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{{Infobox football match
| title = 2016 Indian Super League Final
| image = [[File: Jewharlal Nehru Stadium Kochi ISL 2016 Final.jpg|270px]]
| caption = The [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]],before the final
| event = {{nobreak|[[2016 Indian Super League season]]}}
| team1 = [[Kerala Blasters FC|Kerala Blasters]]
| team1association = {{fbaicon|IND|size=30px}}
| team1score = 1
| team2 = [[ATK (football club)|ATK]]
| team2association = {{fbaicon|IND|size=30px}}
| team2score = 1
| details = ATK won 4–3 on penalties {{pso}}
| date = 18 December 2016
| stadium = [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]]
| city = [[Kochi]], [[Kerala]]
| man_of_the_match1a = [[Henrique Sereno]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Raja scores winning penalty to make ATK two-time champions|url=http://www.indiansuperleague.com/news/5470-raja-scores-winning-penalty-to-make-atk-two-time-champions|access-date=19 December 2016|work=Indian Super League|date=18 December 2016}}</ref>
| man_of_the_match1atitle =
| man_of_the_match1b =
| man_of_the_match1btitle =
| referee = [[Alireza Faghani]] ([[Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran|Iran]])
| attendance = 82,324
| weather =
| previous = [[2015 Indian Super League Final|2015]]
| next = [[2018 Indian Super League Final|2018]]
}}
The '''2016 Indian Super League Final''' was a [[association football|football]] match between [[ATK (football club)|ATK]] and [[Kerala Blasters FC|Kerala Blasters]] on 18 December 2016 at the [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]] in [[Kochi]], [[Kerala]]. It was the final match of the [[2016 Indian Super League season]], the third season of the [[Indian Super League]].[https://www.goal.com/en-india/news/7083/isl/2016/12/17/30538982/indian-super-league-2016-final-kerala-blasters-vs-atletico] The match was the second time these two teams played against each other in the Indian Super League final, the previous one was when both sides met in the inaugural [[2014 Indian Super League Final|2014 final]]. ATK won that final 1–0.

Kerala Blasters reached the [[2016 Indian Super League finals|finals]] after finishing the regular season in second place. ATK finished their regular season in fourth place. In the semi-finals, Kerala Blasters took on the [[Delhi Dynamos FC|Delhi Dynamos]] while ATK played against [[Mumbai City FC|Mumbai City]]. ATK hosted Mumbai City in the first match of the finals at the [[Rabindra Sarobar Stadium]]. Helped by a brace from [[Iain Hume]], ATK won the first leg 3–2. The team then secured their place in the final after a 0–0 draw in Mumbai. The Kerala Blasters hosted [[Delhi Dynamos FC|Delhi Dynamos]] in their first match of the finals at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and won 1–0. In the second leg, the Blasters were defeated 2–1 and thus the score remaining 3–3 on aggregate the match went to a penalty shootout as away goal rule was not applicable in case of [[Indian Super League]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/city/goa/ISL-does-away-with-away-goal-rule/articleshow/45499293.cms|title=ISL does away with away goal rule|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-11-18}}</ref> The Kerala Blasters won the shootout 3–0 to qualify for the final.

Watched by a crowd of 82,324, the Kerala Blasters took the lead in the 37th minute through [[Mohammed Rafi (footballer)|Mohammed Rafi]]. The Kerala Blasters lead only lasted for seven minutes before [[Henrique Sereno]] equalized for ATK. At halftime the score was 1–1. The second half did not see any goals scored and thus the match went into [[Overtime (sports)|extra-time]]. The first half of extra-time was goalless and so was the second half. With the score still remaining1–1 after extra-time, the match went into penalties.[http://www.espn.in/soccer/report?gameId=469480]

Penalty shoot out drama saw [[Graham Stack (footballer)|Graham Stack]] saving the first shot for ATK which gave a temporary lead for Kerala but Ndyoe blasted the ball over the bar and finally [[Cédric Hengbart]] saw his shot getting saved by the trailing leg of ATK keeper [[Debjit Majumder]], ATK won the shoot-out 4–3 as [[Jewel Raja]] scored the winning penalty and they won the Indian Super League Final for the second time in three seasons.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espn.in/soccer/report?gameId=469480|title=Kerala Blasters FC vs. ATK - Football Match Report - December 18, 2016|website=ESPN|language=en|access-date=2018-11-18}}</ref>



==Match==
<onlyinclude>{{football box
| date = 18 December
| time = 19:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| team1 = [[Kerala Blasters FC|Kerala Blasters]]
| score = 1–1
| aet = yes
| report = [http://www.indiansuperleague.com/news/5470-raja-scores-winning-penalty-to-make-atk-two-time-champions Report]
| team2 = [[ATK (football club)|ATK]]
| goals1 = [[Mohammed Rafi (footballer)|Rafi]] {{goal|37}}
| goals2 = [[Henrique Sereno|Sereno]] {{goal|44}}
| stadium = [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]], [[Kochi]]
| attendance = 82,324
| referee = [[Alireza Faghani]] ([[Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran|Iran]])
| penalties1 = [[Antonio German|German]] {{pengoal}} [[Kervens Belfort|Belfort]] {{pengoal}} [[Elhadji Ndoye|Ndoye]] {{penmiss}} [[Mohammed Rafique (footballer)|Rafique]] {{pengoal}} [[Cédric Hengbart|Hengbart]] {{penmiss}}
| penaltyscore = 3–4
| penalties2 = {{penmiss}} [[Iain Hume|Hume]] {{pengoal}} [[Sameehg Doutie|Doutie]] {{pengoal}} [[Borja Fernández (footballer, born 1981)|Fernández]] {{pengoal}} [[Javi Lara|Lara]] {{pengoal}} [[Jewel Raja|Raja]]
| event =
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}}</onlyinclude>

