Bengaluru, Oct 2: The sixth edition of the Indian Super League (ISL) will kick off from October 20th with two-time winners ATK and two-time finalists Kerala Blasters set to lock horns at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi. ISL Season Six will be a five months affair and the league phase will end on February 23, 2020.
Defending champions Bengaluru FC will start their season at home on October 21st when they take on NorthEast United FC whom they had beaten in the playoffs last season. However, the stadium for the game is yet to be allocated with uncertainty over BFC's home ground due to a legal tussle over the Kanteerava Stadium.
There is also no transparency yet over the home grounds of FC Pune City and Delhi Dynamos as well who are likely to shift base to completely different cities. The Dynamos could play their home games in Bhubaneswar, while FC Pune City may play in Hyderabad with a change in power expected.
Last year's runners-up FC Goa will lock horns in their first game against Chennaiyin FC on 23rd Oct in their home ground.
A total of ten teams will fight for the title: ATK, Bengaluru FC, Chennaiyin FC, FC Goa, Hyderabad FC, Kerala Blasters FC, Mumbai City FC, NorthEast United FC, Jamshedpur FC and Odisha FC.
It will begin five days after India’s 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup Joint-Qualifiers home match against Bangladesh.
Matches will be held all through the week besides Mondays and Tuesdays except a few weeks. There will be a break in the league during the midway in November due to the international commitments as India will play in away games against Afghanistan and Oman for the 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifiers. The time slot for the matches is 7.30 PM and it can be seen in Star Network as well as Hotstar platform.
There will be 90 league matches over five months plus the semi-final and Final. The organisers as of now have only announced the league fixtures and the dates of Semi-final and Final fixtures are yet to be disclosed.
Here is the full league fixture of ISL 2019/20:
Match No. | Date | Day | Fixture |
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October | |||
1 | October 20, 2019 | Sunday | Kerala Blasters FC vs ATK |
2 | October 21, 2019 | Monday | Bengaluru FC vs NorthEast United FC |
3 | October 22, 2019 | Tuesday | Jamshedpur FC vs Odisha FC |
4 | October 23, 2019 | Wednesday | FC Goa vs Chennaiyin FC |
5 | October 24, 2019 | Thursday | Kerala Blasters FC vs Mumbai City FC |
6 | October 25, 2019 | Friday | ATK vs Hyderabad FC |
7 | October 26, 2019 | Saturday | NorthEast United FC vs Odisha FC |
8 | October 27, 2019 | Sunday | Chennaiyin FC vs Mumbai City FC |
9 | October 28, 2019 | Monday | FC Goa vs Bengaluru FC |
10 | October 29, 2019 | Tuesday | Jamshedpur FC vs Hyderabad FC |
11 | October 30, 2019 | Wednesday | Chennaiyin FC vs ATK |
12 | October 31, 2019 | Thursday | Mumbai City FC vs Odisha FC |
November | |||
13 | November 1, 2019 | Friday | NorthEast United FC vs FC Goa |
14 | November 2, 2019 | Saturday | Hyderabad FC vs Kerala Blasters FC |
15 | November 3, 2019 | Sunday | Jamshedpur FC vs Bengaluru FC |
16 | November 6, 2019 | Wednesday | Hyderabad FC vs NorthEast United FC |
17 | November 7, 2019 | Thursday | Mumbai City FC vs FC Goa |
18 | November 8, 2019 | Friday | Kerala Blasters FC vs Odisha FC |
19 | November 9, 2019 | Saturday | ATK vs Jamshedpur FC |
20 | November 10, 2019 | Sunday | Bengaluru FC vs Chennaiyin FC |
21 | November 23, 2019 | Saturday | Bengaluru FC vs Kerala Blasters FC |
22 | November 24, 2019 | Sunday | Odisha FC vs ATK |
23 | November 25, 2019 | Monday | Chennaiyin FC vs Hyderabad FC |
24 | November 26, 2019 | Tuesday | FC Goa vs Jamshedpur FC |
25 | November 27, 2019 | Wednesday | NorthEast United FC vs Mumbai City FC |
26 | November 28, 2019 | Thursday | Chennaiyin FC vs Odisha FC |
27 | November 29, 2019 | Friday | Hyderabad FC vs Bengaluru FC |
28 | November 30, 2019 | Saturday | ATK vs Mumbai City FC |
December | |||
29 | December 1, 2019 | Sunday | Kerala Blasters FC vs FC Goa |
30 | December 2, 2019 | Monday | Jamshedpur FC vs NorthEast United FC |
31 | December 4, 2019 | Wednesday | Odisha FC vs Bengaluru FC |
32 | December 5, 2019 | Thursday | Mumbai City FC vs Kerala Blasters FC |
