2017–18 Indian Super League
The 2017–18 Indian Super League season was the fourth season of the Indian Super League, one of the top Indian professional football leagues. It was established in 2013. The regular season started on 17 November 2017 and ended on 4 March 2018,[1] The finals began on 7 March 2018, concluding with the final on 17 March 2018. ATK were the defending champions from the 2016 season, however they could not advance to the playoffs. Chennaiyin won their second Indian Super League title by defeating Bengaluru 3–2 in the final.[2]
Season | 2017–18 |
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Dates | 17 November 2017 – 17 March 2018 |
Champions | Chennaiyin 2nd ISL title 1st Indian title |
AFC Cup | Chennaiyin |
Matches played | 95 |
Goals scored | 261 (2.75 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Coro (18 goals) |
Best goalkeeper | Subrata Pal (102.74 mins per goal) |
Biggest home win | Pune City 5–0 NorthEast United (30 December 2017) |
Biggest away win | Delhi Dynamos 1–5 Goa (16 December 2017) Pune City 0–4 Goa (25 February 2018) |
Highest scoring | Goa 4–3 Bengaluru (30 November 2017) Goa 5–2 Kerala Blasters (9 December 2017) Goa 3–4 Mumbai City (28 January 2018) Delhi Dynamos 4–3 ATK (24 February 2018) |
Longest winning run | Bengaluru (5 games) |
Longest unbeaten run | Bengaluru (10 games) |
Longest winless run | Delhi Dynamos ATK (8 games) |
Longest losing run | Delhi Dynamos (6 games) |
Highest attendance | 37,986 Kerala Blasters 1–3 Bengaluru (31 December 2017) |
Lowest attendance | 1,121 NorthEast United 0–1 Kerala Blasters (17 February 2018) |
Total attendance | 1,399,409 |
Average attendance | 15,047 |
← 2016 2018–19 → |
Two new sides joined the league as expansion teams: Bengaluru and Jamshedpur. The two new clubs are the ninth and tenth teams in the league. This made it the first edition of the ISL in which there are more than eight teams participating.[3] As well as expanding two teams, the league also expanded two more months, being played in five months instead of three.[3]
Teams
Stadiums and locations
Team | City/State | Stadium | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
ATK | Kolkata, West Bengal | Salt Lake Stadium | 68,012[4] |
Bengaluru | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Sree Kanteerava Stadium | 25,810[5] |
Chennaiyin | Chennai, Tamil Nadu | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | 19,691[6] |
Delhi Dynamos | Delhi | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | 32,000[7] |
Goa | Margao, Goa | Fatorda Stadium | 18,600[8] |
Jamshedpur | Jamshedpur, Jharkhand | JRD Tata Sports Complex | 24,424[9] |
Kerala Blasters | Kochi, Kerala | Kaloor Stadium | 38,086[10] |
Mumbai City | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Mumbai Football Arena | 9,300[11] |
NorthEast United | Guwahati, Assam | Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium | 23,627[12] |
Pune City | Pune, Maharashtra | Balewadi Stadium | 10,237[13] |
Expansion
On 11 May 2017, it was announced by the Indian Super League organizers, Football Sports Development, that they would be inviting bids for new teams to join the league for the upcoming season.[14] The bids would be for ten cities, namely Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Cuttack, Durgapur, Hyderabad, Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Ranchi, Siliguri and Thiruvananthapuram.[14] It was also clarified that if Kolkata were to win at least one bid for a team, the new "Kolkata" side would have to play away from the city for two seasons.[14]
