INDIAN FOOTBALL REVIEW 2014

INDIAN FOOTBALL REVIEW - 2014

"Yeh Diwali Football Wali" said a ecstatic Del Piero who in a promotional advertisement holding a sparkler in his hand.

A whole host of ageing footballer's who are in their pensioner's year roped in, the Indian Super League was created based on the idea of the cricket Indian Premier League.

Reliance-IMG and AIFF who marketed the league, spent almost 1000 crore rupees to put together this extravagant show. With eight clubs owned by various industrialist and bollywood stars and various international clubs, the league kicked off in all glitz and glamour.

With ISL and I league champions Bengaluru FC being the only positives in the Indian Football league, we look at a whole host of lists that needs drastic improvement.

The senior men's national team did what many thought was impossible as they found a new low after touching the abyss in 2013. Wim Koevermans, that reticent Dutchman, belatedly said goodbye to the coaching job, before the year-end rankings showed India at 171.

The Indian Men's National side ranking fell to all time low.

The quality of the ISL was a couple of notches better than I-League. But still isn't the same quality as many. And add to it the training facilities in India made it tough for the foreign coaches. And the tournament attendances can be compared to those of leading leagues in the world. Those encouraging figures will ensure that the league will return for a second year. And that can only help football in the country.

To end the article on the positive, we shed the light on new I league winner's who were the only new enterer in the league last season as the newly formed club went on to win the league.