2021–22 Indian Super League Explained

Pixels:220
Competition:Indian Super League
Season:2021–22
Dates:19 November 2021 – 20 March 2022
Winners:Hyderabad
1st ISL Cup title
1st Indian title
Shieldtitle:League Shield Winners
Shield:Jamshedpur
1st ISL Shield title
Continentalcup1:AFC Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Mumbai City
Continentalcup2:AFC Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Odisha FC
ATK Mohun Bagan
Matches:115
Total Goals:354
League Topscorer:Bartholomew Ogbeche
(18 goals)
Best Goalkeeper:Prabhsukhan Singh Gill
(7 clean sheets)
Biggest Home Win:
(28 December 2021)
Biggest Away Win:
(31 January 2022)

(9 February 2022)
Highest Scoring:
(30 November 2021)
Longest Wins:7 matches
Jamshedpur
Longest Unbeaten:15 matches
ATK Mohun Bagan
Longest Winless:11 matches
East Bengal
Longest Losses:3 matches
Bengaluru
East Bengal
Goa
North East United
Chennaiyin
Prevseason:2020–21
Nextseason:2022–23

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:

Teams

Stadiums and locations

ClubState/RegionCityHost VenueCapacity
ATK Mohun BaganWest BengalKolkataFatorda Stadium
Mumbai CityMaharashtraMumbai
NorthEast UnitedAssamGuwahati
BengaluruKarnatakaBengaluruGMC Athletic Stadium
GoaGoaMargao
HyderabadTelanganaHyderabad
JamshedpurJharkhandJamshedpur
ChennaiyinTamil NaduChennaiTilak Maidan Stadium
East BengalWest BengalKolkata
Kerala BlastersKeralaKochi
OdishaOdishaBhubaneswar

Personnel and sponsorship

scope=colTeamscope=colHead coachscope=colCaptain(s)scope=col class=unsortableKit Manufacturerscope=col class=unsortableMain Sponsor
scope=row style="text-align: left;ATK Mohun Bagan [10] Nivia[11] [12] SBOTOP[13]
scope=row style="text-align: left;Bengaluru Marco Pezzaiuoli[14] Puma[15] JSW[16]
scope=row style="text-align: left;Chennaiyin Syed Sabir Pasha (interim) Anirudh ThapaNivia[17] Apollo Tyres[18]
scope=row style="text-align: left;East Bengal Mario Rivera[19] Reyaur[20] Shree Cement[21]
scope=row style="text-align: left;Goa Derrick Pereira[22] Reyaur[23] 1xNews[24]
scope=row style="text-align: left;Hyderabad [25] Hummel[26] DafaNews[27]
scope=row style="text-align: left;Jamshedpur [28] Nivia[29] Tata Steel[30]
scope=row style="text-align: left;Kerala Blasters Ivan Vukomanović[31] SIX5SIX[32] BYJU'S[33]
scope=row style="text-align: left;Mumbai City Des Buckingham[34] Mourtada FallPuma[35] Expo 2020[36]
scope=row style="text-align: left;NorthEast United [37] SIX5SIX[38] Amrit Cement[39]
scope=row style="text-align: left;Odisha Kino García[40] (interim)Hummel[41] Odisha Tourism[42]

Head coaching changes

scope=colTeamscope=colOutgoing coachscope=colManner of departurescope=colDate of vacancyscope=colPosition in tablescope=colIncoming coachscope=colDate of appointmentscope=col class=unsortable
scope=row style="text-align: left;Bengaluru End of interim periodPre-season Marco Pezzaiuoli12 February 2021[43]
scope=row style="text-align: left;Kerala Blasters Ishfaq AhmedEnd of interim period26 February 2021 Ivan Vukomanović17 June 2021
Chennaiyin End of contract10 April 2021 Božidar Bandović10 July 2021[44]
Odisha End of interim period27 February 2021 20 July 2021[45]
East BengalMutual Consent8 September 2021 Manolo Díaz8 September 2021[46]
Mumbai City Sergio LoberaEnd of contract8 October 20218 October 2021
ATK Mohun Bagan Antonio Lopez HabasResigned17 December 20216th 20 December 2021[47]
Goa Resigned20 December 20218th Derrick Pereira21 December 2021
East Bengal Manolo DíazResigned28 December 202111th Mario Rivera1 January 2022[48]
Odisha Sacked14 January 20229th Kino García14 January 2022[49]
Chennaiyin Božidar BandovićSacked11 February 20228th Syed Sabir Pasha11 February 2022[50]

Roster changes

See main article: List of 2021–22 Indian Super League transfers.

