2025–26 Indian Super League

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The 2025–26 Indian Super League is the 12th season of the Indian Super League (ISL) and the 30th season of top-tier Indian football. It commenced on 14 February and ends on 21 May 2026 with 91 matches to be played in this period.[1]

Season2025–26
Dates14 February – 21 May 2026
Teams14
RelegatedMohammedan
Quick facts Season, Dates ...
Indian Super League
Season2025–26
Dates14 February – 21 May 2026
Teams14
RelegatedMohammedan
AFC Champions League 2Goa
(via Super Cup)
Matches85
Goals208 (2.45 per match)
Top goalscorerYoussef Ezzejjari (10 goals)
Biggest home winEast Bengal 7–0 Mohammedan
(23 March 2026)
Biggest away winMohammedan 0–4 Mumbai City
(15 May 2026)
Highest scoringEast Bengal 7–0 Mohammedan
(23 March 2026)
Longest winning run4 matches
Jamshedpur
Mohun Bagan
Longest unbeaten run9 matches
East Bengal
Longest winless run12 matches
Mohammedan
Longest losing run7 matches
Mohammedan
Highest attendance62,201
Mohun Bagan 1–1 East Bengal
(17 May 2026)
Average attendance8,750
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 17 May 2026.
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Mohun Bagan are the defending champions, having won their second Indian Super League title and seventh Indian title last season.

Background

Developments

  • In June 2025, the FSDL formally informed the ISL clubs and the AIFF that the 2025–26 season was on hold due to unresolved contractual issues, ahead of the expiry of the Master Rights Agreement in December.[2][3] After the intervention of the Supreme Court of India, which requested both parties to resolve the issues between them and start the 2025–26 season as quickly as they could, both parties promised that the new season would start in December.[4][5]
  • The season was delayed even further after no bids came in for a tender for commercial partners floated by the AIFF on 16 October 2025.[6]
  • On 6 January 2026, after discussions with the stake holders, sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya confirmed that ISL would begin on 14 February, and would be played in a single leg home-and-away format for a total of 91 matches.[7]
  • On 12 January 2026, all 14 clubs confirmed their participation in this season. The AIFF outlined a total proposed budget of ₹24.26 crore for the season, a significant reduction from the previous seasons. The federation will contribute ₹9.77 crore upfront, while each participating club will provide ₹1 crore. The remaining expenses will be managed through allocated federation resources as the league progresses.[8]
  • Following a media rights tender by the AIFF in January 2026, OTT sports streaming platform FanCode were announced as winners of the broadcasting rights and will be the official streaming partner of the 2025–26 season, while KPS Studios won the bid for production rights.[10] The Indian Super League (ISL) 2025–26 season will be broadcast on the Sony Sports Network after FanCode sublicensed the linear TV rights to the media conglomerate.[11]

Changes from last season

  • This is the first season without the post-season ISL Cup playoffs.[12] The 14 participating clubs will compete in a single-leg round-robin format, with each team playing 13 matches. The table toppers at the end of the league will be crowned champions.[1]
  • The AIFF will implement relegation this season onwards, despite objections from all 14 clubs, who cited the shortened season as their primary concern.[13]
  • ISL clubs qualify for AFC continental club competitions, with the league champions earning qualification for the subsequent season's AFC Champions League Two qualifying stage.[14][15]

Teams

Fourteen (14) teams from 12 cities are competing in the 12th season of Indian Super League – thirteen from the previous season and one promoted from the I-League. Churchill Brothers were initially declared the provisional champions of the I-League by AIFF, but the decision was later overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport who declared Inter Kashi as champions.[16]

On 7 October 2025, Hyderabad FC announced its relocation to Delhi and rebranded to SC Delhi.[17]

