2017–18_Indian_Super_League

2017–18 Indian Super League

2017–18 Indian Super League

4th season of the Indian Super League

The 2017–18 Indian Super League season was the fourth season of the Indian Super League, one of the top Indian professional football leagues. It was established in 2013. The regular season started on 17 November 2017 and ended on 4 March 2018,[1] The finals began on 7 March 2018, concluding with the final on 17 March 2018. ATK were the defending champions from the 2016 season, however they could not advance to the playoffs. Chennaiyin won their second Indian Super League title by defeating Bengaluru 3–2 in the final.[2]

Quick Facts Season, Dates ...

Two new sides joined the league as expansion teams: Bengaluru and Jamshedpur. The two new clubs are the ninth and tenth teams in the league. This made it the first edition of the ISL in which there are more than eight teams participating.[3] As well as expanding two teams, the league also expanded two more months, being played in five months instead of three.[3] Away goal rule is introduced in semifinals stage in this season.

Teams

Locations of the Indian Super League teams

Stadiums and locations

More information Team, City/State ...

Expansion

On 11 May 2017, it was announced by the Indian Super League organizers, Football Sports Development, that they would be inviting bids for new teams to join the league for the upcoming season.[14] The bids would be for ten cities, namely Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Cuttack, Durgapur, Hyderabad, Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Ranchi, Siliguri and Thiruvananthapuram.[14] It was also clarified that if Kolkata were to win at least one bid for a team, the new "Kolkata" side would have to play away from the city for two seasons.[14]

On 25 May 2017, it was announced that bidding for new teams had ended and that the league's appointed external validator would look over the bids.[15] It was also announced that Bengaluru, the two-time champion of the I-League, India's top-tier professional football league, had submitted a bid.[15] Two weeks later, on 12 June, it was officially announced that Bengaluru (for Bangalore) and Tata Group (for Jamshedpur) had won the bids for the new teams.[16]

Personnel and sponsorship

More information Team, Head coach ...

Head coaching changes

More information Team, Outgoing coach ...

Roster changes

Main articles: List of 2017–18 Indian Super League season roster changes and 2017–18 ISL Players Draft

Overseas players

Unlike during the first three seasons of the Indian Super League, the 2017–18 season saw the maximum number of foreign players per team reduced to eight from 11.[53] Also unlike the previous three seasons, the maximum number of foreigners allowed on the pitch at the same time was reduced to five from six.[53]

More information ATK (8), Bengaluru (8) ...

Regular season

More information Pos, Team ...
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; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair play ranking; 6) drawing of lots
(C) Champions
  1. Qualified for 2019 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs

Results

More information Home \ Away, KOL ...
Updated to match(es) played on 4 March 2018. Source: Indian Super League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Main article: 2017–18 Indian Super League playoffs

Bracket

Semi-finals Final
        
1 Bengaluru 0 3 3
4 Pune City 0 1 1
1 Bengaluru 2
2 Chennaiyin 3
2 Chennaiyin 1 3 4
3 Goa 1 0 1

Semi-finals

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...

Final

Main article: 2018 Indian Super League final
More information Bengaluru, 2–3 ...
Attendance: 25,753
Referee: Ali Abdulnabi

Season statistics

See also: List of Indian Super League records and statistics

Scoring

More information Rank, Player ...

Hat-tricks

See also: List of Indian Super League hat-tricks
More information Player, For ...

Assists

More information Rank, Player ...

Cleansheets

More information Rank, Player ...

Discipline

[63][64]

  • Most yellow cards (club): 47
    • Chennaiyin
  • Most red cards (club): 4
    • Delhi Dynamos

Average home attendances

See also: Indian Super League attendance
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Awards

Hero of the Match

More information Match, Hero of the Match ...

Emerging Player of the Match

More information Match, Emerging Player of the Match ...

Fans' Player of the Month

More information Month, Player of the Month ...

Fans' Team of the Season

More information Position, Player ...

End-of-season awards

More information Award, Player ...

See also

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