2017–18 ISL Players Draft

The 2017–18 ISL Players Draft was a players draft conducted by the Indian Super League on 23 July 2017.

ISL Players Draft

Date	23 July 2017
Location	St. Regis, Mumbai

Format

Regulations for the 2017–18 Indian Super League season allow for each club to have a minimum of 15 Indian players and a maximum of 18, which include two mandatory under-21 players.^[1] Prior to the draft, each club was allowed to retain a maximum of two senior players from the previous season (2016–17 I-League for Bengaluru FC) as well as retaining up to three under-21 players.^[1]

The draft had a total of 15 rounds. New expansion side, Jamshedpur FC, had the first pick in both the first and second rounds. Them and Delhi Dynamos, who didn't retain a single player from the previous season, were the only sides who participate in the first round of the draft.^[1] The order for which each team participated in the draft was determined on Saturday, 22 July 2017. Clubs also had the option to use an "Instant Trading Card" during the draft which allowed them to trade a picked player to another club.^[1]

Players available

On 22 July 2017, before the draft commenced, the official list of players available for selection were announced. The players listed were:^[2]

# Player Position 1 Dhanachandra Singh DF 2 Jayesh Rane FW 3 Mehrajuddin Wadoo DF 4 Baljit Sahni MF 5 Nallappan Mohanraj DF 6 Zakeer Mundampara MF 7 Pritam Kotal DF 8 Lalrindika Ralte MF 9 Bikash Jairu MF 10 Boithang Haokip MF 11 Arindam Bhattacharya GK 12 Gouramangi Singh DF 13 Lenny Rodrigues MF 14 Yumnam Raju DF 15 Augustin Fernandes DF 16 Arata Izumi MF 17 Rahul Bheke DF 18 Sanju Pradhan MF 19 Narayan Das DF 20 Francis Fernandes MF 21 Holicharan Narzary FW 22 Robin Gurung DF 23 Nirmal Chettri DF 24 Sumeet Passi FW 25 Subrata Pal GK 26 Keenan Almeida DF 27 Romeo Fernandes FW 28 Pratesh Shirodkar MF 29 Denzil Franco DF 30 Fulganco Cardozo DF 31 Mehtab Hossain MF 32 Thongkhosiem Haokip FW 33 Mohammed Rafi FW 34 Adil Khan MF 35 Albino Gomes GK 36 Anthony D'Souza MF 37 Beevan D'Mello MF 38 Mohamed Ali DF 39 Subhasish Bose DF 40 Gurjinder Kumar DF 41 Debabrata Roy DF 42 Sanjiban Ghosh GK 43 Subhasish Roy Chowdhury GK 44 Sandip Nandy GK 45 Nadong Bhutia FW 46 Godwin Franco MF 47 Anupam Sarkar DF 48 Denson Devadas MF 49 Jackichand Singh MF 50 Thoi Singh MF

# Player Position 51 Harmanjot Khabra MF 52 Seityasen Singh MF 53 Kean Lewis FW 54 Siam Hanghal MF 55 Jewel Raja MF 56 Vinit Rai MF 57 Germanpreet Singh MF 58 Uttam Rai FW 59 Fanai Lalrempuia MF 60 Israil Gurung MF 61 Denechandra Meitei DF 62 Durga Boro FW 63 Shankar Sampingiraj MF 64 Keegan Pereira DF 65 Balwant Singh FW 66 Ashutosh Mehta DF 67 Anwar Ali DF 68 Rakesh Masih DF 69 Gursimrat Singh Gill DF 70 Alwyn George MF 71 Pratik Chowdhary DF 72 Kunal Sawant GK 73 Dhruvmil Vipul Pandya FW 74 Mohammad Sajid Dhot DF 75 Robin Singh FW 76 Hitesh Sharma MF 77 Amey Ranawade DF 78 Beikhokhei Beingaichho FW 79 Arashpreet Singh DF 80 Karan Sawhney FW 81 Subodh Kumar MF 82 Dashyanng Kachru MF 83 Ubaid Chono Kadavath GK 84 Harpeet Singh DF 85 Simranjit Singh MF 86 Imran Khan GK 87 Sukhwinder Singh DF 88 Gurpreet Singh GK 89 Samuel Shadap DF 90 Abhishek Das DF 91 Kunzang Bhutia GK 92 Abhra Mondal GK 93 Avilash Paul GK 94 Syed Rahim Nabi DF 95 N.S. Manju DF 96 Rowilson Rodrigues DF 97 Calvin Abhishek GK 98 Umesh Perambra DF 99 Akshay Joshy MF 100 Shahinlal Meloly GK

