2025–26 Indian Super League

Indian Super League
Season2025–26
Dates14 February – 21 May 2026
Teams14
ChampionsEast Bengal
1st ISL title
4th Indian title
RelegatedMohammedan
AFC Champions League 2East Bengal
Goa
(as AIFF Super Cup winners)
Matches91
Goals221 (2.43 per match)
Best PlayerMiguel Figueira
Top goalscorerYoussef Ezzejjari
(11 goals)
Best goalkeeperHrithik Tiwari
(5 clean sheets)
Biggest home winEast Bengal 7–0 Mohammedan
(23 March 2026)
Biggest away winMohammedan 0–4 Mumbai City
(15 May 2026)
Highest scoringEast Bengal 7–0 Mohammedan
(23 March 2026)
Longest winning run4 matches
Jamshedpur
Mohun Bagan
Kerala Blasters
Longest unbeaten run10 matches
East Bengal
Longest winless run13 matches
Mohammedan
Longest losing run7 matches
Mohammedan
Highest attendance62,201
Mohun Bagan 1–1 East Bengal
(17 May 2026)[1]
Lowest attendance156
Odisha 2–3 Punjab FC
(16 May 2026)
Total attendance768,450
Average attendance8,634

The 2025–26 Indian Super League was the 12th season of the Indian Super League (ISL) and the 30th season of top-tier Indian football. The season commenced on 14 February and concluded on 21 May 2026.[2]

Mohun Bagan are the defending champions, having won their second Indian Super League title.

East Bengal won their first ISL title and fourth overall Indian title, ending a 22-year league drought.[3]

Background

Developments

  • In June 2025, the FSDL formally informed the ISL clubs and the AIFF that the 2025–26 season was on hold due to unresolved contractual issues, ahead of the expiry of the Master Rights Agreement in December.[4][5] After the intervention of the Supreme Court of India, which requested both parties to resolve the issues between them and start the 2025–26 season as quickly as they could, both parties promised that the new season would start in December.[6][7]
  • The season was delayed even further after no bids came in for a tender for commercial partners floated by the AIFF on 16 October 2025.[8]
  • On 6 January 2026, after discussions with the stake holders, sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya confirmed that ISL would begin on 14 February, and would be played in a single leg home-and-away format for a total of 91 matches.[9]
  • On 12 January 2026, all 14 clubs confirmed their participation in this season. The AIFF outlined a total proposed budget of ₹24.26 crore for the season, a significant reduction from the previous seasons. The federation will contribute ₹9.77 crore upfront, while each participating club will provide ₹1 crore. The remaining expenses will be managed through allocated federation resources as the league progresses.[10]
  • Following a media rights tender by the AIFF in January 2026, OTT sports streaming platform FanCode were announced as winners of the broadcasting rights and will be the official streaming partner of the 2025–26 season, while KPS Studios won the bid for production rights.[14] The Indian Super League (ISL) 2025–26 season will be broadcast on the Sony Sports Network after FanCode sublicensed the linear TV rights to the media conglomerate.[15]

Changes from last season

  • This is the first season without the post-season ISL Cup playoffs.[16] The 14 participating clubs will compete in a single-leg round-robin format, with each team playing 13 matches. The table toppers at the end of the league will be crowned champions.[2]
  • The AIFF will implement relegation this season onwards, despite objections from all 14 clubs, who cited the shortened season as their primary concern.[17]

Teams

14 teams from 12 cities are competing in the 12th season of Indian Super League – thirteen from the previous season and one promoted from the I-League. Churchill Brothers were initially declared the provisional champions of the I-League by AIFF, but the decision was later overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport who declared Inter Kashi as champions.[18]

On 7 October 2025, Hyderabad FC announced its relocation to Delhi and rebranded to SC Delhi.[19]

Promoted from I-League
Rebranded clubs

Stadiums and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Bengaluru Bengaluru Sree Kanteerava Stadium 25,810
Chennaiyin Chennai Marina Arena 40,000
Delhi New Delhi Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium 60,254
East Bengal Kolkata Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan 85,000
Goa Margao Fatorda Stadium 19,000
Inter Kashi[a] Varanasi Kishore Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata 12,000
Jamshedpur Jamshedpur JRD Tata Sports Complex 24,424
Kerala Blasters Kochi Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium 40,000
Mohammedan Kolkata Kishore Bharati Krirangan 12,000
Mohun Bagan Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan 85,000
Mumbai City Mumbai Mumbai Football Arena 7,000
NorthEast United Guwahati IG Athletic Stadium 21,600
Odisha Bhubaneswar Kalinga Stadium 15,000
Punjab[b] Mohali Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi 60,254
  1. ↑ The club is based in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, but will play its home games in Kishore Bharati Krirangan at Kolkata due to ongoing construction on their own stadium getting built in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.[22][23]
  2. ↑ The club is based in Mohali, Punjab, but played its home games in New Delhi.[24]

