East Bengal won ISL 2025-26 title beating Inter Kashi 2-1 in Kolkata, ending 22-year wait. Mohammed Rashid scored 72nd-minute winner after Ezzejjari equalised. AIFF president Kalyan Chaubey promised full-fledged next season amid uncertainty over structure. Mohun Bagan finished level on points but lost on goal difference in a tightly contested 13-match season across the league season.
Kolkata: Marred by controversy in the build-up, the curtailed Indian Super League made a dramatic end with East Bengal claiming the title, and the All India Football Federation (AIFF) President Kalyan Chaubey assured that the tournament would return in a full-fledged format next season.
Twenty-two years after their last national league triumph, East Bengal finally ended their long wait for glory by defeating Inter Kashi 2-1 in a thrilling ISL 2025-26 finale at the Kishore Bharati Krirangan here Thursday night.
“Of course we will see a full-fledged ISL next season,” Chaubey told reporters after the match.
Mohammed Rashid emerged the unlikely hero with a decisive 72nd minute strike after league top-scorer Youssef Ezzejjari had cancelled out Alfred Planas’ early goal soon after the break.
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