| Competition: | Indian Super League |
| Season: | 2017–18 |
| Winners: | Chennaiyin 2nd ISL title 1st Indian title |
| Continentalcup1: | AFC Cup |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Chennaiyin |
| Matches: | 95 |
| Total Goals: | 261 |
| League Topscorer: | Coro (18 goals) |
| Best Goalkeeper: | Subrata Pal (102.74 mins per goal) |
| Biggest Home Win: | (30 December 2017) |
| Biggest Away Win: | (16 December 2017) (25 February 2018) |
| Highest Scoring: | (30 November 2017) (9 December 2017) (28 January 2018) (24 February 2018) |
| Longest Wins: | Bengaluru (5 games) |
| Longest Unbeaten: | Bengaluru (10 games) |
| Longest Winless: | Delhi Dynamos ATK (8 games) |
| Longest Losses: | Delhi Dynamos (6 games) |
| Highest Attendance: | 37,986 (31 December 2017) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 1,121 (17 February 2018) |
| Average Attendance: | 15,047 |
| Attendance: | 1,399,409 |
| Prevseason: | 2016 |
| Nextseason: | 2018–19 |
| Dates: | 17 November 2017 – 17 March 2018 |
The 2017–18 Indian Super League season was the fourth season of the Indian Super League, one of the top Indian professional football leagues. It was established in 2013. The regular season started on 17 November 2017 and ended on 4 March 2018,[1] The finals began on 7 March 2018, concluding with the final on 17 March 2018. ATK were the defending champions from 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.
On 11 May 2017, it was announced by the Indian Super League organizers, Football Sports Development, that they would be inviting bids for new teams to join the league for the upcoming season.[14] The bids would be for ten cities, namely Ahmedabad, 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]
| Team | Head coach | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATK | Robbie Keane (Player Manager) | Nivia[17] | CESC Limited | |
| Bengaluru |  Albert Roca | Puma[18] | JSW | |
| 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 | |
| Jamshedpur | Steve Coppell | Nivia[24] | Tata | |
| 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] |
| Team | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming coach | Date of appointment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goa | Contract finished | 18 December 2016 | Pre-season | 6 June 2017[33] | |||
| Delhi Dynamos | Mutual consent | 14 June 2017[34] | 29 June 2017[35] | ||||
| Chennaiyin | Mutual consent | 6 March 2017[36] | 3 July 2017[37] | ||||
| Jamshedpur | Expansion club | 14 July 2017[38] | |||||
| Kerala Blasters | Mutual consent | 12 July 2017[39] | 14 July 2017[40] | ||||
| ATK | 18 December 2016 | 14 July 2017[41] | |||||
| NorthEast United | 15 May 2017[42] | 17 July 2017[43] | |||||
| Pune City | 15 September 2017[44] | 25 September 2017[45] | |||||
| Kerala Blasters | 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 | 24 January 2018[50] | 8th | (Interim) | 24 January 2018 | |||
| ATK | Resignation | 2 March 2018[51] | 9th | (Player Manager) | 3 March 2018[52] | ||
See main article: article, List of 2017–18 Indian Super League season roster changes and 2017–18 ISL Players Draft.
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]
See main article: 2017–18 Indian Super League playoffs.
See main article: article and 2018 Indian Super League final.
See also: List of Indian Super League records and statistics.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coro | Goa | 18 | ||
| 2 |  Miku | Bengaluru | 15 | ||
| 3 |  Sunil Chhetri | Bengaluru | 14 | ||
| 4 |  Kalu Uche | Delhi Dynamos | 13 | ||
| Manuel Lanzarote | Goa | ||||
| 6 | Emiliano Alfaro | Pune City | 9 | ||
| Jeje Lalpekhlua | Chennaiyin | ||||
| 8 |  Marcelinho | Pune City | 8 | ||
| 9 | Balwant Singh | Mumbai City | 6 | ||
| Éverton Santos | Mumbai City | ||||
| Robbie Keane | ATK | ||||
| Source:[54] | |||||
| 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: | |||||
See also: List of Indian Super League hat-tricks.
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4–3 (H) | [55] | |||||
| 5–2 (H) | [56] | |||||
| 5–0 (H) | [57] | |||||
| 3–1 (A) | [58] | |||||
| 3–1 (H) | [59] | |||||
| 3–1 (H) | [60] |
| 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] | |||||
Dhanpal Ganesh (Chennaiyin) Pratik Chowdhary (Delhi Dynamos)See also: Indian Super League attendance.
| width=160 | Team | width=45 | width=45 | width=45 | width=45 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerala Blasters | 9 | 285,870 | align=center bgcolor="#98FB98" | 37,986 | 16,796 | align=center bgcolor="#98FB98" | 31,763 | |||
| Jamshedpur | align=center | 9 | 192,367 | 24,212 | 8,178 | 21,374< | -- 23891 + 23913 + 24212 + 21350 + 21240 + 22244 + 23953 + 8178 + 23386 --> | |||
| Bengaluru | align=center | 11 | 209,584 | 25,753 | 12,564 | 19,053< | -- 17796 + 18249 + 21924 + 12564 + 17942 + 15272 + 14724 + 15773 + 25373 + 24214 + 25753 --> | |||
| Goa | align=center | 10 | 176,038 | 18,600 | 16,221 | 17,604< | -- 18600 + 18482 + 18600 + 17128 + 17812 + 16617 + 16842 + 16221 + 17244 + 18492 --> | |||
| Chennaiyin | align=center | 10 | 155,377 | 19,013 | 12,499 | 15,538< | -- 18213 + 16795 + 17192 + 16754 + 14991 + 13992 + 12499 + 13195 + 12733 + 19013 --> | |||
| ATK | align=center | 9 | 114,021 | 32,816 | 3,165 | 12,669< | -- 32816 + 22478 + 19626 + 10065 + 11663 + 5295 + 4292 + 4621 + 3165 --> | |||
| Pune City | align=center | 10 | 87,111 | 9,968 | 6,612 | 8,711< | -- 7912 + 8211 + 9881 + 9968 + 8762 + 9157 + 6612 + 9463 + 7861 + 9,284 --> | |||
| NorthEast United | align=center | 8 | 65,736 | 21,151 | align=center bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 1,121 | 8,217< | -- 21151 + 16972 + 10353 + 5103 + 4293 + 3211 + 3532 + | ||
| Delhi Dynamos | align=center | 8 | 55,086 | 11,453 | 2,332 | 6,886< | -- 11453 + 7953 + 11119 + 10132 + 5124 + 3784 + 3189 + | |||
| Mumbai City | align=center | 9 | 58,039 | 8,597 | 4,222 | 6,449< | -- 6212 + 7112 + 8403 + 6129 + 8597 + 6059 + 5138 + 6167 + 4222 --> | |||
| Total | 93 | 1,399,409 | 37,986 | 1,121 | 15,047 | |||||
| Source:[65] | ||||||||||
| Match | Hero of the Match | Match | Hero of the Match | Match | Hero of the Match | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Club | Player | Club | 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 | 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 | 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 | ||||
| Match | Emerging Player of the Match | Match | Emerging Player of the Match | Match | Emerging Player of the Match | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Club | Player | Club | 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 | ||||
| Month | Player of the Month | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Club | |||
| November | Paul Rachubka | Kerala Blasters | [66] | |
| December | Jeje Lalpekhlua | Chennaiyin | [67] | |
| January | Iain Hume | Kerala Blasters | [68] | |
| February | Maílson Alves | Chennaiyin | [69] | |
| 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 | |||
