List of Indian Super League seasons

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Indian Super League
Founded21 October 2013
CountryIndia
Confederation AFC
Number of teams12
Level on pyramid1
International cup(s) AFC Cup
Current champions ATK Mohun Bagan (1st title)
(2022–23)
Current premiers Mohun Bagan SG (1st title)
(2023–24)
Most championships ATK (3 titles)
Most premierships Mumbai City
(2 titles)
Current: 2023–24 Indian Super League

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

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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

SeasonTeamsMatchesPremiersChampionsTop scorer(s) Asia Avg. attendance
PlayerGoals AFC Champions League AFC Cup
2014 861 Title did not exist Atlético de Kolkata Flag of Brazil.svg Elano 824,357
2015 861 Chennaiyin Flag of Colombia.svg Stiven Mendoza 1327,111
2016 861 Atlético de Kolkata Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelinho Leite Pereira 1021,003
2017–18 1095 Chennaiyin Flag of Spain.svg Coro 18 Chennaiyin 15,047
2018–19 1095 Bengaluru Flag of Spain.svg Coro 16 Bengaluru 13,155
2019–20 1095 Goa ATK Flag of Nigeria.svg Bartholomew Ogbeche
Flag of Lithuania.svg Nerijus Valskis
Flag of Fiji.svg Roy Krishna
15 Goa ATK Mohun Bagan [lower-alpha 1]
Bengaluru [lower-alpha 2]
13,052
2020–21 11115 Mumbai City Mumbai City Flag of Spain.svg Igor Angulo
Flag of Fiji.svg Roy Krishna
14 Mumbai City ATK Mohun Bagan 0 [lower-alpha 3]
2021–22 11115 Jamshedpur Hyderabad Flag of Nigeria.svg Bartholomew Ogbeche 18 Jamshedpur [lower-alpha 4] Hyderabad [lower-alpha 5] 0 [lower-alpha 6]
2022–23 11117 Mumbai City ATK Mohun Bagan Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dimitri Petratos
Flag of Brazil.svg Diego Maurício
Flag of Brazil.svg Cleiton Silva
12 Mumbai City [lower-alpha 7] ATK Mohun Bagan [lower-alpha 8] 12,749
2023–24 12 Mohun Bagan SG Mumbai City

ISL Finals

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