# 2014 ISL Inaugural Domestic Draft

The 2014 ISL Inaugural Domestic Draft was the first ever draft from the Indian Super League, the new domestic football league in India. The draft featured eighty-four Indian domestic players. They were drafted by six out of the eight teams featured in the Indian Super League to form the domestic core of the teams. NorthEast United FC and Goa were the two non-participating teams as they selected their Indian players from both I-League teams, Dempo and Shillong Lajong respectively. Forty of the eighty-four players up for selection have either played for the India national team or have attended a camp for the national team.
The draft took place within two days, 22 to 23 July, in Mumbai.

## Players available to draft
### Main pool

India national team :
| Player | Last Team | Position | Caps | Goals |
| Climax Lawrence | Mumbai | MF | 72 | 2 |
| Gouramangi Singh | Rangdajied United | DF | 68 | 5 |
| Syed Nabi | Mohammedan | DF | 59 | 7 |
| Subrata Pal | Vestsjælland | GK | 56 | 0 |
| Renedy Singh | Shillong Lajong | MF | 54 | 4 |
| Steven Dias | Churchill Brothers | MF | 51 | 7 |
| Pappachen Pradeep | Mumbai | MF | 41 | 7 |
| Deepak Mondal | East Bengal | DF | 38 | 0 |
| Anwar Ali | Mumbai | DF | 33 | 0 |
| Mehrajuddin Wadoo | Mohammedan | DF | 32 | 2 |
| Mehtab Hossain | East Bengal | MF | 28 | 2 |
| Sushil Kumar Singh | Shillong Lajong | FW | 26 | 2 |
| Francis Fernandes | Salgaocar | MF | 23 | 0 |
| Raju Gaikwad | East Bengal | DF | 22 | 0 |
| Jeje Lalpekhlua | Dempo | FW | 21 | 8 |
| Lenny Rodrigues | Churchill Brothers | MF | 19 | 0 |
| Sandip Nandy | Mohun Bagan | GK | 16 | 0 |
| Nirmal Chettri | Mohammedan | DF | 15 | 0 |
| Lalrindika Ralte | East Bengal | MF | 12 | 0 |
| Joaquim Abranches | East Bengal | FW | 11 | 1 |
| Denzil Franco | Churchill Brothers | DF | 11 | 0 |
| Arnab Mondal | East Bengal | DF | 9 | 1 |
| Mohammed Rafi | Mumbai | FW | 5 | 1 |
| Rakesh Masih | Mohammedan | DF | 5 | 0 |
| Subhasish Roy Chowdhury | Dempo | GK | 4 | 0 |
| Nallappan Mohanraj | Sporting Goa | DF | 4 | 0 |
| Govin Singh | Shillong Lajong | DF | 4 | 0 |
| Shylo Malsawmtluanga | East Bengal | MF | 3 | 0 |
| Adil Khan | Mohun Bagan | MF | 3 | 0 |
| Sanju Pradhan | Dempo | MF | 3 | 0 |
| Manandeep Singh | Rangdajied United | FW | 3 | 0 |
| Robert Lalthlamuana | East Bengal | DF | 2 | 0 |
| Chinadorai Sabeeth | Mohun Bagan | FW | 2 | 0 |
| Arindam Bhattacharya | Churchill Brothers | GK | 1 | 0 |
| Harmanjot Khabra | East Bengal | MF | 1 | 0 |
| Lester Fernandez | Pune | MF | 1 | 0 |
| Manish Maithani | Mohammedan | MF | 1 | 0 |
| Baljit Sahni | East Bengal | FW | 1 | 0 |
| Balwant Singh | Mohun Bagan | FW | 1 | 0 |
| Ishfaq Ahmed | Mohammedan | MF | — | — |
Non national team :
| Player | Last I-League team | Position |
| Jagroop Singh | Air India | GK |
| Lalit Thapa | Churchill Brothers | GK |
| Abhijit Mondal | East Bengal | GK |
| Luis Barreto | East Bengal | GK |
| Shilton Paul | Mohun Bagan | GK |
| Ishan Debnath | United | GK |
| Ramandeep Singh | Air India | DF |
| Dharmaraj Ravanan | Churchill Brothers | DF |
| Naoba Singh | East Bengal | DF |
| Biswajit Saha | Mohun Bagan | DF |
| Kingshuk Debnath | Mohun Bagan | DF |
| Pritam Kotal | Mohun Bagan | DF |
| Shouvik Ghosh | Mohun Bagan | DF |
| Khelemba Singh | Mumbai | DF |
| Peter Costa | Mumbai | DF |
| Sandesh Jhingan | Mumbai | DF |
| Avinabo Bag | Pailan Arrows | DF |
| Munmun Lugun | Rangdajied United | DF |
| Deepak Devrani | Sporting Goa | DF |
| Dhanachandra Singh | United | DF |
| Pratik Shinde | Houston Hurricanes FC | MF |
| Anthony Barbosa | Churchill Brothers | MF |
| Godwin Franco | Dempo | MF |
| Mohammed Rafique | East Bengal | MF |
| Denson Devadas | Mohun Bagan | MF |
| Lalkamal Bhowmick | Mohun Bagan | MF |
| Lalrin Fela | Mohun Bagan | MF |
| Manish Bhargav | Mohun Bagan | MF |
| Ram Malik | Mohun Bagan | MF |
| Souvik Chakraborty | Mohun Bagan | MF |
| Ashutosh Mehta | Mumbai | MF |
| Dane Pereira | Mumbai | MF |
| Rohit Mirza | Mumbai | MF |
| Sushanth Mathew | Rangdajied United | MF |
| Asif Kottayil | United | MF |
| Snehasish Chakraborty | United | MF |
| Tapan Maity | United | MF |
| Jaison Vales | Churchill Brothers | FW |
| Cavin Lobo | East Bengal | FW |
| Israil Gurung | Mohammedan | FW |
| Jayesh Rane | Mumbai | FW |
| Milagres Gonsalves | Salgaocar | FW |
| Subhash Singh | Shillong Lajong | FW |
| Nadong Bhutia | United Sikkim | FW |

