The Indian Super League (ISL), officially known as the Hero Indian Super League for sponsorship reasons, will be a professional football league in India. The league will be one of the top tier football leagues in India, the other being the I-League. The league will feature eight franchise teams from all around India.The league will run from October to December, with a finals series determining the champion. The Indian Super League was founded in 2013 in an effort to make football a top sport in India and to make Indian football a major player worldwide.[1] Football Sports Development (FSD) owns ISL. The league will operate along the lines of the Indian Premier League – a cricket Twenty20 league, and Major League Soccer of the United States.Unlike the majority of football leagues around the world, the ISL will not use the promotion and relegation system. Instead, the ISL will use a franchise system in which eight teams will be created to participate in the league.
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