List of 2015 Indian Super League season roster changes

2015 Indian Super League season roster changes

Season	2015 Indian Super League season
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This is a list of all roster changes that occurred prior to the 2015 Indian Super League season.

Player regulations for 2015

For the 2015 season, the controlling body for the Indian Super League, Football Sports Development, have decided to introduce a salary cap which shall be set at Rs. 20 crores after a meeting that took place on 9 March 2015.^[1] Also at the meeting, the organization revealed other roster rules for the 2015 season which were:

• Marquee player: Each team will be required to sign one marquee player for the 2015 season. The marquee player can be the same marquee from last season but teams are also allowed to sign a new one.
• International players: Each team will be allowed to retain between one and five foreign players from the previous season and they're allowed to sign new foreigners without an international players draft.
• Domestic players: Each team will be allowed to retain between one and six Indian domestic players. Indian players who are not retained by their teams will be allowed to freely sign for another Indian Super League team till May 2015. If the players are still without a team by May 2015 then they will be listed as an option in the domestic draft in June.

It was also revealed during the meeting that each team may have a minimum of 22 players in their squad, with the addition of two developmental players.^[1] This would mean that each team should have a minimum of one marquee player, eight international players, and thirteen domestic Indian players in which two must be developmental players.^[1] Maximum, each team may contain 25 players, with two of the addition three players being allowed to be foreign.^[1]

Player auction

For the first time, the Indian Super League will host a player auction which will consist of 12-15 Indian players who have played for the national team but who did not play in the previous ISL season.^[1] Each club will be allowed to add one player from the auction list onto their roster and the players not selected will be instated into the domestic player draft.^[1]

Retained players

Atletico de Kolkata

Foreign players Position Player DF Josemi[2] MF Ofentse Nato[2] MF Borja Fernández[3]

Indian players Position Player[4] DF Arnab Mondal DF Denzil Franco DF Nallappan Mohanraj FW Baljit Sahni

Chennaiyin FC

Foreign players Position Player DF Bernard Mendy[5] MF Bruno Pelissari[6] MF Elano (Marquee)[6]

Indian Players Position Player[6] DF Mohammed Ismail DF Dhanachandra Singh MF Harmanjot Khabra MF Jayesh Rane FW Balwant Singh FW Jeje Lalpekhlua

Delhi Dynamos

Foreign players Position Player MF Hans Mulder[5] FW Gustavo Marmentini[5]

Indian players Position Player[4] DF Anwar Ali DF Robert Lalthlamuana[7] MF Francis Fernandes MF Souvik Chakraborty FW Shylo Malsawmtluanga[7]

FC Goa

Foreign players Position Player[8][9] DF Grégory Arnolin DF Bruno Pinheiro[5]

Indian players Position Player[8] GK Laxmikant Kattimani DF Debabrata Roy DF Narayan Das MF Bikramjit Singh MF Mandar Rao Desai MF Romeo Fernandes

Kerala Blasters

Foreign players Position Player MF Pulga[10]

Indian players Position Player[4] GK Sandip Nandy DF Sandesh Jhingan DF Saumik Dey DF Gurwinder Singh MF Ishfaq Ahmed MF Mehtab Hossain

Mumbai City FC

Foreign players Position Player DF Pavel Čmovš[11] MF André Moritz[12]

Indian players Position Player[4] GK Subrata Pal MF Lalrindika Ralte[13] FW Subhash Singh

NorthEast United

Foreign players Position Player DF Miguel Garcia[14] MF Kondwani Mtonga

Indian players Position Player[4] GK Rehenesh TP DF Aiborlang Khongjee DF Robin Gurung MF Alen Deory MF Boithang Haokip

Pune City

Foreign players To be Announced

Indian players Position Player[15] GK Arindam Bhattacharya DF Dharmaraj Ravanan DF Pritam Kotal MF Manish Maithani MF Lenny Rodrigues

Player auction

On 10 July, the player auction took place.^[16] Ten players who had featured for the India national team and who did not play in the ISL last season were available to be purchased by the eight teams.^[16] Every player who went under the hammer during the auction were sold. The players were sold for a total of 7.22 crores.^[17]

