The 2018–19 Indian Super League season was the fifth season of the Indian Super League, one of the top Indian professional football leagues. It was established in 2013. The regular season began on 29 September 2018 and concluded on 17 March 2019.[1] The league took a mid-season break for around one month from 17 December 2018 to early January 2019 due to India's participation in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.[1]

Quick Facts Season, Dates ...
Indian Super League
Season2018–19
Dates29 September 2018 – 17 March 2019
ChampionsBengaluru
1st ISL title
3rd Indian title
AFC CupBengaluru
Matches played95
Goals scored254 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorerCoro
(16 goals)
Best goalkeeperGurpreet Singh Sandhu
(96.32 mins per goal)
Biggest home winGoa 5–0 Mumbai City
(24 October 2018)
Mumbai City 6–1 Kerala Blasters
(16 December 2018)
Biggest away winMumbai City 1–5 Goa
(9 March 2019)
Highest scoringChennaiyin 3–4 NorthEast United
(18 October 2018)
Mumbai City 6–1 Kerala Blasters
(16 December 2018)
Longest winning runBengaluru (6 games)
Longest unbeaten runBengaluru (11 games)
Longest winless runKerala Blasters (14 games)
Longest losing runChennaiyin (5 games)
Highest attendance41,202
ATK 0–2 Kerala Blasters
(29 September 2018)
Lowest attendance3,134
Delhi Dynamos 2–0 Kerala Blasters
(31 January 2019)
Total attendance1,131,304
Average attendance13,155
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Chennaiyin were the defending champions, having defeated Bengaluru in the 2018 final, however they did not qualify for the playoffs having finished the last in the regular season. Bengaluru FC won their maiden title by defeating FC Goa 1–0 in the final which was held on 17 March 2019. Bengaluru FC became the first team who won the ISL Championship as well as after topped the league stage.[2][3]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

Head coaching changes

More information Team, Outgoing coach ...
Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming coach Date of appointment
Pune City Serbia Ranko Popović Contract finished 31 May 2018[20] Pre-season Brazil Marcos Paquetá 1 June 2018[21]
Bengaluru Spain Albert Roca Contract finished 31 May 2018[22] Spain Carles Cuadrat 14 June 2018[23]
ATK Republic of Ireland Robbie Keane Contract finished 31 May 2018[24] England Steve Coppell 18 June 2018[25]
Jamshedpur England Steve Coppell Contract finished 31 May 2018[25] Spain César Ferrando 21 July 2018[26]
Delhi Dynamos Spain Miguel Ángel Portugal Mutual consent 2 May 2018[27] Spain Josep Gombau 2 August 2018[28]
Pune City Brazil Marcos Paquetá Contract terminated 29 June 2018[29] Spain Miguel Ángel Portugal 9 August 2018[30]
Mumbai City Costa Rica Alexandre Guimarães Mutual consent 14 August 2018[31] Portugal Jorge Costa 14 August 2018[32]
NorthEast United Israel Avram Grant Contract finished 31 May 2018 Netherlands Eelco Schattorie 18 August 2018[33]
Pune City Spain Miguel Ángel Portugal Sacked 26 October 2018[34] 10th India Pradyum Reddy (Interim) 26 October 2018[34]
Kerala Blasters England David James Sacked 18 December 2018 8th Portugal Nelo Vingada 18 January 2019
Pune City India Pradyum Reddy (Interim) Mutual consent 24 December 2018 7th England Phil Brown 24 December 2018
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Roster changes

Foreign Players

The number of foreign players allowed in the squad will be reduced from eight to seven from 2018 to 2019 season, however the maximum number of foreign players allowed on the pitch will remain same at five.[35]

Regular season

League table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Bengaluru[lower-alpha 1] (C) 18 10 4 4 29 22 +7 34[lower-alpha 2] Advance to ISL Playoffs
2 Goa 18 10 4 4 36 20 +16 34[lower-alpha 2]
3 Mumbai City 18 9 3 6 25 20 +5 30
4 NorthEast United 18 7 8 3 22 18 +4 29
5 Jamshedpur 18 6 9 3 29 21 +8 27
6 ATK 18 6 6 6 18 22 4 24
7 Pune City 18 6 4 8 24 30 6 22
8 Delhi Dynamos 18 4 6 8 23 27 4 18
9 Kerala Blasters 18 2 9 7 18 28 10 15
10 Chennaiyin 18 2 3 13 16 32 16 9
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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; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair play ranking; 6) drawing of lots
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head standings: Bengaluru 6 pts, Goa 0 pts.

