2015 Indian Super League

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The 2015 Hero Indian Super League was the second season of the Indian Super League, a professional football league played in India since 2014. The season featured 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.^[1] 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.^[2]^[3]

Teams

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Stadiums and locations

Team	City/State	Stadium	Capacity
Atlético de Kolkata	Kolkata, West Bengal	Salt Lake Stadium	Template:Nts
Chennaiyin	Chennai, Tamil Nadu	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	Template:Nts
Delhi Dynamos	Delhi	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	Template:Nts
Goa	Margao, Goa	Fatorda Stadium	Template:Nts
Kerala Blasters	Kochi, Kerala	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	Template:Nts
Mumbai City	Mumbai, Maharashtra	DY Patil Stadium	Template:Nts
NorthEast United	Guwahati, Assam	Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium	Template:Nts
Pune City	Pune, Maharashtra	Balewadi Stadium	Template:Nts

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captains	Kit manufacture	Shirt sponsors
Atlético de Kolkata	Template:Flagicon Antonio López Habas	Template:Flagicon Borja Fernandez	Nivia	Birla Tyres
Chennaiyin	Template:Flagicon Marco Materazzi	Template:Flagicon Elano Blumer	TYKA	Ozone Group
Delhi Dynamos	Template:Flagicon Roberto Carlos	Template:Flagicon Hans Mulder	Puma	EKANA Sportz City
Goa	Template:Flagicon Zico	Template:Flagicon Lúcio	Adidas	Prime Markets
Kerala Blasters	Template:Flagicon Terry Phelan	Template:Flagicon Peter Ramage	Puma	Muthoot Group
Mumbai City	Template:Flagicon Nicolas Anelka	Template:Flagicon Frantz Bertin	Puma	ACE Group
NorthEast United	Template:Flagicon César Farías	Template:Flagicon Cédric Hengbart	Performax	HTC
Pune City	Template:Flagicon David Platt	Template:Flagicon Didier Zokora	Adidas	Fair and Handsome

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Kerala Blasters	Template:Sort	Contract finished	20 December 2014	Pre-Season	Template:Sort	9 May 2015^[4]
Pune City	Template:Sort	Contract finished	20 December 2014		Template:Sort	27 May 2015^[5]
NorthEast United	Template:Sort	Contract finished	20 December 2014		Template:Sort	1 July 2015^[6]
Mumbai City	Template:Sort	Contract finished	20 December 2014		Template:Sort	3 July 2015^[7]
Delhi Dynamos	Template:Sort	Contract finished	20 December 2014		Template:Sort	5 July 2015^[8]
Kerala Blasters	Template:Sort	Mutual consent	27 October 2015	8th	Template:Sort	27 October 2015^[9]
Kerala Blasters	Template:Sort	Interim manager	1 November 2015	8th	Template:Sort	1 November 2015^[10]

Roster changes

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Marquee players

Team	Marquee
Template:Nobreak	Template:Flagicon Hélder Postiga^[11]
Template:Nobreak	Template:Flagicon Elano^[12]
Template:Nobreak	Template:Flagicon Roberto Carlos
Template:Nobreak	Template:Flagicon Lúcio^[13]
Template:Nobreak	Template:Flagicon Carlos Marchena^[14]
Template:Nobreak	Template:Flagicon Nicolas Anelka^[15]
Template:Nobreak	Template:Flagicon Simão Sabrosa^[16]
Template:Nobreak	Template:Flagicon Adrian Mutu^[17]

Foreign players

Besides the marquee player, each Indian Super League side must sign at least eight foreign players with the maximum capped at 10.^[18]

Atlético de Kolkata (10)	Chennaiyin (10)	Delhi Dynamos (10)	Goa (9)
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Kerala Blasters (10)	Mumbai City (9)	NorthEast United (10)	Pune City (10)
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Regular season

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Playoffs

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Bracket

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Statistics

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Source: Indian Super League website

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Scoring

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Template:Flagicon Stiven Mendoza	Chennaiyin	13
2	Template:Flagicon Iain Hume	Atlético de Kolkata	11
3	Template:Flagicon Reinaldo	Goa	7
3	Template:Flagicon Sunil Chhetri	Mumbai City	7
5	Template:Flagicon Antonio German	Kerala Blasters	6
	Template:Flagicon Chris Dagnall	Kerala Blasters
	Template:Flagicon Jeje Lalpekhlua	Chennaiyin
8	Template:Flagicon Nicolás Vélez	NorthEast United	5
8	Template:Flagicon Arata Izumi	Atlético de Kolkata	5

