# 2017–18 Indian Super League

The 2017–18 Indian Super League season was the fourth season of the Indian Super League, one of the top Indian professional football leagues. It was established in 2013. The regular season started on 17 November 2017 and ended on 4 March 2018, The finals began on 7 March 2018, concluding with the final on 17 March 2018. ATK were the defending champions from the 2016 season, however they could not advance to the playoffs. Chennaiyin won their second Indian Super League title by defeating Bengaluru 3–2 in the final.
Two new sides joined the league as expansion teams: Bengaluru and Jamshedpur. The two new clubs are the ninth and tenth teams in the league. This made it the first edition of the ISL in which there are more than eight teams participating. As well as expanding two teams, the league also expanded two more months, being played in five months instead of three. Away goal rule is introduced in semifinals stage in this season.

## Teams
### Stadiums and locations

| Team | City/State | Stadium | Capacity |
| ATK | Kolkata, West Bengal | Salt Lake Stadium | 68,012 |
| Bengaluru | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Sree Kanteerava Stadium | 25,810 |
| Chennaiyin | Chennai, Tamil Nadu | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | 19,691 |
| Delhi Dynamos | Delhi | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | 32,000 |
| Goa | Margao, Goa | Fatorda Stadium | 18,600 |
| Jamshedpur | Jamshedpur, Jharkhand | JRD Tata Sports Complex | 24,424 |
| Kerala Blasters | Kochi, Kerala | Kaloor Stadium | 38,086 |
| Mumbai City | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Mumbai Football Arena | 9,300 |
| NorthEast United | Guwahati, Assam | Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium | 23,627 |
| Pune City | Pune, Maharashtra | Balewadi Stadium | 10,237 |

#### Expansion

On 11 May 2017, it was announced by the Indian Super League organizers that they would be inviting bids for new teams to join the league for the upcoming season. The bids would be for ten cities, namely Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Cuttack, Durgapur, Hyderabad, Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Ranchi, Siliguri and Thiruvananthapuram. It was also clarified that if Kolkata were to win at least one bid for a team, the new "Kolkata" side would have to play away from the city for two seasons.
On 25 May 2017, it was announced that bidding for new teams had ended and that the league's appointed external validator would look over the bids. It was also announced that Bengaluru, the two-time champion of the I-League, India's top-tier professional football league, had submitted a bid. Two weeks later, on 12 June, it was officially announced that Bengaluru (for Bangalore) and Tata Group (for Jamshedpur) had won the bids for the new teams.

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | Head coach | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| ATK | Robbie Keane (Player Manager) | Nivia | CESC Limited |
| Bengaluru | Albert Roca | Puma | JSW |
| Chennaiyin | John Gregory | Performax | Apollo Tyres |
| Delhi Dynamos | Miguel Ángel Portugal | T10 Sports | Kent RO Systems |
| Goa | Sergio Lobera | None | Deltin |
| Jamshedpur | Steve Coppell | Nivia | Tata |
| Kerala Blasters | David James | Admiral | Muthoot Pappachan |
| Mumbai City | Alexandre Guimarães | T10 Sports | Ace Group |
| NorthEast United | Avram Grant | Performax | McDowell's No. 1 |
| Pune City | Ranko Popović | Adidas | Suzuki Gixxer |

