2023 Indian Super League playoffs

Main article: 2022–23 Indian Super League

The 2023 Indian Super League playoffs was the ninth playoffs series of the Indian Super League. The playoffs began on 3 March 2023 and concluded with the final on 18 March.

2022–23 Indian Super League playoffs

Tournament details
Country	India
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	ATK Mohun Bagan
Runners-up	Bengaluru
Semifinalists	Mumbai City Hyderabad
Tournament statistics
Matches played	7
Goals scored	9 (1.29 per match)
← 2022 2024 →

The top two teams in regular season, Mumbai City and Hyderabad automatically qualified for the semi-finals. Teams finishing 3rd to 6th featured in a single-leg play-off to determine the other two semi-finalists, with ATK Mohun Bagan and Bengaluru advancing. The semi-finals took place over two legs while the final was a one-off match at the Fatorda Stadium in Margao, with ATK Mohun Bagan beating Bengaluru on penalties. ^[1]

Season table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mumbai City (C)	20	14	4	2	54	21	+33	46	ISL Cup Semi-finals, Playoffs for 2023–24 ACL group stage and 2023–24 ACL group stage[a][b]
2	Hyderabad	20	13	3	4	36	16	+20	42	ISL Cup Semi-finals
3	ATK Mohun Bagan (W)	20	10	4	6	24	17	+7	34[c]	ISL Cup Knockouts, Playoffs for 2023–24 AFC Cup qualifiers[d] and 2023–24 AFC Cup qualifiers[e][f]
4	Bengaluru	20	11	1	8	27	23	+4	34[c]	ISL Cup Knockouts
5	Kerala Blasters	20	10	1	9	28	28	0	31
6	Odisha	20	9	3	8	30	32	−2	30	ISL Cup Knockouts, Playoffs for 2023–24 AFC Cup group stage[g] and 2023–24 AFC Cup group stage[h]
7	Goa	20	8	3	9	36	35	+1	27[i]
8	Chennaiyin	20	7	6	7	36	37	−1	27[i]
9	East Bengal	20	6	1	13	22	38	−16	19[j]
10	Jamshedpur	20	5	4	11	21	32	−11	19[j]
11	NorthEast United	20	1	2	17	20	55	−35	5

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) Champions; (W) ISL Cup winners
Notes:

1. Qualified via winning the Indian club qualifiers for 2023–24 AFC competitions
2. It was announced by AIFF that 2022-23 will be the last season in which the defending Cup Winners will wear the Champions badge. Starting from 2023-24 season it will be the defending League Shield Winners that will wear the Champions badge hereafter.
3. Head-to-head points: ATK Mohun Bagan 3, Bengaluru 3. Head-to-head goal difference: ATK Mohun Bagan 0, Bengaluru 0. Head-to-head goal scored: ATK Mohun Bagan 4, Bengaluru 4. Goal difference: ATK Mohun Bagan +7, Bengaluru +4.
4. Qualified via winning the 2022–23 Indian Super League playoffs
5. Qualified via winning the Indian club qualifiers for 2023–24 AFC competitions
6. It was announced by AIFF that 2022-23 will be the last season in which the reigning Cup Winners will wear the Champions badge. Starting from 2023-24 season it will be the reigning League Shield Winners that will wear the Champions badge thereafter.
7. Qualified via winning the 2023 Super Cup
8. Qualified via winning the Indian club qualifiers for 2023–24 AFC competitions
9. Head-to-head points: Goa 3, Chennaiyin 3. Head-to-head goal difference: Goa +1, Chennaiyin -1.
10. Head-to-head points: East Bengal 3, Jamshedpur 3. Head-to-head goal difference: East Bengal +1, Jamshedpur -1.

Teams

• Mumbai City
• Hyderabad
• Bengaluru
• ATK Mohun Bagan
• Kerala Blasters
• Odisha

Bracket

	Knockout					Semifinals							Finals
						1	Mumbai City	0	2	2 (8)
	4	Bengaluru (a.e.t.)	1			4	Bengaluru (p)	1	1	2 (9)
	5	Kerala Blasters	0										4	Bengaluru	2 (3)
													3	ATK Mohun Bagan (p)	2 (4)
						2	Hyderabad	0	0	0 (3)
	3	ATK Mohun Bagan	2			3	ATK Mohun Bagan (p)	0	0	0 (4)
	6	Odisha	0

Knockout

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Bengaluru	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Kerala Blasters
ATK Mohun Bagan	2–0	Odisha

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mumbai City	2–2 (8–9 p)	Bengaluru	0–1	2–1 (a.e.t.)
Hyderabad	0–0 (4–3 p)	ATK Mohun Bagan	0–0	0–0 (a.e.t.)

Knockout

3 March 2023

19:30 IST

Bengaluru	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Kerala Blasters
Chhetri 96'	Report

Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru

Attendance: 20,301

Referee: Crystal John

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4 March 2023

19:30 IST

ATK Mohun Bagan	2–0	Odisha
Boumous 36' D. Petratos 58'	Report

Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata

Attendance: 35,256

Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta

Semi-finals

7 March 2023

19:30 IST

Mumbai City	0–1	Bengaluru
	Report	Chhetri 79'

Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai

Attendance: 6,124

Referee: R Venkatesh

12 March 2023

19:30 IST

Bengaluru	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Mumbai City
Javi H. 22'	Report	Bipin 31' Mehtab 66'
Penalties
Javi H. Krishna Alan Costa Chhetri Pérez Prabir Rohit Suresh Jhingan	9–8	Stewart Pereyra Díaz LZ Chhangte F. A. H. Jahouh Rahul Vikram M. Fall Vinit R Mehtab

Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru

Attendance: 21,901

Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta

2–2 on aggregate. Bengaluru won 9–8 on penalties.

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9 March 2023

19:30 IST

Hyderabad	0–0	ATK Mohun Bagan
	Report

G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium, Hyderabad

Attendance: 12,926

Referee: Harish Kundu

13 March 2023

19:30 IST

ATK Mohun Bagan	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Hyderabad
	Report
Penalties
D. Petratos F. Gallego Manvir Hamill Pritam	4–3	João MJT Siverio Ogbeche Danu Reagan

Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata

Attendance: 52,507

Referee: Coimbatore Ramaswamy Srikrishna

0–0 on aggregate. ATK Mohun Bagan won 4–3 on penalties.

Final

Main article: 2023 Indian Super League Final

18 March 2023

19:30 IST

ATK Mohun Bagan	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Bengaluru
D. Petratos 14' (pen.), 85' (pen.)	Report	Chhetri 45+4' (pen.) Krishna 78'
Penalties
D. Petratos Liston Kiyan Manvir	4–3	Alan Costa Krishna B. Ramires Chhetri Pérez

Fatorda Stadium, Margao

Attendance: 11,879

Referee: Harish Kundu

Controversy

See also: South Indian Derby § Bengaluru FC v Kerala Blasters FC

The first knockout match of the playoffs between Bengaluru and Kerala Blasters had a controversial ending. Kerala Blasters players were called off the pitch by head coach Ivan Vukomanović in protest after a controversial free-kick goal was awarded to Bengaluru in the seventh minute of extra time, scored by Sunil Chhetri. Kerala Blasters forfeited the match in disagreement with the decision and a win was awarded to Bengaluru.^[2][3]