2019–20 Indian Super League

Indian Super League
Season	2019–20
Dates	20 October 2019 – 14 March 2020
Champions	ATK; 3rd ISL Cup title; 1st Indian title
League Winners' Shield	Goa; 1st ISL Shield title
AFC Champions League	Goa
AFC Cup	ATK; Bengaluru
Matches	95
Goals	294 (3.09 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bartholomew Ogbeche; Nerijus Valskis; Roy Krishna; (15 goals each)
Best goalkeeper	Gurpreet Singh Sandhu; (122.14 mins per goal)
Biggest home win	ATK 5–0 Hyderabad; (25 October 2019)
Biggest away win	Jamshedpur 0–5 Goa; (19 February 2020)
Highest scoring	Kerala Blasters 3–6 Chennaiyin; (1 February 2020)
Longest winning run	Goa; (5 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Chennaiyin; (9 games)
Longest winless run	Hyderabad; NorthEast United; (14 games)
Longest losing run	Hyderabad; (4 games)
Highest attendance	50,102; ATK 3–1 Bengaluru; (8 March 2020)
Lowest attendance	1,000; NorthEast United 0–0 Kerala Blasters; (7 February 2020)
Total attendance	1,219,462
Average attendance	12,973
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The 2019–20 Indian Super League season was the sixth season of the Indian Super League, one of the top Indian professional football leagues. The regular season began on 20 October 2019 and concluded on 14 March 2020.

Season2019–20

Dates20 October 2019 – 14 March 2020

ChampionsATK
3rd ISL Cup title
1st Indian title

League Winners' ShieldGoa
1st ISL Shield title

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Hyderabad replaced the disbanded Pune City,^[1] whereas Delhi Dynamos moved to Bhubaneswar and rebranded as Odisha.^[2]

Bengaluru were the defending champions, having won their maiden Indian Super League title by defeating Goa 1–0 in the 2018–19 final.^[3] However, both teams were knocked out in the semi-finals, with Bengaluru losing 3–2 on aggregate to ATK^[4] and Goa losing 6–5 on aggregate to Chennaiyin.^[5] On 14 March 2020, ATK beat Chennaiyin 3–1 in the final, becoming the first club to win three ISL titles.^[6]

On 29 November 2019, the AFC association ranking confirmed India's group stage spot in the 2021 AFC Champions League. As winners of the regular season, FC Goa took that spot along with the inaugural League Winners Shield trophy.

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Club	State/Region	City	Home stadium	Capacity
ATK	West Bengal	Kolkata	Salt Lake Stadium	85,000^[7]
Bengaluru	Karnataka	Bengaluru	Sree Kanteerava Stadium	25,810^[8]
Chennaiyin	Tamil Nadu	Chennai	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	20,075^[9]
Goa	Goa	Margao	Fatorda Stadium	18,600^[10]
Hyderabad	Telangana	Hyderabad	G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium	30,000^[11]
Jamshedpur	Jharkhand	Jamshedpur	JRD Tata Sports Complex	24,424^[12]
Kerala Blasters	Kerala	Kochi	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	40,000^[13]
Mumbai City	Maharashtra	Mumbai	Mumbai Football Arena	7,790^[14]
NorthEast United	Assam	Guwahati	Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium	23,627^[15]
Odisha	Odisha	Bhubaneswar	Kalinga Stadium	15,000^[16]

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
ATK	Antonio Lopez Habas^[17]	Roy Krishna	Nivia Sports
Bengaluru	Carles Cuadrat^[18]	Sunil Chettri	Puma	Kia Motors^[19]
Chennaiyin	Owen Coyle^[20]	Lucian Goian	Performax	Apollo Tyres
Goa	Clifford Miranda^[21]	Mandar Rao Desai	T10 Sports	Adda52
Hyderabad	Albert Roca	Marcelinho	Reyaur Sports^[22]
Jamshedpur	Antonio Iriondo^[23]	Tiri	Nivia Sports	Tata Steel
Kerala Blasters	Eelco Schattorie	Bartholomew Ogbeche	Reyaur Sports	Muthoot Group
Mumbai City	Jorge Costa	Amrinder Singh	Sqad Gear	SportsAdda
NorthEast United	Robert Jarni	José David Leudo	Performax	Federal Bank
Odisha	Josep Gombau	Marcos Tébar	TYKA Sports	Odisha Tourism^[24]

