Dubai: The second season of the Hero Indian Super League (ISL) will open on October 3, when Chennaiyin FC host defending champions Atletico de Kolkata.
The match will be the first of 61 to be played across 79 days, with the eight-team league stage accounting for 56 games in a home and away format, followed by two-legged semi-finals starting on December 11.
The final is scheduled for December 20 at a venue to be announced at a later date. All the matches will kick off at 7pm IST (5.30pm UAE).
The inaugural ISL was the fourth most-watched football league in the world as, for the first time in Indian football, global stars such as Alessandro Del Piero, Nicolas Anelka, Robert Pires, Fredrik Ljungberg, David James, Luis Garcia, David Trezeguet, Elano Blumer and Joan Capdevila played alongside the best local talents.
