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. Except for the final, it was hosted behind closed doors across three venues in Goa due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India.
Jamshedpur won the League Winners' Shield and Hyderabad won the trophy having defeated Kerala Blasters in the final.
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. 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. 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 for season 2021–22.
Teams
Stadiums and locations
Club State/Region City Host Venue Capacity Mohun Bagan Super Giant West Bengal Kolkata Fatorda Stadium Mumbai City Maharashtra Mumbai NorthEast United Assam Guwahati Bengaluru Karnataka Bengaluru GMC Athletic Stadium Goa Goa Margao Hyderabad Telangana Hyderabad Jamshedpur Jharkhand Jamshedpur Chennaiyin Tamil Nadu Chennai Tilak Maidan Stadium East Bengal FC West Bengal Kolkata Kerala Blasters Kerala Kochi Odisha Odisha Bhubaneswar
Personnel and sponsorship Team Head coach Captain(s) Kit Manufacturer Main Sponsor Mohun Bagan Super Giant Nivia SBOTOP Bengaluru Marco Pezzaiuoli Puma JSW Chennaiyin Syed Sabir Pasha (interim) Anirudh Thapa Nivia Apollo Tyres East Bengal Mario Rivera Reyaur Shree Cement Goa Derrick Pereira Reyaur 1xNews Hyderabad Hummel DafaNews Jamshedpur Nivia Tata Steel Kerala Blasters Ivan Vukomanović SIX5SIX BYJU'S Mumbai City Des Buckingham Mourtada Fall PumaExpo 2020 NorthEast United SIX5SIX Amrit Cement Odisha Kino García (interim) Hummel Odisha Tourism
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Bengaluru End of interim period Pre-season Marco Pezzaiuoli12 February 2021 Kerala Blasters Ishfaq Ahmed End of interim period 26 February 2021 Ivan Vukomanović 17 June 2021 Chennaiyin End of contract 10 April 2021 Božidar Bandović10 July 2021 Odisha End of interim period 27 February 2021 20 July 2021 East Bengal Mutual Consent 8 September 2021 Manolo Díaz 8 September 2021 Mumbai City Sergio Lobera End of contract 8 October 2021 8 October 2021 Mohun Bagan Super Giant Antonio Lopez Habas Resigned 17 December 2021 6th 20 December 2021 Goa Resigned20 December 20218th Derrick Pereira21 December 2021 East Bengal Manolo DíazResigned28 December 2021 11th Mario Rivera1 January 2022 Odisha Sacked14 January 20229th Kino García14 January 2022 Chennaiyin Božidar BandovićSacked11 February 20228th Syed Sabir Pasha11 February 2022
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 AFC Player Former Player(s) Mohun Bagan Super Giant Joni Kauko David Williams Bengaluru Bruno Ramires Cleiton Silva Yaya Banana Iman Basafa Musavu-King Chennaiyin Vladimir Koman Nerijus Valskis Ariel Borysiuk Łukasz Gikiewicz Slavko Damjanović Mirlan Murzaev Rafael Crivellaro East Bengal Marcelo Ribeiro Antonio Perošević Franjo Prce Darren Sidoel Fran Sota Ananta Tamang Daniel Chima Amir Dervišević Tomislav Mrcela Goa Airam Cabrera Edu Bedia Hyderabad Khassa Camara Bartholomew Ogbeche Edu García Jamshedpur Alex Lima Eli Sabiá Daniel Chima Greg Stewart Jordan Murray Nerijus Valskis Kerala Blasters Jorge Pereyra Díaz Marko Lešković Mumbai City Cássio Gabriel Diego Mauricio Igor Angulo Bradden Inman Ygor Catatau NorthEast United Marcelinho Patrick Flottmann Mathias Coureur Odisha Jonathas de Jesus Aridai Cabrera Héctor Rodas Javi Hernández Liridon Krasniqi
Regular season League table
Results
Results by match The table lists the results of the teams after each match.
