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Overseen by the All India Football Federation, the ISL is a top football league in India. It started in 2013 and runs every year from September through March, with 14 clubs competing for the ultimate prize — the Indian Super League Cup.
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Every ISL tournament has a regular home-and-away season of 26 matches in double round-robin format, followed by postseason playoffs. Teams earn 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw and none for a loss. The table topper in the regular season becomes the ISL Champions and claims the League Shield.
Meanwhile, the top 6 teams play to enter the ISL Final through the playoffs. A one-legged knockout match is played between Teams 3 and 6, and 4 and 5. The qualifiers then join teams 1 and 2 in the semi finals that are played over two legs. The final match, again, is one-legged, where the best team gets to lift the Indian Super League Cup.
Year 2025–26 will witness the 12th schedule of the Indian Super League.
Dates:
Regular Home-and-Away Season | 14/09/2025 – 18/04/2026 |
Playoffs | 25/04/2026 – 09/05/ 2026 |
Participating Indian Super League teams (13 from the previous schedule and one from an I-League promotion):
Mohun Bagan SG will be defending both the League Shield and the ISL Cup in 2025-26.
Here’s the full list of the squads that have won in the past, with bonus information about the Golden Boot awardees:
Year | League Shield Holder | ISL Cup Winner | Best Player (Golden Boot Awardee and Goals Scored) |
2014 | N/A | Atlético de Kolkata FC | Elano (Chennaiyin FC) — 8 Goals |
2015 | N/A | Chennaiyin FC | Stiven Mendoza (Chennaiyin FC) — 13 goals |
2016 | N/A | Atlético de Kolkata FC | Marcelinho (Odisha FC) — 10 goals |
2017-2018 | N/A | Chennaiyin FC | Coro (FC Goa) — 18 goals |
2018-2019 | N/A | Bengaluru FC | Coro (FC Goa) — 16 goals |
2019-2020 | FC Goa | Atlético de Kolkata FC | Nerijus Valskis (Chennaiyin FC); Bartholomew Ogbeche (Kerala Blasters FC); Roy Krishna (Atlético de Kolkata FC) — 15 goals |
2020-2021 | Mumbai City FC | Mumbai City FC | Roy Krishna (Mohun Bagan SG); Igor Angulo (FC Goa) — 14 goals |
2021-2022 | Jamshedpur FC | Hyderabad FC | Bartholomew Ogbeche (Hyderabad FC) — 18 goals |
2022-2023 | Mumbai City FC | Mohun Bagan SG | Diego Mauricio (Odisha FC); Cleiton Silva (East Bengal FC); Dimitri Petratos (Mohun Bagan SG) — 12 goals |
2023-2024 | Mohun Bagan SG | Mumbai City FC | Roy Krishna (Odisha FC); Dimitrios Diamantakos (Kerala Blasters FC) — 13 goals |
2024-2025 | Mohun Bagan SG | Mohun Bagan SG | Alaaeddine Ajaraie (NorthEast United FC) — 23 goals |
ATK FC won the ISL Cup the most times, but the squad was dissolved in 2020.
To get you the edge you deserve, LEON has considered historical data and current form for the 2025-26 Indian Super League predictions. But regardless of who lifts the cup, the upcoming edition is sure to bring nail-biting matches with high-intensity action.
Mohun Bagan SG will be defending their past victories with full force. Churchill Brothers won’t let their ISL promotion go in vain either. Kerala Blasters FC rue their denial of club licensing clearance, so we expect them to go full throttle as well. This could be their year if they work on their defence.
Mumbai City FC, with their attacking style and strong squad formation, should remain dominant. We expect them to give tough competition to the current defenders, at least for the League Shield. Lastly, underdogs NorthEast United FC could meet and exceed expectations with their homegrown grit. Don’t be surprised if they cause a mid-table surge.
Looking at past performances, the odds of Mohun Bagan SG emerging victorious in the upcoming schedule of the league seem pretty high. This squad definitely goes into our list of favourites for the potential League Shield holder this year. We’ll also root for it for our ISL final prediction as the Cup winner.
These Indian Super League betting tips should make your 2025-26 bets worthwhile:
Important: A tip or a strategy isn’t a way to game the league’s system — the outcome of a match will always be what it’s meant to be, regardless of what you put on your bet slip. But using one could raise the chances of hitting the bullseye.
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