Hero India Super League season 2017-18 Player Draft scheduled to be held on Sunday, 23rd July in Mumbai will feature ten clubs, including the new two entrants - Jamshedpur FC and Bengaluru FC - who will vie for the finest footballers from a strong army of 200 plus Indian players.
Hero ISL regulations allow Clubs to have a minimum of 15 and maximum of 18 Indian players in the squad, including two U21 development players mandatorily. The Clubs were allowed to retain a maximum of two senior players from their 2016 squad, in addition to retaining upto three U21 players to fill up the development player quota.
Eight of the nine teams have made the most of the retention regulation for the season by signing 22 Domestic Players in a bid to create the core of their squad, while Delhi Dynamos have opted to begin on a fresh note for the upcoming season.
As the new team in ISL, Jamshedpur FC will get the first pick in both 1st and 2nd rounds of the Player Draft, while Delhi Dynamos FC will be the second club to exercise their right in the opening round. FC Pune City who have retained only 1 senior player will join the above two in the second round. The rest of the six clubs, except Chennaiyin FC will join the Player Draft from the 3rd round.
Chennaiyin FC will be the only club to join the Player Draft from 4th Round. The 2015 champions have retained promising youngster Jerry Lalrinzuala – a capped Indian player falling under U21 category, in addition to their two senior players retention and hence will have to miss the first three rounds.
ISL 2017-18 Player Draft will witness a total 15 rounds. The sequence for selection of Player Draft rounds for each club will be determined by a draw of lots on Saturday evening.
The Instant Trading Card, first successfully introduced during ISL 2015 Player Draft, allows teams a second chance to trade an already picked player. From the third round onwards, any Club may, within 15 seconds of another Club announcing its Draft pick, press the buzzer to activate the “Instant Trade” process. Representatives of the clubs will then head to the Instant Trading Table to propose, negotiate and close the deal within a stipulated time.
Atletico de Kolkata
Sr Retained: Debjit Majumder, Prabir Das
U21 Retained: None
No of players to be selected: Min 13 including two U21.
Entry in Draft Round : 3
Bengaluru FC
Sr Retained: Sunil Chhetri, Udanta Singh
U21 Retained: Nishu Kumar, Malsawmzuala
No of players to be selected: Min 13
Entry in Draft Round: 3
Chennaiyin FC
Sr. Retained: Jeje Lalpekhlua, Karanjit Singh
U21 Retained: Jerry Lalrinzuala (capped), Anirudh Thapa
No of players to be selected: Min 12
Entry in Draft Round: 4
Delhi Dynamos FC
Sr. Retained: None
U21 Retained: None
No of players to be selected: Min 15 including two U21
Press Release: From scoring the winning goal in an MSSA interschool final as a seven-year-old to making it into the 2017 draft of the Indian Super League, Neel Shah has come a long way. This milestone brings him closer to fulfilling his dream of playing for India.
Neel Shal (left)
A product of the Premier India Football Academy (PIFA), Neel showed his passion for football at an early age, he trained at the Colaba back garden for Campion School & PIFA. He represented Maharashtra in the Under-13 and Under-15 AIFF national tournaments. He was the youngest debutant in the MDFA Elite division making his debut for the PIFA Colaba men’s team at the age of sixteen, and he went on to play the AIFF I-League 2nd Division & I-league U-19 tournament aged 17.
He was recently awarded an Honours Degree in Football Studies and Business at Southampton, UK while captaining his university football team which competed against other universities having players from English Premier League academies.
He has trained under UEFA “Pro & A” licensed coaches at internationally renowned youth academies – such as the Bobby Charlton, Liverpool FC, Everton FC, UK; Hristo Stoichkov Academy in Barcelona, Spain; and AC Milan Academy, Italy.
“This talented, tall young lad has come a long way. Being left footed and quick will make him an asset to any team” – Gary Lewis (ex-Head of Youth Development, Liverpool FC 2008–2014 coach & current Philadelphia Union U14 head coach) had this to say while awarding best skills player to Neel at a summer camp to Liverpool International Academy in 2011.
PIFA Director’s Anjali & Nirvan Shah could not be prouder of their twenty two-year-old son, Neel, and hopes for the best in his footballing endeavors.
Adil Khan who can play multiple positions and only costs 32 lakhs is best alternate to Anas who costs thrice. Im sure clubs with good intelligent scouting team will target him.
Well, then BFC, AFC and PFC are also bland names I guess??? People praise Bengaluru FC's name as they have city's name in it about if a small city is putting it's name it becomes bland.
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Hero India Super League season 2017-18 Player Draft scheduled to be held on Sunday, 23rd July in Mumbai will feature ten clubs, including the new two entrants - Jamshedpur FC and Bengaluru FC - who will vie for the finest footballers from a strong army of 200 plus Indian players.
Hero ISL regulations allow Clubs to have a minimum of 15 and maximum of 18 Indian players in the squad, including two U21 development players mandatorily. The Clubs were allowed to retain a maximum of two senior players from their 2016 squad, in addition to retaining upto three U21 players to fill up the development player quota.