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Top Indian scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Sunil Chhetri	Mumbai City	7
2	Jeje Lalpekhlua	Chennaiyin	6
3	Arata Izumi	Atlético de Kolkata	5
4	Robin Singh	Delhi Dynamos	4
	Thongkhosiem Haokip	Goa
	Mohammed Rafi	Kerala Blasters
7	Mandar Rao Desai	Goa	3
8	Eugeneson Lyngdoh	Pune City	2
8	Romeo Fernandes	Goa	2

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Hat-tricks

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Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Template:Flagicon Stiven Mendoza	Chennaiyin	Goa	4–0	11 October 2015
Template:Flagicon Sunil Chhetri	Mumbai City	NorthEast United	5–1	28 October 2015
Template:Flagicon Iain Hume	Atlético de Kolkata	Mumbai City	4–1	1 November 2015
Template:Flagicon Dudu Omagbemi	Goa	Mumbai City	7–0	17 November 2015
Template:Flagicon Thongkhosiem Haokip	Goa	Mumbai City	7–0	17 November 2015
Template:Flagicon Stiven Mendoza	Chennaiyin	Kerala Blasters	4–1	21 November 2015
Template:Flagicon Iain Hume	Atlético de Kolkata	Pune City	4–1	27 November 2015
Template:Flagicon Reinaldo	Goa	Kerala Blasters	5–1	29 November 2015

Assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists	Ref
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Clean Sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Template:Flagicon Apoula Edel	Chennaiyin	6
2	Template:Flagicon Rehenesh TP	NorthEast United	4
3	Template:Flagicon Subrata Pal	Mumbai City	3
	Template:Flagicon Toni Doblas	Delhi Dynamos
	Template:Flagicon Laxmikant Kattimani	Goa
6	Template:Flagicon Steve Simonsen	Pune City	2
6	Template:Flagicon Stephen Bywater	Kerala Blasters	2
8	Template:Flagicon Sanjiban Ghosh	Delhi Dynamos	1
	Template:Flagicon Elinton Andrade	Goa
	Template:Flagicon Debjit Majumder	Mumbai City
	Template:Flagicon Amrinder Singh	Atlético de Kolkata

Attendance

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Source: Indian Super League website

Average home attendances

Note: Table lists in order of average attendance.

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Highest attendances

Rank	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance	Date	Stadium
1	Atlético de Kolkata	2 – 1	Chennaiyin	68,340	Template:Start date	Salt Lake Stadium
2	Kerala Blasters	0 – 1	Delhi Dynamos	62,087	Template:Start date	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)
3	Kerala Blasters	0 – 0	Mumbai City	61,483	Template:Start date	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)
4	Atlético de Kolkata	2 – 3	Mumbai City	61,276	Template:Start date	Salt Lake Stadium
5	Atlético de Kolkata	2 – 1	Kerala Blasters	61,237	Template:Start date	Salt Lake Stadium
6	Kerala Blasters	2 – 3	Atlético de Kolkata	60,251	Template:Start date	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)
7	Kerala Blasters	3 – 1	NorthEast United	60,017	Template:Start date	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)
8	Atlético de Kolkata	4 – 0	Goa	51,047	Template:Start date	Salt Lake Stadium
9	Atlético de Kolkata	4 – 1	Pune City	48,721	Template:Start date	Salt Lake Stadium
10	Kerala Blasters	1 – 1	Chennaiyin	47,852	Template:Start date	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)

Source:Official club websites and Indian Super League.

Awards

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Source: Indian Super League website

