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2016 Indian Super League
2016 Indian Super League is the third season of football in India.

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2016 Indian Super League2016 Indian Super League is the third season of the Indian football, featuring eight teams. Indian Super league was established in 2013. 2016 Indian Super League season is the third season of the Indian Super League, the football league, since its establishment in 2013.

Teams in 2016 Indian Super League
2016 Indian Super League featured eight teams again, each playing 14 matches during the regular season before the finals. The regular season of 2016 Indian Super League began on 1st October and ended on 4th December. The finals of 2016 Indian Super League began on 10th December and concluded with the final on 18th December. The defending champions of 2016 Indian Super League coming into the season were Chennaiyin FC. At the end of the season, Atlético de Kolkata came out as 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.

Delhi Dynamos Football Club
Delhi Dynamos Football Club is an Indian professional football franchise based in Delhi which competes in the Indian Super League.

Northeast-United Football Club
2016 Indian Super LeagueNortheast United Football Club is an Indian professional football franchise based in Guwahati, Assam. It competes in the Indian Super League.

Mumbai City Football Club
Mumbai City Football Club was launched in August 2014 during the ISL`s inaugural season. The team is co-owned by Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor and Bimal Parekh, a Chartered Accountant.

Atletico de Kolkata
Atletico de Kolkata is an Indian Super League football franchise based in Kolkata, West Bengal.

FC Pune City
Rajesh Wadhawan Group owns FC Pune City and the co-owners are Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan and Italian football club ACF Fiorentina.

Football Club Goa
FC Goa is an Indian professional football franchise based in Goa that competes in the Indian Super League. It represents Goa, the only state or union territory to declare football as its official sport.

Chennaiyin Football Club
Chennaiyin Football Club is an Indian professional football franchise based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu which competes in the Indian Super League.

Kerala Blasters Football Club
Kerala Blasters Football Club is an Indian professional football team based in Kochi. The team`s home stadium is currently the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi.


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