### Reserves

| Player | Last I-League team | Position |
| Abhra Mondal | East Bengal | GK |
| Priyant Singh | East Bengal | GK |
| Abhishek Das | East Bengal | DF |
| Gurwinder Singh | East Bengal | DF |
| Saumik Dey | East Bengal | DF |
| Chingkhei Yumnam | Pailan Arrows | MF |
| Simranjit Singh | Pailan Arrows | MF |
| Alvito D'Cunha | East Bengal | FW |
| Rajinder Kumar | United | FW |

## Draft selections – Day 1
### Round 1

The first round saw FC Pune City go first, with them selecting Lenny Rodrigues as the first ever Indian player in ISL history.
| Pick # | ISL team | Player | Position |
| 1 | FC Pune City | Lenny Rodrigues | Midfielder |
| 2 | Mumbai | Subrata Pal | Goalkeeper |
| 3 | Kerala Blasters FC | Mehtab Hossain | Midfielder |
| 4 | Chennai | Harmanjot Khabra | Midfielder |
| 5 | Atlético de Kolkata | Cavin Lobo | Midfielder |
| 6 | Delhi Dynamos FC | Francis Fernandes | Midfielder |

### Round 2

The second round saw Delhi Dynamos FC go first, with them selecting Robert Lalthlamuana as their pick.
| Pick # | ISL team | Player | Position |
| 1 | Delhi Dynamos FC | Robert Lalthlamuana | Defender |
| 2 | Atlético de Kolkata | Arnab Mondal | Defender |
| 3 | Chennai | Dhanachandra Singh | Defender |
| 4 | Kerala Blasters FC | Sandesh Jhingan | Defender |
| 5 | Mumbai | Lalrindika Ralte | Midfielder |
| 6 | FC Pune City | Dharmaraj Ravanan | Defender |

### Round 3

The third round saw Kerala Blasters FC pick first. The player they selected was Ishfaq Ahmed.
| Pick # | ISL team | Player | Position |
| 1 | Kerala Blasters FC | Ishfaq Ahmed | Midfielder |
| 2 | Chennai | Jeje Lalpekhlua | Forward |
| 3 | Atlético de Kolkata | Denzil Franco | Defender |
| 4 | Delhi Dynamos FC | Naoba Singh | Defender |
| 5 | FC Pune City | Ashutosh Mehta | Forward |
| 6 | Mumbai | Syed Nabi | Defender |