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
ATK	Steve Coppell	End of contract	30 April 2019	Pre-season	Antonio López Habas	3 May 2019^[17]
Kerala Blasters	Nelo Vingada		17 March 2019		Eelco Schattorie	19 May 2019^[25]
Jamshedpur	César Ferrando		5 April 2019		Antonio Iriondo	26 July 2019^[26]
NorthEast United	Eelco Schattorie		19 May 2019		Robert Jarni	5 August 2019^[27]
Chennaiyin	John Gregory^[28]	Sacked	30 Nov 2019	8th	Owen Coyle	4 Dec 2019^[29]
Hyderabad	Phil Brown^[30]	Sacked	11 January 2020	10th	Xavier Gurri López	15 January 2020^[31]
Goa	Sergio Lobera^[32]	Mutual Consent	1 February 2020	1st	Clifford Miranda	3 February 2020^[33]
NorthEast United	Robert Jarni^[34]	Sacked	11 February 2020	9th	Khalid Jamil	11 February 2020^[34]

Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7
ATK	David Williams	Roy Krishna	Edu García	Javi Hernández	Mandi	Víctor Mongil	John Johnson
Bengaluru	Erik Paartalu	Kevaughn Frater	Deshorn Brown	Dimas Delgado	Juanan	Nili Perdomo	Albert Serrán
Chennaiyin	Masih Saighani	Rafael Crivellaro	Eli Sabiá	Nerijus Valskis	André Schembri	Dragoș Firțulescu	Lucian Goian
Goa	Hugo Boumous	Ahmed Jahouh	Mourtada Fall	Edu Bedia	Ferrán Corominas	Carlos Peña
Hyderabad	Marko Stanković	Bobô	Marcelinho Pereira	Matthew Kilgallon	Giles Barnes	Rafael Gómez	Néstor Gordillo
Jamshedpur	Memo	Noé Acosta	Sergio Castel	David Grande	Aitor Monroy	Piti	Tiri
Kerala Blasters	Raphaël Messi Bouli	Vlatko Drobarov	Gianni Zuiverloon	Bartholomew Ogbeche	Moustapha Gning	Mario Arqués	Sergio Cidoncha
Mumbai City	Diego Carlos	Mato Grgić	Sèrge Kevyn	Paulo Machado	Modou Sougou	Amine Chermiti	Mohamed Larbi
NorthEast United	José David Leudo	Mislav Komorski	Andy Keogh	Kai Heerings	Simon Lundevall	Martín Cháves	Federico Gallego
Odisha	Martín Pérez Guedes	Diawandou Diagne	Carlos Delgado	Francisco Dorronsoro	Xisco Hernández	Manuel Onwu	Marcos Tébar

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Goa (L)	18	12	3	3	46	23	+23	39	Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League group stage and ISL playoffs
2	ATK^[a] (C)	18	10	4	4	33	16	+17	34	Advance to ISL playoffs^{[Note 1]}
3	Bengaluru^[a]	18	8	6	4	22	13	+9	30	Qualification for 2021 AFC Cup play-off round and ISL playoffs^{[Note 1]}
4	Chennaiyin	18	8	5	5	32	26	+6	29	Advance to ISL playoffs
5	Mumbai City	18	7	5	6	25	29	−4	26
6	Odisha	18	7	4	7	28	31	−3	25
7	Kerala Blasters	18	4	7	7	29	32	−3	19
8	Jamshedpur	18	4	6	8	22	35	−13	18
9	NorthEast United	18	2	8	8	16	30	−14	14
10	Hyderabad	18	2	4	12	21	39	−18	10

