Indian Super League: Everything You Need to Know about the 2019/20 Season


Indian Super League: Everything You Need to Know about the 2019/20 Season

One of India’s most co-existing top tier football tournaments, the Indian Super League will kick off their sixth season next month. Commenced with an objective to grow the sport of football in India and strengthen its exposure in the country, ISL was founded six years ago on October 21st, 2013. However, certain changes have been made in this year’s edition of ISL, especially in the participating teams, with Hyderabad FC replacing disbanded FC Pune City, whereas Delhi Dynamos moved to Bhubaneswar and rebranded as Odisha FC. Here we share you the major insights about the upcoming ISL season.

When:  20th October, 2019 at 7.30 pm
Who:  Kerala Blasters FC vs Atletico de Kolkata
Where: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi

Defending Champions: Bengaluru FC (beating FC Goa 1-0 in the final last year)
Duration: 20th Oct 2019 – 8th March 2020

Teams:
Atlético de Kolkata
Bengaluru FC
Chennaiyin FC
FC Goa
Hyderabad FC
Jamshedpur FC
Kerala Blasters FC
Mumbai City FC
NorthEast United FC
Odisha FC.

Major Players Coming in:
Asamoah Gyan (Atletico de Kolkata)
Manuel Onwu (Bengaluru FC)
Diawandou Diagne (Odisha FC)
Roy Krishna (Atletico de Kolkata)
Carl McHugh (Atletico de Kolkata)
Martin Perez Guedes (Odisha FC)

Facts (All Seasons):

Most Goals Scored – Ferran Corominas (34 goals)
Most Saves – Subrata Paul (206 saves)
Passes – Raphael Augusto (3507 passes)
Tackles - Raphael Augusto (285 tackles)

Stadiums:  

Salt Lake Stadium , Kolkata (Atletico de Kolkata)
Balewadi Stadium, Pune (Bengaluru FC)
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai (Chennaiyin FC)
Fatorda Stadium, Margao (FC Goa)
Gachibowli Stadium, Hyderabad (Hyderabad FC)*
JRD Tata Sports Complex, Jamshedpur (Jamshedpur FC)
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi (Kerala Blasters FC)
Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai (Mumbai FC)
Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati (Northeast United FC)
Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar (Odisha FC).

* Gachibowli Stadium is expected to be Hyderabad FC’s home stadium, however no official statement has made yet from the club.

Telecast:
Star – India
MENA  - Abu Dhabi Media Company
Sub-Saharan Africa – Fox
Australia – Fox
Brazil – Turner
Bulgaria – MTEL
Germany/Austria/Switzerland - Perform/DAZN
Turkey - Saran
UK & Ireland - Brit Asia