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|-
|{{Football kit
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| pattern_ra =
| pattern_sh =
| pattern_so =
| leftarm = FFFF00
| body = FFFF00
| rightarm = FFFF00
| shorts = 0000FF
| socks = 0000FF
| title = Kerala Blasters
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|{{Football kit
| pattern_la = _atk15h
| pattern_b = _atk15home
| pattern_ra = _atk15h
| pattern_sh =_atk15h
| pattern_so = _atk15h
| leftarm = FFFFFF
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| shorts =
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|}

{| style="width:100%;"
|-
| style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
|colspan="4"|
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK ||'''1'''||{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Graham Stack (footballer)|Graham Stack]]
|-
|RB ||'''21''' ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sandesh Jhingan]] || {{yel|100}}
|-
|CB ||'''6''' ||{{flagicon|NIR}} [[Aaron Hughes]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]]) || || {{suboff|36}}
|-
|CB ||'''5'''||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Cédric Hengbart]] || {{yel|119}}
|-
|LB ||'''11''' ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Ishfaq Ahmed]] || {{yel|93}}
|-
|RM ||'''13''' ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[C.K. Vineeth]]
|-
|CM ||'''14''' ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Mehtab Hossain]]
|-
|CM ||'''88'''||{{flagicon|CHA}} [[Azrack Mahamat]]
|-
|LM ||'''20'''||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Mohammed Rafi (footballer)|Mohammed Rafi]] || || {{suboff|77}}
|-
|SS ||'''9''' ||{{flagicon|HAI}} [[Kervens Belfort]]
|-
|CF ||'''78'''||{{flagicon|HAI}} [[Duckens Nazon]] || || {{suboff|77}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|GK ||'''24''' ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sandip Nandy]]
|-
|DF ||'''19''' ||{{flagicon|SEN}} [[Elhadji Ndoye]] || || {{subon|36}}
|-
|FW ||'''7'''||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Mohammed Rafique (footballer)|Mohammed Rafique]] || || {{subon|77}}
|-
|FW ||'''10''' ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Antonio German]] || || {{subon|77}}
|-
|MF ||'''2'''||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Pratik Chowdhary]]
|-
|MF ||'''8'''||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Vinit Rai]]
|-
|FW ||'''12'''||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Thongkhosiem Haokip]]
|-
|MF ||'''16'''||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Gurwinder Singh]]
|-
|MF ||'''27'''||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Michael Chopra]]
|-
|FW ||'''31'''||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Rino Anto]]
|-
|MF ||'''57'''||{{flagicon|CIV}} [[Didier Kadio]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=4|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Steve Coppell]]
|}
|valign="top"|
| style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size:90%; margin:auto;"
|-
|colspan="4"|
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK ||'''24'''||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Debjit Majumder]]
|-
|RB ||'''12''' ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Pritam Kotal]] || {{yel|100}}
|-
|CB ||'''2''' ||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Henrique Sereno]] || || {{suboff|95}}
|-
|CB ||'''4'''||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Tiri (footballer)|Tiri]]
|-
|LB ||'''80''' ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Keegan Pereira (footballer)|Keegan Pereira]] || || {{suboff|43}}
|-
|RM ||'''11''' ||{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Sameehg Doutie]]
|-
|CM ||'''10''' ||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Borja Fernández (footballer, born 1981)|Borja Fernández]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]]) || {{yel|25}}
|-
|CM ||'''8'''||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Jewel Raja]]
|-
|LM ||'''20'''||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Lalrindika Ralte]]
|-
|SS ||'''9''' ||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Hélder Postiga]] || || {{suboff|67}}
|-
|CF ||'''7'''||{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Iain Hume]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|GK ||'''14''' ||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Dani Mallo]]
|-
|GK ||'''22'''||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Shilton Paul]]
|-
|DF ||'''33''' ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Prabir Das]] || || {{subon|43}}
|-
|MF ||'''15'''||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Javi Lara]] || || {{subon|67}}
|-
|MF ||'''23''' ||{{flagicon|BOT}} [[Ofentse Nato]] || || {{subon|95}}
|-
|DF ||'''6'''||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Kingshuk Debnath]]
|-
|MF ||'''13'''||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Bikramjit Singh]]
|-
|MF ||'''17'''||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Bidyananda Singh]]
|-
|MF ||'''25'''||{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Stephen Pearson]]
|-
|MF ||'''34'''||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Abhinas Ruidas]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=4|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[José Francisco Molina]]
|}
|}
{| style="width:100%; font-size:90%;"
|-
| style="width:50%; vertical-align:top;"|
'''Hero of the match'''
*[[Henrique Sereno]] (ATK)
'''Emerging player of the match'''
*[[Lalrindika Ralte]] (ATK)

| style="width:50%; vertical-align:top;"|
'''Match rules'''
*90 minutes.
*30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
*Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
*Seven named substitutes.
*Maximum of three substitutions.
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Indian Super League}}
{{2016–17 in Indian football}}
{{Kerala Blasters FC}}
{{Atlético de Kolkata}}

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[[Category:Indian Super League finals|2016]]
[[Category:2016 Indian Super League season|Final]]
[[Category:2016–17 in Indian football]]
[[Category:December 2016 sports events in India]]
[[Category:Kerala Blasters FC matches]]
[[Category:ATK (football club) matches]]
[[Category:Association football penalty shoot-outs|Indian Super League Final 2016]]

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