2021–22 Indian Super League
8th season of the Indian Super League
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The 2021–22 Indian Super League season was the eighth season of the Indian Super League (ISL) since its formation in 2013 and the 26th season of the top division of Indian football league system. The season started on 19 November 2021 and concluded with the final on 20 March 2022.[1][2][3] Except for the final, it was hosted behind closed doors across three venues in Goa due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India.[4]
Season2021–22
Dates19 November 2021 – 20 March 2022
ChampionsHyderabad
1st ISL Cup title
Indian title
1st ISL Cup title
Indian title
League Winners' ShieldJamshedpur
1st ISL Shield title
1st ISL Shield title
League announcement poster | |
| Season | 2021–22 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 19 November 2021 – 20 March 2022 |
| Champions | Hyderabad 1st ISL Cup title Indian title |
| League Winners' Shield | Jamshedpur 1st ISL Shield title |
| AFC Champions League | Mumbai City |
| AFC Cup | Odisha Mohun Bagan |
| Matches | 115 |
| Goals | 354 (3.08 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Bartholomew Ogbeche (18 goals) |
| Best goalkeeper | Prabhsukhan Singh Gill (7 clean sheets) |
| Biggest home win | Hyderabad 6–1 Odisha (28 December 2021) |
| Biggest away win | NorthEast United 0–5 Hyderabad (31 January 2022) Chennaiyin 0–5 Goa (9 February 2022) |
| Highest scoring | Odisha FC 6–4 East Bengal FC (30 November 2021) |
| Longest winning run | 7 matches Jamshedpur |
| Longest unbeaten run | 15 matches Mohun Bagan |
| Longest winless run | 11 matches East Bengal FC |
| Longest losing run | 3 matches Bengaluru East Bengal FC Goa North East United Chennaiyin |
← 2020–21 2022–23 → | |
Jamshedpur won the League Winners' Shield and Hyderabad won the trophy having defeated Kerala Blasters in the final.[5][6]
Changes from last season
The All India Football Federation Executive Committee decided to implement the 3+1 rule in I-League and discussed implementing it in the Super League from the 2021–22 season.[7] FSDL, agreeing to the suggestions made by AIFF Executive Committee have made significant changes in players registration and foreign players number in the squad enforceable from 2021 to 2022 Indian Super League season.[8] The changes have been made keeping in mind the AFC Club competitions regulations which follow 3+1 foreign players rule and to give more chances to domestic players in the league. The changes made were:
- A club can now sign maximum of six and minimum of four foreigners including at least one player who hails from an AFC affiliated nation.
- Four foreigners can play on the field at any instant of a match.
- A decrease in foreign player numbers from 5 to 4 mandates the clubs to have a minimum of seven 7 Indian players on the field at any time.
- A club also has the option to sign a foreign marquee player within the League-approved classifications.
- Clubs to increase their development player signing from a minimum of 2 to 4 while continuing to have 2 of such development players be part of the match-day squad.
- A club can have a maximum squad strength of 35 players, with at least three registered goalkeepers. A club can also have an injury replacement for an Indian player (outside the max. 35 registered players).
