The 2016 Premier Futsal was the inaugural tournament of Premier Futsal. The season featured six teams, each playing four matches before culminating in the finals. The league started on 15 July 2016 and ended on 24 July 2016.
Mumbai 5s won the inaugural season by defeating Kochi 5s 3-2 on penalties via sudden death.
Teams
Stadiums and locations StadiumLocationJawaharlal Nehru Indoor StadiumChennai, Tamil NaduPeddem Sports ComplexMapusa, Goa
Marquee players List of marquee players:
TeamsMarqueeBengaluru 5s Paul ScholesChennai 5s FalcãoGoa 5s Ronaldinho Cafu Kochi 5s Míchel SalgadoKolkata 5s Hernán CrespoMumbai 5s Ryan Giggs Ronaldinho was replaced by Cafu as the marquee player for Goa 5s.
Squads
Rules Note: The Premier Futsal tournament does not follow all of the rules of international Futsal.
Rules of 2016 Premier Futsal 4 quarters, 10 minutes each. No offsides. Throw-in instead of kick-in when ball goes out of play. Throw-in, penalty, keeper's release will have to be completed within 5 seconds. 5 players per team, unlimited rolling substitutes. Specially designed ball – Size 4. After 5, each foul lead to a penalty.
Penalty Shootout 5 penalties each. Penalty taker has 5 seconds to score. Unlimited touches of the ball. Deliberate foul by goalkeeper or preventing a goalscoring chance is a goal. Foul by attacker is a miss.
Group stage
Tiebreaking criteria for group stageThe teams will be ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Goal difference in all matches Goal scored in all matches Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned Drawing of lots
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Final
Tournament team rankings Premier League Futsal
Season statistics
Most Goals Player Team Goals Angelott Caro Mumbai 5s 8 Chaguinha Kochi 5s 8 Deives Moraes Kochi 5s 8 Adriano Foglia Mumbai 5s 6 Vampeta Goa 5s 6 Ronaldinho Goa 5s5 Falcão Chennai 5s 5
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Ref RonaldinhoGoa 5sBengaluru 5s7–217 July 2016 Adriano FogliaMumbai 5sKochi 5s6–420 July 2016 Angelott CaroMumbai 5sKolkata 5s4–223 July 2016
Awards
Player of the Match Match Player Team Match 1 Foglia Mumbai 5s Match 2 Match 3 Deives Moraes Kochi 5s Match 4 Match 5 Deives Moraes Kochi 5s Match 6 Ronaldinho Goa 5s Match 7 Vampeta Goa 5s Match 8 Foglia Mumbai 5s Match 9 Pula Kolkata 5s Match 10 Foglia Mumbai 5s Match 11 Rafael Goa 5s Match 12 Romulo Chennai 5s Semi-final 1 Angelott Caro Mumbai 5s Semi-final 2 Chaguinha Kochi 5s Final Angelott Caro Mumbai 5s
End-of-season awards AwardPlayerPlayer of the Tournament ChaguinhaGolden Arm Band Angelott CaroIndian Player of the Tournament Jonathan Piers
Telecast Sony Pictures Networks India Pvt. Ltd. acquired exclusive rights to broadcast Premier Futsal. As part of the agreement, all Premier Futsal matches will be televised live on Sony SIX, Sony ESPN and Sony Aath. Matches will also be available to live stream on Sony LIV.
See also 2016 Premier Futsal season squads Premier Futsal
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