2017–18 Indian Super League

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.
Teams
Stadiums and locations
Expansion
On 11 May 2017, it was announced by the Indian Super League organizers, Football Sports Development, 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
Head coaching changes
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.
Regular season
Results
Playoffs
Bracket
Semi-finals
Final
Season statistics
Scoring
Top scorers
Top Indian scorers
Hat-tricks
Assists
Cleansheets
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
Awards
Source: Indian Super League website
Hero of the Match
Emerging Player of the Match
Fans' Player of the Month
Fans' Team of the Season
End-of-season awards
See also
2017–18 ATK season
2017–18 Bengaluru FC season
2017–18 Chennaiyin FC season
2017–18 Delhi Dynamos FC season
2017–18 FC Goa season
2017–18 FC Pune City season
2017–18 Jamshedpur FC season
2017–18 Kerala Blasters FC season
2017–18 Mumbai City FC season
2017–18 NorthEast United FC season
References
External links
Official website
Indian Super League seasons
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