2016 Indian Super League Final

2016 Indian Super League Final
The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the venue of the final
Event 2016 Indian Super League season
Kerala Blasters ATK
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ATK won 4–3 on penalties
Date 18 December 2016
Venue Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi, Kerala
Man of the Match Henrique Sereno[1]
Referee Alireza Faghani (Iran)
Attendance 54,146

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. The match was the second time these two teams played each other in the Indian Super League final after 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 match went to a penalty shootout. The Kerala Blasters won the shootout 3–0 to qualify for the final.

Watched by a crowd of 54,146, 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 1–1 after extra-time, the match went into penalties. Despite missing the first penalty, ATK won the shoot-out 4–3 to win the Indian Super League Final for the second time in three seasons.


Match

Kerala Blasters
ATK
GK1Republic of Ireland Graham Stack
RB21India Sandesh JhinganYellow card 100'
CB6Northern Ireland Aaron Hughes (c) 36'
CB5France Cédric HengbartYellow card 119'
LB11India Ishfaq AhmedYellow card 93'
RM13India C.K. Vineeth
CM14India Mehtab Hossain
CM88Chad Azrack Mahamat
LM20India Mohammed Rafi 77'
SS9Haiti Kervens Belfort
CF78Haiti Duckens Nazon 77'
Substitutes:
GK24India Sandip Nandy
DF19Senegal Elhadji Ndoye 36'
FW7India Mohammed Rafique 77'
FW10England Antonio German 77'
MF2India Pratik Chowdhary
MF8India Vinit Rai
FW12India Thongkhosiem Haokip
MF16India Gurwinder Singh
MF27England Michael Chopra
FW31India Rino Anto
MF57Ivory Coast Didier Kadio
Manager:
England Steve Coppell
GK24India Debjit Majumder
RB12India Pritam KotalYellow card 100'
CB2Portugal Henrique Sereno (c) 95'
CB4Spain Tiri
LB80India Keegan Pereira 43'
RM11South Africa Sameehg Doutie
CM10Spain Borja FernándezYellow card 25'
CM8India Jewel Raja
LM20India Lalrindika Ralte
SS9Portugal Hélder Postiga 67'
CF7Canada Iain Hume
Substitutes:
GK14Spain Dani Mallo
GK22India Shilton Paul
DF33India Prabir Das 43'
MF15Spain Javi Lara 67'
MF23Botswana Ofentse Nato 95'
DF6India Kingshuk Debnath
MF13India Bikramjit Singh
MF17India Bidyananda Singh
MF25Scotland Stephen Pearson
MF34India 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

  1. ↑ "Raja scores winning penalty to make ATK two-time champions". Indian Super League. 18 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
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