The Indian Super League or the ISL made its debut in 2013-14. It became a tier 1 league with huge investments. The I-league became the 2nd tier league after its arrival. Since then the ISL has impressed everyone and created high expectations for the rise of Indian football. This article will look at ISL stats about the top 5 clubs to keep the cleanest sheets in the league's history.
In this list, we will include every franchise or club that ever took part in the ISL. The clubs that merged to form a new club or those that are not part of the ISL anymore.
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List of Top 5 Clubs with the most clean sheets:
1. Mumbai City FC (44)
The champions of the 2020-21 season have kept the highest number of clean sheets in ISL history. The club has played 123 games and managed to keep 44 clean sheets out of them. Their goalkeepers have done a great job when it came to keeping the ball away from the net. Amrinder Ranjit Singh has registered the highest no. of clean sheets for them. The 28-year old has played 81 games and kept 28 clean sheets out of them.
Top Goalkeepers involved in maintaining clean sheets for the club
Goalkeeper Name | Games Played | Clean Sheets |
Amrinder Ranjit Singh | 81 | 28 |
Subrata Paul | 26 | 9 |
Albino Gomes | 5 | 2 |
Roberto Volpato Netto | 6 | 2 |
Debjit Majumder | 2 | 1 |
2. Chennaiyin FC (34)
The club from the south features at number 2 in this list. Chennaiyin FC has played 127 games and managed to keep 34 clean sheets out of them. They had some outstanding goalkeepers playing for their side. Karanjit Singh emerged as the best out of them.
Top Goalkeepers involved in maintaining clean sheets for the club
Goalkeeper Name | Games Played | Clean Sheets |
Karanjit Singh | 49 | 13 |
Vishal Kaith | 40 | 10 |
Apoula Edima Edel Bete | 13 | 6 |
Gennaro Bracigliano | 13 | 3 |
Pawan Kumar | 1 | 1 |
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3. FC Goa (33)
The Indian super cup winning club FC Goa has kept 33 clean sheets after playing 130 games. This is also the third-highest in the league. Mohammad Nawaz has been their stand out goalkeeper all this season.
Top Goalkeepers involved in maintaining clean sheets for the club
Goalkeeper Name | Games Played | Clean sheets |
Mohammad Nawaz | 43 | 10 |
Jan Seda | 14 | 7 |
Naveen Kumar | 19 | 7 |
Laxmikant Kattimani | 39 | 5 |
Dheeraj Singh Moirangthem | 9 | 2 |
4. ATK FC (32)
ATK Football Club, formerly known as Atlético de Kolkata, was an Indian professional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. The club competed in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football and won the league thrice. Later ATK would merge with Mohun Bagan to form ATK Mohun Bagan FC Pvt. Ltd. on 1 June 2020. The club independently kept 32 clean sheets out of 107 games played. we are not considering ATK Mohun Bagan's records along with ATK FC. There would be a separate thread on ATK Mohun Bagan. Arindam Bhattacharya was their main stand out man in goal for the club when they were in the league.
Top Goalkeepers involved in maintaining clean sheets for the club
Goalkeeper Name | Games Played | Clean Sheets |
Arindam Bhattacharya | 38 | 13 |
Debjit Majumder | 27 | 7 |
Subhasish Roy Chowdhury | 8 | 4 |
Apoula Edima Edel Bete | 9 | 4 |
Jussi Albert Jaaskelainen | 1 | 1 |
5. NorthEast United FC (32)
The football club representing the North-eastern states of Indian find its place in the top 5 in this list. NorthEast United FC has kept 32 clean sheets as well, but are behind ATK FC because of more games played. The club has played 120 games and managed to keep 32 clean sheets among them. Rehenesh Paramba has been their main man behind the goal.
Top Goalkeepers involved in maintaining clean sheets for the club
Goalkeeper Name | Games Played | Clean Sheets |
Rehenesh Tumbirumbu Paramba | 49 | 13 |
Pawan Kumar | 18 | 6 |
Subhasish Roy Chowdhury | 30 | 6 |
Subrata Paul | 11 | 4 |
Gurmeet Singh | 9 | 2 |
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List of Clubs with most clean sheets outside of the top 5:
Ranking | Club Name | Games Played | Clean Sheets |
6 | Bengaluru FC | 82 | 30 |
7 | Kerala Blasters FC | 122 | 30 |
8 | Jamshedpur FC | 74 | 22 |
9 | FC Pune City (Dissolved) | 80 | 19 |
10 | Delhi Dynamos FC (renamed as Odisha FC) | 82 | 17 |
11 | ATK Mohun Bagan FC (ATK FC merged with Mohun Bagan) | 23 | 10 |
12 | Hyderabad FC | 38 | 8 |
13 | Odisha FC | 38 | 5 |
14 | SC East Bengal | 20 | 3 |
The list looks like this-