Claim: Ranbir Kapoor co-owns a sports team.

The Indian Super League -LRB- ISL -RRB- is a men 's professional football league in India . The league is officially named the Hero Indian Super League for sponsorship reasons . Currently not a part of the Indian football pyramid , the league serves as one of the top tournaments in India , along with the domestic I-League . The league runs from October to early December , with a finals series determining the champion in mid-December . The league however is neither licensed by FIFA nor AFC .   The Indian Super League was founded in 2013 in an effort to make football a top sport in India and to increase the level of Indian football worldwide . The league currently features eight teams from around India , with four of the top five cities by population represented in the league . Unlike other football leagues from around the world , the ISL is one of the few leagues to not use the promotion and relegation system but instead a franchise system along the lines of the Twenty20 cricket league , the Indian Premier League , Major League Soccer of the United States and Canada , and the A-League in Australia .   Since the inaugural season , two teams have been crowned the champions of the Indian Super League . Atlético de Kolkata have won the league twice , in 2014 and 2016 . Chennaiyin are the second team to have won the league , winning in 2015 .   The ISL is one of the most popular professional sports leagues in the world , with an average attendance of 26,741 for matches in the 2015 season . This is the third-highest of any domestic professional sports league in the world , behind the Bundesliga and the Premier League . Also , this is the highest in Asia .