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2019 Indian Super League playoffs

football tournament season

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 29, 2026
Entity authorityQ65091235 ↗
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The 2019 Indian Super League playoffs was fifth playoffs series in the Indian Super League, one of the top Indian professional football leagues. The playoffs began in March 2019 and concluded with the final in March 2019 in Mumbai.

The top four teams from the 2018–19 ISL regular season had qualified for the playoffs. The semi-finals took place over two legs while the final was a one-off match at the Mumbai Football Arena.

The defending champions from last season, Chennaiyin, failed to qualify for the playoffs this season and thus were not able to defend their title. This was also NorthEast United's first playoff appearance.

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“2019 Indian Super League playoffs” enters the record as football tournament season. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Indian, Super and League can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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