Mohammed Rafique’s 94th minute header ensure Atletico De Kolkata be crowned the first champions of the Inaugral season of the Hero Indian Super League. The Sourav Ganguly co owned side beat Kerela Blasters by 1-0 in front a packed DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai. The Champions picked up Rs. 8 crores with the runners-up, Kerala Blasters picking up Rs. 4 crores. Chennaiyin FC and FC Goa, the two semi-finalists were handed a prize of Rs. one and a half crores each.
Full list of award winners at 2014:
- Champions – Atletico de Kolkata (Rs 8 crores prize money)
- Runners-up – Kerala Blasters (Rs 4 crores)
- Semi Finalists- FC Goa and Chennaiyin FC (Rs 1.5 crores each)
- Hero of the final – Mohammed Rafique (Atletico de Kolkata)
- Happy Fans Award- Kerala Blasters
- Fair play Award- Delhi Dynamos
- Most exciting player of the league – Luis Garcia (Atletico de Kolkata)
- Fittest player of the league – Jan Stohanzl (Mumbai City FC)
- Goal of the league – Kostas Katsouranis (FC Pune City vs Atletico De Kolkata, Salt Lake Stadium)
- Golden Glove – Jan Seda (FC Goa)
- Golden Boot – Elano Blumer (Chennaiyin FC) – 8 goals
- Emerging player of the league – Sandesh Jhingan (Kerala Blasters)
- Hero of the league – Iain Hume (Kerala Blasters)
