2023–24 Indian Super League

The 2023–24 Indian Super League is the 10th season of the Indian Super League (ISL) and the 28th season of the top-tier in Indian football. Fixtures until December 2023 were announced on 7 September 2023.[1] This season will have a mid-season break for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.[2]

Indian Super League
ISL 10th year anniversary logo
Season2023–24
Dates21 September 2023 – 2024
Matches played24
Goals scored55 (2.29 per match)
Top goalscorerJorge Pereyra Díaz
(4 goals)
Biggest home winNorthEast United 3–0 Chennaiyin
(29 September 2023)
Biggest away winChennaiyin 1–3 Mohun Bagan SG
(7 October 2023)
Highest scoringGoa 3–2 Odisha
(7 October 2023)
Longest winning runGoa
Mohun Bagan SG
(3 matches)
Longest unbeaten runGoa
NorthEast United
(4 matches)
Longest winless runPunjab
(4 matches)
Longest losing runChennaiyin
Hyderabad
(3 matches)
Highest attendance34,911
Kerala Blasters 2–1 Bengaluru
(21 September 2023)
Lowest attendance1,500
East Bengal 1–2 Goa
(21 October 2023)
Total attendance342,803
Average attendance14,284
2024–25
All statistics correct as of 27 October 2023.

Mumbai City are the defending premiers, and Mohun Bagan SG (formerly ATK Mohun Bagan FC) are the defending Champions.[3][4]

Changes from last season

It will be the first season where the promoted I-League winner competes, thereby increasing the number of participating clubs to 12. Punjab FC became the first ever club to get promoted to the Indian Super League by winning the 2022–23 I-League.[5]

As per the new AFC Club Competitions Ranking structure,[6] ISL clubs will not be eligible for a slot in the AFC Champions League; instead, the league premiers will qualify for the AFC Cup group stage, rebranded as AFC Champions League 2.[7]

In this season defending premiers wears the Champions Badge instead of the defending champions.[8]

Teams

Twelve teams will compete in the league: eleven teams from the previous season and one team promoted from the 2022–23 I-League.

Team promoted from 2022–23 I-League

Stadiums and locations


Team State City Stadium Capacity
Bengaluru Karnataka Bengaluru Sree Kanteerava Stadium 25,810
Chennaiyin Tamil Nadu Chennai Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Chennai 40,000
East Bengal West Bengal Kolkata Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan 68,000
Goa Goa Margao Fatorda Stadium 19,000
Hyderabad Telangana Hyderabad GMC Balayogi Athletic Stadium 30,000
Jamshedpur Jharkhand Jamshedpur JRD Tata Sports Complex 24,424
Kerala Blasters Kerala Kochi Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Kochi 41,000
Mohun Bagan SG West Bengal Kolkata Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan 68,000
Mumbai City Maharashtra Mumbai Mumbai Football Arena 6,600
NorthEast United Assam Guwahati Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium 24,627
Odisha Odisha Bhubaneswar Kalinga Stadium 15,000
Punjab[n 1] Punjab Mohali Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Delhi 60,000

Personnel and kits

Team Head coach Captain (s) Kit manufacturer Shirt main sponsor
Bengaluru England Simon Grayson India Gurpreet Singh Sandhu Puma[11] JSW[12]
Chennaiyin Scotland Owen Coyle Serbia Lazar Ćirković Nivia[13] MelBat
East Bengal Spain Carles Cuadrat Brazil Cleiton Silva Trak-Only Batery[14]
Goa Spain Manolo Márquez India Brandon Fernandes SIX5SIX[15] Parimatch News
Hyderabad India Thangboi Singto Brazil João Victor Hummel[16] Stake News[17]
Jamshedpur England Scott Cooper Serbia Alen Stevanović Nivia[18] Tata Steel[19]
Kerala Blasters Serbia Ivan Vukomanović Uruguay Adrián Luna SIX5SIX[20] BYJU'S[21]
Mohun Bagan SG Spain Juan Ferrando India Subhasish Bose Nivia[22][23] 1XBAT
Mumbai City England Des Buckingham Scotland Greg Stewart Puma[24] Stake News[25]
NorthEast United Spain Juan Pedro Benali France Romain Philippoteaux Trak-Only Meghalaya Tourism
Odisha Spain Sergio Lobera India Amrinder Singh Trak-Only Odisha Tourism[26]
Punjab Greece Staikos Vergetis Slovenia Luka Majcen T10 Sports Roundglass

Coaching changes

Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Ref. Position in the table Incoming head coach Date of appointment Ref.
East Bengal England Stephen Constantine Sacked 17 April 2023 [27] Pre-season Spain Carles Cuadrat 25 April 2023 [28]
NorthEast United India Floyd Pinto End of interim spell 22 April 2023 [29] Spain Juan Pedro Benali 22 May 2023 [30]
Goa Spain Carlos Peña Sacked 23 April 2023 [31] Spain Manolo Márquez 3 June 2023 [32]
Odisha India Clifford Miranda End of interim spell 25 April 2023 [33] Spain Sergio Lobera 17 May 2023 [34]
Hyderabad Spain Manolo Márquez End of contract 31 May 2023 [35] India Thangboi Singto 7 July 2023 [36]
Jamshedpur England Aidy Boothroyd [37] England Scott Cooper 14 July 2023 [38]
Chennaiyin Germany Thomas Brdarić Mutual Consent 10 June 2023 [39] Scotland Owen Coyle 16 July 2023 [40]

