Delhi Dynamos FC
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| Full name | Delhi Dynamos Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | dynamic Lions |
| Founded | 21 April 2014 |
| Ground | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium |
| Capacity | 60,000 |
| Manager | Gianluca Zambrotta |
| League | Indian Super League |
| 2016 | Regular season: 3rd Finals: Semi-finals |
| Website | Club home page |
Delhi Dynamos (DLD) is an Indian professional football franchise based in Delhi, which competes in the Indian Super League. The club began to play in October 2014 during the inaugural season of the Indian Super League. The team was wholly owned and operated by Delhi-based DEN Networks earlier. Club's majority ownership is now with United States-based company GMS Inc. while DEN Networks only holding a minority stake.
In early 2014, it was announced that the All India Football Federation, the national federation for football in India, and IMG-Reliance would be accepting bids for ownership of eight or nine selected cities for the upcoming Indian Super League, an eight-team franchise league modeled along the lines of the Indian Premier League cricket tournament. On 13 April 2014, it was announced that DEN Networks had won the bidding for the Delhi franchise. The team had entered an alliance with Dutch club Feyenoord which lasted only for one year .
The team started their campaign in the inaugural Indian Super League season on 14 October 2014 with a 0–0 draw against FC Pune City at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi. The Dynamos did not experience the best of starts to their ISL campaign as they lagged behind at the last place till the 9th Round. The team rejuvenated and regrouped to climb out of the situation to finish in 5th place with a five match unbeaten run which included three wins and two draws. Delhi narrowly missed out on qualification for the semi finals falling short only by a point.
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