2017–18 Indian Super League

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North East United 0–1 Kerala Blasters
(17 February 2018)
Total attendance	1,399,409
Average attendance	15,047
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The 2017–18 Indian Super League season was the fourth season of the

2016 season, however they could not advance to the playoffs. Chennaiyin won their second Indian Super League title by defeating Bengaluru 3–2 in the final.^[2]

Two new sides joined the league as expansion teams: Bengaluru and Jamshedpur. The two new clubs are the ninth and tenth teams in the league. This made it the first edition of the ISL in which there are more than eight teams participating.^[3] As well as expanding two teams, the league also expanded two more months, being played in five months instead of three.^[3] Away goal rule is introduced in semifinals stage in this season.

Teams

Delhi Dynamos

Kerala Blasters

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Locations of the Indian Super League teams

Stadiums and locations

Team	City/State	Stadium	Capacity
ATK	Kolkata, West Bengal	Salt Lake Stadium	68,012^[4]
Bengaluru	Bengaluru, Karnataka	Sree Kanteerava Stadium	25,810^[5]
Chennaiyin	Chennai, Tamil Nadu	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	19,691^[6]
Delhi Dynamos	Delhi	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	32,000^[7]
Goa	Margao, Goa	Fatorda Stadium	18,600^[8]
Jamshedpur	Jamshedpur, Jharkhand	JRD Tata Sports Complex	24,424^[9]
Kerala Blasters	Kochi, Kerala	Kaloor Stadium	38,086^[10]
Mumbai City	Mumbai, Maharashtra	Mumbai Football Arena	9,300^[11]
NorthEast United	Guwahati, Assam	Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium	23,627^[12]
Pune City	Pune, Maharashtra	Balewadi Stadium	10,237^[13]

Expansion

On 11 May 2017, it was announced by the Indian Super League organizers,

Bengaluru, Cuttack, Durgapur, Hyderabad, Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Ranchi, Siliguri and Thiruvananthapuram.^[14] It was also clarified that if Kolkata were to win at least one bid for a team, the new "Kolkata" side would have to play away from the city for two seasons.^[14]

On 25 May 2017, it was announced that bidding for new teams had ended and that the league's appointed external validator would look over the bids.[15] It was also announced that Bengaluru, the two-time champion of the I-League, India's top-tier professional football league, had submitted a bid.^[15] Two weeks later, on 12 June, it was officially announced that Bengaluru (for Bangalore) and Tata Group (for Jamshedpur) had won the bids for the new teams.^[16]

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
ATK	Robbie Keane (Player Manager)	Nivia^[17]	CESC Limited^[17]
Bengaluru	Albert Roca	Puma^[18]	JSW^[18]
Chennaiyin	John Gregory	Performax^[19]	Apollo Tyres^[20]
Delhi Dynamos	Miguel Ángel Portugal	T10 Sports^[21]	Kent RO Systems^[22]
Goa	Sergio Lobera	None^[23]	Deltin^[23]
Jamshedpur	Steve Coppell	Nivia^[24]	Tata^[24]
Kerala Blasters	David James	Admiral^[25]	Muthoot Pappachan^[26]
Mumbai City	Alexandre Guimarães	T10 Sports^[27]	Ace Group^[28]
NorthEast United	Avram Grant	Performax^[29]	McDowell's No. 1^[30]
Pune City	Ranko Popović	Adidas^[31]	Suzuki Gixxer^[32]