Foreign players

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

scope=col style="width:150px;"Clubscope=col style="width:150px;"Player 1scope=col style="width:150px;"Player 2scope=col style="width:150px;"Player 3scope=col style="width:150px;"Player 4scope=col style="width:150px;"Player 5scope=col style="width:150px;"AFC Playerscope=col style="width:150px;"Former Player(s)
scope=row style="text-align: left;ATK Mohun Bagan Joni Kauko David Williams
scope=row style="text-align: left;Bengaluru Bruno Ramires Cleiton Silva Yaya Banana Iman Basafa Musavu-King
scope=row style="text-align: left;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
scope=row style="text-align: left;Goa Airam Cabrera Edu Bedia
scope=row style="text-align: left;Hyderabad Khassa Camara Bartholomew Ogbeche Edu García
scope=row style="text-align: left;Jamshedpur Alex Lima Eli Sabiá Daniel Chima Greg Stewart Jordan Murray Nerijus Valskis
scope=row style="text-align: left;Kerala Blasters Jorge Pereyra Díaz Marko Lešković
scope=row style="text-align: left;Mumbai City Cássio Gabriel Diego Mauricio Igor Angulo Bradden Inman Ygor Catatau
scope=row style="text-align: left;NorthEast United Marcelinho Patrick Flottmann
Mathias Coureur
scope=row style="text-align: left;Odisha Jonathas de Jesus Aridai Cabrera Héctor Rodas Javi Hernández Liridon Krasniqi

Regular season

League table

Results by match

The table lists the results of the teams after each match.

Playoffs

See main article: 2021–22 Indian Super League playoffs.

Final

See main article: 2022 Indian Super League Final.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals[51]
1 Bartholomew OgbecheHyderabad18
2 Igor AnguloMumbai City10
Greg StewartJamshedpur
4 Cleiton SilvaBengaluru9
Daniel Chima ChukwuJamshedpur
6 Jorge OrtizGoa8
Jonathas de JesusOdisha
Jorge Pereyra DíazKerala Blasters
Liston ColacoATK Mohun Bagan
Álvaro VázquezKerala Blasters

Top Indian scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1Liston ColacoATK Mohun Bagan8
2Bipin SinghMumbai City6
Sahal Abdul SamadKerala Blasters
Manvir SinghATK Mohun Bagan
5Laldanmawia RalteNorthEast United4
Ritwik DasJamshedpur
V. P. SuhairNorthEast United
Sunil ChhetriBengaluru
9Kiyan NassiriATK Mohun Bagan3
Vikram Pratap SinghMumbai City
Ishan PanditaJamshedpur
Danish Farooq BhatBengaluru
Udanta SinghBengaluru
Jerry MawihmingthangaOdisha

Hat-tricks

See main article: List of Indian Super League hat-tricks.

PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
Greg StewartJamshedpurOdisha4–0 (A)[52]
Deshorn BrownNorthEast UnitedMumbai City3–3 (H)[53]
Bartholomew OgbecheHyderabadEast Bengal4–0 (A)[54]
Kiyan NassiriATK Mohun BaganEast Bengal3–1 (H)[55]
Jorge OrtizGoaChennaiyin5–0 (A)[56]
Airam CabreraGoaKerala Blasters4–4 (H)[57]

Clean Sheets

RankPlayerClubCleansheets[58]
1 Prabhsukhan Singh GillKerala Blasters7
2 Rehenesh TPJamshedpur6
Amrinder SinghATK Mohun Bagan
4 Mohammad NawazMumbai City5
5 Gurpreet Singh SandhuBengaluru3
Laxmikant KattimaniHyderabad

Discipline

Player

Club

Awards

Season awards

AwardWinnerClub
Hero of the League Greg StewartJamshedpur
Golden Boot Bartholomew OgbecheHyderabad
Golden Glove Prabhsukhan Singh GillKerala Blasters
Emerging Player of the League Naorem Roshan SinghBengaluru
Source:[63]

