List of 2017–18 Indian Super League season roster changes

2017–18 Indian Super League season roster changes

Season	2017–18 Indian Super League season
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This is a list of all roster changes that occurred prior to the 2017–18 Indian Super League season.

Retained players

Due to the league expanding with two new teams, each Indian Super League club is allowed to retain a maximum of two Indian players over the age of twenty-one (21).^[1]

Atlético de Kolkata

Position	Player
GK	Debjit Majumder[2]
DF	Prabir Das[3]

Bengaluru FC

Position	Player
DF	John Johnson[4]
DF	Juanan[4]
DF	Nishu Kumar[5]
MF	Malsawmzuala[5]
FW	Sunil Chhetri[1]
FW	Udanta Singh[1]

Chennaiyin FC

Position	Player
GK	Karanjit Singh[6]
DF	Jerry Lalrinzuala[5]
MF	Raphael Augusto[7]
MF	Anirudh Thapa[5]
FW	Jeje Lalpekhlua[6]

Delhi Dynamos

On 7 July 2017, the Delhi Dynamos stated that they would not retain any of their domestic players from the previous season.^[8]

FC Goa

Position	Player
GK	Laxmikant Kattimani[9]
MF	Mandar Rao Desai[10]

Kerala Blasters FC

Position
DF	Sandesh Jhingan[11]
FW	C.K. Vineeth[12]
FW	Prasanth Karuthadathkuni[13]

Mumbai City FC

Position	Player
GK	Amrinder Singh[14]
MF	Rakesh Oram[5]
MF	Sehnaj Singh[15]

Northeast United FC

Position	Player
GK	Rehenesh TP[16]
MF	Rowllin Borges[17]

Pune City

Position	Player
GK	Vishal Kaith[18]
FW	Ashique Kuruniyan[5]

