Indian Super League Hero of the League

Golden Ball for ISL Hero of the League
Golden Ball for ISL Hero of the League
Sport	Football
League	Indian Super League
Awarded for	Best Player in a season of Indian Super League
Sponsored by	Hero MotoCorp
Country	India
Presented by	All India Football Federation,; Football Sports Development Limited,; ISL Organising Committee
History
First award	2014
First winner	Iain Hume
Most recent	Roy Krishna; (2020–21)

The Indian Super League: Hero of the League is an annual award given to the best player during an Indian Super League (ISL) season. The winner is presented the Golden Ball. The award was first presented after the league's inaugural season in 2014.

The first winner of the award was Iain Hume of the Kerala Blasters. Goa is the only club to have had two players win the award. Sunil Chhetri is the first Indian to have won the Hero of the League in 2017–18 season.

Winners[]

Iain Hume was the first player to win the Hero of the League in 2014 with Kerala Blasters FC

Season	Player	Club	Ref
2014	Iain Hume	Kerala Blasters	^[1]
2015	Stiven Mendoza	Chennaiyin	^[2]
2016	Florent Malouda	Delhi Dynamos	^[3]
2017–18	Sunil Chhetri	Bengaluru	^[4]
2018–19	Coro	Goa	^[5]
2019–20	Hugo Boumous	Goa	^[6]
2020–21	Roy Krishna	ATK Mohun Bagan

By country[]

Country	Number of wins	Winning years
France	2	2016, 2019–20
Canada	1	2014
Colombia		2015
India		2017–18
Spain		2018–19
Fiji		2020–21

By club[]

Club	Number of wins	Winning years
Goa	2	2018–19, 2019–20
ATK Mohun Bagan	1	2020–21
Bengaluru		2017–18
Chennaiyin		2015
Delhi Dynamos FC		2016
Kerala Blasters		2014

References[]

^ "ISL 2014: Full list of award winners". My Khel. 20 December 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ "ISL 2015: Chennaiyin FC's Stiven Mendoza is the league's bonafide superstar". FirstPost. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ "Marcelinho wins Golden Boot, Florent Malouda Hero of the League". Hindustan Times. 19 December 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ "Sunil Chhetri named 'Hero' of Indian Super League, Ferran Corominas wins Golden Boot". Hindustan Times. 18 March 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ "ISL 2018-19: List of award winners". Goal.com. 17 March 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ "ISL 2019-20: End-of-season award winners". Goal.com. 14 March 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

External links[]

Indian Super League website

[1] "ISL 2014: Full list of award winners". My Khel. 20 December 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[2] "ISL 2015: Chennaiyin FC's Stiven Mendoza is the league's bonafide superstar". FirstPost. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[3] "Marcelinho wins Golden Boot, Florent Malouda Hero of the League". Hindustan Times. 19 December 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[4] "Sunil Chhetri named 'Hero' of Indian Super League, Ferran Corominas wins Golden Boot". Hindustan Times. 18 March 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[5] "ISL 2018-19: List of award winners". Goal.com. 17 March 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[6] "ISL 2019-20: End-of-season award winners". Goal.com. 14 March 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

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Clubs	ATK Mohun Bagan Bengaluru Chennaiyin East Bengal Goa Hyderabad Jamshedpur Kerala Blasters Mumbai City NorthEast United Odisha
Former clubs	ATK Pune City
Seasons	2014 (playoffs) 2015 (playoffs) 2016 (playoffs) 2017–18 (playoffs) 2018–19 (playoffs) 2019–20 (playoffs) 2020–21 (playoffs) 2021–22
Finals	2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2020 2021
Competition	Teams Players foreign marquees Head coaches Stadiums Owners Seasons Transfers
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Associated competitions	I-League AFC Champions League AFC Cup Super Cup
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