Indian Super League
Founded21 October 2013
CountryIndia
ConfederationAFC
Number of teams12
Level on pyramid1
International cup(s)AFC Cup
Current championsMohun Bagan SG (1st title)
(2022–23)
Current premiersMumbai City (2nd title)
(2022–23)
Most championshipsATK (3 titles)
Most premiershipsMumbai City
(2 titles)
Current: 2022–23 Indian Super League season

The Indian Super League (ISL) is a men's professional football league, which is top tier league in Indian football system.

The league currently comprises 12 clubs. Each season of the tournament generally runs from November to March. During the league stage of the competition, each club plays against all the other clubs in a round-robin style. At the end of the league stage, the team with the most points gets declared the Premiers and presented with a trophy named League Winners Shield, and the top four clubs qualify for the play-offs. The season then culminates with the ISL Final to determine the Champions who are presented with the ISL Trophy.

List of seasons

SeasonTeamsMatches PremiersChampionsTop scorer(s)AsiaAvg. attendance
Player Goals AFC Champions League AFC Cup
2014861 Title did not existAtlético de KolkataBrazil Elano824,357
2015861ChennaiyinColombia Stiven Mendoza1327,111
2016861Atlético de KolkataBrazil Marcelinho Leite Pereira1021,003
2017–181095ChennaiyinSpain Coro18Chennaiyin15,047
2018–191095BengaluruSpain Coro16Bengaluru13,155
2019–201095GoaATKNigeria Bartholomew Ogbeche
Lithuania Nerijus Valskis
Fiji Roy Krishna
15GoaATK Mohun Bagan[lower-alpha 1]
Bengaluru[lower-alpha 2]
13,052
2020–2111115Mumbai CityMumbai CitySpain Igor Angulo
Fiji Roy Krishna
14Mumbai CityATK Mohun Bagan0[lower-alpha 3]
2021–2211115JamshedpurHyderabadNigeria Bartholomew Ogbeche18Jamshedpur[lower-alpha 4]Hyderabad[lower-alpha 5]0[lower-alpha 6]
2022–2311117Mumbai CityATK Mohun BaganAustralia Dimitri Petratos
Brazil Diego Maurício
Brazil Cleiton Silva
12Mumbai City[lower-alpha 7]ATK Mohun Bagan[lower-alpha 8]12,749

ISL Finals

Season Date Champions Score Runners–up Player of the match Venue Attendance
2014 20 December Atlético de Kolkata 1–0 Kerala Blasters India Mohammed Rafique (Atlético de Kolkata) DY Patil Stadium 36,484
2015 20 December Chennaiyin 3–2 Goa Spain Jofre Mateu (Goa) Fatorda Stadium 18,477
2016 18 December Atlético de Kolkata 1–1
(4–3 p)
Kerala Blasters Spain Henrique Sereno (Atlético de Kolkata) Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi) 82,146
2017–18 17 March 2018 Chennaiyin 3–2 Bengaluru Brazil Maílson Alves (Chennaiyin) Sree Kanteerava Stadium 25,753
2018–19 17 March 2019 Bengaluru 1–0 Goa India Rahul Bheke (Bengaluru) Mumbai Football Arena 7,372
2019–20 14 March 2020 ATK 3–1 Chennaiyin India Arindam Bhattacharya Fatorda Stadium 0[lower-alpha 9]
2020–21 13 March 2021 Mumbai City 2–1 ATK Mohun Bagan India Bipin Singh (Mumbai City) Fatorda Stadium 0[lower-alpha 9]
2021–22 20 March 2022 Hyderabad 1–1
(3–1 p)
Kerala Blasters India Laxmikant Kattimani (Hyderabad) Fatorda Stadium 11,500
2022–23 18 March 2023 ATK Mohun Bagan 2–2
(4–3 p)
Bengaluru Australia Dimitri Petratos (ATK Mohun Bagan) Fatorda Stadium 11,879

Notes

  1. Mohun Bagan qualified for the 2021 AFC Cup group stage by winning the 2019–20 I-League, therefore after the merger, ATK Mohun Bagan earned the spot.
  2. ATK qualified for the 2021 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs by winning the 2020 Indian Super League Final, but after ATK and Mohun Bagan merged, Bengaluru received the spot as the third place team of 2019–20 Indian Super League season.
  3. The league was hosted behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India
  4. Qualification to Playoffs for 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage
  5. Qualification to Playoffs for 2023–24 AFC Cup qualifying playoffs
  6. Excluding the final, the league was hosted behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India
  7. Qualification to Playoffs for 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage
  8. Qualification to Playoffs for 2023–24 AFC Cup qualifying playoffs
  9. 1 2 The final was hosted behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India

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