Head coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment
Goa	Zico	Contract finished	18 December 2016	Pre-season	Sergio Lobera	6 June 2017^[33]
Delhi Dynamos	Gianluca Zambrotta	Mutual consent	14 June 2017^[34]		Miguel Ángel Portugal	29 June 2017^[35]
Chennaiyin	Marco Materazzi	Mutual consent	6 March 2017^[36]		John Gregory	3 July 2017^[37]
Jamshedpur	Expansion club				Steve Coppell	14 July 2017^[38]
Kerala Blasters	Steve Coppell	Mutual consent	12 July 2017^[39]		René Meulensteen	14 July 2017^[40]
ATK	José Francisco Molina		18 December 2016		Teddy Sheringham	14 July 2017^[41]
NorthEast United	Nelo Vingada		15 May 2017^[42]		João de Deus	17 July 2017^[43]
Pune City	Antonio López Habas		15 September 2017^[44]		Ranko Popović	25 September 2017^[45]
Kerala Blasters	René Meulensteen	Sacked	3 January 2018^[46]	8th	David James	3 January 2018^[47]
NorthEast United	João de Deus		3 January 2018^[48]	9th	Avram Grant	12 January 2018^[49]
ATK	Teddy Sheringham		24 January 2018^[50]	8th	Ashley Westwood (Interim)	24 January 2018^[50]
ATK	Ashley Westwood	Resignation	2 March 2018^[51]	9th	Robbie Keane (Player Manager)	3 March 2018^[52]

Roster changes

Overseas players

Unlike during the first three seasons of the Indian Super League, the 2017–18 season saw the maximum number of foreign players per team reduced to eight from 11.^[53] Also unlike the previous three seasons, the maximum number of foreigners allowed on the pitch at the same time was reduced to five from six.^[53]

ATK (8)	Bengaluru (8)	Chennaiyin (8)	Delhi Dynamos (8)	Goa (8)
Jordi Figueras Tom Thorpe Ryan Taylor Martin Paterson Sibongakonke Mbatha	Víctor Pérez	Iñigo Calderón Raphael Augusto Rene Mihelič Jaime Gavilán Jude Nworuh Gregory Nelson Henrique Sereno Maílson Alves	Paulinho Dias Matías Mirabaje Gabriel Cichero Kalu Uche Manuel Arana Edu Moya Jeroen Lumu Xabi Irureta	Coro Ahmed Jahouh Chechi Manuel Lanzarote Edu Bedia Mark Sifneos
Jamshedpur (8)	Kerala Blasters (8)	Mumbai City (8)	NorthEast United (8)	Pune City (8)
Andre Bikey Matheus Gonçalves Izu Azuka Wellington Priori	Iain Hume Courage Pekuson Nemanja Lakić-Pešić Wes Brown Paul Rachubka Dimitar Berbatov Guðjón Baldvinsson Pulga	Thiago Santos	Danilo Hélio Pinto Maic Sema John Mosquera	Marcelinho Rafa Jonatan Lucca Diego Carlos Marko Stanković Lolo

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bengaluru	18	13	1	4	35	16	+19	40	Qualification for ISL play-offs
2	Chennaiyin^[a] (C)	18	9	5	4	24	19	+5	32
3	Goa	18	9	3	6	42	28	+14	30
4	Pune City	18	9	3	6	30	21	+9	30
5	Jamshedpur	18	7	5	6	16	18	−2	26
6	Kerala Blasters	18	6	7	5	20	22	−2	25
7	Mumbai City	18	7	2	9	25	29	−4	23
8	Delhi Dynamos	18	5	4	9	27	37	−10	19
9	ATK	18	4	4	10	16	30	−14	16
10	NorthEast United	18	3	2	13	12	27	−15	11

Source: Indian Super League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair play ranking; 6) drawing of lots
(C) Champions

^ Qualified for 2019 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs

Results

Home \ Away	KOL	BEN	CHE	DEL	GOA	JAM	KER	MUM	NEU	PUN
ATK	—	0–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	1–4
Bengaluru	1–0	—	1–2	4–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–1
Chennaiyin	3–2	1–3	—	2–2	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–0
Delhi Dynamos	4–3	2–0	1–1	—	1–5	0–1	1–3	5–1	0–2	2–2
Goa	5–1	4–3	0–1	1–1	—	2–1	5–2	3–4	2–2	0–2
Jamshedpur	0–0	0–2	0–1	3–2	0–3	—	2–1	2–2	1–0	0–1
Kerala Blasters	0–0	1–3	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	—	1–1	1–0	1–1
Mumbai City	0–1	1–3	1–0	4–0	2–1	1–2	0–1	—	3–2	0–2
NorthEast United	0–1	0–1	3–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–2	—	0–1
Pune City	3–0	1–3	0–1	2–3	0–4	2–1	1–2	2–1	5–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 4 March 2018. Source: Indian Super League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Bracket

