| Competition: | Indian Super League |
| Season: | 2019–20 |
| Winners: | ATK 3rd ISL Cup title 1st Indian title |
| Shieldtitle: | League Shield Winners |
| Shield: | Goa 1st ISL Shield title |
| Continentalcup1: | AFC Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Goa |
| Continentalcup3: | AFC Cup |
| Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | ATK Bengaluru |
| Matches: | 95 |
| Total Goals: | 294 |
| League Topscorer: | Bartholomew Ogbeche Nerijus Valskis Roy Krishna (15 goals each) |
| Best Goalkeeper: | Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (122.14 mins per goal) |
| Biggest Home Win: | (25 October 2019) |
| Biggest Away Win: | (19 February 2020) |
| Highest Scoring: | (1 February 2020) |
| Longest Wins: | Goa (5 games) |
| Longest Unbeaten: | Chennaiyin (9 games) |
| Longest Winless: | Hyderabad NorthEast United (14 games) |
| Longest Losses: | Hyderabad (4 games) |
| Highest Attendance: | 50,102 (8 March 2020) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 1,000 (7 February 2020) |
| Attendance: | 1,219,462 |
| Average Attendance: | 12,973 |
| Prevseason: | 2018–19 |
| Nextseason: | 2020–21 |
| Dates: | 20 October 2019 – 14 March 2020 |
The 2019–20 Indian Super League season was the sixth season of the Indian Super League, one of the top Indian professional football leagues. The regular season began on 20 October 2019 and concluded on 14 March 2020.
Hyderabad replaced the disbanded Pune City,[1] whereas Delhi Dynamos moved to Bhubaneswar and rebranded as Odisha.[2]
Bengaluru were the defending champions, having won their maiden Indian Super League title by defeating Goa 1–0 in the 2018–19 final.[3] However, both teams were knocked out in the semi-finals, with Bengaluru losing 3–2 on aggregate to ATK[4] and Goa losing 6–5 on aggregate to Chennaiyin.[5] On 14 March 2020, ATK beat Chennaiyin 3–1 in the final, becoming the first club to win three ISL titles.[6]
On 29 November 2019, the AFC association ranking confirmed India's group stage spot in the 2021 AFC Champions League. As winners of the regular season, FC Goa took that spot along with the inaugural League Winners Shield trophy.
| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATK |  Antonio Lopez Habas[17] | Roy Krishna | Nivia Sports | ||
| Bengaluru | Carles Cuadrat[18] |  Sunil Chettri | Puma | Kia Motors[19] | |
| Chennaiyin | Owen Coyle[20] | Lucian Goian | Performax | Apollo Tyres | |
| Goa | Clifford Miranda[21] | Mandar Rao Desai | T10 Sports | Adda52 | |
| Hyderabad |  Marcelinho | Reyaur Sports[22] | |||
| Jamshedpur | Antonio Iriondo[23] | Tiri | Nivia Sports | Tata Steel | |
| Kerala Blasters | Eelco Schattorie | Bartholomew Ogbeche | Reyaur Sports | Muthoot Group | |
| Mumbai City | Jorge Costa | Sqad Gear | SportsAdda | ||
| NorthEast United |  Robert Jarni |  José David Leudo | Performax | Federal Bank | |
| Odisha | Marcos Tébar | TYKA Sports | Odisha Tourism[24] |
| Team | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming coach | Date of appointment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATK | Steve Coppell | End of contract | 30 April 2019 | Pre-season | Antonio López Habas | 3 May 2019 | |
| Kerala Blasters | Nelo Vingada | 17 March 2019 | Eelco Schattorie | 19 May 2019[25] | |||
| Jamshedpur | César Ferrando | 5 April 2019 | Antonio Iriondo | 26 July 2019[26] | |||
| NorthEast United | Eelco Schattorie | 19 May 2019 | Robert Jarni | 5 August 2019[27] | |||
| Chennaiyin | John Gregory[28] | Sacked | 30 Nov 2019 | 8th | 4 Dec 2019[29] | ||
| Hyderabad | Phil Brown[30] | 11 January 2020 | 10th | Xavier Gurri López | 15 January 2020[31] | ||
| Goa | Sergio Lobera[32] | Mutual Consent | 1 February 2020 | 1st | Clifford Miranda | 3 February 2020[33] | |
| NorthEast United | Robert Jarni[34] | Sacked | 11 February 2020 | 9th | Khalid Jamil | 11 February 2020 |
See main article: List of 2019–20 Indian Super League season roster changes.