Foreign players

The AIFF allows clubs to register a maximum of six foreign players, including one AFC quota player. A maximum of four can be fielded in a match at a time.[41] The summer transfer window for clubs in the 2023-24 Indian Super League opened on June 9, 2023, and concluded on August 31, 2023.[42]

Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 AFC player Unregistered player(s) Former player(s)
Bengaluru Australia Ryan Williams England Curtis Main Montenegro Slavko Damjanović Netherlands Keziah Veendorp Spain Javi Hernández Australia Aleksandar Jovanovic
Chennaiyin Brazil Rafael Crivellaro England Ryan Edwards Italy Cristian Battocchio Scotland Connor Shields Serbia Lazar Ćirković Australia Jordan Murray
East Bengal Brazil Cleiton Silva Spain Borja Herrera Spain Javier Siverio Spain José Antonio Pardo Spain Saúl Crespo Jordan Hijazi Maher Australia Jordan Elsey[43]
Goa Republic of Ireland Carl McHugh Morocco Noah Sadaoui Spain Carlos Martínez Spain Odei Onaindia Spain Víctor Rodríguez Australia Paulo Retre
Hyderabad Brazil Felipe Amorim Brazil João Victor Costa Rica Jonathan Moya Finland Petteri Pennanen Mexico Oswaldo Alanís Australia Joe Knowles
Jamshedpur Brazil Elsinho France Jérémy Manzorro Guinea-Bissau Steve Ambri Nigeria Daniel Chima Chukwu Serbia Alen Stevanović Japan Rei Tachikawa Croatia Petar Slišković[44]
Kerala Blasters Croatia Marko Lešković Ghana Kwame Peprah Greece Dimitrios Diamantakos Montenegro Miloš Drinčić Uruguay Adrián Luna Japan Daisuke Sakai Australia Jaushua Sotirio[45]
Mohun Bagan SG Albania Armando Sadiku Australia Dimitri Petratos Australia Jason Cummings France Hugo Boumous Spain Héctor Yuste Australia Brendan Hamill Finland Joni Kauko[46]
Mumbai City Argentina Jorge Pereyra Díaz Netherlands Abdenasser El Khayati Netherlands Yoëll van Nieff Scotland Greg Stewart Spain Tiri Australia Rostyn Griffiths Spain Alberto Noguera[47]
NorthEast United Brazil Ibson Melo France Romain Philippoteaux Morocco Mohammed Ali Bemammer Spain Míchel Zabaco Spain Néstor Albiach State of Palestine Yaser Hamed
Odisha Brazil Diego Maurício Fiji Roy Krishna Morocco Ahmed Jahouh Senegal Mourtada Fall Spain Carlos Delgado Japan Cy Goddard
Punjab Colombia Wilmar Jordán France Madih Talal Greece Dimitrios Chatziisaias Slovenia Luka Majcen Spain Juan Mera Nepal Kiran Chemjong

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Goa 4 3 1 0 6 3 +3 10 Qualification for the playoff semi-finals and the AFC Champions League 2 group stage
2 Kerala Blasters 5 3 1 1 7 5 +2 10 Qualification for the playoff semi-finals
3 Mohun Bagan SG 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 9 Qualification for the playoff knockouts
4 NorthEast United 5 2 2 1 8 5 +3 8
5 Mumbai City 3 2 1 0 6 4 +2 7
6 Jamshedpur 5 1 2 2 2 3 1 5
7 Odisha 4 1 1 2 7 7 0 4
8 East Bengal 4 1 1 2 4 5 1 4
9 Bengaluru 4 1 1 2 3 4 1 4
10 Chennaiyin 4 1 0 3 2 8 6 3
11 Punjab 4 0 2 2 2 5 3 2
12 Hyderabad 3 0 0 3 1 4 3 0
Updated to match(es) played on 27 October 2023. Source: Indian Super League
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; 6) number of goals scored; 7) fair play ranking; 8) drawing of lots

Results

Home \ Away BEN CHE EAB GOA HYD JAM KER MBSG MCI NEU OFC PFC
Bengaluru a 2–1 0–0 16 Dec a 8 Dec 24 Dec 30 Nov
Chennaiyin 13 Dec 25 Nov 5 Nov a 1–3 29 Oct
East Bengal 1–2 2–1 0–0 4 Nov a 4 Dec 22 Dec 9 Dec
Goa 27 Nov 3 Dec 12 Dec 3–2 1–0
Hyderabad 4 Nov 0–1 21 Dec 2 Dec
Jamshedpur 7 Dec 1–0 1 Nov 1 Dec 0–0
Kerala Blasters 2–1 29 Nov 25 Nov 1–0 24 Dec 1–1 2–1
Mohun Bagan SG 1–0 a 23 Dec 27 Dec 6 Dec 3–1
Mumbai City 28 Dec 16 Dec 28 Oct 2–1 20 Dec 2 Nov
NorthEast United 26 Nov 3–0 29 Dec 10 Dec 2–1 15 Dec 1–2
Odisha 31 Oct 2–0 17 Dec 29 Dec 2–2 3 Nov
Punjab 18 Dec 7 Nov 14 Dec 1–1 26 Dec
Updated to match(es) played on 27 October 2023. Source: Indian Super League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Results by match

The table lists the results of the teams after each match.