Semi-finals					Final

1	Bengaluru	0	3	3

4	Pune City	0	1	1
					1	Bengaluru	2

					2	Chennaiyin	3
2	Chennaiyin	1	3	4

3	Goa	1	0	1

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pune City	1–3	Bengaluru	0–0	1–3
Goa	1–4	Chennaiyin	1–1	0–3

Final

17 March 2018

20:00 IST

Bengaluru	2–3	Chennaiyin
Chhetri 9' Miku 90+2'	Report	Alves 17', 45' Augusto 67'

Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore

Attendance: 25,753

Referee: Ali Abdulnabi

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Coro	Goa	18
2	Miku	Bengaluru	15
3	Sunil Chhetri	Bengaluru	14
4	Kalu Uche	Delhi Dynamos	13
4	Manuel Lanzarote	Goa	13
6	Emiliano Alfaro	Pune City	9
6	Jeje Lalpekhlua	Chennaiyin	9
8	Marcelinho	Pune City	8
9	Balwant Singh	Mumbai City	6
	Éverton Santos	Mumbai City
	Robbie Keane	ATK
Source:^[54]

Top Indian scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Sunil Chhetri	Bengaluru	14
2	Jeje Lalpekhlua	Chennaiyin	9
3	Balwant Singh	Mumbai City	6
4	Adil Khan	Pune City	4
	Seiminlen Doungel	NorthEast United
	C.K. Vineeth	Kerala Blasters
7	Lallianzuala Chhangte	Delhi Dynamos	3
8	Rohit Kumar	Pune City	2
	Jackichand Singh	Kerala Blasters
	Mandar Rao Desai	Goa
	Bipin Singh	ATK
	Mohammed Rafi	Chennaiyin
	Anirudh Thapa	Chennaiyin
	Dhanpal Ganesh	Chennaiyin
Source:^[54]

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Coro	Goa	Bengaluru	4–3 (H)	30 November 2017	^[55]
Coro	Goa	Kerala Blasters	5–2 (H)	9 December 2017	^[56]
Marcelinho	Pune City	NorthEast United	5–0 (H)	30 December 2017	^[57]
Iain Hume	Kerala Blasters	Delhi Dynamos	3–1 (A)	10 January 2018	^[58]
Seiminlen Doungel	NorthEast United	Chennaiyin	3–1 (H)	19 January 2018	^[59]
Sunil Chhetri	Bengaluru	Pune City	3–1 (H)	11 March 2018	^[60]

Assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists	Ref
1	Udanta Singh	Bengaluru	7	^[61]

Cleansheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Subrata Pal	Jamshedpur	7
	Gurpreet Singh Sandhu	Bengaluru
	Karanjit Singh	Chennaiyin
	Vishal Kaith	Pune City
5	Paul Rachubka	Kerala Blasters	5
6	Debjit Majumder	ATK	4
7	Rehenesh TP	NorthEast United	2
	Amrinder Singh	Mumbai City
	Naveen Kumar	Goa
Source:^[62]

Discipline

^[63]^[64]

Most yellow cards (club): 47
- Chennaiyin

Most red cards (club): 4
- Delhi Dynamos

Most yellow cards (player): 9
- Dhanpal Ganesh (Chennaiyin)

Most red cards (player): 2
- Pratik Chowdhary
  (Delhi Dynamos)

Average home attendances

Team	GP	Cumulative	High	Low	Mean
Kerala Blasters	9	285,870	37,986	16,796	31,763
Jamshedpur	9	192,367	24,212	8,178	21,374
Bengaluru	11	209,584	25,753	12,564	19,053
Goa	10	176,038	18,600	16,221	17,604
Chennaiyin	10	155,377	19,013	12,499	15,538
ATK	9	114,021	32,816	3,165	12,669
Pune City	10	87,111	9,968	6,612	8,711
NorthEast United	8	65,736	21,151	1,121	8,217
Delhi Dynamos	8	55,086	11,453	2,332	6,886
Mumbai City	9	58,039	8,597	4,222	6,449
Total	93	1,399,409	37,986	1,121	15,047
Source:^[65]