The number of foreign players allowed in the squad is maximum seven and a minimum of six. However, the maximum number of foreign players allowed on the pitch is five.
See main article: 2019–20 Indian Super League playoffs.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kerala Blasters | 15 | ||
 Nerijus Valskis | Chennaiyin | |||
| ATK | ||||
| 4 | Goa | 14 | ||
| 5 |  Hugo Boumous | Goa | 11 | |
| 6 | Odisha | 9 | ||
| Sunil Chhetri | Bengaluru | |||
| 8 |  Raphaël Messi Bouli | Kerala Blasters | 8 | |
| 9 | Manuel Onwu | Odisha | 7 | |
| Jamshedpur | ||||
| Marcelinho Pereira | Hyderabad | |||
 David Williams | ATK | |||
| Rafael Crivellaro | Chennaiyin | |||
| Lallianzuala Chhangte | Chennaiyin | |||
| Source:[35] | ||||
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunil Chhetri | Bengaluru | 9 | |
| 2 | Lallianzuala Chhangte | Chennaiyin | 7 | |
| 3 | Goa | 5 | ||
| 4 | NorthEast United | 3 | ||
| Michael Soosairaj | ATK | |||
| 6 | Liston Colaco | Hyderabad | 2 | |
| Rowllin Borges | Mumbai City | |||
| Bipin Singh | Mumbai City | |||
| Jerry Mawihmingthanga | Odisha | |||
| Goa | ||||
| Goa | ||||
| Goa | ||||
| Source: | ||||
See also: List of Indian Super League hat-tricks.
Result column shows goal tally of player's team first.
| No. | Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kerala Blasters | Chennaiyin | 3–6 (A) | 1 February 2020 | [36] | |
| 2 | ATK | Odisha | 3–1 (H) | 8 February 2020 | [37] | |
| 3 | Odisha | Kerala Blasters | 4–4 (H) | 23 February 2020 | [38] | |
| Rank | Player | Club | Assists | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hugo Boumous | Goa | 10 | |
| 2 | Chennaiyin | 8 | ||
| 3 | Goa | 7 | ||
| 4 | Nerijus Valskis | Chennayin | 6 | |
| Anirudh Thapa | Chennaiyin | |||
| ATK | ||||
| 7 | Bengaluru | 5 | ||
| Odisha | ||||
| David Williams | ATK | |||
| Jessel Carneiro | Kerala Blasters | |||
| Javi Hernández | ATK | |||
| Bengaluru | ||||
| Prabir Das | ATK | |||
| Source:[39] | ||||
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gurpreet Singh | Bengaluru | 11 | |
| 2 | ATK | 9 | ||
| 3 | Mohammad Nawaz | Goa | 5 | |
| 4 | Amrinder Singh | Mumbai City | 4 | |
| Vishal Kaith | Chennaiyin | |||
| 6 | Francisco Dorronsoro | Odisha | 3 | |
| Subhasish Roy | NorthEast United | |||
| 8 | Rehenesh TP | Kerala Blasters | 2 | |
| Subrata Pal | Jamshedpur | |||
| 10 | Bilal Khan | Kerala Blasters | 1 | |
| Arshdeep Singh | Odisha | |||
| Source:[40] | ||||
See also: Indian Super League attendance.
