2020–21_Indian_Super_League_season

2020–21 Indian Super League

2020–21 Indian Super League

7th season of the Hero Indian Super League

The 2020–21 Indian Super League season was the seventh season of the Indian Super League (ISL) since its formation and the 25th season of the top division of the Indian football league system. The season started on 20 November 2020 and ended on 13 March 2021. It was hosted behind closed doors across three venues in Goa due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India.

Quick Facts Season, Dates ...

Mumbai City won the championship, having defeated ATK Mohun Bagan in the final, and also won the League Winners Shield for league premiers. Thus, Mumbai City became the first club to win the ISL championship title and the League Winners Shield in a single season.[1]

Changes from last season

  • Each club has the option of signing a minimum of five and a maximum of seven foreign players. Still, unlike the previous season, there should be at least one overseas player who hails from an AFC–affiliated country.
  • The maximum squad size is increased as the clubs are allowed to register up to 35 players in their squad.[2]
  • The number of substitutions allowed has been increased from 3 players to 5 players.[3]
  • Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all matches during the 2020–21 season will be played behind closed doors across three venues in Goa.[4] The venues will be the Fatorda Stadium in Margao, the GMC Athletic Stadium in Bambolim, and the Tilak Maidan Stadium in Vasco da Gama.[5] The host venues for each team were revealed on 18 August 2020.[6]
  • In June–July 2020; KGSPL, the owners of ATK, officially disbanded their football team and bought a majority stake in Mohun Bagan FC (India) Private Limited and rebranded Mohun Bagan football section as ATK Mohun Bagan which took the spot of ATK
  • On 27 September 2020, East Bengal joined the league as an expansion team and thus became the 11th team.[7]
  • Due to all the matches of the League being played in neutral venues, there will be no away goal rule to be applied in the playoffs this season.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Locations of the Indian Super League teams

More information Team, Location ...


Locations of the stadiums in Goa

Personnel and sponsorship

More information Team, Head coach ...

Head coaching changes

More information Team, Outgoing coach ...

Roster changes

Main article: List of 2020–21 Indian Super League transfers

Foreign players

Bold letters suggest the player was signed in the winter transfer window.

More information Club, Player 1 ...

Regular season

League table

More information Pos, Team ...
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

Results

More information Home \ Away, AMB ...
Source: Indian Super League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Main article: 2020–21 Indian Super League playoffs

Bracket

Semi-finals Final
        
1 Mumbai City (p) 2 0 2 (6)
4 Goa 2 0 2 (5)
1 Mumbai City 2
2 ATK Mohun Bagan 1
2 ATK Mohun Bagan 1 2 3
3 NorthEast United 1 1 2

Semi-finals

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...

Final

Main article: 2021 Indian Super League Final
More information Mumbai City, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar (India)

Season statistics

Scoring

More information Rank, Player ...

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Indian Super League hat-tricks
Result column shows goal tally of player's team first.
More information Player, For ...
Notes

(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Assists

More information Rank, Player ...

Clean sheets

More information Rank, Player ...

Discipline

Player

Club

  • Most yellow cards: 61[68]
    • Mumbai City
  • Most red cards: 4[69]
    • East Bengal
    • Jamshedpur
    • Goa

Awards

Hero of the Match

More information Match, Hero of the Match ...

Season awards

More information Award, Winner ...

See also

Notes

  1. Coach Habas announced five players will be given the captain's armband in rotation.
  2. As the Premiers Mumbai City won the ISL playoffs, the regular season runners-up will qualify for 2022 AFC Cup play-off round.

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