Results

More information Home \ Away, KOL ...
Home \ Away KOL BEN CHE DEL GOA JAM KER MUM NEU PUN
ATK 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–3 0–1 1–0
Bengaluru 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–1
Chennaiyin 2–3 2–1 1–3 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–4 1–2
Delhi Dynamos 1–2 3–2 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 2–4 0–2 1–1
Goa 3–0 1–2 1–0 3–2 0–0 3–0 5–0 5–1 4–2
Jamshedpur 1–1 5–1 3–1 2–1 4–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–4
Kerala Blasters 1–1 1–2 3–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–1
Mumbai City 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–2 0–2 6–1 0–2 2–0
NorthEast United 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–1
Pune City 2–2 0–3 2–4 1–3 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–2
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Source: Indian Super League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Bracket

Semi-finals Final
        
1 Bengaluru 1 3 4
4 NorthEast United 2 0 2
1 Bengaluru 1
2 Goa 0
2 Goa 5 0 5
3 Mumbai City 1 1 2

Semi-finals

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
NorthEast United 2–4 Bengaluru 2–1 0–3
Mumbai City 2–5 Goa 1–5 1–0
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Final

More information Bengaluru, 1–0 ...
Bengaluru1–0Goa
  • Bheke 117'
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Season statistics

Scoring

More information Rank, Player ...
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Hat-tricks

Result column shows goal tally of player's team first.
More information Player, For ...
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
Nigeria Bartholomew OgbecheNorthEast UnitedChennaiyin3–4 (A)18 October 2018[37]
Senegal Modou Sougou4Mumbai CityKerala Blasters6–1 (H)16 December 2018[38]
Senegal Modou SougouMumbai CityATK3–1 (A)22 February 2019[39]
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Notes

4 – Player scored four goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Assists

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Democratic Republic of the Congo Arnold Issoko Mumbai City 8
2 Spain Coro Goa 7
3 Spain Carlos Calvo Jamshedpur 6
4 Spain Dimas Delgado Bengaluru 5
France Hugo Boumous Goa
Uruguay Federico Gallego NorthEast United
Spain Edu Bedia Goa
Spain Xisco Hernández Bengaluru
8 Venezuela Miku Bengaluru 4
Brazil Marcelinho Pune City
India Brandon Fernandes Goa
India Seiminlen Doungel Kerala Balsters
Portugal Paulo Machado Mumbai City
India Jackichand Singh Goa
Source:[40]
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Clean sheets

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Amrinder Singh Mumbai City 7
Gurpreet Singh Sandhu Bengaluru
3 Pawan Kumar NorthEast United 6
4 Naveen Kumar Goa 4
Dheeraj Singh Moirangthem Kerala Blasters
Mohammad Nawaz Goa
Subrata Pal Jamsedpur
Arindam Bhattacharya ATK
Francisco Dorronsoro Delhi Dynamos
10 Rehenesh TP NorthEast United 2
Kamaljit Singh Pune City
Karanjit Singh Chennaiyin
Source:[41]
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Discipline

Player

Club

  • Most yellow cards: 50[44]
    • Pune City
  • Most red cards: 3[45]
    • Pune City
    • NorthEast United
    • Goa
    • Bengaluru

Average home attendances

More information Team, GP ...
Team GP Cumulative High Low Mean
Jamshedpur9180,14023,05014,67820,016
ATK8146,48241,2025,32118,310
Kerala Blasters8136,99631,1663,29817,125
Goa10163,77917,80714,48216,378
Bengaluru10143,29321,6369,37914,329
NorthEast United9121,12221,7866,87313,458
Chennaiyin785,27014,9926,93912,181
Delhi Dynamos963,86112,3423,1347,096
Pune City640,5548,1935,9416,759
Mumbai City1049,8077,5633,4624,981
Total861,131,30441,2023,13413,155
Source:[46]
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Awards