Playoffs
Bracket
Semi-finals
Final
Season statistics Scoring Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Bartholomew Ogbeche Hyderabad 18 2 Igor Angulo Mumbai City 10 Greg Stewart Jamshedpur 4 Cleiton Silva Bengaluru 9 Daniel Chima Chukwu Jamshedpur 6 Jorge Ortiz Goa 8 Jonathas de Jesus Odisha Jorge Pereyra Díaz Kerala Blasters Liston Colaco Mohun Bagan Super Giant Álvaro Vázquez Kerala Blasters
Top Indian scorers RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Liston Colaco Mohun Bagan Super Giant 8 2 Bipin Singh Mumbai City 6 Sahal Abdul Samad Kerala Blasters Manvir Singh Mohun Bagan Super Giant 5 Laldanmawia Ralte NorthEast United 4 Ritwik Das Jamshedpur V. P. Suhair NorthEast United Sunil Chhetri Bengaluru 9 Kiyan Nassiri Mohun Bagan Super Giant 3 Vikram Pratap Singh Mumbai City Ishan Pandita Jamshedpur Danish Farooq Bhat Bengaluru Udanta Singh Bengaluru Jerry Mawihmingthanga Odisha
Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainst ResultDateRef Greg StewartJamshedpurOdisha 4–0 (A) Deshorn BrownNorthEast UnitedMumbai City 3–3 (H) Bartholomew OgbecheHyderabadEast Bengal 4–0 (A) Kiyan NassiriATK Mohun BaganEast Bengal 3–1 (H) Jorge OrtizGoaChennaiyin 5–0 (A) Airam CabreraGoaKerala Blasters 4–4 (H)
Clean Sheets RankPlayerClubClean sheets 1 Prabhsukhan Singh Gill Kerala Blasters 7 2 Rehenesh TP Jamshedpur 6 Amrinder Singh ATK Mohun Bagan 4 Mohammad Nawaz Mumbai City 5 5 Gurpreet Singh Sandhu Bengaluru 3 Laxmikant Kattimani Hyderabad
Discipline Player Most yellow cards: 7 6 players
Most red cards: 1 12 players
Club Most yellow cards: 50 Kerala Blasters
Most red cards: 3 ATK Mohun Bagan
Awards
Hero of the Match MatchHero of the MatchMatchHero of the MatchMatchHero of the MatchPlayerClubPlayerClubPlayerClubMatch 1 Hugo BoumousATK Mohun BaganMatch 40 Iván GonzálezGoaMatch 78 Víctor MongilOdishaMatch 2 Udanta SinghBengaluruMatch 41 Greg StewartJamshedpurMatch 79 Darren SidoelEast BengalMatch 3 Antonio PeroševićEast BengalMatch 42 Deshorn BrownNorthEast UnitedMatch 80 TiriATK Mohun BaganMatch 4 Igor AnguloMumbai CityMatch 43 Bartholomew OgbecheHyderabadMatch 81 Álvaro VázquezKerala BlastersMatch 5 Vladimir KomanChennaiyinMatch 44 Liston ColacoATK Mohun BaganMatch 82 Bruno RamiresBengaluruMatch 6 Javi HernándezOdishaMatch 45 Naorem Roshan SinghBengaluruMatch 83 Lallianzuala ChhangteMumbai CityMatch 7 Hernan SantanaNorthEast UnitedMatch 46 Jorge OrtizGoaMatch 84 Javi HernándezOdishaMatch 8 Nerijus ValskisJamshedpurMatch 47 Mohammad Sajid DhotChennaiyinMatch 85 Liston ColacoATK Mohun BaganMatch 9 Joni KaukoATK Mohun BaganMatch 48 Jerry MawihmingthangaOdishaMatch 86 Jorge OrtizGoaMatch 10 HyderabadMatch 49 Adil KhanEast BengalMatch 87 Greg StewartJamshedpurMatch 11 Harmanjot KhabraKerala BlastersMatch 50 Asish RaiHyderabadMatch 88 HyderabadMatch 12 Lallianzuala ChhangteChennaiyinMatch 51 Ishan PanditaJamshedpurMatch 89 Joni KaukoATK Mohun BaganMatch 13 Héctor RodasOdishaMatch 52 Sourav DasEast BengalMatch 90 Bipin SinghMumbai CityMatch 14 Vikram Pratap SinghMumbai CityMatch 53 Thoiba Singh MoirangthemOdishaMatch 91 Lalthathanga KhawlhringKerala BlastersMatch 15 Greg StewartJamshedpurMatch 54 