| Event | 2017–18 Indian Super League season | ||||||
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| Date | 17 March 2018 | ||||||
| Venue | Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore, Karnataka | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Maílson Alves | ||||||
| Referee | Ali Abdulnabi (Bahrain) | ||||||
| Attendance | 25,753 | ||||||
The 2018 Indian Super League Final was a football match between Bengaluru and Chennaiyin, played on 17 March 2018, at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bangalore. The match was a culmination of the 2017–18 Indian Super League season, the fourth season of one of the top professional football leagues in India. Chennaiyin won the match, defeating Bengaluru 3–2. Hero of the Match Maílson Alves scored a brace for Chennaiyin while Raphael Augusto scored their third goal. Bengaluru's Sunil Chhetri originally gave his side the lead with his ninth minute goal while Miku scored their consolation in second half stoppage-time.
Chennaiyin managed to qualify for the finals after finishing in second during the regular season. They then defeated Goa over two legs, 4–1, in the semi-finals. Bengaluru qualified for the finals after finishing at the top of the regular season table. They then defeated Pune City during the semi-finals tie, 3–1. Prior to the finals, Chennaiyin and Bengaluru played each other twice during the season, with both sides winning the away fixtures against each other.
The championship was Chennaiyin's second, after they won the 2015 final. This was Bengaluru's first time in the final in what was only their first season in the Indian Super League. As the winner of the championship, Chennaiyin earned a berth into the 2019 AFC Cup qualifiers.
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The Indian Super League is a football league started between IMG-Reliance and Star Sports with the objective of making football one of the main sports in India, as well as make the country a known name in the world of football.[1] The 2017–18 edition was the fourth season of the Indian Super League.[2]
The Indian Super League, which started its inaugural season with eight franchises, expanded to ten teams for this season with both Bengaluru and Jamshedpur joining the league.[3] The league's regular season acted in a round-robin format, with each team facing each other twice, home and away.[4] The top four teams at the end of the 18-game regular season would qualify for the play-offs. The play-offs would feature a two-legged semi-final which would pit the first place team against the fourth place team, while second and third would face off against each other. The final would then be a one-legged affair at a neutral venue.[4]
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- ^ "RELIANCE, IMG WORLDWIDE AND STAR INDIA, LAUNCH 'INDIAN SUPER LEAGUE' FOR FOOTBALL". IMG. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ^ Sarkar, Dhiman (18 March 2018). "Chennaiyin FC coach disappointed by Gurpreet Sandhu's comment post ISL final". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ "ISL expanded to 10 teams, Bengaluru FC one of them". Times of India. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ a b Shah, Harsh. "What is the Indian Super League (ISL) – A complete guide". Goal.com. Retrieved 18 March 2018.