2019–20 Indian Super League season


The 2019–20 Indian Super League season was the sixth season of the Indian Super League, one of the top Indian professional football leagues. It was established in 2013. The regular season began on 20 October 2019 and concluded on 14 March 2020.
Hyderabad replaced the disbanded Pune City, whereas Delhi Dynamos moved to Bhubaneswar and rebranded as Odisha.
Bengaluru were the defending champions, who won their maiden Indian Super League title by defeating Goa 1–0 in the final. However, Bengaluru could not reach the final of this season having lost to ATK with 3–2 aggregate in the two-legged semi-finals. At the same time, Chennaiyin reached their third ISL final after defeating FC Goa with a 6–5 aggregate in the two-legged semi-finals. Eventually on 14 March 2020, ATK won the title by a 3–1 victory over Chennaiyin, became first club to have won three ISL title.
On 29 November 2019, the AFC association ranking confirmed India's group stage spot in the 2021 AFC Champions League. As premiers of the regular season, FC Goa eventually took that spot.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

Head coaching changes

Roster changes

Foreign players

The number of foreign players allowed in the squad is maximum seven and a minimum of six. However, the maximum number of foreign players allowed on the pitch is five.
TeamPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6Player 7
ATK David Williams Roy Krishna Edu García Javi Hernández Mandi Víctor Mongil John Johnson
Bengaluru Erik Paartalu Kevaughn Frater Deshorn Brown Dimas Delgado Juanan Nili Perdomo Albert Serrán
Chennaiyin Masih Saighani Rafael Crivellaro Eli Sabiá Nerijus Valskis André Schembri Dragoș Firțulescu Lucian Goian
Goa Hugo Boumous Ahmed Jahouh Mourtada Fall Edu Bedia Ferrán Corominas Carlos Peña
Hyderabad Marko Stanković Bobô Marcelinho Pereira Matthew Kilgallon Giles Barnes Rafael Gómez Néstor Gordillo
Jamshedpur Memo Noé Acosta Sergio Castel David Grande Aitor Monroy Piti Tiri
Kerala Blasters Raphaël Messi Bouli Vlatko Drobarov Gianni Zuiverloon Bartholomew Ogbeche Moustapha Gning Mario Arqués Sergio Cidoncha
Mumbai City Diego Carlos Mato Grgić Sèrge Kevyn Paulo Machado Modou Sougou Amine Chermiti Mohamed Larbi
NorthEast United José David Leudo Mislav Komorski Andy Keogh Kai Heerings Simon Lundevall Martín Cháves Federico Gallego
Odisha Martín Pérez Guedes Diawandou Diagne Carlos Delgado Francisco Dorronsoro Xisco Hernández Manuel Onwu Marcos Tébar

Regular season

League table


Results

Playoffs

Bracket

Semi-finals

Final

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Top Indian scorers

Hat-tricks

No.PlayerForAgainstGoalsResultDateRef
1 Bartholomew OgbecheKerala BlastersChennaiyin33–61 February 2020
2 Roy KrishnaATKOdisha33–18 February 2020
3 Manuel OnwuOdishaKerala Blasters34–423 February 2020

Top assists

Cleansheets

Discipline

Player

Awards

Hero of the Match

ISL Emerging Player of the Match

Season awards