“The ISL, for FIFA, is not a league but a tournament. We recognize the I-League as the official championship of India. The ISL with all its stars helps also to develop football in India, but we must make sure that we are all together with one goal – to develop football in India and help India play in the World Cup sooner" Jérôme Valcke, FIFA Secretary General.
Officially yes but sources from IMG-Reliance and the like say it is a fully-professional league and honestly the league gets enough coverage to get player articles created etc so ya... it is professional by wiki standards (FYI, the bar is not set high on that at all).
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#ISL is the first tournament of this nature approved by #FIFA in the world. A special dispensation by FIFA for us.
Delhi attendance given as 16K; average as 31K.