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.
Mumbai City won the trophy, having defeated Mohun Bagan in the final, and also won the League Winners Shield. Thus, Mumbai City became the first club to win, both, the ISL trophy, and League Winners Shield, within the same season.
Changes from last season Each club had 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 was increased as the clubs were allowed to register up to 35 players in their squad. The number of substitutions allowed, was increased from 3 players to 5 players. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all matches during the 2020–21 season was played behind closed doors across three venues in Goa. The venues were the Fatorda Stadium in Margao, GMC Athletic Stadium in Bambolim, and Tilak Maidan Stadium in Vasco da Gama. The host venues for each team were revealed on 18 August 2020. 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. Since all the matches were played in neutral venues, there was no away goal rule applied in the playoffs this season.
Teams Stadiums and locations
Team Location Host venue Capacity ATK Mohun Bagan Kolkata, West BengalFatorda Stadium Bengaluru Bangalore, Karnataka Goa Margao, Goa Chennaiyin Chennai, Tamil NaduGMC Athletic Stadium Kerala Blasters Kochi, Kerala Mumbai City Mumbai, Maharashtra Odisha Bhubaneswar, Odisha SC East Bengal Kolkata, West BengalTilak Maidan Stadium Hyderabad Hyderabad, Telangana Jamshedpur Jamshedpur, Jharkhand NorthEast United Guwahati, Assam
Personnel and sponsorship Team Head coach Captain(s) Kit manufacturer Main sponsor ATK Mohun Bagan Nivia SBOTOP Bengaluru Naushad Moosa (interim head coach)"ISL 2020-21 News: Bengaluru FC and Carles Cuadrat part ways". Sportstar. The Hindu. 6 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021 Puma JSW Chennaiyin Performax Apollo Tyres East Bengal TYKAShree Cement Goa SIX5SIX Indinews Hyderabad T10 Sports Andslite Jamshedpur Nivia Tata Steel Kerala Blasters Ishfaq Ahmed (interim head coach) Reyaur Sports BYJU'S Mumbai City Puma DafaNews NorthEast United (Interim head coach) Performax JA Entertainment Odisha Gerry Peyton (Interim head coach) T10 Sports Odisha Tourism
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Kerala Blasters Sacked 22 April 2020 Pre-season 23 April 2020 Goa End of interim period 30 April 2020 30 April 2020 Hyderabad 1 June 2020 1 June 2020 Odisha Mutual consent 18 March 2020 19 June 2020 Jamshedpur End of contract 31 May 2020 7 August 2020 NorthEast United End of the interim period 25 August 2020 25 August 2020 Chennaiyin End of contract 14 March 2020 30 August 2020 Hyderabad Mutual consent 29 August 2020 31 August 2020 Mumbai City End of contract 5 March 2020 12 October 2020 Bengaluru Mutual consent 6 January 2021 5th 6 January 2021 NorthEast United Sacked 12 January 2021 7th 12 January 2021 Odisha Sacked 2 February 2021 11th Gerry Peyton 3 February 2021 Kerala Blasters Sacked 17 February 2021 9th Ishfaq Ahmed 17 February 2021
Roster changes
Foreign players
Bold letters suggest the player was signed in the winter transfer window. Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 AFC Player Former Player ATK Mohun Bagan Bengaluru Fran González Chennaiyin East Bengal Goa Hyderabad Jamshedpur Kerala Blasters Mumbai City NorthEast United Odisha
Regular season League table
Results
Playoffs
Bracket
Semi-finals
Final