Promoted from I-League
Rebranded clubs

Stadiums and locations

Locations of Indian Super League teams
More information Team, Location ...
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Bengaluru Bengaluru Sree Kanteerava Stadium 25,810
Chennaiyin Chennai Marina Arena 40,000
SC Delhi New Delhi Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium 60,254
East Bengal Kolkata Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan 68,000
Goa Margao Fatorda Stadium 19,000
Inter Kashi[a] Varanasi Kishore Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata 12,000
Jamshedpur Jamshedpur JRD Tata Sports Complex 24,424
Kerala Blasters Kochi Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium 40,000
Mohammedan Kolkata Kishore Bharati Krirangan 12,000
Mohun Bagan Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan 68,000
Mumbai City Mumbai Mumbai Football Arena 7,000
NorthEast United Guwahati IG Athletic Stadium 21,600
Odisha Bhubaneswar Kalinga Stadium 15,000
Punjab[b] Mohali Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi 60,254
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  1. [a]
    The club is based in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, but will play its home games in Kishore Bharati Krirangan at Kolkata due to ongoing construction on their own stadium getting built in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.[20]
  2. [b]
    The club is based in Mohali, Punjab, but will continue to play its home games in New Delhi until the 2025–26 season.[21]

Personnel and kits

More information Team, Head coach ...
Team Head coach Captain(s) Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Bengaluru Spain Pep Muñoz India Sunil Chhetri Puma JSW
Chennaiyin India Clifford Miranda Spain Alberto Noguera Six5Six ISGL.in
SC Delhi Poland Tomasz Tchórz India Lamgoulen Hangshing Six5Six Universal Sompo General Insurance
East Bengal Spain Óscar Bruzón Spain Saúl Crespo Trak Only Emami
Goa Spain Manolo Márquez India Sandesh Jhingan Six5Six ISGL.in
Inter Kashi Vacant Spain Sergio Llamas Hummel RDB Group
Jamshedpur Republic of Ireland Owen Coyle Nigeria Stephen Eze Nivia Tata Steel
Kerala Blasters England Ashley Westwood India Danish Farooq
India Bikash Yumnam		 Six5Six White Gold
Mohun Bagan SG Spain Sergio Lobera India Subhasish Bose Skechers CESC
Mohammedan India Mehrajuddin Wadoo India Gaurav Bora Rocky Sports Merlin Group
Mumbai City Czech Republic Petr Kratky India Lallianzuala Chhangte Puma Etihad Airways
NorthEast United Spain Juan Pedro Benali Spain Michel Zabaco Reebok Meghalaya Tourism
Odisha India TG Purushothaman Spain Carlos Delgado Trak Only Odisha Tourism
Punjab Greece Panagiotis Dilberis India Nikhil Prabhu Shiv Naresh DafaNews
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Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position Incoming manager Date of appointment
Kerala Blasters India TG Purushothaman End of interim spell 25 March 2025[22] Pre-season Spain David Català 25 March 2025[23]
SC Delhi India Shameel Chembakath 31 May 2025[24] Poland Tomasz Tchórz 19 October 2025[25]
Chennaiyin Republic of Ireland Owen Coyle Mutual consent 17 July 2025[26] India Clifford Miranda 12 September 2025[27]
Jamshedpur India Khalid Jamil Signed by India 13 August 2025[28] Republic of Ireland Owen Coyle 24 January 2026[29]
Odisha Spain Sergio Lobera Mutual Consent 26 November 2025[30] India TG Purushothaman 5 February 2026[31]
Mohun Bagan Spain José Francisco Molina Sacked 26 November 2025[32] Spain Sergio Lobera 26 November 2025[30]
Bengaluru Spain Gerard Zaragoza Mutual consent 14 November 2025[33] India Renedy Singh 14 November 2025[34]
Bengaluru India Renedy Singh 25 March 2026 5th Spain Pep Muñoz 25 March 2026[35]
Kerala Blasters Spain David Català Sacked 27 March 2026[36] 13th England Ashley Westwood 27 March 2026[37]
Inter Kashi Spain Antonio López Habas Mutual consent 11 May 2026[38] 10th
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Foreign players