Hero of the Match

MatchHero of the MatchMatchHero of the MatchMatchHero of the Match
PlayerClubPlayerClubPlayerClub
Match 1 Hugo BoumousATK Mohun BaganMatch 40 Iván GonzálezGoaMatch 78 Víctor MongilOdisha
Match 2 Udanta SinghBengaluruMatch 41 Greg StewartJamshedpurMatch 79 Darren SidoelEast Bengal
Match 3 Antonio PeroševićEast BengalMatch 42 Deshorn BrownNorthEast UnitedMatch 80 TiriATK Mohun Bagan
Match 4 Igor AnguloMumbai CityMatch 43 Bartholomew OgbecheHyderabadMatch 81 Álvaro VázquezKerala Blasters
Match 5 Vladimir KomanChennaiyinMatch 44 Liston ColacoATK Mohun BaganMatch 82 Bruno RamiresBengaluru
Match 6 Javi HernándezOdishaMatch 45 Naorem Roshan SinghBengaluruMatch 83 Lallianzuala ChhangteMumbai City
Match 7 Hernan SantanaNorthEast UnitedMatch 46 Jorge OrtizGoaMatch 84 Javi HernándezOdisha
Match 8 Nerijus ValskisJamshedpurMatch 47 Mohammad Sajid DhotChennaiyinMatch 85 Liston ColacoATK Mohun Bagan
Match 9 Joni KaukoATK Mohun BaganMatch 48 Jerry MawihmingthangaOdishaMatch 86 Jorge OrtizGoa
Match 10 HyderabadMatch 49 Adil KhanEast BengalMatch 87 Greg StewartJamshedpur
Match 11 Harmanjot KhabraKerala BlastersMatch 50 Asish RaiHyderabadMatch 88 Hyderabad
Match 12 Lallianzuala ChhangteChennaiyinMatch 51 Ishan PanditaJamshedpurMatch 89 Joni KaukoATK Mohun Bagan
Match 13 Héctor RodasOdishaMatch 52 Sourav DasEast BengalMatch 90 Bipin SinghMumbai City
Match 14 Vikram Pratap SinghMumbai CityMatch 53 Thoiba Singh MoirangthemOdishaMatch 91 Lalthathanga KhawlhringKerala Blasters
Match 15 Greg StewartJamshedpurMatch 54 Anwar AliGoaMatch 92 Manvir SinghATK Mohun Bagan
Match 16 Hira MondalEast BengalMatch 55 Álvaro VázquezKerala BlastersMatch 93 Rahim AliChennaiyin
Match 17 Hernan SantanaNorthEast UnitedMatch 56 Naorem Roshan SinghBengaluruMatch 94 Joe ZoherlianaNorthEast United
Match 18 Lalengmawia RalteMumbai CityMatch 57 Greg StewartJamshedpurMatch 95 Bartholomew OgbecheHyderabad
Match 19 Adrián LunaKerala BlastersMatch 58 Harmanjot KhabraKerala BlastersMatch 96 Mobashir RahmanJamshedpur
Match 20 Jitendra SinghJamshedpurMatch 59 Debjit MajumderChennaiyinMatch 97 Danish Farooq BhatBengaluru
Match 21 Alberto NogueraGoaMatch 60 Jorge OrtizGoaMatch 98 Bipin SinghMumbai City
Match 22 Souvik ChakrabartiHyderabadMatch 61 Sandesh JhinganATK Mohun BaganMatch 99 JuananHyderabad
Match 23 Cássio GabrielMumbai CityMatch 62 Lalthathanga KhawlhringKerala BlastersMatch 100 Sebastian ThangmuansangOdisha
Match 24 Jonathas de JesusOdishaMatch 63 AlexJamshedpurMatch 101 Ricky LallawmawmaJamshedpur
Match 25 Anirudh ThapaChennaiyinMatch 64 Aridai CabreraOdishaMatch 102 Sanjeev StalinKerala Blasters
Match 26 Devendra MurgaonkarGoaMatch 65 Naorem Mahesh SinghEast BengalMatch 103 Mehtab SinghMumbai City
Match 27 Adrián LunaKerala BlastersMatch 66 Adrián LunaKerala BlastersMatch 104 Joe ZoherlianaNorthEast United
Match 28 Asish RaiHyderabadMatch 67 Greg StewartJamshedpurMatch 105 TiriATK Mohun Bagan
Match 29 Greg StewartJamshedpurMatch 68 Slavko DamjanovićChennaiyinMatch 106 Daniel Chima ChukwuJamshedpur
Match 30 Rahul BhekeMumbai CityMatch 69 GoaMatch 107 Lara SharmaBengaluru
Match 31 Subhasish BoseATK Mohun BaganMatch 70 Bartholomew OgbecheHyderabadMatch 108 Souvik ChakrabartiHyderabad
Match 32 Khassa CamaraNorthEast UnitedMatch 71 Cássio GabrielMumbai CityMatch 109 Airam CabreraGoa
Match 33 Slavko DamjanovićChennaiyinMatch 72 Udanta SinghBengaluruMatch 110Jamshedpur
Match 34 Airam CabreraGoaMatch 73 Akash MishraHyderabadMatch 111 (SF) Ruivah HormipamKerala Blasters
Match 35 Álvaro VázquezKerala BlastersMatch 74 Rehenesh TPJamshedpurMatch 112 (SF) Bartholomew OgbecheHyderabad
Match 36 Greg StewartJamshedpurMatch 75 Kiyan NassiriATK Mohun BaganMatch 113 (SF) Adrián LunaKerala Blasters
Match 37 Liston ColacoATK Mohun BaganMatch 76 Naorem Roshan SinghBengaluru FCMatch 114 (SF) Laxmikant KattimaniHyderabad
Match 38 Adrián LunaKerala BlastersMatch 77 Bartholomew OgbecheHyderabadMatch 115 (F) Laxmikant KattimaniHyderabad
Match 39 Lalrinliana HnamteEast Bengal
Source:[64]

See also

Notes and References

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