# 2016 Premier Futsal season

The 2016 Premier Futsal was the inaugural tournament of Premier Futsal. The season featured six teams, each playing four matches before culminating to the finals. The league started on 15 July 2016 and ended on 24 July 2016.
Mumbai won the inaugural season by defeating Kochi 3-2 on penalties via sudden death.

## Teams
### Stadiums and locations

| Stadium | Location |
| Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium | Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
| Peddem Sports Complex | Mapusa, Goa |

### Marquee players

List of marquee players:
| Teams | Marquee |
| Bengaluru | Paul Scholes |
| Chennai | Falcão |
| Goa | Ronaldinho (until 18 July 2016) Cafu (since 18 July 2016) |
| Kochi | Míchel Salgado |
| Kolkata | Hernán Crespo |
| Mumbai | Ryan Giggs |
* Ronaldinho was replaced by Cafu as the marquee player for Goa.

## Rules

Note: Premier Futsal tournament does not follow all the rules of international Futsal.

### Rules of 2016 Premier Futsal

* 4 quarters, 10 minutes each.
* No offsides.
* Throw-in instead of kick-in when ball goes out of play.
* Throw-in, penalty, keeper's release will have to be completed within 5 seconds.
* 5 players per team, unlimited rolling substitutes.
* Specially designed ball – Size 4.
* After 5, each foul lead to a penalty.

### Penalty Shootout

* 5 penalties each.
* Penalty taker has 5 seconds to score.
* Unlimited touches of the ball.
* Deliberate foul by Goalkeeper or preventing a goalscoring chance is a goal.
* Foul by attacker is a miss.

## Group stage

* Tiebreaking criteria for group stage
* The teams will be ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
* Goal difference in all matches
* Goal scored in all matches
* Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned
* Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned
* Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned
* Drawing of lots

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mumbai (Q) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Kerala (Q) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 5 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Chennai | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 2 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Goa (Q) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Kolkata (Q) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Bengaluru | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 2 | |

## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 23 July — Goa | 23 July — Goa |
| Mumbai 5's | 4 |
| Mumbai 5's | 4 | 24 July — Goa | 24 July — Goa |
| Kolkata 5's | 2 | 24 July — Goa | 24 July — Goa |
| Kolkata 5's | 2 | Mumbai 5's | 1 (3) |
| 23 July — Goa | 23 July — Goa | | Mumbai 5's | 1 (3) |
| 23 July — Goa | 23 July — Goa | Kochi 5's | 1 (2) |
| Goa 5's | 1 | Kochi 5's | 1 (2) |
| Kochi 5's | 2 | | |

### Tournament team rankings

Premier League Futsal
| Pos. | Team | G | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | GF | GA | GD |
| 1 | Mumbai 5s(C) | A | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 20 | 16 | +4 |
| 2 | Kochi 5s (RU) | A | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 16 | +2 |
| 3 | Goa 5s (SF) | B | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 10 | +5 |
| 4 | Kolkata 5s (SF) | B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 5 | Chennai 5s (GS) | A | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 15 | −3 |
| 6 | Bengaluru 5s (GS) | B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 |

## Season statistics
### Most Goals

| Player | Team | Goals |
| Angelott Caro | Mumbai | 8 |
| Chaguinha | Kochi | 8 |
| Deives Moraes | Kochi | 8 |
| Adriano Foglia | Mumbai | 6 |
| Vampeta | Goa | 6 |
| Ronaldinho | Goa | 5 |
| Falcão | Chennai | 5 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Ronaldinho | Goa | Bengaluru | 7–2 | 17 July 2016 |
| Adriano Foglia | Mumbai | Kochi | 6–4 | 20 July 2016 |
| Angelott Caro | Mumbai | Kolkata | 4–2 | 23 July 2016 |

## Awards
### Player of the Match

| Match | Player | Team |
| Match 1 | Foglia | Mumbai |
| Match 2 | | |
| Match 3 | Deives Moraes | Kochi |
| Match 4 | | |
| Match 5 | Deives Moraes | Kochi |
| Match 6 | Ronaldinho | Goa |
| Match 7 | Vampeta | Goa |
| Match 8 | Foglia | Mumbai |
| Match 9 | Pula | Kolkata |
| Match 10 | Foglia | Mumbai |
| Match 11 | Rafael | Goa |
| Match 12 | Romulo | Chennai |
| Semi-final 1 | Angelott Caro | Mumbai |
| Semi-final 2 | Chaguinha | Kochi |
| Final | Angelott Caro | Mumbai |

### End-of-season awards

| Award | Player |
| Player of the Tournament | Chaguinha |
| Golden Arm Band | Angelott Caro |
| Indian Player of the Tournament | Jonathan Piers |

## Telecast

Sony Pictures Networks India Pvt. Ltd. acquired exclusive rights to broadcast Premier Futsal. As part of the agreement, all Premier Futsal matches will be televised live on Sony SIX, Sony ESPN and Sony Aath. Matches will also be available to live stream on Sony LIV.