The 2019–20 Indian Super League season was the sixth season of the
Indian Super League
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, one of the top Indian professional football leagues. The regular season began on 20 October 2019 and concluded on 14 March 2020.
Hyderabad
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replaced the disbanded
Pune City
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, whereas
Delhi Dynamos
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moved to
Bhubaneswar
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and rebranded as
Odisha
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.
Bengaluru
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were the defending champions, having won their maiden
Indian Super League
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title by defeating
Goa
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1–0 in the 2018–19 final. However, both teams were knocked out in the semi-finals, with Bengaluru losing 3–2 on aggregate to
ATK and Goa losing 6–5 on aggregate to
Chennaiyin
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. On 14 March 2020, ATK beat Chennaiyin 3–1 in the final, becoming the first club to win three ISL titles.
On 29 November 2019, the AFC association ranking confirmed India's group stage spot in the
2021 AFC Champions League
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Al-Hilal won their fourth title by def ...
. As winners of the regular season,
FC Goa
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took that spot along with the inaugural League Winners Shield trophy.
Teams
Stadiums and locations
Personnel and sponsorship
Head coaching changes
Roster changes
Foreign players
The number of foreign players allowed in the squad is maximum seven and a minimum of six. However, the maximum number of foreign players allowed on the pitch is five.
Regular season
League table
Results
Playoffs
Bracket
Semi-finals
Final
Season statistics
Scoring
Top scorers
Top Indian scorers
Hat-tricks
:''Result column shows goal tally of player's team first.''
;Notes
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team
Assists
Cleansheets
Discipline
Player
* Most yellow cards: 7
**
Mandi (footballer) (ATK)
**
Germanpreet Singh (Chennaiyin)
**
Vinit Rai (Odisha)
**
Diego Carlos (Mumbai City)
**
Ahmed Jahouh
Ahmed Jahouh ( ar, أحمد جحوح; born 31 July 1988) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Indian Super League club Mumbai City.
Club career
Born in Al Aaroui, Jahouh started his career with Ittiha ...
(Goa)
**
Brandon Fernandes (Goa)
* Most red cards: 1
**
Dimple Bhagat (Hyderabad)
**
Abdul Hakku (Kerala Blasters)
**
Sourav Das (Mumbai City)
**
Jitendra Singh Jitendra Singh may refer to:
* Jitendra Singh (politician, born 1956)
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(Jamshedpur)
**
Tondonba Singh (Chennaiyin)
**
Bikash Jairu
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Career
Jairu hails from Gyalshing, West Sikkim and was spotted during th ...
(Jamshedpur)
**
Souvik Chakrabarti
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Career Mohun Bagan
Chakraborty started playing football at the age of eight at the Yu ...
(Mumbai City)
**
Saviour Gama
Saviour Gama (born 10 May 1997), is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Goa in the Indian Super League.
Club career
Born in Goa, Gama represented FC Goa B. He was a part of the Goa developmental squad in 2017–18 and ...
(Goa)
**
Sahil Panwar (Hyderabad)
**
Sarthak Golui (Mumbai City)
**
José David Leudo (NorthEast United)
**
Seiminlen Doungel
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Career
East Bengal
Born in Saikul, Manipur, Doungel started his career i ...
(Goa)
**
Thoi Singh
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Youth career
Thoi started his career when representing his state Manipur in the Mir Iqbal Hussain Tr ...
(Chennaiyin)
**
Vinit Rai (Odisha)
**
Carlos Delgado
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(Odisha)
**
Farukh Choudhary
Farukh Haji Kasam Choudhary (born 8 November 1996) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Indian Super League club Jamshedpur.
Career
Early career and Lonestar Kashmir
Encouraged by his father to take on football ...
(Jamshedpur)
**
Reagan Singh (NorthEast United)
**
Ahmed Jahouh
Ahmed Jahouh ( ar, أحمد جحوح; born 31 July 1988) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Indian Super League club Mumbai City.
Club career
Born in Al Aaroui, Jahouh started his career with Ittiha ...
(Goa)
**
Nishu Kumar
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Club career Youth career: 2009–2015
Nishu Kumar began his career with Chandigarh Football A ...
(Bengaluru)
**
Eli Sabiá (Chennaiyin)
**
Mourtada Fall
Sérigné Mourtada Fall (born 26 December 1987) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back. He currently played for Indian Super League club Odisha fc.
Career
Regarded as a goalscoring defender, Fall became the highest ...
(Goa)
**
Edwin Sydney Vanspaul
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(Chennaiyin)
Club
* Most yellow cards: 57
** Mumbai City
* Most red cards: 4
** Chennaiyin
Average home attendances
Notes
Awards
Hero of the Match
ISL Emerging Player of the Match
Season awards
See also
*
2019–20 I-League
*
2019–20 in Indian football
Notes
References
External links
*
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