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ISL or Indian Super League 2023-24 is over now. It was the tenth season of India’s top tier football league.  Twelve teams participated in the league. Mumbai City FC won the crown by beating defending champion and league shield winner Mohun Bagan Super Giant by 3 goals to 1 at Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Saltlake, Kolkata on 04.05.2024. More than 62,000 people attended the stadium to see the match.  It was a disappointment for the home crowd. It is their second ISL title. Jason Cummings scored the single goal for Mohun Bagan SG in the 44 minutes of the match. In reply to that Mumbai City FC scored three goals in the second half of the match. Jorge Pareyra Diaz scored a goal in the 53rd minute , Bipin Singh scored in the 81st minute and Jacob Votjus scored a goal in the 97th minute for Mumbai City FC. The list of award winners for the tournament is given below –

ISL Cup Winner – Mumbai City FC

League Shield winner – Mohun Bagan Super Giant

Golden Ball winner – Dimitrios Petratos of Mohun Bagan Super Giant

Golden Boot winner – Dimitrios Diamantakos of Kerala Blasters FC for scoring most number of goals in the tournament
( 13 goals ).

Golden Glove winner – Phurba Lachenpa of Mumbai City FC

Emerging Player of the League – Vikram Pratap Singh of Mumbai City FC

Best Pitch – Jamshedpur FC

Grassroots Award – FC Goa

Best Elite Youth Program – Bengaluru FC




A . Answer the questions below – 1×4=4

1 . Who  scored the most number of goals in the tournament ?

2 . Who won the Golden Ball award ?

3 . Who achieved the Emerging Player of the League award ?

4. How many teams participated in the league ?


B. Fill in the blanks with suitable information from the passage –  1×4=4

1 . The final match was played at ——————————————————–.

2 . The Golden Glove award winner —————————————————-.

3. The defending champion of the tournament was ——————————.

4. The Best Pitch award went to —————-.



C. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false sentences and provide supporting
statement –    2×4=8

1 . Mumbai City FC won the title for the first time .

Supporting Statement –



2 . Mumbai City FC defeated Mohun Bagan Super Giant in the final by two goals .

Supporting Statement –



3 . The final match was played in the home ground of Mohun Bagan Super Giant.

Supporting Statement –



4. ISL or Indian Super League was organized more than ten times before this season.


Supporting Statement –


D. Answer the questions below –  2×2=4

1 . Write the names of the players who scored goals in the final .

2. Give a suitable title to the passage and provide reason to choose the title.





Writing Skills –


1 . Write a newspaper report based on the final of the Indian Super League
2023-24.     10






2 . Write a paragraph on ISL 2023-24.      10






3. ‘ISL is a league that is  improving the quality of Indian football .’  Suppose it is a subject in a Group Discussion. Establish the statement with supporting points .      10