On 25 May 2017, it was announced that bidding for new teams had ended and that the league's appointed external validator would look over the bids.[15] It was also announced that Bengaluru, the two-time champion of the I-League, India's top-tier professional football league, had submitted a bid.[15] Two weeks later, on 12 June, it was officially announced that Bengaluru (for Bangalore) and Tata Group (for Jamshedpur) had won the bids for the new teams.[16]
Personnel and sponsorship
Team | Head coach | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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ATK | ![]() |
Nivia[17] | CESC Limited[17] |
Bengaluru | ![]() |
Puma[18] | JSW[18] |
Chennaiyin | ![]() |
Performax[19] | Apollo Tyres[20] |
Delhi Dynamos | ![]() |
T10 Sports[21] | Kent RO Systems[22] |
Goa | ![]() |
None[23] | Deltin[23] |
Jamshedpur | ![]() |
Nivia[24] | Tata[24] |
Kerala Blasters | ![]() |
Admiral[25] | Muthoot Pappachan[26] |
Mumbai City | ![]() |
T10 Sports[27] | Ace Group[28] |
NorthEast United | ![]() |
Performax[29] | McDowell's No. 1[30] |
Pune City | ![]() |
Adidas[31] | Suzuki Gixxer[32] |
Head coaching changes
Team | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming coach | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Goa | ![]() |
Contract finished | 18 December 2016 | Pre-season | ![]() |
6 June 2017[33] |
Delhi Dynamos | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 14 June 2017[34] | ![]() |
29 June 2017[35] | |
Chennaiyin | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 6 March 2017[36] | ![]() |
3 July 2017[37] | |
Jamshedpur | Expansion club | ![]() |
14 July 2017[38] | |||
Kerala Blasters | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 12 July 2017[39] | ![]() |
14 July 2017[40] | |
ATK | ![]() |
18 December 2016 | ![]() |
14 July 2017[41] | ||
NorthEast United | ![]() |
15 May 2017[42] | ![]() |
17 July 2017[43] | ||
Pune City | ![]() |
15 September 2017[44] | ![]() |
25 September 2017[45] | ||
Kerala Blasters | ![]() |
Sacked | 3 January 2018[46] | 8th | ![]() |
3 January 2018[47] |
NorthEast United | ![]() |
3 January 2018[48] | 9th | ![]() |
12 January 2018[49] | |
ATK | ![]() |
24 January 2018[50] | 8th | ![]() |
24 January 2018[50] | |
ATK | ![]() |
Resignation | 2 March 2018[51] | 9th | ![]() |
3 March 2018[52] |
Roster changes
Overseas players
Unlike during the first three seasons of the Indian Super League, the 2017–18 season saw the maximum number of foreign players per team reduced to eight from 11.[53] Also unlike the previous three seasons, the maximum number of foreigners allowed on the pitch at the same time was reduced to five from six.[53]
Regular season
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bengaluru | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 16 | +19 | 40 | Qualification for ISL play-offs |
2 | Chennaiyin[lower-alpha 1] (C) | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 19 | +5 | 32 | |
3 | Goa | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 42 | 28 | +14 | 30 | |
4 | Pune City | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 21 | +9 | 30 | |
5 | Jamshedpur | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 26 | |
6 | Kerala Blasters | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 22 | −2 | 25 | |
7 | Mumbai City | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 29 | −4 | 23 | |
8 | Delhi Dynamos | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 19 | |
9 | ATK | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 30 | −14 | 16 | |
10 | NorthEast United | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 27 | −15 | 11 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair play ranking; 6) drawing of lots
(C) Champions
- Qualified for 2019 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs
Results
Playoffs