# Player Position 101 Shouvik Ghosh DF 102 Sena Ralte DF 103 Seminlen Doungel FW 104 Lalthuammawia Ralte GK 105 Lalchhuanmawia DF 106 Lalchhawnkima DF 107 Reagan Singh DF 108 Loken Meitei MF 109 Lalruatthara DF 110 Zohmingliana Ralte DF 111 Abdul Hakku DF 112 Pranjal Bhumij FW 113 Sushil Meitei MF 114 Gurtej Singh DF 115 Malemngamba Meetei MF 116 Ashim Biswas FW 117 Ronald Singh MF 118 Robert Lalthlamuana DF 119 Shylo Malsawmtluanga MF 120 Lalthakima DF 121 Priyant Singh GK 122 Pawan Kumar DF 123 Jony Routh DF 124 Shilton D'Silva MF 125 Nikhil Kadam MF 126 Justin Stephen DF 127 Sukhdev Patil GK 128 Pawan Kumar GK 129 Arnab Das Sharma GK 130 Wayne Vaz DF 131 Deepak Devrani DF 132 Raju Gaikwad DF 133 Bikramjit Singh MF 134 Sanjay Balmuchu DF 135 Sahil Tavora MF 136 Nidhin Lal GK 137 Mohammad Ansari GK 138 Sumit Das GK 139 Munmun Lugun DF 140 Clyde Fernandes DF 141 Srikanth Ramu DF 142 Collin Abranches DF 143 Saumik Dey DF 144 Darren Caldeira MF 145 Pronay Halder MF 146 Souvik Chakrabarti MF 147 Naoba Singh DF 148 Jaison Vales MF 149 Dharmaraj Ravanan DF 150 Abhishek Das GK

# Player Position 151 Milan Singh MF 152 Aiborlang Khongjee DF 153 Amoes Do MF 154 Atinder Mani DF 155 Eugeneson Lyngdoh MF 156 Souvik Das MF 157 Naveen Kumar GK 158 Dhanpal Ganesh MF 159 Seriton Fernandes MF 160 Joyner Lourenco DF 161 Bruno Colaço GK 162 Neel Shah MF 163 Kamaljit Singh GK 164 Siddharth Singh FW 165 Ishan Debnath GK 166 Biswajit Saha DF 167 Farukh Choudhary FW 168 Abhishek Rawat MF 169 David Ngaihte FW 170 Manish Maithani MF 171 Indrajeet Dinkar Chougule MF 172 Arup Debnath GK 173 Brandon Fernandes FW 174 Ajay Singh MF 175 Anas Edathodika DF 176 Harshad Meher GK 177 Surchandra Singh DF 178 Ajith Sivan MF 179 Davinder Singh DF 180 Abhinas Ruidas MF 181 Rana Gharami DF 182 Ravi Kumar GK 183 Alber Gonsalves MF 184 Jovel Martins DF 185 Chinglensana Singh DF 186 Manandeep Singh FW 187 Pritam Kumar Singh DF 188 Rino Anto DF 189 Lallianzuala Chhangte FW 190 Jerry Mawihmingthanga FW 191 Rohit Kumar MF 192 Bipin Singh MF 193 Rupert Nongrum MF 194 Isaac Vanmalsawma MF 195 Nim Dorjee Tamang DF 196 Mobin Rai DF 197 Amit Tudu DF 198 Nijwm Muchahary FW 199 Surya Tirkey DF 200 Mohammed Yasir MF