Personnel and kits

Team Head coach Captain(s) Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Bengaluru Spain Pep Muñoz India Sunil Chhetri Puma JSW
Chennaiyin India Clifford Miranda Spain Alberto Noguera Six5Six ISGL.in
SC Delhi Poland Tomasz Tchórz India Lamgoulen Hangshing Six5Six Universal Sompo General Insurance
East Bengal Spain Óscar Bruzón Spain Saúl Crespo Trak Only Emami
Goa Spain Manolo Márquez India Sandesh Jhingan Six5Six ISGL.in
Inter Kashi India Abhijit Mondal Spain Sergio Llamas Hummel RDB Group
Jamshedpur Republic of Ireland Owen Coyle Nigeria Stephen Eze Nivia Tata Steel
Kerala Blasters England Ashley Westwood India Danish Farooq
India Bikash Yumnam
India Aibanbha Dohling
Six5Six White Gold
Mohun Bagan SG Spain Sergio Lobera India Subhasish Bose Skechers CESC
Mohammedan India Mehrajuddin Wadoo India Gaurav Bora Rocky Sports Merlin Group
Mumbai City Czech Republic Petr Kratky India Lallianzuala Chhangte Puma Etihad Airways
NorthEast United Spain Juan Pedro Benali Spain Michel Zabaco Reebok Meghalaya Tourism
Odisha India TG Purushothaman Spain Carlos Delgado Kaidos Sports Odisha Tourism
Punjab Greece Panagiotis Dilberis India Nikhil Prabhu Shiv Naresh DafaNews

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position Incoming manager Date of appointment
Kerala Blasters India T. G. Purushothaman End of interim spell 25 March 2025[25] Pre-season Spain David Català 25 March 2025[26]
SC Delhi India Shameel Chembakath 31 May 2025[27] Poland Tomasz Tchórz 19 October 2025[28]
Chennaiyin Republic of Ireland Owen Coyle Mutual consent 17 July 2025[29] India Clifford Miranda 12 September 2025[30]
Jamshedpur India Khalid Jamil Signed by India 13 August 2025[31] Republic of Ireland Owen Coyle 24 January 2026[32]
Odisha Spain Sergio Lobera Mutual consent 26 November 2025[33] India TG Purushothaman 5 February 2026[34]
Mohun Bagan Spain José Francisco Molina Sacked 26 November 2025[35] Spain Sergio Lobera 26 November 2025[33]
Bengaluru Spain Gerard Zaragoza Mutual consent 14 November 2025[36] India Renedy Singh 14 November 2025[37]
Bengaluru India Renedy Singh 25 March 2026 5th Spain Pep Muñoz 25 March 2026[38]
Kerala Blasters Spain David Català Sacked 27 March 2026[39] 13th England Ashley Westwood 27 March 2026[40]
Inter Kashi Spain Antonio López Habas Mutual consent 11 May 2026[41] 10th India Abhijit Mondal 11 May 2026[42]

Foreign players

The AIFF allows teams to register a maximum of six foreign players. A maximum of four can be fielded in a match at a time.[43]

Due to the uncertainty surrounding Indian football, a number of foreign players exited their clubs before the start of the shortened season.[44][45]

Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Unregistered player(s) Former player(s)
Bengaluru Argentina Braian Sánchez Uzbekistan Sirozhiddin Kuziev
Chennaiyin Brazil Eduardo Kau Brazil Elsinho Morocco Mohammed Ali Bemammer Nigeria Daniel Chima Chukwu Spain Alberto Noguera Spain Iñigo Martin
Delhi Paraguay Julio Rivas Brazil Rafael Ribeiro France Ousmane Fané Ghana Abdul Halik Hudu Ghana Ebenezer Amoh Serbia Matija Babović
East Bengal Argentina Kevin Sibille Brazil Miguel Figueira Denmark Anton Søjberg Palestine Mohammed Rashid Spain Saúl Crespo Spain Youssef Ezzejjari
Goa Serbia Dejan Dražić Spain Pol Moreno
Inter Kashi Lithuania Nauris Petkevičius Spain Alfred Planas Spain David Humanes Spain Lluis Tarrés Spain Mario Barco Spain Sergio Llamas
Jamshedpur Cameroon Raphaël Messi Bouli France Madih Talal Japan Rei Tachikawa Nigeria Stephen Eze Serbia Lazar Ćirković Serbia Nikola Stojanović
Kerala Blasters Argentina Franchu France Kévin Yoke Morocco Karim Benarif Senegal Fallou Ndiaye Spain Matías Hernández Spain Víctor Bertomeu Scotland Jai Quitongo
Germany Marlon Roos-Trujillo
Guinea Oumar Bah
Mohammedan
Mohun Bagan Australia Dimitri Petratos Australia Jamie Maclaren Australia Jason Cummings Brazil Robinho Scotland Tom Aldred Spain Alberto Rodríguez
Mumbai City Argentina Jorge Pereyra Díaz Finland Joni Kauko Portugal Nuno Reis Spain Jorge Ortiz
NorthEast United Spain Andy Rodríguez Spain Jairo Samperio Spain Míchel Zabaco
Odisha Spain Carlos Delgado
Punjab Bosnia and Herzegovina Samir Zeljkovic Brazil Pablo Santos Nigeria Bede Osuji Nigeria Effiong Nsungusi Spain Dani Ramírez