Bracket
Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||
1 | Bengaluru | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
4 | Pune City | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
1 | Bengaluru | 2 | |||||||||
2 | Chennaiyin | 3 | |||||||||
2 | Chennaiyin | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
3 | Goa | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Semi-finals
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Pune City | 1–3 | Bengaluru | 0–0 | 1–3 |
Goa | 1–4 | Chennaiyin | 1–1 | 0–3 |
Season statistics
Scoring
Top scorers
|
Top Indian scorers
|
Hat-tricks
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Goa | Bengaluru | 4–3 (H) | 30 November 2017 | [55] |
![]() | Goa | Kerala Blasters | 5–2 (H) | 9 December 2017 | [56] |
![]() | Pune City | NorthEast United | 5–0 (H) | 30 December 2017 | [57] |
![]() | Kerala Blasters | Delhi Dynamos | 3–1 (A) | 10 January 2018 | [58] |
![]() | NorthEast United | Chennaiyin | 3–1 (H) | 19 January 2018 | [59] |
![]() | Bengaluru | Pune City | 3–1 (H) | 11 March 2018 | [60] |
Assists
Rank | Player | Club | Assists | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
Bengaluru | 7 | [61] |
Cleansheets
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
Jamshedpur | 7 | |
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Bengaluru | |||
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Chennaiyin | |||
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Pune City | |||
5 | ![]() |
Kerala Blasters | 5 | |
6 | ![]() |
ATK | 4 | |
7 | ![]() |
NorthEast United | 2 | |
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Mumbai City | |||
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Goa | |||
Source:[62] |
Discipline
- Most yellow cards (club): 47
- Chennaiyin
- Most red cards (club): 4
- Delhi Dynamos
- Most yellow cards (player): 9
Dhanpal Ganesh (Chennaiyin)
- Most red cards (player): 2
Pratik Chowdhary (Delhi Dynamos)
Average home attendances
Team | GP | Cumulative | High | Low | Mean | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kerala Blasters | 9 | 285,870 | 37,986 | 16,796 | 31,763 | |
Jamshedpur | 9 | 192,367 | 24,212 | 8,178 | 21,374 | |
Bengaluru | 11 | 209,584 | 25,753 | 12,564 | 19,053 | |
Goa | 10 | 176,038 | 18,600 | 16,221 | 17,604 | |
Chennaiyin | 10 | 155,377 | 19,013 | 12,499 | 15,538 | |
ATK | 9 | 114,021 | 32,816 | 3,165 | 12,669 | |
Pune City | 10 | 87,111 | 9,968 | 6,612 | 8,711 | |
NorthEast United | 8 | 65,736 | 21,151 | 1,121 | 8,217 | |
Delhi Dynamos | 8 | 55,086 | 11,453 | 2,332 | 6,886 | |
Mumbai City | 9 | 58,039 | 8,597 | 4,222 | 6,449 | |
Total | 93 | 1,399,409 | 37,986 | 1,121 | 15,047 | |
Source:[65] |
Awards
- Source: Indian Super League website
Hero of the Match
Match | Hero of the Match | Match | Hero of the Match | Match | Hero of the Match | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | |||
Match 1 | ![]() |
Kerala Blasters | Match 33 | ![]() |
Chennaiyin | Match 65 | ![]() |
Bengaluru |
Match 2 | ![]() |
NorthEast United | Match 34 | ![]() |
Mumbai City | Match 66 | ![]() |
Pune City |
Match 3 | ![]() |
Goa | Match 35 | ![]() |
Pune City | Match 67 | ![]() |
ATK |
Match 4 | ![]() |
Bengaluru | Match 36 | ![]() |
Bengaluru | Match 68 | ![]() |
Bengaluru |
Match 5 | ![]() |
Delhi Dynamos | Match 37 | ![]() |
Goa | Match 69 | ![]() |
Jamshedpur |
Match 6 | ![]() |
Chennaiyin | Match 38 | ![]() |
Kerala Blasters | Match 70 | ![]() |
Pune City |
Match 7 | ![]() |
Jamshedpur | Match 39 | ![]() |
Jamshedpur | Match 71 | ![]() |
Chennaiyin |
Match 8 | ![]() |
Mumbai City | Match 40 | ![]() |
Northeast United | Match 72 | ![]() |
Delhi Dynamos |
Match 9 | ![]() |
Pune City | Match 41 | ![]() |
