5 reasons why ISL Season 2 will be better than Season 1

The managers will be looking to lead their teams in winning the ISL 2015 trophyThe biggest footballing extravaganza in India is all set to kick off on October 3, 2015. The stage is set for the eight biggest football clubs in India to once again fight for the prestigious Indian Super League trophy. It’s that time of the year when people in a cricket crazy nation will be more interested in filling up football stadiums to catch a glimpse of some of the biggest names in world football. The inaugural season of the Indian Super League was a huge success, as for the first time in India some of the biggest names in football like Luis Garcia, Alessandro Del Piero, Marco Materazzi, Robert Pirès, Elano Blumer, Joan Capdevila, Fredrik Ljungberg, David Trezeguet, David James, Nicolas Anelka and Alessandro Nesta played in the tournament. For the first time in India, a football tournament was telecast and promoted so extensively. We take a look at 5 reasons why the second edition of the league will only get better.

#1 Audience

Never in India have we seen people filling up the stadiums to watch a football match like it happened in the Indian Super League. A total of 1.58 million people flocked to the eight stadiums to watch the match, and it was also watched by a record 429 million viewers on Television making it the fourth most popular league in the world after the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and Bundesliga.

The defending champions Atletico de Kolkata enjoyed massive home support, and the crazy football lovers of Kolkata recorded an average attendance of 45,000. Sachin Tendulkar co-owned Kerala Blasters were the biggest surprise of the league, as they recorded the highest average league attendance of 49,000. The numbers are just going to increase this season, with clubs having established themselves already. Few of the clubs have tied up with local supporters organisations to make season tickets available to fans at a discounted price.