The team is promoted by Tata Steel and 2017 ISL season is the inaugural season for them. Ahead of the India’s biggest football tournament, here’s Jamshedpur FC team squads, players, schedule, jersey for ISL 2017. “Chennaiyin ” who retained two senior players besides Jerry Lalrinzuala, a capped Indian player falling under the U21 category ” will be the only club to join the player draft from fourth round.
The proceedings for the new season of the Indian Super League (ISL), which will be of longer duration featuring 10 teams this time, will kick off on Sunday in Mumbai with the ISL draft.
Contrary to the notion, the Indian Player Draft 2017 has suddenly assumed importance as many top Indian International Players are now available for the “Super Sunday” signing. All teams were given the option of retaining a maximum of two senior players, and up to three U-21 players, from the 2016 squads. “I’ve been told that this has been done to felicitate the new team Jamshedpur FC so that all teams are on a level-playing field”, Chhetri said in an interview to mid-day. A total of 205 players, including three college boys who emerged from the Reliance Foundation Youth Sports campus football championship, and several juniors eager to break into the ISL, will be up for grabs at the draft.
The ISL has a salary cap of Rs 12.5 crore for foreign players – excluding a marquee signing – and Rs 18 crore for the entire squad. It allows teams a second chance to trade an already picked player. But while there is a Rs 12.5 crore cap on foreign signings, a franchise can spend freely on their domestic signings during the draft and then adjust the purse with their global players. Consistent performers from previous seasons, such as Sandip Nandy, Pritam Kotal, Jayesh Rane, Subrata Pal, Balwant Singh, Sena Ralte, Izumi Arata, Narayan Das and Mehtab Hossain would all be hoping for an early pick, especially if their past employers look for continuity by picking them for the next season. You can find the full list of retained players and latest ISL transfers here. FC Pune City’s Antonio Habas and Mumbai City FC’s Alexandre Guimaraes continue from last season. “We have prepared well for the draft and we will definitely try to bring some of the better players on board when we get to pick players in round four”, said the coach.