2016 Indian Super League final

October 2018 February 2020 October 2018 2016 Indian Super League final 270px The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, before the final 2016 Indian Super League Kerala Blasters IND 30px 1 ATK IND 30px 1 ATK won 4–3 on penalties 18 December 2016 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Kochi, Kerala Henrique SerenoRaja scores winning penalty to make ATK two-time champions http://www.indiansuperleague.com/news/5470-raja-scores-winning-penalty-to-make-atk-two-time-champions 19 December 2016 Indian Super League 18 December 2016 20 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161220221151/http://www.indiansuperleague.com/news/5470-raja-scores-winning-penalty-to-make-atk-two-time-champions dead Alireza Faghani (Iran) 82,324 2015 2018 The 2016 Indian Super League final was a football match between ATK and Kerala Blasters on 18 December 2016 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi, Kerala. It was the final match of the 2016 Indian Super League, the third season of the Indian Super League. The match was the second time these two teams played against each other in the Indian Super League final, the previous one was when both sides met in the inaugural 2014 final. ATK won that final 1–0. Kerala Blasters reached the playoffs after finishing the regular season in second place. ATK finished their regular season in fourth place. In the semi-finals, Kerala Blasters took on the Delhi Dynamos while ATK played against Mumbai City. ATK hosted Mumbai City in the first match of the finals at the Rabindra Sarobar Stadium. Helped by a brace from Iain Hume, ATK won the first leg 3–2. The team then secured their place in the final after a 0–0 draw in Mumbai. The Kerala Blasters hosted Delhi Dynamos in their first match of the finals at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and won 1–0. In the second leg, the Blasters were defeated 2–1 and thus the score remaining 3–3 on aggregate the match went to a penalty shootout as away goal rule was not applicable in case of Indian Super League.https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/ISL-does-away-with-away-goal-rule/articleshow/45499293.cms ISL does away with away goal rule The Times of India 2018-11-18 The Kerala Blasters won the shootout 3–0 to qualify for the final. Watched by a crowd of 82,324 even though officially another figure of much lower number is given which was even less than some normal league matches conducted here in Kaloor Stadium during 2014–2016 time, the Kerala Blasters took the lead in the 37th minute through Mohammed Rafi. The Kerala Blasters lead only lasted for seven minutes before Henrique Sereno equalized for ATK. At halftime the score was 1–1. The second half did not see any goals scored and thus the match went into extra-time. The first half of extra-time was goalless and so was the second half. With the score still remaining1–1 after extra-time, the match went into penalties. Penalty shoot out drama saw Graham Stack saving the first shot for ATK which gave a temporary lead for Kerala but Ndyoe blasted the ball over the bar and finally Cédric Hengbart saw his shot getting saved by the trailing leg of ATK keeper Debjit Majumder, ATK won the shoot-out 4–3 as Jewel Raja scored the winning penalty and they won the Indian Super League Final for the second time in three seasons.http://www.espn.in/soccer/report?gameId=469480 Kerala Blasters FC vs. ATK - Football Match Report - December 18, 2016 ESPN en 2018-11-18 Match 18 December 19:00 IST Kerala Blasters 1–1 yes Report ATK Rafi 37 Sereno 44 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi 82,324 Alireza Faghani (Iran) German Belfort Ndoye Rafique Hengbart 3–4 Hume Doutie Fernández Lara Raja FFFF00 FFFF00 FFFF00 0000FF 0000FF Kerala Blasters _atk15h _atk15home _atk15h _atk15h _atk15h FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF ATK GK 1IRL Graham StackRB 21 IND Sandesh Jhingan 100CB 6 NIR Aaron Hughes (c) 36CB 5FRA Cédric Hengbart 119LB 11 IND Ishfaq Ahmed 93RM 13 IND C.K. VineethCM 14 IND Mehtab HossainCM 88CHA Azrack MahamatLM 20IND Mohammed Rafi 77SS 9 HAI Kervens BelfortCF 78HAI Duckens Nazon 77Substitutes:GK 24 IND Sandip NandyDF 19 SEN Elhadji Ndoye 36FW 7IND Mohammed Rafique 77FW 10 ENG Antonio German 77MF 2IND Pratik ChowdharyMF 8IND Vinit RaiFW 12IND Thongkhosiem HaokipMF 16IND Gurwinder SinghMF 27ENG Michael ChopraFW 31IND Rino AntoMF 57CIV Didier KadioManager:ENG Steve Coppell GK 24IND Debjit MajumderRB 12 IND Pritam Kotal 100CB 2 POR Henrique Sereno 95CB 4ESP TiriLB 80 IND Keegan Pereira 43RM 11 RSA Sameehg DoutieCM 10 ESP Borja Fernández (c) 25CM 8IND Jewel RajaLM 20IND Lalrindika Ralte SS 9 POR Hélder Postiga 67CF 7CAN Iain HumeSubstitutes:GK 14 ESP Dani MalloGK 22IND Shilton PaulDF 33 IND Prabir Das 43MF 15ESP Javi Lara 67MF 23 BOT Ofentse Nato 95DF 6IND Kingshuk DebnathMF 13IND Bikramjit SinghMF 17IND Bidyananda SinghMF 25SCO Stephen PearsonMF 34IND Abhinas RuidasManager:ESP José Francisco Molina Hero of the match Henrique Sereno (ATK) Emerging player of the match Lalrindika Ralte (ATK)Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions. References 2016 Final Category:2016–17 in Indian football Category:December 2016 sports events in India Category:Kerala Blasters FC matches Category:ATK (football club) matches