- The squad salary cap remains at ₹16.5 crore (equivalent to ₹19 crore or US$1.9 million in 2023) for season 2021–22.[9]
Teams
Kolkata
Locations of the Indian Super League teams
Stadiums and locations
Locations of the stadiums in Goa
| Club | State/Region | City | Host Venue | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohun Bagan Super Giant | West Bengal | Kolkata | Fatorda Stadium | 19,000 |
| Mumbai City | Maharashtra | Mumbai | ||
| NorthEast United | Assam | Guwahati | ||
| Bengaluru | Karnataka | Bengaluru | GMC Athletic Stadium | 3,000 |
| Goa | Goa | Margao | ||
| Hyderabad | Telangana | Hyderabad | ||
| Jamshedpur | Jharkhand | Jamshedpur | ||
| Chennaiyin | Tamil Nadu | Chennai | Tilak Maidan Stadium | 5,000 |
| East Bengal FC | West Bengal | Kolkata | ||
| Kerala Blasters | Kerala | Kochi | ||
| Odisha | Odisha | Bhubaneswar | ||
Personnel and sponsorship
| Team | Head coach | Captain(s) | Kit Manufacturer | Main Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohun Bagan Super Giant |  Juan Ferrando [10] |
Nivia[11][12] | SBOTOP[13] | |
| Bengaluru |  Marco Pezzaiuoli[14] |
Puma[15] | JSW[16] | |
| Chennaiyin |  Syed Sabir Pasha (interim) |
Anirudh Thapa |
Nivia[17] | Apollo Tyres[18] |
| East Bengal | Mario Rivera[19] |
Reyaur[20] | Shree Cement[21] | |
| Goa | Derrick Pereira[22] |
Reyaur[23] | 1xNews[24] | |
| Hyderabad | Manuel Roca[25] |
Hummel[26] | DafaNews[27] | |
| Jamshedpur |  Owen Coyle[28] |
 Peter Hartley |
Nivia[29] | Tata Steel[30] |
| Kerala Blasters |  Ivan Vukomanović[31] |
SIX5SIX[32] | BYJU'S[33] | |
| Mumbai City | Des Buckingham[34] |
 Mourtada Fall |
Puma[35] | Expo 2020[36] |
| NorthEast United | Khalid Jamil[37] |
SIX5SIX[38] | Amrit Cement[39] | |
| Odisha | Kino García[40] (interim) |
Hummel[41] | Odisha Tourism[42] |
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bengaluru | Naushad Moosa |
End of interim period | Pre-season | Marco Pezzaiuoli |
12 February 2021 | [43] | |
| Kerala Blasters | Ishfaq Ahmed |
End of interim period | 26 February 2021 | Ivan Vukomanović |
17 June 2021 | [31] | |
| Chennaiyin |  Csaba László |
End of contract | 10 April 2021 |  Božidar Bandović |
10 July 2021 | [44] | |
| Odisha | Steven Dias |
End of interim period | 27 February 2021 | Kiko Ramírez |
20 July 2021 | [45] | |
| East Bengal | Robbie Fowler |
Mutual Consent | 8 September 2021 | Manolo Díaz |
8 September 2021 | [46] | |
| Mumbai City | Sergio Lobera |
End of contract | 8 October 2021 | Des Buckingham |
8 October 2021 | [34] | |
| Mohun Bagan Super Giant | Antonio Lopez Habas |
Resigned | 17 December 2021 | 6th | Juan Ferrando |
20 December 2021 | [10] |
| Goa | Juan Ferrando |
Resigned | 20 December 2021 | 8th | Derrick Pereira |
21 December 2021 | |
| East Bengal | Manolo Díaz |
Resigned | 28 December 2021 | 11th | Mario Rivera |
1 January 2022 | [19] |
| Odisha | Kiko Ramírez |
Sacked | 14 January 2022 | 9th | Kino García |
14 January 2022 | |
| Chennaiyin | Božidar Bandović |
Sacked | 11 February 2022 | 8th | Syed Sabir Pasha |
11 February 2022 | [47] |
Roster changes
Foreign players
Bold letters suggest the player was signed in the winter transfer window
Regular season
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jamshedpur (L) | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 21 | +21 | 43 | Qualification to ISL playoffs and Playoffs for 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Hyderabad[a] (C) | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 23 | +20 | 38 | Qualification to ISL playoffs and Playoffs for 2023–24 AFC Cup qualifying playoffs |
| 3 | ATK Mohun Bagan | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 26 | +11 | 37 | Qualification to ISL playoffs |
| 4 | Kerala Blasters | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 34 | 24 | +10 | 34 | |
| 5 | Mumbai City | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 31 | |
| 6 | Bengaluru | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 29 | |
| 7 | Odisha | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 43 | −12 | 23 | |
| 8 | Chennaiyin | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 35 | −18 | 20 | |
| 9 | Goa | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 19 | |
| 10 | NorthEast United | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 43 | −18 | 14 | |
| 11 | East Bengal | 20 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 36 | −18 | 11 |
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
(C) Champions; (L) League Winners' Shield Winners
Notes:
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
(C) Champions; (L) League Winners' Shield Winners
Notes:
- Hyderabad qualified for Playoffs for 2023–24 AFC Cup qualifying playoffs by winning the ISL playoffs
Results
Results by match
The table lists the results of the teams after each match.