2019–20 Indian Super League

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

Managerial changes

Roster changes

Foreign players

Regular season

League table

Results

Playoffs

Bracket

Semi-finals

Final

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Top Indian scorers

Hat-tricks

Assists

Cleansheets

Discipline

Player

Club

Average home attendances

Notes

Awards

Hero of the Match

ISL Emerging Player of the Match

Season awards

See also

Notes

References

External links

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

Home \ Away	ATK	BEN	CHE	GOA	HFC	JAM	KER	MUM	NEU	OFC
ATK	—	1–0	1–3	2–0	5–0	3–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	3–1
Bengaluru	2–2	—	3–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–3	0–0	3–0
Chennaiyin	0–1	0–0	—	3–4	2–1	4–1	3–1	0–0	2–0	2–2
Goa	2–1	1–1	3–0	—	4–1	0–1	3–2	5–2	2–0	3–0
Hyderabad	2–2	1–1	1–3	0–1	—	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–2
Jamshedpur	0–3	0–0	1–1	0–5	3–1	—	3–2	1–2	1–1	2–1
Kerala Blasters	2–1	2–1	3–6	2–2	5–1	2–2	—	0–1	1–1	0–0
Mumbai City	0–2	2–0	0–1	2–4	2–1	2–1	1–1	—	1–0	2–4
NorthEast United	0–3	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–5	3–3	0–0	2–2	—	2–1
Odisha	0–0	0–1	2–0	2–4	3–2	2–1	4–4	2–0	2–1	—

Semi-finals					Final

1	Goa	1	4	5

4	Chennaiyin	4	2	6
					4	Chennaiyin	1

					2	ATK	3
2	ATK	0	3	3

3	Bengaluru	1	1	2

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Gurpreet Singh	Bengaluru	11
2	Arindam Bhattacharya	ATK	9
3	Mohammad Nawaz	Goa	5
4	Amrinder Singh	Mumbai City	4
4	Vishal Kaith	Chennaiyin	4
6	Francisco Dorronsoro	Odisha	3
6	Subhasish Roy	NorthEast United	3
8	Rehenesh TP	Kerala Blasters	2
8	Subrata Pal	Jamshedpur	2
10	Bilal Khan	Kerala Blasters	1
10	Arshdeep Singh	Odisha	1
Source:^[42]

Team	GP	Cumulative	High	Low	Mean
ATK	9	200,917	37,406	8,690	22,324
Jamshedpur	9	181,218	23,157	17,263	20,135
Kerala Blasters	9	157,641	36,298	7,754	17,515
Bengaluru	9	131,592	27,083	9,746	14,621
Goa	9	117,057	17,773	10,212	13,006
Chennaiyin	9	80,777	11,597	7,500	8,975
NorthEast United	9^[a]	74,280	17,942	1000	8,253
Hyderabad	9	65,699	12,114	3,000	7,299
Odisha	9^[b]	56,081	9,452	3,500 (3,816^[c])	6,231
Mumbai City	9	47,166	7,021	3,200	5,240
Total	90	1,112,428	37,406	1,000	12,360
Legend	Lowest Highest	Source:^[47]^[48]^[49]

