[2] On 9 December 2010, it was announced that the All India Football Federation had signed a 15-year, 700-crore deal with Reliance Industries and the International Management Group.

[2] in that deal they agreed to form a new professional league for the development of Indian football The Indian Super League was founded in October 2013 by IMG–Reliance, along with All India Football Federation and STAR Sports.

The league started in October 2014 with eight teams and ended in December 2014 with Atlético de Kolkata coming out as inaugural champions.

[4] The league saw stars such as Roberto Carlos, Alessandro Nesta, Tim Cahill, Asamoah Gyan, Robert Pires, Dimitar Berbatov, Nicolas Anelka, Wes Brown, Carlos Marchena, David Trezeguet, Alessandro Del Piero, David James, Elano, Robbie Keane, Diego Forlán, Marco Materazzi, Freddie Ljungberg, Joan Capdevila, Aaron Hughes, Florent Malouda, Kostas Katsouranis, Luis García and Hélder Postiga come to India.

[9] Out of all the ISL clubs, ATK Mohun Bagan, East Bengal, NorthEast United and Odisha didn't participate due to lack of youth teams, thus only seven clubs took part in the league along with Reliance Foundation Youth Champs football team.