Playoffs
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||
| 1 | Jamshedpur | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 4 | Kerala Blasters | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| 4 | Kerala Blasters | 1 (1) | |||||||||
| 2 | Hyderabad (p) | 1 (3) | |||||||||
| 2 | Hyderabad | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
| 3 | ATK Mohun Bagan | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
Semi-finals
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamshedpur | 1–2 | Kerala Blasters | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Hyderabad | 3–2 | ATK Mohun Bagan | 3–1 | 0–1 |
Final
Season statistics
Scoring
Top scorers
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| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[48] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Bartholomew Ogbeche |
Hyderabad | 18 |
| 2 | Igor Angulo |
Mumbai City | 10 |
| Greg Stewart |
Jamshedpur | ||
| 4 |  Cleiton Silva |
Bengaluru | 9 |
| Daniel Chima Chukwu |
Jamshedpur | ||
| 6 | Jorge Ortiz |
Goa | 8 |
| Jonathas de Jesus |
Odisha | ||
 Jorge Pereyra Díaz |
Kerala Blasters | ||
| Liston Colaco |
Mohun Bagan Super Giant | ||
| Álvaro Vázquez |
Kerala Blasters |
Top Indian scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[48] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liston Colaco | Mohun Bagan Super Giant | 8 |
| 2 | Bipin Singh | Mumbai City | 6 |
| Sahal Abdul Samad | Kerala Blasters | ||
| Manvir Singh | Mohun Bagan Super Giant | ||
| 5 | Laldanmawia Ralte | NorthEast United | 4 |
| Ritwik Das | Jamshedpur | ||
| V. P. Suhair | NorthEast United | ||
| Sunil Chhetri | Bengaluru | ||
| 9 | Kiyan Nassiri | Mohun Bagan Super Giant | 3 |
| Vikram Pratap Singh | Mumbai City | ||
| Ishan Pandita | Jamshedpur | ||
| Danish Farooq Bhat | Bengaluru | ||
| Udanta Singh | Bengaluru | ||
| Jerry Mawihmingthanga | Odisha |
Hat-tricks
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Stewart |
Jamshedpur | Odisha | 4–0 (A) | 14 December 2021 | [49] |
 Deshorn Brown |
NorthEast United | Mumbai City | 3–3 (H) | 27 December 2021 | [50] |
| Bartholomew Ogbeche |
Hyderabad | East Bengal | 4–0 (A) | 24 January 2022 | [51] |
| Kiyan Nassiri |
ATK Mohun Bagan | East Bengal | 3–1 (H) | 29 January 2022 | [52] |
| Jorge Ortiz |
Goa | Chennaiyin | 5–0 (A) | 9 February 2022 | [53] |
| Airam Cabrera |
Goa | Kerala Blasters | 4–4 (H) | 6 March 2022 | [54] |
Clean Sheets
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean
sheets[55] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prabhsukhan Singh Gill |
Kerala Blasters | 7 |
| 2 | Rehenesh TP |
Jamshedpur | 6 |
| Amrinder Singh |
ATK Mohun Bagan | ||
| 4 | Mohammad Nawaz |
Mumbai City | 5 |
| 5 | Gurpreet Singh Sandhu |
Bengaluru | 3 |
| Laxmikant Kattimani |
Hyderabad |
Discipline
Player
- Most yellow cards: 7[56]
- 6 players
- Most red cards: 1[57]
- 12 players
Club
- Most yellow cards: 50[58]
