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).