List of 2017–18 Indian Super League season roster changes

This is a list of all roster changes that occurred prior to the 2017–18 Indian Super League.

2017–18 Indian Super League season roster changes

Season	2017–18 Indian Super League
← 2016 2018–19 →

Retained players

Due to the league expanding with two new teams, each Indian Super League club is allowed to retain a maximum of two Indian players over the age of twenty-one (21).^[1]

Atlético de Kolkata

Position	Player
GK	Debjit Majumder[2]
DF	Prabir Das[3]

Bengaluru FC

Position	Player
DF	John Johnson[4]
DF	Juanan[4]
DF	Nishu Kumar[5]
MF	Malsawmzuala[5]
FW	Sunil Chhetri[1]
FW	Udanta Singh[1]

Chennaiyin FC

Position	Player
GK	Karanjit Singh[6]
DF	Jerry Lalrinzuala[5]
MF	Raphael Augusto[7]
MF	Anirudh Thapa[5]
FW	Jeje Lalpekhlua[6]

Delhi Dynamos

On 7 July 2017, the Delhi Dynamos stated that they would not retain any of their domestic players from the previous season.^[8]

FC Goa

Position	Player
GK	Laxmikant Kattimani[9]
MF	Mandar Rao Desai[10]

Kerala Blasters FC

Position
DF	Sandesh Jhingan[11]
FW	C.K. Vineeth[12]
FW	Prasanth Karuthadathkuni[13]

Mumbai City FC

Position	Player
GK	Amrinder Singh[14]
MF	Rakesh Oram[5]
MF	Sehnaj Singh[15]

Northeast United FC

Position	Player
GK	Rehenesh TP[16]
MF	Rowllin Borges[17]

Pune City

Position	Player
GK	Vishal Kaith[18]
FW	Ashique Kuruniyan[5]