Name	Position	Last I-League team	India caps	India goals	Base Price in ₹ (in lakhs)	Sold to	Selling Price in ₹(in lakhs)
Sunil Chhetri	FW	Bengaluru FC	76	46	Rs. 80 Lakh	Mumbai City	Rs. 1.2 crores
Eugeneson Lyngdoh	MF	Bengaluru FC	3	0	Rs. 27.50 Lakh	Pune City	Rs. 1.05 crores
Rino Anto	DF	Bengaluru FC	1	0	Rs. 17.50 Lakh	Atlético de Kolkata	Rs. 90 Lakhs
Thoi Singh	MF	Bengaluru FC	0	0	Rs. 39 Lakh	Chennaiyin	Rs. 86 Lakhs
Arata Izumi	MF	Pune	9	0	Rs. 40 Lakh	Atlético de Kolkata	Rs. 68 Lakhs
Karanjit Singh	GK	Salgaocar	16	0	Rs. 60 Lakh	Chennaiyin	Rs. 60 Lakhs
Satiyasen Singh	MF	Royal Wahingdoh	1	0	Rs. 20 Lakh	NorthEast United	Rs. 56 Lakhs
Robin Singh	FW	Bengaluru FC	17	1	Rs. 40 Lakh	Delhi Dynamos	Rs. 51 Lakhs
Jackichand Singh	FW	Royal Wahingdoh	3	0	Rs. 20 Lakh	Pune City	Rs. 45 Lakhs
Anas Edathodika	DF	Pune	0	0	Rs. 40 Lakh	Delhi Dynamos	Rs. 41 Lakhs

Domestic draft

On 10 July 2015, after the auction, the 2015 ISL Domestic Draft was held, also in Mumbai.^[16] 114 players were available for selection with only seven rounds taking place. Only 40 players were selected during the draft as the draft was just used to finalize the domestic quota for all eight teams.^[18]

