The 2021–22 Indian Super League season was the eighth season of the Indian Super League (ISL) since its formation in 2013 and the 26th season of the top division of Indian football league system. The season started on 19 November 2021 and concluded with the final on 20 March 2022.[1][2][3] Except for the final, it was hosted behind closed doors across three venues in Goa due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India.[4]

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Indian Super League
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League announcement poster
Season2021–22
Dates19 November 2021 – 20 March 2022
ChampionsHyderabad
1st ISL Cup title
1st Indian title
League Shield WinnersJamshedpur
1st ISL Shield title
AFC Champions LeagueMumbai City
AFC CupOdisha
ATK Mohun Bagan
Matches played115
Goals scored354 (3.08 per match)
Top goalscorerBartholomew Ogbeche
(18 goals)
Best goalkeeperPrabhsukhan Singh Gill
(7 clean sheets)
Biggest home winHyderabad 6–1 Odisha
(28 December 2021)
Biggest away winNorthEast United 0–5 Hyderabad
(31 January 2022)
Chennaiyin 0–5 Goa
(9 February 2022)
Highest scoringOdisha 6–4 East Bengal
(30 November 2021)
Longest winning run7 matches
Jamshedpur
Longest unbeaten run15 matches
ATK Mohun Bagan
Longest winless run11 matches
East Bengal
Longest losing run3 matches
Bengaluru
East Bengal
Goa
North East United
Chennaiyin
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Jamshedpur won the League Winners' Shield and Hyderabad won the championship having defeated Kerala Blasters in the final.[5][6]

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.[7] 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.[8] 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.
  • 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 time.
  • A club also has the option to sign a foreign marquee player within the League-approved classifications.
  • Clubs to increase their development player signing from a minimum of 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 three registered goalkeepers. A club can also have an injury replacement for an Indian player (outside the max. 35 registered players).
  • The squad salary cap remains at 16.5 crore (equivalent to 19 crore or US$2.2 million in 2023) for season 2021–22.[9]

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 Ref.
Bengaluru India Naushad Moosa End of interim period Pre-season Germany Marco Pezzaiuoli 12 February 2021 [43]
Kerala Blasters India Ishfaq Ahmed End of interim period 26 February 2021 Serbia Ivan Vukomanović 17 June 2021 [31]
Chennaiyin Hungary Csaba László End of contract 10 April 2021 Montenegro Božidar Bandović 10 July 2021 [44]
Odisha India Steven Dias End of interim period 27 February 2021 Spain Kiko Ramírez 20 July 2021 [45]
East Bengal England Robbie Fowler Mutual Consent 8 September 2021 Spain Manolo Díaz 8 September 2021 [46]
Mumbai City Spain Sergio Lobera End of contract 8 October 2021 England Des Buckingham 8 October 2021 [34]
ATK Mohun Bagan Spain Antonio Lopez Habas Resigned 17 December 2021 6th Spain Juan Ferrando 20 December 2021 [47]
Goa Spain Juan Ferrando Resigned 20 December 2021 8th India Derrick Pereira 21 December 2021
East Bengal Spain Manolo Díaz Resigned 28 December 2021 11th Spain Mario Rivera 1 January 2022 [48]
Odisha Spain Kiko Ramírez Sacked 14 January 2022 9th Spain Kino García 14 January 2022

[49]

Chennaiyin Montenegro Božidar Bandović Sacked 11 February 2022 8th India Syed Sabir Pasha 11 February 2022 [50]
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Roster changes

