This is a list of all roster changes that occurred prior to the 2015 Indian Super League season.
Player regulations for 2015 For the 2015 season, the Indian Super League have decided to introduce a salary cap which shall be set at Rs. 20 crores after a meeting that took place on 9 March 2015. Also at the meeting, the organization revealed other roster rules for the 2015 season which were: Marquee player: Each team will be required to sign one marquee player for the 2015 season. The marquee player can be the same marquee from last season but teams are also allowed to sign a new one. International players: Each team will be allowed to retain between one and five foreign players from the previous season and they're allowed to sign new foreigners without an international players draft. Domestic players: Each team will be allowed to retain between one and six Indian domestic players. Indian players who are not retained by their teams will be allowed to freely sign for another Indian Super League team till May 2015. If the players are still without a team by May 2015 then they will be listed as an option in the domestic draft in June.
It was also revealed during the meeting that each team may have a minimum of 22 players in their squad, with the addition of two developmental players. This would mean that each team should have a minimum of one marquee player, eight international players, and thirteen domestic Indian players in which two must be developmental players. Maximum, each team may contain 25 players, with two of the addition three players being allowed to be foreign.
Player auction For the first time, the Indian Super League will host a player auction which will consist of 12-15 Indian players who have played for the national team but who did not play in the previous ISL season. Each club will be allowed to add one player from the auction list onto their roster and the players not selected will be instated into the domestic player draft.
Retained players
Atletico de Kolkata
Foreign players Position Player DF Josemi MF Ofentse Nato MF Borja Fernández
Indian players Position Player DF Arnab Mondal DF Denzil Franco DF Nallappan Mohanraj FW Baljit Sahni
Chennaiyin FC
Foreign players Position Player DF Bernard Mendy MF Bruno Pelissari MF Elano (Marquee)
Indian Players Position Player DF Mohammed Ismail DF Dhanachandra Singh MF Harmanjot Khabra MF Jayesh Rane FW Balwant Singh FW Jeje Lalpekhlua
Delhi Dynamos
Foreign players Position Player MF Hans Mulder FW Gustavo Marmentini
Indian players Position Player DF Anwar Ali DF Robert Lalthlamuana MF Francis Fernandes MF Souvik Chakraborty FW Shylo Malsawmtluanga
FC Goa
Foreign players Position Player DF Grégory Arnolin DF Bruno Pinheiro
Indian players Position Player GK Laxmikant Kattimani DF Debabrata Roy DF Narayan Das MF Bikramjit Singh MF Mandar Rao Desai MF Romeo Fernandes
Kerala Blasters
Foreign players Position Player MF Pulga
Indian players Position Player GK Sandip Nandy DF Sandesh Jhingan DF Saumik Dey DF Gurwinder Singh MF Ishfaq Ahmed MF Mehtab Hossain
Mumbai City FC
Foreign players Position Player DF Pavel Čmovš MF André Moritz
Indian players Position Player GK Subrata Pal MF Lalrindika Ralte FW Subhash Singh
NorthEast United
Foreign players Position Player DF Miguel Garcia MF Kondwani Mtonga
Indian players Position Player GK Rehenesh TP DF Aiborlang Khongjee DF Robin Gurung MF Alen Deory MF Boithang Haokip
Pune City
Foreign players To be Announced
Indian players Position Player GK Arindam Bhattacharya DF Dharmaraj Ravanan DF Pritam Kotal MF Manish Maithani MF Lenny Rodrigues
Player auction On 10 July, the player auction took place. Ten players who had featured for the India national team and who did not play in the ISL last season were available to be purchased by the eight teams. Every player who went under the hammer during the auction were sold. The players were sold for a total of 7.22 crores.
Name Position Last I-League team India caps India goals Base Price in (in lakhs) Sold to Selling Price in (inlakhs) Sunil Chhetri FW Bengaluru FC 76 46 Rs. 80 Lakh Mumbai City Rs. 1.2 crores Eugeneson Lyngdoh MF Bengaluru FC 3 0 Rs. 27.50 Lakh Pune City Rs. 1.05 crores Rino Anto DF Bengaluru FC 1 0 Rs. 17.50 Lakh Atlético de Kolkata Rs. 90 Lakhs Thoi Singh MF Bengaluru FC 0 0 Rs. 39 Lakh Chennaiyin Rs. 86 Lakhs Arata Izumi MF Pune 9 0 Rs. 40 Lakh Atlético de Kolkata Rs. 68 Lakhs Karanjit Singh GK Salgaocar 16 0 Rs. 60 Lakh Chennaiyin Rs. 60 Lakhs Satiyasen Singh MF Royal Wahingdoh 1 0 Rs. 20 Lakh NorthEast United Rs. 56 Lakhs Robin Singh FW Bengaluru FC 17 1 Rs. 40 Lakh Delhi Dynamos Rs. 51 Lakhs Jackichand Singh FW Royal Wahingdoh 3 0 Rs. 20 Lakh Pune City Rs. 45 Lakhs Anas Edathodika DF Pune 0 0 Rs. 40 Lakh Delhi Dynamos Rs. 41 Lakhs
Domestic draft On 10 July 2015, after the auction, the 2015 ISL Domestic Draft was held, also in Mumbai. 114 players were available for selection with only seven rounds taking place. Only 40 players were selected during the draft as the draft was just used to finalize the domestic quota for all eight teams.