# Player Position 201 Kyntiewshaphrang Kharlukhi MF 202 Sairuat Kima DF 203 Alen Deory MF 204 Syed Shoaib Ahmed FW 205 Mohammed Saukat DF

Player selection

Round 1

Only Jamshedpur FC and Delhi Dynamos entered the draft in this round.^[1]

Pick #[3]	ISL team	Player	Position
1	Jamshedpur FC	Anas Edathodika	Defender
2	Delhi Dynamos	Albino Gomes	Goalkeeper

Round 2

Only Pune City entered the draft in this round.^[1]

Pick #[4]	ISL team	Player	Position
1	Jamshedpur FC	Subrata Pal	Goalkeeper
2	Pune City	Adil Khan	Midfielder
3	Delhi Dynamos	Pritam Kotal	Defender

Round 3

Atlético de Kolkata, Bengaluru FC, Goa, Kerala Blasters, Mumbai City, and NorthEast United all entered in this round.^[1]

Pick #[5]	ISL team	Player	Position
1	Pune City	Kean Lewis[R3 trade 1]	Forward
2	Goa	Narayan Das	Defender
3	NorthEast United	Halicharan Narzary	Forward
4	Mumbai City	Balwant Singh	Forward
5	Bengaluru FC	Lalthuammawia Ralte[R3 trade 2]	Goalkeeper
6	Delhi Dynamos	Lallianzuala Chhangte	Forward
7	Atlético de Kolkata	Eugeneson Lyngdoh[R3 trade 3]	Midfielder
8	Jamshedpur FC	Mehtab Hossain	Midfielder
9	Kerala Blasters	Rino Anto	Defender

Round 3 trades

1. Atlético de Kolkata attempted to instant trade with Pune City for Lewis. Pune City rejected.
2. Pune City attempted to instant trade with Bengaluru FC for Ralte. Bengaluru FC rejected.
3. Kerala Blasters attempted to instant trade with Atlético de Kolkata for Lyngdoh. Atlético de Kolkata rejected.

Round 4

Chennaiyin entered in this round.^[1]

Pick #[6]	ISL team	Player	Position
1	Kerala Blasters	Lalruatthara[R4 trade 1]	Defender
2	Jamshedpur FC	Souvik Chakrabarti	Midfielder
3	Atlético de Kolkata	Jayesh Rane[R4 trade 2]	Forward
4	Delhi Dynamos	Sena Ralte[R4 trade 3]	Defender
5	Bengaluru FC	Rahul Bheke[R4 trade 4]	Defender
6	Mumbai City	Arindam Bhattacharya	Goalkeeper
7	NorthEast United	Nirmal Chettri	Defender
8	Goa	Pronay Halder	Midfielder
9	Pune City	Lalchhuanmawia	Defender
10	Chennaiyin	Thoi Singh	Midfielder

Round 4 trades

1. Pune City attempted to instant trade with Kerala Blasters for Lalruatthara. Kerala Blasters rejected.
2. Chennaiyin attempted to instant trade with Atlético de Kolkata for Rane. Atlético de Kolkata rejected.
3. NorthEast United attempted to instant trade with Delhi Dynamos for Ralte. Delhi Dynamos rejected.
4. Goa attempted to instant trade with Bengaluru FC for Bheke. Bengaluru FC rejected.