- Kerala Blasters
- Most red cards: 3[59]
- ATK Mohun Bagan
Awards
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 |  Hugo Boumous |
ATK Mohun Bagan | Match 40 | Iván González |
Goa | Match 78 | Víctor Mongil |
Odisha |
| Match 2 | Udanta Singh |
Bengaluru | Match 41 | Greg Stewart |
Jamshedpur | Match 79 |  Darren Sidoel |
East Bengal |
| Match 3 |  Antonio Perošević |
East Bengal | Match 42 | Deshorn Brown |
NorthEast United | Match 80 | Tiri |
ATK Mohun Bagan |
| Match 4 | Igor Angulo |
Mumbai City | Match 43 | Bartholomew Ogbeche |
Hyderabad | Match 81 | Álvaro Vázquez |
Kerala Blasters |
| Match 5 | Vladimir Koman |
Chennaiyin | Match 44 | Liston Colaco |
ATK Mohun Bagan | Match 82 | Bruno Ramires |
Bengaluru |
| Match 6 | Javi Hernández |
Odisha | Match 45 | Naorem Roshan Singh |
Bengaluru | Match 83 | Lallianzuala Chhangte |
Mumbai City |
| Match 7 | Hernan Santana |
NorthEast United | Match 46 | Jorge Ortiz |
Goa | Match 84 | Javi Hernández |
Odisha |
| Match 8 |  Nerijus Valskis |
Jamshedpur | Match 47 | Mohammad Sajid Dhot |
Chennaiyin | Match 85 | Liston Colaco |
ATK Mohun Bagan |
| Match 9 |  Joni Kauko |
ATK Mohun Bagan | Match 48 | Jerry Mawihmingthanga |
Odisha | Match 86 | Jorge Ortiz |
Goa |
| Match 10 | João Victor |
Hyderabad | Match 49 | Adil Khan |
East Bengal | Match 87 | Greg Stewart |
Jamshedpur |
| Match 11 | Harmanjot Khabra |
Kerala Blasters | Match 50 | Asish Rai |
Hyderabad | Match 88 | João Victor |
Hyderabad |
| Match 12 | Lallianzuala Chhangte |
Chennaiyin | Match 51 | Ishan Pandita |
Jamshedpur | Match 89 | Joni Kauko |
ATK Mohun Bagan |
| Match 13 | Héctor Rodas |
Odisha | Match 52 | Sourav Das |
East Bengal | Match 90 | Bipin Singh |
Mumbai City |
| Match 14 | Vikram Pratap Singh |
Mumbai City | Match 53 | Thoiba Singh Moirangthem |
Odisha | Match 91 | Lalthathanga Khawlhring |
Kerala Blasters |
| Match 15 | Greg Stewart |
Jamshedpur | Match 54 | Anwar Ali |
Goa | Match 92 | Manvir Singh |
ATK Mohun Bagan |
| Match 16 | Hira Mondal |
East Bengal | Match 55 | Álvaro Vázquez |
Kerala Blasters | Match 93 | Rahim Ali |
Chennaiyin |
| Match 17 | Hernan Santana |
NorthEast United | Match 56 | Naorem Roshan Singh |
Bengaluru | Match 94 | Joe Zoherliana |
NorthEast United |
| Match 18 | Lalengmawia Ralte |
Mumbai City | Match 57 | Greg Stewart |
Jamshedpur | Match 95 | Bartholomew Ogbeche |
Hyderabad |
| Match 19 |  Adrián Luna |
Kerala Blasters | Match 58 | Harmanjot Khabra |
Kerala Blasters | Match 96 | Mobashir Rahman |
Jamshedpur |
| Match 20 | Jitendra Singh |
Jamshedpur | Match 59 | Debjit Majumder |
Chennaiyin | Match 97 | Danish Farooq Bhat |
Bengaluru |
| Match 21 | Alberto Noguera |
Goa | Match 60 | Jorge Ortiz |
Goa | Match 98 | Bipin Singh |
Mumbai City |
| Match 22 | Souvik Chakrabarti |
Hyderabad | Match 61 | Sandesh Jhingan |
ATK Mohun Bagan | Match 99 | Juanan |
Hyderabad |
| Match 23 | Cássio Gabriel |