Awards

Source: Indian Super League website

Hero of the Match

Match	Hero of the Match		Match	Hero of the Match		Match	Hero of the Match
Match	Player	Club	Match	Player	Club	Match	Player	Club
Match 1	Nemanja Lakić-Pešić	Kerala Blasters	Match 33	Jeje Lalpekhlua	Chennaiyin	Match 65	Dimas Delgado	Bengaluru
Match 2	Marcinho	NorthEast United	Match 34	Éverton Santos	Mumbai City	Match 66	Adil Khan	Pune City
Match 3	Manuel Lanzarote	Goa	Match 35	Marcelinho	Pune City	Match 67	Ryan Taylor	ATK
Match 4	Sunil Chhetri	Bengaluru	Match 36	Sunil Chhetri	Bengaluru	Match 68	Dimas Delgado	Bengaluru
Match 5	Lallianzuala Chhangte	Delhi Dynamos	Match 37	Edu Bedia	Goa	Match 69	Wellington Priori	Jamshedpur
Match 6	Raphael Augusto	Chennaiyin	Match 38	Mark Sifneos	Kerala Blasters	Match 70	Marcos Tébar	Pune City
Match 7	Mehtab Hossain	Jamshedpur	Match 39	Izu Azuka	Jamshedpur	Match 71	Maílson Alves	Chennaiyin
Match 8	Éverton Santos	Mumbai City	Match 40	Marcinho	Northeast United	Match 72	Kalu Uche	Delhi Dynamos
Match 9	Marcelinho	Pune City	Match 41	Jeje Lalpekhlua	Chennaiyin	Match 73	Maílson Alves	Chennaiyin
Match 10	Erik Paartalu	Bengaluru	Match 42	Juanan	Bengaluru	Match 74	Miku	Bengaluru
Match 11	Gerson Vieira	Mumbai City	Match 43	Iain Hume	Kerala Blasters	Match 75	Wes Brown	Kerala Blasters
Match 12	Coro	Goa	Match 44	Bruno Pinheiro	Goa	Match 76	Wellington Priori	Jamshedpur
Match 13	Memo	Jamshedpur	Match 45	Zequinha	ATK	Match 77	Márcio Rosário	Mumbai City
Match 14	Halicharan Narzary	NorthEast United	Match 46	Maílson Alves	Chennaiyin	Match 78	Kalu Uche	Delhi Dynamos
Match 15	Jerry Lalrinzuala	Chennaiyin	Match 47	Lallianzuala Chhangte	Delhi Dynamos	Match 79	Éverton Santos	Mumbai City
Match 16	Balwant Singh	Mumbai City	Match 48	Iain Hume	Kerala Blasters	Match 80	Karanjit Singh	Chennaiyin
Match 17	André Bikey	Jamshedpur	Match 49	Memo	Jamshedpur	Match 81	Kalu Uche	Delhi Dynamos
Match 18	Jeje Lalpekhlua	Chennaiyin	Match 50	Sunil Chhetri	Bengaluru	Match 82	Coro	Goa
Match 19	Miku	Bengaluru	Match 51	Seiminlen Doungel	NorthEast United	Match 83	Gurpreet Singh Sandhu	Bengaluru
Match 20	Coro	Goa	Match 52	Diego Carlos	Pune City	Match 84	Matías Mirabaje	Delhi Dynamos
Match 21	Marcos Tébar	Pune City	Match 53	Wellington Priori	Jamshedpur	Match 85	Manuel Lanzarote	Goa
Match 22	Achille Emaná	Mumbai City	Match 54	Edu Bedia	Goa	Match 86	Miku	Bengaluru
Match 23	Miku	Bengaluru	Match 55	Emiliano Alfaro	Pune City	Match 87	Kalu Uche	Delhi Dynamos
Match 24	Wes Brown	Kerala Blasters	Match 56	Anirudh Thapa	Chennaiyin	Match 88	Jaime Gavilán	Chennaiyin
Match 25	Arana	Goa	Match 57	Juanan	Bengaluru	Match 89	Coro	Goa
Match 26	Maílson Alves	Chennaiyin	Match 58	Deependra Singh Negi	Kerala Blasters	Match 90	Robbie Keane	ATK
Match 27	Zequinha	ATK	Match 59	Thiago Santos	Mumbai City	Match 91 (SF)	Marko Stanković	Pune City
Match 28	Gerson Vieira	Mumbai City	Match 60	Matheus Gonçalves	Jamshedpur	Match 92 (SF)	Gregory Nelson	Chennaiyin
Match 29	Miku	Bengaluru	Match 61	Subrata Pal	Jamshedpur	Match 93 (SF)	Sunil Chhetri	Bengaluru
Match 30	Karanjit Singh	Chennaiyin	Match 62	Marcelinho	Pune City	Match 94 (SF)	Maílson Alves	Chennaiyin
Match 31	Adil Khan	Pune City	Match 63	Gurpreet Singh Sandhu	Bengaluru	Match 95 (F)	Maílson Alves	Chennaiyin
Match 32	Robbie Keane	ATK	Match 64	Coro	Goa

