In October 2021, Football Sports Development (FSDL) and one of south Asia’s leading esports firms NODWIN Gaming joined forces to launch the eISL, the Indian Super League’s (ISL) first steps in competitive gaming. The eISL was launched in collaboration with EA Sports, with NODWIN Gaming serving as the tournament organiser.
The eISL sees a total of 11 clubs participate, with each club fielding two athletes.
eISL Season 2 kicked off in February 2023 and will last till May 2023. The winners will also get a chance to take part in the EA Sports FIFA 23 Global Series (FGS) qualifiers.
eISL Season 1 was won by Chennaiyin FC, who took down Mumbai City FC in the finals. FC Goa and East Bengal were the other teams in the top four.
With eISL Season 2 in full flow as we head towards the business end of the tournament, let’s take a look at the 11 teams and their players.
FC Goa
Afnan Ameen Khan
Player handle: afnanameen10
FIFA Score: 1775
Vanshaj Sharma
Player handle: V–SHARMA10
FIFA Score: 2117
Kerala Blasters
Akshat Khandelwal
Player handle: A-K-S-H-A- T08
FIFA Score: 1850
Lokmanyu Chaturvedi
Player handle: lokmanyu06
FIFA Score: 2120
NorthEast United
Emaad Jameel Ahmed
Player handle: Emaadrox
FIFA Score: 1790
Mufaddal Burhani
Player handle: muffuburhani1126
FIFA Score: 1790
Chennaiyin FC
Saransh Jain
Player handle: saranshjain7
FIFA Score: 2110
Navin
Player handle: Navinh29
FIFA Score: 1963
Mumbai City FC
Karman Singh Tikka
Player handle: tikkatown
FIFA Score: 1964
Ashwin K
Player handle: ashwin_1411
FIFA Score: 1908
East Bengal FC
Ankit Gupta
Player handle: not_ankitgupta
FIFA Score: 1891
Shayantan Mondal
Player handle: im_ben07
FIFA Score: Elite Division
Odisha FC
Shubham Jadhav
Player handle: Shubumbumtumtumm
FIFA Score: 1900
Aman Duggal
Player handle: Duggal
FIFA Score: Elite
Hyderabad FC
Aditya Dubey
Player handle: Aadizema
FIFA Score: Elite
Darvesh Khera
Player handle: D33KAYPLAYS
FIFA Score: 1960
ATK Mohun Bagan
Kultaran Singh
Player handle: KT Dhillon
FIFA Score: Elite Division
Sehrtej Singh Bindra
Player handle: Bindra Tej
FIFA Score: 1800
Bengaluru FC
Sagnik Banerjee
Player handle: xSagnik_
FIFA Score: 2048
Amaanuddin Warsi
Player handle: Warsi04
FIFA Score: Elite Division
Jamshedpur FC
Arvind
Player handle: Arvind S
FIFA Score: 1968
Akash B
Player handle: Akash_ash2499
FIFA Score: 1880
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