The AIFF allows teams to register a maximum of six foreign players. A maximum of four can be fielded in a match at a time.[39]

Due to the uncertainty surrounding Indian football, a number of foreign players exited their clubs before the start of the shortened season.[40][41]

More information Team, Player 1 ...
Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Unregistered player(s) Former player(s)
Bengaluru Argentina Braian Sánchez Uzbekistan Sirozhiddin Kuziev
Chennaiyin Brazil Eduardo Kau Brazil Elsinho Morocco Mohammed Ali Bemammer Nigeria Daniel Chima Chukwu Spain Alberto Noguera Spain Iñigo Martin
SC Delhi Paraguay Julio Rivas Brazil Rafael Ribeiro France Ousmane Fané Ghana Abdul Halik Hudu Ghana Ebenezer Amoh Serbia Matija Babović
East Bengal Argentina Kevin Sibille Brazil Miguel Figueira Denmark Anton Søjberg Palestine Mohammed Rashid Spain Saúl Crespo Spain Youssef Ezzejjari
Goa Serbia Dejan Dražić Spain Pol Moreno
Inter Kashi Lithuania Nauris Petkevičius Spain Alfred Planas Spain David Humanes Spain Lluis Tarrés Spain Mario Barco Spain Sergio Llamas
Jamshedpur Cameroon Raphaël Messi Bouli France Madih Talal Japan Rei Tachikawa Nigeria Stephen Eze Serbia Lazar Ćirković Serbia Nikola Stojanović
Kerala Blasters Argentina Franchu France Kévin Yoke Morocco Karim Benarif Senegal Fallou Ndiaye Spain Matías Hernández Spain Víctor Bertomeu Scotland Jai Quitongo
Germany Marlon Roos-Trujillo		 Guinea Oumar Bah
Mohammedan
Mohun Bagan Australia Dimitri Petratos Australia Jamie Maclaren Australia Jason Cummings Brazil Robinho Scotland Tom Aldred Spain Alberto Rodríguez
Mumbai City Argentina Jorge Pereyra Díaz Finland Joni Kauko Portugal Nuno Reis Spain Jorge Ortiz
NorthEast United Spain Andy Rodríguez Spain Jairo Samperio Spain Míchel Zabaco
Odisha Spain Carlos Delgado
Punjab Bosnia and Herzegovina Samir Zeljkovic Brazil Pablo Santos Nigeria Bede Osuji Nigeria Effiong Nsungusi Spain Dani Ramírez
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League table

More information Pos, Pld ...
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 East Bengal 12 6 5 1 28 10 +18 23 Qualification for the Champions League Two qualifying playoffs[a]
2 Mohun Bagan[b] 12 6 5 1 21 8 +13 23
3 Bengaluru 13 6 5 2 18 12 +6 23
4 Punjab 12 6 4 2 18 10 +8 22
5 Mumbai City 12 6 4 2 15 9 +6 22
6 Jamshedpur 12 6 3 3 15 10 +5 21
7 Goa 12 5 5 2 14 9 +5 20 Qualified for the Champions League Two qualifying playoffs[c]
8 Kerala Blasters 12 4 2 6 13 16 −3 14
9 Inter Kashi 12 3 4 5 10 15 −5 13
10 NorthEast United 12 3 4 5 14 21 −7 13
11 Delhi 12 2 5 5 12 15 −3 11
12 Odisha 12 2 4 6 14 22 −8 10
13 Chennaiyin 13 2 3 8 9 21 −12 9
14 Mohammedan (R) 12 0 3 9 7 30 −23 3 Relegation to IFL
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Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2026. Source: Indian Super League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals scored; 7) fair play ranking; 8) drawing of lots.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. [a]
    As per Article 4 of entry regulations for AFC’s club competitions, each club needs to play a minimum of 24 matches per season in the domestic top division that runs for at least eight months, to receive direct slots in AFC club competitions. Since Indian clubs will have played just 13 games, the ISL winners will enter the qualifying stage of the ACL2 instead of the group stage.
  2. [b]
    Mohun Bagan are banned from AFC competitions until the 2028–29 season due to refusing to travel to Iran to fulfil their 2025–26 AFC Champions League Two fixtures.[42] If Mohun Began become ISL champions, the ISL league runners-up will instead qualify for the AFC Champions League Two preliminary stage.[43]
  3. [c]
    Goa qualified for the AFC Champions League Two qualifying playoffs as the 2025–26 AIFF Super Cup winners.[44]