Hero of the Match

Match	Hero of the Match		Match	Hero of the Match
Match	Player	Club	Match	Player	Club
Match 1	Template:Flagicon Hélder Postiga	Atlético de Kolkata	Match 31	Template:Flagicon Frédéric Piquionne	Mumbai City
Match 2	Template:Flagicon Mandar Rao Desai	Goa	Match 32	Template:Flagicon André Bikey	NorthEast United
Match 3	Template:Flagicon Tuncay	Pune City	Match 33	Template:Flagicon Lúcio	Goa
Match 4	Template:Flagicon Josu	Kerala Blasters	Match 34	Template:Flagicon Antonio German	Kerala Blasters
Match 5	Template:Flagicon Arata Izumi	Atlético de Kolkata	Match 35	Template:Flagicon Rehenesh TP	NorthEast United
Match 6	Template:Flagicon John Arne Riise	Delhi Dynamos	Match 36	Template:Flagicon Didier Zokora	Pune City
Match 7	Template:Flagicon Roger Johnson	Pune City	Match 37	Template:Flagicon Robin Singh	Delhi Dynamos
Match 8	Template:Flagicon Subhash Singh	Mumbai City	Match 38	Template:Flagicon Cavin Lobo	Kerala Blasters
Match 9	Template:Flagicon Stiven Mendoza	Chennaiyin	Match 39	Template:Flagicon Dudu Omagbemi	Goa
Match 10	Template:Flagicon Javi Lara	Atlético de Kolkata	Match 40	Template:Flagicon Sameehg Doutie	Atlético de Kolkata
Match 11	Template:Flagicon Florent Malouda	Delhi Dynamos	Match 41	Template:Flagicon Chicão	Delhi Dynamos
Match 12	Template:Flagicon Jofre	Goa	Match 42	Template:Flagicon Diomansy Kamara	NorthEast United
Match 13	Template:Flagicon Stiven Mendoza	Chennaiyin	Match 43	Template:Flagicon Stiven Mendoza	Chennaiyin
Match 14	Template:Flagicon Tuncay	Pune City	Match 44	Template:Flagicon Sameehg Doutie	Atlético de Kolkata
Match 15	Template:Flagicon Sandesh Jhingan	Kerala Blasters	Match 45	Template:Flagicon Bernard Mendy	Chennaiyin
Match 16	Template:Flagicon Apoula Edel	Chennaiyin	Match 46	Template:Flagicon Leo Moura	Goa
Match 17	Template:Flagicon Sunil Chhetri	Mumbai City	Match 47	Template:Flagicon Juan Aguilera	Mumbai City
Match 18	Template:Flagicon Leo Moura	Goa	Match 48	Template:Flagicon Iain Hume	Atlético de Kolkata
Match 19	Template:Flagicon Nicolás Vélez	NorthEast United	Match 49	Template:Flagicon Gustavo Marmentini	Delhi Dynamos
Match 20	Template:Flagicon Bernard Mendy	Chennaiyin	Match 50	Template:Flagicon Reinaldo	Goa
Match 21	Template:Flagicon Sunil Chhetri	Mumbai City	Match 51	Template:Flagicon Bernard Mendy	Chennaiyin
Match 22	Template:Flagicon Nicky Shorey	Pune City	Match 52	Template:Flagicon Nicolás Vélez	NorthEast United
Match 23	Template:Flagicon Sunil Chhetri	Mumbai City	Match 53	Template:Flagicon Chris Dagnall	Kerala Blasters
Match 24	Template:Flagicon Anas Edathodika	Delhi Dynamos	Match 54	Template:Flagicon Selim Benachour	Mumbai City
Match 25	Template:Flagicon Mandar Rao Desai	Goa	Match 55	Template:Flagicon Apoula Edel	Chennaiyin
Match 26	Template:Flagicon Chris Dagnall	Kerala Blasters	Match 56	Template:Flagicon Romeo Fernandes	Goa
Match 27	Template:Flagicon Iain Hume	Atlético de Kolkata	Match 57	Template:Flagicon Gustavo Marmentini	Delhi Dynamos
Match 28	Template:Flagicon John Arne Riise	Delhi Dynamos	Match 58	Template:Flagicon Stiven Mendoza	Chennaiyin
Match 29	Template:Flagicon Sanchez Watt	Kerala Blasters	Match 59	Template:Flagicon Dudu Omagbemi	Goa
Match 30	Template:Flagicon Leo Moura	Goa	Match 60	Template:Flagicon Apoula Edel	Chennaiyin
			Match 61	Template:Flagicon Jofre	Goa

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ISL Emerging Player of the Match

