The 2016 Indian Super League playoffs was the third playoffs series in the
2016 ISL season, the 2016 edition of the men's professional
football
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league in India. The playoffs began on 10 December and concluded with the final on 18 December. The top four teams from the
2016 ISL regular season qualified for the playoffs with the semi-finals taking place over two-legs before the final in
Kochi
Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of K ...
.
The playoffs ended with
Atlético de Kolkata
ATK (formerly Atlético de Kolkata) was an Indian professional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. The club competed in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football and were the league champions during the inaugural ...
defeating the
Kerala Blasters
Kerala Blasters Football Club (), commonly referred to as The Blasters, is an Indian professional football club based in Kochi, Kerala, that competes in the Indian Super League, the top tier of football in India. The club was established i ...
in a penalty shootout, 4–3, in the
final
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.
The match was a rematch of the
2014 ISL final which Atlético de Kolkata won as well 1–0.
2016 ISL season table
Bracket
Semi-finals
Leg 1
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Leg 2
'' ATK won 3–2 on aggregate''
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'' On aggregate 2–2, Kerala won on penalties''
Final
Goalscorers
See also
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2016–17 in Indian football
*
2016–17 I-League
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:2016 Indian Super League finals
2016 Indian Super League season