Indian Super League

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Poster
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Established
2013 (13 years old)

First Recorded Event
2019-10-20

Current Season
2026-2027

Current Round
1

Level Above

Level Below
Indian I-League 2nd Division

Sport
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Soccer

Location
India

Gender
Male

TV Rights
US - ESPN [2018-2021]

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		Upcoming
11 Oct 26	Inter KaInter Kashi	11:30am	Kerala BKerala Blasters
11 Oct 26	ChurchilChurchill Brothers	2:00pm	Mumbai CMumbai City
12 Oct 26	NorthEasNorthEast United	2:00pm	Mohun BaMohun Bagan Super Giant
14 Oct 26	PunjabPunjab	2:00pm	OdishaOdisha
16 Oct 26	SC DelhiSC Delhi	2:00pm	Mohun BaMohun Bagan Super Giant
17 Oct 26	Inter KaInter Kashi	11:30am	OdishaOdisha
17 Oct 26	BengalurBengaluru	2:00pm	ChennaiyChennaiyin
18 Oct 26	ChurchilChurchill Brothers	11:30am	East BenEast Bengal
18 Oct 26	NorthEasNorthEast United	2:00pm	Kerala BKerala Blasters
19 Oct 26	PunjabPunjab	2:00pm	Mumbai CMumbai City

		Results
10 Oct 26	GoaGoa	1 - 1	ChennaiyiChennaiyin
10 Oct 26	BengaluruBengaluru	3 - 2	SC DelhiSC Delhi
21 May 26	Inter KasInter Kashi	1 - 2	East BengEast Bengal
21 May 26	Mohun BagMohun Bagan Super Giant	2 - 1	SC DelhiSC Delhi
21 May 26	JamshedpuJamshedpur	0 - 0	OdishaOdisha
21 May 26	PunjabPunjab	0 - 2	Mumbai CiMumbai City
19 May 26	NorthEastNorthEast United	2 - 0	MohammedaMohammedan
18 May 26	Kerala BlKerala Blasters	2 - 1	GoaGoa
17 May 26	Mohun BagMohun Bagan Super Giant	1 - 1	East BengEast Bengal
17 May 26	SC DelhiSC Delhi	0 - 0	Inter KasInter Kashi

Description

The Indian Super League is a football league in India. It is one of the two co-existing premier football leagues in India along with I-League. For sponsorship reasons, the competition is officially known as the Hero Indian Super League. The competition is contested by ten teams and is played in a span of six months from October to March. It is organized by the Football Sports Development (FSDL) and governed by the All India Football Federation (AIFF).

Founded on 21 October 2013 in partnership with IMG, Reliance Industries, and Star Sports, the Indian Super League was launched with the goal of growing the sport of football in India and increase its exposure in the country. The competition's first season took place in 2014 with eight teams. During the first three seasons of the Indian Super League, the competition operated without official recognition from the Asian Football Confederation, the governing body for the sport in Asia. The competition also operated along the same lines of the Indian Premier League, the country's premier Twenty20 cricket competition, with the league campaign lasting for 2–3 months and matches held daily. However, before the 2017–18 season, the competition earned recognition from the AFC, expanded to ten teams, and extended its schedule to five months.

Unlike most football leagues around the world, the Indian Super League does not use promotion and relegation, instead choosing to grow the league through expansion, similar to Major League Soccer in United States. However, a formal structure for promotion and relegation will be introduced by 2023–24. During the league's first five seasons, three teams were crowned champions: ATK in 2014 and 2016, Chennaiyin in 2015 and 2017–2018 and Bengaluru FC in 2018–2019.

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