2021–22 Indian Super League

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]

Indian Super League

League announcement poster
Season	2021–22
Dates	19 November 2021 – 20 March 2022
Champions	Jamshedpur 1st ISL Shield title
ISL Cup Winners	Hyderabad 1st ISL Cup title
AFC Champions League	Mumbai City
AFC Cup	Odisha Mohun Bagan
Matches played	115
Goals scored	354 (3.08 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bartholomew Ogbeche (18 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Prabhsukhan Singh Gill (7 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	Hyderabad 6–1 Odisha (28 December 2021)
Biggest away win	NorthEast United 0–5 Hyderabad (31 January 2022) Chennaiyin 0–5 Goa (9 February 2022)
Highest scoring	Odisha FC 6–4 East Bengal FC (30 November 2021)
Longest winning run	7 matches Jamshedpur
Longest unbeaten run	15 matches Mohun Bagan
Longest winless run	11 matches East Bengal FC
Longest losing run	3 matches Bengaluru East Bengal FC Goa North East United Chennaiyin
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

Jamshedpur won the League Winners' Shield and Hyderabad won the cup 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:

• A club can now sign maximum of six and minimum of four foreigners including at least one player who hails from an AFC affiliated nation.
• Four foreigners can play on the field at any instant of a match.
• A decrease in foreign player numbers from 5 to 4 mandates the clubs to have a minimum of seven 7 Indian players on the field at any time.
• A club also has the option to sign a foreign marquee player within the League-approved classifications.
• Clubs to increase their development player signing from a minimum of 2 to 4 while continuing to have 2 of such development players be part of the match-day squad.
• A club can have a maximum squad strength of 35 players, with at least three registered goalkeepers. A club can also have an injury replacement for an Indian player (outside the max. 35 registered players).
• The squad salary cap remains at ₹16.5 crore (equivalent to ₹19 crore or US$2.2 million in 2023) for season 2021–22.^[9]

Teams

Bengaluru

Chennaiyin

Goa

Jamshedpur

Mumbai City

Hyderabad

NorthEast United

Odisha

Kerala Blasters

Kolkata

Kolkata teams
Mohun Bagan Super Giant
East Bengal FC

Locations of the Indian Super League teams

Stadiums and locations

Tilak Maidan Stadium

Fatorda Stadium

GMC Athletic Stadium

Locations of the stadiums in Goa

Club	State/Region	City	Host Venue	Capacity
Mohun Bagan Super Giant	West Bengal	Kolkata	Fatorda Stadium	19,000
Mumbai City	Maharashtra	Mumbai
NorthEast United	Assam	Guwahati
Bengaluru	Karnataka	Bengaluru	GMC Athletic Stadium	3,000
Goa	Goa	Margao
Hyderabad	Telangana	Hyderabad
Jamshedpur	Jharkhand	Jamshedpur
Chennaiyin	Tamil Nadu	Chennai	Tilak Maidan Stadium	5,000
East Bengal FC	West Bengal	Kolkata
Kerala Blasters	Kerala	Kochi
Odisha	Odisha	Bhubaneswar

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain(s)	Kit Manufacturer	Main Sponsor
Mohun Bagan Super Giant	Juan Ferrando [10]	Roy Krishna Pritam Kotal Subashish Bose	Nivia[11][12]	SBOTOP[13]
Bengaluru	Marco Pezzaiuoli[14]	Sunil Chhetri Gurpreet Singh Sandhu	Puma[15]	JSW[16]
Chennaiyin	Syed Sabir Pasha (interim)	Anirudh Thapa	Nivia[17]	Apollo Tyres[18]
East Bengal	Mario Rivera[19]		Reyaur[20]	Shree Cement[21]
Goa	Derrick Pereira[22]	Edu Bedia Iván Gonzalez Brandon Fernandes Seriton Fernandes	Reyaur[23]	1xNews[24]
Hyderabad	Manuel Roca[25]	Joao Victor Laxmikant Kattimani Bartholomew Ogbeche	Hummel[26]	DafaNews[27]
Jamshedpur	Owen Coyle[28]	Peter Hartley	Nivia[29]	Tata Steel[30]
Kerala Blasters	Ivan Vukomanović[31]	Adrian Luna	SIX5SIX[32]	BYJU'S[33]
Mumbai City	Des Buckingham[34]	Mourtada Fall	Puma[35]	Expo 2020[36]
NorthEast United	Khalid Jamil[37]	Subhasish Roy Chowdhury Hernan Santana	SIX5SIX[38]	Amrit Cement[39]
Odisha	Kino García[40] (interim)	Hector Rodas Victor Mongil	Hummel[41]	Odisha Tourism[42]