ISL Players Draft

Main article: 2017–18 ISL Players Draft

Player movement and other transactions

Date	Name	Previous club	ISL club	Notes
16 June 2017	Bruno Pinheiro	Hapoel Haifa	Goa	Free[19]
5 July 2017	Erik Paartalu	Al Kharaitiyat	Bengaluru FC	Free[4]
10 July 2017	Emiliano Alfaro	Al-Fujairah	Pune City	Free[20]
11 July 2017	Dimas Delgado	Western Sydney Wanderers	Bengaluru FC	Free[21]
12 July 2017	Arana	Brisbane Roar	Goa	Free[22]
17 July 2017	Toni	Rayo Vallecano	Bengaluru FC	Free[23]
18 July 2017	Coro	Doxa Katokopias	Goa	Free[24]
19 July 2017	Iñigo Calderón	Anorthosis Famagusta	Chennaiyin	Free[25]
24 July 2017	Iain Hume	Extremadura	Kerala Blasters	Free[26]
26 July 2017	Lucian Goian	Perth Glory	Mumbai City	Free[27]
27 July 2017	Gerson Vieira	Atlético Tubarão	Mumbai City	Free[28]
27 July 2017	Rene Mihelič	Riga	Chennaiyin	Free[29]
28 July 2017	Paulinho Dias	Atlético Paranaense	Delhi Dynamos	Free[30]
28 July 2017	Manvir Singh	Free Agent	Goa	Free[31]
28 July 2017	Tiri	Marbella	Jamshedpur FC	Free[32]
31 July 2017	Matías Mirabaje	Unión Comercio	Delhi Dynamos	Free[33]
2 August 2017	Ahmed Jahouh	FUS	Goa	Free[34]
3 August 2017	Éverton Santos	Santa Cruz	Mumbai City	Free[35]
4 August 2017	Marcos Tébar	Reus Deportiu	Pune City	Free[36]
4 August 2017	Rafa Jordà	Llagostera	Mumbai City	Free[37]
4 August 2017	Robbie Keane	LA Galaxy	Atlético de Kolkata	Free[38]
7 August 2017	Léo Costa	Santa Cruz	Mumbai City	Free[39]
7 August 2017	Braulio Nóbrega	Doxa Katokopias	Bengaluru FC	Free[40]
8 August 2017	Márcio Rosário	Persela Lamongan	Mumbai City	Free[41]
8 August 2017	Sameehg Doutie	Ajax Cape Town	Jamshedpur FC	Free[42]
10 August 2017	Gabriel Cichero	Deportivo Lara	Delhi Dynamos	Free[43]
10 August 2017	Courage Pekuson	FC Koper	Kerala Blasters	Free[44]
10 August 2017	Memo	Fluminense	Jamshedpur FC	Free[45]
11 August 2017	Nemanja Lakić-Pešić	Kapfenberger SV	Kerala Blasters	Free[46]
11 August 2017	Zequinha	Nacional	Atlético de Kolkata	Free[47]
14 August 2017	Chechi	Hospitalet	Goa	Free[48]
15 August 2017	Wes Brown	Blackburn Rovers	Kerala Blasters	Free[49]
17 August 2017	Davinder Singh	Free Agent	Mumbai City	Free[50]
17 August 2017	Gurpreet Singh Sandhu	Stabæk Fotball	Bengaluru FC	Transfer (Undisclosed Amount) [51][52][53][54]
18 August 2017	Kervens Belfort	Zira	Jamshedpur FC	Free[55]
19 August 2017	Paul Rachubka	Bury	Kerala Blasters	Free[56]
20 August 2017	Mark Sifneos	RKC Waalwijk	Kerala Blasters	Free[57]
21 August 2017	Marcelinho	Avaí	Pune City	Free[58]
22 August 2017	Jaime Gavilán	Suwon	Chennaiyin	Free[59]
23 August 2017	Manuel Lanzarote	Real Zaragoza	Goa	Free[60]
23 August 2017	Rafa	Real Valladolid	Pune City	Free[61]
23 August 2017	Dimitar Berbatov	PAOK	Kerala Blasters	Free[62]
23 August 2017	Conor Thomas	Swindon Town	Atlético de Kolkata	Free[63]
24 August 2017	Jonatan Lucca	Bnei Sakhnin	Pune City	Free[64]
29 August 2017	Damir Grgic	Rudar Velenje	Pune City	Free[65]
29 August 2017	Miku	Rayo Vallecano	Bengaluru FC	Free[66]
29 August 2017	André Bikey	Port Vale	Jamshedpur FC	Free[67]
31 August 2017	Edu	Real Zaragoza	Goa	Free[68]
31 August 2017	Achille Emaná	Nàstic	Mumbai City	Free[69]
31 August 2017	Darren Caldeira	Chennai City	Atlético de Kolkata	Free[70]
31 August 2017	Sandip Nandy	Southern Samity	Kerala Blasters	Free[71]
31 August 2017	Nallappan Mohanraj	Free Agent	Atlético de Kolkata	Free[72]
31 August 2017	Jussi Jääskeläinen	Wigan Athletic	Atlético de Kolkata	Free[73]
1 September 2017	Adrián Colunga	Anorthosis	Goa	Free[74]
1 September 2017	Matheus Goncalves	Flamengo	Jamshedpur FC	Free[75]
2 September 2017	Talla N'Diaye	Al-Ansar	Jamshedpur FC	Free[76]
3 September 2017	Thiago Santos	Flamengo	Mumbai City	Loan[77]
3 September 2017	Edu García	Real Zaragoza	Bengaluru FC	Free[78]
4 September 2017	Carl Baker	Portsmouth	Atlético de Kolkata	Free[79]
6 September 2017	Jude Nworuh	Ilves	Chennaiyin	Free[80]
7 September 2017	Kalu Uche	Almería	Delhi Dynamos	Free[81]
8 September 2017	Diego Carlos	São Bento	Pune City	Free[82]
9 September 2017	Jordi Figueras	Karlsruher SC	Atlético de Kolkata	Free[83]
11 September 2017	Tom Thorpe	Bolton Wanderers	Atlético de Kolkata	Free[84]
12 September 2017	Robertino Pugliara	Persipura Jayapura	Pune City	Free[85]
12 September 2017	Gregory Nelson	Al-Muharraq	Chennaiyin	Free[86]
12 September 2017	Guyon Fernandez	ADO Den Haag	Delhi Dynamos	Free[87]
12 September 2017	Edu Moya	Cacereño	Delhi Dynamos	Free[87]
12 September 2017	Njazi Kuqi	Inter Turku	Atlético de Kolkata	Free[88]
12 September 2017	Jeroen Lumu	Samsunspor	Delhi Dynamos	Free[89]
13 September 2017	Luis Páez	Rionegro Águilas	NorthEast United	Free[90]
13 September 2017	Marcinho	Gaziantepspor	NorthEast United	Free[91]
13 September 2017	José Gonçalves	New England Revolution	NorthEast United	Free[92]
13 September 2017	Odaïr Fortes	Reims	NorthEast United	Free[93]
13 September 2017	Sambinha	Sporting CP	NorthEast United	Free[94]
13 September 2017	Adilson	Arouca	NorthEast United	Free[95]
13 September 2017	Wellington Silva	Feirense	NorthEast United	Free[96]
13 September 2017	Martín Díaz	Liverpool	NorthEast United	Free[97]
15 September 2017	Maílson Alves	Volta Redonda	Chennaiyin	Free[98]
15 September 2017	Henrique Sereno	Almería	Chennaiyin	Free[98]
19 September 2017	Jayananda Singh	Free agent	Delhi Dynamos	Free[99]
19 September 2017	Kishan Singh	Free agent	Delhi Dynamos	Free[100]
19 September 2017	Nanda Kumar	Chennai City	Delhi Dynamos	Loan[101]
15 February 2018	Daniel Segovia	Neftçi PFK	Bengaluru FC	Free[102]