Season statistics Scoring
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Igor AnguloGoa14 Roy KrishnaATK Mohun Bagan3 Adam Le FondreMumbai City114 Aridane SantanaHyderabad105 Bartholomew OgbecheMumbai City8 Nerijus ValskisJamshedpur Sunil ChhetriBengaluru8 Jordan MurrayKerala Blasters7 Diego MauricioOdisha Luís MachadoNorthEast United Source:
Top Indian scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1Sunil ChhetriBengaluru82Manvir SinghATK Mohun Bagan6Bipin Singh Mumbai City4Ishan PanditaGoa4 Halicharan NarzaryHyderabadLallianzuala ChhangteChennaiyin7Rahul KPKerala Blasters3 V.P. SuhairNorthEast United9Paul RamfangzauvaOdisha2Anirudh Thapa Chennaiyin Liston ColacoHyderabadRahim AliChennaiyinJerry MawihmingthangaOdishaRowllin BorgesMumbai City Source:
Hat-tricks
Result column shows goal tally of player's team first. Player For Against Result Date Ref Mumbai City Odisha 6–1 (A)
Notes (H) – Home team(A) – Away team
Assists RankPlayerClubAssists1 Alberto NogueraGoa8 Roy KrishnaATK Mohun Bagan3 Hugo BoumousMumbai City74 Federico GallegoNorthEast United6 Aitor MonroyJamshedpur6 Jerry MawihmingthangaOdisha5 Ahmed JahouhMumbai City8 Gary HooperKerala Blasters4 Alexander JesurajGoa Cleiton SilvaBengaluru Bipin SinghMumbai City Source:
Clean sheets RankPlayerClubCleansheets1 Amrinder Singh Mumbai City10 Arindam Bhattacharya ATK Mohun Bagan3 Rehenesh TPJamshedpur84 Laxmikant KattimaniHyderabad6 Vishal KaithChennaiyin6 Gurpreet SinghBengaluru47 Subhasish RoyNorthEast United3 Albino GomesKerala Blasters9 Gurmeet SinghNorthEast United2 Dheeraj SinghGoa Subrata PalEast Bengal Debjit MajumderEast BengalSource:
Discipline
Player Most yellow cards: 8 Pronay Halder (ATK Mohun Bagan) Erik Paartalu (Bengaluru)
Most red cards: 2 Ahmed Jahouh (Mumbai City)
Club
Most yellow cards: 61 Mumbai City
Most red cards: 4 East Bengal Jamshedpur Goa
Awards
Hero of the Match MatchHero of the MatchMatchHero of the MatchMatchHero of the Match Player Club Player Club Player Club Match 1 Roy Krishna ATK Mohun Bagan Match 40 Jeakson Singh Kerala Blasters Match 78 Roy Krishna ATK Mohun Bagan Match 2 Khassa Camara NorthEast United Match 41 Rehenesh TP Jamshedpur Match 79 Seiminlen DoungelJamshedpur Match 3 Igor Angulo Goa Match 42 Arindam Bhattacharya ATK Mohun Bagan Match 80 Sunil Chhetri Bengaluru Match 4 Aridane Santana Hyderabad Match 43 Igor Angulo Goa Match 81 Amrinder Singh Mumbai City Match 5 Anirudh Thapa Chennaiyin Match 44 Amrinder Singh Mumbai City Match 82 Federico Gallego NorthEast United Match 6 Adam Le Fondre Mumbai City Match 45 Anthony Pilkington East Bengal Match 83 Gurpreet Singh Bengaluru Match 7 Dylan Fox NorthEast United Match 46 Roy Krishna ATK Mohun Bagan Match 84 Manvir Singh ATK Mohun Bagan Match 8 Carl McHugh ATK Mohun Bagan Match 47 Halicharan NarzaryHyderabad Match 85 Matti SteinmannEast Bengal Match 9 Chinglensana Singh Hyderabad Match 48 Bipin Singh Mumbai City Match 86 LalengmawiaNorthEast United Match 10 Diego Maurício Odisha Match 49 Bright Enobakhare East Bengal Match 87 Rowllin Borges Mumbai City Match 11 Albino Gomes Kerala Blasters Match 50 Diego Maurício Odisha Match 88 Marcelinho Leite Pereira ATK Mohun Bagan Match 12 Lalengmawia NorthEast United Match 51 Joel Chianese Hyderabad Match 89 Stephen Eze Jamshedpur Match 13 Hugo Boumous Mumbai City Match 52 Debjit Majumder East Bengal Match 90 Diego Mauricio