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Ref.
Bengaluru	Naushad Moosa	End of interim period		Pre-season	Marco Pezzaiuoli	12 February 2021	[43]
Kerala Blasters	Ishfaq Ahmed	End of interim period	26 February 2021		Ivan Vukomanović	17 June 2021	[31]
Chennaiyin	Csaba László	End of contract	10 April 2021		Božidar Bandović	10 July 2021	[44]
Odisha	Steven Dias	End of interim period	27 February 2021		Kiko Ramírez	20 July 2021	[45]
East Bengal	Robbie Fowler	Mutual Consent	8 September 2021		Manolo Díaz	8 September 2021	[46]
Mumbai City	Sergio Lobera	End of contract	8 October 2021		Des Buckingham	8 October 2021	[34]
Mohun Bagan Super Giant	Antonio Lopez Habas	Resigned	17 December 2021	6th	Juan Ferrando	20 December 2021	[47]
Goa	Juan Ferrando	Resigned	20 December 2021	8th	Derrick Pereira	21 December 2021
East Bengal	Manolo Díaz	Resigned	28 December 2021	11th	Mario Rivera	1 January 2022	[48]
Odisha	Kiko Ramírez	Sacked	14 January 2022	9th	Kino García	14 January 2022	[49]
Chennaiyin	Božidar Bandović	Sacked	11 February 2022	8th	Syed Sabir Pasha	11 February 2022	[50]

Roster changes

Main article: List of 2021–22 Indian Super League transfers

Foreign players

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

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	AFC Player	Former Player(s)
Mohun Bagan Super Giant	Roy Krishna	Joni Kauko	Hugo Boumous	Carl McHugh	Tiri	David Williams
Bengaluru	Alan Costa	Bruno Ramires	Cleiton Silva	Yaya Banana	Prince Ibara	Iman Basafa	Musavu-King
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
Goa	Airam Cabrera	Alberto Noguera	Edu Bedia	Iván González	Jorge Ortiz	Dylan Fox
Hyderabad	João Victor	Khassa Camara	Bartholomew Ogbeche	Javier Siverio	Juanan	Joel Chianese	Edu García
Jamshedpur	Alex Lima	Eli Sabiá	Peter Hartley	Daniel Chima	Greg Stewart	Jordan Murray	Nerijus Valskis
Kerala Blasters	Jorge Pereyra Díaz	Enes Sipović	Marko Lešković	Álvaro Vázquez	Adrián Luna	Chencho Gyeltshen
Mumbai City	Cássio Gabriel	Diego Mauricio	Ahmed Jahouh	Mourtada Fall	Igor Angulo	Bradden Inman	Ygor Catatau
NorthEast United	Marco Sahanek	Marcelinho	Zakaria Diallo	Deshorn Brown	Hernán Santana	Patrick Flottmann	Federico Gallego Mathias Coureur Khassa Camara
Odisha	Jonathas de Jesus	Aridai Cabrera	Héctor Rodas	Javi Hernández	Víctor Mongil	Liridon Krasniqi

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Jamshedpur (L)	20	13	4	3	42	21	+21	43	Qualification to ISL playoffs and Playoffs for 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage
2	Hyderabad[a] (C)	20	11	5	4	43	23	+20	38	Qualification to ISL playoffs and Playoffs for 2023–24 AFC Cup qualifying playoffs
3	ATK Mohun Bagan	20	10	7	3	37	26	+11	37	Qualification to ISL playoffs
4	Kerala Blasters	20	9	7	4	34	24	+10	34
5	Mumbai City	20	9	4	7	36	31	+5	31
6	Bengaluru	20	8	5	7	32	27	+5	29
7	Odisha	20	6	5	9	31	43	−12	23
8	Chennaiyin	20	5	5	10	17	35	−18	20
9	Goa	20	4	7	9	29	35	−6	19
10	NorthEast United	20	3	5	12	25	43	−18	14
11	East Bengal	20	1	8	11	18	36	−18	11

