The Indian Super League kicks off Sunday October 12th 2014…..Here are your Indian Super League Squads, Stadiums, coaches and marquee players….

India has a long and proud sporting tradition, although it’s footballing background is not as well known as it’s primary sport cricket. The All-India Football Federation (AIFF) came to agreements with IMG-Reliance back in 2010, granting them exclusive rights to the professional Indian football league that kicks off this weekend.

There are some huge names from the world of pro football taking part in the inaugural Indian Super League, with eight teams competing for the title. Read on for the full Indian Super League squads listing, marquee players, coaches and stadiums…..

Mumbai City FC squad

Goalkeepers: Ishan Debnath, Subrata Paul, Andre Pereira

Defenders: Deepak Mondal, Peter Costa, Raju Gaikwad, Syed Rahim Nabi, Pavel Cmovs, Ilias Pollalis, Johan Letzelter, Manuel Friedrich

Midfielders: Asif Kottayil, Lalrin Fela, Lalrindika Ralte, Ram Malik, Francisco Luque, Jan Stohanzl, Tiago Ribeiro

Forwards: Abhishek Yadav, Nadong Bhutia, Rohit Mirza, Singam Subhash Singh, Sushil Kumar Singh, Diego Nadaya, Nicolas Anelka

Atletico de Kolkata squad

GOALKEEPERS: Subhasish Roy Chowdhury, Apoula Edel, Basilio Sncho Agudo

DEFENDERS: Arnab Mondal, Denzil Franco, Rakesh Masih, Biawajit Saha, Kingshuk Debnath, Nallappan Mohanraj, Sylvain Monsoreau, Josemi

MIDFIELDERS: Borja Fernandez, Mohammed Rafique, Sanju Pradhan, Lester Fernandez, Climax Lawrence, Ofentse Nato, Jofre Mateu, Jakub Podany, Mamunul Islam

FORWARDS: Luis Garcia, Cavin Lobo, Mohammed Rafi, Baljit Sahni, Fikru Teferra, Arnal Llibert

Chennaiyin FC Squad

GOALKEEPERS: Abhijit Mondal, Gennaro Bracigliano, Shilton Paul

DEFENDERS: Abhishek Das, Barnard Mendy, Dhanachandra Singh, Gouramangi Singh, Jairo Andres Suarez Carvajal, Khelemba Singh Meetei, Marco Materazzi, Mikael Silvestre

MIDFIELDERS: Anthony Barbosa, Bojan Djordjic, Bruno Augusto Pelissari de Lima, Cristian Hidalgo Gonzalez, Dane Pereira, Denson Devadas, Harmanjot Khabra, Jaison Vales, NP Pradeep, Pierre Jonas Folke Tillman, Sukhwinder Singh

FORWARDS: Balwant Singh, Eduardo Silva Lerma, Jayesh Rane, Jeje Lalpekhlua, John Stiven Mendoza Valencia

Delhi Dynamos FC squad

GOALKEEPERS: Jagroop Singh, Kristof van Hout, Marek Cech

DEFENDERS: Anwar Ali, Govin Singh, Munmun Timothy Lugun, Naoba Singh, Robert Lalthlamuana, Shouvik Ghosh, Stijn Houben, Wim Raymaekers

MIDFIELDERS: Adil Khan, Bruno Herrero Arias, Francis Fernandes, Gustavo Marmentini dos Santos, Hans Mulder, Henrigue Dinis Oliveira Dias, Manish Bhargav, Pavel Elias, Shylo Malswamtluanga, Souvik Chakraborthy, Steven Dias, MAds Junker

FORWARDS: Alessandro Del Piero, Manandeep Singh, Morten Skoubo

FC Goa squad

Jan Seda (Czech Republic), Grégory Arnolin (France), Youness Bengelloun(France), Edgar Marcelino (Portugal), Bruno Pinheiro (Portugal), Miguel Herlein (Portugal), Miroslav Slepicka (Czech Republic)

Goalkeeper (Laxmikant Kattimani),

Defenders (Debabrata Roy, Narayan Das, Prabir Das, Rowilson Rodrigues),

Midfielders (Clifford Miranda, Jewel Raja, Alwyn George, Mandar Rao Desai, Romeo Fernandes, Peter Carvalho, Pronay Halder),

Forwards (Holicharan Narzary, Gabriel Fernandes) 

Kerala Blasters FC squad

GOALKEEPER: David Benjamin James, Luis Barreto, Sandeep Nandy

DEFENDERS: Avinabo Bag, Cedric Hengbart, Colin Falvey, Erwin Spitzner, Gurwinder Singh, James Reynolds McAllister, Nirmal Chettri, Ramandeep Singh, Raphael Romey, Sandesh Jhingam, Godwin Franco

MIDFIELDERS: Ishfaq Ahmed, Mehtab Hossain, Penn Orji, Renedy Singh, Sushant Mathew, Victor Herrero Forcada

FORWARDS: Andrew Barisic, CS Sabeeth, Iain Hume, Michael Chopra, Milagures Gonsalves, Pedro Adrian Veloso Gusmao

NorthEast United FC squad

Goal keepers: Alexandros Tzorvas, Rehnesh TP and Kunzang Bhutia.

Defenders: robin Gurung, Pritam Kumar Singh, Aiborlang Khongjee, Massamba Sambou, Tomas Josl, Miguel Garcia and Joan Capdevila.

Midfielders: Boithang Haokip, Zodingliana Ralte, Milan Singh, Redeem Tlang, David Ngaithi, Alen Deory, Kondwani Mtonga, Isaac Chansa, Do Dung- Hyun and Guilherme Batata.

Forwards: Cornell Glen, Luis Yanes, James Keene, Koke, Seminlen Doungel and Durga Boro.

FC Pune City Squad

FC Pune City International Players: Emanuele Belardi, Andrés González, Daniele Magliocchetti, Bruno Cirillo, Saïdou Panandétiguiri, Davide Colomba, Park Kwang-il, Omar Andrés Rodríguez, Iván Bolado and David Trezeguet.

FC Pune City Indian Players: Arindam Bhattacharya, Lalit Thapa, Dharmaraj Ravanan, Pritam Kotal, Deepak Devrani, Anupam Sarkar, Pratik Shinde, Lenny Rodrigues, Manish Maithani, Mehrajuddin Wadoo, Israil gurung, Tapan Maity, Joaquim Abranches and Ashutosh Mehta.