19] Portugal Nelo Vingada 16 July 2016[20]
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Roster changes

Main article: List of 2016 Indian Super League season roster changes

Marquee players

More information Team, Marquee ...
Team Marquee
Atlético de Kolkata Portugal Hélder Postiga[21]
Chennaiyin Norway John Arne Riise[22]
Delhi Dynamos France Florent Malouda[23]
Goa Brazil Lúcio[24]
Kerala Blasters Northern Ireland Aaron Hughes[25]
Mumbai City Uruguay Diego Forlán[26]
NorthEast United Ivory Coast Didier Zokora[27]
Pune City Mali Mohamed Sissoko[28]
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Foreign players

Besides the marquee player, each Indian Super League side must sign at least eight foreign players with the maximum capped at 10.[29]

More information Atlético de Kolkata (10), Chennaiyin (10) ...
Atlético de Kolkata (10) Chennaiyin (10) Delhi Dynamos (10) Goa (9)
Canada Iain Hume
Botswana Ofentse Nato
South Africa Sameehg Doutie
Spain Tiri
Scotland Stephen Pearson
Spain Dani Mallo
Spain Javi Lara
Spain Borja Fernández
Spain Juan Belencoso
Portugal Henrique Sereno		 France Bernard Mendy
Brazil Raphael Augusto
Brazil Éder
Italy Manuele Blasi
Netherlands Hans Mulder
Italy Davide Succi
Italy Maurizio Peluso
Brazil Eli Sabiá
Jamaica Duwayne Kerr
Nigeria Dudu Omagbemi		 Spain Toni Doblas
Brazil Bruno Pelissari
Brazil Marcelinho
Spain Marcos Tébar
Ghana David Addy
Spain Rubén
Brazil Memo
Ghana Richard Gadze
Senegal Ibrahima Niasse
Senegal Badara Badji		 Spain Jofre Mateu
Brazil Reinaldo
Martinique Grégory Arnolin
Brazil Luciano Sabrosa
Brazil Rafael Coelho
Brazil Rafael Dumas
Brazil Matheus Goncalves
Brazil Richarlyson
Brazil Júlio César
Kerala Blasters (10) Mumbai City (10) NorthEast United (10) Pune City (10)
Grenada Antonio German
Spain Josu
Republic of Ireland Graham Stack
England Michael Chopra
Senegal Elhadji Ndoye
Haiti Kervens Belfort
France Cédric Hengbart
Chad Azrack Mahamat
Ivory Coast Didier Kadio
Haiti Duckens Nazon		 Haiti Sony Norde
Argentina Matías Defederico
Hungary Krisztián Vadócz
Brazil Gerson Vieira
Brazil Léo Costa
Romania Lucian Goian
Brazil Roberto Volpato
Brazil Cafu
Argentina Facundo Cardozo
Brazil Thiago Cunha		 Japan Katsumi Yusa
Brazil Maílson Alves
Uruguay Sasha Aneff
Argentina Nicolás Vélez
Brazil Gustavo Lazzaretti
Brazil Wellington Priori
Ivory Coast Romaric
Brazil Wellington de Lima Gomes
Uruguay Emiliano Alfaro
Japan Robert Cullen		 Spain Pitu
Brazil Jonatan Lucca
Equatorial Guinea Eduardo Ferreira
Senegal Momar Ndoye
Spain Bruno
Armenia Apoula Edel
Mexico Aníbal Zurdo
Argentina Gustavo Oberman
Spain Jesús Tato
Mali Dramane Traoré
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Regular season

League table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Mumbai City 14 6 5 3 16 8 +8 23 Advance to ISL Play-offs
2 Kerala Blasters 14 6 4 4 12 14 −2 22
3 Delhi Dynamos 14 5 6 3 27 17 +10 21
4 Atlético de Kolkata (C) 14 4 8 2 16 14 +2 20
5 NorthEast United 14 5 3 6 14 14 0 18
6 Pune City 14 4 4 6 13 16 −3 16
7 Chennaiyin 14 3 6 5 20 25 −5 15
8 Goa 14 4 2 8 15 25 −10 14
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Source: Indian Super League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) play-off match
(C) Champions