Player movement and other transactions

Date	Name	Moving from	Moving to	Notes
21 March 2015	Gouramangi Singh	Chennaiyin	Pune City	Free[19]
8 April 2015	Denson Devadas	Chennaiyin	Goa	Free[20]
8 April 2015	Chinadorai Sabeeth	Kerala Blasters	Goa	Free[20]
8 April 2015	Lester Fernandez	Atlético de Kolkata	Goa	Free[20]
15 May 2015	Jewel Raja	Goa	Atlético de Kolkata	Free[4]
15 May 2015	Clifford Miranda	Goa	Atlético de Kolkata	Free[4]
15 May 2015	Sushil Kumar Singh	Mumbai City	Atlético de Kolkata	Free[4]
15 May 2015	Mehrajuddin Wadoo	Pune City	Chennaiyin	Free[4]
15 May 2015	Mohammed Rafi	Atlético de Kolkata	Kerala Blasters	Free[4]
15 May 2015	Rowilson Rodrigues	Goa	Mumbai City	Free[4]
15 May 2015	Kingshuk Debnath	Atlético de Kolkata	Mumbai City	Free[4]
15 May 2015	Gabriel Fernandes	Goa	Mumbai City	Free[4]
15 May 2015	Sanju Pradhan	Atlético de Kolkata	NorthEast United	Free[4]
15 May 2015	Holicharan Narzary	Goa	NorthEast United	Free[4]
15 May 2015	Syed Rahim Nabi	Mumbai City	Atlético de Kolkata	Free[21]
15 May 2015	Nadong Bhutia	Mumbai City	Atlético de Kolkata	Free[21]
15 May 2015	Subhasish Roy Chowdhury	Atlético de Kolkata	Delhi Dynamos	Free[7]
15 May 2015	Seminlen Doungel	NorthEast United	Delhi Dynamos	Free[7]
15 May 2015	Godwin Franco	Kerala Blasters	Chennaiyin	Free[7]
15 May 2015	Joaquim Abranches	Pune City	Goa	Free[7]
15 May 2015	Pronay Halder	Unattached	Goa	Free[22]
15 May 2015	Nirmal Chettri	Unattached	Kerala Blasters	Free[22]
15 May 2015	Ramandeep Singh	Unattached	Kerala Blasters	Free[22]
15 May 2015	Raju Gaikwad	Mumbai City	Goa	Free[22]
27 May 2015	Elinton Andrade	Duque de Caxias	Goa	Free[9]
27 May 2015	Reinaldo	EC Internacional	Goa	Free[9]
5 June 2015	Iain Hume	Kerala Blasters	Atlético de Kolkata	Free[23]
7 June 2015	Lúcio	Palmeiras	Goa	Marquee[24]
10 June 2015	Chris Dagnall	Leyton Orient	Kerala Blasters	Free[25]
19 June 2015	Jaime Gavilán	Platanias	Atlético de Kolkata	Free[26]
19 June 2015	Tiri	Atlético Madrid B	Atlético de Kolkata	Free[26]
20 June 2015	Victor Simões	Umm Salal	Goa	Free[27]
23 June 2015	Jofre	Atlético de Kolkata	Goa	Free[28]
24 June 2015	Sameehg Doutie	SuperSport United	Atlético de Kolkata	Free[29]
25 June 2015	Simão	Unattached	NorthEast United	Marquee[30]
26 June 2015	Fikru Teferra	Atlético de Kolkata	Chennaiyin	Free[31]
26 June 2015	Apoula Edel	Atlético de Kolkata	Chennaiyin	Free[31]
3 July 2015	Cédric Hengbart	AC Ajaccio	NorthEast United	Free[32]
3 July 2015	Juan Calatayud	Videoton	Atlético de Kolkata	Free[33]
3 July 2015	Valdo	Racing de Santander	Atlético de Kolkata	Free[34]
7 July 2015	Diomansy Kamara	Catanzaro	NorthEast United	Free[35]
11 July 2015	Darren O'Dea	Unattached	Mumbai City	Free[36]
13 July 2015	Juan Aguilera Núñez	Platanias	Mumbai City	Free^[citation needed]
15 July 2015	Sony Norde	Mohun Bagan	Mumbai City	Free[11]
16 July 2015	Nicolau Colaco	Salgaocar	Goa	Free[37]
17 July 2015	Yendrick Ruiz	Herediano	Pune City	Loan[38]
17 July 2015	Javi Lara	Eibar	Atlético de Kolkata	Free[39]
18 July 2015	Keenan Almeida	Sporting Goa	Goa	Free[40]
21 July 2015	Steve Simonsen	Rangers	Pune City	Free[41]
21 July 2015	Nicky Shorey	Portsmouth	Pune City	Free[41]
28 July 2015	Luis Barreto	East Bengal	Goa	Loan[42]
28 July 2015	Selim Benachour	Unattached	Mumbai City	Free[43]
29 July 2015	Didier Zokora	Akhisar Belediyespor	Pune City	Free[44]
29 July 2015	Hélder Postiga	Deportivo La Coruña	Atlético de Kolkata	Marquee[45]
30 July 2015	James Bailey	Barnsley	Pune City	Free[46]
30 July 2015	Frantz Bertin	Aiginiakos	Mumbai City	Free[47]
30 July 2015	Frédéric Piquionne	US Créteil	Mumbai City	Free[47]
30 July 2015	Cristian Bustos	Mallorca	Mumbai City	Free[47]
31 July 2015	Adrian Mutu	Petrolul Ploiești	Pune City	Marquee[48]
31 July 2015	Carlos Marchena	Deportivo La Coruña	Kerala Blasters	Marquee[49]
2 August 2015	Nicolás Vélez	Warriors	NorthEast United	Free[50]
3 August 2015	Gennaro Bracigliano	Chennaiyin	NorthEast United	Free[51]
4 August 2015	João Coimbra	Rapid București	Kerala Blasters	Free[52]
5 August 2015	Éder	Nea Salamis Famagusta	Chennaiyin	Free[53]
6 August 2015	Francis Dadzie	Bechem United	NorthEast United	Free[54]

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