### Head coaching changes

| Team | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming coach | Date of appointment |
| Goa | Zico | Contract finished | 18 December 2016 | Pre-season | Sergio Lobera | 6 June 2017 |
| Delhi Dynamos | Gianluca Zambrotta | Mutual consent | 14 June 2017 | Pre-season | Miguel Ángel Portugal | 29 June 2017 |
| Chennaiyin | Marco Materazzi | Mutual consent | 6 March 2017 | Pre-season | John Gregory | 3 July 2017 |
| Jamshedpur | Expansion club | Expansion club | Expansion club | Pre-season | Steve Coppell | 14 July 2017 |
| Kerala Blasters | Steve Coppell | Mutual consent | 12 July 2017 | Pre-season | René Meulensteen | 14 July 2017 |
| ATK | José Francisco Molina | Mutual consent | 18 December 2016 | Pre-season | Teddy Sheringham | 14 July 2017 |
| NorthEast United | Nelo Vingada | Mutual consent | 15 May 2017 | Pre-season | João de Deus | 17 July 2017 |
| Pune City | Antonio López Habas | Mutual consent | 15 September 2017 | Pre-season | Ranko Popović | 25 September 2017 |
| Kerala Blasters | René Meulensteen | Sacked | 3 January 2018 | 8th | David James | 3 January 2018 |
| NorthEast United | João de Deus | Sacked | 3 January 2018 | 9th | Avram Grant | 12 January 2018 |
| ATK | Teddy Sheringham | Sacked | 24 January 2018 | 8th | Ashley Westwood (Interim) | 24 January 2018 |
| ATK | Ashley Westwood | Resignation | 2 March 2018 | 9th | Robbie Keane (Player Manager) | 3 March 2018 |

### Roster changes
## Overseas players

Unlike during the first three seasons of the Indian Super League, the 2017–18 season saw the maximum number of foreign players per team reduced to eight from 11. Also unlike the previous three seasons, the maximum number of foreigners allowed on the pitch at the same time was reduced to five from six.
| ATK (8) | Bengaluru (8) | Chennaiyin (8) | Delhi Dynamos (8) | Goa (8) |
| Robbie Keane Zequinha Conor Thomas Jordi Figueras Tom Thorpe Ryan Taylor Martin Paterson Sibongakonke Mbatha | John Johnson Juanan Erik Paartalu Dimas Toni Dovale Miku Daniel Segovia Víctor Pérez | Iñigo Calderón Raphael Augusto Rene Mihelič Jaime Gavilán Jude Nworuh Gregory Nelson Henrique Sereno Maílson Alves | Paulinho Dias Matías Mirabaje Gabriel Cichero Kalu Uche Manuel Arana Edu Moya Jeroen Lumu Xabi Irureta | Bruno Pinheiro Hugo Boumous Coro Ahmed Jahouh Chechi Manuel Lanzarote Edu Bedia Mark Sifneos |
| Jamshedpur (8) | Kerala Blasters (8) | Mumbai City (8) | NorthEast United (8) | Pune City (8) |
| Tiri Sameehg Doutie Memo Kervens Belfort Andre Bikey Matheus Gonçalves Izu Azuka Wellington Priori | Iain Hume Courage Pekuson Nemanja Lakić-Pešić Wes Brown Paul Rachubka Dimitar Berbatov Guðjón Baldvinsson Pulga | Lucian Goian Gerson Vieira Éverton Santos Rafa Jordà Léo Costa Márcio Rosário Achille Emaná Thiago Santos | Marcinho José Gonçalves Sambinha Martín Díaz Danilo Hélio Pinto Maic Sema John Mosquera | Emiliano Alfaro Marcos Tébar Marcelinho Rafa Jonatan Lucca Diego Carlos Marko Stanković Lolo |

## Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bengaluru | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 16 | +19 | 40 | Qualification for ISL play-offs |
| 2 | Chennaiyin (C) | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 19 | +5 | 32 | Qualification for ISL play-offs |
| 3 | Goa | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 42 | 28 | +14 | 30 | Qualification for ISL play-offs |
| 4 | Pune City | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 21 | +9 | 30 | Qualification for ISL play-offs |
| 5 | Jamshedpur | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 26 | |
| 6 | Kerala Blasters | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 22 | −2 | 25 | |
| 7 | Mumbai City | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 29 | −4 | 23 | |
| 8 | Delhi Dynamos | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 19 | |
| 9 | ATK | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 30 | −14 | 16 | |
| 10 | NorthEast United | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 27 | −15 | 11 | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | KOL | BEN | CHE | DEL | GOA | JAM | KER | MUM | NEU | PUN |
| ATK | — | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 |
| Bengaluru | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Chennaiyin | 3–2 | 1–3 | — | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Delhi Dynamos | 4–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–5 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| Goa | 5–1 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| Jamshedpur | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | — | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Kerala Blasters | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Mumbai City | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | 3–2 | 0–2 |
| NorthEast United | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 0–1 |
| Pune City | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | — |

## Playoffs
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Bengaluru | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Pune City | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Pune City | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Bengaluru | 2 |
| | | | | | 2 | Chennaiyin | 3 |
| 2 | Chennaiyin | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | Chennaiyin | 3 |
| 3 | Goa | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | |

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Pune City | 1–3 | Bengaluru | 0–0 | 1–3 |
| Goa | 1–4 | Chennaiyin | 1–1 | 0–3 |

### Final
## Season statistics
### Scoring
#### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Coro | Goa | Bengaluru | 4–3 (H) | 30 November 2017 |
| Coro | Goa | Kerala Blasters | 5–2 (H) | 9 December 2017 |
| Marcelinho | Pune City | NorthEast United | 5–0 (H) | 30 December 2017 |
| Iain Hume | Kerala Blasters | Delhi Dynamos | 3–1 (A) | 10 January 2018 |
| Seiminlen Doungel | NorthEast United | Chennaiyin | 3–1 (H) | 19 January 2018 |
| Sunil Chhetri | Bengaluru | Pune City | 3–1 (H) | 11 March 2018 |

### Assists

| Rank | Player | Club | Assists | Ref |
| 1 | Udanta Singh | Bengaluru | 7 | |

### Cleansheets

| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Subrata Pal | Jamshedpur | 7 |
| 1 | Gurpreet Singh Sandhu | Bengaluru | 7 |
| 1 | Karanjit Singh | Chennaiyin | 7 |
| 1 | Vishal Kaith | Pune City | 7 |
| 5 | Paul Rachubka | Kerala Blasters | 5 |
| 6 | Debjit Majumder | ATK | 4 |
| 7 | Rehenesh TP | NorthEast United | 2 |
| 7 | Amrinder Singh | Mumbai City | 2 |
| 7 | Naveen Kumar | Goa | 2 |
| Source: ||||

### Discipline

* Most yellow cards (club): 47
** Chennaiyin
* Most red cards (club): 4
** Delhi Dynamos
* Most yellow cards (player): 9
** Dhanpal Ganesh (Chennaiyin)
* Most red cards (player): 2
** Pratik Chowdhary (Delhi Dynamos)

## Average home attendances

| Team | GP | Cumulative | High | Low | Mean |
| Kerala Blasters | 9 | 285,870 | 37,986 | 16,796 | 31,763 |
| Jamshedpur | 9 | 192,367 | 24,212 | 8,178 | 21,374 |
| Bengaluru | 11 | 209,584 | 25,753 | 12,564 | 19,053 |
| Goa | 10 | 176,038 | 18,600 | 16,221 | 17,604 |
| Chennaiyin | 10 | 155,377 | 19,013 | 12,499 | 15,538 |
| ATK | 9 | 114,021 | 32,816 | 3,165 | 12,669 |
| Pune City | 10 | 87,111 | 9,968 | 6,612 | 8,711 |
| NorthEast United | 8 | 65,736 | 21,151 | 1,121 | 8,217 |
| Delhi Dynamos | 8 | 55,086 | 11,453 | 2,332 | 6,886 |
| Mumbai City | 9 | 58,039 | 8,597 | 4,222 | 6,449 |
| Total | 93 | 1,399,409 | 37,986 | 1,121 | 15,047 |
| Source: ||||||

