Four foreign players regulation from 2021-22 season approved

KOLKATA: The Indian Super League (ISL) will have 3+1 foreign player regulation for their matches from the eighth season in 2021-22, it was approved on Monday. The decision was taken during a Football Sports Development Ltd. (FSDL) meeting attended by its chairperson Nita Ambani.

The new regulations of 3+1 foreign players are as per Asian Football Confederation competition guidelines.

From the eighth edition, an ISL club would be able to sign a maximum of six foreigners in the squad including a compulsory Asian origin player, with four foreigners on the field.

"This will give Indian players more game time and the ISL has always promoted Indian footballers. Even in the 2020-2021 season, each club is mandated to have two developmental players born in or after 2000 in the squad of 18 for each match," a source privy to developments in the meeting told IANS.

As reported by IANS earlier, the ISL, from this season, has made it mandatory for its participating clubs to have one Asian international player in their squad from the upcoming 2020-21 season. IANS

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