Foreign players

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

Regular season

League table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Jamshedpur (L) 20 13 4 3 42 21 +21 43 Qualification to ISL playoffs and Playoffs for 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage
2 Hyderabad (C) 20 11 5 4 43 23 +20 38 Qualification to ISL playoffs and Playoffs for 2023–24 AFC Cup qualifying playoffs[lower-alpha 1]
3 ATK Mohun Bagan 20 10 7 3 37 26 +11 37 Qualification to ISL playoffs
4 Kerala Blasters 20 9 7 4 34 24 +10 34
5 Mumbai City 20 9 4 7 36 31 +5 31
6 Bengaluru 20 8 5 7 32 27 +5 29
7 Odisha 20 6 5 9 31 43 12 23
8 Chennaiyin 20 5 5 10 17 35 18 20
9 Goa 20 4 7 9 29 35 6 19
10 NorthEast United 20 3 5 12 25 43 18 14
11 East Bengal 20 1 8 11 18 36 18 11
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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; 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 ...
Home \ Away AMB BEN CHE EAB GOA HYD JAM KER MCI NEU OFC
ATK Mohun Bagan 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–2 0–1 4–2 1–5 3–1 0–0
Bengaluru 3–3 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 1–3 4–2 2–1
Chennaiyin 0–1 2–4 0–0 0–5 1–1 1–4 0–3 0–1 2–1 2–1
East Bengal 0–3 0–1 2–2 3–4 0–4 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–2
Goa 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–3 4–4 0–2 1–1 1–1
Hyderabad 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–2 0–3 2–1 2–1 5–1 6–1
Jamshedpur 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–2 3–2 5–1
Kerala Blasters 2–2 0–1 3–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–1
Mumbai City 1–1 0–3 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–3 4–2 0–3 1–1 4–1
NorthEast United 2–3 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 0–5 2–3 0–0 3–3 0–2
Odisha 1–1 3–1 2–2 6–4 1–1 2–3 0–4 0–2 4–2 1–0
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Updated to match(es) played on 6 March 2022. Source: Indian Super League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by match

The table lists the results of the teams after each match.

More information Team ╲ Round, ATK Mohun Bagan ...
Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920
ATK Mohun BaganWWLLDDWWDDWDWDWWWDWL
BengaluruWLDLLLDDWDWLDWWWLLWW
ChennaiyinWWDDLWLLWLDWLDLLDLLL
East BengalDLLDLDLDDDLWLLDLLLDL
GoaLLLWWDDLDWDLDLDWLLLD
HyderabadLWDWWDDWDLDLWWWLWWWW
JamshedpurDWDWLWDDLWWWWWLWWWWW
Kerala BlastersLDDWDWWDDWWWDLWLWLWD
Mumbai CityWLWWWWLDLDLLLDDWWWWL
Northeast UnitedLDLWLLWLDLDLLDLLLWLD
OdishaWWLWLLDLWLWDLDWLDLDL
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Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2022. Source: Indian Super League
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Playoffs

Bracket

Semi-finals Final
        
1 Jamshedpur 0 1 1
4 Kerala Blasters 1 1 2
4 Kerala Blasters 1 (1)
2 Hyderabad (p) 1 (3)
2 Hyderabad 3 0 3
3 ATK Mohun Bagan 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
Jamshedpur 1–2 Kerala Blasters 0–1 1–1
Hyderabad 3–2 ATK Mohun Bagan 3–1 0–1
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Final

More information Hyderabad, 1–1 (a.e.t.) ...
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Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Crystal John

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

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Bartholomew Ogbeche won his first Indian Super League Golden Boot after scoring 18 goals, a joint-record for an ISL season.
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Rank Player Club Goals[51]
1 Nigeria Bartholomew Ogbeche Hyderabad 18
2 Spain Igor Angulo Mumbai City 10
Scotland Greg Stewart Jamshedpur
4 Brazil Cleiton Silva Bengaluru 9
Nigeria Daniel Chima Chukwu Jamshedpur
6 Spain Jorge Ortiz Goa 8
Brazil Jonathas de Jesus Odisha
Argentina Jorge Pereyra Díaz Kerala Blasters
India Liston Colaco ATK Mohun Bagan
Spain Álvaro Vázquez Kerala Blasters
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Top Indian scorers

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Goals[51]
1 Liston Colaco ATK Mohun Bagan 8
2 Bipin Singh Mumbai City 6
Sahal Abdul Samad Kerala Blasters
Manvir Singh ATK Mohun Bagan
5 Laldanmawia Ralte NorthEast United 4
Ritwik Das Jamshedpur
V. P. Suhair NorthEast United
Sunil Chhetri Bengaluru
9 Kiyan Nassiri ATK Mohun Bagan 3
Vikram Pratap Singh Mumbai City
Ishan Pandita Jamshedpur
Danish Farooq Bhat Bengaluru
Udanta Singh Bengaluru
Jerry Mawihmingthanga Odisha
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Hat-tricks