33 | December 6, 2019 | Friday | Jamshedpur FC vs Chennaiyin FC |
34 | December 7, 2019 | Saturday | NorthEast United FC vs ATK |
35 | December 8, 2019 | Sunday | Hyderabad FC vs FC Goa |
36 | December 11, 2019 | Wednesday | Odisha FC vs Hyderabad FC |
37 | December 12, 2019 | Match Postponed | |
38 | December 13, 2019 | Friday | Kerala Blasters FC vs Jamshedpur FC |
39 | December 14, 2019 | Saturday | FC Goa vs ATK |
40 | December 15, 2019 | Sunday | Bengaluru FC vs Mumbai City FC |
41 | December 18, 2019 | Wednesday | NorthEast United FC vs Bengaluru FC |
42 | December 19, 2019 | Thursday | Jamshedpur FC vs Mumbai City FC |
43 | December 20, 2019 | Friday | Chennaiyin FC vs Kerala blasters |
44 | December 21, 2019 | Saturday | Hyderabad FC vs ATK |
45 | December 22, 2019 | Sunday | FC Goa vs Odisha FC |
46 | December 25, 2019 | Wednesday | ATK vs Bengaluru FC |
47 | December 26, 2019 | Thursday | Chennaiyin FC vs FC Goa |
48 | December 27, 2019 | Friday | Odisha FC vs Jamshedpur FC |
49 | December 28, 2019 | Saturday | Kerala Blasters FC vs NorthEast United FC |
50 | December 29, 2019 | Sunday | Mumbai City FC vs Hyderabad FC |
January | |||
51 | January 2, 2020 | Thursday | Match Postponed |
52 | January 3, 2020 | Friday | Bengaluru FC vs FC Goa |
53 | January 4, 2020 | Saturday | Mumbai City FC vs ATK |
54 | January 5, 2020 | Sunday | Kerala Blasters FC vs Hyderabad FC |
55 | January 6, 2020 | Monday | Odisha FC vs Chennaiyin FC |
56 | January 8, 2019 | Wednesday | FC Goa vs NorthEast United FC |
57 | January 9, 2020 | Thursday | Bengaluru FC vs Jamshedpur FC |
58 | January 10, 2020 | Friday | Hyderabad FC vs Chennaiyin FC |
59 | January 11, 2020 | Saturday | Odisha FC vs Mumbai City FC |
60 | January 12, 2020 | Sunday | ATK vs Kerala Blasters FC |
61 | January 15, 2020 | Wednesday | Hyderabad FC vs Odisha FC |
62 | January 16, 2020 | Thursday | Chennaiyin FC vs NorthEast United FC |
63 | January 17, 2020 | Friday | Mumbai City FC vs Bengaluru FC |
64 | January 18, 2020 | Saturday | ATK vs FC Goa |
65 | January 19, 2020 | Sunday | Jamshedpur FC vs Kerala Blasters FC |
66 | January 22, 2020 | Wednesday | Bengaluru FC vs Odisha FC |
67 | January 23, 2020 | Thursday | Chennaiyin FC vs Jamshedpur FC |
68 | January 24, 2020 | Friday | Hyderabad FC vs Mumbai City FC |
69 | January 25, 2020 | Saturday | FC Goa vs Kerala Blasters FC |
70 | January 27, 2020 | Monday | ATK vs NorthEast United FC |
71 | January 29, 2020 | Wednesday | Odisha FC vs FC Goa |
72 | January 30, 2020 | Thursday | Bengaluru FC vs Hyderabad FC |
73 | January 31, 2020 | Friday | Mumbai City FC vs NorthEast United FC |
February | |||
74 | February 1, 2020 | Saturday | Kerala Blasters FC vs Chennaiyin FC |
75 | February 2, 2020 | Sunday | Jamshedpur FC vs ATK |
76 | February 5, 2020 | Wednesday | FC Goa vs Hyderabad FC |
77 | February 6, 2020 | Thursday | Mumbai City FC vs Jamshedpur FC |
78 | February 7, 2020 | Friday | NorthEast United FC vs Kerala Blasters FC |
79 | February 8, 2020 | Saturday | ATK vs Odisha FC |
80 | February 9, 2020 | Sunday | Chennaiyin FC vs Bengaluru FC |
51 | February 10, 2020 | Monday | NorthEast United FC vs Jamshedpur FC |
81 | February 12, 2020 | Wednesday | FC Goa vs Mumbai City FC |
82 | February 13, 2020 | Thursday | Hyderabad FC vs Jamshedpur FC |
83 | February 14, 2020 | Friday | Odisha FC vs NorthEast United FC |
84 | February 15, 2020 | Saturday | Kerala Blasters FC vs Bengaluru FC |
85 | February 16, 2020 | Sunday | ATK vs Chennaiyin FC |
86 | February 19, 2020 | Wednesday | Jamshedpur FC vs FC Goa |
87 | February 20, 2020 | Thursday | NorthEast United FC vs Hyderabad FC |
88 | February 21, 2020 | Friday | Mumbai City FC vs Chennaiyin FC |
89 | February 22, 2020 | Saturday | Bengaluru FC vs ATK |
90 | February 23, 2020 | Sunday | Odisha FC vs Kerala Blasters FC |
37 | February 25, 2020 | Tuesday | NorthEast United FC vs Chennaiyin FC |
Knockout Round | |||
Semifinal 1 first-leg | February 29, 2020 | Saturday | Chennaiyin FC vs FC Goa |
Semifinal 2 first-leg | March 1, 2020 | Sunday | Bengaluru FC vs ATK |
Semifinal 1 second-leg | March 7, 2020 | Saturday | FC Goa vs Chennaiyin FC |
Semifinal 2 second-leg | March 8, 2020 | Sunday | ATK vs Bengaluru FC |
Final | March 14, 2020 | Saturday | Chennaiyin FC vs ATK FC |