The 2014 ISL Inaugural Domestic Draft was the first ever draft from the

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, the new domestic football league in India. The draft featured eighty-four Indian domestic players. They were drafted by six out of the eight teams featured in the Indian Super League to form the domestic core of the teams.

NorthEast United FC NorthEast United Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Guwahati, Assam that competes in the Indian Super League (ISL), the top flight of Indian football. The club was founded on 13 April 2014 during the inaugural sea ...

and

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were the two non-participating teams as they selected their Indian players from both

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teams,

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and Shillong Lajong respectively. Forty of the eighty-four players up for selection have either played for the India national team or have attended a camp for the national team. The draft took place within two days, 22 to 23 July, in Mumbai.

Players available to draft

Main pool

Reserves

Draft selections – Day 1

Round 1

The first round saw

FC Pune City Football Club Pune City was an Indian professional Association football, football club based in Pune, Maharashtra, which last participated in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football league system, under licence from All Ind ...

go first, with them selecting Lenny Rodrigues as the first ever Indian player in ISL history.

Round 2

The second round saw

Delhi Dynamos FC Odisha Football Club () is an Indian professional football club based in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, that competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football. Prior to the inaugural Indian Super League season, the club was founded ...

go first, with them selecting Robert Lalthlamuana as their pick.

Round 3

The third round saw

Kerala Blasters FC Kerala Blasters Football Club (), commonly referred to simply as Blasters, is an Indian association football, professional football club based in Kochi, Kerala, that competes in the Indian Super League (ISL), the top tier of football in Indi ...

pick first. The player they selected was Ishfaq Ahmed.

Round 4

The fourth round saw

Mumbai Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12 ...

pick first, their pick being

Raju Gaikwad Raju Eknath Gaikwad (born 25 September 1990) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for I-League 3 club Diamond Harbour FC. Gaikwad primarily plays as a centre back, but can also play as a full back and is a long throw ...

Round 5

The fifth round saw

Chennai Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...

pick first. They selected Shilton Paul with their pick.

Round 6

The sixth round saw

Atlético de Kolkata ATK Football Club (also known as Atlético de Kolkata in association with Atlético Madrid) was an Indian professional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. The club competed in the ISL, the top flight of Indian football. They were ...

pick first. They selected

Mohammed Rafi Mohammed Rafi (24 December 1924 – 31 July 1980) was an Indian playback singer. He is considered to have been one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent. Rafi was notable for his versatility and range of voice ...

with their pick.

Round 7

The sixth round saw

pick first. They selected Israil Gurung with their pick.

Draft selections – Day 2

Round 8

The first round of the second day and the eighth round overall began with

drafting Adil Khan.

Round 9

The second round of the second day and the ninth round overall began with

drafting Sandip Nandy.

Round 10

The third round of the second day and the tenth round overall began with

drafting Nadong Bhutia.

Round 11

The fourth round of the second day and the eleventh round overall began with

drafting Anthony Barbosa.

Round 12

The fifth round of the second day and the twelfth round overall began with

drafting Baljit Sahni.

Round 13

The sixth round of the second day and the thirteenth round overall began with

drafting

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Round 14

The seventh round of the second day and the fourteenth round overall began with

drafting Jaison Vales.

Goa and North East United

Due to both

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and

technically not being a part of the official draft, the two teams were placed at the bottom for every round to select their one player from

and Shillong Lajong, respectively, from the

References

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