More information Player, For ...
Player For Against Result Date Ref
Scotland Greg Stewart Jamshedpur Odisha 4–0 (A) 14 December 2021 [52]
Jamaica Deshorn Brown NorthEast United Mumbai City 3–3 (H) 27 December 2021 [53]
Nigeria Bartholomew Ogbeche Hyderabad East Bengal 4–0 (A) 24 January 2022 [54]
India Kiyan Nassiri ATK Mohun Bagan East Bengal 3–1 (H) 29 January 2022 [55]
Spain Jorge Ortiz Goa Chennaiyin 5–0 (A) 9 February 2022 [56]
Spain Airam Cabrera Goa Kerala Blasters 4–4 (H) 6 March 2022 [57]
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Clean Sheets

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Clean

sheets[58]

1 India Prabhsukhan Singh Gill Kerala Blasters 7
2 India Rehenesh TP Jamshedpur 6
India Amrinder Singh ATK Mohun Bagan
4 India Mohammad Nawaz Mumbai City 5
5 India Gurpreet Singh Sandhu Bengaluru 3
India Laxmikant Kattimani Hyderabad
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Discipline

Player

  • Most yellow cards: 7[59]
    • 6 players
  • Most red cards: 1[60]
    • 12 players

Club

  • Most yellow cards: 50[61]
    • Kerala Blasters
  • Most red cards: 3[62]
    • ATK Mohun Bagan