Source: Indian Super League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) fair play ranking; 8) drawing of lots
(C) ISL Cup winners; (L) League Winners' Shield Winners
Notes:

1. Hyderabad qualified for Playoffs for 2023–24 AFC Cup qualifying playoffs by winning the ISL playoffs

Results

Home \ Away	MSG	BEN	CHE	EAB	GOA	HYD	JAM	KER	MCI	NEU	OFC
Mohun Bagan Super Giant	—	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–1	2–2	0–1	4–2	1–5	3–1	0–0
Bengaluru	3–3	—	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–3	4–2	2–1
Chennaiyin	0–1	2–4	—	0–0	0–5	1–1	1–4	0–3	0–1	2–1	2–1
East Bengal FC	0–3	0–1	2–2	—	3–4	0–4	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–2
Goa	0–2	2–1	1–0	1–2	—	1–1	1–3	4–4	0–2	1–1	1–1
Hyderabad	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	3–2	—	0–3	2–1	2–1	5–1	6–1
Jamshedpur	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	—	3–0	3–2	3–2	5–1
Kerala Blasters	2–2	0–1	3–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	—	3–1	2–1	2–1
Mumbai City	1–1	0–3	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–3	4–2	0–3	—	1–1	4–1
NorthEast United	2–3	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	0–5	2–3	0–0	3–3	—	0–2
Odisha	1–1	3–1	2–2	6–4	1–1	2–3	0–4	0–2	4–2	1–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 6 March 2022. Source: Indian Super League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by match

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

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Mohun Bagan Super Giant	W	W	L	L	D	D	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	L
Bengaluru	W	L	D	L	L	L	D	D	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	W
Chennaiyin	W	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	L
East Bengal	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	L
Goa	L	L	L	W	W	D	D	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	D	W	L	L	L	D
Hyderabad	L	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W
Jamshedpur	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W
Kerala Blasters	L	D	D	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	D
Mumbai City	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	L
Northeast United	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	D
Odisha	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	D	W	L	D	L	D	L

Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2022. Source: Indian Super League
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Playoffs

Main article: 2022 Indian Super League playoffs

Bracket

	Semi-finals							Final
	1	Jamshedpur	0	1	1
	4	Kerala Blasters	1	1	2
								4	Kerala Blasters	1 (1)
								2	Hyderabad (p)	1 (3)
	2	Hyderabad	3	0	3
	3	ATK Mohun Bagan	1	1	2

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Jamshedpur	1–2	Kerala Blasters	0–1	1–1
Hyderabad	3–2	ATK Mohun Bagan	3–1	0–1

Final

Main article: 2022 Indian Super League final

20 March 2022

14:00 GMT/19:30IST

Hyderabad	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Kerala Blasters
Tavora 88'	Report	Rahul KP 68'
Penalties
João MJT Siverio K. Camara Hali	3–1	Lešković Nishu Ayush Jeakson

Fatorda Stadium, Margao, Goa

Attendance: 11,500

Referee: Crystal John

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Bartholomew Ogbeche won his first Indian Super League Golden Boot after scoring 18 goals, a joint-record for an ISL season.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[51]
1	Bartholomew Ogbeche	Hyderabad	18
2	Igor Angulo	Mumbai City	10
	Greg Stewart	Jamshedpur
4	Cleiton Silva	Bengaluru	9
	Daniel Chima Chukwu	Jamshedpur
6	Jorge Ortiz	Goa	8
	Jonathas de Jesus	Odisha
	Jorge Pereyra Díaz	Kerala Blasters
	Liston Colaco	Mohun Bagan Super Giant
	Álvaro Vázquez	Kerala Blasters

Top Indian scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[51]
1	Liston Colaco	Mohun Bagan Super Giant	8
2	Bipin Singh	Mumbai City	6
	Sahal Abdul Samad	Kerala Blasters
	Manvir Singh	Mohun Bagan Super Giant
5	Laldanmawia Ralte	NorthEast United	4
	Ritwik Das	Jamshedpur
	V. P. Suhair	NorthEast United
	Sunil Chhetri	Bengaluru
9	Kiyan Nassiri	Mohun Bagan Super Giant	3
	Vikram Pratap Singh	Mumbai City
	Ishan Pandita	Jamshedpur
	Danish Farooq Bhat	Bengaluru
	Udanta Singh	Bengaluru
	Jerry Mawihmingthanga	Odisha

