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  • Kerala Blasters, East Bengal to begin ISL season on October 7

    The 2022-23 Indian Super League will kick off on October 7 when final season’s runners-up Kerala Blasters host East Bengal FC on the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi.

    Matches are scheduled between Thursday and Sunday, bringing the ISL in keeping with the highest world soccer leagues.

    All ISL groups are at present collaborating in Asia’s oldest competitors, the Durand Cup, as they gear up for the upcoming season.

    The ISL might be adopted by the Super Cup in April.

    The upcoming season will see followers again within the stadiums after a niche of two seasons. To make it handy for extra followers and households to attend and watch their groups in motion, the ISL has created a fixture checklist with matches happening on weekends.

    This season onwards, league organisers Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL) have additionally launched a brand new playoff format for the league, including two thrilling matches into the calendar.

    The high two groups on the finish of the league stage will mechanically qualify for the semi-finals. Teams ending between third and sixth will characteristic in a single-leg playoff to find out the opposite two semi-finalists.

    Defending champions Hyderabad FC begin their marketing campaign on October 9 in entrance of their dwelling followers in opposition to former winners Mumbai City FC on the GMC Balayogi Athletic Stadium Gachibowli.

    League Shield Winners in 2021-22, Jamshedpur FC are in motion two days later, on October 11 on the JRD Tata Sports Complex in opposition to Odisha FC.

    Fans can watch India’s largest derby between ATK Mohun Bagan and East Bengal FC on October 29 and February 25 subsequent 12 months, to be performed on the iconic Vivekananda Yuvabharati Krirangan (Salt Lake Stadium) in Kolkata.

    For the primary time ever, the ISL league stage will run for shut to 5 months aside from the playoffs, semi-finals and ultimate.

    Each membership will play 20 league matches – 10 every at dwelling and away by the autumn until subsequent spring because the league stage attracts to an in depth on February 26.

    New ISL playoff format:

    Eliminator 1: third positioned group vs sixth positioned group

    Eliminator 2: 4th positioned group vs fifth positioned group

    Semi-Final 1 1st Leg: 1st positioned group vs (Winner – Eliminator 2)

    Semi-Final 2 1st Leg: 2nd positioned group vs (Winner – Eliminator 1)

    Semi-Final 1 2nd Leg: (Winner – Eliminator 2) vs 1st positioned group

    Semi-Final 2 2nd Leg: (Winner – Eliminator 1) vs 2nd positioned group

    Final: (Winner Semi-Final 1) vs (Winner Semi-Final 2).

  • ISL second leg schedule introduced, Kolkata derby on Feb 19

    The much-anticipated return leg of the Kolkata derby between ATK Mohun Bagan and SC East Bengal within the Indian Super League will probably be performed on February 19, the organisers introduced on Saturday, releasing the fixtures for second leg of the match.
    The second half of the seventh season of the league, which marked the return of main reside sporting motion within the nation amidst a lot anticipation, will begin on January 12 with NorthEast United FC taking up Bengaluru FC on the Tilak Maidan Stadium.
    ATK Mohun Bagan may even be taking part in within the remaining league sport of the season in opposition to Mumbai City FC because the league section involves an in depth on February 28.
    There will additional be seven double-headers within the the rest of the 55 league video games of the season, all to be performed on Sundays.
    As the brand new 12 months kicks in, ATK Mohun Bagan is perched on the prime of the factors desk, carefully adopted by Mumbai City FC with the remaining 9 groups posing a stiff problem to topple them.
    It will probably be attention-grabbing to see how the fortunes change with every crew having had a glimpse of their opponents’ firepower. Lots will probably be at stake with the highest 4 positions for seize, together with crucial League Winner’s Shield.
    The schedule and venue for the playoffs and remaining will probably be introduced at a later date.