Chennaiyin | Match 73 | ![]() |
Chennaiyin |
Match 10 | ![]() |
Bengaluru | Match 42 | ![]() |
Bengaluru | Match 74 | ![]() |
Bengaluru |
Match 11 | ![]() |
Mumbai City | Match 43 | ![]() |
Kerala Blasters | Match 75 | ![]() |
Kerala Blasters |
Match 12 | ![]() |
Goa | Match 44 | ![]() |
Goa | Match 76 | ![]() |
Jamshedpur |
Match 13 | ![]() |
Jamshedpur | Match 45 | ![]() |
ATK | Match 77 | ![]() |
Mumbai City |
Match 14 | ![]() |
NorthEast United | Match 46 | ![]() |
Chennaiyin | Match 78 | ![]() |
Delhi Dynamos |
Match 15 | ![]() |
Chennaiyin | Match 47 | ![]() |
Delhi Dynamos | Match 79 | ![]() |
Mumbai City |
Match 16 | ![]() |
Mumbai City | Match 48 | ![]() |
Kerala Blasters | Match 80 | ![]() |
Chennaiyin |
Match 17 | ![]() |
Jamshedpur | Match 49 | ![]() |
Jamshedpur | Match 81 | ![]() |
Delhi Dynamos |
Match 18 | ![]() |
Chennaiyin | Match 50 | ![]() |
Bengaluru | Match 82 | ![]() |
Goa |
Match 19 | ![]() |
Bengaluru | Match 51 | ![]() |
NorthEast United | Match 83 | ![]() |
Bengaluru |
Match 20 | ![]() |
Goa | Match 52 | ![]() |
Pune City | Match 84 | ![]() |
Delhi Dynamos |
Match 21 | ![]() |
Pune City | Match 53 | ![]() |
Jamshedpur | Match 85 | ![]() |
Goa |
Match 22 | ![]() |
Mumbai City | Match 54 | ![]() |
Goa | Match 86 | ![]() |
Bengaluru |
Match 23 | ![]() |
Bengaluru | Match 55 | ![]() |
Pune City | Match 87 | ![]() |
Delhi Dynamos |
Match 24 | ![]() |
Kerala Blasters | Match 56 | ![]() |
Chennaiyin | Match 88 | ![]() |
Chennaiyin |
Match 25 | ![]() |
Goa | Match 57 | ![]() |
Bengaluru | Match 89 | ![]() |
Goa |
Match 26 | ![]() |
Chennaiyin | Match 58 | ![]() |
Kerala Blasters | Match 90 | ![]() |
ATK |
Match 27 | ![]() |
ATK | Match 59 | ![]() |
Mumbai City | Match 91 (SF) | ![]() |
Pune City |
Match 28 | ![]() |
Mumbai City | Match 60 | ![]() |
Jamshedpur | Match 92 (SF) | ![]() |
Chennaiyin |
Match 29 | ![]() |
Bengaluru | Match 61 | ![]() |
Jamshedpur | Match 93 (SF) | ![]() |
Bengaluru |
Match 30 | ![]() |
Chennaiyin | Match 62 | ![]() |
Pune City | Match 94 (SF) | ![]() |
Chennaiyin |
Match 31 | ![]() |
Pune City | Match 63 | ![]() |
Bengaluru | Match 95 (F) | ![]() |
Chennaiyin |
Match 32 | ![]() |
ATK | Match 64 | ![]() |
Goa |
Emerging Player of the Match
Match | Emerging Player of the Match | Match | Emerging Player of the Match | Match | Emerging Player of the Match | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | |||
Match 1 | Hitesh Sharma | ATK | Match 33 | Jerry Mawihmingthanga | Jamshedpur | Match 65 | Jerry Lalrinzuala | Chennaiyin |
Match 2 | Hakku Nediyodath | NorthEast United | Match 34 | Nanda Kumar | Delhi Dynamos | Match 66 | Seminlen Doungel | NorthEast United |
Match 3 | Jerry Lalrinzuala | Chennaiyin | Match 35 | Ashique Kuruniyan | Pune City | Match 67 | Bipin Singh | ATK |
Match 4 | Abhinas Ruidas | Mumbai City | Match 36 | Lalruatthara | Kerala Blasters | Match 68 | Nishu Kumar | Bengaluru |
Match 5 | Sarthak Golui | Pune City | Match 37 | Brandon Fernandes | Goa | Match 69 | Seminlen Doungel | NorthEast United |
Match 6 | Jerry Lalrinzuala | Chennaiyin | Match 38 | Ashique Kuruniyan | Pune City | Match 70 | Sahil Panwar | Pune City |
Match 7 | Lalruatthara | Kerala Blasters | Match 39 | Jerry Mawihmingthanga | Jamshedpur | Match 71 | Lallianzuala Chhangte | Delhi Dynamos |
Match 8 | Abhinas Ruidas | Mumbai City | Match 40 | Seminlen Doungel | NorthEast United | Match 72 | Seiminlen Doungel | NorthEast United |
Match 9 | Bipin Singh | ATK | Match 41 | Nanda Kumar | Delhi Dynamos | Match 73 | Jerry Lalrinzuala | Chennaiyin |
Match 10 | Vinit Rai | Delhi Dynamos | Match 42 | Subhasish Bose | Bengaluru | Match 74 | Sarthak Golui | Pune City |
