The 2019–20 Indian Super League season was the sixth season of the Indian Super League, one of the top Indian professional football leagues. The regular season began on 20 October 2019 and concluded on 14 March 2020.
Hyderabad replaced the disbanded Pune City, whereas Delhi Dynamos moved to Bhubaneswar and rebranded as Odisha.
Bengaluru were the defending champions, having won their maiden Indian Super League title by defeating Goa 1–0 in the 2018–19 final. However, both teams were knocked out in the semi-finals, with Bengaluru losing 3–2 on aggregate to ATK and Goa losing 6–5 on aggregate to Chennaiyin. On 14 March 2020, ATK beat Chennaiyin 3–1 in the final, becoming the first club to win three ISL titles.
On 29 November 2019, the AFC association ranking confirmed India's group stage spot in the 2021 AFC Champions League. As winners of the regular season, FC Goa took that spot along with the inaugural League Winners Shield trophy.
Teams
Stadiums and locations Club State/Region City Home stadium Capacity ATK West Bengal Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium Bengaluru Karnataka Bengaluru Sree Kanteerava Stadium Chennaiyin Tamil Nadu Chennai Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Goa Goa Margao Fatorda Stadium Hyderabad Telangana Hyderabad G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium Jamshedpur Jharkhand Jamshedpur JRD Tata Sports Complex Kerala Blasters Kerala Kochi Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Mumbai City Maharashtra Mumbai Mumbai Football Arena NorthEast United Assam Guwahati Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Odisha Odisha Bhubaneswar Kalinga Stadium
Personnel and sponsorship Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor ATK Antonio Lopez Habas Roy Krishna Nivia Sports Bengaluru Carles Cuadrat Sunil Chettri Puma Kia Motors Chennaiyin Owen Coyle Lucian Goian Performax Apollo Tyres Goa Clifford Miranda Mandar Rao Desai T10 Sports Adda52 Hyderabad Albert Roca Marcelinho Reyaur Sports Jamshedpur Antonio Iriondo Tiri Nivia Sports Tata Steel Kerala Blasters Eelco Schattorie Bartholomew Ogbeche Reyaur Sports Muthoot Group Mumbai City Jorge Costa Amrinder Singh Sqad Gear SportsAdda NorthEast United Robert Jarni José David Leudo Performax Federal Bank Odisha Josep Gombau Marcos Tébar TYKA Sports Odisha Tourism
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment ATK Steve Coppell End of contract 30 April 2019 Pre-season Antonio López Habas 3 May 2019 Kerala Blasters Nelo Vingada 17 March 2019 Eelco Schattorie 19 May 2019Jamshedpur César Ferrando 5 April 2019 Antonio Iriondo 26 July 2019NorthEast United Eelco Schattorie 19 May 2019 Robert Jarni5 August 2019Chennaiyin John Gregory Sacked 30 Nov 2019 8th Owen Coyle 4 Dec 2019Hyderabad Phil Brown 11 January 2020 10th Xavier Gurri López 15 January 2020Goa Sergio Lobera Mutual Consent 1 February 2020 1st Clifford Miranda 3 February 2020NorthEast United Robert Jarni Sacked 11 February 2020 9th Khalid Jamil 11 February 2020
Roster changes
Foreign players
The number of foreign players allowed in the squad is maximum seven and a minimum of six. However, the maximum number of foreign players allowed on the pitch is five.
TeamPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6Player 7 ATK David Williams Roy Krishna Edu García Javi Hernández Mandi Víctor Mongil John Johnson Bengaluru Erik Paartalu Kevaughn Frater Deshorn Brown Dimas Delgado Juanan Nili Perdomo Albert Serrán Chennaiyin Masih Saighani Rafael Crivellaro Eli Sabiá Nerijus Valskis André Schembri Dragoș Firțulescu Lucian Goian Goa Hugo Boumous Ahmed Jahouh Mourtada Fall Edu Bedia Ferrán Corominas Carlos Peña Hyderabad Marko Stanković Bobô Marcelinho Pereira Matthew Kilgallon Giles Barnes Rafael Gómez Néstor Gordillo Jamshedpur Memo Noé Acosta Sergio Castel David Grande Aitor Monroy Piti Tiri Kerala Blasters Raphaël Messi Bouli Vlatko Drobarov Gianni Zuiverloon Bartholomew Ogbeche Moustapha Gning Mario Arqués Sergio Cidoncha Mumbai City Diego Carlos Mato Grgić Sèrge Kevyn Paulo Machado Modou Sougou Amine Chermiti Mohamed Larbi NorthEast United José David Leudo Mislav Komorski Andy Keogh Kai Heerings Simon Lundevall Martín Cháves Federico GallegoOdisha Martín Pérez Guedes Diawandou Diagne Carlos Delgado Francisco Dorronsoro Xisco Hernández Manuel Onwu Marcos Tébar
Regular season League table
Results
Playoffs
Bracket
Semi-finals
Final
Season statistics Scoring
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Bartholomew Ogbeche Kerala Blasters15 Nerijus ValskisChennaiyin Roy Krishna ATK4 Ferrán Corominas Goa145 Hugo BoumousGoa116 Aridane Santana Odisha9 Sunil ChhetriBengaluru8 Raphaël Messi BouliKerala Blasters89 Manuel OnwuOdisha7 Sergio Castel Jamshedpur Marcelinho PereiraHyderabad David WilliamsATK Rafael CrivellaroChennaiyin Lallianzuala ChhangteChennaiyin Source:
Top Indian scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1Sunil ChhetriBengaluru92Lallianzuala ChhangteChennaiyin73Jackichand Singh Goa54Redeem Tlang NorthEast United3Michael SoosairajATK6Liston ColacoHyderabad2Rowllin BorgesMumbai CityBipin SinghMumbai CityJerry MawihmingthangaOdishaBrandon Fernandes GoaManvir Singh GoaLenny Rodrigues Goa Source:
Hat-tricks
Result column shows goal tally of player's team first. No. Player For Against Result Date Ref1 Bartholomew Ogbeche Kerala Blasters Chennaiyin 3–6 (A) 1 February 2020 2 Roy Krishna ATK Odisha 3–1 (H) 8 February 2020 3 Manuel Onwu Odisha Kerala Blasters 4–4 (H) 23 February 2020
Notes (H) – Home team(A) – Away team
Assists RankPlayerClubAssists1 Hugo BoumousGoa102 Rafael Crivellaro Chennaiyin83 Brandon Fernandes Goa74 Nerijus ValskisChennayin6 Anirudh ThapaChennaiyin Roy Krishna ATK7 Erik Paartalu Bengaluru5 Jerry Mawihmingthanga Odisha David WilliamsATK Jessel CarneiroKerala Blasters Javi HernándezATK Dimas Delgado Bengaluru Prabir DasATK Source:
Cleansheets RankPlayerClubCleansheets1 Gurpreet SinghBengaluru112 Arindam Bhattacharya ATK93 Mohammad NawazGoa54 Amrinder SinghMumbai City4 Vishal KaithChennaiyin6 Francisco DorronsoroOdisha3 Subhasish RoyNorthEast United8 Rehenesh TPKerala Blasters2 Subrata PalJamshedpur10 Bilal KhanKerala Blasters1 Arshdeep SinghOdisha Source:
Discipline Player Most yellow cards: 7 Mandi (footballer) (ATK) Germanpreet Singh (Chennaiyin) Vinit Rai (Odisha) Diego Carlos (Mumbai City) Ahmed Jahouh (Goa) Brandon Fernandes (Goa)
Most red cards: 1 Dimple Bhagat (Hyderabad) Abdul Hakku (Kerala Blasters) Sourav Das (Mumbai City) Jitendra Singh (Jamshedpur) Tondonba Singh (Chennaiyin) Bikash Jairu (Jamshedpur) Souvik Chakrabarti (Mumbai City) Saviour Gama (Goa) Sahil Panwar (Hyderabad) Sarthak Golui (Mumbai City) José David Leudo (NorthEast United) Seiminlen Doungel (Goa) Thoi Singh (Chennaiyin) Vinit Rai (Odisha) Carlos Delgado (Odisha) Farukh Choudhary (Jamshedpur) Reagan Singh (NorthEast United) Ahmed Jahouh (Goa) Nishu Kumar (Bengaluru) Eli Sabiá (Chennaiyin) Mourtada Fall (Goa) Edwin Sydney Vanspaul (Chennaiyin)
Club