Hero of the Match

More information Match, 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 Matej Poplatnik Kerala Blasters Match 33 Gerson Vieira ATK Match 65 Lallianzuala Chhangte Delhi Dynamos
Match 2 Miku Bengaluru Match 34 Coro Goa Match 66 Coro Goa
Match 3 Coro Goa Match 35 Ashique Kuruniyan Pune City Match 67 Marcelinho Pune City
Match 4 Jerry Mawihmingthanga Jamshedpur Match 36 Sunil Chhetri Bengaluru Match 68 Manuel Lanzarote ATK
Match 5 Rana Gharami Delhi Dynamos Match 37 Sandesh Jhingan Kerala Blasters Match 69 Brandon Fernandes Goa
Match 6 John Johnson ATK Match 38 Subhasish Bose Mumbai City Match 70 Udanta Singh Bengaluru
Match 7 Sandesh Jhingan Kerala Blasters Match 39 Pablo Morgado Jamshedpur Match 71 Panagiotis Triadis NorthEast United
Match 8 Ahmed Jahouh Goa Match 40 Nishu Kumar Bengaluru Match 72 Memo Jamshedpur
Match 9 Nishu Kumar Bengaluru Match 41 Federico Gallego NorthEast United Match 73 Raphael Augusto Chennaiyin
Match 10 Balwant Singh ATK Match 42 Pronay Halder ATK Match 74 Edu Garcia ATK
Match 11 Bartholomew Ogbeche NorthEast United Match 43 Dheeraj Singh Moirangthem Kerala Blasters Match 75 Rowllin Borges NorthEast United
Match 12 Arnold Issoko Mumbai City Match 44 Rahul Bheke Bengaluru Match 76 Coro Goa
Match 13 C.K. Vineeth Kerala Blasters Match 45 José David Leudo NorthEast United Match 77 Matej Poplatnik Kerala Blasters
Match 14 Sergio Cidoncha Jamshedpur Match 46 Manuel Lanzarote ATK Match 78 Robin Singh Pune City
Match 15 Sunil Chhetri Bengaluru Match 47 Paulo Machado Mumbai City Match 79 Daniel Lalhlimpuia Delhi Dynamos
Match 16 Francisco Dorronsoro Delhi Dynamos Match 48 Seiminlen Doungel Kerala Blasters Match 80 Ahmed Jahouh Goa
Match 17 Edu Bedia Goa Match 49 Chencho Gyeltshen Bengaluru Match 81 Rowllin Borges NorthEast United
Match 18 Farukh Choudhary Jamshedpur Match 50 Modou Sougou Mumbai City Match 82 Miku Bengaluru
Match 19 Manuel Lanzarote ATK Match 51 Jonathan Vila Pune City Match 83 Modou Sougou Mumbai City
Match 20 Arnold Issoko Mumbai City Match 52 José David Leudo NorthEast United Match 84 Anirudh Thapa Chennaiyin
Match 21 Ahmed Jahouh Goa Match 53 Arnold Issoko Mumbai City Match 85 Vinit Rai Delhi Dynamos
Match 22 Seiminlen Doungel Kerala Blasters Match 54 Marcelinho Pune City Match 86 Michael Soosairaj Jamshedpur
Match 23 Federico Gallego NorthEast United Match 55 Tiri Jamshedpur Match 87 Coro Goa
Match 24 Erik Paartalu Bengaluru Match 56 Erik Paartalu Bengaluru Match 88 Lalthathanga Khawlhring NorthEast United
Match 25 Michael Soosairaj Jamshedpur Match 57 Coro Goa Match 89 Iain Hume Pune City
Match 26 Adil Khan Pune City Match 58 Nanda Kumar Delhi Dynamos Match 90 Edu Garcia ATK
Match 27 Paulo Machado Mumbai City Match 59 Modou Sougou Mumbai City Match 91 (SF) José David Leudo NorthEast United
Match 28 Tiri Jamshedpur Match 60 Edu Garcia ATK Match 92 (SF) Mourtada Fall Goa
Match 29 Dimas Bengaluru Match 61 Bartholomew Ogbeche NorthEast United Match 93 (SF) Miku Bengaluru
Match 30 Maílson Alves Chennaiyin Match 62 Paulo Machado Mumbai City Match 94 (SF) Mourtada Fall Goa
Match 31 Ahmed Jahouh Goa Match 63 Subrata Paul Jamshedpur Match 95 (F) Rahul Bheke Bengaluru
Match 32 Arnold Issoko Mumbai City Match 64 Gurpreet Singh Sandhu Bengaluru
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ISL Emerging Player of the Match

More information Match, Emerging Player of the Match ...
Match Emerging Player of the Match Match Emerging Player of the Match Match Emerging Player of the Match
Player Club Player Club Player Club
Match 1 Dheeraj Singh Moirangthem Kerala Blasters Match 33 Komal Thatal ATK Match 65 Nanda Kumar Delhi Dynamos
Match 2 Jerry Lalrinzuala Chennaiyin Match 34 Mohammed Nawaz Goa Match 66 Mohammed Nawaz Goa
Match 3 Nikhil Kadam NorthEast United Match 35 Jerry Mawihmingthanga Jamshedpur Match 67 Sarthak Golui Pune City
Match 4 Jerry Mawihmingthanga Jamshedpur Match 36 Brandon Fernandes Goa Match 68 Hitesh Sharma ATK
Match 5 Ashique Kuruniyan Pune City Match 37 Dheeraj Singh Kerala Blasters Match 69 Lallianzuala Chhangte Delhi Dynamos
Match 6 Rehenesh TP NorthEast United Match 38 Komal Thatal ATK Match 70 Dheeraj Singh Kerala Blasters
Match 7 Dheeraj Singh Moirangthem Kerala Blasters Match 39 Michael Soosairaj Jamshedpur Match 71 Nanda Kumar Delhi Dynamos
Match 8 Mohammad Nawaz Goa Match 40 Lallianzuala Chhangte Delhi Dynamos Match 72 Farukh Choudhary Jamshedpur
Match 9 Gourav Mukhi Jamshedpur Match 41 Ashique Kuruniyan Pune City Match 73 Laldinliana Renthlei Chennaiyin
Match 10 Komal Thatal ATK Match 42 Mohammad Nawaz Goa Match 74 Sahil Panwar Pune City
Match 11 Jerry Lalrinzuala Chennaiyin Match 43 Isaac Vanmalsawma Chennaiyin Match 75 Raynier Fernandes Mumbai City
Match 12 Nikhil Poojari Pune City Match 44 Ashique Kuruniyan Pune City Match 76 Brandon Fernandes Goa
Match 13 Lallianzuala Chhangte Delhi Dynamos Match 45 Redeem Tlang NorthEast United Match 77 Sahal Abdul Samad Kerala Blasters
Match 14 Michael Soosairaj Jamshedpur Match 46 Hitesh Sharma ATK Match 78 Sahil Panwar Pune City
Match 15 Sahil Panwar Pune City Match 47 Lallianzuala Chhangte Delhi Dynamos Match 79 Nanda Kumar Delhi Dynamos
Match 16 Isaac Vanmalsawma Chennaiyin Match 48 Jerry Mawihmingthanga Jamshedpur Match 80 Mohammad Rakip Kerala Blasters
Match 17 Chinglensana Singh Goa Match 49 Lalthathanga Khawlhring NorthEast United Match 81 Ashique Kuruniyan Pune City
Match 18 Michael Soosairaj Jamshedpur Match 50 Raynier Fernandes Mumbai City Match 82 Brandon Fernandes Goa
Match 19 Jerry Lalrinzuala Chennaiyin Match 51 Sarthak Golui Pune City Match 83 Pranjal Bhumij Mumbai City
Match 20 Ravi Kumar Mumbai City Match 52 Redeem Tlang NorthEast United Match 84 Isaac Vanmalsawma Chennaiyin
Match 21 Mohammad Nawaz Goa Match 53 Subhasish Bose Mumbai City Match 85 Rohit Kumar Pune City
Match 22 Michael Soosairaj Jamshedpur Match 54 Kamaljit Singh Pune City Match 86 Jerry Mawihmingthanga Jamshedpur
Match 23 Redeem Tlang NorthEast United Match 55 Farukh Choudhary Jamshedpur Match 87 Saviour Gama Goa
Match 24 Komal Thatal ATK Match 56 Ankit Mukherjee ATK Match 88 Sahal Abdul Samad Kerala Blasters
Match 25 Sumeet Passi Jamshedpur Match 57 Seriton Fernandes Goa Match 89 Mohammad Yasir Pune City
Match 26 Kamaljit Singh Pune City Match 58 Isaac Vanmalsawma Chennaiyin Match 90 Ankit Mukherjee ATK
Match 27 Anirudh Thapa Chennaiyin Match 59 Raynier Fernandes Mumbai City Match 91 (SF) Redeem Tlang NorthEast United
Match 28 Mohammad Sajid Dhot Delhi Dynamos Match 60 Sahal Abdul Samad Kerala Blasters Match 92 (SF) Brandon Fernandes Goa
Match 29 Lalruatthara Kerala Blasters Match 61 Lalthathanga Khawlhring NorthEast United Match 93 (SF) Nishu Kumar Bengaluru
Match 30 Ashique Kuruniyan Pune City Match 62 Raynier Fernandes Mumbai City Match 94 (SF) Brandon Fernandes Goa
Match 31 Lallianzuala Chhangte Delhi Dynamos Match 63 Michael Soosairaj Jamshedpur Match 95 (F) Nishu Kumar Bengaluru
Match 32 Redeem Tlang NorthEast United Match 64 Lalthathanga Khawlhring NorthEast United
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End-of-season awards

More information Award, Player ...
Award Player Club
Golden Ball For The Hero of the League Spain Coro Goa
ISL Emerging Player of the Season India Sahal Abdul Samad Kerala Blasters
Golden Glove India Gurpreet Singh Sandhu Bengaluru
Winning Pass Season Award For Most Assists Democratic Republic of the Congo Arnold Issoko Mumbai City
Golden Boot Spain Coro Goa
Best Pitch of the Season Kerala Blasters for Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)
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See also

References

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