2016 Indian Super League Final

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 against each other in the Indian Super League final, the previous one was when both sides met in the inaugural 2014 final. ATK won that final 1–0.

2016 Indian Super League Final
The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the venue of the final
Event2016 Indian Super League season
Kerala Blasters ATK
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ATK won 4–3 on penalties
Date18 December 2016
VenueJawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi, Kerala
Man of the MatchHenrique Sereno[1]
RefereeAlireza Faghani (Iran)
Attendance82,146

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 score remaining 3-3 on aggregate the match went to a penalty shootout as away goal rule was not applicable in case of Indian Super League.[2] The Kerala Blasters won the shootout 3–0 to qualify for the final.

Watched by a crowd of 82,146, 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 remaining1–1 after extra-time, the match went into penalties.

Penalty shoot out drama saw Graham Stack saving the first shot for ATK which gave a temporary lead for Kerala but Ndyoe blasted the ball over the bar and finally Cédric Hengbart saw his shot getting saved by the trailing leg of ATK keeper Debjit Majumder, ATK won the shoot-out 4–3 as Jewel Raja scored the winning penalty and they won the Indian Super League Final for the second time in three seasons.[3]


Match
Kerala Blasters1–1 (a.e.t.)ATK
Rafi  37' Report Sereno  44'
Penalties
German
Belfort
Ndoye
Rafique
Hengbart 		3–4 Hume
Doutie
Fernández
Lara
Raja
Attendance: 82,146
Kerala Blasters
ATK
GK1 Graham Stack
RB21 Sandesh Jhingan 100'
CB6 Aaron Hughes (c) 36'
CB5 Cédric Hengbart 119'
LB11 Ishfaq Ahmed 93'
RM13 C.K. Vineeth
CM14 Mehtab Hossain
CM88 Azrack Mahamat
LM20 Mohammed Rafi 77'
SS9 Kervens Belfort
CF78 Duckens Nazon 77'
Substitutes:
GK24 Sandip Nandy
DF19 Elhadji Ndoye 36'
FW7 Mohammed Rafique 77'
FW10 Antonio German 77'
MF2 Pratik Chowdhary
MF8 Vinit Rai
FW12 Thongkhosiem Haokip
MF16 Gurwinder Singh
MF27 Michael Chopra
FW31 Rino Anto
MF57 Didier Kadio
Manager:
Steve Coppell
GK24 Debjit Majumder
RB12 Pritam Kotal 100'
CB2 Henrique Sereno 95'
CB4 Tiri
LB80 Keegan Pereira 43'
RM11 Sameehg Doutie
CM10 Borja Fernández(c) 25'
CM8 Jewel Raja
LM20 Lalrindika Ralte
SS9 Hélder Postiga 67'
CF7 Iain Hume
Substitutes:
GK14 Dani Mallo
GK22 Shilton Paul
DF33 Prabir Das 43'
MF15 Javi Lara 67'
MF23 Ofentse Nato 95'
DF6 Kingshuk Debnath
MF13 Bikramjit Singh
MF17 Bidyananda Singh
MF25 Stephen Pearson
MF34 Abhinas Ruidas
Manager:
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.
  2. "ISL does away with away goal rule". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  3. "Kerala Blasters FC vs. ATK - Football Match Report - December 18, 2016". ESPN. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
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