Round 5

Pick #[7]	ISL team	Player	Position
1	Goa	Chinglensana Singh	Defender
2	NorthEast United	Lalrindika Ralte	Midfielder
3	Mumbai City	Raju Gaikwad	Defender
4	Bengaluru FC	Harmanjot Khabra[R5 trade 1]	Midfielder
5	Delhi Dynamos	Seityasen Singh	Midfielder
6	Atlético de Kolkata	Keegan Pereira	Defender
7	Jamshedpur FC	Robin Gurung[R5 trade 2]	Defender
8	Kerala Blasters	Milan Singh	Midfielder
9	Chennaiyin	Bikramjit Singh	Midfielder
10	Pune City	Jewel Raja	Midfielder

Round 5 trades

1. Chennaiyin attempted to instant trade with Bengaluru FC for Khabra. Bengaluru FC rejected.
2. NorthEast United attempted to instant trade with Jamshedpur FC for Gurung. Jamshedpur FC rejected.

Round 6

Pick #[8]	ISL team	Player	Position
1	Pune City	Nim Dorjee Tamang	Defender
2	Chennaiyin	Dhanachandra Singh	Defender
3	Kerala Blasters	Arata Izumi	Midfielder
4	Jamshedpur FC	Bikash Jairu	Midfielder
5	Atlético de Kolkata	Shankar Sampingiraj	Midfielder
6	Delhi Dynamos	Pratik Chowdhary	Defender
7	Bengaluru FC	Subhasish Bose	Defender
8	Mumbai City	Abhinas Ruidas	Midfielder
9	NorthEast United	Robert Lalthlamuana	Defender
10	Goa	Brandon Fernandes	Midfielder

Round 7

Pick #[9]	ISL team	Player	Position
1	Mumbai City	Sahil Tavora	Midfielder
2	NorthEast United	Seminlen Doungel	Forward
3	Goa	Seriton Fernandes	Midfielder
4	Pune City	Isaac Vanmalsawma	Midfielder
5	Chennaiyin	Germanpreet Singh	Midfielder
6	Kerala Blasters	Subhasish Roy Chowdhury	Goalkeeper
7	Jamshedpur FC	Jerry Mawihmingthanga	Midfielder
8	Atlético de Kolkata	Anwar Ali	Defender
9	Delhi Dynamos	Vinit Rai	Midfielder
10	Bengaluru FC	Alwyn George	Midfielder

Round 8

Pick #[10]	ISL team	Player	Position
1	Bengaluru FC	Lenny Rodrigues	Midfielder
2	Delhi Dynamos	Romeo Fernandes	Midfielder
3	Atlético de Kolkata	Hitesh Sharma	Midfielder
4	Jamshedpur FC	Shouvik Ghosh	Defender
5	Kerala Blasters	Jackichand Singh	Midfielder
6	Chennaiyin	Fulganco Cardozo	Defender
7	Pune City	Harpreet Singh	Defender
8	Goa	Pratesh Shirodkar	Midfielder
9	NorthEast United	Reagan Singh	Defender
10	Mumbai City	Aiborlang Khongjee	Defender

Round 9

Pick #[11]	ISL team	Player	Position
1	Chennaiyin	Pawan Kumar	Goalkeeper
2	Pune City	Wayne Vaz	Defender
3	Goa	Naveen Kumar	Goalkeeper
4	NorthEast United	Ravi Kumar	Goalkeeper
5	Mumbai City	Sanju Pradhan	Midfielder
6	Bengaluru FC	Zohmingliana Ralte	Defender
7	Delhi Dynamos	David Ngaihte	Midfielder
8	Atlético de Kolkata	Robin Singh	Forward
9	Jamshedpur FC	Sairuat Kima	Defender
10	Kerala Blasters	Siam Hanghal	Midfielder

