2016 Indian Super League final

2016 Indian Super League Final
The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium,before the final
Event2016 Indian Super League season
Kerala Blasters ATK
India India
1 1
ATK won 4–3 on penalties (p)
Date18 December 2016
VenueJawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi, Kerala
Man of the MatchHenrique Sereno[1]
RefereeAlireza Faghani (Iran)
Attendance82,324
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The 2016 Indian Super League Final was a football match between ATK and Kerala Blasters on 18 December 2016 at the 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.[1] 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 final. ATK won that final 1–0.

Kerala Blasters reached the 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 while ATK played against 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 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.[2] The Kerala Blasters won the shootout 3–0 to qualify for the final.

Watched by a crowd of 82,324 even though officially another figure of much lower number is given which was even less than some normal league matches conducted here in Kaloor Stadium during 2014-2016 time, the Kerala Blasters took the lead in the 37th minute through 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 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.[2]

Penalty shoot out drama saw 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.[3]


Match

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Kerala Blasters1–1 (a.e.t.)ATK
Rafi 37' Report Sereno 44'
Penalties
German soccer ball with check mark
Belfort soccer ball with check mark
Ndoye soccer ball with red X
Rafique soccer ball with check mark
Hengbart soccer ball with red X		 3–4 soccer ball with red X Hume
soccer ball with check mark Doutie
soccer ball with check mark Fernández
soccer ball with check mark Lara
soccer ball with check mark Raja
Attendance: 82,324
Kerala Blasters
ATK
GK 1 Republic of Ireland Graham Stack
RB 21 India Sandesh Jhingan Yellow card 100'
CB 6 Northern Ireland Aaron Hughes (c) downward-facing red arrow 36'
CB 5 France Cédric Hengbart Yellow card 119'
LB 11 India Ishfaq Ahmed Yellow card 93'
RM 13 India C.K. Vineeth
CM 14 India Mehtab Hossain
CM 88 Chad Azrack Mahamat
LM 20 India Mohammed Rafi downward-facing red arrow 77'
SS 9 Haiti Kervens Belfort
CF 78 Haiti Duckens Nazon downward-facing red arrow 77'
Substitutes:
GK 24 India Sandip Nandy
DF 19 Senegal Elhadji Ndoye upward-facing green arrow 36'
FW 7 India Mohammed Rafique upward-facing green arrow 77'
FW 10 England Antonio German upward-facing green arrow 77'
MF 2 India Pratik Chowdhary
MF 8 India Vinit Rai
FW 12 India Thongkhosiem Haokip
MF 16 India Gurwinder Singh
MF 27 England Michael Chopra
FW 31 India Rino Anto
MF 57 Ivory Coast Didier Kadio
Manager:
England Steve Coppell
GK 24 India Debjit Majumder
RB 12 India Pritam Kotal Yellow card 100'
CB 2 Portugal Henrique Sereno downward-facing red arrow 95'
CB 4 Spain Tiri
LB 80 India Keegan Pereira downward-facing red arrow 43'
RM 11 South Africa Sameehg Doutie
CM 10 Spain Borja Fernández (c) Yellow card 25'
CM 8 India Jewel Raja
LM 20 India Lalrindika Ralte
SS 9 Portugal Hélder Postiga downward-facing red arrow 67'
CF 7 Canada Iain Hume
Substitutes:
GK 14 Spain Dani Mallo
GK 22 India Shilton Paul
DF 33 India Prabir Das upward-facing green arrow 43'
MF 15 Spain Javi Lara upward-facing green arrow 67'
MF 23 Botswana Ofentse Nato upward-facing green arrow 95'
DF 6 India Kingshuk Debnath
MF 13 India Bikramjit Singh
MF 17 India Bidyananda Singh
MF 25 Scotland Stephen Pearson
MF 34 India Abhinas Ruidas
Manager:
Spain José Francisco Molina

Hero of the match

Emerging player of the match

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

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  1. ^ "Raja scores winning penalty to make ATK two-time champions". Indian Super League. 18 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  2. ^ "ISL does away with away goal rule". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Kerala Blasters FC vs. ATK - Football Match Report - December 18, 2016". ESPN. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
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