Emerging Player of the Match

Match	Emerging Player of the Match		Match	Emerging Player of the Match		Match	Emerging Player of the Match
Match	Player	Club	Match	Player	Club	Match	Player	Club
Match 1	Hitesh Sharma	ATK	Match 33	Jerry Mawihmingthanga	Jamshedpur	Match 65	Jerry Lalrinzuala	Chennaiyin
Match 2	Hakku Nediyodath	NorthEast United	Match 34	Nanda Kumar	Delhi Dynamos	Match 66	Seminlen Doungel	NorthEast United
Match 3	Jerry Lalrinzuala	Chennaiyin	Match 35	Ashique Kuruniyan	Pune City	Match 67	Bipin Singh	ATK
Match 4	Abhinas Ruidas	Mumbai City	Match 36	Lalruatthara	Kerala Blasters	Match 68	Nishu Kumar	Bengaluru
Match 5	Sarthak Golui	Pune City	Match 37	Brandon Fernandes	Goa	Match 69	Seminlen Doungel	NorthEast United
Match 6	Jerry Lalrinzuala	Chennaiyin	Match 38	Ashique Kuruniyan	Pune City	Match 70	Sahil Panwar	Pune City
Match 7	Lalruatthara	Kerala Blasters	Match 39	Jerry Mawihmingthanga	Jamshedpur	Match 71	Lallianzuala Chhangte	Delhi Dynamos
Match 8	Abhinas Ruidas	Mumbai City	Match 40	Seminlen Doungel	NorthEast United	Match 72	Seiminlen Doungel	NorthEast United
Match 9	Bipin Singh	ATK	Match 41	Nanda Kumar	Delhi Dynamos	Match 73	Jerry Lalrinzuala	Chennaiyin
Match 10	Vinit Rai	Delhi Dynamos	Match 42	Subhasish Bose	Bengaluru	Match 74	Sarthak Golui	Pune City
Match 11	Kamaljit Singh	Pune City	Match 43	Lallianzuala Chhangte	Delhi Dynamos	Match 75	Gursimrat Singh	NorthEast United
Match 12	Mohamed Ali	Goa	Match 44	Brandon Fernandes	Goa	Match 76	Farukh Choudhary	Jamshedpur
Match 13	Jerry Mawihmingthanga	Jamshedpur	Match 45	Prabir Das	ATK	Match 77	Bipin Singh	ATK
Match 14	Lallianzuala Chhangte	Delhi Dynamos	Match 46	Ashique Kuruniyan	Pune City	Match 78	Mohammad Sajid Dhot	Delhi Dynamos
Match 15	Dhanpal Ganesh	Chennaiyin	Match 47	Nanda Kumar	Delhi Dynamos	Match 79	Gursimrat Singh	NorthEast United
Match 16	Davinder Singh	Mumbai City	Match 48	Lalruatthara	Kerala Blasters	Match 80	Lalruatthara	Kerala Blasters
Match 17	Albino Gomes	Delhi Dynamos	Match 49	Jerry Mawihmingthanga	Jamshedpur	Match 81	Lallianzuala Chhangte	Delhi Dynamos
Match 18	Bipin Singh	ATK	Match 50	Udanta Singh	Bengaluru	Match 82	Mohamed Ali	Goa
Match 19	Lalthuammawia Ralte	Bengaluru	Match 51	Anirudh Thapa	Chennaiyin	Match 83	Subhasish Bose	Bengaluru
Match 20	Brandon Fernandes	Goa	Match 52	Sahil Panwar	Pune City	Match 84	Nanda Kumar	Delhi Dynamos
Match 21	Souvik Chakrabarti	Jamshedpur	Match 53	Nanda Kumar	Delhi Dynamos	Match 85	Seriton Fernandes	Goa
Match 22	Jerry Lalrinzuala	Chennaiyin	Match 54	Brandon Fernandes	Goa	Match 86	Nishu Kumar	Bengaluru
Match 23	Isaac Vanmalsawma	Pune City	Match 55	Farukh Choudhary	Jamshedpur	Match 87	Isaac Vanmalsawma	Pune City
Match 24	Lalruatthara	Kerala Blasters	Match 56	Jerry Lalrinzuala	Chennaiyin	Match 88	Germanpreet Singh	Chennaiyin
Match 25	Narayan Das	Goa	Match 57	Seiminlen Doungel	NorthEast United	Match 89	Chinglensana Singh	Goa
Match 26	Nishu Kumar	Bengaluru	Match 58	Munmun Lugun	Delhi Dynamos	Match 90	Halicharan Narzary	NorthEast United
Match 27	Debjit Majumder	ATK	Match 59	Brandon Fernandes	Goa	Match 91 (SF)	Vishal Kaith	Pune City
Match 28	Davinder Singh	Mumbai City	Match 60	Jerry Mawihmingthanga	Jamshedpur	Match 92 (SF)	Anirudh Thapa	Chennaiyin
Match 29	Subhasish Bose	Bengaluru	Match 61	Farukh Choudhary	Jamshedpur	Match 93 (SF)	Isaac Vanmalsawma	Pune City
Match 30	Lalruatthara	Kerala Blasters	Match 62	Lalruatthara	Kerala Blasters	Match 94 (SF)	Jerry Lalrinzuala	Chennaiyin
Match 31	Vishal Kaith	Pune City	Match 63	Subhasish Bose	Bengaluru	Match 95 (F)	Jerry Lalrinzuala	Chennaiyin
Match 32	Hitesh Sharma	ATK	Match 64	Seiminlen Doungel	NorthEast United

