2016 Indian Super League season
The 2016 Indian Super League season is the third season of the Indian Super League, the football league, since its establishment in 2013. The season featured eight teams again, each playing 14 matches during the regular season before the finals. The regular season began on 1 October and ended on 4 December. The finals began on 10 December and concluded with the final on 18 December. The defending champions coming into the season were Chennaiyin.
At the end of the season, Atlético de Kolkata came out as champions after defeating the Kerala Blasters in a penalty shootout, 4–3, during the final. The match had ended 1–1 after ninety minutes and extra time.
Teams
Stadiums and locations
Personnel and kits
Head coaching changes
Roster changes
Marquee players
| Team | Marquee |
 Hélder Postiga | |
 John Arne Riise | |
 Florent Malouda | |
 Lúcio | |
 Aaron Hughes | |
 Diego Forlán | |
 Didier Zokora | |
 Mohamed Sissoko |
Foreign players
Besides the marquee player, each Indian Super League side must sign at least eight foreign players with the maximum capped at 10.| Atlético de Kolkata | Chennaiyin | Delhi Dynamos | Goa |
 Iain Hume Ofentse Nato Sameehg Doutie Tiri Stephen Pearson Dani Mallo Javi Lara Borja Fernández Juan Belencoso Henrique Sereno | Bernard Mendy Raphael Augusto Éder Manuele Blasi Hans Mulder Davide Succi Maurizio Peluso Eli Sabiá Duwayne Kerr Dudu Omagbemi | Toni Doblas Bruno Pelissari Marcelinho Marcos Tébar David Addy Rubén Memo Richard Gadze Ibrahima Niasse Badara Badji | Jofre Reinaldo Grégory Arnolin Luciano Sabrosa Rafael Coelho Rafael Dumas Matheus Goncalves Richarlyson Júlio César |
| Kerala Blasters | Mumbai City | NorthEast United | Pune City |
 Antonio German Josu Graham Stack Michael Chopra Elhadji Ndoye Kervens Belfort Cédric Hengbart Azrack Mahamat Didier Kadio Duckens Nazon | Sony Norde Matías Defederico Krisztián Vadócz Gerson Vieira Léo Costa Lucian Goian Roberto Volpato Cafu Facundo Cardozo Thiago Cunha |  Katsumi Yusa Maílson Alves Sasha Aneff Nicolás Vélez Gustavo Lazzaretti Wellington Priori Romaric Wellington de Lima Gomes Emiliano Alfaro Robert Cullen | Pitu Jonatan Lucca Eduardo Ferreira Momar Ndoye Bruno Apoula Edel Aníbal Zurdo Gustavo Oberman Jesús Tato Dramane Traoré |
Results
League table
Results table
Playoffs
Season statistics
Scoring
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Marcelinho | Delhi Dynamos | 10 |
| 2 | Iain Hume | Atlético de Kolkata | 7 |
| 3 | Emiliano Alfaro | NorthEast United | 5 |
| 3 |  C.K. Vineeth | Kerala Blasters | 5 |
| 3 | Diego Forlán | Mumbai City | 5 |
| 3 | Aníbal Zurdo | Pune City | 5 |
| 3 | Richard Gadze | Delhi Dynamos | 5 |
| 3 | Rafael Coelho | Goa | 5 |
| 3 | Dudu Omagbemi | Chennaiyin | 5 |
| 10 | Kean Lewis | Delhi Dynamos | 4 |
Top Indian scorers
Hat-tricks
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
| Diego Forlán | Mumbai City | Kerala Blasters | 5–0 | 19 11 2016 | |
| Dudu Omagbemi | Chennaiyin | NorthEast United | 3–3 | 26 11 2016 | |
| Marcelinho | Delhi Dynamos | Goa | 5–1 | 27 11 2016 |
Clean sheets
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Amrinder Singh | Mumbai City | 5 |
| 2 | Karanjit Singh | Chennaiyin | 4 |
| 2 | Subrata Pal | NorthEast United | 4 |
| 2 | Sandip Nandy | Kerala Blasters | 4 |
| 5 | Toni Doblas | Delhi Dynamos | 3 |
| 5 | Debjit Majumder | Atlético de Kolkata | 3 |
| 7 | Roberto Volpato | Mumbai City | 2 |
| 7 | Albino Gomes | Mumbai City | 2 |
| 7 | Laxmikant Kattimani | Goa | 2 |
| 10 | Subhasish Roy Chowdhury | Goa | 1 |
| 10 | Apoula Edel | Pune City | 1 |
| 10 | Dani Mallo | Atlético de Kolkata | 1 |
| 10 | Arindam Bhattacharya | Pune City | 1 |
| 10 | Graham Stack | Kerala Blasters | 1 |
Attendance
Average home attendances
Highest attendances
Regular season| Rank | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance | Date | Stadium |
| 1 | Kerala Blasters | 0–0 | Delhi Dynamos | 54,913 | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | |
| 2 | Kerala Blasters | 0–1 | Atlético de Kolkata | 54,900 | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | |
| 3 | Kerala Blasters | 1–0 | NorthEast United | 53,767 | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | |
| 4 | Kerala Blasters | 3–1 | Chennaiyin | 53,152 | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | |
| 5 | Kerala Blasters | 2–1 | Pune City | 51,341 | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | |
| 6 | Kerala Blasters | 1–0 | Mumbai City | 40,013 | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | |
| 7 | Kerala Blasters | 2–1 | Goa | 34,196 | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | |
| 8 | NorthEast United | 0–1 | Chennaiyin | 32,844 | Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium | |
| 9 | NorthEast United | 1–2 | Atlético de Kolkata | 30,033 | Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium | |
| 10 | NorthEast United | 0–1 | Mumbai City | 29,989 | Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium |
Awards
- Source:
Hero of the Match
ISL Emerging Player of the Match
ISL ''Player of the Week'' award
Awarded weekly to the player that was chosen by fan voting on google.co.in| Week | Player | Club | Votes |
| 1 | Subrata Pal | NorthEast United | 28.16% |
| 2 | Michael Chopra | Kerala Blasters | 45.09% |
| 3 | Cédric Hengbart | Kerala Blasters | 82.04% |
| 4 | Kervens Belfort | Kerala Blasters | 86.95% |
| 5 | Anas Edathodika | Delhi Dynamos | 59.63% |
| 6 | Mehtab Hossain | Kerala Blasters | 82.87% |
| 7 | C.K. Vineeth | Kerala Blasters | 81.40% |
| 8 | Aaron Hughes | Kerala Blasters | 89.20% |
| 9 | Marcelinho | Delhi Dynamos | 40.86% |