ISL 2023-24: Fixtures, Standings & more | September

Published at :September 21, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Modified at :September 21, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Kerala Blasters face Bengaluru FC in the opening game of the ISL season.

The 2023-24 Indian Super League (ISL) season will be the 10th season of India’s top flight football league.

Having been inaugurated back in 2014, the ISL has had an illustrious 10 years so far, and with the quality of the league improving with each passing season, fans can once again be sure of a cracking campaign of intense and highly entertaining footballing drama.

The 2023-24 season will feature 12 teams, with Punjab FC being the latest entrants, after earning promotion from the I-League last season.

With the inaugural game of the season due on the 21st of September, let’s take a look at everything you need to know about the latest edition of the ISL.

Teams

Mohun Bagan Super Giant

Format

The format of the ISL is going to be the same as last season. Every team in the league is going to compete against every other team twice throughout the season in a home and away format. Once all teams have played their 20 league stage fixtures, we head into the knockouts.

In the knockouts, the team placed third and sixth in the final league table, will play against each other in a one off knockout game. Similarly, the fourth and fifth placed teams will also play against each other.

The winner of the knockouts will then take on the top two teams in the league table, in a two-legged semi-final fixture. The winner of the semi-finals will then face in off the final of the Indian Super League.

The teams will be ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria will be applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:

Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
Goal difference in all group matches;
Goals scored in all group matches;
Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they are playing each other in the last round of the group;
Disciplinary points (yellow card = −1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = −3 points, direct red card = −3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = −4 points);
Drawing of lots.

Venues

Sree Kanteerava Stadium (Bengaluru FC)

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Chennai (Chennaiyin FC)

Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan (East Bengal and Mohun Bagan Super Giant)

Fatorda Stadium (FC Goa)

Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium (NorthEast United FC)

GMC Balayogi Athletic Stadium (Hyderabad FC)

JRD Tata Sports Complex (Jamshedpur FC)

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Kochi (Kerala Blasters FC)

Mumbai Football Arena (Mumbai City FC)

Kalinga Stadium (Odisha FC)

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Delhi (Punjab FC)

Fixtures until 30th September

Date	Home Team	Away Team	Time (IST)	Venue
Thu, Sept 21, 2023	Kerala Blasters FC	Bengaluru FC	8:00 PM	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi
Fri, Sept 22, 2023	Hyderabad FC	FC Goa	8:00 PM	G.M.C Balayogi Athletic Stadium. Hyderabad
Sat, Sept 23, 2023	Odisha FC	Chennaiyin FC	5:30 PM	Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneshwar
Sat, Sept 23, 2023	Mohun Bagan Super Giant	Punjab FC	8:00 PM	Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata
Sun, Sept 24, 2023	NorthEast United FC	Mumbai City FC	8:00 PM	Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati
Mon, Sept 25, 2023	East Bengal FC	Jamshedpur FC	8:00 PM	Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata
Wed, Sept 27, 2023	Mohun Bagan Super Giant	Bengaluru FC	8:00 PM	Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata
Thu, Sept 28, 2023	Odisha FC	Mumbai City FC	8:00 PM	Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneshwar
Fri, Sept 29, 2023	NorthEast United FC	Chennaiyin FC	8:00 PM	Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati
Sat, Sept 30, 2023	East Bengal FC	Hyderabad FC	8:00 PM	Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata