2021–22 Indian Super League season

The 2021–22 Indian Super League season is the 8th season of the Indian Super League (ISL) Since it's formation and 26th season of the top division of the Indian football league system. The start date and fixtures for the first 11 rounds were announced on 13 September 2021.[1][2]

Indian Super League
League announcement poster
Season2021–22
Dates19 November 2021 – March 2022
Matches played31
Goals scored108 (3.48 per match)
Top goalscorerBartholomew Ogbeche
Igor Angulo
(5 goals each)
Biggest home winHyderabad 5–1 NorthEast United
(13 December 2021)
Biggest away winATK Mohun Bagan 1–5 Mumbai City
(1 December 2021)
Odisha 0–4 Jamshedpur
(14 December 2021)
Highest scoringOdisha 6–4 East Bengal
(30 November 2021)
Longest winning run4 matches
Mumbai City
Longest unbeaten run4 matches
Jamshedpur
Hyderabad
Mumbai City
Chennaiyin
Kerala Blasters
Longest winless run6 matches
East Bengal
Bengaluru
Longest losing run3 matches
Goa
Bengaluru
2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 16 December 2021.

Mumbai City are the defending champions, having defeated ATK Mohun Bagan in the final. Mumbai City are also the defending winners of League Winners Shield. Thus, Mumbai City became the first club win the ISL championship title as well as the premiers.

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.[3] 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.[4] 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.
  • A maximum of 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 point of time.
  • A club also has an option to sign a foreign marquee player within the League-approved classifications.
  • Clubs to increase their development player signing from minimum 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 3 registered goalkeepers. A club can also have an injury replacement for an Indian player (outside of the max. 35 registered players).
  • The squad salary cap remains at ₹16.5 crore (US$2.2 million) for season 2021–22.[5]

Teams
Locations of the Indian Super League teams

Stadiums and locations
Locations of the stadiums in Goa
Club State/Region City Host Venue Capacity
ATK Mohun Bagan West Bengal Kolkata Fatorda Stadium 19,000
Mumbai City Maharashtra Mumbai
NorthEast United Northeast India 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 West Bengal Kolkata
Kerala Blasters Kerala Kochi
Odisha Odisha Bhubaneswar

Personnel and sponsorship
Team Head coach Captain(s) Kit Manufacturer Main Sponsor
ATK Mohun Bagan Antonio López Habas[6]
Nivia[7][8] SBOTOP[9]
Bengaluru Marco Pezzaiuoli[10] Sunil Chhetri Puma[11] JSW[12]
Chennaiyin Božidar Bandović[13] Anirudh Thapa Nivia[14] Apollo Tyres[15]
East Bengal Manolo Díaz[16]
Reyaur[17] Shree Cement[18]
Goa Juan Ferrando[19]
Reyaur[20] 1xNews[21]
Hyderabad Manuel Roca[22]
Hummel[23] DafaNews[24]
Jamshedpur Owen Coyle[25] Peter Hartley Nivia[26] Tata Steel[27]
Kerala Blasters Ivan Vukomanović[28] Jessel Carneiro SIX5SIX[29] BYJU'S[30]
Mumbai City Des Buckingham[31] Mourtada Fall Puma[32] Expo 2020[33]
NorthEast United Khalid Jamil[34]
SIX5SIX[35] Amrit Cement[36]
Odisha Kiko Ramírez
Hummel[37] Odisha Tourism[38]

Head coaching changes
Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming coach Date of appointment Ref.
Bengaluru Naushad Moosa End of interim period Pre-season Marco Pezzaiuoli 12 February 2021 [39]
Kerala Blasters Ishfaq Ahmed End of interim period 26 February 2021 Ivan Vukomanović 17 June 2021 [28]
Chennaiyin Csaba László End of contract 10 April 2021 Božidar Bandović 10 July 2021 [13]
Odisha Steven Dias End of interim period 27 February 2021 Kiko Ramírez 20 July 2021 [40]
East Bengal Robbie Fowler Mutual Consent 8 September 2021 Manolo Díaz 8 September 2021 [16]
Mumbai Sergio Lobera End of contract 8 October 2021 Des Buckingham 8 October 2021 [31]

