The Indian Super League's 10th season kicked off on September 21. The full ISL 2023-24 schedule and fixtures was released by the organisers on Thursday.
The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi hosted the ISL season-opener between Bengaluru FC and Kerala Blasters. In the first match week, Hyderabad FC hosted FC Goa, while defending ISL champions Mohun Bagan Super Giants played newly-promoted Punjab FC at the Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata.
The matches will be played at 11 venues. Both Mohun Bagan and East Bengal will share the Salt Lake Stadium as their home venue.
ISL 2023–24 has the most teams ever. Punjab FC, I-League champions, are the 12th team competing this season, making it one more from the previous edition.
ISL 2023-24 teams: Bengaluru FC, Chennaiyin FC, FC Goa, East Bengal, Hyderabad FC, Jamshedpur FC, Kerala Blasters, Mohun Bagan Super Giant, Mumbai City FC, NorthEast United FC, Odisha FC, Punjab FC
The top two teams at the end of the league stage will qualify directly for the semi-finals, whereas the sides finishing third to the sixth will play a single-leg playoff in a knockout format to determine the other two semi-finalists.
Mumbai City FC, Mohun Bagan SG, Odisha FC, FC Goa, Kerala Blasters FC and Chennaiyin FC have already qualified for the playoffs, which start on April 19.
ISL 2023-24 schedule: All fixtures and match start times
ISL 2023-24 venues
- GMC Balayogi Athletic Stadium, Hyderabad
- Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati
- Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai
- Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi
- Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Goa
- Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi
- JRD Tata Sports Complex, Jamshedpur
- Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
- Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai
- Salt Lake Stadium (Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan), Kolkata
- Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru