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Atlético de Kolkata
Chennaiyin FC
Delhi Dynamos
Goa FC
Kerala Blasters
Mumbai City
NorthEast United
Pune City FC
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matches postponed to September 2014
kaavile paattu malsarathinu kaanaam.
Football league bids kick off with a roar
Indian Super League, IMG Reliance and STAR India’s coming football tournament, received an enthusiastic response in the bid process for franchises that started earlier this week.
Sources at the league’s promoters said owners of I-League clubs, as well as celebrities from the sports and film sectors, had come forward to buy invitation-to-bid (ITB) documents.
Apart from meeting the usual financial criteria, bidders for Indian Super League franchises will have to ensure they have grass-roots development plans for football in their home cities, according to the ITBs for franchises.
An IMG Reliance source says, “In the past, it has been seen clubs spend huge amounts of money annually on player salaries but a very little part of it is spent on developing the sport. Therefore, one of the main eligibility norms in the ITB is development of football in the city the club represents.”
Teams
It is known Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan will bid for a team from Kolkata. Sources say Khan might face tough competition from former Indian cricket team captain Sourav Ganguly. Others in the fray include model, actor and producer John Abraham, Ronnie Screwvala, Rhiti Sports, Mahindra & Mahindra and JSW Sports.
The tender document costs Rs 5 lakh and the base price has been fixed at Rs 120 crore over a term of 10 years. Bids have been sought from nine regions — Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Goa, Guwahati, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune — of which the top eight will be selected. Reportedly, Hyderabad was also considered but dropped due to political instability in the region.
Each team has to have at least 22 players — eight international players and 14 domestic ones (from the national team, clubs and the under-23 and -19 groups). Of the eight international players in a team, one will be a marque player.
IMG is in talks to rope in various international football stars. Dwight Yorke, Fredrik Ljungberg, Robert Pines, Louis Saha and Hernán Crespo have already confirmed their participation.
“The marque players will be recently retired international ones who have represented their countries in the World Cup and played in major international football leagues,” says a source at IMG Reliance.
It is expected the auction of players will be conducted in May.
Under the agreement between IMG Reliance and STAR India, the TV network (a 30 per cent partner in the league), will be responsible for marketing. It holds the exclusive media rights to the league and will be responsible for roping in on-ground, title and broadcast sponsors.
Kochi team undenkil kollamayirunnu.
IPL-type Football League: Organisers Receive 'Unprecedented' 30 Bids
Anticipation around the Indian Super League football seems to be building with the organisers receiving positive response from about 30 interested parties, even as the deadline for submitting the bid documents has been extended by two days to March 26 and 27.
The original dates for submission of bid documents were March 24 (tomorrow) and Tuesday.
"Between 3rd to 21st March 2014, League organisers have recorded about 30 'Invitation to Bid' (ITB) document purchase. In terms of the numbers, this is by far the highest level of interest that any similar franchise-based sports property has garnered in India," tournament organisers IMG-Reliance said in a statement.
Some of the big names from the country's corporate world, Bollywood biggies and present sports team owners have come forward with a wish to be part of the event that promises big-ticket action.
The league was to begin in January but had to be postponed owing to scheduling problem and lack of a window.
Promising to revolutionise the sport in the country, the league has the backing of All India Football Federation, and is likely to see big names such as former Manchester United striker Dwight Yorke, former Argentina striker Hernan Crespo and former England forward Michael Owen.
The nine cities in the reckoning are Bangalore, Chennai, Dehli, Goa, Guwahati, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune. Eight cities will be shortlisted.
According to sources, each team will have to present a robust business plan that includes developing grassroots talent in their city and having an academy by the next five years. The ISL also aims to reach to one million school kids in the country.
"The mandate for winning a city team in the Indian Super League had a novelty factor wherein it's not only based on the highest financial bid, but also on the bidders' proposal of a sound plan for developing football in the catchment area they wish to bid.
"This plan would also form part of the agreement that each franchise would sign with the League, and would be expected to adhere to it."