| width=160 | Team | width=45 | width=45 | width=45 | width=45 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATK | 9 | 200,917 | align=center bgcolor="#98FB98" | 37,406 | 8,690 | align=center bgcolor="#98FB98" | 22,324 | |||
| Jamshedpur | 9 | 181,218 | 23,157 | 17,263 | 20,135< | -- 21689 + 20539 + 23157 + 20633 + 20304 + 19572 + 18753 + 19308 + 17263 --> | ||||
| Kerala Blasters | 9 | 157,641 | 36,298 | 7,754 | 17,515< | -- 36298 + 28445 + 20107 + 21157 + 12772 + 12168 + 9856 + 9084 + 7754 --> | ||||
| Bengaluru | 9 | 131,592 | 27,083 | 9,746 | 14,621< | -- 15971 + 16219 + 27083 + 13950 + 13509 + 10731 + 9746 + 9834 + 14549 --> | ||||
| Goa | 9 | 117,057 | 17,773 | 10,212 | 13,006< | -- 13017 + 17773 + 14119 + 12817 + 12244 + 12744 + 12317 + 10212 + 11814 --> | ||||
| Chennaiyin | 9 | 80,777 | 11,597 | 7,500 | 8,975< | -- 8000 + 8000 + 7500 + 8693 + 11597 + 9531 + 8250 + 8253 + 10953 --> | ||||
| NorthEast United | 9 | 74,280 | 17,942 | 1000 | 8,253< | -- 14672 + 17273 + 17942 + 13393 + 3500 + 1000 + 2000 + 3500 + 1000 --> | ||||
| Hyderabad | 9 | 65,699 | 12,114 | 3,000 | 7,299< | -- 12114 + 8190 + 8172 + 6123 + 3100 + 3000 + 7000 + 8000 + 10000 --> | ||||
| Odisha | 9 | 56,081 | 9,452 | 3,500 (3,816) | 6,231< | -- 5000 + 3816 + 3500 + 9452 + 6382 + 7778 + 7463 + 6456 + 6234 --> | ||||
| Mumbai City | 9 | 47,166 | 7,021 | 3,200 | align=center bgcolor="#FFA9A9" | 5,240 | ||||
| Total | 90 | 1,112,428 | 37,406 | 1,000 | 12,360 | |||||
| Legend | Source:[45] [46] [47] | |||||||||
| Match | Hero of the Match | Match | Hero of the Match | Match | Hero of the Match | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | ||||
| Match 1 |  Bartholomew Ogbeche | Kerala Blasters | Match 33 | David Williams | ATK | Match 65 | Nerijus Valskis | Chennaiyin | |
| Match 2 | Bengaluru | Match 34 | Goa | Match 66 | Adil Khan | Hyderabad | |||
| Match 3 | Farukh Choudhary | Jamshedpur | Match 35 | Farukh Choudhary | Jamshedpur | Match 67 |  Hugo Boumous | Goa | |
| Match 4 | Goa | Match 36 | Odisha | Match 68 | ATK | ||||
| Match 5 | Mumbai City | Match 37 | Kerala Blasters | Match 69 | Jackichand Singh | Goa | |||
| Match 6 | David Williams | ATK | Match 38 | Goa | Match 70 | Nishu Kumar | Bengaluru | ||
| Match 7 | NorthEast United | Match 39 | Rowllin Borges | Mumbai City | Match 71 | Diego Carlos | Mumbai City | ||
| Match 8 | Sarthak Golui | Mumbai City | Match 40 | Juanan | Bengaluru | Match 72 | Lallianzuala Chhangte | Chennaiyin | |
| Match 9 | Udanta Singh | Bengaluru | Match 41 | Paulo Machado | Mumbai City | Match 73 | ATK | ||
| Match 10 | Jamshedpur | Match 42 | Lallianzuala Chhangte | Chennaiyin | Match 74 | Hugo Boumous | Goa | ||
| Match 11 | David Williams | ATK | Match 43 | Bobô | Hyderabad | Match 75 | Diego Carlos | Mumbai City | |
| Match 12 | Odisha | Match 44 | Ferrán Corominas | Goa | Match 76 | Lalengmawia | NorthEast | ||
| Match 13 | NorthEast United | Match 45 | David Williams | ATK | Match 77 | Roy Krishna | ATK | ||
| Match 14 | Marcelinho | Hyderabad | Match 46 | Ahmed Jahouh | Goa | Match 78 | Rafael Crivellaro | Chennaiyin | |