Results table

More information Home \ Away, ATK ...
Home \ Away ATK CHE DEL GOA KER MUM NEU PUN
Atlético de Kolkata 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0
Chennaiyin 1–1 1–3 2–0 0–0 1–1 3–3 2–0
Delhi Dynamos 2–2 4–1 5–1 2–0 3–3 1–1 1–1
Goa 1–2 5–4 0–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–2
Kerala Blasters 0–1 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1
Mumbai City 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 5–0 1–0 0–1
NorthEast United 1–2 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–0
Pune City 2–1 1–1 4–3 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1
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Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2016. Source: Indian Super League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Main article: 2016 Indian Super League playoffs
Semi-Finals Final
        
1 Mumbai City 2 0 2
4 Atlético de Kolkata 3 0 3
4 Atlético de Kolkata 1 (4)
2 Kerala Blasters 1 (3)
2 Kerala Blasters 1 1 2 (3)
3 Delhi Dynamos 0 2 2 (0)

Season statistics

See also: List of Indian Super League records and statistics

Scoring

More information Rank, Player ...
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Hat-tricks

See also: List of Indian Super League hat-tricks
More information Player, For ...
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
Uruguay Diego ForlánMumbai CityKerala Blasters5–019 November 2016[30]
Nigeria Dudu OmagbemiChennaiyinNorthEast United3–326 November 2016[31]
Brazil MarcelinhoDelhi DynamosGoa5–127 November 2016[32]
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Assists

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Assists Ref
1 South Africa Sameehg Doutie Atlético de Kolkata 12 [33]
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Clean sheets

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 India Amrinder Singh Mumbai City 5
2 India Karanjit Singh Chennaiyin 4
India Subrata Pal NorthEast United
India Sandip Nandy Kerala Blasters
5 Spain Toni Doblas Delhi Dynamos 3
India Debjit Majumder Atlético de Kolkata
7 Brazil Roberto Volpato Mumbai City 2
India Albino Gomes Mumbai City
India Laxmikant Kattimani Goa
10 India Subhasish Roy Chowdhury Goa 1
Armenia Apoula Edel Pune City
Spain Dani Mallo Atlético de Kolkata
India Arindam Bhattacharya Pune City
Republic of Ireland Graham Stack Kerala Blasters
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Attendance

See also: Indian Super League attendance

Average home attendances

More information Team, GP ...
Team GP Cumulative High Low Mean
Kerala Blasters9444,08782,22454,57460,256
NorthEast United7187,10432,84418,67326,729
Chennaiyin7154,97625,16318,21322,139
Delhi Dynamos7135,49927,46315,11119,357
Goa7123,62719,00314,71717,661
Atlético de Kolkata893,62712,57510,58911,703
Pune City760,1179,0357,9118,588
Mumbai City859,1717,6906,1477,396
Total601,260,20754,9136,14721,003
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Highest attendances

Regular season

More information Rank, Home team ...
Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Stadium
1Kerala Blasters1-1Atlético de Kolkata82,22418 December 2016 (2016-12-18)Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
2Kerala Blasters0–1Atlético de Kolkata54,9005 October 2016 (2016-10-05)Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
3Kerala Blasters1–0NorthEast United53,7674 December 2016 (2016-12-04)Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
4Kerala Blasters3–1Chennaiyin53,15212 November 2016 (2016-11-12)Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
5Kerala Blasters2–1Pune City51,34125 November 2016 (2016-11-25)Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
6Kerala Blasters1–0Mumbai City40,01314 October 2016 (2016-10-14)Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
7Kerala Blasters2–1Goa34,1968 November 2016 (2016-11-08)Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
8NorthEast United0–1Chennaiyin32,84420 October 2016 (2016-10-20)Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
9NorthEast United1–2Atlético de Kolkata30,03328 October 2016 (2016-10-28)Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
10NorthEast United0–1Mumbai City29,9895 November 2016 (2016-11-05)Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
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Awards