Player movement and other transactions Date Name Moving from Moving to Notes 21 March 2015 Gouramangi Singh Chennaiyin Pune City Free 8 April 2015 Denson Devadas Chennaiyin Goa Free 8 April 2015 Chinadorai Sabeeth Kerala Blasters Goa Free 8 April 2015 Lester Fernandez Atlético de Kolkata Goa Free 15 May 2015 Jewel Raja Goa Atlético de Kolkata Free 15 May 2015 Clifford Miranda Goa Atlético de Kolkata Free 15 May 2015 Sushil Kumar Singh Mumbai City Atlético de Kolkata Free 15 May 2015 Mehrajuddin Wadoo Pune City Chennaiyin Free 15 May 2015 Mohammed Rafi Atlético de Kolkata Kerala Blasters Free 15 May 2015 Rowilson Rodrigues Goa Mumbai City Free 15 May 2015 Kingshuk Debnath Atlético de Kolkata Mumbai City Free 15 May 2015 Gabriel Fernandes Goa Mumbai City Free 15 May 2015 Sanju Pradhan Atlético de Kolkata NorthEast United Free 15 May 2015 Holicharan Narzary Goa NorthEast United Free 15 May 2015 Syed Rahim Nabi Mumbai City Atlético de Kolkata Free 15 May 2015 Nadong Bhutia Mumbai City Atlético de Kolkata Free 15 May 2015 Subhasish Roy Chowdhury Atlético de Kolkata Delhi Dynamos Free 15 May 2015 Seminlen Doungel NorthEast United Delhi Dynamos Free 15 May 2015 Godwin Franco Kerala Blasters Chennaiyin Free 15 May 2015 Joaquim Abranches Pune City Goa Free 15 May 2015 Pronay Halder Unattached Goa Free 15 May 2015 Nirmal Chettri Unattached Kerala Blasters Free 15 May 2015 Ramandeep Singh Unattached Kerala Blasters Free 15 May 2015 Raju Gaikwad Mumbai City Goa Free 27 May 2015 Elinton Andrade Duque de Caxias Goa Free 27 May 2015 Reinaldo EC Internacional Goa Free 5 June 2015 Iain Hume Kerala Blasters Atlético de Kolkata Free 7 June 2015 Lúcio Palmeiras Goa Marquee 10 June 2015 Chris Dagnall Leyton Orient Kerala Blasters Free 19 June 2015 Jaime Gavilán Platanias Atlético de Kolkata Free 19 June 2015 Tiri Atlético Madrid B Atlético de Kolkata Free 20 June 2015 Victor Simões Umm Salal Goa Free 23 June 2015 Jofre Atlético de Kolkata Goa Free 24 June 2015 Sameehg Doutie SuperSport United Atlético de Kolkata Free 25 June 2015 Simão Unattached NorthEast United Marquee 26 June 2015 Fikru Teferra Atlético de Kolkata Chennaiyin Free 26 June 2015 Apoula Edel Atlético de Kolkata Chennaiyin Free 3 July 2015 Cédric Hengbart AC Ajaccio NorthEast United Free 3 July 2015 Juan Calatayud Videoton Atlético de Kolkata Free 3 July 2015 Valdo Racing de Santander Atlético de Kolkata Free 7 July 2015 Diomansy Kamara Catanzaro NorthEast United Free 11 July 2015 Darren O'Dea Unattached Mumbai City Free 13 July 2015 Juan Aguilera Núñez Platanias Mumbai City Free 15 July 2015 Sony Norde Mohun Bagan Mumbai City Free 16 July 2015 Nicolau Colaco Salgaocar Goa Free 17 July 2015 Yendrick Ruiz Herediano Pune City Loan 17 July 2015 Javi Lara Eibar Atlético de Kolkata Free 18 July 2015 Keenan Almeida Sporting Goa Goa Free 21 July 2015 Steve Simonsen Rangers Pune City Free 21 July 2015 Nicky Shorey Portsmouth Pune City Free 28 July 2015 Luis Barreto East Bengal Goa Loan 28 July 2015 Selim Benachour Unattached Mumbai City Free 29 July 2015 Didier Zokora Akhisar Belediyespor Pune City Free 29 July 2015 Hélder Postiga Deportivo La Coruña Atlético de Kolkata Marquee 30 July 2015 James Bailey Barnsley Pune City Free 30 July 2015 Frantz Bertin Aiginiakos Mumbai City Free 30 July 2015 Frédéric Piquionne US Créteil Mumbai City Free 30 July 2015 Cristian Bustos Mallorca Mumbai City Free 31 July 2015 Adrian Mutu Petrolul Ploiești Pune City Marquee 31 July 2015 Carlos Marchena Deportivo La Coruña Kerala Blasters Marquee 2 August 2015 Nicolás Vélez Warriors NorthEast United Free 3 August 2015 Gennaro Bracigliano Chennaiyin NorthEast United Free 4 August 2015 João Coimbra Rapid București Kerala Blasters Free 5 August 2015 Éder Nea Salamis Famagusta Chennaiyin Free 6 August 2015 Francis Dadzie Bechem United NorthEast United Free
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