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Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL), the organisers of India's premier football league, the Indian Super League (ISL) on Thursday announced that the playoffs of the ISL 2023-24 season will begin on April 19 while the final will be played on May 4.
The first two knockout matches will be played on 19th and 20th April where teams from number three to number six in the league table will feature. The winners from those two knockout matches will join the league's top two teams in a two-legged semi-final that will be played on April 23, 24 and 28 and 29. Then eventually the winners of those semi-finals will face each other in the final on May 4 2024.
Format
The top two teams will move directly to the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth will play two knockout matches. The winners of these matches will join the top two teams in the semi-finals.
Top six teams
After East Bengal's defeat against Punjab FC in the last game Chennaiyin FC have become the latest team to qualify for the playoffs. Mohun Bagan Super Giant and Mumbai City FC are still fighting for the ISL Shield and Mohun Bagan's remaining two games will surely decide that. Interestingly, the Mariners will face the Islanders in the last match of the league as well. The other teams in the top six are Odisha FC, FC Goa and Kerala Blasters FC.
Playoffs Schedule:
Knockouts - April 19 and April 20
Semi-finals (1st leg) - April 23 and April 24
Semi-finals (2nd leg) - April 28 and April 29
Final - May 4
The venues of these matches will be declared shortly.
ISL Champions and Shield winners
| Season | Championship |
|---|---|
| 2014 | Atlético de Kolkata |
| 2015 | Chennaiyin |
| 2016 | Atlético de Kolkata (2) |
| 2017–18 | Chennaiyin (2) |
| 2018–19 | Bengaluru |
| 2019–20 | ATK (3) |
| 2020–21 | Mumbai City |
| 2021–22 | Hyderabad |
| 2022–23 | ATK Mohun Bagan |
| Season | Shield |
| 2019–20 | FC Goa |
| 2020–21 | Mumbai City |
| 2021–22 | Jamshedpur |
| 2022–23 | Mumbai City (2) |