Eight of the nine teams have made the most of the retention regulation for the season by signing 22 Domestic Players in a bid to create the core of their squad, while Delhi Dynamos have opted to begin on a fresh note for the upcoming season.
As the new team in ISL, Jamshedpur FC will get the first pick in both 1st and 2nd rounds of the Player Draft, while Delhi Dynamos FC will be the second club to exercise their right in the opening round. FC Pune City who have retained only 1 senior player will join the above two in the second round. The rest of the six clubs, except Chennaiyin FC will join the Player Draft from the 3rd round.
Chennaiyin FC will be the only club to join the Player Draft from 4th Round. The 2015 champions have retained promising youngster Jerry Lalrinzuala – a capped Indian player falling under U21 category, in addition to their two senior players retention and hence will have to miss the first three rounds.
ISL 2017-18 Player Draft will witness a total 15 rounds. The sequence for selection of Player Draft rounds for each club will be determined by a draw of lots on Saturday evening.
The Instant Trading Card, first successfully introduced during ISL 2015 Player Draft, allows teams a second chance to trade an already picked player. From the third round onwards, any Club may, within 15 seconds of another Club announcing its Draft pick, press the buzzer to activate the “Instant Trade” process. Representatives of the clubs will then head to the Instant Trading Table to propose, negotiate and close the deal within a stipulated time.
Atletico de Kolkata
Sr Retained: Debjit Majumder, Prabir Das
U21 Retained: None
No of players to be selected: Min 13 including two U21.
Entry in Draft Round : 3
Bengaluru FC
Sr Retained: Sunil Chhetri, Udanta Singh
U21 Retained: Nishu Kumar, Malsawmzuala
No of players to be selected: Min 13
Entry in Draft Round: 3
Chennaiyin FC
Sr. Retained: Jeje Lalpekhlua, Karanjit Singh
U21 Retained: Jerry Lalrinzuala (capped), Anirudh Thapa
No of players to be selected: Min 12
Entry in Draft Round: 4
Delhi Dynamos FC
Sr. Retained: None
U21 Retained: None
No of players to be selected: Min 15 including two U21
Entry in Draft Round: 1
FC Goa
Sr. Retained: Laxmikant Kattimani, Mandar Rao Dessai
U21 Retained: None
No of players to be selected: Min 13 including two U21
Entry in Draft Round: 3
FC Pune City
Sr. Retained: Vishal Kaith
U21 Retained: Ashique Kuruniyan
No of players to be selected: Min 14 including one U21
Entry in Draft Round: 2
Kerala Blasters FC
Sr. Retained: CK Vineeth, Sandesh Jhingan
U21 Retained: Prashanth Karuthadathkuni
No of players to be selected: Min 13 including one U21
Entry in Draft Round: 3
Mumbai City FC
Sr. Retained: Amrinder Singh, Sehnaj Singh
U21 Retained: Rakesh Oram
No of players to be selected: Min 13 including one U21
Entry in Draft Round: 3
North East United FC
Sr. Retained: Rowllin Borges, TP Rehenesh
U21 Retained: None
No of players to be selected: Min 13 including two U21
Entry in Draft Round: 3
Jamshedpur FC
Sr. Retained: None
U21 Retained: None
No of players to be selected: Min 15 including two U21
Entry in Draft Round: 1
From the Colaba Back Garden to the 2017 ISL draft
Press Release: From scoring the winning goal in an MSSA interschool final as a seven-year-old to making it into the 2017 draft of the Indian Super League, Neel Shah has come a long way. This milestone brings him closer to fulfilling his dream of playing for India.
Neel Shal (left)
A product of the Premier India Football Academy (PIFA), Neel showed his passion for football at an early age, he trained at the Colaba back garden for Campion School & PIFA. He represented Maharashtra in the Under-13 and Under-15 AIFF national tournaments. He was the youngest debutant in the MDFA Elite division making his debut for the PIFA Colaba men’s team at the age of sixteen, and he went on to play the AIFF I-League 2nd Division & I-league U-19 tournament aged 17.
He was recently awarded an Honours Degree in Football Studies and Business at Southampton, UK while captaining his university football team which competed against other universities having players from English Premier League academies.
He has trained under UEFA “Pro & A” licensed coaches at internationally renowned youth academies – such as the Bobby Charlton, Liverpool FC, Everton FC, UK; Hristo Stoichkov Academy in Barcelona, Spain; and AC Milan Academy, Italy.
“This talented, tall young lad has come a long way. Being left footed and quick will make him an asset to any team” – Gary Lewis (ex-Head of Youth Development, Liverpool FC 2008–2014 coach & current Philadelphia Union U14 head coach) had this to say while awarding best skills player to Neel at a summer camp to Liverpool International Academy in 2011.
PIFA Director’s Anjali & Nirvan Shah could not be prouder of their twenty two-year-old son, Neel, and hopes for the best in his footballing endeavors.
People praise Bengaluru FC's name as they have city's name in it about if a small city is putting it's name it becomes bland.