2021–22 Indian Super League

8th season of the Indian Super League

Football league season

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]

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

Bengaluru

Chennaiyin

Goa

Jamshedpur

Mumbai City

Hyderabad

NorthEast United

Odisha

Kerala Blasters

Kolkata

Kolkata teams
ATK Mohun Bagan
East Bengal

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Locations of the Indian Super League teams

Stadiums and locations

Tilak Maidan Stadium

Fatorda Stadium

GMC Athletic Stadium

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Locations of the stadiums in Goa

Personnel and sponsorship

Head coaching changes

Roster changes

Foreign players

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

Regular season

League table

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

1. Hyderabad qualified for Playoffs for 2023–24 AFC Cup qualifying playoffs by winning the ISL playoffs

Results

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.

Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2022. Source: Indian Super League
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Playoffs

Bracket

Semi-finals

Final

20 March 2022

19:30 IST

Fatorda Stadium, Margao, Goa

Attendance: 11,500

Referee: Crystal John

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Bartholomew Ogbeche won his first Indian Super League Golden Boot after scoring 18 goals, a joint-record for an ISL season.

Top Indian scorers

Hat-tricks

Clean Sheets

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

Hero of the Match

See also

• 2021–22 I-League
• 2021–22 in Indian football
• 2022 AFC Champions League
• 2022 AFC Cup
• 2021 Durand Cup

Notes

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External links

• Official website