With only a couple of days remaining until the start of the inaugural season of the highly anticipated Hero Indian Super League, all the eight sides will be pumped up and raring to go, keeping their eyes firmly on the top prize.
Eight teams - Atletico de Kolkata, Mumbai City FC, Delhi Dynamos FC, FC Pune City, NorthEast United FC, Kerala Blasters FC, FC Goa and Chennaiyin FC - will compete for the title, playing a total of 61 games over a period of 70 days.
A total of 56 fixtures will be played in the league stages on a home and away basis, before the top four teams face each other in a two-legged semifinal, followed by the final on 20 December.
Below is a full updated squad list of all the eight teams.
Atletico de Kolkata:
Indian players: Subhasish Roy Chowdhury; Arnab Mondal, Biswajit Saha, Denzil Franco, Nallappan Mohanraj, Kingshuk Debnath; Climax Lawrence, Lester Fernandez, Sanju Pradhan, Rakesh Masih, Cavin Lobo; Mohammed Rafique, Mohammed Rafi, Baljit Sahni.
Foreign players: Apoula Edel, Basillo Agudo; Jose Miguel, Sylvain Monsoreau, Jakub Podany, Jofre Gonzalez, Borja Fernandez, Luis Garcia (marquee signing); Arnal Llibert, Fikru Teferra Lemessa.
Head Coach: Antonio Lopes Habas
Chennaiyin FC
Indian players: Abhjit Mondal, Shilton Paul; Dhanachandra Singh, Gouramangi Singh, Khelemba Meetei, Abhishek Das; Jaison Vales, NP Pradeep, Dane Pereira, Anthony Barbosa, Denson Devadas, Harmanjot Khabra; Jeje Lalpekhlua, Jayesh Rane.
Foreign players: Gennaro Bracigliano; Mikaël Silvestre, Marco Materazzi (marquee signing), Bernard Mendy, Jairo Carvajal; Elano, Bruno Pelissari, Bojan Djordjic, Cristian Gonzalez; Eduardo Silva.
Head Coach: Marco Materazzi
Delhi Dynamos:
Indian players: Jagroop Singh; Anwar Ali, Govin Singh, Munmun Lugun, Shouvik Ghosh, Naoba Singh, Robert Lalthlamuana; Francis Fernandes, Shylo Maltswamtluanga, Souvik Chakraborthy, Adil Khan, Manish Bhargav, Steven Dias; Manandeep Singh.
Foreign players: Marek Cech, Kristof van Hout; Wim Raymaekers; Henrique Dinis, Pavel Elias, Gustavo Marmentini, Hans Mulder, Bruno Herrero; Morten Skoubo, Mads Junker, Alessandro Del Piero(marquee player).
Head Coach: Harm van Veldhoven
Kerala Blasters
Indian players: Luis Barreto, Sandip Nandy; Avinabo Bag, Gurwinder Singh, Nirmal Chettri, Ramandeep Singh, Sandesh Jhingan, Saumik Dey; Mehtab Hussain, Ishfaq Ahmed, Sushanth Mathew, Renedy Singh, Godwin Franco; Milagres Gonsalves, CS Sabeeth.
Foreign Players: David James (marquee player); James Reynolds, Raphael Romey, Colin Favey, Cedric Hengbart, Erwin Spitzner; Penn Orji, Victor Forcada; Iain Hume, Michael Chopra, Andrew Barisic, Pedro Gusmão.
Head Coach: David James
FC Goa
Indian players: Laxmikanth Kattimani; Debabatra Roy, Narayan Das, Prabir Das, Rowilson Rodriguez; Clifford Miranda, Shaikh Jewel Raja, Alwyn George, Mandar Rao Desai, Romeo Fernandes, Peter Carvalho, Pronay Halder; Holicharan Narzary, Gabriel Fernandes.
Foreign Players: Jan Seda; Andre Santos, Gregory Arnolin, Youness Bengelloun; Robert Pires (marquee player), Bruno Pinheiro, Edgar Marcelino; Miroslav Slepicka, Migue Pereira, Tolgay Ozbey.
Head Coach: Zico
FC Pune City
Indian Players: Lalit Thapa, Arindam Bhattacharya; Dharmaraj Ravanan, Pritam Kotal, Deepak Devrani, Anupam Sarkar; Mehrajuddin Wadoo, Pratik Shinde, Tapan Maity, Israil Gurung, Manish Maithani, Lenny Rodrigues; Ashutosh Mehta, Joaquim Abranches,
Foreign players: Emanuelle Belardi; Daniele Magliocchetti, Bruno Cirillo, Andres Gonzalez, Park Kwang-Il; Davide Colomba, Kostas Katsouranis, Omar Rodriguez, Saidou Mady; Ivan Palacios, DavidTrezeguet (marquee player), Dudu.
Head Coach: Franco Colomba
Mumbai City FC:
Indian Players: Subrata Paul, Ishan Debnath; Peter Costa, Deepak Mondal, Raju Gaekwad, Syed Rahim Nabi; Lalrindika Ralte, Ram Malik, Rohit Mirza, Asif Kottayil; Sushil Kumar Singh, Lalrin Fela, Nadong Bhutia, Singam Subash Singh
Foreign players: Preto Pereira; Manuel Friedrich, Ilias Pollalis, Johan Letzelter, Pavel Cmovs; Javier Fernandez, Jan Stohanzl, Tiago Ribeiro, Freddie Ljungberg (marquee player); Diego Nadaya, Nicholas Anelka.
Head Coach: Peter Reid
NorthEast United FC
Indian players: Kunzang Bhutia, Rehenesh TP; Jibon Singh, Aiborlang Khongjee, Pritam Kumar Singh, Robin Gurung; David Nghaite, Redeem Tlang, Alen Deory, Milan Singh, Boithang Haokip, Zodingliana Ralte; Durga Boro, Seimenlen Doungel.
Foreign players: Alexandros Tzorvas; Miguel Garcia, Joan Capdevila (marquee signing), Tomas Josl, Massamba Sambou; Isaac Chansa, Kondwani Mtonga, Guilherme Felipe, Do Dong-Hyun; Luis Padilla, Cornell Glen, James Keene, Luis Yánes, Koke.
Head coach: Ricki Herbert