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Indian Super League hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Greg Stewart	Jamshedpur	Odisha	4–0 (A)	14 December 2021	[52]
Deshorn Brown	NorthEast United	Mumbai City	3–3 (H)	27 December 2021	[53]
Bartholomew Ogbeche	Hyderabad	East Bengal	4–0 (A)	24 January 2022	[54]
Kiyan Nassiri	ATK Mohun Bagan	East Bengal	3–1 (H)	29 January 2022	[55]
Jorge Ortiz	Goa	Chennaiyin	5–0 (A)	9 February 2022	[56]
Airam Cabrera	Goa	Kerala Blasters	4–4 (H)	6 March 2022	[57]

Clean Sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets[58]
1	Prabhsukhan Singh Gill	Kerala Blasters	7
2	Rehenesh TP	Jamshedpur	6
	Amrinder Singh	ATK Mohun Bagan
4	Mohammad Nawaz	Mumbai City	5
5	Gurpreet Singh Sandhu	Bengaluru	3
	Laxmikant Kattimani	Hyderabad

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 7^[59]
  • 6 players

• Most red cards: 1^[60]
  • 12 players

Club

• Most yellow cards: 50^[61]
  • Kerala Blasters

• Most red cards: 3^[62]
  • ATK Mohun Bagan

Awards

Season awards

Award	Winner	Club
Hero of the League	Greg Stewart	Jamshedpur
Golden Boot	Bartholomew Ogbeche	Hyderabad
Golden Glove	Prabhsukhan Singh Gill	Kerala Blasters
Emerging Player of the League	Naorem Roshan Singh	Bengaluru
Source:[63]