Mumbai City | Match 62 | Lalthathanga Khawlhring |
Kerala Blasters | Match 100 | Sebastian Thangmuansang |
Odisha |
| Match 24 | Jonathas de Jesus |
Odisha | Match 63 | Alex |
Jamshedpur | Match 101 | Ricky Lallawmawma |
Jamshedpur |
| Match 25 | Anirudh Thapa |
Chennaiyin | Match 64 | Aridai Cabrera |
Odisha | Match 102 | Sanjeev Stalin |
Kerala Blasters |
| Match 26 | Devendra Murgaonkar |
Goa | Match 65 | Naorem Mahesh Singh |
East Bengal | Match 103 | Mehtab Singh |
Mumbai City |
| Match 27 | Adrián Luna |
Kerala Blasters | Match 66 | Adrián Luna |
Kerala Blasters | Match 104 | Joe Zoherliana |
NorthEast United |
| Match 28 | Asish Rai |
Hyderabad | Match 67 | Greg Stewart |
Jamshedpur | Match 105 | Tiri |
ATK Mohun Bagan |
| Match 29 | Greg Stewart |
Jamshedpur | Match 68 | Slavko Damjanović |
Chennaiyin | Match 106 | Daniel Chima Chukwu |
Jamshedpur |
| Match 30 | Rahul Bheke |
Mumbai City | Match 69 |  Dylan Fox |
Goa | Match 107 | Lara Sharma |
Bengaluru |
| Match 31 | Subhasish Bose |
ATK Mohun Bagan | Match 70 | Bartholomew Ogbeche |
Hyderabad | Match 108 | Souvik Chakrabarti |
Hyderabad |
| Match 32 |  Khassa Camara |
NorthEast United | Match 71 | Cássio Gabriel |
Mumbai City | Match 109 | Airam Cabrera |
Goa |
| Match 33 | Slavko Damjanović |
Chennaiyin | Match 72 | Udanta Singh |
Bengaluru | Match 110 | Peter Hartley |
Jamshedpur |
| Match 34 | Airam Cabrera |
Goa | Match 73 | Akash Mishra |
Hyderabad | Match 111 (SF) | Ruivah Hormipam |
Kerala Blasters |
| Match 35 | Álvaro Vázquez |
Kerala Blasters | Match 74 | Rehenesh TP |
Jamshedpur | Match 112 (SF) | Bartholomew Ogbeche |
Hyderabad |
| Match 36 | Greg Stewart |
Jamshedpur | Match 75 | Kiyan Nassiri |
ATK Mohun Bagan | Match 113 (SF) | Adrián Luna |
Kerala Blasters |
| Match 37 | Liston Colaco |
ATK Mohun Bagan | Match 76 | Naorem Roshan Singh |
Bengaluru FC | Match 114 (SF) | Laxmikant Kattimani |
Hyderabad |
| Match 38 | Adrián Luna |
Kerala Blasters | Match 77 | Bartholomew Ogbeche |
Hyderabad | Match 115 (F) | Laxmikant Kattimani |
Hyderabad |
| Match 39 | Lalrinliana Hnamte |
East Bengal | ||||||
| Source:[60] | ||||||||
Season awards
| Award | Winner | Club | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hero of the League | Greg Stewart | Jamshedpur | |
| Golden Boot | Bartholomew Ogbeche | Hyderabad | |
| Golden Glove | Prabhsukhan Singh Gill | Kerala Blasters | |
| Emerging Player of the League | Naorem Roshan Singh | Bengaluru | |
| Source:[61] | |||
| Team of the Season[62] | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Hrithik Tiwari (FC Goa) | |||||||||||
| Defence | Akash Mishra (Mumbai City) |
Pol Moreno (FC Goa) |
Anwar Ali (East Bengal) |
Abhi Meitei (Mohammedan) | ||||||||
| Midfield | Sergio Llamas (Mohammedan) |
Anirudh Thapa (Mohun Bagan) | ||||||||||
| Attack | Noufal PN (Mumbai City) |
Dejan Drazic (FC Goa) |
Edmund Lalrindika (East Bengal) | |||||||||
| Forward |  Youssef Ezzejjari(East Bengal) | |||||||||||