2015 Indian Super League season


The 2015 Hero Indian Super League was the 2nd season of the Indian Super League, a professional football league played in India since 2014. The season features eight teams. The regular season kicked off on 3 October and ended on 6 December, while the finals began on 11 December, which will conclude with the final match on 20 December. The defending champions Atlético de Kolkata were eliminated in the semi-finals by Chennaiyin FC. The final was played between Goa and Chennaiyin on 20 December 2015 at the Fatorda Stadium in Goa. Chennayin were crowned as champions defeating Goa 3-2 in the final.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

TeamHead coachCaptainsKit manufactureShirt sponsors
Atlético de Kolkata Antonio López Habas Borja FernandezNiviaBirla Tyres
Chennaiyin Marco Materazzi Elano BlumerTYKAOzone Group
Delhi Dynamos Roberto Carlos Hans MulderPumaEKANA Sportz City
Goa Zico LúcioAdidasPrime Markets
Kerala Blasters Terry Phelan Peter RamagePumaMuthoot Group
Mumbai City Nicolas Anelka Frantz BertinPumaACE Group
NorthEast United César Farías Cédric HengbartPerformaxHTC
Pune City David Platt Didier ZokoraAdidasFair and Handsome

Head coaching changes

Roster changes

Marquee players

TeamMarquee
Hélder Postiga
Elano
Roberto Carlos
Lúcio
Carlos Marchena
Nicolas Anelka
Simão Sabrosa
Adrian Mutu

Foreign players

Besides the marquee player, each Indian Super League side must sign at least eight foreign players with the maximum capped at 10.
Atlético de Kolkata Chennaiyin Delhi Dynamos Goa
Dejan Lekić
Ofentse Nato
Borja Fernández
Iain Hume
Jaime Gavilán
Tiri
Sameehg Doutie
Juan Calatayud
Valdo
Jorge Alonso
Bernard Mendy
Bruno Pelissari
Fikru Teferra
Apoula Edel
Éder
Raphael Augusto
Mailson Alves
Manuele Blasi
Alessandro Potenza
Stiven Mendoza
Hans Mulder
Gustavo Marmentini
Chicão
Florent Malouda
John Arne Riise
Adil Nabi
Toni Doblas
Richard Gadze
Serginho Greene
Vinícius
Grégory Arnolin
Elinton Andrade
Reinaldo
Jofre
Leo Moura
Jonatan Lucca
Dudu Omagbemi
Luciano Sabrosa
Rafael Coelho
Kerala Blasters Mumbai City NorthEast United Pune City
Pulga
Chris Dagnall
João Coimbra
Bruno Perone
Rodrigo Arroz
Peter Ramage
Antonio German
Josu
Marcus Williams
Stephen Bywater
Darren O'Dea
Juan Aguilera
Sony Norde
Pavel Čmovš
Selim Benachour
Frantz Bertin
Cristian Bustos
Frédéric Piquionne
Aitor
Cédric Hengbart
Bruno
Silas
Diomansy Kamara
Nicolás Vélez
Gennaro Bracigliano
Francis Dadzie
André Bikey
Carlos Javier López
Victor Mendy
Yendrick Ruiz
Steve Simonsen
Nicky Shorey
Didier Zokora
James Bailey
Tuncay
Roger Johnson
Diego Colotto
Kalu Uche
Wesley Verhoek

League table

Playoffs

Bracket

Statistics

Top scorers

Top Indian scorers

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Stiven MendozaChennaiyinGoa4–011 October 2015
Sunil ChhetriMumbai CityNorthEast United5–128 October 2015
Iain HumeAtlético de KolkataMumbai City4–11 November 2015
Dudu OmagbemiGoaMumbai City7–017 November 2015
Thongkhosiem HaokipGoaMumbai City7–017 November 2015
Stiven MendozaChennaiyinKerala Blasters4–121 November 2015
Iain HumeAtlético de KolkataPune City4–127 November 2015
ReinaldoGoaKerala Blasters5–129 November 2015

Clean Sheets

Attendance

Average home attendances

"Change" refers to change in figures wrt previous edition of the tournament.

Highest attendances

RankHome teamScoreAway teamAttendanceDateStadium
1Atlético de Kolkata2 - 1Chennaiyin68,340Salt Lake Stadium
2Kerala Blasters0 - 1Delhi Dynamos62,087Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
3Kerala Blasters0 - 0Mumbai City61,483Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
4Atlético de Kolkata2 - 3Mumbai City FC61,276Salt Lake Stadium
5Atlético de Kolkata2 - 1Kerala Blasters61,237Salt Lake Stadium
6Kerala Blasters2 - 3Atlético de Kolkata60,251Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
7Kerala Blasters3 - 1NorthEast United60,017Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
8Atlético de Kolkata4 - 0Goa51,047Salt Lake Stadium
9Atlético de Kolkata4 - 1Pune City48,721Salt Lake Stadium
10Kerala Blasters1 - 1Chennaiyin47,852Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Source:Official club websites and .

Awards

Hero of the Match

ISL Emerging Player of the Match

End of season awards