Industry Sports
Sports services Headquarters Mumbai Founders IMG, Reliance Industries | Subsidiaries Indian Super League Founded 2014 | |
Key people Nita Ambani (Chairwoman)
Anupam Dutta (CEO) | ||
Football Sports Development Ltd is an Indian company established to operate the Indian Super League, the association football franchise-based league. The company is run as a subsidiary to IMG–Reliance.
Indian Super League
The Indian Super League was founded in October 2013 by IMG–Reliance, along with STAR Sports. The goal of the league was to make football a top sport in India, a country that only found success in cricket and hockey. The league was modelled along the lines of the popular Twenty20 cricket league, the Indian Premier League, and Major League Soccer of the United States. The league started in October 2014 with eight teams and ended in December 2014 with Atlético de Kolkata coming out as inaugural champions.. The new Indian-based Chelsea Fan club was established that displays Chelsea match on screen.
The league saw stars such as Robert Pirès, Nicolas Anelka, David Trezeguet, Alessandro Del Piero, David James, Elano, and Luis Garcia come to India.