### Round 4

The fourth round saw Mumbai pick first, their pick being Raju Gaikwad.
| Pick # | ISL team | Player | Position |
| 1 | Mumbai | Raju Gaikwad | Defender |
| 2 | FC Pune City | Joaquim Abranches | Forward |
| 3 | Delhi Dynamos FC | Shylo Malsawmtluanga | Midfielder |
| 4 | Atlético de Kolkata | Rakesh Masih | Midfielder |
| 5 | Chennai | Gouramangi Singh | Defender |
| 6 | Kerala Blasters FC | Gurwinder Singh | Defender |

### Round 5

The fifth round saw Chennai pick first. They selected Shilton Paul with their pick.
| Pick # | ISL team | Player | Position |
| 1 | Chennai | Shilton Paul | Goalkeeper |
| 2 | Kerala Blasters FC | Nirmal Chettri | Defender |
| 3 | Mumbai | Subhash Singh | Forward |
| 4 | FC Pune City | Pritam Kotal | Defender |
| 5 | Delhi Dynamos FC | Shouvik Ghosh | Defender |
| 6 | Atlético de Kolkata | Mohammed Rafique | Forward |

### Round 6

The sixth round saw Atlético de Kolkata pick first. They selected Mohammed Rafi with their pick.
| Pick # | ISL team | Player | Position |
| 1 | Atlético de Kolkata | Mohammed Rafi | Forward |
| 2 | Delhi Dynamos FC | Souvik Chakraborty | Midfielder |
| 3 | FC Pune City | Manish Maithani | Midfielder |
| 4 | Mumbai | Ram Malik | Midfielder |
| 5 | Kerala Blasters FC | Sushanth Mathew | Midfielder |
| 6 | Chennai | Denson Devadas | Midfielder |

### Round 7

The sixth round saw FC Pune City pick first. They selected Israil Gurung with their pick.
| Pick # | ISL team | Player | Position |
| 1 | FC Pune City | Israil Gurung | Forward |
| 2 | Mumbai | Deepak Mondal | Defender |
| 3 | Kerala Blasters FC | Godwin Franco | Midfielder |
| 4 | Chennai | Khelemba Singh | Defender |
| 5 | Atlético de Kolkata | Biswajit Saha | Defender |
| 6 | Delhi Dynamos FC | Munmun Lugun | Defender |

## Draft selections – Day 2
### Round 8

The first round of the second day and the eighth round overall began with Delhi Dynamos FC drafting Adil Khan.
| Pick # | ISL team | Player | Position |
| 1 | Delhi Dynamos FC | Adil Khan | Midfielder |
| 2 | Atlético de Kolkata | Sanju Pradhan | Midfielder |
| 3 | Chennai | Abhishek Das | Defender |
| 4 | Kerala Blasters FC | Avinabo Bag | Defender |
| 5 | Mumbai | Rohit Mirza | Midfielder |
| 6 | FC Pune City | Deepak Devrani | Defender |

### Round 9

The second round of the second day and the ninth round overall began with Kerala Blasters FC drafting Sandip Nandy.
| Pick # | ISL team | Player | Position |
| 1 | Kerala Blasters FC | Sandip Nandy | Goalkeeper |
| 2 | Chennai | Jayesh Rane | Forward |
| 3 | Atlético de Kolkata | Kingshuk Debnath | Defender |
| 4 | Delhi Dynamos FC | Manish Bhargav | Midfielder |
| 5 | FC Pune City | Tapan Maity | Midfielder |
| 6 | Mumbai | Ishan Debnath | Goalkeeper |

### Round 10

The third round of the second day and the tenth round overall began with Mumbai drafting Nadong Bhutia.
| Pick # | ISL team | Player | Position |
| 1 | Mumbai | Nadong Bhutia | Forward |
| 2 | FC Pune City | Arindam Bhattacharya | Goalkeeper |
| 3 | Delhi Dynamos FC | Govin Singh | Defender |
| 4 | Atlético de Kolkata | Lester Fernandez | Midfielder |
| 5 | Chennai | Abhijit Mondal | Goalkeeper |
| 6 | Kerala Blasters FC | Chinadorai Sabeeth | Forward |

