ISL 2020 News

Goa dominated possession for much of the match, ending the game with 64 percent of the ball. Angulo first cut short the deficit with a neat finish following lovely link-up play between Fernandes and Noguera. FC Goa will next lock horns with Mumbai City on Wednesday, while Bengaluru will take on Hyderabad on Saturday.

The 2020-21 season of the ISL will begin in November and take place behind closed doors across three stadium in Goa in the wake of coronavirus pandemic. 

Sergio Lobera's appointment as Mumbai City FC head coach came ahead of the 2020-21 season of the ISL, which will begin in November behind closed doors across three venues in Goa. Lobera Sergio will be joined by new assistant coach Jesus Tato and fitness and conditioning coach, Manuel Sayabera who both have joined Mumbai City recently from FC Goa. The Spaniard has served as assistant manager of FC Barcelona in 2012 besides being the head coach of FC Goa and guiding them to the Super Cup glory in 2019.

Liverpool legend and East Bengal's newly appointed head coach, Robbie Fowler want to groom the local Indian talent and help them improve. The English great was appointed as East Bengal's coach on Friday (October 9). Fowler is the seventh highest goal-scorer of all time in the English Premier League with 163 goals.

Stephen Eze becomes the club's sixth foreign signing and the second foreign centre-back along with the recently announced Peter Hartley. The 26-year-old player has represented the Nigerian national team 13 times since his debut in 2016. In May 2018, Eze was named in Nigeria's preliminary 30-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, held in Russia.

Two-time ISL champions Chennaiyin FC have confirmed the participation of midfielder Anirudh Thapa and nine other Indian players for the upcoming season. Thapa, who joined the club as an 18-year-old in 2016, is currently on a multi-year contract and is set for a fifth campaign in the Chennaiyin blue The 2020-21 ISL season will be held solely in Goa with Chennaiyin`s home games to be played at the GMC Athletic Stadium, Bambolim.

Odisha FC announced that they will be playing their `home` games of the ISL 2020-21 season at the GMC Athletic Stadium in Bambolim, Goa. The upcoming 2020-21 edition of the ISL will be staged completely in Goa due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 7th edition will start from November and will be played behind closed doors.

Spanish midfielder Javi Hernandez's brace helped ATK defeat Chennaiyin FC 3-1 and grab their third title in a riveting closed-door final at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.