All You Need To Know About ISL (Indian Super League)

About ISL:-

The Indian Super League (ISL) is the highest level of a Professional Football League in India founded in October 2013. The league involves 11 teams with each season usually running from November to March. During the league stage of the competition, each club/team plays 20 games against the others in an all-play-all tournament (or round-robin style). The top four teams at the end of the league stage qualify for the play-offs. The season then winds up with the ISL Final to discover the Champion. The league has been officially known as the Hero Indian Super League since its initiation as Hero MotoCorp signed a sponsorship agreement with ISL. Its organizing committee are AIFF (All India Football Federation), FSDL (Football Sports Development Limited) and Star Sports. Initially, the league started with 8 teams, then expanded to 10 teams in 2017-18 and currently it has 11 teams competing against each other.

Competition Format:-

The league stage follows a double round-robin format (all-play-all), with each club playing against others twice, once at their home stadium and once at their opponents’ stadium, for a total of 18 matches each. Teams earn 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, with the highest-ranked club at the end of the league stage being awarded the ISL League Winners Shield and the top 4 ranked teams advancing to the finals.

Clubs:-

CLUB		LOCATION	HOME GROUND	HEAD COACH	OWNERS
	ATK Mohun Bagan	Kolkata, West Bengal	Salt Lake Stadium	Aptonia Lopez	Sourabh Ganguly, Sanjiv Goenka
	Bengaluru FC	Bangalore, Karnataka	Sree Kanteerava Stadium	Carles Cuadrat	JSW Group
	Chennaiyin FC	Chennai, Tamil Nadu	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai)	Csaba Laszlo	Abhishek Bachchan, MS Dhoni
	SC East Bengal	Kolkata, West Bengal	Salt Lake Stadium	Robbie Fowler	Shree Cement
	FC Goa	Margao, Goa	Fatorda Stadium	Juan Ferrando	Virat Kohli, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala
	Hyderabad FC	Hyderabad, Telangana	G.M.C Balayogi Stadium	Manuel Marquez	Rana Daggubati
	Jamshedpur FC	Jamshedpur, Jharkhand	JRD Tata Sports Complex	Owen Coyle	Tata Steel
	Kerala Blasters FC	Kochi, Kerala	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)	Kibu Vicuna	Blasters Sports Ventures Pvt. Ltd.
	Mumbai City FC	Mumbai, Maharashtra	Mumbai Football Arena	Sergio Lobera	Ranbir Kapoor
	Northeast United FC	Guwahati, Assam	Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium	Gerard Nus	John Abraham
	Odisha FC	Bhubaneswar, Odisha	Kalinga Stadium	Stuart Baxter	GMS Inc.

ISL Record holders:-

Most titles as a Coach:- Antonio Lopez Habas
Most points in a season:- 40, Bengaluru FC
Most wins till date:- 51, FC Goa
Most draws in total:- 35, Kerala Blasters
Most goals in total:- FC Goa
Most goal by an Indian in Indian Super League goals:- Sunil Chettri, Bengaluru FC
Biggest win:- 7-0, FC Goa vs. Mumbai City FC