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The Indian Super League (ISL) 2024-25 season will begin with a blockbuster clash between Shield winners Mohun Bagan Super Giant and Cup winners Mumbai City FC at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata on September 13 in a repeat of last season’s final. The ISL on Sunday announced the fixtures of the first 84 matches of the season, till the end of this year. The opening weekend will also see Chennaiyin FC travel to Odisha FC, and Bengaluru FC take on East Bengal FC in the first double-header of the season on September 14, while Kerala Blasters FC will host Punjab FC the next day at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi.

Hyderabad FC will play their first game, an away fixture at Bengaluru FC on September 19. The match fixtures of Hyderabad FC are, however, contingent on them clearing the AIFF Club Licensing.

This season of the ISL will see 13 teams competing, with the addition of I-League champions Mohammedan Sporting Club. The newest entrants will kick-start their campaign against NorthEast United FC at the Kishore Bharati Krirangan — their home turf in Kolkata — on September 16.

With the entry of Mohammedan Sporting, the ISL will see the three most storied football clubs from Kolkata, including Mohun Bagan Super Giant and East Bengal, vying for the silverware.

The presence of the three giants will treat the fans with six high-intensity Kolkata derbies throughout the season. The first two Kolkata derbies of the season are scheduled in October — Mohun Bagan Super Giant vs Mohammedan FC on October 5 and then East Bengal FC vs Mohun Bagan Super Giant on October 19.

Mohun Bagan Super Giant had won the coveted ISL League Shield, the trophy of supremacy in the 2023-24 season, by garnering 48 points after a gruelling season.

But Mumbai City, who finished second at the end of the league phase, beat Mohun Bagan Super Giant in the ISL final after a knock-out round, which has very few parallels in any football league in the world.

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The Kerala Blasters FC team during the training session ahead of their Indian Super League (ISL) football match against Odisha FC in Kochi on Thursday.
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Kerala Blasters head coach Ivan Vukomanovic during a recent practice session in Kochi.

Kerala Blasters head coach Ivan Vukomanovic during a recent practice session in Kochi.
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The referees have come in for much criticism for their officiating in the ongoing Indian Super League. And Kerala Blasters head coach Ivan Vukomanovic, now back after completing the 10-match ban for his team’s controversial walkout against Bengaluru FC last season, feels that the league should make use of technologies available to make it a better place for everybody.

Without things like the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology to assist them, Vukomanovic feels the referees in the ISL are literally thrown to the lions.

“I think the support of certain aspects of technology will be very useful, that should be the next step. I have personally nothing against referees, I’m certain that they are all good guys and they always try to do the best they can. But sometimes when you see certain situations, I feel that they have been thrown to the lions,” said the Serb, who will be in the Blasters’ dugout for the first time this season in Friday’s ISL match against Odisha FC at the Nehru Stadium here, on Thursday.

“And they are told go fight with the lions…sometimes, I feel sorry for them. So with these kinds of things, I think if we don’t go for changes, these moments can kill the spirit of the game. Worldwide, these kinds of technologies are present for almost six to seven years. You need them for football development, for players, referees, teams, coaches and everybody and you have to take the next step…. it should start from the federation itself. Otherwise, many can lose interest.”

Vukomanovic revealed that the absence of such technology in the ISL puts off many quality players.

“I will give one example…in the off-season, when you are trying to rope in some foreign players, the first thing they ask you about the league is… ‘you don’t have VAR, I won’t come’. That’s the case,” he said.



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