Match	ISL Emerging Player of the Match		Match	ISL Emerging Player of the Match
Match	Player	Club	Match	Player	Club
Match 1	Template:Flagicon Jeje Lalpekhlua	Chennaiyin	Match 31	Template:Flagicon Zodingliana Ralte	Delhi Dynamos
Match 2	Template:Flagicon Sanjiban Ghosh	Delhi Dynamos	Match 32	Template:Flagicon Mohammed Rafique	Atlético de Kolkata
Match 3	Template:Flagicon Israil Gurung	Pune City	Match 33	Template:Flagicon Eugeneson Lyngdoh	Pune City
Match 4	Template:Flagicon Mohammed Rafi	Kerala Blasters	Match 34	Template:Flagicon Rino Anto	Atlético de Kolkata
Match 5	Template:Flagicon Keenan Almeida	Goa	Match 35	Template:Flagicon Satiyasen Singh	NorthEast United
Match 6	Template:Flagicon Abhishek Das	Chennaiyin	Match 36	Template:Flagicon Keegan Pereira	Mumbai City
Match 7	Template:Flagicon Fanai Lalrempuia	Pune City	Match 37	Template:Flagicon Jewel Raja	Atlético de Kolkata
Match 8	Template:Flagicon Gabriel Fernandes	Mumbai City	Match 38	Template:Flagicon Sandesh Jhingan	Kerala Blasters
Match 9	Template:Flagicon Jayesh Rane	Chennaiyin	Match 39	Template:Flagicon Thongkhosiem Haokip	Goa
Match 10	Template:Flagicon Arata Izumi	Atlético de Kolkata	Match 40	Template:Flagicon Thoi Singh	Chennaiyin
Match 11	Template:Flagicon Jackichand Singh	Pune City	Match 41	Template:Flagicon Seminlen Doungel	Delhi Dynamos
Match 12	Template:Flagicon Sanju Pradhan	NorthEast United	Match 42	Template:Flagicon Satiyasen Singh	NorthEast United
Match 13	Template:Flagicon Lalchhuan Mawia	Mumbai City	Match 43	Template:Flagicon Thoi Singh	Chennaiyin
Match 14	Template:Flagicon Dharmaraj Ravanan	Pune City	Match 44	Template:Flagicon Mohammed Rafique	Atlético de Kolkata
Match 15	Template:Flagicon C.K. Vineeth	Kerala Blasters	Match 45	Template:Flagicon Jeje Lalpekhlua	Chennaiyin
Match 16	Template:Flagicon Boithang Haokip	NorthEast United	Match 46	Template:Flagicon Sanju Pradhan	NorthEast United
Match 17	Template:Flagicon Anas Edathodika	Delhi Dynamos	Match 47	Template:Flagicon Thangjam Singh	Mumbai City
Match 18	Template:Flagicon Rahul Bheke	Kerala Blasters	Match 48	Template:Flagicon Arnab Mondal	Atlético de Kolkata
Match 19	Template:Flagicon Amrinder Singh	Atlético de Kolkata	Match 49	Template:Flagicon Satiyasen Singh	NorthEast United
Match 20	Template:Flagicon Karanjit Singh	Chennaiyin	Match 50	Template:Flagicon Mandar Rao Desai	Goa
Match 21	Template:Flagicon Gabriel Fernandes	Mumbai City	Match 51	Template:Flagicon Thoi Singh	Chennaiyin
Match 22	Template:Flagicon Rahul Bheke	Kerala Blasters	Match 52	Template:Flagicon Siam Hanghal	NorthEast United
Match 23	Template:Flagicon Lalchhuan Mawia	Mumbai City	Match 53	Template:Flagicon Cavin Lobo	Kerala Blasters
Match 24	Template:Flagicon Rino Anto	Atlético de Kolkata	Match 54	Template:Flagicon Rino Anto	Atlético de Kolkata
Match 25	Template:Flagicon Thongkhosiem Haokip	Goa	Match 55	Template:Flagicon Jeje Lalpekhlua	Chennaiyin
Match 26	Template:Flagicon Karanjit Singh	Chennaiyin	Match 56	Template:Flagicon Pronay Halder	Goa
Match 27	Template:Flagicon Amrinder Singh	Atlético de Kolkata	Match 57	Template:Flagicon Sehnaj Singh	Delhi Dynamos
Match 28	Template:Flagicon Satiyasen Singh	NorthEast United	Match 58	Template:Flagicon Jeje Lalpekhlua	Chennaiyin
Match 29	Template:Flagicon Rahul Bheke	Kerala Blasters	Match 59	Template:Flagicon Mandar Rao Desai	Goa
Match 30	Template:Flagicon Thoi Singh	Chennaiyin	Match 60	Template:Flagicon Nallappan Mohanraj	Atlético de Kolkata
			Match 61	Template:Flagicon Thongkhosiem Haokip	Goa

End-of-season awards

Award	Player	Club
Hero of the League	Template:Flagicon Stiven Mendoza	Chennaiyin
Fittest player of the League	Template:Flagicon Iain Hume	Atletico de Kolkata
Golden Boot	Template:Flagicon Stiven Mendoza	Chennaiyin
Golden Glove	Template:Flagicon Apoula Edel	Chennaiyin
Emerging Player of the League	Template:Flagicon Jeje Lalpekhlua	Chennaiyin
Fair Play Award	Mumbai City

