ISL 2017-18

Last Modified Apr 29, 2019 10:34 GMT

The Indian Super League (ISL) is a professional football league in India. It is a men’s competition, which began in October 2013. The league gained popularity very quickly after it’s inception and is one of the top leagues in the country.

The 2017-18 Season

The 2017-18 season of the Hero Indian Super League was the fifth edition of the competition.

The season began on 17 November 2017 and lasted till 17 March 2018. Two new teams were added to the league for the season, namely Bengaluru Football Club and Jamshedpur Football Club.

The matches took place only on Wednesday and Sunday, unlike the previous season where the matches were played on a daily basis.

Tournament Format

Each team plays each other twice in the season and the top four teams qualified for the playoffs.

The top four teams in the 2017-18 season were Bengaluru FC, Chennaiyin FC, FC Goa and FC Pune City

Bengaluru beat Pune CIty 3-1 on aggregate in the first semifinal, to make the final in their very first appearance in the competition.

In the other semifinal, Chennaiyin FC ran out 4-1 winners on aggregate, to make it an all-South Indian final.

Winners

The finals was played between Bengaluru and Chennaiyin FC at Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore. Chennaiyin beat Bengaluru 3-2, to be crowned Champions of the ISL for the second time.

Bengaluru took an early lead through their captain Sunil Chhetri, but Mailson Alves’s brace and Raphael Augusto’s second-half goal put Chennaiyin in command, and even a late goal from Miku could not arouse a Bengaluru comeback.

League Table

PositionTeamMatches WinsDrawsLossesGoals ForGoals AgainstGoal DifferencePoints
1Bengaluru18131435161940
2Chennaiyin (C)189542419532
3Goa1893642281430
4Pune City189363021930
5Jamshedpur187561618-226
6Kerala Blasters186752022-225
7Mumbai City187292529-423
8Delhi Dynamos185492737-1019
9ATK1844101630-1416
10NorthEast United1832131227-1511

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