### Round 11

The fourth round of the second day and the eleventh round overall began with Chennai drafting Anthony Barbosa.
| Pick # | ISL team | Player | Position |
| 1 | Chennai | Anthony Barbosa | Midfielder |
| 2 | Kerala Blasters FC | Luis Barreto | Goalkeeper |
| 3 | Mumbai | Asif Kottayil | Midfielder |
| 4 | FC Pune City | Anupam Sarkar | Defender |
| 5 | Delhi Dynamos FC | Jagroop Singh | Goalkeeper |
| 6 | Atlético de Kolkata | Subhasish Roy Chowdhury | Goalkeeper |

### Round 12

The fifth round of the second day and the twelfth round overall began with Atlético de Kolkata drafting Baljit Sahni.
| Pick # | ISL team | Player | Position |
| 1 | Atlético de Kolkata | Baljit Sahni | Forward |
| 2 | Delhi Dynamos FC | Steven Dias | Midfielder |
| 3 | FC Pune City | Pratik Shinde | Midfielder |
| 4 | Mumbai | Peter Costa | Defender |
| 5 | Kerala Blasters FC | Milagres Gonsalves | Forward |
| 6 | Chennai | Dane Pereira | Midfielder |

### Round 13

The sixth round of the second day and the thirteenth round overall began with Atlético de Kolkata drafting Climax Lawrence.
| Pick # | ISL team | Player | Position |
| 1 | Atlético de Kolkata | Climax Lawrence | Midfielder |
| 2 | Delhi Dynamos FC | Anwar Ali | Defender |
| 3 | FC Pune City | Lalit Thapa | Goalkeeper |
| 4 | Mumbai | Lalrin Fela | Midfielder |
| 5 | Kerala Blasters FC | Ramandeep Singh | Defender |
| 6 | Chennai | Pappachen Pradeep | Midfielder |

### Round 14

The seventh round of the second day and the fourteenth round overall began with Chennai drafting Jaison Vales.
| Pick # | ISL team | Player | Position |
| 1 | Chennai | Jaison Vales | Midfielder |
| 2 | Kerala Blasters FC | Renedy Singh | Midfielder |
| 3 | Mumbai | Sushil Kumar Singh | Forward |
| 4 | FC Pune City | Mehrajuddin Wadoo | Midfielder |
| 5 | Delhi Dynamos FC | Manandeep Singh | Forward |
| 6 | Atlético de Kolkata | Nallappan Mohanraj | Defender |

## Goa and North East United

Due to both FC Goa and NorthEast United FC technically not being a part of the official draft, the two teams were placed at the bottom for every round to select their one player from Dempo and Shillong Lajong, respectively, from the I-League.
| Round # | Goa player | Position | North East United player | Position |
| 1 | Laxmikant Kattimani | Goalkeeper | Kunzang Bhutia | Goalkeeper |
| 2 | Debabrata Roy | Defender | Jibon Singh | Defender |
| 3 | Gabriel Fernandes | Midfielder | Durga Boro | Forward |
| 4 | Clifford Miranda | Midfielder | Aiborlang Khongjee | Defender |
| 5 | Jewel Raja | Midfielder | Zohmingliana Ralte | Defender |
| 6 | Alwyn George | Midfielder | Rehnesh TP | Goalkeeper |
| 7 | Narayan Das | Defender | Boithang Haokip | Midfielder |
| 8 | Mandar Rao Desai | Midfielder | Pritam Kumar Singh | Defender |
| 9 | Romeo Fernandes | Midfielder | Milan Singh | Midfielder |
| 10 | Peter Carvalho | Midfielder | Robin Gurung | Defender |
| 11 | Holicharan Narzary | Forward | Alen Deory | Midfielder |
| 12 | Pronay Halder | Midfielder | Redeem Tlang | Midfielder |
| 13 | Prabir Das | Defender | Seminlen Doungel | Forward |
| 14 | Rowilson Rodrigues | Defender | David Ngaihte | Midfielder |