| Match 15 | Jamshedpur | Match 47 | Odisha | Match 79 | José David Leudo | NorthEast | |||
| Match 16 |  Maximiliano Barreiro | NorthEast United | Match 48 | Mario Arqués | Kerala Blasters | Match 80 | Ferrán Corominas | Goa | |
| Match 17 | Goa | Match 49 |  Modou Sougou | Mumbai City | Match 81 | Liston Colaco | Hyderabad | ||
| Match 18 | Kerala Blasters | Match 50 | Sunil Chhetri | Bengaluru | Match 82 | Xisco Hernández | Odisha | ||
| Match 19 | ATK | Match 51 | ATK | Match 83 | Bartholomew Ogbeche | Kerala | |||
| Match 20 | Bengaluru | Match 52 | Kerala Blasters | Match 84 | Edwin Vanspaul | Chennaiyin | |||
| Match 21 | Bengaluru | Match 53 | Vinit Rai | Odisha | Match 85 | Hugo Boumous | Goa | ||
| Match 22 | Odisha | Match 54 | Lenny Rodrigues | Goa | Match 86 | Liston Colaco | Hyderabad | ||
| Match 23 | Chennaiyin | Match 55 | Bengaluru | Match 87 | Lucian Goian | Chennaiyin | |||
| Match 24 | Sergio Castel | Jamshedpur | Match 56 | Nerijus Valskis | Chennaiyin | Match 88 | Edu García | ATK | |
| Match 25 |  Asamoah Gyan | NorthEast United | Match 57 | Odisha | Match 89 | Manuel Onwu | Odisha | ||
| Match 26 | Nerijus Valskis | Chennaiyin | Match 58 | Kerala Blasters | Match 90 | Martín Cháves | NorthEast | ||
| Match 27 | Robin Singh | Hyderabad | Match 59 | Aridane Santana | Odisha | Match 91 (SF) | Anirudh Thapa | Chennaiyin | |
| Match 28 |  Sèrge Kevyn | Mumbai City | Match 60 | Rafael Crivellaro | Chennaiyin | Match 92 (SF) | Erik Paartalu | Bengaluru | |
| Match 29 | Goa | Match 61 | Mumbai City | Match 93 (SF) | Mourtada Fall | Goa | |||
| Match 30 | Farukh Choudhary | Jamshedpur | Match 62 | Pritam Kotal | ATK | Match 94 (SF) | Prabir Das | ATK | |
| Match 31 | Gurpreet Singh Sandhu | Bengaluru | Match 63 | Sergio Castel | Jamshedpur | Match 95 (F) | Arindam Bhattacharya | ATK | |
| Match 32 | Jeakson Singh | Kerala | Match 64 | Erik Paartalu | Bengaluru | Source:[48] | |||
| 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 | Kerala Blasters | Match 33 | Lalthathanga Khawlhring | NorthEast United | Match 65 | Laldinliana Renthlei | Chennaiyin | ||
| Match 2 | Bengaluru | Match 34 | Ashish Rai | Hyderabad | Match 66 | Sourav Das | Mumbai City | ||
| Match 3 | Odisha | Match 35 | Lallianzuala Chhangte | Chennaiyin | Match 67 | Mohammad Rakip | Kerala Blasters | ||
| Match 4 | Goa | Match 36 | Rohit Kumar | Hyderabad | Match 68 | Lalengmawia | NorthEast United | ||
| Match 5 | Kerala Blasters | Match 37 | Sahal Abdul Samad | Kerala Blasters | Match 69 | Gaurav Bora | Odisha | ||
| Match 6 | ATK | Match 38 | Salam Ranjan Singh | ATK | Match 70 | Mohammad Yasir | Hyderabad | ||
| Match 7 | NorthEast United | Match 39 | Bipin Singh | Mumbai City | Match 71 | Lalengmawia | NorthEast United | ||
| Match 8 | Lallianzuala Chhangte | Chennaiyin | Match 40 | Lalengmawia | NorthEast United | Match 72 | Jerry Lalrinzuala | Chennaiyin | |
| Match 9 | Bengaluru | Match 41 | Farukh Choudhary | Jamshedpur | Match 73 | Aniket Jadhav | Jamshedpur | ||
| Match 10 | Aniket Jadhav | Jamshedpur | Match 42 | Lallianzuala Chhangte | Chennaiyin | Match 74 | Sahil Panwar | Hyderabad | |