Hero of the Match

More information Match, Hero of the Match ...
Match Hero of the Match Match Hero of the Match
Player Club Player Club
Match 1 Japan Katsumi Yusa NorthEast United Match 31 Romania Lucian Goian Mumbai City
Match 2 India Mehrajuddin Wadoo Chennaiyin Match 32 Mexico Aníbal Zurdo Pune City
Match 3 Argentina Matías Defederico Mumbai City Match 33 India Mehtab Hossain Kerala Blasters
Match 4 Uruguay Emiliano Alfaro NorthEast United Match 34 France Florent Malouda Delhi Dynamos
Match 5 Spain Javi Lara Atlético de Kolkata Match 35 India Eugeneson Lyngdoh Pune City
Match 6 Brazil Marcelinho Delhi Dynamos Match 36 India Laxmikant Kattimani Goa
Match 7 Hungary Krisztián Vadócz Mumbai City Match 37 India C.K. Vineeth Kerala Blasters
Match 8 Brazil Jonatan Lucca Pune City Match 38 India Milan Singh Delhi Dynamos
Match 9 India Sandesh Jhingan Kerala Blasters Match 39 Brazil Raphael Augusto Chennaiyin
Match 10 Spain Javi Lara Atlético de Kolkata Match 40 Brazil Rafael Coelho Goa
Match 11 Uruguay Emiliano Alfaro NorthEast United Match 41 Argentina Nicolás Vélez NorthEast United
Match 12 Netherlands Hans Mulder Chennaiyin Match 42 Mexico Aníbal Zurdo Pune City
Match 13 England Michael Chopra Kerala Blasters Match 43 Uruguay Diego Forlán Mumbai City
Match 14 Uruguay Emiliano Alfaro NorthEast United Match 44 Italy Davide Succi Chennaiyin
Match 15 South Africa Sameehg Doutie Atlético de Kolkata Match 45 Ivory Coast Romaric NorthEast United
Match 16 France Cédric Hengbart Kerala Blasters Match 46 Hungary Krisztián Vadócz Mumbai City
Match 17 Ghana Richard Gadze Delhi Dynamos Match 47 India Mandar Rao Desai Goa
Match 18 France Bernard Mendy Chennaiyin Match 48 Northern Ireland Aaron Hughes Kerala Blasters
Match 19 Brazil Richarlyson Goa Match 49 Nigeria Dudu Omagbemi Chennaiyin
Match 20 Canada Iain Hume Atlético de Kolkata Match 50 Brazil Marcelinho Delhi Dynamos
Match 21 India Jeje Lalpekhlua Chennaiyin Match 51 Scotland Stephen Pearson Atlético de Kolkata
Match 22 Haiti Kervens Belfort Kerala Blasters Match 52 India Seityasen Singh NorthEast United
Match 23 Romania Lucian Goian Mumbai City Match 53 Brazil Rafael Coelho Goa
Match 24 Armenia Apoula Edel Pune City Match 54 India Prabir Das Atlético de Kolkata
Match 25 Portugal Hélder Postiga Atlético de Kolkata Match 55 Brazil Gerson Vieira Mumbai City
Match 26 France Cédric Hengbart Kerala Blasters Match 56 India C.K. Vineeth Kerala Blasters
Match 27 India Anas Edathodika Delhi Dynamos Match 57 Canada Iain Hume Atlético de Kolkata
Match 28 India Jeje Lalpekhlua Chennaiyin Match 58 France Cédric Hengbart Kerala Blasters
Match 29 Brazil Richarlyson Goa Match 59 Spain Javi Lara Atlético de Kolkata
Match 30 India Anas Edathodika Delhi Dynamos Match 60 Spain Rubén Rocha Delhi Dynamos
Match 61 Portugal Henrique Sereno Atlético de Kolkata
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ISL Emerging Player of the Match

