The 2023 Indian Super League Cup final was the final match of the 2023 ISL Cup playoffs. It was played on 18 March 2023 between ATK Mohun Bagan and Bengaluru at the Fatorda Stadium in Margao.
ATK Mohun Bagan played their second final and Bengaluru played their third final. The match ended 2–2 after extra time, with ATK Mohun Bagan winning 4–3 on penalties to secure their first Indian Super League title.
The playoff champions, ATK Mohun Bagan, thus qualified for Indian playoffs for 2023–24 AFC competitions against Hyderabad, the champions of 2021–22 Indian Super League for a place in 2023–24 AFC Cup qualifying playoff round.
Background ATK Mohun Bagan finished third in the regular season table and won 2–0 in the playoff knockout against Odisha. They then went on to win 0–0 aggregate via penalties (4–3) against league runners-up and defending champions Hyderabad in the playoff semi-final to qualify for the final.
Bengaluru finished fourth in the regular season table and won 1–0 in the playoff knockout against Kerala Blasters. They then went on to win 2–2 aggregate via penalties (9–8) against table toppers Mumbai City in the playoff semi-final to qualify for the final.
Match
GK 1 Vishal KaithDF 44 Asish RaiDF 20 Pritam Kotal (c)DF 3 Slavko DamjanovićDF 15 Subhasish Bose MF 8 Carl McHugh MF 33 Glan Martins MF 10 Hugo Boumous MF 19 Ashique Kuruniyan FW 11 Manvir SinghFW 9 Dimitri PetratosSubstitutes:GK 31 Arsh ShaikhDF 2 Sumit Rathi MF 5 Brendan Hamill MF 32 Lalthathanga KhawlhringMF 14 Lalrinliana Hnamte MF 21 Federico Gallego FW 17 Liston Colaco FW 25 Kiyan Giri FW 27 Md. Fardin Ali MollaHead coach: Juan Ferrando GK 1 Gurpreet Singh SandhuDF 4 Aleksandar Jovanovic DF 3 Sandesh JhinganDF 33 Prabir Das MF 32 Roshan Naorem MF 6 Bruno SilvaMF 8 Suresh WangjamMF 10 Javier Hernandez MF 18 Rohit Kumar FW 22 Roy KrishnaFW 39 Sivasakthi Narayanan Substitutes:GK 1 Amrit GopeDF 2 Parag Shrivas DF 5 Alan Costa DF 25 Namgyal Bhutia MF 7 Jayesh RaneMF 23 Pablo Pérez MF 31 Leon AugustineFW 11 Sunil Chhetri FW 21 Udanta Singh Head coach: Simon Grayson
Hero of the Match Dimitri Petratos (ATK Mohun Bagan)Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Nine named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions. One additional substitution in extra time.
References
External links Indian Super League Official Website.