## Awards

* Source: Indian Super League website

### Hero of the Match

| Match | Hero of the Match | Hero of the Match | Match | Hero of the Match | Hero of the Match | Match | Hero of the Match | Hero of the Match |
| Match | Player | Club | Match | Player | Club | Match | Player | Club |
| Match 1 | Nemanja Lakić-Pešić | Kerala Blasters | Match 33 | Jeje Lalpekhlua | Chennaiyin | Match 65 | Dimas Delgado | Bengaluru |
| Match 2 | Marcinho | NorthEast United | Match 34 | Éverton Santos | Mumbai City | Match 66 | Adil Khan | Pune City |
| Match 3 | Manuel Lanzarote | Goa | Match 35 | Marcelinho | Pune City | Match 67 | Ryan Taylor | ATK |
| Match 4 | Sunil Chhetri | Bengaluru | Match 36 | Sunil Chhetri | Bengaluru | Match 68 | Dimas Delgado | Bengaluru |
| Match 5 | Lallianzuala Chhangte | Delhi Dynamos | Match 37 | Edu Bedia | Goa | Match 69 | Wellington Priori | Jamshedpur |
| Match 6 | Raphael Augusto | Chennaiyin | Match 38 | Mark Sifneos | Kerala Blasters | Match 70 | Marcos Tébar | Pune City |
| Match 7 | Mehtab Hossain | Jamshedpur | Match 39 | Izu Azuka | Jamshedpur | Match 71 | Maílson Alves | Chennaiyin |
| Match 8 | Éverton Santos | Mumbai City | Match 40 | Marcinho | Northeast United | Match 72 | Kalu Uche | Delhi Dynamos |
| Match 9 | Marcelinho | Pune City | Match 41 | Jeje Lalpekhlua | Chennaiyin | Match 73 | Maílson Alves | Chennaiyin |
| Match 10 | Erik Paartalu | Bengaluru | Match 42 | Juanan | Bengaluru | Match 74 | Miku | Bengaluru |
| Match 11 | Gerson Vieira | Mumbai City | Match 43 | Iain Hume | Kerala Blasters | Match 75 | Wes Brown | Kerala Blasters |
| Match 12 | Coro | Goa | Match 44 | Bruno Pinheiro | Goa | Match 76 | Wellington Priori | Jamshedpur |
| Match 13 | Memo | Jamshedpur | Match 45 | Zequinha | ATK | Match 77 | Márcio Rosário | Mumbai City |
| Match 14 | Halicharan Narzary | NorthEast United | Match 46 | Maílson Alves | Chennaiyin | Match 78 | Kalu Uche | Delhi Dynamos |
| Match 15 | Jerry Lalrinzuala | Chennaiyin | Match 47 | Lallianzuala Chhangte | Delhi Dynamos | Match 79 | Éverton Santos | Mumbai City |
| Match 16 | Balwant Singh | Mumbai City | Match 48 | Iain Hume | Kerala Blasters | Match 80 | Karanjit Singh | Chennaiyin |
| Match 17 | André Bikey | Jamshedpur | Match 49 | Memo | Jamshedpur | Match 81 | Kalu Uche | Delhi Dynamos |
| Match 18 | Jeje Lalpekhlua | Chennaiyin | Match 50 | Sunil Chhetri | Bengaluru | Match 82 | Coro | Goa |
| Match 19 | Miku | Bengaluru | Match 51 | Seiminlen Doungel | NorthEast United | Match 83 | Gurpreet Singh Sandhu | Bengaluru |
| Match 20 | Coro | Goa | Match 52 | Diego Carlos | Pune City | Match 84 | Matías Mirabaje | Delhi Dynamos |
| Match 21 | Marcos Tébar | Pune City | Match 53 | Wellington Priori | Jamshedpur | Match 85 | Manuel Lanzarote | Goa |
| Match 22 | Achille Emaná | Mumbai City | Match 54 | Edu Bedia | Goa | Match 86 | Miku | Bengaluru |
| Match 23 | Miku | Bengaluru | Match 55 | Emiliano Alfaro | Pune City | Match 87 | Kalu Uche | Delhi Dynamos |
| Match 24 | Wes Brown | Kerala Blasters | Match 56 | Anirudh Thapa | Chennaiyin | Match 88 | Jaime Gavilán | Chennaiyin |
| Match 25 | Arana | Goa | Match 57 | Juanan | Bengaluru | Match 89 | Coro | Goa |
| Match 26 | Maílson Alves | Chennaiyin | Match 58 | Deependra Singh Negi | Kerala Blasters | Match 90 | Robbie Keane | ATK |
| Match 27 | Zequinha | ATK | Match 59 | Thiago Santos | Mumbai City | Match 91 (SF) | Marko Stanković | Pune City |
| Match 28 | Gerson Vieira | Mumbai City | Match 60 | Matheus Gonçalves | Jamshedpur | Match 92 (SF) | Gregory Nelson | Chennaiyin |
| Match 29 | Miku | Bengaluru | Match 61 | Subrata Pal | Jamshedpur | Match 93 (SF) | Sunil Chhetri | Bengaluru |
| Match 30 | Karanjit Singh | Chennaiyin | Match 62 | Marcelinho | Pune City | Match 94 (SF) | Maílson Alves | Chennaiyin |
| Match 31 | Adil Khan | Pune City | Match 63 | Gurpreet Singh Sandhu | Bengaluru | Match 95 (F) | Maílson Alves | Chennaiyin |
| Match 32 | Robbie Keane | ATK | Match 64 | Coro | Goa | | | |