ISL Players Draft

Main article: 2017–18 ISL Players Draft

Player movement and other transactions

Date	Name	Previous club	ISL club	Notes
16 June 2017	Bruno Pinheiro	Hapoel Haifa	Goa	Free[19]
5 July 2017	Erik Paartalu	Al Kharaitiyat	Bengaluru FC	Free[4]
10 July 2017	Emiliano Alfaro	Al-Fujairah	Pune City	Free[20]
11 July 2017	Dimas Delgado	Western Sydney Wanderers	Bengaluru FC	Free[21]
12 July 2017	Arana	Brisbane Roar	Goa	Free[22]
17 July 2017	Toni	Rayo Vallecano	Bengaluru FC	Free[23]
18 July 2017	Coro	Doxa Katokopias	Goa	Free[24]
19 July 2017	Iñigo Calderón	Anorthosis Famagusta	Chennaiyin	Free[25]
24 July 2017	Iain Hume	Extremadura	Kerala Blasters	Free[26]
26 July 2017	Lucian Goian	Perth Glory	Mumbai City	Free[27]
27 July 2017	Gerson Vieira	Atlético Tubarão	Mumbai City	Free[28]
27 July 2017	Rene Mihelič	Riga	Chennaiyin	Free[29]
28 July 2017	Paulinho Dias	Atlético Paranaense	Delhi Dynamos	Free[30]
28 July 2017	Manvir Singh	Free Agent	Goa	Free[31]
28 July 2017	Tiri	Marbella	Jamshedpur FC	Free[32]
31 July 2017	Matías Mirabaje	Unión Comercio	Delhi Dynamos	Free[33]
2 August 2017	Ahmed Jahouh	FUS	Goa	Free[34]
3 August 2017	Éverton Santos	Santa Cruz	Mumbai City	Free[35]
4 August 2017	Marcos Tébar	Reus Deportiu	Pune City	Free[36]
4 August 2017	Rafa Jordà	Llagostera	Mumbai City	Free[37]
4 August 2017	Robbie Keane	LA Galaxy	Atlético de Kolkata	Free[38]
7 August 2017	Léo Costa	Santa Cruz	Mumbai City	Free[39]
7 August 2017	Braulio Nóbrega	Doxa Katokopias	Bengaluru FC	Free[40]
8 August 2017	Márcio Rosário	Persela Lamongan	Mumbai City	Free[41]
8 August 2017	Sameehg Doutie	Ajax Cape Town	Jamshedpur FC	Free[42]
10 August 2017	Gabriel Cichero	Deportivo Lara	Delhi Dynamos	Free[43]
10 August 2017	Courage Pekuson	FC Koper	Kerala Blasters	Free[44]
10 August 2017	Memo	Fluminense	Jamshedpur FC	Free[45]
11 August 2017	Nemanja Lakić-Pešić	Kapfenberger SV	Kerala Blasters	Free[46]
11 August 2017	Zequinha	Nacional	Atlético de Kolkata	Free[47]
14 August 2017	Chechi	Hospitalet	Goa	Free[48]
15 August 2017	Wes Brown	Blackburn Rovers	Kerala Blasters	Free[49]
17 August 2017	Davinder Singh	Free Agent	Mumbai City	Free[50]
17 August 2017	Gurpreet Singh Sandhu	Stabæk Fotball	Bengaluru FC	Transfer (Undisclosed Amount) [51][52][53][54]
18 August 2017	Kervens Belfort	Zira	Jamshedpur FC	Free[55]
19 August 2017	Paul Rachubka	Bury	Kerala Blasters	Free[56]
20 August 2017	Mark Sifneos	RKC Waalwijk	Kerala Blasters	Free[57]
21 August 2017	Marcelinho	Avaí	Pune City	Free[58]
22 August 2017	Jaime Gavilán	Suwon	Chennaiyin	Free[59]
23 August 2017	Manuel Lanzarote	Real Zaragoza	Goa	Free[60]
23 August 2017	Rafa	Real Valladolid	Pune City	Free[61]
23 August 2017	Dimitar Berbatov	PAOK	Kerala Blasters	Free[62]
23 August 2017	Conor Thomas	Swindon Town	Atlético de Kolkata	Free[63]
24 August 2017	Jonatan Lucca	Bnei Sakhnin	Pune City	Free[64]
29 August 2017	Damir Grgic	Rudar Velenje	Pune City	Free[65]
29 August 2017	Miku	Rayo Vallecano	Bengaluru FC	Free[66]
29 August 2017	André Bikey	Port Vale	Jamshedpur FC	Free[67]
31 August 2017	Edu	Real Zaragoza	Goa	Free[68]
31 August 2017	Achille Emaná	Nàstic	Mumbai City	Free[69]
31 August 2017	Darren Caldeira	Chennai City	Atlético de Kolkata	Free[70]
31 August 2017	Sandip Nandy	Southern Samity	Kerala Blasters	Free[71]
31 August 2017	Nallappan Mohanraj	Free Agent	Atlético de Kolkata	Free[72]
31 August 2017	Jussi Jääskeläinen	Wigan Athletic	Atlético de Kolkata	Free[73]
1 September 2017	Adrián Colunga	Anorthosis	Goa	Free[74]
1 September 2017	Matheus Goncalves	Flamengo	Jamshedpur FC	Free[75]
2 September 2017	Talla N'Diaye	Al-Ansar	Jamshedpur FC	Free[76]
3 September 2017	Thiago Santos	Flamengo	Mumbai City	Loan[77]
3 September 2017	Edu García	Real Zaragoza	Bengaluru FC	Free[78]
4 September 2017	Carl Baker	Portsmouth	Atlético de Kolkata	Free[79]
6 September 2017	Jude Nworuh	Ilves	Chennaiyin	Free[80]
7 September 2017	Kalu Uche	Almería	Delhi Dynamos	Free[81]
8 September 2017	Diego Carlos	São Bento	Pune City	Free[82]
9 September 2017	Jordi Figueras	Karlsruher SC	Atlético de Kolkata	Free[83]
11 September 2017	Tom Thorpe	Bolton Wanderers	Atlético de Kolkata	Free[84]
12 September 2017	Robertino Pugliara	Persipura Jayapura	Pune City	Free[85]
12 September 2017	Gregory Nelson	Al-Muharraq	Chennaiyin	Free[86]
12 September 2017	Guyon Fernandez	ADO Den Haag	Delhi Dynamos	Free[87]
12 September 2017	Edu Moya	Cacereño	Delhi Dynamos	Free[87]
12 September 2017	Njazi Kuqi	Inter Turku	Atlético de Kolkata	Free[88]
12 September 2017	Jeroen Lumu	Samsunspor	Delhi Dynamos	Free[89]
13 September 2017	Luis Páez	Rionegro Águilas	NorthEast United	Free[90]
13 September 2017	Marcinho	Gaziantepspor	NorthEast United	Free[91]
13 September 2017	José Gonçalves	New England Revolution	NorthEast United	Free[92]
13 September 2017	Odaïr Fortes	Reims	NorthEast United	Free[93]
13 September 2017	Sambinha	Sporting CP	NorthEast United	Free[94]
13 September 2017	Adilson	Arouca	NorthEast United	Free[95]
13 September 2017	Wellington Silva	Feirense	NorthEast United	Free[96]
13 September 2017	Martín Díaz	Liverpool	NorthEast United	Free[97]
15 September 2017	Maílson Alves	Volta Redonda	Chennaiyin	Free[98]
15 September 2017	Henrique Sereno	Almería	Chennaiyin	Free[98]
19 September 2017	Jayananda Singh	Free agent	Delhi Dynamos	Free[99]
19 September 2017	Kishan Singh	Free agent	Delhi Dynamos	Free[100]
19 September 2017	Nanda Kumar	Chennai City	Delhi Dynamos	Loan[101]
15 February 2018	Daniel Segovia	Neftçi PFK	Bengaluru FC	Free[102]

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