Results

Match by match

More information Home \ Away, BEN ...
Home \ Away BEN CHE DEL EAB GOA INK JAM KEB MMD MBG MCI NEU ODI PUN
Bengaluru 2–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–2
Chennaiyin 1–2 1–0 1–3 1–1 1–2 0–0
Delhi 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–2 0–0
East Bengal 3–3 4–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 7–0 3–0 3–0 0–0
Goa 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–1
Inter Kashi 1–3 21 May 1–0 1–2
Jamshedpur 0–1 4–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 21 May 1–0
Kerala Blasters 0–1 18 May 1–2 2–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–3
Mohammedan 1–2 0–2 0–4
Mohun Bagan 2–0 21 May 1–1 0–0 2–0 5–1 0–1 5–1 3–2
Mumbai City 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–0
NorthEast United 4–1 0–3 0–2 3–2 2–1 19 May 0–1 1–4
Odisha 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–3
Punjab 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 21 May 1–1
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Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2026 (2026-05-17). Source: ISL Fixtures
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Form

More information Team ╲ Round, Bengaluru ...
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213
BengaluruWDLWDWWLDDDWW
ChennaiyinLLDWDLLWDLLLL
DelhiLLLDDWWLDDLD
East BengalWWLDDWWDWWDD
GoaDWWDDDLWWWLD
Inter KashiDDWLLLWWLLDD
JamshedpurWWWWLDDDLWWL
Kerala BlastersLLLLDLLWDWWW
MohammedanLLLLLLLDDDLL
Mohun BaganWWWWDLDWWDDD
Mumbai CityWWDDWWWDLDLW
NorthEast UnitedLDDDWLLDLLWW
OdishaDDLWLLDLLDWL
PunjabLWDDWWLWDWDW
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Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2026 (2026-05-17). Source: ISL
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Position by round

More information Team ╲ Round, Bengaluru ...
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213
Bengaluru357665355563
Chennaiyin111111910101112911121313
Delhi12141312131212910101011
East Bengal115554544651
Goa663346763237
Inter Kashi7767911888889
Jamshedpur542223436416
Kerala Blasters131212131213131311998
Mohammedan10131414141414141414141414
Mohun Bagan221112221122
Mumbai City434431112345
NorthEast United14910107891012121110
Odisha88911119101113131312
Punjab8108887677774
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Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2026. Source: Indian Super League
  = Champions;   = Relegation

Season statistics

As of 16 May 2026[45]

Top scorers

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Spain Youssef Ezzejjari East Bengal 10
2 Australia Jamie Maclaren Mohun Bagan 9
3 Nigeria Effiong Nsungusi Punjab 7
4 Serbia Dejan Dražić Goa 6
5 Serbia Matija Babović SC Delhi 5
6 Argentina Braian Sánchez Bengaluru 4
Spain Dani Ramírez Punjab
India Lallianzuala Chhangte Mumbai City
Spain Víctor Bertomeu Kerala Blasters
Spain Alfred Planas Inter Kashi
India VP Suhair Odisha
12 India Ashique Kuruniyan Bengaluru 3
India Ryan Williams
India Anwar Ali East Bengal
India Edmund Lalrindika
India Nandhakumar Sekar
Brazil Robinho Mohun Bagan
India Noufal PN Mumbai City
Spain Andy Rodríguez NorthEast United
India Rahim Ali Odisha
India Joseph Sunny SC Delhi
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Top assists

