2018–19 Indian Super League
The 2018–19 Indian Super League season was the fifth season of the Indian Super League, one of the top Indian professional football leagues. It was established in 2013. The regular season began on 29 September 2018 and concluded on 17 March 2019. The league took a mid-season break for around one month from 17 December 2018 to early January 2019 due to India's participation in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.
| Season | 2018–19 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 29 September 2018 – 17 March 2019 |
| Champions | Bengaluru 1st ISL title 3rd Indian title |
| AFC Cup | Bengaluru |
| Matches played | 95 |
| Goals scored | 254 (2.67 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Coro (16 goals) |
| Best goalkeeper | Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (96.32 mins per goal) |
| Biggest home win | Goa 5–0 Mumbai City (24 October 2018) Mumbai City 6–1 Kerala Blasters (16 December 2018) |
| Biggest away win | Mumbai City 1–5 Goa (9 March 2019) |
| Highest scoring | Chennaiyin 3–4 NorthEast United (18 October 2018) Mumbai City 6–1 Kerala Blasters (16 December 2018) |
| Longest winning run | Bengaluru (6 games) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Bengaluru (11 games) |
| Longest winless run | Kerala Blasters (14 games) |
| Longest losing run | Chennaiyin (5 games) |
| Highest attendance | 41,202 ATK 0–2 Kerala Blasters (29 September 2018) |
| Lowest attendance | 3,134 Delhi Dynamos 2–0 Kerala Blasters (31 January 2019) |
| Total attendance | 1,131,304 |
| Average attendance | 13,155 |
← 2017–18 2019–20 → | |
Chennaiyin were the defending champions, having defeated Bengaluru in the 2018 final, however they did not qualify for the playoffs having finished the last in the regular season. Bengaluru FC won their maiden title by defeating FC Goa 1–0 in the final which was held on 17 March 2019. Bengaluru FC became the first team who won the ISL Championship as well as after topped the league stage.