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 East Bengal (C) 13 7 5 1 30 11 +19 26 Qualification for the Champions League Two qualifying playoffs[a]
2 Mohun Bagan 13 7 5 1 23 9 +14 26
3 Mumbai City 13 7 4 2 17 9 +8 25
4 Bengaluru 13 6 5 2 18 12 +6 23
5 Jamshedpur 13 6 4 3 15 10 +5 22[b] Team withdrawn from next season[46]
6 Punjab 13 6 4 3 18 12 +6 22[b]
7 Goa 13 5 5 3 15 11 +4 20 Qualified for the Champions League Two qualifying playoffs[c]
8 Kerala Blasters 13 5 2 6 15 17 −2 17
9 NorthEast United 13 4 4 5 16 21 −5 16
10 Inter Kashi 13 3 4 6 11 17 −6 13
11 Odisha 13 2 5 6 14 22 −8 11[d]
12 Delhi 13 2 5 6 13 17 −4 11[d]
13 Chennaiyin 13 2 3 8 9 21 −12 9
14 Mohammedan (R) 13 0 3 10 7 32 −25 3 Relegation to IFL
Source: Indian Super League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals scored; 7) fair play ranking; 8) drawing of lots.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ As per Article 4 of entry regulations for AFC’s club competitions, each club needs to play a minimum of 24 matches per season in the domestic top division that runs for at least eight months, to receive direct slots in AFC club competitions. Since Indian clubs will play just 13 games, the ISL winners will enter the qualifying stage of the ACL2 instead of the group stage.
  2. 1 2 Head-to-head points: Jamshedpur 3, Punjab 1.
  3. ↑ Goa qualified for the AFC Champions League Two qualifying playoffs as the 2025–26 AIFF Super Cup winners.[47]
  4. 1 2 Head-to-head points: Odisha 3, Delhi 0.

Results

Match by match

Home \ Away BEN CHE DEL EAB GOA INK JAM KEB MMD MBG MCI NEU ODI PUN
Bengaluru 2–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–2
Chennaiyin 1–2 1–0 1–3 1–1 1–2 0–0
Delhi 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–2 0–0
East Bengal 3–3 4–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 7–0 3–0 3–0 0–0
Goa 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–1
Inter Kashi 1–3 1–2 1–0 1–2
Jamshedpur 0–1 4–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0
Kerala Blasters 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–3
Mohammedan 1–2 0–2 0–4
Mohun Bagan 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 5–1 0–1 5–1 3–2
Mumbai City 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–0
NorthEast United 4–1 0–3 0–2 3–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–4
Odisha 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–3
Punjab 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 0–2 1–1
Source: ISL Fixtures
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Form

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213
BengaluruWDLWDWWLDDDWW
ChennaiyinLLDWDLLWDLLLL
DelhiLLLDDWWLDDLDL
East BengalWWLDDWWDWWDDW
GoaDWWDDDLWWWLDL
Inter KashiDDWLLLWWLLDDL
JamshedpurWWWWLDDDLWWLD
Kerala BlastersLLLLDLLWDWWWW
MohammedanLLLLLLLDDDLLL
Mohun BaganWWWWDLDWWDDDW
Mumbai CityWWDDWWWDLDLWW
NorthEast UnitedLDDDWLLDLLWWW
OdishaDDLWLLDLLDWLD
PunjabLWDDWWLWDWDWL
Source: ISL
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Position by round

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213
East Bengal1155545446511
Mohun Bagan2211122211222
Mumbai City4344311123453
Bengaluru3576653555634
Jamshedpur5422234364165
Punjab81088876777746
Goa6633467632377
Kerala Blasters1312121312131313119988
NorthEast United149101078910121211109
Inter Kashi776791188888910
Odisha8891111910111313131211
Delhi1214131213121291010101112
Chennaiyin111111910101112911121313
Mohammedan10131414141414141414141414
Source: Indian Super League
  = Champions;   = Relegation

Season statistics

As of 21 May 2026[48]