More information Match, Emerging Player of the Match ...
Match Emerging Player of the Match Match Emerging Player of the Match
Player Club Player Club
Match 1 India Holicharan Narzary NorthEast United Match 31 India Jackichand Singh Mumbai City
Match 2 India Jayesh Rane Chennaiyin Match 32 India Narayan Das Pune City
Match 3 India Lalhmangaihsanga Mumbai City Match 33 India Pratik Chowdhary Kerala Blasters
Match 4 India Robin Gurung NorthEast United Match 34 India Kean Lewis Delhi Dynamos
Match 5 India Pratik Chowdhary Kerala Blasters Match 35 India Rahul Bheke Pune City
Match 6 India Kean Lewis Delhi Dynamos Match 36 India Seityasen Singh NorthEast United
Match 7 India Sehnaj Singh Mumbai City Match 37 India Jayesh Rane Chennaiyin
Match 8 India Arata Izumi Pune City Match 38 India Lalchhawnkima Delhi Dynamos
Match 9 India Mohammed Rafique Kerala Blasters Match 39 India Jerry Lalrinzuala Chennaiyin
Match 10 India Boithang Haokip Mumbai City Match 40 India Romeo Fernandes Goa
Match 11 India Francis Fernandes Pune City Match 41 India Seityasen Singh NorthEast United
Match 12 India Jerry Lalrinzuala Chennaiyin Match 42 India Kean Lewis Delhi Dynamos
Match 13 India Aiborlang Khongjee Mumbai City Match 43 India Sehnaj Singh Mumbai City
Match 14 India Kean Lewis Delhi Dynamos Match 44 India Zakeer Mundampara Chennaiyin
Match 15 India Abhinas Ruidas Atlético de Kolkata Match 45 India Lenny Rodrigues Pune City
Match 16 India Dharmaraj Ravanan Pune City Match 46 India Sena Ralte Mumbai City
Match 17 India Chinglensana Singh Delhi Dynamos Match 47 India Abhinas Ruidas Atlético de Kolkata
Match 18 India Siam Hanghal Chennaiyin Match 48 India Sandesh Jhingan Kerala Blasters
Match 19 India Raju Gaikwad Goa Match 49 India Siam Hanghal Chennaiyin
Match 20 India Prabir Das Atlético de Kolkata Match 50 India Sahil Tavora Goa
Match 21 India Narayan Das Pune City Match 51 India Abhinas Ruidas Atlético de Kolkata
Match 22 India Keenan Almeida Goa Match 52 India Robin Gurung NorthEast United
Match 23 India Sena Ralte Mumbai City Match 53 India Jerry Lalrinzuala Chennaiyin
Match 24 India Milan Singh Delhi Dynamos Match 54 India Bidyananda Singh Atlético de Kolkata
Match 25 India Lalrindika Ralte Atlético de Kolkata Match 55 India Udanta Singh Mumbai City
Match 26 India Jerry Lalrinzuala Chennaiyin Match 56 India Seityasen Singh NorthEast United
Match 27 India Chinglensana Singh Delhi Dynamos Match 57 India Lalrindika Ralte Atlético de Kolkata
Match 28 India Lalhmangaihsanga Mumbai City Match 58 India Souvik Chakraborty Delhi Dynamos
Match 29 India Rahul Bheke Pune City Match 59 India Pritam Kotal Atlético de Kolkata
Match 30 India Souvik Chakraborty Delhi Dynamos Match 60 India Lalchhawnkima Delhi Dynamos
Match 61 India Lalrindika Ralte Atlético de Kolkata
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ISL Player of the Week award

Awarded weekly to the player that was chosen by fan voting on google.co.in

More information Week, Player ...
Week Player Club Votes
1 India Subrata Pal NorthEast United 28.16%[34]
2 England Michael Chopra Kerala Blasters 45.09%[35]
3 France Cédric Hengbart Kerala Blasters 82.04%[36]
4 Haiti Kervens Belfort Kerala Blasters 86.95%[37]
5 India Anas Edathodika Delhi Dynamos 59.63%[38]
6 India Mehtab Hossain Kerala Blasters 82.87%[39]
7 India C.K. Vineeth Kerala Blasters 81.40%[40]
8 Northern Ireland Aaron Hughes Kerala Blasters 89.20%[41]
9 Brazil Marcelinho Delhi Dynamos 40.86%[42]
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ISL Team of the Season

More information Position, Player ...
Position Player Club[43]
GK India Subrata Pal NorthEast United
RB India Souvik Chakraborty Delhi Dynamos
CB Romania Lucian Goian Mumbai City
CB France Cédric Hengbart Kerala Blasters
LB India Sena Ralte Mumbai City
LM France Florent Malouda Delhi Dynamos
CM Spain Javi Lara Atlético de Kolkata
RM India C.K. Vineeth Kerala Blasters
LW Brazil Marcelinho Delhi Dynamos
RW India Kean Lewis Delhi Dynamos
ST Canada Iain Hume Atlético de Kolkata
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End-of-season awards

More information Award, Player ...
Award Player Club
Hero of the League France Florent Malouda Delhi Dynamos
Emerging Player of the League India Jerry Lalrinzuala Chennaiyin
Golden Glove India Amrinder Singh Mumbai City
Winning Pass Award South Africa Sameehg Doutie Atletico de Kolkata
Swift Golden Boot Brazil Marcelinho Delhi Dynamos
Fittest Player of the League Spain Borja Fernández Atletico de Kolkata
Fair Play Award
Chennaiyin
Best Pitch of the Season
NorthEast United
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