Club-by-club guide for ISL 2015: Who has joined? Who has been retained? Who is the coach?

Club-by-club guide for ISL 2015: Who has joined? Who has been retained? Who is the coach?

The deadline for Indian Super League (ISL) clubs to retain players has ended — and now the eight clubs will have the draft and auction to rebuild their squads.

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Club-by-club guide for ISL 2015: Who has joined? Who has been retained? Who is the coach?

The deadline for Indian Super League (ISL) clubs to retain players has ended — and now the eight clubs will have the draft and auction to rebuild their squads.

There is also an auction this time (on 10 July, along with the draft), with Indian stars Sunil Chhetri, Robin Singh and Eugeneson Lyngdoh also part of it. The ISL’s second season kicks off on 3 October with the first match in Chennai — and will feature 61 matches to be played across 79 days.

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Atletico de Kolkata players Fikru and others celebrate a goal against FC Goa during ISL Match at Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on Wednesday. PTI

Last season’s champions Atletico de Kolkata have been one of the most active teams in the close season so far — and have also surprisingly let go off star striker Fikru Teferra (who has joined Chennaiyin FC).

As of 2 July, this is what we know of every team. We will update this page as when teams make more changes.

Atletico de Kolkata

Manager: Antonio Lopez Habas (retained).

Foreign players retained: Borja Fernandes, Ofentse Nato and Josemi.

Foreign players signed: Tiri, Jaime Gavilán, Sameehg Doutie and Iain Hume.

Indian players retained: Arnab Kumar Mondal; Baljit Sahni; Denzil Franco; Nallapan Mohanraj.

Indian players signed: Nadong Bhutia; Jewel Raja; Sushil Kumar Singh; Syed Rahim Nabi; Clifford Miranda.

Chennaiyin FC

Manager: Marco Materazzi (retained)

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Foreign players retained: Elano, Bruno Pelissari and Bernard Mendy

Foreign players signed: Apoula Edel, Fikru Teferra

Indian players retained: Jayesh Rane; Abhishek Das; Harmanjot Singh Khabra; Jeje Lalpekhula; Dhanachandra Singh; Balwant Singh.

Indian players signed: Godwin Franco; Mehrajuddin Wadoo.

Delhi Dynamos FC

Manager: Not yet announced - reportedly Roberto Carlos.

Foreign players retained: Gustavo dos Santos, Hans Mulder.

Foreign players signed: None

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Indian players retained: Francis Fernandes; Anwar Ali; Syhlo Malsawmtluanga; Robert Lathlamuana; Souvik Chakraborty.

Indian players signed: Subhashish Roy Chowdhury; Seiminlen Doungel.

FC Goa

Manager: Not yet announced - Zico expected to continue

Foreign players retained: Gregory Arnolin and Bruno Pinheiro

Foreign players signed: Lucio, Reinaldo, Victor Simoes, Elinton Andrade and Jofre Mateu

Indian players retained: Romeo Fernandes; Mandar Rao Desai; Laxmikant Kattimani; Narayan Das; Debadrata Roy; Bikramjit Singh.

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Indian players signed: Pronay Halder; C.S. Sabeeth; Denson Devadas; Joaquim Abranches; Raju Gaikwad.

FC Pune City

Manager: David Platt

Foreign players retained: None

Foreign players signed: None

Indian players retained: Lenny Rodrigues; Arindham Bhattacharya; Ravanan Dharmaraj; Israil Gurung; Pritam Kotal; Manish Maithani.

Indian players signed: Gourmangi Singh.

Kerala Blasters FC

Manager: Peter Taylor

Foreign players retained: Victor Pulga

Foreign players signed: Chris Dagnall

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Indian players retained: Sandesh Jhingan; Ishfaq Ahmed; Mehatab Hossain; Gurwinder Singh; Saumik Dey; Sandip Nandy.

Indian players signed: Mohammed Rafi; Nirmal Chettri; Ramandeep Singh.

Mumbai City FC

Manager: Nicolas Anelka (player-cum-manager)

Foreign players retained: Nicolas Anelka

Foreign players signed: None

Indian players retained: Subrata Paul; Subhash Singam Singh; Lalrindika Ralte.

Indian players signed: Gabriel Fernandes; Kingshuk Debnath; Rowlin Rodrigues.

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NorthEast United FC

Manager: Cesar Farias

Foreign players retained: Miguel Garcia and Kondwani Mtonga

Foreign players signed: None

Indian players retained: Rehnesh TP; Aiborlang Khongjee; Robin Gurung; Boithang Haokip; Alen Deory.

Indian players signed: Sanju Pradhan; Holicharn Narzary.

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