### Emerging Player of the Match

| Match | Emerging Player of the Match | Emerging Player of the Match | Match | Emerging Player of the Match | Emerging Player of the Match | Match | Emerging Player of the Match | Emerging Player of the Match |
| Match | Player | Club | Match | Player | Club | Match | Player | Club |
| Match 1 | Hitesh Sharma | ATK | Match 33 | Jerry Mawihmingthanga | Jamshedpur | Match 65 | Jerry Lalrinzuala | Chennaiyin |
| Match 2 | Hakku Nediyodath | NorthEast United | Match 34 | Nanda Kumar | Delhi Dynamos | Match 66 | Seminlen Doungel | NorthEast United |
| Match 3 | Jerry Lalrinzuala | Chennaiyin | Match 35 | Ashique Kuruniyan | Pune City | Match 67 | Bipin Singh | ATK |
| Match 4 | Abhinas Ruidas | Mumbai City | Match 36 | Lalruatthara | Kerala Blasters | Match 68 | Nishu Kumar | Bengaluru |
| Match 5 | Sarthak Golui | Pune City | Match 37 | Brandon Fernandes | Goa | Match 69 | Seminlen Doungel | NorthEast United |
| Match 6 | Jerry Lalrinzuala | Chennaiyin | Match 38 | Ashique Kuruniyan | Pune City | Match 70 | Sahil Panwar | Pune City |
| Match 7 | Lalruatthara | Kerala Blasters | Match 39 | Jerry Mawihmingthanga | Jamshedpur | Match 71 | Lallianzuala Chhangte | Delhi Dynamos |
| Match 8 | Abhinas Ruidas | Mumbai City | Match 40 | Seminlen Doungel | NorthEast United | Match 72 | Seiminlen Doungel | NorthEast United |
| Match 9 | Bipin Singh | ATK | Match 41 | Nanda Kumar | Delhi Dynamos | Match 73 | Jerry Lalrinzuala | Chennaiyin |
| Match 10 | Vinit Rai | Delhi Dynamos | Match 42 | Subhasish Bose | Bengaluru | Match 74 | Sarthak Golui | Pune City |
| Match 11 | Kamaljit Singh | Pune City | Match 43 | Lallianzuala Chhangte | Delhi Dynamos | Match 75 | Gursimrat Singh | NorthEast United |
| Match 12 | Mohamed Ali | Goa | Match 44 | Brandon Fernandes | Goa | Match 76 | Farukh Choudhary | Jamshedpur |
| Match 13 | Jerry Mawihmingthanga | Jamshedpur | Match 45 | Prabir Das | ATK | Match 77 | Bipin Singh | ATK |
| Match 14 | Lallianzuala Chhangte | Delhi Dynamos | Match 46 | Ashique Kuruniyan | Pune City | Match 78 | Mohammad Sajid Dhot | Delhi Dynamos |
| Match 15 | Dhanpal Ganesh | Chennaiyin | Match 47 | Nanda Kumar | Delhi Dynamos | Match 79 | Gursimrat Singh | NorthEast United |
| Match 16 | Davinder Singh | Mumbai City | Match 48 | Lalruatthara | Kerala Blasters | Match 80 | Lalruatthara | Kerala Blasters |
| Match 17 | Albino Gomes | Delhi Dynamos | Match 49 | Jerry Mawihmingthanga | Jamshedpur | Match 81 | Lallianzuala Chhangte | Delhi Dynamos |
| Match 18 | Bipin Singh | ATK | Match 50 | Udanta Singh | Bengaluru | Match 82 | Mohamed Ali | Goa |
| Match 19 | Lalthuammawia Ralte | Bengaluru | Match 51 | Anirudh Thapa | Chennaiyin | Match 83 | Subhasish Bose | Bengaluru |
| Match 20 | Brandon Fernandes | Goa | Match 52 | Sahil Panwar | Pune City | Match 84 | Nanda Kumar | Delhi Dynamos |
| Match 21 | Souvik Chakrabarti | Jamshedpur | Match 53 | Nanda Kumar | Delhi Dynamos | Match 85 | Seriton Fernandes | Goa |
| Match 22 | Jerry Lalrinzuala | Chennaiyin | Match 54 | Brandon Fernandes | Goa | Match 86 | Nishu Kumar | Bengaluru |
| Match 23 | Isaac Vanmalsawma | Pune City | Match 55 | Farukh Choudhary | Jamshedpur | Match 87 | Isaac Vanmalsawma | Pune City |
| Match 24 | Lalruatthara | Kerala Blasters | Match 56 | Jerry Lalrinzuala | Chennaiyin | Match 88 | Germanpreet Singh | Chennaiyin |
| Match 25 | Narayan Das | Goa | Match 57 | Seiminlen Doungel | NorthEast United | Match 89 | Chinglensana Singh | Goa |
| Match 26 | Nishu Kumar | Bengaluru | Match 58 | Munmun Lugun | Delhi Dynamos | Match 90 | Halicharan Narzary | NorthEast United |
| Match 27 | Debjit Majumder | ATK | Match 59 | Brandon Fernandes | Goa | Match 91 (SF) | Vishal Kaith | Pune City |
| Match 28 | Davinder Singh | Mumbai City | Match 60 | Jerry Mawihmingthanga | Jamshedpur | Match 92 (SF) | Anirudh Thapa | Chennaiyin |
| Match 29 | Subhasish Bose | Bengaluru | Match 61 | Farukh Choudhary | Jamshedpur | Match 93 (SF) | Isaac Vanmalsawma | Pune City |
| Match 30 | Lalruatthara | Kerala Blasters | Match 62 | Lalruatthara | Kerala Blasters | Match 94 (SF) | Jerry Lalrinzuala | Chennaiyin |
| Match 31 | Vishal Kaith | Pune City | Match 63 | Subhasish Bose | Bengaluru | Match 95 (F) | Jerry Lalrinzuala | Chennaiyin |
| Match 32 | Hitesh Sharma | ATK | Match 64 | Seiminlen Doungel | NorthEast United | | | |