Odisha Match 14 Mohammad Yasir Hyderabad Match 53 Lallianzuala Chhangte Chennaiyin Match 91 Akash Mishra Hyderabad Match 15 Roy Krishna ATK Mohun Bagan Match 54 Jordan Murray Kerala Blasters Match 92 Ishan Pandita Goa Match 16 Suresh Singh Wangjam Bengaluru Match 55 Bartholomew Ogbeche Mumbai City Match 93 Federico Gallego NorthEast United Match 17 Benjamin Lambot NorthEast United Match 56 Lalengmawia NorthEast United Match 94 Roy Krishna ATK Mohun Bagan Match 18 Rowllin Borges Mumbai City Match 57 Anirudh Thapa Chennaiyin Match 95 Sunil Chhetri Bengaluru Match 19 Lenny Rodrigues Goa Match 58 Naveen Kumar Goa Match 96 Aridane Santana Hyderabad Match 20 Nerijus Valskis Jamshedpur Match 59 Sahal Kerala Blasters Match 97 Iván González Goa Match 21 Luís Machado NorthEast United Match 60 Hitesh Sharma Hyderabad Match 98 Lallianzuala Chhangte Chennaiyin Match 22 Mourtada Fall Mumbai City Match 61 Federico Gallego NorthEast United Match 99 Roy Krishna ATK Mohun Bagan Match 23 Mohammed Irshad East Bengal Match 62 Saviour Gama Goa Match 100 Farukh Choudhary Jamshedpur Match 24 Liston Colaco Hyderabad Match 63 Debjit MajumderEast Bengal Match 101 Glan Martins Goa Match 25 Jorge Ortiz Goa Match 64 Cole AlexanderOdisha Match 102 Lallianzuala Chhangte Chennaiyin Match 26 Khassa Camara NorthEast United Match 65 Rahul K P Kerala Blasters Match 103 Aridane Santana Hyderabad Match 27 Dimas Delgado Bengaluru Match 66 David Williams ATK Mohun Bagan Match 104 V.P. Suhair NorthEast United Match 28 Peter Hartley Jamshedpur Match 67 Mourtada Fall Mumbai City Match 105 Bipin Singh Mumbai City Match 29 Aridane Santana Hyderabad Match 68 Sandeep Singh Kerala Blasters Match 106 Aitor Monroy Jamshedpur Match 30 Carl McHugh ATK Mohun Bagan Match 69 Aridane Santana Hyderabad Match 107 Lalengmawia NorthEast United Match 31 Cleiton Silva Bengaluru Match 70 Cleiton Silva Bengaluru Match 108 Paul Ramfangzauva Odisha Match 32 Peter Hartley Jamshedpur Match 71 Amey Ranawade Mumbai City Match 109 Adil Khan Goa Match 33 Rafael Crivellaro Chennaiyin Match 72 Federico Gallego NorthEast United Match 110 Mourtada Fall Mumbai City Match 34 Ahmed Jahouh Mumbai City Match 73 SahalKerala Blasters Match 111 (SF) Jorge Ortiz Goa Match 35 Anthony Pilkington East Bengal Match 74 Aridane Santana Hyderabad Match 112 (SF) Gurjinder Kumar NorthEast United Match 36 David Williams ATK Mohun Bagan Match 75 Bright EnobakhareEast Bengal Match 113 (SF) Iván González Goa Match 37 Cole Alexander Odisha Match 76 Deshorn Brown NorthEast United Match 114 (SF) Manvir Singh ATK Mohun Bagan Match 38 Jorge Ortiz Goa Match 77 Asish Rai Hyderabad Match 115 (F) Bipin SinghMumbai City Match 39 Matti Steinmann East Bengal Source:
Season awards AwardWinnerClubHero of the League Roy KrishnaATK Mohun BaganGolden Boot Igor AnguloGoaGolden Glove Arindam BhattacharyaATK Mohun BaganWinning Pass of the League Alberto NogueraGoaEmerging Player of the League LalengmawiaNorthEast United Team of the Season Goalkeeper Amrinder Singh(Mumbai City) Defence Akash Mishra(Hyderabad) Ivan Garrido(Goa) Mourtada Fall(Mumbai City) Seriton Fernandes(Goa) Midfield Edu Bedia(Goa) Cole Alexander(Odisha) Facundo Pereyra(Kerala Blasters) Attack Jorge Ortiz(Goa) Manvir Singh(ATK Mohun Bagan) Roy Krishna(ATK Mohun Bagan)
See also 2020−21 I-League 2020–21 in Indian football
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