Match 11 | Kamaljit Singh | Pune City | Match 43 | Lallianzuala Chhangte | Delhi Dynamos | Match 75 | Gursimrat Singh | NorthEast United |
Match 12 | Mohamed Ali | Goa | Match 44 | Brandon Fernandes | Goa | Match 76 | Farukh Choudhary | Jamshedpur |
Match 13 | Jerry Mawihmingthanga | Jamshedpur | Match 45 | Prabir Das | ATK | Match 77 | Bipin Singh | ATK |
Match 14 | Lallianzuala Chhangte | Delhi Dynamos | Match 46 | Ashique Kuruniyan | Pune City | Match 78 | Mohammad Sajid Dhot | Delhi Dynamos |
Match 15 | Dhanpal Ganesh | Chennaiyin | Match 47 | Nanda Kumar | Delhi Dynamos | Match 79 | Gursimrat Singh | NorthEast United |
Match 16 | Davinder Singh | Mumbai City | Match 48 | Lalruatthara | Kerala Blasters | Match 80 | Lalruatthara | Kerala Blasters |
Match 17 | Albino Gomes | Delhi Dynamos | Match 49 | Jerry Mawihmingthanga | Jamshedpur | Match 81 | Lallianzuala Chhangte | Delhi Dynamos |
Match 18 | Bipin Singh | ATK | Match 50 | Udanta Singh | Bengaluru | Match 82 | Mohamed Ali | Goa |
Match 19 | Lalthuammawia Ralte | Bengaluru | Match 51 | Anirudh Thapa | Chennaiyin | Match 83 | Subhasish Bose | Bengaluru |
Match 20 | Brandon Fernandes | Goa | Match 52 | Sahil Panwar | Pune City | Match 84 | Nanda Kumar | Delhi Dynamos |
Match 21 | Souvik Chakrabarti | Jamshedpur | Match 53 | Nanda Kumar | Delhi Dynamos | Match 85 | Seriton Fernandes | Goa |
Match 22 | Jerry Lalrinzuala | Chennaiyin | Match 54 | Brandon Fernandes | Goa | Match 86 | Nishu Kumar | Bengaluru |
Match 23 | Isaac Vanmalsawma | Pune City | Match 55 | Farukh Choudhary | Jamshedpur | Match 87 | Isaac Vanmalsawma | Pune City |
Match 24 | Lalruatthara | Kerala Blasters | Match 56 | Jerry Lalrinzuala | Chennaiyin | Match 88 | Germanpreet Singh | Chennaiyin |
Match 25 | Narayan Das | Goa | Match 57 | Seiminlen Doungel | NorthEast United | Match 89 | Chinglensana Singh | Goa |
Match 26 | Nishu Kumar | Bengaluru | Match 58 | Munmun Lugun | Delhi Dynamos | Match 90 | Halicharan Narzary | NorthEast United |
Match 27 | Debjit Majumder | ATK | Match 59 | Brandon Fernandes | Goa | Match 91 (SF) | Vishal Kaith | Pune City |
Match 28 | Davinder Singh | Mumbai City | Match 60 | Jerry Mawihmingthanga | Jamshedpur | Match 92 (SF) | Anirudh Thapa | Chennaiyin |
Match 29 | Subhasish Bose | Bengaluru | Match 61 | Farukh Choudhary | Jamshedpur | Match 93 (SF) | Isaac Vanmalsawma | Pune City |
Match 30 | Lalruatthara | Kerala Blasters | Match 62 | Lalruatthara | Kerala Blasters | Match 94 (SF) | Jerry Lalrinzuala | Chennaiyin |
Match 31 | Vishal Kaith | Pune City | Match 63 | Subhasish Bose | Bengaluru | Match 95 (F) | Jerry Lalrinzuala | Chennaiyin |
Match 32 | Hitesh Sharma | ATK | Match 64 | Seiminlen Doungel | NorthEast United |
Fans' Player of the Month
Month | Player of the Month | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|
Player | Club | ||
November | ![]() |
Kerala Blasters | [66] |
December | ![]() |
Chennaiyin | [67] |
January | ![]() |
Kerala Blasters | [68] |
February | ![]() |
Chennaiyin | [69] |
Fans' Team of the Season
Position | Player | Club[70] |
---|---|---|
GK | ![]() |
Bengaluru |
DF | ![]() |
Kerala Blasters |
DF | ![]() |
Mumbai City |
DF | ![]() |
Kerala Blasters |
DF | ![]() |
Jamshedpur |
MF | ![]() |
Goa |
MF | ![]() |
Chennaiyin |
MF | ![]() |
Jamshedpur |
FW | ![]() |
Goa |
FW | ![]() |
Bengaluru |
FW | ![]() |
Bengaluru |
End-of-season awards
Award | Player | Club |
---|---|---|
Hero of the League | ![]() |
Bengaluru |
Emerging Player of the League | ![]() |
Kerala Blasters |
Golden Glove | ![]() |
Jamshedpur |
Winning Pass Award | ![]() |
Bengaluru |
Golden Boot | ![]() |
Goa |
Fittest Player of the League | ![]() |
Chennaiyin |
Best Pitch of the Season |
See also
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