References

↑ Indian Super League Schedule. Indian Super League. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
↑ ISL Final: Chennaiyin FC snatch victory from the jaws of defeat to beat Goa 3-2 in thriller(20 December 2015). Retrieved 20 December 2015.
↑ Chennai beat Goa in a 3-2 thriller to become Hero ISL 2015 champions(20 December 2015). Retrieved 20 December 2015.
↑ Kerala Blasters appoint Peter Taylor as marquee manager. Times of India(9 May 2015). Retrieved 10 May 2015.
↑ Platt in the City. Pune Mirror(27 May 2015). Retrieved 27 May 2015.
↑ NorthEast United FC rope in former Venezuela coach Cesar Farias. FirstPost(1 July 2015). Retrieved 1 July 2015.
↑ Nicolas Anelka to be Mumbai City FC's marquee player-cum-manager. FirstPost(3 July 2015). Retrieved 3 July 2015.
↑ Delhi Dynamos announce the signing of Roberto Carlos as head coach. Goal.com(5 July 2015). Retrieved 5 July 2015.
↑ ISL: Peter Taylor quits as Kerala Blasters coach after 4th loss on trot. Zee News. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
↑ Kerala Blasters appoint Terry Phelan as head coach. The Hindu. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
↑ Postiga signs with Atletico de Kolkata. Atletico de Kolkata (Twitter)(29 July 2015). Retrieved 29 July 2015.
↑ Elano Blumer retained by Chennaiyin FC for the second edition of ISL. Goal.com(17 June 2015). Retrieved 17 June 2015.
↑ Lucio joins FC Goa as marquee. Goal.com(7 June 2015). Retrieved 8 June 2015.
↑ Taylor reveals Kerala Blasters' ISL preparations going well. Goal.com(19 September 2015). Retrieved 22 September 2015.
↑ Mumbai City FC re-sign Nicolas Anelka. Times of India(9 June 2015). Retrieved 9 June 2015.
↑ Portugal's Euro 2004 finalist Simao Sabrosa signs for NorthEast United. FirstPost(25 June 2015). Retrieved 25 June 2015.
↑ Adrian Mutu joins Pune City as Indian Super League club's marquee signing. ESPN FC(31 July 2015). Retrieved 2 August 2015.
↑ ISL sets Rs. 20 crore salary cap for 2015. The Hindu(9 March 2015). Retrieved 7 August 2015.

External links

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[1] Indian Super League Schedule. Indian Super League. Retrieved 2015-06-05.

[2] ISL Final: Chennaiyin FC snatch victory from the jaws of defeat to beat Goa 3-2 in thriller(20 December 2015). Retrieved 20 December 2015.

[3] Chennai beat Goa in a 3-2 thriller to become Hero ISL 2015 champions(20 December 2015). Retrieved 20 December 2015.

[4] Kerala Blasters appoint Peter Taylor as marquee manager. Times of India(9 May 2015). Retrieved 10 May 2015.

[5] Platt in the City. Pune Mirror(27 May 2015). Retrieved 27 May 2015.

[6] NorthEast United FC rope in former Venezuela coach Cesar Farias. FirstPost(1 July 2015). Retrieved 1 July 2015.

[7] Nicolas Anelka to be Mumbai City FC's marquee player-cum-manager. FirstPost(3 July 2015). Retrieved 3 July 2015.

[8] Delhi Dynamos announce the signing of Roberto Carlos as head coach. Goal.com(5 July 2015). Retrieved 5 July 2015.

[9] ISL: Peter Taylor quits as Kerala Blasters coach after 4th loss on trot. Zee News. Retrieved 28 October 2015.

[10] Kerala Blasters appoint Terry Phelan as head coach. The Hindu. Retrieved 1 November 2015.

[11] Postiga signs with Atletico de Kolkata. Atletico de Kolkata (Twitter)(29 July 2015). Retrieved 29 July 2015.

[12] Elano Blumer retained by Chennaiyin FC for the second edition of ISL. Goal.com(17 June 2015). Retrieved 17 June 2015.

[13] Lucio joins FC Goa as marquee. Goal.com(7 June 2015). Retrieved 8 June 2015.

[14] Taylor reveals Kerala Blasters' ISL preparations going well. Goal.com(19 September 2015). Retrieved 22 September 2015.

[15] Mumbai City FC re-sign Nicolas Anelka. Times of India(9 June 2015). Retrieved 9 June 2015.

[16] Portugal's Euro 2004 finalist Simao Sabrosa signs for NorthEast United. FirstPost(25 June 2015). Retrieved 25 June 2015.

[17] Adrian Mutu joins Pune City as Indian Super League club's marquee signing. ESPN FC(31 July 2015). Retrieved 2 August 2015.

[The_Hindu-18] ISL sets Rs. 20 crore salary cap for 2015. The Hindu(9 March 2015). Retrieved 7 August 2015.

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