Most yellow cards: 57 Mumbai City
Most red cards: 4 Chennaiyin
Average home attendances
TeamATK9200,91737,4068,69022,324Jamshedpur9181,21823,15717,26320,135Kerala Blasters9157,64136,2987,75417,515Bengaluru9131,59227,0839,74614,621Goa9117,05717,77310,21213,006Chennaiyin980,77711,5977,5008,975NorthEast United974,28017,94210008,253Hyderabad965,69912,1143,0007,299Odisha956,0819,4523,500(3,816)6,231Mumbai City947,1667,0213,2005,240Total901,112,42837,4061,00012,360Legend Source:
Notes
Awards Hero of the Match MatchHero of the MatchMatchHero of the MatchMatchHero of the Match Player Club Player Club Player Club Match 1 Bartholomew Ogbeche Kerala Blasters Match 33 David Williams ATK Match 65 Nerijus Valskis Chennaiyin Match 2 Raphael Augusto Bengaluru Match 34 Chinglensana Singh Goa Match 66 Adil Khan Hyderabad Match 3 Farukh Choudhary Jamshedpur Match 35 Farukh Choudhary Jamshedpur Match 67 Hugo Boumous Goa Match 4 Seriton Fernandes Goa Match 36 Jerry Mawihmingthanga Odisha Match 68 Balwant Singh ATK Match 5 Amine Chermiti Mumbai City Match 37 Raphaël Messi Bouli Kerala Blasters Match 69 Jackichand Singh Goa Match 6 David Williams ATK Match 38 Mourtada Fall Goa Match 70 Nishu Kumar Bengaluru Match 7 Asamoah Gyan NorthEast United Match 39 Rowllin Borges Mumbai City Match 71 Diego Carlos Mumbai City Match 8 Sarthak Golui Mumbai City Match 40 Juanan Bengaluru Match 72 Lallianzuala Chhangte Chennaiyin Match 9 Udanta Singh Bengaluru Match 41 Paulo Machado Mumbai City Match 73 Roy Krishna ATK Match 10 Farukh Choudhary Jamshedpur Match 42 Lallianzuala Chhangte Chennaiyin Match 74 Hugo Boumous Goa Match 11 David Williams ATK Match 43 Bobô Hyderabad Match 75 Diego Carlos Mumbai City Match 12 Jerry Mawihmingthanga Odisha Match 44 Ferrán Corominas Goa Match 76 Lalengmawia NorthEast Match 13 Redeem Tlang NorthEast United Match 45 David Williams ATK Match 77 Roy Krishna ATK Match 14 Marcelinho Hyderabad Match 46 Ahmed Jahouh Goa Match 78 Rafael Crivellaro Chennaiyin Match 15 Subrata Pal Jamshedpur Match 47 Aridane Santana Odisha Match 79 José David Leudo NorthEast Match 16 Maximiliano Barreiro NorthEast United Match 48 Mario Arqués Kerala Blasters Match 80 Ferrán Corominas Goa Match 17 Lenny Rodrigues Goa Match 49 Modou Sougou Mumbai City Match 81 Liston Colaco Hyderabad Match 18 Sergio Cidoncha Kerala Blasters Match 50 Sunil Chhetri Bengaluru Match 82 Xisco Hernández Odisha Match 19 Roy Krishna ATK Match 51 Sumit Rathi ATK Match 83 Bartholomew Ogbeche Kerala Match 20 Erik Paartalu Bengaluru Match 52 Bartholomew Ogbeche Kerala Blasters Match 84 Edwin Vanspaul Chennaiyin Match 21 Sunil Chhetri Bengaluru Match 53 Vinit Rai Odisha Match 85 Hugo Boumous Goa Match 22 Aridane Santana Odisha Match 54 Lenny Rodrigues Goa Match 86 Liston Colaco Hyderabad Match 23 Anirudh Thapa Chennaiyin Match 55 Ashique Kuruniyan Bengaluru Match 87 Lucian Goian Chennaiyin Match 24 Sergio Castel Jamshedpur Match 56 Nerijus Valskis Chennaiyin Match 88 Edu García ATK Match 25 Asamoah Gyan NorthEast United Match 57 Aridane Santana Odisha Match 89 Manuel Onwu Odisha Match 26 Nerijus Valskis Chennaiyin Match 58 Halicharan Narzary Kerala Blasters Match 90 Martín Cháves NorthEast Match 27 Robin Singh Hyderabad Match 59 Aridane Santana Odisha Match 91 (SF) Anirudh Thapa Chennaiyin Match 28 Sèrge Kevyn Mumbai City Match 60 Rafael Crivellaro Chennaiyin Match 92 (SF) Erik Paartalu Bengaluru Match 29 Lenny Rodrigues Goa Match 61 Rowllin Borges Mumbai City Match 93 (SF) Mourtada Fall Goa Match 30 Farukh Choudhary Jamshedpur Match 62 Pritam Kotal ATK Match 94 (SF) Prabir Das ATK Match 31 Gurpreet Singh Sandhu Bengaluru Match 63 Sergio Castel Jamshedpur Match 95 (F) Arindam Bhattacharya ATK Match 32 Jeakson Singh Kerala Match 64 Erik Paartalu Bengaluru Source:
ISL Emerging Player of the Match