| Match 11 | Lallianzuala Chhangte | Chennaiyin | Match 43 | Rohit Kumar | Hyderabad | Match 75 | Bidyananda Singh | Mumbai City | |
| Match 12 | Nanda Kumar Sekar | Odisha | Match 44 | Shubham Sarangi | Odisha | Match 76 | Lalruatthara | Kerala Blasters | |
| Match 13 | NorthEast United | Match 45 | Sumit Rathi | ATK | Match 77 | Sumit Rathi | ATK | ||
| Match 14 | Rahul K. P. | Kerala Blasters | Match 46 | Seriton Fernandes | Goa | Match 78 | Ashique Kuruniyan | Bengaluru | |
| Match 15 | Mobashir Rahman | Jamshedpur | Match 47 | Shubham Sarangi | Odisha | Match 79 | Redeem Tlang | NorthEast United | |
| Match 16 | Mohammad Yasir | Hyderabad | Match 48 | Rakesh Pradhan | NorthEast United | Match 80 | Bipin Singh | Mumbai City | |
| Match 17 | Sarthak Golui | Mumbai City | Match 49 | Ashish Rai | Hyderabad | Match 81 | Liston Colaco | Hyderabad | |
| Match 18 | Rahul K. P. | Kerala Blasters | Match 50 | Nishu Kumar | Bengaluru | Match 82 | Nim Dorjee | NorthEast United | |
| Match 19 | Isaac Vanmalsawma | Jamshedpur | Match 51 | Michael Soosairaj | ATK | Match 83 | Suresh Wangjam | Bengaluru | |
| Match 20 | Ashique Kuruniyan | Bengaluru | Match 52 | Mohammad Rakip | Kerala Blasters | Match 84 | Jerry Lalrinzuala | Chennaiyin | |
| Match 21 | Mohammad Rakip | Kerala Blasters | Match 53 | Jerry Mawihmingthanga | Odisha | Match 85 | Amarjit Kiyam | Jamshedpur | |
| Match 22 | Shubham Sarangi | Odisha | Match 54 | Mohammad Nawaz | Goa | Match 86 | Mohammad Yasir | Hyderabad | |
| Match 23 | Vishal Kaith | Chennaiyin | Match 55 | Ashique Kuruniyan | Bengaluru | Match 87 | Laldinliana Renthlei | Chennaiyin | |
| Match 24 | Jitendra Singh | Jamshedpur | Match 56 | Lallianzuala Chhangte | Chennaiyin | Match 88 | Leon Augustine | Bengaluru | |
| Match 25 | Rakesh Pradhan | NorthEast United | Match 57 | Odisha | Match 89 | Odisha | |||
| Match 26 | Shubham Sarangi | Odisha | Match 58 | Kerala Blasters | Match 90 | Redeem Tlang | NorthEast | ||
| Match 27 | Ashique Kuruniyan | Bengaluru | Match 59 | Odisha | Match 91 (SF) | Jerry Lalrinzuala | Chennaiyin | ||
| Match 28 | Pratik Chaudhari | Mumbai City | Match 60 | Vishal Kaith | Chennaiyin | Match 92 (SF) | Suresh Singh Wangjam | Bengaluru | |
| Match 29 | Mohammad Rakip | Kerala Blasters | Match 61 | Mumbai City | Match 93 (SF) | Jerry Lalrinzuala | Chennaiyin | ||
| Match 30 | Narender Gahlot | Jamshedpur | Match 62 | Sumit Rathi | ATK | Match 94 (SF) | Ashique Kuruniyan | Bengaluru | |
| Match 31 | Vinit Rai | Odisha | Match 63 | Amarjit Singh Kiyam | Jamshedpur | Match 95 (F) | Sumit Rathi | ATK | |
| Match 32 | Jeakson Singh | Kerala | Match 64 | Ashique Kuruniyan | Bengaluru | Source: | |||
| scope=col | Award | scope=col | Player | scope=col | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hero of the League | Hugo Boumous | Goa | |||
| Golden Boot | Nerijus Valskis | Chennaiyin | |||
| Golden Glove | Gurpreet Singh Sandhu | Bengaluru | |||
| Winning Pass of the League | Hugo Boumous | Goa | |||
| ISL Emerging Player of the League | Sumit Rathi | ATK |