Fans' Player of the Month

Month	Player of the Month		Reference
Month	Player	Club	Reference
November	Paul Rachubka	Kerala Blasters	^[66]
December	Jeje Lalpekhlua	Chennaiyin	^[67]
January	Iain Hume	Kerala Blasters	^[68]
February	Maílson Alves	Chennaiyin	^[69]

Fans' Team of the Season

Position	Player	Club^[70]
GK	Gurpreet Singh Sandhu	Bengaluru
DF	Sandesh Jhingan	Kerala Blasters
DF	Lucian Goian	Mumbai City
DF	Lalruatthara	Kerala Blasters
DF	Tiri	Jamshedpur
MF	Manuel Lanzarote	Goa
MF	Raphael Augusto	Chennaiyin
MF	Wellington Priori	Jamshedpur
FW	Coro	Goa
FW	Sunil Chhetri	Bengaluru
FW	Miku	Bengaluru

End-of-season awards

Award	Player	Club
Hero of the League	Sunil Chhetri	Bengaluru
Emerging Player of the League	Lalruatthara	Kerala Blasters
Golden Glove	Subrata Pal	Jamshedpur
Winning Pass Award	Udanta Singh	Bengaluru
Golden Boot	Coro	Goa
Fittest Player of the League	Iñigo Calderón	Chennaiyin
Best Pitch of the Season	Delhi Dynamos

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External links

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