Top scorers

Youssef Ezzejjari won the Indian Super League Golden Boot with 11 goals.
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Spain Youssef Ezzejjari East Bengal 11
2 Australia Jamie Maclaren Mohun Bagan 10
3 Nigeria Effiong Nsungusi Punjab 7
4 Serbia Dejan Dražić Goa 6
5 Spain Alfred Planas Inter Kashi 5
Serbia Matija Babović SC Delhi
7 Spain Dani Ramírez Punjab 4
India Ryan Williams Bengaluru
Spain Víctor Bertomeu Kerala Blasters
India Edmund Lalrindika East Bengal
Argentina Braian Sánchez Bengaluru
India Lallianzuala Chhangte Mumbai City

Top assists

Rank Player Team Assists
1 Brazil Miguel Figueira East Bengal 5
2 India Liston Colaco Mohun Bagan 4
India Ebindas Yesudasan Kerala Blasters
India Lalremtluanga Fanai Bengaluru
5 Argentina Franchu Kerala Blasters 3
Spain Alberto Noguera Chennayin
India Subhasish Bose Mohun Bagan
Serbia Dejan Dražić Goa
India Vishnu PV East Bengal
Bosnia and Herzegovina Samir Zeljković Punjab
Australia Dimitri Petratos Mohun Bagan
India Bipin Singh East Bengal
India Lalthathanga Khawlhring Odisha
India K Lalrinfela Odisha

Clean sheets

Rank Player Team Clean sheets
1 India Hrithik Tiwari Goa 6
India Phurba Lachenpa Mumbai City
India Vishal Kaith Mohun Bagan
India Albino Gomes Jamshedpur
India Prabhsukhan Singh Gill East Bengal
India Gurpreet Singh Sandhu Bengaluru
7 India Nora Fernandes SC Delhi 4
India Arshdeep Singh Punjab
9 India Shubham Dhas Inter Kashi 3
India Mohammad Nawaz Chennaiyin

Discipline

Player

  • Most yellow cards: 6
  • Most red cards: 1
    • 18 players

Club

  • Most yellow cards: 39
    • NorthEast United
  • Most red cards: 3
    • Punjab

Awards

Award Winner Team Ref.
Golden Ball Brazil Miguel Figueira East Bengal [49]
Golden Boot Spain Youssef Ezzejjari
Golden Glove India Hrithik Tiwari Goa

Attendance

As of 21 May 2026

Regular season

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Mohun Bagan 229,801 62,201 12,222 25,533 −28.6%†
2 Bengaluru 92,235 21,714 9,614 15,373 +29.9%†
3 East Bengal 130,408 22,899 233 14,490 −21.4%†
4 Kerala Blasters 70,853 16,243 2,863 7,873 −50.5%†
5 Jamshedpur 69,591 12,789 4,341 7,732 −45.9%†
6 Delhi 44,517 10,087 3,523 7,420 +389.1%ǂ
7 Inter Kashi 8,327 8,112 215 4,164 +502.6%†
8 NorthEast United 32,358 7,473 1,739 4,045 −61.6%†
9 Chennaiyin 21,956 6,389 2,623 3,659 −48.5%†
10 Mumbai City 16,850 3,911 2,190 3,370 −9.7%†
11 Goa 18,680 5,160 1,577 3,113 −69.8%†
12 Punjab 19,257 3,897 2,534 3,210 +6.7%†
13 Odisha 8,690 3,218 156 1,738 −77.3%†
14 Mohammedan 4,927 4,240 340 1,642 −59.9%†
League total 768,450 62,201 156 8,634 −22.1%†

Source:
Notes:
†Inter Kashi played in the I-League in the 2024–25 season.
ǂSC Delhi played in the 2024–25 season as Hyderabad FC.

By home matches

Team \ Home Game 123456789Total
Mohun Bagan29,11022,76530,04719,72726,99712,22220,00462,20126,732229,801
East Bengal18,63620,38622,89912,85313,37911,21313,244233[a]17,565130,408
Bengaluru12,34713,6239,61420,21421,71414,723N/a92,235
Kerala Blasters16,2437,5866,4352,8633,6213,2137,5489,82713,51770,853
Jamshedpur4,3417,2307,85612,78910,2366,3395,6998,0327,06969,591
Delhi6,7328,1537,7618,2613,52310,087N/a44,517
NorthEast United7,4736,3793,5643,8473,2213,3421,7392,793N/a32,358
Chennaiyin6,3892,9662,9472,6232,8944,137N/a21,956
Punjab3,8973,2162,9062,7372,5343,96719,257
Goa1,5775,1602,5322,2374,8202,35418,680
Mumbai City3,4263,9112,1903,6743,649N/a16,850
Odisha2,4213,2182,678217[a]156[a]8,690
Inter KashiN/A[b]N/A[b]2158,112N/a8,327
Mohammedan4,240340347N/a4,927
  1. 1 2 3 The matches were played in Goa
  2. 1 2 The matches were played behind closed doors

Legend:   Highest   Lowest

See also

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