2020–21 Indian Super League season

The 2020–2021 Indian Super League season will be the seventh season of the Indian Super League, one of the top Indian professional football leagues. It is all set to begin on November 23. Unlike other seasons this season entirely takes place in different venues across the state Goa alone in Fatorda Stadium , GMC Athletic Stadium and Tilak Maidan and in behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ATK are the defending champions who won their 3rd Indian Super League title by defeating Chennaiyin 3–1 in the playoffs final. However, FC Goa are the defending premiers and they won the first-ever ISL League Winners Shield.

Indian Super League
Season2020–21
All statistics correct as of 27 March 2020.

Changes in rules and regulations
  • Each club will have the option of signing a minimum of five and a maximum of seven foreign players, but unlike the previous season, there should be at least one overseas player who hails from an AFC -affiliated country.
  • The maximum squad size will also be increased as the clubs will be allowed to register up to 35 players in their squad.[1]
  • The sixth season saw a reduction in the salary cap for ISL clubs from ₹ 17.5 Cr to ₹ 16.5 Cr and the limit will be unchanged for the seventh edition as well.[1]
  • Due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic it was decided that the 2020–2021 season of ISL will be held from November 21 2020 to March 21 2021.
  • As the world fights Coronavirus pandemic it was decided that 2020–2021 season of the ISL will likely be held behind closed doors and in Goa
  • The number of substitutions will be increased to 5 which is yet to be confirmed by AIFF.

Teams
Locations of the Indian Super League teams

Stadiums and locations
Club State/Region City Home Stadium Capacity
ATK Mohun Bagan West Bengal Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium 85,000[2]
Bengaluru Karnataka Bengaluru Sree Kanteerava Stadium 23,810[3]
Chennaiyin Tamil Nadu Chennai Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium 40,000[4]
Goa Goa Margao Fatorda Stadium 18,600[5]
Hyderabad Telangana Hyderabad G.M.C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium 30,000[6]
Jamshedpur Jharkhand Jamshedpur JRD Tata Sports Complex 24,424[7]
Kerala Blasters Kerala Kochi Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium 60,500[8]
Mumbai City Maharashtra Mumbai Mumbai Football Arena 7,790[9]
NorthEast United Assam Guwahati Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium 23,627[10]
Odisha Odisha Bhubaneswar Kalinga Stadium 15,000[11]

Personnel and sponsorship
Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Kit Sponsor
ATK Mohun Bagan Antonio López Habas[12] Roy Krishna Adidas RPSG Group
Bengaluru Carles Cuadrat Sunil Chhetri Puma Kia Motors[13]
Chennaiyin
Goa Juan Ferrando
Hyderabad Albert Roca
Jamshedpur Owen Coyle Nivia Tata Steel
Kerala Blasters Kibu Vicuña Muthoot Group
Mumbai City Sergio Lobera
NorthEast United
Odisha Stuart Baxter[14] TYKA Odisha Tourism

Head coaching changes
Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming coach Date of appointment
Mumbai City Jorge Costa End of contract 5 March 2020[15] Pre-season Sergio Lobera 14 April 2020
Kerala Blasters Eelco Schattorie 18 March 2020[16] Kibu Vicuña 22 April 2020
Goa Clifford Miranda Interim coach 3 February 2020[17] Juan Ferrando 30 April 2020[18]
Hyderabad Xavier Gurri López Interim coach 1 June 2020 Albert Roca 1 June 2020
Odisha Josep Gombau Mutual Consent 18 March 2020[19] Stuart Baxter 19 June 2020[20]
Jamshedpur Antonio Iriondo End of contract 29 February 2020 Owen Coyle 7 August 2020
Chennaiyin Owen Coyle Mutual consent 7 August 2020 TBA TBA
NorthEast United Khalid Jamil Caretaker 5 August 2020 TBA TBA

Roster changes
Main article: List of 2020–21 Indian Super League season roster changes

Foreign players

Indian Super League club could register a maximum of seven and a minimum of five foreign players with at least one player of AFC affiliated nationality.

Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Asian Visa
ATK Mohun Bagan Roy Krishna Carl McHugh Javi Hernández Edu García Tiri David Williams
Bengaluru Juanan Dimas Delgado Raphael Augusto Deshorn Brown Cleiton Silva Erik Paartalu
Chennaiyin Eli Sabiá Rafael Crivellaro
Goa Edu Bedia Igor Angulo Jorge Oritz Iván González
Hyderabad Néstor Gordillo
Jamshedpur Aitor Monroy David Grande
Kerala Blasters Sergio Cidoncha Oswaldo Henríquez
Mumbai City Ahmed Jahouh Mourtada Fall
NorthEast United
Odisha Diawandou Diagne

Regular season

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 ATK Mohun Bagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for 2022 AFC Champions League group stage and ISL playoffs
2 Bengaluru 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to ISL playoffs and 2022 AFC Cup playoffs
3 Chennaiyin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to ISL playoffs
4 Goa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to ISL playoffs
5 Hyderabad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Jamshedpur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Kerala Blasters 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Mumbai City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 NorthEast United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Odisha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 23 November 2020. Source:
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

Results
Home \ Away AMB BEN CHE GOA HFC JAM KER MUM NEU OFC
ATK Mohun Bagan —
Bengaluru —
Chennaiyin —
Goa —
Hyderabad —
Jamshedpur —
Kerala Blasters —
Mumbai City —
NorthEast United —
Odisha —
First match(es) will be played on 23 November 2020. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

References
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  2. "Salt Lake Stadium". Indian Super League. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  3. "Kanteerava Stadium". Indian Super League. Archived from the original on 8 September 2018.
  4. "Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai". ISL. Archived from the original on 14 November 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  5. "Fatorda Stadium". ISL. Archived from the original on 29 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  6. "G.M.C Balayogi Athletic Stadium". ISL. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  7. "JRD Tata Sports Complex, Jamshedpur". ISL. Archived from the original on 17 November 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  8. "Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi". ISL. Archived from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  9. "Mumbai Football Arena". Indian Super League. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  10. "Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium". Indian Super League. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
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  12. "ISL: ATK appoints Antonio Habas as new head coach".
  13. "Kia Motors India pen four-year sponsorship deal with Bengaluru FC". Archived from the original on 25 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  14. "Odisha FC unveil Stuart Baxter as their new head coach". Indian Super League. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  15. "ISL 2019-20: Mumbai City FC parts ways with Jorge Costa". 5 March 2020.
  16. Nisanth V Easwar & Soham Mukherjee (18 March 2020). "ISL: Kerala Blasters set to appoint Kibu Vicuna as head coach". www.goal.com. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  17. "Miranda named interim coach, Pereira technical director of FC Goa". PTI. The Times of India. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  18. "FC Goa appoints Juan Ferrando as new Head Coach". 30 April 2020.
  19. "Odisha FC part ways with Josep Gombau". www.indiansuperleague.com. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  20. "Odisha FC appoint Stuart Baxter as new head coach for upcoming ISL". 19 June 2020.
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