Round 10

Pick #[12]	ISL team	Player	Position
1	Kerala Blasters	Lalthakima	Defender
2	Jamshedpur FC	Sanjiban Ghosh	Goalkeeper
3	Atlético de Kolkata	Rupert Nongrum	Midfielder
4	Delhi Dynamos	Sukhdev Patil	Goalkeeper
5	Bengaluru FC	Thongkhosiem Haokip	Forward
6	Mumbai City	Zakeer Mundampara	Midfielder
7	NorthEast United	Gursimrat Singh Gill	Defender
8	Goa	Mohamed Ali	Defender
9	Pune City	Kamaljit Singh	Goalkeeper
10	Chennaiyin	Keenan Almeida	Defender

Round 11

Pick #[13]	ISL team	Player	Position
1	Goa	Jovel Martins	Midfielder
2	NorthEast United	Malemngamba Meetei	Midfielder
3	Mumbai City	Biswajit Saha	Defender
4	Bengaluru FC	Abhra Mondal	Goalkeeper
5	Delhi Dynamos	Mohammad Sajid Dhot	Defender
6	Atlético de Kolkata	Ashutosh Mehta	Defender
7	Jamshedpur FC	Farukh Choudhary	Forward
8	Kerala Blasters	Pritam Kumar Singh	Defender
9	Chennaiyin	Mohammed Rafi	Forward
10	Pune City	Baljit Sahni	Forward

Round 12

Pick #[14]	ISL team	Player	Position
1	Pune City	Rohit Kumar	Midfielder
2	Chennaiyin	Dhanpal Ganesh	Midfielder
3	Kerala Blasters	Samuel Shadap	Defender
4	Jamshedpur FC	Sumeet Passi	Forward
5	Atlético de Kolkata	Augustin Fernandes	Defender
6	Delhi Dynamos	Rowilson Rodrigues	Defender
7	Bengaluru FC	Boithang Haokip	Midfielder
8	Mumbai City	Pranjal Bhumij	Forward
9	NorthEast United	Abdul Hakku	Defender
10	Goa	Amey Ranawade	Defender

Round 13

Pick #[15]	ISL team	Player	Position
1	Mumbai City	Mehrajuddin Wadoo	Defender
2	NorthEast United	Fanai Lalrempuia	Midfielder
3	Goa	Anthony D'Souza	Midfielder
4	Pune City	Ajay Singh	Midfielder
5	Chennaiyin	Sanjay Balmuchu	Midfielder
6	Kerala Blasters	Loken Meitei	Midfielder
7	Jamshedpur FC	Yumnam Raju	Defender
8	Atlético de Kolkata	Ronald Singh	Forward
9	Delhi Dynamos	Munmun Lugun	Defender
10	Bengaluru FC	Collin Abranches	Defender

Round 14

Pick #[16]	ISL team	Player	Position
1	Bengaluru FC	Joyner Lourenco	Defender
2	Delhi Dynamos	Arnab Das Sharma	Goalkeeper
3	Atlético de Kolkata	Kunzang Bhutia	Goalkeeper
4	Jamshedpur FC	Ashim Biswas	Forward
5	Kerala Blasters	Karan Sawhney	Forward
6	Chennaiyin	Francis Fernandes	Midfielder
7	Pune City	Gurtej Singh	Defender
8	Goa	Mohammed Yasir	Defender
9	NorthEast United	Gurpreet Singh	Goalkeeper
10	Mumbai City	Kunal Sawant	Goalkeeper

Round 15

Pick #[17]	ISL team	Player	Position
1	Chennaiyin	Shahinlal Meloly	Goalkeeper
2	Pune City	Pawan Kumar	Defender
3	Goa	Bruno Colaço	Goalkeeper
4	NorthEast United	Sushil Meitei	Midfielder
5	Mumbai City	Lalchhawnkima	Defender
6	Bengaluru FC	Calvin Abhishek	Goalkeeper
7	Delhi Dynamos	Simranjit Singh	Midfielder
8	Atlético de Kolkata	Bipin Singh	Forward
9	Jamshedpur FC	Siddharth Singh	Forward
10	Kerala Blasters	Ajith Sivan	Midfielder

See also

• List of 2017–18 Indian Super League season roster changes