Anwar AliGoaMatch 92 Manvir SinghATK Mohun BaganMatch 16 Hira MondalEast BengalMatch 55 Álvaro VázquezKerala BlastersMatch 93 Rahim AliChennaiyinMatch 17 Hernan SantanaNorthEast UnitedMatch 56 Naorem Roshan SinghBengaluruMatch 94 Joe ZoherlianaNorthEast UnitedMatch 18 Lalengmawia RalteMumbai CityMatch 57 Greg StewartJamshedpurMatch 95 Bartholomew OgbecheHyderabadMatch 19 Adrián LunaKerala BlastersMatch 58 Harmanjot KhabraKerala BlastersMatch 96 Mobashir RahmanJamshedpurMatch 20 Jitendra SinghJamshedpurMatch 59 Debjit MajumderChennaiyinMatch 97 Danish Farooq BhatBengaluruMatch 21 Alberto NogueraGoaMatch 60 Jorge OrtizGoaMatch 98 Bipin SinghMumbai CityMatch 22 Souvik ChakrabartiHyderabadMatch 61 Sandesh JhinganATK Mohun BaganMatch 99 JuananHyderabadMatch 23 Cássio GabrielMumbai CityMatch 62 Lalthathanga KhawlhringKerala BlastersMatch 100 Sebastian ThangmuansangOdishaMatch 24 Jonathas de JesusOdishaMatch 63 AlexJamshedpurMatch 101 Ricky LallawmawmaJamshedpurMatch 25 Anirudh Thapa ChennaiyinMatch 64 Aridai CabreraOdishaMatch 102 Sanjeev StalinKerala BlastersMatch 26 Devendra MurgaonkarGoaMatch 65 Naorem Mahesh SinghEast BengalMatch 103 Mehtab SinghMumbai CityMatch 27 Adrián LunaKerala BlastersMatch 66 Adrián LunaKerala BlastersMatch 104 Joe ZoherlianaNorthEast UnitedMatch 28 Asish RaiHyderabadMatch 67 Greg StewartJamshedpurMatch 105 TiriATK Mohun BaganMatch 29 Greg StewartJamshedpurMatch 68 Slavko DamjanovićChennaiyinMatch 106 Daniel Chima ChukwuJamshedpurMatch 30 Rahul BhekeMumbai CityMatch 69 GoaMatch 107 Lara SharmaBengaluruMatch 31 Subhasish BoseATK Mohun BaganMatch 70 Bartholomew OgbecheHyderabadMatch 108 Souvik ChakrabartiHyderabadMatch 32 Khassa CamaraNorthEast UnitedMatch 71 Cássio GabrielMumbai CityMatch 109 Airam CabreraGoaMatch 33 Slavko DamjanovićChennaiyinMatch 72 Udanta SinghBengaluruMatch 110 JamshedpurMatch 34 Airam CabreraGoaMatch 73 Akash MishraHyderabadMatch 111 (SF) Ruivah HormipamKerala BlastersMatch 35 Álvaro VázquezKerala BlastersMatch 74 Rehenesh TPJamshedpurMatch 112 (SF) Bartholomew OgbecheHyderabadMatch 36 Greg StewartJamshedpurMatch 75 Kiyan NassiriATK Mohun BaganMatch 113 (SF) Adrián LunaKerala BlastersMatch 37 Liston ColacoATK Mohun BaganMatch 76 Naorem Roshan SinghBengaluru FCMatch 114 (SF) Laxmikant KattimaniHyderabadMatch 38 Adrián LunaKerala BlastersMatch 77 Bartholomew OgbecheHyderabadMatch 115 (F) Laxmikant KattimaniHyderabadMatch 39 Lalrinliana HnamteEast BengalSource: Season awards AwardWinnerClubHero of the League Greg StewartJamshedpurGolden Boot Bartholomew OgbecheHyderabadGolden Glove Prabhsukhan Singh GillKerala BlastersEmerging Player of the League Naorem Roshan SinghBengaluruSource: Team of the Season Goalkeeper Hrithik Tiwari(FC Goa) Defence Akash Mishra(Mumbai City) Pol Moreno(FC Goa) Anwar Ali(East Bengal) Abhi Meitei(Mohammedan) Midfield Sergio Llamas(Mohammedan) Anirudh Thapa(Mohun Bagan) Attack Noufal PN(Mumbai City) Dejan Drazic(FC Goa) Edmund Lalrindika(East Bengal) Forward Youssef Ezzejjari(East Bengal)
See also 2021–22 I-League 2021–22 in Indian football 2022 AFC Champions League 2022 AFC Cup 2021 Durand Cup
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