ISL 2023-24: Fixtures, format and more | November

The electrifying Southern Derby between Kerala Blasters and Chennaiyin FC will take place this month

After an action packed first full month of the 2023-24 Indian Super League (ISL), we enter into another round of exciting and mouth watering list of fixtures in November, which guarantees more drama, more goals and more footballing fever. 

With the narratives starting to take shape in ISL, things are getting intense, and every match has a script of its own. Each point is worth the fight, and a slip up is unconditional. 

The teams on the upper half of the table would want to continue their success; to succor and stultify their opponents, and widen their gap in the safe spots. Whereas the present bottom feeders will try and resurrect from their misery before it’s too late. 

With the stakes higher than ever, we enter into the cold and misty month of November, ready to dive into a glamouring array of grappling footballing action.

So without further ado, let’s take a deeper look into all the action coming up in the month of November.

Teams

Mohun Bagan Super Giant

Mumbai City FC

NorthEast United FC

Kerala Blasters

Odisha FC

East Bengal FC

FC Goa

Chennaiyin FC

Punjab FC

Hyderabad FC

Bengaluru FC

Jamshedpur FC

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 onto 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 off in 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:

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. If more than two teams were 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;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they are playing each other in the last round of the group;
8. 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);
9. Drawing of lots.

Venues

Sree Kanteerava Stadium (Bengaluru FC)

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennaiyin FC)

Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan (East Bengal and Mohun Bagan SuperGiants )

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 for November

November 1, Wednesday	Jamshedpur FC vs Mohun Bagan	8:00 PM	Jamshedpur	6
November 2, Thursday	Mumbai City FC vs Punjab FC	8:00 PM	Mumbai	6
November 3, Friday	Odisha FC vs NorthEast United FC	8:00 PM	Bhubaneswar	6
November 4, Saturday	Hyderabad FC vs Bengaluru FC	5:30 PM	Hyderabad	6
November 4, Saturday	East Bengal vs Kerala Blasters	8:00 PM	Kolkata	6
November 5, Sunday	Chennaiyin FC vs FC Goa	8:00 PM	Chennai	6
November 7, Tuesday	Punjab FC vs Hyderabad FC	8:00 PM	Delhi	6
November 25, Saturday	Chennaiyin FC vs East Bengal	5:30 PM	Chennai	7
November 25, Saturday	Kerala Blasters vs Hyderabad FC	8:00 PM	Kochi	7
November 26, Sunday	NorthEast United FC vs Bengaluru FC	8:00 PM	Guwahati	7
November 27, Monday	FC Goa vs Jamshedpur FC	8:00 PM	Goa	7
November 29, Wednesday	Kerala Blasters vs Chennaiyin FC	8:00 PM	Kochi	8
November 30, Thursday	Bengaluru FC vs Punjab FC	8:00 PM	Bengaluru	8

Notable fixtures for November

• The Southern Derby – Kerala Blasters will welcome their arch rivals Chennaiyin FC in an electric and feisty Southern Derby on the 29th of November
• A meeting of old rivals – Bengaluru will take a trip to Guwahati on the 26th, in what is to be an exciting clash between two famous rivals.

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