Roster changes
Main article: List of 2021–22 Indian Super League transfers

Foreign players
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 AFC Player Former Player
ATK Mohun Bagan Roy Krishna Joni Kauko Hugo Boumous Carl McHugh Tiri David Williams
Bengaluru Alan Costa Bruno Ramires Cleiton Silva Prince Ibara Yrondu Musavu-King Iman Basafa
Chennaiyin Rafael Crivellaro Vladimir Koman Ariel Borysiuk Łukasz Gikiewicz Slavko Damjanović Mirlan Murzaev
East Bengal Antonio Perošević Franjo Prce Darren Sidoel Daniel Chima Amir Dervišević Tomislav Mrcela
Goa Airam Cabrera Alberto Noguera Edu Bedia Iván González Jorge Ortiz Dylan Fox
Hyderabad João Victor Bartholomew Ogbeche Edu García Javier Siverio Juanan Joel Chianese
Jamshedpur Alex Lima Eli Sabiá Peter Hartley Nerijus Valskis Greg Stewart Jordan Murray
Kerala Blasters Jorge Pereyra Díaz Enes Sipović Marko Lešković Álvaro Vázquez Adrián Luna Chencho Gyeltshen
Mumbai City Cássio Gabriel Ygor Catatau Ahmed Jahouh Mourtada Fall Igor Angulo Bradden Inman
NorthEast United Deshorn Brown Mathias Coureur Khassa Camara Hernán Santana Federico Gallego Patrick Flottmann
Odisha Jonathas Aridai Cabrera Héctor Rodas Javi Hernández Víctor Mongil Liridon Krasniqi

Regular season

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Mumbai City 6 5 0 1 17 7 +10 15 Premiers, advance to ISL play-offs and qualification for 2023 AFC Champions League group stage
2 Jamshedpur 6 3 2 1 13 8 +5 11 Advance to ISL play-offs and possible qualification for 2023 AFC Cup play-off round[lower-alpha 1]
3 Hyderabad 5 3 1 1 10 4 +6 10 Advance to ISL play-offs
4 Odisha 5 3 0 2 11 11 0 9
5 Chennaiyin 5 2 2 1 4 3 +1 8
6 ATK Mohun Bagan 6 2 2 2 13 13 0 8
7 Kerala Blasters 5 1 3 1 6 7 −1 6
8 Goa 5 2 0 3 8 12 −4 6
9 Bengaluru 7 1 2 4 11 15 −4 5
10 NorthEast United 6 1 1 4 6 13 −7 4
11 East Bengal 6 0 3 3 9 15 −6 3
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
Notes:
  1. If the ISL Premiers also becomes the ISL Champions, then the regular season runners-up will qualify for 2023 AFC Cup play-off round.

    Results
    Home \ Away AMB BEN CHE EAB GOA HYD JAM KER MCI NEU OFC
    ATK Mohun Bagan — 1–1 29 Dec 5 Jan 4–2 1–5 8 Jan
    Bengaluru 3–3 — 4 Jan 1–1 1–3 4–2
    Chennaiyin 30 Dec — 0–0 22 Dec 18 Dec
    East Bengal 0–3 — 3–4 1–1 1–1 7 Jan
    Goa 2–1 8 Jan — 18 Dec 1–3
    Hyderabad 1–0 0–1 23 Dec — 5–1 28 Dec
    Jamshedpur 2–1 20 Dec 2 Jan 23 Dec 1–1 — 6 Jan
    Kerala Blasters 2 Jan 9 Jan 26 Dec — 2–1
    Mumbai City 1–0 3–0 1–3 4–2 19 Dec —
    NorthEast United 21 Dec 1–2 17 Dec 2–1 0–0 27 Dec —
    Odisha 3–1 6–4 24 Dec 0–4 3 Jan 1–0 —
    Updated to match(es) played on 16 December 2021. Source: Indian Super League
    Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Form
    Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920
    ATK Mohun BaganWWLLDD
    BengaluruWLDLLLD
    ChennaiyinWWDDL
    East BengalDLLDLD
    GoaLLLWW
    HyderabadLWDWW
    JamshedpurDWDWLW
    Kerala BlastersLDDWD
    Mumbai CityWLWWWW
    Northeast UnitedLDLWLL
    OdishaWWLWL
    Updated to match(es) played on 16 December 2021. Source: Indian Super League
    W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

    Season statistics

    Scoring
    As of 16 December 2021

    Top scorers
    Rank Player Club Goals[41]
    1 Bartholomew Ogbeche Hyderabad 5
    Igor Angulo Mumbai City
    3 Greg Stewart Jamshedpur 4
    Cleiton Silva Bengaluru
    5 Aridai Cabrera Odisha 3
    Javi Hernandez Odisha
    Ygor Catatau Mumbai City
    Liston Colaco ATK Mohun Bagan
    Hugo Boumous ATK Mohun Bagan
    Roy Krishna ATK Mohun Bagan

    Top Indian scorers
    Rank Player Club Goals[41]
    1 Liston Colaco ATK Mohun Bagan 3
    2 Vikram Pratap Singh Mumbai City 2
    Bipin Singh Mumbai City
    4 Jayesh Rane Bengaluru 1
    Manvir Singh ATK Mohun Bagan
    Sahal Abdul Samad Kerala Blasters
    Rohit Danu Hyderabad
    Ashique Kuruniyan Bengaluru
    Lallianzuala Chhangte Chennaiyin
    Anirudh Thapa Chennaiyin
    V.P. Suhair NorthEast United
    Thongkhosiem Haokip East Bengal
    Isak Vanlalruatfela Odisha
    Rochharzela NorthEast United
    Alexander Romario Jesuraj Goa
    Prasanth Karuthadathkuni Kerala Blasters
    Nikhil Raj Odisha
    Seiminlen Doungel Jamshedpur
    Pritam Kotal ATK Mohun Bagan
    Komal Thatal Jamshedpur
    Devendra Murgaonkar Goa
    Chinglensana Singh Hyderabad
    Aniket Jadhav Hyderabad
    Laldanmawia Ralte NorthEast United
    Rahul Bheke Mumbai City
    Subhasish Bose ATK Mohun Bagan
    Danish Farooq Bhat Bengaluru

    Hat-tricks
    Main article: List of Indian Super League hat-tricks
    Player For Against Result Date Ref
    Greg Stewart Jamshedpur Odisha 4–0 (A) 14 December 2021 [42]

    Top assists
    As of 16 December 2021
    Rank Player Club Assists[43]
    1 Ahmed Jahouh Mumbai City 5
    2 Greg Stewart Jamshedpur 4
    3 Jorge Ortiz Goa 3
    Adrián Luna Kerala Blasters
    Naorem Roshan Singh Bengaluru
    Roy Krishna ATK Mohun Bagan
    7 Isaac Vanmalsawma Odisha 2
    Javi Hernandez Odisha
    Joni Kauko ATK Mohun Bagan
    Cássio Gabriel Mumbai City
    Joel Chianese Hyderabad
    Cleiton Silva Bengaluru

    Clean Sheets
    As of 15 December 2021
    Rank Player Club Clean

    sheets[44]

    1 Vishal Kaith Chennaiyin 2
    Suvam Sen East Bengal
    Mohammad Nawaz Mumbai City
    Albino Gomes Kerala Blasters
    5 Amrinder Singh ATK Mohun Bagan 1
    Subhasish Roy Chowdhury NorthEast United
    Laxmikant Kattimani Hyderabad
    Kamaljit Singh Odisha
    Rehenesh TP Jamshedpur

    Player

    Club
    • Most yellow cards: 17[47]
      • Bengaluru
    • Most red cards: 1[48]
      • ATK Mohun Bagan
      • Goa
      • Bengaluru

    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 Match 78
    Match 2 Udanta Singh Bengaluru Match 41 Match 79
    Match 3 Antonio Perošević East bengal Match 42 Match 80
    Match 4 Igor Angulo Mumbai City Match 43 Match 81
    Match 5 Vladimir Koman Chennaiyin Match 44 Match 82
    Match 6 Javi Hernández Odisha Match 45 Match 83
    Match 7 Hernan Santana NorthEast United Match 46 Match 84
    Match 8 Nerijus Valskis Jamshedpur Match 47 Match 85
    Match 9 Joni Kauko ATK Mohun Bagan Match 48 Match 86
    Match 10 João Victor Hyderabad Match 49 Match 87
    Match 11 Harmanjot Khabra Kerala Blasters Match 50 Match 88
    Match 12 Lallianzuala Chhangte Chennaiyin Match 51 Match 89
    Match 13 Héctor Rodas Odisha Match 52 Match 90
    Match 14 Vikram Pratap Singh Mumbai City Match 53 Match 91
    Match 15 Greg Stewart Jamshedpur Match 54 Match 92
    Match 16 Hira Mondal East Bengal Match 55 Match 93
    Match 17 Hernan Santana NorthEast United Match 56 Match 94
    Match 18 Lalengmawia Ralte Mumbai City Match 57 Match 95
    Match 19 Adrián Luna Kerala Blasters Match 58 Match 96
    Match 20 Jitendra Singh Jamshedpur Match 59 Match 97
    Match 21 Alberto Noguera Goa Match 60 Match 98
    Match 22 Souvik Chakrabarti Hyderabad Match 61 Match 99
    Match 23 Cássio Gabriel Mumbai City Match 62 Match 100
    Match 24 Jonathas de Jesus Odisha Match 63 Match 101
    Match 25 Anirudh Thapa Chennaiyin Match 64 Match 102
    Match 26 Devendra Murgaonkar Goa Match 65 Match 103
    Match 27 Adrián Luna Kerala Blasters Match 66 Match 104
    Match 28 Asish Rai Hyderabad Match 67 Match 105
    Match 29 Greg Stewart Jamshedpur Match 68 Match 106
    Match 30 Rahul Bheke Mumbai City Match 69 Match 107
    Match 31 Subhasish Bose ATK Mohun Bagan Match 70 Match 108
    Match 32 Match 71 Match 109
    Match 33 Match 72 Match 110
    Match 34 Match 73 Match 111 (SF)
    Match 35 Match 74 Match 112 (SF)
    Match 36 Match 75 Match 113 (SF)
    Match 37 Match 76 Match 114 (SF)
    Match 38 Match 77 Match 115 (F)
    Match 39 Source:[49]

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