"The bid document requires an extensive groundwork which needs to be undertaken before the submission. It involves a robust business proposal and a committed five-year grassroot/ community development plan starting with 1 million in-school kids engagement plan, age group specific training, youth team and leading upto having a full-time football academy," the statement said further.
It was also said that each of the franchise owners will have to spend Rs 2 crore on grassroot development every year.
The delay in submitting bids was due to the "demanding documentation".
The winning bids announcement will take place in the second week of April. Ernst & Young, the advisory firm, has been entrusted the responsibility of evaluating the bid documents, following which the winning participants will be announced by first week of April.
Ganguly and Tendulkar set to bid in the Indian Super League.
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Ganguly, Sachin set to bid in ISL
The Cricketing legends and good friends in and out the field, Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar are set to go against each other in league of Football. They are likely to bid for the Indian Super League (ISL).
Sourav Ganguly is interested on getting the Kolkata franchise, his home and most Footie fevered city in India along with Harsh Neotia, the chairman of the Ambuja Neotia Group, who confirmed his company, has picked up the bid documents and a partnership along with the former India cricket Team Captain is in the process.
Recently retired Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar is expected to partner along with PVP Ventures the Hyderabad based group. A PVP Ventures spokesperson confirmed that they have bought the bid documents but didn’t confirm over the partnership with Tendulkar. They wil be bidding for the Hyderabad Franchise.
This League is organized by IMG-Reliance group and they are partnered with Star India who also taken the broadcasting rights for 10 years.
The base price for buying each franchise is Rs. 120 crore on a 10-year contract with nearly 30 bids has been applied. The deadline for bidding will be 27thMarch and the winners will be announced in the second week of April.
A spokesperson for PVP Ventures confirmed the company has bought bid documents but declined comment on any partnership with Tendulkar. The master blaster did not respond to a text message. Harsh Neotia, the chairman of the Ambuja Neotia Group, confirmed that his company has picked up the bid documents and said a partnership with Ganguly is in the works.
This football league can also attracted by the celebrity bidders including Bollywood stars like Ranbir Kapoor, Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham and Shah Rukh Khan, through his company Red Chillies. Some of the IPL Team owners showed some interest in ISL. Emerging Media, the owners of Rajasthan Royals, GMR, the owner of Delhi Daredevils, UB Group, owner of Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Sun Group, the owner of SunRisers Hyderabad.
Bids have been invited for nine cities Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Goa, Guwahati, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune respectively. The top eight teams will be selected for the tournament. IMG-Reliance, which is at present managing the bidding process, is the joint venture between India's largest private sector company and IMG Worldwide, which manages events and brands in many parts of the world.
Soccer is India’s lesser followed sport, with the inclusion of big names of celebrities along with this ideal Cricketing legends it is all set to receive a huge profit to the tournament.
saakshal Sachin tendulkar Nammalde Swantham Kochi team nu vendi Rangathu
Indian Super League: Sourav Ganguly,
Atletico Madrid come together
IBNLive Sports | 29-Mar-2014 10:52 AM
New Delhi: La Liga table toppers Atletico Madrid
have bid for the Kolkata franchise of the
upcoming Indian Super League (ISL) along with
former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly,
according to a report in The Times of India.
It is also learnt that Atletico Madrid picked up
the bid document separately as did Ganguly.
However, after studying the bid and showing
interest in the league, they approached the
former cricketer to form a consortium to which
the latter agreed.
A source in the know of developments told TOI
that both the prospective bidders - Atletico and
Ganguly - were aware of what each party was
capable of bringing to the table and agreed to
get together.
In another major development surrounding the
Indian Super League, actor John Abraham and I-
League football club Shillong Lajong have bid
together for the city of Guwahati in Assam.
Meanwhile, batting legend Sachin Tendulkar is
learnt to have shown interest in the Kochi
franchise and is involved with Prasad Potluri-
owned PVP Ventures to bid for the Kerala city.
Tendulkar's interest in Kochi, however, could not
be confirmed.
Friday was the last day for all those who had
picked up the ISL tender documents to buy a
franchise to submit their respective bids.
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