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
BengaluruLLWD
ChennaiyinLLLW
East BengalDWLL
GoaWWWD
HyderabadLLL
JamshedpurDLWDL
Kerala BlastersWWLDW
Mohun Bagan SGWWW
Mumbai CityWDW
NorthEast UnitedLWDDW
OdishaWDLL
PunjabLLDD
Updated to match(es) played on 27 October 2023. Source: Indian Super League
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Playoffs

Bracket

Knockout Semifinals Finals
1  
4    
5    
 
2  
3    
6  

Knockout

Team 1  Score  Team 2

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg

Season statistics

As of 28 October 2023

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[48]
1 Argentina Jorge Pereyra Díaz Mumbai City 4
2 India Parthib Gogoi NorthEast United 3
Uruguay Adrian Luna Kerala Blasters
4 India Jerry Mawihmingthanga Odisha 2
Brazil Cleiton Silva East Bengal
Morocco Noah Sadaoui Goa
Senegal Mourtada Fall Odisha
Australia Jason Cummings Mohun Bagan SG
Australia Dimitri Petratos Mohun Bagan SG
India Manvir Singh Mohun Bagan SG
India Naorem Mahesh Singh East Bengal
India Danish Farooq Kerala Blasters
Brazil Diego Maurício Odisha

Top assists

Rank Player Club Assists[48]
1 India Sahal Abdul Samad Mohun Bagan SG 3
2 Spain Víctor Rodríguez Goa 2
India Nandhakumar Sekar East Bangal

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 India Rehenesh T. P. Jamshedpur 3
2 India Arshdeep Singh Goa 2
3 India Debjit Majumder Chennaiyin 1
India Ravi Kumar Punjab
India Vishal Kaith Mohun Bagan SG
India Gurpreet Singh Sandhu Bengaluru
India Amrinder Singh Odisha
India Prabhsukhan Singh Gill East Bengal
India Mirshad Michu NorthEast United
India Sachin Suresh Kerala Blasters

Player

Club

  • Most yellow cards: 1^
    • Odisha
  • Most red cards: 2
    • Bengaluru

Attendances

Regular season

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Kerala Blasters 130,160 34,911 26,901 32,540 +16.9%
2 Mohun Bagan SG 56,877 29,552 27,325 28,439 +13.4%
3 Jamshedpur 43,200 21,962 21,238 21,600 +47.4%
4 Goa 17,657 8,923 8,734 8,829 −13.6%
5 Chennaiyin 8,463 8,463 −2.7%
6 East Bengal 24,220 11,577 1,500 8,073 −44.1%
7 Mumbai City 6,911 6,911 +39.2%
8 NorthEast United 20,447 7,739 5,379 6,816 +177.4%
9 Bengaluru 13,056 7,143 5,913 6,528 −42.6%
10 Punjab 5,914 5,914 +339.0%††
11 Odisha 11,222 7,120 4,102 5,686 −8.3%
12 Hyderabad 4,676 4,676 −35.0%
League total 342,803 34,911 1,500 14,284 +18.1%

Updated to games played on 27 October 2023
Source: espn.in
Notes:
Mohun Bagan SG played as ATK Mohun Bagan FC previous season.
††Punjab played in the I-League in the 2022–23 season.

Attendances by match

Team \ Home Game 1234567891011Total
Kerala Blasters34,91134,51833,83026,901130,160
Mohun Bagan SG27,32529,55256,877
Jamshedpur21,23821,96243,200
East Bengal11,14311,5771,500[lower-alpha 1]24,220
NorthEast United7,3295,3797,73920,447
Goa8,7348,92317,657
Bengaluru5,9137,14313,056
Odisha4,1027,12011,222
Chennaiyin8,4638,463
Mumbai City6,9116,911
Punjab5,9145,914
Hyderabad4,6764,676
  1. East Bengal played their home match against Goa at the Kalinga Stadium[49]

Legend:   Highest   Lowest

Awards

Player of the Match

Jorge Pereyra Díaz and Adrián Luna have won the Player of the Match award the most (3).

Team of Matchweek

Adrián Luna and Parthib Gogoi have been included in the Team of the Matchweek the most (3).

Goal of the Week

Parthib Gogoi has been nominated for the goal of the week the most (3).

See also

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  1. The club is based in Mohali, Punjab, but will play its home games in New Delhi for the 2023–24 season.[10]
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