Bengaluru, August 25: The Indian Super League (ISL) announced the fixtures for the fifth season until the mid-season break, with a new look ATK - two-time champions, renewing their seasonal rivalry against Kerala Blasters on Saturday, September 29, at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan (Salt Lake Stadium).
The ISL 2018/19, featuring 12 rounds and 59 games will see last season's runners-up Bengaluru FC host champions Chennaiyin FC on September 30 at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru.
Here we go. 🔴⚪️
— ATK (@WorldATK) August 25, 2018
We begin our @indsuperleague campaign against @KeralaBlasters on 29th September at home.
Mark the dates! #AamarBukeyATK pic.twitter.com/sqpY9ScQmv
The upcoming season will have three breaks, two for FIFA windows (October 8-16 2018/November 12-20 2018), and one, starting from December 17 2018 for the Indian national team's preparatory camp ahead of the AFC Asian Cup in UAE. The fixtures for 2019 will be announced on a later date.
The ISL has also moved away from double headers on weekend this season, while the kick-off for all the matches is 7.30 pm IST instead of 8 pm.
2017-18 semi-finalists @FCPuneCity will travel ✈️ to face @DelhiDynamos followed by a Maha derby 🔥 away from home against @MumbaiCityFC in their opening #HeroISL fixtures this season!
— Indian Super League (@IndSuperLeague) August 25, 2018
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The schedule for the first phase of the ISL will see Bengaluru play 11 games till the middle of December. During the first phase, BFC will play six home games while travelling away five times.
After the opening game against Chennaiyin, Bengaluru will host Jamshedpur FC (Oct 7) before travelling to FC Pune City (Oct 22) post the first FIFA international break. A home game against ATK (Oct 31) a week later will be followed by back-to-back away games against Kerala Blasters (Nov 5) and FC Goa (Nov 22) around the second FIFA International break.
.@GombauJosep will embark on his #HeroISL journey at the Den as his @DelhiDynamos side entertain @FCPuneCity at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium 🏟️ in their season opener! #LetsFootball pic.twitter.com/2CwQHjxgzl
— Indian Super League (@IndSuperLeague) August 25, 2018
Delhi Dynamos (Nov 26) and Pune (Nov 30) will visit the Kanteerava Stadium for successive home games, before the Blues travel to NorthEast United (Dec 5) in the first week of December. After a home game against Mumbai City (Dec 9) and an away clash against ATK (Dec 13), the Blues will go into the mid-season break.
Three of Bengaluru's six home games will be played on Sundays, while the one game each on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
.@FCGoaOfficial begin their #HeroISL 2018-19 campaign on the road with away trips 🧳 to @NEUtdFC and defending champions @ChennaiyinFC! #LetsFootball pic.twitter.com/dReHUeAfpE
— Indian Super League (@IndSuperLeague) August 25, 2018
.@NEUtdFC begin their quest for #HeroISL glory against a team they beat in Guwahati last season - @FCGoaOfficial, before travelling to play @WorldATK 💥
— Indian Super League (@IndSuperLeague) August 25, 2018
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.@MumbaiCityFC will play host to @JamshedpurFC in their #HeroISL season opener before making a trip to Kochi to take on @KeralaBlasters 😎
— Indian Super League (@IndSuperLeague) August 25, 2018
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.@KeralaBlasters will mount their #HeroISL 2018-19 title 🏆 challenge with away trips to rivals @WorldATK and @MumbaiCityFC 💪💪
— Indian Super League (@IndSuperLeague) August 25, 2018
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.@JamshedpurFC launch their assault on the #HeroISL 2018-19 title with away trips to @MumbaiCityFC and @bengalurufc 🤙💪
— Indian Super League (@IndSuperLeague) August 25, 2018
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.@ChennaiyinFC begin their title defence 🏆 on the road against 2017-18 finalists @bengalurufc, before hosting @FCGoaOfficial at home!#LetsFootball pic.twitter.com/WwTnroGcDE
— Indian Super League (@IndSuperLeague) August 25, 2018
A Southern Derby to get things going 💥
— Indian Super League (@IndSuperLeague) August 25, 2018
@bengalurufc will entertain champions @ChennaiyinFC in a repeat of last season's final for their #HeroISL 2018-19 opener!
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