Indian Super League (ISL) 2022-23 season will start on October 7 with Kerala Blasters hosting East Bengal at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi, Kerala.
For the first time East Bengal will play their home matches at Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Krirangan in front of home crowd.
All teams – ATK Mohun Bagan, Bengaluru FC, Chennaiyin FC, East Bengal, FC Goa, Hyderabad FC, Jamshedpur FC, Kerala Blasters, Mumbai City FC, NorthEast United and Odisha FC will play each other twice, home and away, in a round-robin format in the league stage followed by the playoffs stage.
With COVID-19 easing out and restrictions more relaxed, fans will be allowed back in stadiums for the first time in two years.
ISL 2022-23 will see a new playoffs format. The top two teams in the league stages will automatically make it to the semi-finals. The teams from third to sixth will then play each other (3rd vs 6th and 4th vs 5th) in a single-leg playoff to determine the other two semi-finalists.
Defending champions Hyderabad FC will play their first match against Mumbai City FC on October 9. The iconic Kolkata Derby – played between ATK Mohun Bagan and East Bengal – will be held on October 29 and February 25.
The league stages of ISL 2022-23 will run over five months, for the first time in history. It is scheduled from October 7, 2022, to February 26, 2023. The ISL playoffs will be held in March 2023.
A typical matchweek in ISL 2022-23 will feature games from Thursday to Sunday. In total, there will be 117 matches played across 10 venues.
New ISL playoff format:
Eliminator 1: 3rd placed team vs 6th placed team
Eliminator 2: 4th placed team vs 5th placed team
Semi-Final 1 1st Leg: 1st placed team vs (Winner – Eliminator 2)
Semi-Final 2 1st Leg: 2nd placed team vs (Winner – Eliminator 1)
Semi-Final 1 2nd Leg: (Winner – Eliminator 2) vs 1st placed team
Semi-Final 2 2nd Leg: (Winner – Eliminator 1) vs 2nd placed team
Final: (Winner Semi-Final 1) vs (Winner Semi-Final 2).
East Bengal’s Fixture:
- FRI, OCT 7, 2022 – KERALA BLASTERS FC vs EAST BENGAL – 7:30 PM (JAWAHARLAL NEHRU STADIUM, KOCHI)
- WED, OCT 12, 2022 – EAST BENGAL vs FC GOA – 7:30 PM (VIVEKANANDA YUBA BHARATI KRIRANGAN, KOLKATA)
- THU, OCT 20, 2022 – NORTHEAST UNITED FC vs EAST BENGAL – 7:30 PM (INDIRA GANDHI ATHLETIC STADIUM, GUWAHATI)
- SAT, OCT 29, 2022 – ATK MOHUN BAGAN vs EAST BENGAL – 7:30 PM (VIVEKANANDA YUBA BHARATI KRIRANGAN, KOLKATA)
- FRI, NOV 4, 2022 – EAST BENGAL vs CHENNAIYIN FC – 7:30 PM (VIVEKANANDA YUBA BHARATI KRIRANGAN, KOLKATA)
- FRI, NOV 11, 2022 – BENGALURU FC vs EAST BENGAL – 7:30 PM (SREE KANTEERAVA STADIUM, BENGALURU)
- FRI, NOV 18, 2022 – EAST BENGAL vs ODISHA FC – 7:30 PM (VIVEKANANDA YUBA BHARATI KRIRANGAN, KOLKATA)
- SUN, NOV 27, 2022 – JAMSHEDPUR FC vs EAST BENGAL – 7:30 PM (JRD TATA SPORTS COMPLEX, JAMSHEDPUR)
- FRI, DEC 9, 2022 – HYDERABAD FC vs EAST BENGAL – 7:30 PM (G.M.C. BALAYOGI ATHLETIC STADIUM, HYDERABAD)
- FRI, DEC 16, 2022 – EAST BENGAL vs MUMBAI CITY FC – 7:30 PM (VIVEKANANDA YUBA BHARATI KRIRANGAN, KOLKATA)
- FRI, DEC 30, 2022 – EAST BENGAL vs BENGALURU FC – 7:30 PM (VIVEKANANDA YUBA BHARATI KRIRANGAN, KOLKATA)
- SAT, JAN 7, 2023 – ODISHA FC vs EAST BENGAL – 7:30 PM (KALINGA STADIUM, BHUBANESWAR)
- FRI, JAN 13, 2023 – EAST BENGAL vs JAMSHEDPUR FC – 7:30 PM (VIVEKANANDA YUBA BHARATI KRIRANGAN, KOLKATA)
- FRI, JAN 20, 2023 – EAST BENGAL vs HYDERABAD FC – 7:30 PM (VIVEKANANDA YUBA BHARATI KRIRANGAN, KOLKATA)
- THU, JAN 26, 2023 – FC GOA vs EAST BENGAL – 7:30 PM (JAWAHARLAL NEHRU STADIUM, GOA)
- FRI, FEB 3, 2023 – EAST BENGAL vs KERALA BLASTERS FC – 7:30 PM (VIVEKANANDA YUBA BHARATI KRIRANGAN, KOLKATA)
- WED, FEB 8, 2023 – EAST BENGAL vs NORTHEAST UNITED FC – 7:30 PM (VIVEKANANDA YUBA BHARATI KRIRANGAN, KOLKATA)
- SUN, FEB 12, 2023 – CHENNAIYIN FC vs EAST BENGAL – 7:30 PM (JAWAHARLAL NEHRU STADIUM, CHENNAI)
- SUN, FEB 19, 2023 – MUMBAI CITY FC vs EAST BENGAL – 7:30 PM (MUMBAI FOOTBALL ARENA, MUMBAI)
- SAT, FEB 25, 2023 – EAST BENGAL vs ATK MOHUN BAGAN – 7:30 PM (VIVEKANANDA YUBA BHARATI KRIRANGAN, KOLKATA)