Awards

Season awards

More information Award, Winner ...
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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 France Hugo Boumous ATK Mohun Bagan Match 40 Spain Iván González Goa Match 78 Spain Víctor Mongil Odisha
Match 2 India Udanta Singh Bengaluru Match 41 Scotland Greg Stewart Jamshedpur Match 79 Netherlands Darren Sidoel East Bengal
Match 3 Croatia Antonio Perošević East Bengal Match 42 Jamaica Deshorn Brown NorthEast United Match 80 Spain Tiri ATK Mohun Bagan
Match 4 Spain Igor Angulo Mumbai City Match 43 Nigeria Bartholomew Ogbeche Hyderabad Match 81 Spain Álvaro Vázquez Kerala Blasters
Match 5 Hungary Vladimir Koman Chennaiyin Match 44 India Liston Colaco ATK Mohun Bagan Match 82 Brazil Bruno Ramires Bengaluru
Match 6 Spain Javi Hernández Odisha Match 45 India Naorem Roshan Singh Bengaluru Match 83 India Lallianzuala Chhangte Mumbai City
Match 7 Spain Hernan Santana NorthEast United Match 46 Spain Jorge Ortiz Goa Match 84 Spain Javi Hernández Odisha
Match 8 Lithuania Nerijus Valskis Jamshedpur Match 47 India Mohammad Sajid Dhot Chennaiyin Match 85 India Liston Colaco ATK Mohun Bagan
Match 9 Finland Joni Kauko ATK Mohun Bagan Match 48 India Jerry Mawihmingthanga Odisha Match 86 Spain Jorge Ortiz Goa
Match 10 Brazil João Victor Hyderabad Match 49 India Adil Khan East Bengal Match 87 Scotland Greg Stewart Jamshedpur
Match 11 India Harmanjot Khabra Kerala Blasters Match 50 India Asish Rai Hyderabad Match 88 Brazil João Victor Hyderabad
Match 12 India Lallianzuala Chhangte Chennaiyin Match 51 India Ishan Pandita Jamshedpur Match 89 Finland Joni Kauko ATK Mohun Bagan
Match 13 Spain Héctor Rodas Odisha Match 52 India Sourav Das East Bengal Match 90 India Bipin Singh Mumbai City
Match 14 India Vikram Pratap Singh Mumbai City Match 53 India Thoiba Singh Moirangthem Odisha Match 91 India Lalthathanga Khawlhring Kerala Blasters
Match 15 Scotland Greg Stewart Jamshedpur Match 54 India Anwar Ali Goa Match 92 India Manvir Singh ATK Mohun Bagan
Match 16 India Hira Mondal East Bengal Match 55 Spain Álvaro Vázquez Kerala Blasters Match 93 India Rahim Ali Chennaiyin
Match 17 Spain Hernan Santana NorthEast United Match 56 India Naorem Roshan Singh Bengaluru Match 94 India Joe Zoherliana NorthEast United
Match 18 India Lalengmawia Ralte Mumbai City Match 57 Scotland Greg Stewart Jamshedpur Match 95 Nigeria Bartholomew Ogbeche Hyderabad
Match 19 Uruguay Adrián Luna Kerala Blasters Match 58 India Harmanjot Khabra Kerala Blasters Match 96 India Mobashir Rahman Jamshedpur
Match 20 India Jitendra Singh Jamshedpur Match 59 India Debjit Majumder Chennaiyin Match 97 India Danish Farooq Bhat Bengaluru
Match 21 Spain Alberto Noguera Goa Match 60 Spain Jorge Ortiz Goa Match 98 India Bipin Singh Mumbai City
Match 22 India Souvik Chakrabarti Hyderabad Match 61 India Sandesh Jhingan ATK Mohun Bagan Match 99 Spain Juanan Hyderabad
Match 23 Brazil Cássio Gabriel Mumbai City Match 62 India Lalthathanga Khawlhring Kerala Blasters Match 100 India Sebastian Thangmuansang Odisha
Match 24 Brazil Jonathas de Jesus Odisha Match 63 Brazil Alex Jamshedpur Match 101 India Ricky Lallawmawma Jamshedpur
Match 25 India Anirudh Thapa Chennaiyin Match 64 Spain Aridai Cabrera Odisha Match 102 India Sanjeev Stalin Kerala Blasters
Match 26 India Devendra Murgaonkar Goa Match 65 India Naorem Mahesh Singh East Bengal Match 103 India Mehtab Singh Mumbai City
Match 27 Uruguay Adrián Luna Kerala Blasters Match 66 Uruguay Adrián Luna Kerala Blasters Match 104 India Joe Zoherliana NorthEast United
Match 28 India Asish Rai Hyderabad Match 67 Scotland Greg Stewart Jamshedpur Match 105 Spain Tiri ATK Mohun Bagan
Match 29 Scotland Greg Stewart Jamshedpur Match 68 Serbia Slavko Damjanović Chennaiyin Match 106 Nigeria Daniel Chima Chukwu Jamshedpur
Match 30 India Rahul Bheke Mumbai City Match 69 Australia Dylan Fox Goa Match 107 India Lara Sharma Bengaluru
Match 31 India Subhasish Bose ATK Mohun Bagan Match 70 Nigeria Bartholomew Ogbeche Hyderabad Match 108 India Souvik Chakrabarti Hyderabad
Match 32 Mauritania Khassa Camara NorthEast United Match 71 Brazil Cássio Gabriel Mumbai City Match 109 Spain Airam Cabrera Goa
Match 33 Serbia Slavko Damjanović Chennaiyin Match 72 India Udanta Singh Bengaluru Match 110 England Peter Hartley Jamshedpur
Match 34 Spain Airam Cabrera Goa Match 73 India Akash Mishra Hyderabad Match 111 (SF) India Ruivah Hormipam Kerala Blasters
Match 35 Spain Álvaro Vázquez Kerala Blasters Match 74 India Rehenesh TP Jamshedpur Match 112 (SF) Nigeria Bartholomew Ogbeche Hyderabad
Match 36 Scotland Greg Stewart Jamshedpur Match 75 India Kiyan Nassiri ATK Mohun Bagan Match 113 (SF) Uruguay Adrián Luna Kerala Blasters
Match 37 India Liston Colaco ATK Mohun Bagan Match 76 India Naorem Roshan Singh Bengaluru FC Match 114 (SF) India Laxmikant Kattimani Hyderabad
Match 38 Uruguay Adrián Luna Kerala Blasters Match 77 Nigeria Bartholomew Ogbeche Hyderabad Match 115 (F) India Laxmikant Kattimani Hyderabad
Match 39 India Lalrinliana Hnamte East Bengal
Source:[64]
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