### Fans' Player of the Month

| Month | Player of the Month | Player of the Month | Reference |
| Month | Player | Club | Reference |
| November | Paul Rachubka | Kerala Blasters | |
| December | Jeje Lalpekhlua | Chennaiyin | |
| January | Iain Hume | Kerala Blasters | |
| February | Maílson Alves | Chennaiyin | |

### Fans' Team of the Season

| Position | Player | Club |
| GK | Gurpreet Singh Sandhu | Bengaluru |
| DF | Sandesh Jhingan | Kerala Blasters |
| DF | Lucian Goian | Mumbai City |
| DF | Lalruatthara | Kerala Blasters |
| DF | Tiri | Jamshedpur |
| MF | Manuel Lanzarote | Goa |
| MF | Raphael Augusto | Chennaiyin |
| MF | Wellington Priori | Jamshedpur |
| FW | Coro | Goa |
| FW | Sunil Chhetri | Bengaluru |
| FW | Miku | Bengaluru |

### End-of-season awards

| Award | Player | Club |
| Hero of the League | Sunil Chhetri | Bengaluru |
| Emerging Player of the League | Lalruatthara | Kerala Blasters |
| Golden Glove | Subrata Pal | Jamshedpur |
| Winning Pass Award | Udanta Singh | Bengaluru |
| Golden Boot | Coro | Goa |
| Fittest Player of the League | Iñigo Calderón | Chennaiyin |
| Best Pitch of the Season | Delhi Dynamos | Delhi Dynamos |