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Team Assists
1 India Ebindas Yesudasan Kerala Blasters 5
2 India Lalremtluanga Fanai Bengaluru 4
3 Brazil Miguel Figueira East Bengal 3
Spain Alberto Noguera Chennayin
India Vishnu PV East Bengal
Serbia Dejan Dražić Goa
India Subhasish Bose Mohun Bagan
India K Lalrinfela Odisha
9 22 players 2
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Clean sheets

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Team Clean sheets
1 India Phurba Lachenpa Mumbai City 6
2 India Gurpreet Singh Sandhu Bengaluru 5
India Prabhsukhan Singh Gill East Bengal
India Hrithik Tiwari Goa
India Vishal Kaith Mohun Bagan
6 India Albino Gomes Jamshedpur 4
India Arshdeep Singh Punjab
8 India Mohammad Nawaz Chennaiyin 3
India Nora Fernandes SC Delhi
10 India Shubham Dhas Inter Kashi 2
11 Spain Lluis Tarrés 1
India Arsh Anwer Shaikh Kerala Blasters
India Padam Chettri Mohammedan
India Amrinder Singh Odisha
India Muheet Shabir Punjab
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Discipline

Player

  • Most yellow cards: 4
    • 13 players
  • Most red cards: 1
    • 12 players

Club

  • Most yellow cards: 39
    • NorthEast United
  • Most red cards: 2
    • Inter Kashi
    • Jamshedpur
    • Kerala Blasters
    • Mohammedan

Attendance

As of 17 May 2026

Regular season

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Mohun Bagan 223,073 62,201 12,222 27,884 −22.0%†
2 Bengaluru 92,235 21,714 9,614 15,373 +29.9%†
3 East Bengal 130,408 22,899 233 14,490 −21.4%†
4 Jamshedpur 62,522 12,789 4,341 7,815 −45.3%†
5 Delhi 44,517 10,087 3,523 7,420 +389.1%ǂ
6 Kerala Blasters 57,336 16,243 2,863 7,167 −54.9%†
7 NorthEast United 29,565 7,473 1,739 4,224 −59.9%†
8 Chennaiyin 21,956 6,389 2,623 3,659 −48.5%†
9 Mumbai City 16,850 3,911 2,190 3,370 −9.7%†
10 Goa 18,680 5,160 1,577 3,113 −69.8%†
11 Punjab 15,290 3,897 2,534 3,058 +1.7%†
12 Odisha 8,690 3,218 156 1,738 −77.3%†
13 Mohammedan 4,927 4,240 340 1,642 −59.9%†
14 Inter Kashi 215 215 215 215 −68.9%†
League total 726,264 62,201 156 8,750 −21.1%†
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Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
†Inter Kashi played in the I-League in the 2024–25 season.
ǂSC Delhi played in the 2024–25 season as Hyderabad FC.

By home matches

More information Team \ Home Game, Total ...
Team \ Home Game 123456789Total
Mohun Bagan29,11022,76530,04719,72726,99712,22220,00462,201223,073
Goa1,5775,1602,5322,2374,8202,35418,680
Bengaluru12,34713,6239,61420,21421,71414,72392,235
Chennaiyin6,3892,9662,9472,6232,8944,13721,956
East Bengal18,63620,38622,89912,85313,37911,21313,244233[a]17,565130,408
Inter KashiN/A[b]N/A[b]215215
Jamshedpur4,3417,2307,85612,78910,2366,3395,6998,03262,522
Kerala Blasters16,2437,5866,4352,8633,6213,2137,5489,82757,336
Mohammedan4,2403403474,927
Mumbai City3,4263,9112,1903,6743,64916,850
NorthEast United7,4736,3793,5643,8473,2213,3421,73929,565
Odisha2,4213,2182,678217[a]156[a]8,690
Punjab3,8973,2162,9062,7372,53415,290
Delhi6,7328,1537,7618,2613,52310,08744,517
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  1. [a]
    The matches were played in Goa
  2. [b]
    The matches were played behind closed doors

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