2020 ISL Cup final

The 2020 Indian Super League Cup final was the final match of the 2020 ISL Cup playoffs, the sixth playoffs season of the Indian Super League. It was played between Chennayin FC and ATK, on 14 March 2020 at the Fatorda Stadium, Goa.^[2] It was played to determine the winner of the 2019–20 season of the Indian Super League.

2020 ISL Cup final

Event	2019–20 Indian Super League
ATK Chennaiyin 3 1
Date	14 March 2020
Venue	Fatorda Stadium, Margao, Goa
Man of the Match	Arindam Bhattacharya (ATK)
Referee	Kasimov Sharzod
Attendance	0[note 1]
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Owing to COVID-19 pandemic in India the final was played behind closed doors.^[1]

Two times Cup Winners ATK won the final after beating Chennayin by 3–1.

Background

Prior to this cup final both the finalists ATK and Chennayin won the trophy twice (the maximum ever won by any Indian Super League side). ATK won in 2014 and 2016 both against Kerala Blasters whereas Chennayin won in 2015 against Goa (in the same stadium where the final match of this season was played) and in 2018 against Bengaluru FC. Also both the teams reached the final previously for twice, hence they were going to appear for their 3rd final which also meant that this final was going to decide the 3rd for either of these teams.

Match

14 March 2020

19:30 IST

Atlético de Kolkata	3–1	Chennaiyin
Javi Hernández 10', 90+3' Edu Garcia 48'	Report	Valskis 69'

Fatorda Stadium, Margao

Attendance: 0

Referee: Kasimov Sharzod (Uzbekistan)

Atlético de Kolkata

Chennaiyin FC[citation needed]

GK 29 Arindam Bhattacharya CB 20 Pritam Kotal CB 4 John Johnson CB 2 Sumit Rathi LB 33 Prabir Das AM 10 Edu García CM 25 Michael Regin  59'  67' CM 19 Javi Hernández  90+3' LW 23 Michael Soosairaj ST 9 David Williams ST 21 Roy Krishna  40' Substitutes: GK 1 Dheeraj Singh FW 3 Mandi  51'  40'  84' FW 15 Balwant Singh MF 16 Jayesh Rane DM 17 Pronay Halder  67' DF 18 Víctor Mongil  84' FW 25 Jobby Justin Manager: Antonio López

GK 31 Vishal Kaith LB 18 Jerry Lalrinzuala CB 6 Lucian Goian CB 13 Eli Sabiá  88' RB 26 Laldinliana Renthlei CM 15 Anirudh Thapa DM 28 Germanpreet Singh  5'  22' LW 7 Lallianzuala Chhangte MF 50 Rafael Crivellaro FW 27 André Schembri  76' ST 9 Nerijus Valskis Substitutes: GK 1 Karanjit Singh CDM 5 Masih Saighani DM 8 Edwin Sydney Vanspaul  22' LM 10 Dragoș Firțulescu  76' MF 11 Thoi Singh CB 22 Deepak Tangri FW 24 Rahim Ali Manager: Owen Coyle

Man of the Match: Javi Hernández (ATK) Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. nine named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions.

Aftermath

This victory meant ATK became the Indian Super League Cup Winners for the 3rd time which made them the most successful team in the tournament's history. At the same time this defeat meant Chennayin lost the final for the 1st time.

Notes

1. The final was played behind closed doors due to a COVID-19 pandemic in India.^[1]