Match	Hero of the Match		Match	Hero of the Match		Match	Hero of the Match
Match	Player	Club	Match	Player	Club	Match	Player	Club
Match 1	Bartholomew Ogbeche	Kerala Blasters	Match 33	David Williams	ATK	Match 65	Nerijus Valskis	Chennaiyin
Match 2	Raphael Augusto	Bengaluru	Match 34	Chinglensana Singh	Goa	Match 66	Adil Khan	Hyderabad
Match 3	Farukh Choudhary	Jamshedpur	Match 35	Farukh Choudhary	Jamshedpur	Match 67	Hugo Boumous	Goa
Match 4	Seriton Fernandes	Goa	Match 36	Jerry Mawihmingthanga	Odisha	Match 68	Balwant Singh	ATK
Match 5	Amine Chermiti	Mumbai City	Match 37	Raphaël Messi Bouli	Kerala Blasters	Match 69	Jackichand Singh	Goa
Match 6	David Williams	ATK	Match 38	Mourtada Fall	Goa	Match 70	Nishu Kumar	Bengaluru
Match 7	Asamoah Gyan	NorthEast United	Match 39	Rowllin Borges	Mumbai City	Match 71	Diego Carlos	Mumbai City
Match 8	Sarthak Golui	Mumbai City	Match 40	Juanan	Bengaluru	Match 72	Lallianzuala Chhangte	Chennaiyin
Match 9	Udanta Singh	Bengaluru	Match 41	Paulo Machado	Mumbai City	Match 73	Roy Krishna	ATK
Match 10	Farukh Choudhary	Jamshedpur	Match 42	Lallianzuala Chhangte	Chennaiyin	Match 74	Hugo Boumous	Goa
Match 11	David Williams	ATK	Match 43	Bobô	Hyderabad	Match 75	Diego Carlos	Mumbai City
Match 12	Jerry Mawihmingthanga	Odisha	Match 44	Ferrán Corominas	Goa	Match 76	Lalengmawia	NorthEast
Match 13	Redeem Tlang	NorthEast United	Match 45	David Williams	ATK	Match 77	Roy Krishna	ATK
Match 14	Marcelinho	Hyderabad	Match 46	Ahmed Jahouh	Goa	Match 78	Rafael Crivellaro	Chennaiyin
Match 15	Subrata Pal	Jamshedpur	Match 47	Aridane Santana	Odisha	Match 79	José David Leudo	NorthEast
Match 16	Maximiliano Barreiro	NorthEast United	Match 48	Mario Arqués	Kerala Blasters	Match 80	Ferrán Corominas	Goa
Match 17	Lenny Rodrigues	Goa	Match 49	Modou Sougou	Mumbai City	Match 81	Liston Colaco	Hyderabad
Match 18	Sergio Cidoncha	Kerala Blasters	Match 50	Sunil Chhetri	Bengaluru	Match 82	Xisco Hernández	Odisha
Match 19	Roy Krishna	ATK	Match 51	Sumit Rathi	ATK	Match 83	Bartholomew Ogbeche	Kerala
Match 20	Erik Paartalu	Bengaluru	Match 52	Bartholomew Ogbeche	Kerala Blasters	Match 84	Edwin Vanspaul	Chennaiyin
Match 21	Sunil Chhetri	Bengaluru	Match 53	Vinit Rai	Odisha	Match 85	Hugo Boumous	Goa
Match 22	Aridane Santana	Odisha	Match 54	Lenny Rodrigues	Goa	Match 86	Liston Colaco	Hyderabad
Match 23	Anirudh Thapa	Chennaiyin	Match 55	Ashique Kuruniyan	Bengaluru	Match 87	Lucian Goian	Chennaiyin
Match 24	Sergio Castel	Jamshedpur	Match 56	Nerijus Valskis	Chennaiyin	Match 88	Edu García	ATK
Match 25	Asamoah Gyan	NorthEast United	Match 57	Aridane Santana	Odisha	Match 89	Manuel Onwu	Odisha
Match 26	Nerijus Valskis	Chennaiyin	Match 58	Halicharan Narzary	Kerala Blasters	Match 90	Martín Cháves	NorthEast
Match 27	Robin Singh	Hyderabad	Match 59	Aridane Santana	Odisha	Match 91 (SF)	Anirudh Thapa	Chennaiyin
Match 28	Sèrge Kevyn	Mumbai City	Match 60	Rafael Crivellaro	Chennaiyin	Match 92 (SF)	Erik Paartalu	Bengaluru
Match 29	Lenny Rodrigues	Goa	Match 61	Rowllin Borges	Mumbai City	Match 93 (SF)	Mourtada Fall	Goa
Match 30	Farukh Choudhary	Jamshedpur	Match 62	Pritam Kotal	ATK	Match 94 (SF)	Prabir Das	ATK
Match 31	Gurpreet Singh Sandhu	Bengaluru	Match 63	Sergio Castel	Jamshedpur	Match 95 (F)	Arindam Bhattacharya	ATK
Match 32	Jeakson Singh	Kerala	Match 64	Erik Paartalu	Bengaluru	Source:^[50]

Award	Player	Club
Hero of the League	Hugo Boumous	Goa
Golden Boot	Nerijus Valskis	Chennaiyin
Golden Glove	Gurpreet Singh Sandhu	Bengaluru
Winning Pass of the League	Hugo Boumous	Goa
ISL Emerging Player of the League	Sumit Rathi	ATK

Team of the Season^[51]
Goalkeeper	Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (Bengaluru)
Defence	Prabir Das (ATK)	Mourtada Fall (Goa)		Lucian Goian (Chennaiyin)		Jessel Carneiro (Goa)
Midfield	Hugo Boumous (Goa)		Anirudh Thapa (Chennaiyin)		Rafael Crivellaro (Chennaiyin)
Attack	Roy Krishna (ATK)		Bartholomew Ogbeche (Kerala Blasters)		Nerijus Valskis (Chennaiyin)