Hero of the Match

Match	Hero of the Match		Match	Hero of the Match		Match	Hero of the Match
	Player	Club		Player	Club		Player	Club
Match 1	Hugo Boumous	ATK Mohun Bagan	Match 40	Iván González	Goa	Match 78	Víctor Mongil	Odisha
Match 2	Udanta Singh	Bengaluru	Match 41	Greg Stewart	Jamshedpur	Match 79	Darren Sidoel	East Bengal
Match 3	Antonio Perošević	East Bengal	Match 42	Deshorn Brown	NorthEast United	Match 80	Tiri	ATK Mohun Bagan
Match 4	Igor Angulo	Mumbai City	Match 43	Bartholomew Ogbeche	Hyderabad	Match 81	Álvaro Vázquez	Kerala Blasters
Match 5	Vladimir Koman	Chennaiyin	Match 44	Liston Colaco	ATK Mohun Bagan	Match 82	Bruno Ramires	Bengaluru
Match 6	Javi Hernández	Odisha	Match 45	Naorem Roshan Singh	Bengaluru	Match 83	Lallianzuala Chhangte	Mumbai City
Match 7	Hernan Santana	NorthEast United	Match 46	Jorge Ortiz	Goa	Match 84	Javi Hernández	Odisha
Match 8	Nerijus Valskis	Jamshedpur	Match 47	Mohammad Sajid Dhot	Chennaiyin	Match 85	Liston Colaco	ATK Mohun Bagan
Match 9	Joni Kauko	ATK Mohun Bagan	Match 48	Jerry Mawihmingthanga	Odisha	Match 86	Jorge Ortiz	Goa
Match 10	João Victor	Hyderabad	Match 49	Adil Khan	East Bengal	Match 87	Greg Stewart	Jamshedpur
Match 11	Harmanjot Khabra	Kerala Blasters	Match 50	Asish Rai	Hyderabad	Match 88	João Victor	Hyderabad
Match 12	Lallianzuala Chhangte	Chennaiyin	Match 51	Ishan Pandita	Jamshedpur	Match 89	Joni Kauko	ATK Mohun Bagan
Match 13	Héctor Rodas	Odisha	Match 52	Sourav Das	East Bengal	Match 90	Bipin Singh	Mumbai City
Match 14	Vikram Pratap Singh	Mumbai City	Match 53	Thoiba Singh Moirangthem	Odisha	Match 91	Lalthathanga Khawlhring	Kerala Blasters
Match 15	Greg Stewart	Jamshedpur	Match 54	Anwar Ali	Goa	Match 92	Manvir Singh	ATK Mohun Bagan
Match 16	Hira Mondal	East Bengal	Match 55	Álvaro Vázquez	Kerala Blasters	Match 93	Rahim Ali	Chennaiyin
Match 17	Hernan Santana	NorthEast United	Match 56	Naorem Roshan Singh	Bengaluru	Match 94	Joe Zoherliana	NorthEast United
Match 18	Lalengmawia Ralte	Mumbai City	Match 57	Greg Stewart	Jamshedpur	Match 95	Bartholomew Ogbeche	Hyderabad
Match 19	Adrián Luna	Kerala Blasters	Match 58	Harmanjot Khabra	Kerala Blasters	Match 96	Mobashir Rahman	Jamshedpur
Match 20	Jitendra Singh	Jamshedpur	Match 59	Debjit Majumder	Chennaiyin	Match 97	Danish Farooq Bhat	Bengaluru
Match 21	Alberto Noguera	Goa	Match 60	Jorge Ortiz	Goa	Match 98	Bipin Singh	Mumbai City
Match 22	Souvik Chakrabarti	Hyderabad	Match 61	Sandesh Jhingan	ATK Mohun Bagan	Match 99	Juanan	Hyderabad
Match 23	Cássio Gabriel	Mumbai City	Match 62	Lalthathanga Khawlhring	Kerala Blasters	Match 100	Sebastian Thangmuansang	Odisha
Match 24	Jonathas de Jesus	Odisha	Match 63	Alex	Jamshedpur	Match 101	Ricky Lallawmawma	Jamshedpur
Match 25	Anirudh Thapa	Chennaiyin	Match 64	Aridai Cabrera	Odisha	Match 102	Sanjeev Stalin	Kerala Blasters
Match 26	Devendra Murgaonkar	Goa	Match 65	Naorem Mahesh Singh	East Bengal	Match 103	Mehtab Singh	Mumbai City
Match 27	Adrián Luna	Kerala Blasters	Match 66	Adrián Luna	Kerala Blasters	Match 104	Joe Zoherliana	NorthEast United
Match 28	Asish Rai	Hyderabad	Match 67	Greg Stewart	Jamshedpur	Match 105	Tiri	ATK Mohun Bagan
Match 29	Greg Stewart	Jamshedpur	Match 68	Slavko Damjanović	Chennaiyin	Match 106	Daniel Chima Chukwu	Jamshedpur
Match 30	Rahul Bheke	Mumbai City	Match 69	Dylan Fox	Goa	Match 107	Lara Sharma	Bengaluru
Match 31	Subhasish Bose	ATK Mohun Bagan	Match 70	Bartholomew Ogbeche	Hyderabad	Match 108	Souvik Chakrabarti	Hyderabad
Match 32	Khassa Camara	NorthEast United	Match 71	Cássio Gabriel	Mumbai City	Match 109	Airam Cabrera	Goa
Match 33	Slavko Damjanović	Chennaiyin	Match 72	Udanta Singh	Bengaluru	Match 110	Peter Hartley	Jamshedpur
Match 34	Airam Cabrera	Goa	Match 73	Akash Mishra	Hyderabad	Match 111 (SF)	Ruivah Hormipam	Kerala Blasters
Match 35	Álvaro Vázquez	Kerala Blasters	Match 74	Rehenesh TP	Jamshedpur	Match 112 (SF)	Bartholomew Ogbeche	Hyderabad
Match 36	Greg Stewart	Jamshedpur	Match 75	Kiyan Nassiri	ATK Mohun Bagan	Match 113 (SF)	Adrián Luna	Kerala Blasters
Match 37	Liston Colaco	ATK Mohun Bagan	Match 76	Naorem Roshan Singh	Bengaluru FC	Match 114 (SF)	Laxmikant Kattimani	Hyderabad
Match 38	Adrián Luna	Kerala Blasters	Match 77	Bartholomew Ogbeche	Hyderabad	Match 115 (F)	Laxmikant Kattimani	Hyderabad
Match 39	Lalrinliana Hnamte	East Bengal
Source:[64]

See also

• 2021–22 I-League
• 2021–22 in Indian football
• 2022 AFC Champions League
• 2022 AFC Cup
• 2021 Durand Cup

Notes