{"id":34687,"date":"2017-05-12T07:58:14","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T07:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=34687"},"modified":"2017-05-12T07:58:14","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T07:58:14","slug":"indian-super-league-to-invite-bids-for-new-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=34687","title":{"rendered":"Indian Super League to invite bids for new teams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-34686\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Nita-Ambani-ISL.jpg\" alt=\"Nita Ambani ISL\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8px; margin-right: 8px; float: left;\" width=\"520\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Nita-Ambani-ISL.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Nita-Ambani-ISL-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Nita-Ambani-ISL-150x97.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>New Delhi: The organisers of the Indian Super League (ISL) on Thursday announced plans to invite bids from interested parties to enrol and participate in the city-based football tournament from its fourth edition to be held later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL), who have been organising ISL since its inception in 2014 under the sanction of the All India Football Federation (AIFF), will be floating the tender through &lsquo;Invitation To Bid&#8217; (ITB) to be available on working days from May 12-24.<\/p>\n<p>Bids are invited from prospective team owners in respect of 10 cities &#8212; Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Cuttack, Durgapur, Hyderabad, Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Ranchi, Siliguri and Thiruvananthapuram.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Under and subject to the ITB, one to three new winning bidders shall be enrolled and awarded the right to participate in the ISL.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It being clarified that in case of the city of Kolkata being awarded to the winning bidder, the respective team shall hold its home games outside Kolkata for the next two consecutive ISL seasons,&#8221; the FSDL said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All bidding parties will need to fulfil the eligibility criteria and other requirements specified in the ITB including but not limited to summary of plans to operate their team in the league, including the business model and plan to develop the sport at the grassroots level,&#8221; the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The bid documents must be submitted on Thursday, May 25.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Eight teams currently participate in the ISL Indian Super League &#8212; Atletico de Kolkata, Chennaiyin FC, Delhi Dynamos FC, FC Goa, FC Pune City, Kerala Blasters FC, NorthEast United FC and Mumbai City FC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-34686\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Nita-Ambani-ISL.jpg\" alt=\"Nita Ambani ISL\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8px; margin-right: 8px; float: left;\" width=\"520\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Nita-Ambani-ISL.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Nita-Ambani-ISL-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Nita-Ambani-ISL-150x97.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>New Delhi: The organisers of the Indian Super League (ISL) on Thursday announced plans to invite bids from interested parties to enrol and participate in the city-based football tournament from its fourth edition to be held later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL), who have been organising ISL since its inception in 2014 under the sanction of the All India Football Federation (AIFF), will be floating the tender through &lsquo;Invitation To Bid&#8217; 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