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{{Infobox company
| name = Football Sports Development Limited
| logo = official FSDL logo.png
| industry = Sports<br>Sports services
| founded = 2014
| founder = [[IMG (company)|IMG]]<br/>[[Reliance Industries]]
| hq_location_city = [[Mumbai]]
| key_people = [[Nita Ambani]] (Chairwoman)<br/>[[Martin Bain]] (CEO)
| parent =
| website =
| intl =
}}
'''Football Sports Development Limited''' is an Indian company established to operate the [[Indian Super League]], the top tier [[association football|football]] league in India. The company is run as a subsidiary to [[Reliance Industries|Reliance]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bali|first1=Rahul|title=ISL’s success depends on the teams – Anupam Dutta|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/7083/isl/2014/08/21/5050435/isls-success-depends-on-the-teams-anupam-dutta|access-date=23 June 2015|work=Goal.com|date=21 August 2014}}</ref> The company is the commercial partner of [[All India Football Federation]].<ref name="IMG Deal 2010">{{cite web|title=AIFF signs 700-crore deal with IMG-RIL|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/AIFF-signs-700-crore-deal-with-IMG-RIL/articleshow/7072492.cms?referral=PM|website=Times of India|access-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140530143649/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/AIFF-signs-700-crore-deal-with-IMG-RIL/articleshow/7072492.cms?referral=PM|archive-date=30 May 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Indian Super League==
{{Main|Indian Super League}}

On 9 December 2010, it was announced that the [[All India Football Federation]] had signed a 15-year, 700-crore deal with [[Reliance Industries]] and the [[IMG (company)|International Management Group]].<ref name="IMG Deal 2010">{{cite web|title=AIFF signs 700-crore deal with IMG-RIL|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/AIFF-signs-700-crore-deal-with-IMG-RIL/articleshow/7072492.cms?referral=PM|website=Times of India|access-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140530143649/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/AIFF-signs-700-crore-deal-with-IMG-RIL/articleshow/7072492.cms?referral=PM|archive-date=30 May 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> in that deal they agreed to form a new professional league for the development of [[Football in India|Indian football]]

The [[Indian Super League]] was founded in October 2013 by [[IMG (company)|IMG]]–[[Reliance Industries|Reliance]], along with [[All India Football Federation]] and [[Star Sports (Indian TV network)|STAR Sports]].<ref name=Founded>{{cite web|title=Reliance, IMG Worldwide, and STAR India Launch Indian Super League for Football|url=http://img.com/news/news/2013/october/reliance,-img-worldwide-and-star-india,-launch-%60in.aspx|website=IMG|access-date=23 June 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008194259/http://img.com/news/news/2013/october/reliance%2C-img-worldwide-and-star-india%2C-launch-%60in.aspx|archive-date=8 October 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The goal of the league was to make football a top sport in India.<ref name=Founded/> The league was modelled along the lines of the popular [[Twenty20]] cricket league, the [[Indian Premier League]], and [[Major League Soccer]] of the [[United States]]. The league started in October 2014 with eight teams and ended in December 2014 with [[Atlético de Kolkata]] coming out as inaugural champions.<ref>{{cite news|title=ISL: Atletico de Kolkata beat Kerala Blasters 1-0 to win title|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/indian-super-league/top-stories/ISL-Atletico-de-Kolkata-beat-Kerala-Blasters-1-0-to-win-title/articleshow/45588313.cms|access-date=23 June 2015|work=Times of India|date=20 December 2014}}</ref>

The league saw stars such as [[Roberto Carlos]],
[[Tim Cahill]], [[Asamoah Gyan]] , [[Robert Pires]], [[Nicolas Anelka]], [[David Trezeguet]], [[Alessandro Del Piero]], [[David James (footballer)|David James]], [[Elano]] , [[Diego Forlán]] and [[Luis García (footballer, born 1978)|Luis García]] come to India.<ref name="Club by Club">{{cite news|last1=Crocker|first1=Sam|title=Indian Super League: club-by-club guide to the inaugural season|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/oct/08/indian-super-league-club-by-club-guide|access-date=23 June 2015|work=The Guardian|date=7 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/indian-super-league/wanted-to-continue-with-mumbai-city-fc-diego-forlan/articleshow/71487076.cms|title=Wanted to continue with Mumbai City FC: Diego Forlan}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[IMG (company)|International Management Group]]
* [[Reliance Industries]]

==References==
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{{Indian Super League}}

[[Category:Indian Super League]]
[[Category:Reliance Sports]]
[[Category:2014 establishments in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Indian companies established in 2014]]
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